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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
BOOKSELLERS SUBPOENAEO
Judge Lands, of Chicago, Demands
Facts About the Standard Oil.
Courts Action is the Result Of q Re-
fusal of Attorneys to Supply FL
nancial Information Requested.

Chicago.-Subpoenas were issued
in the United States District Court
for the leading officers of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New jersey.
Subpoenas were also issued for the
officers of the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana.
The officials of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey, for whom
summons were issued, are John D.
Rockefeller, president; William
Rockefeller, John D. Archbold and
Henry H. Rogers, vice-presidents; w.
H. Tilford, treasurer; G. M. Pratt,
secretary; William p. Howe, assist
ant treasurer, and Charles T. White,
assistant secretary.
The following officials of the Stan
dard Oil Company Of Indiana were
also summoned: j. A. Moffett, presi-
dent; w. P. Cowan, vice-president,
and. G.. w. Stahl, secretary and treas
urer. H. E. FELTON,, president of the
Union Tank Line, and F. A. Wan,
former general freight agent of the
Chicago and Alton Railroad, were
alSo oCl YOU WILL ouoPSSAoo'
The issuance of the s%ubpoenas was
the direct result Of the refusal of the
attorneys Of the Standard Oil Com
pany to supply Judge Lands Of the
court with information he requested
regarding the financial condition of
the company. The attorneys declared
that the information should have
been sought at the time Of the trial,
and declared that the request of
| Judge Lands was extra-judicial and
u~nwarranted. The Judge replied
that he was entitled to the informa-
ton and intended to have it, and d.
rected District Attorney Sims to pre-
bare subpoenas for such officials OF the
Standard OIL Company Of Indiana, or
| for any of the officers of the control
ling corporation Of the Standard OIL
! Company who might, in the opinion
of the District Attorney, have the in
formation desired by the Court.
The Standard Oil Company was in
dicted in the Federal court on the
charge of using illegal freight rates
rendered to it by the Chicago and AL
ton road, and after a long trial was
found guilty on 1852 counts OF the
indictment.
A maximum fine of $4,000 is al
lowed on each count Of the indict-
ment, making a total possible fine
against the company Of $29,240,OO0.
Before passing sentence on the COM
pany Judge Lands announced that 1t
was his custom to. proportion the fine
according to the financial condition
of the person or corporation convict
ed. and asked for specific information
regarding the financial condition OF
the Standard Oil Company. This in
formation he has beef unable to OBJ
tain, and the subpoenas issued were
the consequence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
JACK.

Stranger, you ask accommodation. Say?
I amt no crouch, but then it's jest this
You come a-steamin' up in tibet big car
Oyourn-dod blast the thing. You've
travelled far,
Got far to go, an ask me for the night
TO put you up. 1t amt my style-not
To grudge a traveller a bed an snack,
but-weli, stranger, say: L haia't icrgA
Who's Jack? Oh, jest a leetle yailer cur
But my gal loved him, an we both loved
We shore did, stranger! Mary died at
Jest sort O. went to find her ma in heaven,
An that left me an Jack-jest him an
me.
!Jack-cutest little pup you ever see,
Bright as a button, busy as a bee.
world
Come limpin' in one AFTERNOON an curled
Up in my arms-you never see sech eyes.
l done the best | knowed how, doctorwise.
Bandaged the bleedin' paw-big tourin'
Done tan then, jest prayed an waited.
Far
Inter the night I held him. Then I saw
Poor Jack was swellin'-for 'twa'nt jest
the paw.
Like I'd been hopin'-Jack was hurt in
side.
Injured internal like. Midnight, he died.
But I'm keepin' you. Stranger, I-shot
Jack!
Then, somehow. suthin' hit me; things
went black.
Next daylight over there by yender
tree
I dug another grave; ~there-don't you see.
three graves arrow? An this yere cabins
mine.
Folks call me Crazy Bill. an I opine
They amt so fur off. Mighty out o date.
'Thinkin' dogs has souls! We'll, it's gittin'
late,
An I don't blieve there's 10 use stoppin'
here,
Stranger. It sort O. seems like I don't
keer
Tor company, for s~omenow-l'm sort O
queer!
IT, in New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
OUR P ISLANDS.

