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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
FINANCIAL SITUATION IN SYNOPSIS.

Wednesday-Corner in copper securities engineered in New YORK
City by the F. Augustus Heinze interests collapses and stocks slump
Gross & Kleeberg, brokers, forced to suspend nd, o.,ou nr vo,
Tbursdaye~Afterc conference of bankers at home of Charles W:
Morse, F. Augustus Heirze retires as president OF Mercanthe NaAonai
State Savings Bank. of Butte, Mont, a Heinze institution closes
its doors. .ooa,+io, ~ on+ire
directorate of the Mercantile National Bank, of which F. AUGUSTUS
Heinze, Charles w. Morse and E. R. Thomas gained controll las IS ian,
OF of' s75f 200 l'~D' D~4~
Saturday-CharlesW w. Morse resigns as director and trustee OF
fourteen banks and financial institutions, among them the National
Bank of North America.
is chosen president of Mercantile Bank.
Monday.-O. F. Thomas resigns as president OF n onsoiioate
National Bank. -
William R. Montgomery succeeds E. r. Thomas as president OF
the Hamilton Bank. .u r.., +h.+
it will cease to redeem checks for the Knickerbocker Trust company,
and Charles T. Barney retires a 8 president II the hnlcKeroocAeF liuS'
Tuesday-The Knickerbocker Trust Company forced to suspend
payment following a run by depostors and after sS'oOo'Ooo IS "'n'
Marcus Mayer & Co., stock brokers, with liabilities of sS'ooo'
900, forced to suspend. . uu J., >u
George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury goes 10 N"
York City to take charge Of financial situation.
Wednesday -Depositors start a run on the SSO'ooo'ooo us
Company of America and withdraw SS,00OoOo. ,..,
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, with laoil-
tiles of 500 OO0, 900, forced into hands of receiver. -
Thu1sday@With stock market demoralized, Mr.. J. F. Morgan
and associates save situation by sending S21,Ooo'ooo &c o e III u aS
Twelfth Ward Bank, Hamilton and Empire City Savings Banks
suspend payments to protect deposltors' 5,.,u pororub
Bank, of Brooklyn, and Union Trust Company u froVloence' n" IL
close doors. oa p.ooL,v
navment The Clearing House decided to issue loan certih-
Gates which will be used in the settlement OF bankers balances S re
ing business men and Government officials. The savings presi
dents decided to require sixty days. notice from deposltorS OF II
issuas Official reassurances. No cause for further alarm. Whole
country prosperous and good times Will continue
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
HUNDREDS PERISH IN ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE
Estimates of Fatalities in the Stricken CalabriaR Villages Hun as High as
Six Hundred over a Thousand Injured.
VILLAGES Shattered and Prisoners in Jail HaddCned by Fear-Desoahon al Fef'
razzan-ToHn in RuinS-PeOpEe Naked and Hungy~At Least 5Ou
Dead Under Fallen KouSes--SuFviYGfS Fled From Their
Beds When Aroused by Earthquake.

clothes they had on when the earth
Quake came. They are drenched
through and through. having no smell
ter from the steadily falling ram.
Mute desperation and terror are de-
picted in their faces, and many OF
them weep silently.
A majority of the injured lnhaol-
tants are sheltered in military tents.
The doctors are kept busy attending
them. A long row Of bodies is await.
ing Identification and burial in half
dug graves, which are flooded.
The torrsntial rain increases the
desolation and renders the work OF
rescue difficult. The scenes witnessed
are heart rending.
The latest reports from the affected
districts place the number of dead at
over COO and the injured at 1000.
The troops are doing their utmost to
diminish the sufferings Of the people.
They work steadily. unmindfui OF "a
tigue, burying the dead, rescuing the
living, distributing food and clothing
and providing shelter.
Minister Lacava is goingthe rounds
of the villages dispensing help. Car
dinal Portanova, Archbishop of Reg
gio di Calabria, and the Bishops arc
distributing the Pope's first contribu-
ton of $4,000. 1t is likely that the
King will visit Calabria.
Among the terrifying scenes during
the quakes was the panic Of prisoners
in the Jail at Catanzaro. They mutt
MED at the first shock and screamed
and pounded on the doors n were
quieted with great difficulty.
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BEEF PRICES ARE CUT.
General Fall in Values Predicted AT.
ter Packers Lop Off Ten Per Cent.

