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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Respite Granted.

Raleigh, Special.-Governor Glenn
granted W. r. Murray, the Durham
man who killed his uncle, respite IN
til October 18th, and the petition for
pardon that has been made will be
argued before the Governor October
l4th. Without passing upon the
merits of the case, or even intimatins
what his final decision will be, Cover
nor Glenn, upon the recommendation
Of the trial judge and solicitor grant
ed the respite until the 18th, fixing
the 14th as the date for hearing the
.ase. The State as well as the de-
PENDANT s counsel will be present at
this hearing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Socialists q Factor.

Winston-Salem, Special.-1t is an
nounced that Mr.. William Coleman, Of
Columbia University, Washington, D.
c.. and Mr.. Eugene V. Debs, candi-
date for President in 1904, will adj
dress the State Socialist convention
in Greensboro on the night Of October
18th. Other prominent speakers
are expecter to be present. A prom
;nent member Of the party predicts
that hereafter the Socialists will be
factor in North Carolina politics.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Nuggets from Geogla.

Poverty throws the door wide, and
sleeps without fear Of thieves that
break in and steal.
After we've run the race for Hap
piness we look back and wonder why
VIC didn It know him when we met MN
In the road.
Mighty few wise men came out Oh
the east of old, and those who are
of the west are all in the dime mn-
seums and can't break away.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
True Bill Against Rogers.

Raleigh, Specialize Wake Coun-
ty grand jury returned in the ease Of
the State VS.. I. W. Rogers, the Raj
eieh policeman who early in the sum-
,ner shot and seriously wounded Mr..
John Doekery, Deputy United States
Marshal, by reason Of the discovery
by Mr.. Rogers Of improper relations
which had existed between his dauch-
ter. Loula Rogers. and Mr.. Dockery.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Hotel at Ellerbee SPRINGS.

Rockingham. Spccial.-Plans and
specifications have been submitted and
accepted for the new hotel to be erect
ed at Ellerbee Springs, in this county.
Work will be commenced right away.
Experiments, which have been made
here this summer have proven SO
wonderful in their results, that this
place may get to be one Of the greatest
watering places of the country.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Three Children Burned to Death.

New York, Special.-Fire started
in the cellar of four story apart
ment house in Brooklyn and spread
50 rapidly that the escape of Charles
Donnelly, his wife and three children
on the top floor was cut Oft. Fire
men rescued the father and mother
both Of when were seriously burned
and after the fire was extingulsiles
the charred bodies of the Children We're
found in the apartment.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Shot His Cousin.

Atlanta, Ga, Special.-Green Steer
man, about II years, died at Grady
hospital as the result Of myseri-
GUS shooting September goth. The
bow declared that he accidentally shot
himself, but his cousin, Thomas Steer
man, who was with him, declared
that the wound was inflicted by him
self carelessly and unintentlonally.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Pointed Paragraphs.

Some jokers are as artless as their
Jokes are pointless.
Lots of people suddenly become
deaf when duty calls.
T. takes a lot Of will power TO en-
able a man to save himself from NM
self.
When a woman really has more
canoe than a man she is too clever
to let him know 1t. -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
New Hotel For Halifax,

Halifax, Special,-Dr. H. B. Furgu-
son has cleared the site for the new
brick hotel, on the lot where the old
Southern was burned some years ago.
The hotel is badly needed and it will
be decided improvement.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
NUMEROUS ATTACK
Prominent Citizen Brutality Slain and
Robbed in South Carolina Town
NO CLUE TO TIE GUILTY AssAssI,s
MIR. r. A. Mcdowell, a Merchant Of
Camden, Waylaid and Murdered at
8 O'Clock at Night While enro1te
Home,

Camden, S. c., Special-NIr. R. A.
Mcdowell, merchant of this city,
was waylaid and foully murdered on
his way home Tuesday night about 8
O'Clock and robbed of his watch, keys
and all the money he had with him.
lie was struck on the back Of the head
presumably with a heavy club.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
Music and Disease
By Dr.. Wilhein1 Sfekel.


!: =: =; :;::
o besides
objection child learning
piano entirely the children
harmonious completion OF men
"a
In musician adult
Of
the body
doubtless
particularly fitted to increase nervous disease
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12


poHe leg Then
apologies for the
cabin and
Honorable replied the he
humility august
now II VIII shelter
Neupon ne wnked the other
the backdo
The faith OF our people delicious
allowed the Japanese
cabin We have fallen
every
compliments
he
not in
relations
Ons and not single their
redeemlns
The Japanese individually
and
The precise fraction of second when they think
they
constitutional
I
believe
political enemies
delivered by japanese in telling
andh
and we shall find out what these
em-N
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
NORTH STATE NEWS
Occurrences Of Interest in Various
Parts of the State.
Charlotte Cotton Morket.
These figures represent prices p;
General Cotton Market

Houston, steady, middling,. 10 3-l6
Augusta, steady, middling.. 10
Memphis, steady, middling 10 3-16
st. Louis, quiet, middling.. %. .10$s
Louisville, firm, middling.. .1O3s
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
H0lO to Save Niagara
Bv Louis L. Thunsfrona.

HERE discussion on how to save Nj
:
II liberty to describe metnoo
in the falls Win
in falls and without
in the vicinity OF
II Y II |
* Suppose DAM, Niagara River, Re"
1AJ beginning OF the river Let
evident that the reg
daytime Let
regular flow This would give about
falls Inc gates
hours III
make
would amount
of the destruction OF the lais
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
,'~' II Uarning "''~''>'
against japanese
LNens Race to the Fabted Camel That LUos
Giuen an Inch and Took a LL,hoie House,

ME- upon time obligng peasant the
VI HIS nature ana the goodness of
came TO poke his head into his 1t was very polite
camel pro1use In its gratitude with admira
,on ,oi al mat the peasant had taught him. Soon the
camel put leg in hut-sti with the most charming
not long afterward Leg quite
pole leg Then came half camers body with many
apologies for the annoyance it caused
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1905-10-12
mr. Jun.Cp0ts
find Magnetic Storms

noiced Few OF the
there unusually
sr experience OF sucn COLI
ciderce April 1882 when oana on d
not than I ad before When III reacneo ne
8 agreatm
secono
reached
- +, November of still larger Spot up
the magnets were "oe
was more
ah1e anrora Ten wears February 1872 -; made
magne
- for pefiou
a connection ea o'ec anu
mate, appearance Oh s1e'' 'N1
Magazine
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Essence of Thrilia.

A curious individual mas recently
taken trouble to dissect the works Of
an author Of sensational dramas, and
he finds that it requires the co-opera-
ton Of eighteen widows, sixteen sons
and two daughters Of persons executed,
eighty orphans of the male and 112
Of the female sex, sixty blind persons
and ten feigning blindness, twenty-five
fraticides, eight paricides, 145 found
lings, 162 lost and 116 kidnapped chill
dren, 124 children exchanged or foisted,
PIP false wills, PIG stolen pocketbooks,
1913 duels with swords, 16S with pistols,
two with sabres, eight with knives
and ten with axes; fortY-three fires, 1913
murders with weapons and 1876 with
poison forty-tive drownings, twenty-six
guilty and siXty-two innocent galley
%convicts, eighty freed and thirty-six
escaped prisoners, lis burglaries, FOG
d%istraints, seventy-nine lunatics, twen-
ty-eight feigning lunatics, 113 false
marriages and forty-one bigamies.
Who will say after this that the drama
is observation-disclosures Mail and
Empire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
TEXAS LEGISLATOR SHOT
John M. Pinckney and Two Others
Killed in Street Riot.
Prohibitlonists and Their Opposers Clash
After Recent Elections al Hemp.
stead, Texas.