Chicago.-A general fall in values
and prices of all foodstufs, due to
peculiar trade conditions and not to
the present financial furry was pre-
dicted by Edward A. Cudahy, the
packer, in Omaha, where the packing
houses announced a general reduc-
ton of ten per cent, in the prices OF
all meats. Still further reductions,
it was stated, are expected.
Even before Mr.. Cudahy's predic-
hon reached Chicago a slight de.
crease in meat values was noticeable
in the Union Stock Yards Of this city,
the same condition occurring stimuli
~taneously in other packing centres OF
the country.
In many places an oversupply OF
cattle in the hands Of drovers seek
ing a market for their wares became
apparent. ,~,
1.-THE customary purchases varied
In no manner from the daily average
during the day." declared Edward
Morris. ITO my knowledge owners
of cattle have accepted the customary
checks without hesitation. From my
observation I could not say that a
general fall in prices of foodstufs is
coming"
There has been a slight falling OF
of meat values. but nothing of a very
marked nature" asserted j. Ogden
Armour. "Drovers have been offered
a slightly lower rate for the goods
and will have to accept the present
market conditions"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
Thanksgiving NOVEMBER Is
President RosseYeE'S Proclamation
Says Our Prosperity Has Been
Frauaht With Bangor.

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Throusb the
Secretary Of State the President is
sued his Thanksgiving proclamation.
Thursday, November Is, is designated
as Thanksgiving Day. The following
is the text of the proclamation:
@Once again the season Of the year
has come when in accordance with
the custom OF our forefathers for
generations past. the President ar-
points a day as the especial occasion
for all our people TO give praise ana
thanksgiving to God.
During the past year We have been
free from famine. from pestilence.
from war. We are at peace with all
the rest of mankind. Our natural re-
sources are at least as great as those
of any other nation. We believe that
in ability to develop and take advan-
tage of these resources the average
man of this nation stands at least as
high as the average MAI OF n othe".
Nowhere else in the world is there
such an opportunity for a free people
to develop to the fullest extent all it's
powers Of body, of mind and of that
which stands above both body and
mind-character.
much has been given US from on
high and much will rightly be en-
pected of us in return. Into u care
the ten talents have been .intrusted,
and we are to be pardoned neither II
we squander and waste them nor yet
if we hide them in a napkin, for they
must be fruitful in u hands. Ever
throughout the ages, at all times n
among all peoples, prosperity has
been fraught with danger. and it be-
hooyes us to beseech the Giver or All
Things that we may not fall into love
of ease and of luxury: that We may
not lose our sense of moral RESPONSE
bility; that we may not forget our
duty to God and to our neighbor.
"a great democracy like ours, a
democracy based upon the principles
of orderly liberty, can be perpetuatcd
only if in the heart of the ordinary
citizen there dwells a keen of
righteousness and justice. W. should
earnestly pray that this spiritof right
eousness and Justice may grow ever
greater in the hearts Of all Of us, and
that our souls may be inclined ever.
more both toward the virtues that tell
for g%entleness, for loving kindness
and forbearance one with another.
and toward those no less necessary
virtues that make for manliness and
rugged hardihood, for without these
qualities neither nation nor .individ-
ual can rise to the level Of greatness.
"Now, therefore. I, Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, do set apart Thursday, the
28th day of November, as a day OF
general thanksgiving and prayer. and
on that day I recommend that tho
people shall lease from their daily
work, and in their homes or in their
churches meet devoutly to thank the
Almighty for the many and great
blessings they have received in the
past and to pray that they may be
given the strength so to order their
lives as to deserve a continuation of
these blessings in the future"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
GIRL STAYS FIANCE AND SELF.
Broken Engagement Causes Tragedy
Which Shocks Shamokin, Pa.

Shamokin, Pa. - This city is
wrought up as rarely ever before by
the murder of William Klinger. a
member Of one of the leading families
of Locust Gap, by Miss Lucy Dough-
ton, who vas eighteen years old ana
a leader Of the High School sopno.
more class, and who killed herself
with the same revolver with which
she slew young Klinger.
In an examination of Ringers ell
fects the authorities found a letter,
which they regard as the key to the
tragedy. 1t was in Miss Doughtons
handwriting, and read as follows:
will, I know you would rather l
would not write, but I must know
what you are going to do. I want you
to marry me, but I know you would
prefer to serve time in Sunbury. The
suspense is torturing. I hate you
now as much as l loved you"
Klinger went to the young woman's
home and found her walking in the
ward. They talked with each other
a while, when angry words followed
by two pistol shots were heard. The
Young woman and her former sweet
heart were found dead within a few
feet of each other, each with a bullet
wound in the head.
Up to three months ago Klinger,
who was twenty-three years old, mad
paid the girl attentions with the view
of matrimony. After their engage
ment he ceased calling on her.
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ENGULFED IN LANDSLIDE.
Karatagh Destroyed With More Than
Half of Its Inhabitants.

Tashkend, Russian Turkistan.-
The little town Of K~aratagh, in the
Hissar district of Bokhara, has been
overwhelmed and completely de-
.stroyed by a landslide that followed
the earthquake of October q. Ac-
cording to the latest reports OF the
disaster a majority Of the inhabitants
Of Karatagh lost their lives.
The first reports Of the casualties
were exaggerated, the death list be-
ing placed as high as $4,000. Kara
tagh has about $500 jewellers, and
there is reason to believe that about
1900 were buried alive. Among
those who s;b'vived the disaster is
the Governor Of Karatagh and his
mother.
Karatagh is remotely situated, and
it takes a full week for news to get
out from there, but according to n
courier who has come through an
enormous section of the Karatagh
Mountain, which practically hung
over the town, broke loose and thun-
dered down upon the village, which is
almost completely buried from sight.
Efforts are being made to get In
communication with the survivors
and learn the actual state OF AFFAIRS,
and to send in such relief as may be
required.
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DIR. L IN PRISON.
Former Assistant Of President Nc.
Curdy Convicted in New York City.

New York City.-After being out
only eighty-five minutes, the jury in
the Criminal Branch Of the Supreme
Court, which has been trying DR..
Walter r. Gillette, former vice-presi-
dent of the Mutual Life, for perjury
in the third degree, returned a YER
dict of guilty. With blanched face.
but without other show Of emotion.
the man who for years had stood at
the right hand Of Richard A. Nc
Curdy, the $4,000 autocrat OF the
Mutual Life, stood up to hear the
judgment of the jury passed upon
him. When the foreman said the
verdict was one of guilt a flush suf-
fused the face Of the defendant. For
an instant he seemed dazed.
Before he could ecove hi-.self
fully fthe foreman relieved the ten
sion by informing Justice Bowling
the verdict of guilty was accompanied
by a recommendation for the mercy
of the court. He was remanded to
the TombS.
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Rome, Italy.-EdrthquaEe shocks
which were felt throughout the coun-
try have caused widespread disaster
and great loss of life. The severest
shocks were experienced in Sicily and
Calabria, where the panic stricken
people are now camping in the open.
Much damage was done at Reggie
and Messina, where houses were
wrecked. Two walls of the cathedral
at Gerace collapsed. Buildings fell
at Sinopoli, burying nine persons.
B~rancaleone is almost entirely IN
ruins. One village was absolutely
ruined.
The misery of the people is in
creased by torrentiaI rains. The Gov
eminent is sending aid.
The correspondent Of The Sun sue
ceeded in reaching Ferrazzano on
horseback the day after the disaster.
He found the town a mass OF ruins,
there being scarcely a single house
standing. The roads, or rather mule
tracks, leading to the place have
been blotted out by landslides or car
ried away by the floods.
Each ruined house has been con-
verified into a tomb, occupied by the
dead and the living. A majority Of
the Survivors have fed. Those re-
naming are hoping against hope
that they will be able to rescue bur-
led relatives.
The inhabitants are semi-nude,
most of them wearing the night
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
SOUTHERN STEEL co. FAILS.
Bankruptcy Demanded by Creditors
of Birmingham, Ala, Concern.

Birmingham, Ala.-An involuntary
petition in bankruptcy was filed in
the Federal Court against the South
ern Steel Company, capitalized at
s25,0OO,000 The creditors seeking
the bankruptcy order are the Biz
mingham Coal and Iron Company.
the Sayre Mining and Manufacturing
Company and the Cahaba Coal Com
pany.
The Southern Steel Company owns
a big steel plant in Gadsden, steel rod.
wire and nail mills in Ensley, coal
mines in Altoona and Virginia City
and ore mines throughout the Biz
mingham district, as we'll as coke
ovens and other properties. Moses
Taylor, of New York, is president.
and e. T. Shuler, of Birmingham,
general manager.
United States Circuit Judge o. R.
Hundley, at Huntsville, appointed Ed.
gar Adler, E. G. Chandler and j.. O.
Thompson receivers. The receivers
are empowered to borrow 100000
to continue the operations of the COM
Dany.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-20
For the Nerves.