Hampstead, Texas.-At a mass meet
ing called to petition the Governor to
send Rangers to enforce the local op-
ton law, J. n. Brown, a leading law
yer and stanch anti-Prohibitionist, be-
gan shooting. Many other persons fol.
lowed suit, and three men were killed,
one man was fatally injured and two
others were severely, wounded. The
dead are: J. n. Brown. Congressman
John NJ. Pinckney and Tom Pinckney,
brother of the Congressman.
John Mills, a leading Prohibitionist,
was also shot. doc" Tompkins, pri'
vate secretary to Congressman Pinck'
ney. and Rolling Brown, son of j.. N.
Brown, were severely wounded.
There were many armed mel in the
streets at night, but it was not believe
there would be any more trouble.
The Governor sent Rangers and a
special train from Houston with sur.
geons to attended the wounded. There
has been bitter feeling here for several
years over the Prohibition question,
and the recent election, when the an.
tis'' failed TO gain the victory they had
expected, added to it. The whole u
try has been divided into factions as a
result.
Houston, Texas.-The Adjutant-Gen-
eral left Austin shortly before mid
night for Hampstead on a special train
with half a dozen Rangers. At Manor
the local military company was picked
up. Troops arrived at Hampstead
early in the morning. The town was
quiet, but the feeling was tense,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Polish Cities in State of Siege.

Although disorders more or less serious
have been anticipated everywhere,
Poland and the Baltic provinces prob
ably are the storm centres. General
Maximovitch. Goyernor-G General OF
Warsaw, has just returned to his post
after a conference here, clothed with
almost dictatorial powers. All the 70
lish cities have been in a state OF minor
siege, but the Governor-G General was
authorized to declare martial law, n
ample troops have been furnished.
There were many disquieting reports
of disaffection Of troops, and the names
of regiments. even in the Imperial
Guards. were given as having been
won over to 1.-THE cause of liberty"
The military authorities, however, said
there was no question of the loyalty
Of the troops and that orders would be
obeyed. They admitted, however, that
the revolutionaries have pushed their
propaganda among the soldiers with
great earIestness. Special regulations
have been instituted to keep the army
free from contamination, and these
have been enforced in individual cases.
both Of officers and men, who nave
been found to be in communication
with reyolutionaries. Such cases, the
authorities declared, have been de-
tected, particularly among Jews, and
severely punished, but the authorities
are confident that no units have been
affected. 81"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Mr.. Jenerson's Career.

Joseph Jefferson was Of the fourth
generation of the Jefferson family of
actors. The first Of the family whose
name is recorded in the theatrical
annals of Great Britain was Thomas
Jefferson. who was born in 1873 and
died in 1907. He was an actor Of more
than respectable repute in the time Of
Garrick.
The second Of the Jefersons, Joseph,
a son of Thomas, born in 1IT4, crossed
the Atlantic Ocean in 1905, and for
nearly twoscore years thereafter was
one of the best liked actors in this
country. With the famous old Chest
nut. Street Theatre, in Philadelphia,
his name is i%nseparably connected.
This Joseph Jefferson was a comedian
of versatile powers. He had many
children. Thomas, his eldest son, was
an actor, who died il his young man
hood; John, another son, also an actor,
died young; Euphemia, who became an
actress, married William Anderson,
and was the mother Of Mrs. G.. G. Ger
moi and Mrs. Judah, and the grand
mother Of Efie Germon; Elizabeth was
an actress Of distinction. The other
children of the first Joseph Jefferson
did not take to the stage, except JOS
eph, his second son, who was born in
1904. He married Mrs. Thomas Burke.
He was q country manager, often in
hard luck, and an actor Of respectable
attachments. His son Joseph, born
February 20, 1929, in Philadelphia, was
the Jefferson Of our own era, the great
Rip Van Wrinkle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
His Childhood and Youth.