Ours is ar. age when we give our
nerves but a very poor chance.
Half the time our bodies are TAX
ing their revenge upon them for over
strain. : The Happiness. of many a.
home is tempered with because the
overweight one becomes irritable
and erratic through nervous exhaus-
ton. No moment Of rest, no relaka-
ton. It may be from necessary Ia
Dor to make both ends meet. 1t may
be the ceaseless toll and strain for
social prestige. 1t means the same
thing-burning the candle at both
ends. ~
If taken in the beginning 1t is
easily managed. After a while 1t
grows almost beyond our control or
that of a physician. s..
But it can be cured, no matter how
bad, and can be f~orestalled. First
of all, when you feel exhausted, no
matter when or where, stop-rest
five minutes. 1t will often save you
years of. suffering. A moment In the
nick, of time is worth hours after
wards.
RI strictly observed the following
will prove effectual-but be persis-
tent:
Go to bed as early as possible, rise
early, but get eight hours sleep.
Throw open the window, and in a
warm, loose robe breathe deeply,
slowly, during twenty counts; then
take vigorously a simple gymnastic
exercise for ten minutes.
Then sponge off with tepid, then
cold, water, into which throw a hand
full of salt.-Health.
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Late News
RI
WASHINGTON.

Congress ill be asked TO establish
q nermanent aerial feet to be used IN
future warfare.
President Roosevelt returned from
his trip to the South.
Naval matters took up much of n
time at the first formal meeting Oh
the Cabinet since June.
President Roosevelt will order the
Atlantic battleship fleet home from
the Pacific within ninety days after
its arrival there.
The War Department announced
the distances Of the balloons that as
cended at St. Louis as follows: Pom
mern, German, S76A miles; LIsle de
France, French, S70% miles; Amer
lea, 735% miles, and United States.
625A miles.
Albert A. Wilson, formerly United
States Marshal for the District OF
Columbia and a close friend OF for
mer President Grover Cleveland, IS
dead.
Secretary OF State Root expressed
great satisfaction with the results OF
The Hague Conference.
1t was announced at the Mexican
State Department that Ambassador
Creel would retire from the post OF
Ambassador to the United States
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FOREIGN.

Justice Riddell, at Toronto. I'M
posed a fine of $4,000 on the Mich
igan Central for the explosion OF a
car of dynamite listed as powder.
The of the British steamer
Tampico and five men of the Dutch
schooner Anna, abandoned at sea,
were landed in England.
Testimony in the libel action OF
General Count kuno o Moltke
against Herr Harden was closed at
Berlin.
China has cancelled the foreign
concessions on the imperial railways
and has sent Chinese troops into the
disputed boundary zone OF Man.
churia.
The Canadian Cabinet has decided
to refer. to The Hague tribunal the
dispute with the United States over
fishing rights at the Magdalen ISL
ands.
The Registrar of the firms of Ar
buthnot G Co.. bankers Of Madras
and London, said that the liabilities
exceeded the assets by nearly S9,-
100000.
China has begun q grain rate war
directed against the japanese lines in
Manchuria.
The Girls de Paris casts doubt upon
the authenticity of the remains OF
Paul Jones now in America.
J.. Martin Miller. the American
Consul at Rheims, France, has re-
signed in order to engage il private
business.
Mr.. WI Ting-Fang expresses his
belief that his recent reappointment
as Chinese Minister at Washington
means a continuance of friendly rela-
lions between China and the United
States.
Leading English weekly news
papers say that opportunities for sue
cessful dishonesty and apathy of the
respectable classes regarding politics
are responsible for the financial Sit
uation in America.
M. Ranwaert, manager of one OF
the Belgian concessionary companies
in the Congo Independent State, and
another white man were killed there
by natives.
The armored cruiser Kurama.' of
14,620tons, was successfully launched
at Yokosuka in the presence of the
Japanese Emperor and Empress.
George Frederick Bodley, of Lon
don. the famous architect. is dead.
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OKLAHOMA BANK HOLIDAYS
Acting Governor Takes Precau-
tions Against q Run.
On Demand Of Financiers- He Issued
Proclamation Closing Institutions
of Territory For Week.