Young Joseph, besides having a the
atrical ancestry from whom he might
have been expected to inherit the dra-
matte gift, was trained to the footlfghts
almost from his infancy. The cele-
brated "Jim Crow" Rice employed him
in his darby song and dance when the
child was only four years old. he was
carried on the stage in a large bag,
from which he emerged in the guise
Of a little eolored person, the very
counterpart Of the grown-up Jim Grow,
whose singing and dancing he initiated
to perfection. In 1887 he took part In
q broadsword combat, q la Master
Crummles, on the stage of the Frank
lin Theatre. in New York, where his
parents were then engaged. During
the next twelve years the family We're
strolling actors, travelling in the West
and South. Joseph passed about Tires
months at school in all his boyhood.
He suffered many hardships and prt-
vations, but he mastered his art.
Mr.. Jefferson acted Rip Van Wrinkle,
the part he made famous, throughout
the United States. For many years he
needed no other piece. The public could
not seem to get enough of the humor
and pathos Of Rip. His two long en-
gagements at Booths Theatre are sill
remembered. In 1869 Jefferson bought
a house with ample grounds, beautf-
fully situated in the Saddle River dis
+rict of Bergen County, N. j., near tie
hamlet of Hohokus. This place, which
he greatly beautified and improved UNI
til it became a model country residence.
he sold in 1888. In 1869, also, he
bought his Louisiana plantation. OF
which so much has been said in print.
His summer house on the shore or
Buzzard's Bay, called Crows Nest, was
built later, and, with the furniture AMI
art works it contained, cost 100000.
It was burned April 1, 1893, but thH
builders were soon set to work upon a
new house on the same site.
In his leisure hours he found plenty
Of pleasant occupation away from the
theatre. He was a painter of quite
unusual skill for an amateur, and an
expert fisherman, too.
Mr.. Jefferson had, by his two wives,
eight children. His eldest son, Charles
Burke Jefferson, has been an actor,
and was for a time a prosperous the
atrical manager. Other cons are
Thomas and Joseph Warren Jefferson
both actors. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
A Missed Fortune.

Early in the sixties a foreign inventor
offered the secret Of a new explosive
that he had discovered to the British
Government. He asked for it an insig-
nifcant price, something like f6OO.
After he had been kept waiting three
months, and had made repeated appli-
cations for a decision, he was informed
that his offer was declined with thanks,
as neither the War Office nor the Board
Of Trade saw anything in the inven-
ton. The foreigner was a Swede, by
name Alfred Nobel. His invention was
dynamite. My friend has only too good
cause to remember the incident, for
Nobel had offered him a half share in
the profits if he would finance him to
the extent Of 500 kroner. Unfortunate
ly for him, my friend was young, and
still cherished illusions in regard to the
wisdom of Governments and their Of
fcials, and the consequence was that
when he learned the views Of the Brit
ish experts he also declined the offer
with thanks. But for his simple faith
he would to-day be a millionaire.-Lon-
don Truth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
MtsTHie Hart

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Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
MILWAUKEE, BANKER SHORT
Frank G. BigeIow, President Of First
National, Confessed DefauIter.
LOSES $l,5OO,OOO SPECULATING

Arrested at His Home on Charge OF
Einbezzlement and Later Released
on Twenty. five Thousand Dollars
Eail - Henry G. Coll, Assistant
Cashier, His Tool.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Frank G. Bigelow,
President Of the First National Bank,
and last year President of the Amer
lean Bankers Association, is a con
fessed defaulter to the extent of about
$1,000, 900.
He was arrested charged with the
embezzlement of over 100000 of the
banks funds and released in $4,000
bail to appear before the next Federal
Grand Jury. A warrant was also to
have been issued for Henry G. Coll,
one of the assistant cashiers.
The First National Bank will weather
the storm. Leading business men
signed and issued a statement announc-
ing that they would subscribe a total
of $1,635,O0 to make good the short
age.
In anticipation of a run, Chicago
came to the aid Of local institutions
with $2,00O,OOO in currency, n of
which was in the First National Bank
before the news of the defalcation be-
came known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
JOSEPH JEFFERSON DIES
Noted Actor Passes Away in His
Florida Home.
Illness Of Some Days Had Preiaced thb
End-His Family at the
Bedside.