Oklahoma City, Okla.--Charles
Filson, Acting Governor Of tho Ter
ritory, issued a proclamation doclar-
ing a six-day holiday. In consc-
quence, every bank in the city was
closed. The proclamation follows:
"Whereas, It appears to the under
signed, Acting Governor of the Terri
tory Of Oklahoma, that all of the lead
ing cities of the United States
through their clearing house associa-
lions have entered into an agreement
to protect themselves against condl-
lions which they are apparently un-
able to control, and by such concerted
action are refusing to ship currency
to country banks which have deposits
with them or to honor the bills OF
iading drawn upon the banks of such,
or to pay checks of customers over
the counters; and a
"Whereas, Such action makes it
impossible for the banks OF Oklahoma
to meet the immediate demands upon
them for currency to pay foc the cot
ton and other products Of the Teri
tory; and
"Whereas, Our banks appear to be
in a solvent condition; therefore,
"Be it ordained that q legal holt
day, extending from October rs, six
days, to November 2, be proclaimed.
CHARLES FILSON,
Acting Governor"
There has been no uneasiness in
this city, and the bankers say the de-
posts last week we're greater than in
any previous week in the month. The
motive in closing is protection in case
Of a run. Since the banks here could
not get cash from Kansas City in case
Of unusual demands they considered
the risk too great. The banks of
this city are carrying many of the
small banks Of the Territory. They
have arranged to issue Clearing
House certificates until conditions i'm
prove. The banks of the Southwest
are further embarrassed because Of
the demand for cash to move the cot
ton crop. 1t is said thai many bank
ers of Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
Arkansas and Northern Texas we're in
consultation by telephone early in
the morning, and that all decided on
similar action.
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DOMESTIC.

Vain attempts to run Yonkers, ~.
Y, street cars were attended by flot-
ing.
Mr.. Hartman practically confirmed
the rumor that the Union Pacific. was
to sell it's holdings in other roads.
At Metropolis, Ill.,, Sarah Goodman
and Myra Seals each sixteen, quar-
relied and scufled over the possession
of a knife. Myra received 1a-al
wounds in the side. Sarah fed.
The National Civic Federation, a.
Chicago, recommended many changes
in the laws for the control of rail-
roads and the regulation of rates.
The party headed by Secretary
Loeb is reported to have had much
better success hunting near Yellow
stone Park than the President had in
Louisiana.
The explosion Of a mixing mill a.
the Atlantic Dynamite Company's fac
tory, at Ashland, Wis, killed four
men.
William. J. Bryan denied that his
candidacy for the Presidency depend
6Q Oh Iue lCIll SmSAI VI
Roosevelt.
After an eventful day banking cir
Giles in Providence, R. l., believed tnas
the crisis had been met.
Senator Elkins, Of West Virginia.
said in Washington that the present
money troubles would have been
avoided if the currency law had been
more elastic.
Following the action of the local
union in calling the strike OF a.
Helena, Mont, many operators were
reinstated by the telegraph COM
panies.
The Ute Indians temporarily locat-
ed on the Cheyenne reservation hav-
ing become unruly. the War Depart
ment ordered a force of cavalry sta
toned at Fort Meade to subdue them.
General Webb Syck, Civil War vet
eran, and his bride Of two weeks
were found shot to death near Pixies
willie, KY, ard it is believed he COM
mitted the double tragedy because or
jealousy.
Suit was begun before Justice Con.
of New York City, by John S. Jones,
of Ohio, against George ]. Gould n
others for the recovery of S46O,0O0
for services in the purchase OF lS,0oo
acres Of coal lands In Ohio.
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TAKE THEM OUT
Or Feed Them Food They Can Study
On.

When a student begins to break
down from lack Of the right kind of
food, there are only two things to do;
either take him out OF school or feed
him properly on food that will rebuild
the brain and nerve cells. That food
is Grape-Nuts.
A boy writes from jamestown. N. Y,
saying: "A short time ago l got into
a bad condition from overstudy, but
Mother having heard about Grape
Nuts food began to feed me on it. 1t
satisfied my hunger better than any
other food, and the results were a
velous. / got feshy like a good fe1-
low. My usual morning headaches
disappeared, and | found l could
study for a long period without feel
ing the effects OF it.
My face was pale and thin, but is
now round and has considerable
color. After | had been using Grape
Nuts for about two months | felt like
a new boy altogether. | have gained
greatly in strength as we'll as flesh,
and it is a pleasure to study now that
am not bothered with my head. l
passed all of my examinations with a
reasonably good percentage, extra
good in some Of them, and it is
Grape-Nuts that has saved me from a
years delay in entering college.
Father and mother have both
been improved by the use of Grape
Nuts. Mother was troubled with
~sleepless nights, and got very thin,
and looked care worn. She has
gained her normal strength and
looKs, AMI sleeps we'll nights"
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