West Palm Beach, F~la.-Joseph JEFF
ferson died at els o'clock at night, at
his home, The Reefs, Palm Beach, Of
pneumonia. At his bedside with the
medical attendants were his wife; two
Of his sons, Charles B. and Frank; his
granddaughter, Marion Jefferson and
Mrs. C. Sympns, and his faithful old
servant, Carl Kettler.
He expressed a desire to see the
ocean during his last few moments, and
wanted to be left to die as peacefully
as he had lived while a. The Reef. The
parting with his family was calm and
resigned. '..- o..
The body was taken from Palm
Beach on q special train to Buzzard's
Bay, Mass, accompanied by the men,
bers Of the family who were here.
Since his last sinking spell, after a
rally on Thursday morning, which was
followed by an apparent improvement
until Friday, the family had been wait
ing for the end. Mr.. Jefferson's con-
dition on Saturday night grew steadily
worse, and the family, who had retired,
were summoned. The patients condi-
ton continued to grow worse all
through the day, and the brief bull
letins from the bedside contained no
words Of encouragement.
The sickness was contracted, it is be-
lieYed, while on a recent visit to Mr..
%Jefferson's son, Charles B. Jefferson,
at Hope Sound, a few miles above
Palm Beach, where the actor went to
meet ex-President Cleveland. 1t is
believed that from a slight indiscre-
ton in,.eating there he suffered an at
tack Of indigestion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-17
Speculated In Wheat.

It appears that Mr.. Bigelow has been
specializing in wheat for weeks. He
had made some investments that had
swept away his private fortune, and
had turned to the banks funds in the
hope of recuperating his losses by deals
in wheat. His son, Gordon Biselow,
was a member Of Tracy & Co., brokers
on the Chicago Board, and it is said
that his fathers investments were
largely made through him.
When the banks funds were to be
used Mr.. Bigelow, according to the
directors, effected a combination with
some bookkeepers and the assistant
cashier, Henry G. Coll. He took the
banks surplus and charged up the
money taken to Chicago correspondent
banks, but the other night, while work
ing on the books, a bOokkepeer not in
the deal, discovered an incorrect entry.
He notified Charles r. Pfster, Of the
Pfister & Vogel Company, n of the
directors of the bank, and a meeting of
the directors was called. when steps
were taken to prevent a collapse.
Bigelow was asked to explain, and
made a full confession. Chicago banks
were notified, and the bank officials
provided means for meeting the run
which was certain. Before the public
knew Of the shortage S1.00 900 reached
here; then, when the u was in full
swing. heavily guarded automobiles
brought from the railway stations an
other million sent by Chicago to pre-
vent a panic.
1t looked rs though the alarm would
spread to other banks, but so carefully
had the First National prepared for the
event, that the fears were largely al
layed. There was something Of a
jam at the doors, but the police kept
the crowd orderly.
Glass cutters Clipped a hole in a big
plate glass front window of the bank.
and deposits were received in full view
Of the crowd on the streets.
The full amount appropriated by Mr..
Bigelow was $1,500,00O, but he has
made restitution in the shape of real
estate and securities sufficient to reduce
the amount to S1,300,O00. The Board
of Directors decided to meet the issue
in a straightforward manner, and for
mulated a pledge, which was imme-li-
ately signed by members of the board,
whose aggregate wealth will probably
approximate S25, 100000, to more than
make good the shortage.
The capital stock of the bank is ST.
100000, and the undivided surplus
amounts to $1,000, 900. The personal
guarantee of the directors more than
covers the defalcation, and with the
surplus and undivided profits which the
bank carries over and above it's capital,
it is announced that the institution is
more solid that it was before the de-
falcation became known. Charles T.
Pfster heads the guarantee list with
5000. 900.