Secretary Taft's announcement
that American occupation would con-
tinue in Cuba for eighteen months
was received with few marks of In
terest in Havana.
In a fierce fight between the CON-
stabulary and Moros, in the Lake
Lanao District, P. l., several OF the
constabulary and many Moros were
killed.
The cost Of recruiting and bringing
the 5000 Porto Ricans to Hawaii was
~$564,191, or SIP per capita; .-
Governor-Ge General Smith, Of Manila,
declares that Pulaiapism Is ended in
the Islands of Leyte and Samar. :
The stockholders of the Hilo Rail-
road, of Hawaii, have authorized a
bond issue of $~4,500,000, of which
$1,000, 900 will DE used for refunding
purposes, 100000 for the extern
sion of the road to Hamakua and the
remainder for further extensions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
DOMESTIC.

Formal announcement was made
Of the proposal to build a four-track
elevated monorail road between New
ark and Jersey City.
The Wisconsin Assembly passed
a bill permitting policy holders OF
mutual life insurance companies to
vote for directors by mail, proxy or:
In person. o.
George A. Won Lingen, sixty-eight
years old, German, Consul at Balti-
more since 1876, is dead. He was
head of a shipping firm.
One of the best known bookmakers
in the country, William M. Ayres,
was killed by an electric car as he
was leaving the race track at Seattle.
Subpoenas were issued by Federal
Judge Lands, at Chicago, to compel
the officials of the Standard Oil Com
pany to testify as to the Trusts fRan-
cial condition.
Charged with participating in the
murder of George w. Mabust, Lee
Clifton and Clinton Fallaw and Isaac
Taylor, have been arrested at Bates
burg, s. c.
Wall Street was greatly cheered
by a r%eassuring interview given out
by William Rockefeller, In which ne
said he saw no signs Of business reac-
ton in the near future.
Harvard College held her 271st
commencement exercises at Cam
bridge, Mass.
Much damage to property was done
by a windstorm at Cleveland, Okla,
and Tulsa, I. T. t.
Telephone girls at Butte, Mont,
struck in sympathy with the linemen.
Burglars robbed the postofice at
Chiltonville, Mass, Of $3.50 in money.
and stamps. 4
The new scout cruiser Chester,
with a contract speed of t~wenty-four
knots, was launched at Bath, Me.
Governor Conner, Of Alabama, has
signed the commission Of John II.
Bankhead as United States Senator,
succeeding John T. Morgan.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

entirely around the cone are a num-
Der of openings, the juice squeezed
from the lemons being thus dis
charged. Pivotally connected to the
shank is a hand lever, by mean Of
which the implement Is manipulated
for MASKING potatoes and squeezing
lemons. At the side of the fmple-
ment is an attachment for opening
cans, consisting Of a centre pin and
an adjustable cutter. The pin lie In
serted in the centre of the can to be
opened and the cutter adjusted to
extend close to the edge Of the can.
When in position the implement as
a whole is turned upon the can, the
can being thus cut adjacent to the
edge.-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
ARAB STEED SANS SPOTS.
Man Fresh From Desert Skaters
Fond Tradition of Circus.

Homer Davenport, who is described
in the Woman's Home Companion az
fresh from the Arabian DESERT" de-
clares there is no such thing as j
spotted or piebald Arabian steed.
"Circuses are perhaps more to
blame for the misrepresentation Of
the Arab horse than, any other
source" says he. "a friend of mine
owns a circus, and I saw his posters
a few years ago, claiming to exhibit
eighteen or twenty of the only Arab
ian horses brought to America.
"He said they were captured with
great difficulty, and were brought to
New York by a special permit Of the
Sultan; that they were of the family
known in history as the Eagle Feath-
er horses, so much priced in the
Queen of Sheba's days; that they
were snow white, with big markings
In thar spots Of the tip of eagle
feathers.
I'VE don't have to believe every
thing we read on the circus posters.
In this case I am mighty certain these
spotted Arabians' were bought at AL
bany, Ore.
1.-THE most peculiar part of this
spotted horse business is this, and it
is not a very strange reason when you
know it, that spotted anything is Gre
ated by a mixture of different races,
or different breeds, and that likely &C.
counts for the fact that the fabian
desert in all it's history has never
produced a spotted or piebald horse;
possibly from the fact that there is
never any mixture of blood"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
FOREIGN.

M. Won Schwanebach, Controller of
the Empire, has resigned from the
Russian Cabinet.
A bomb was thrown at a wagon
of the Russian Imperial Bank in Ell
van Square, Tifis; two employees OF
the bank were killed and $125,O0O is
missing.
Richard Croker's Orby won the
Irish Derby.
Andrew Carnegie, having approved
the site and plans for the Palace OF
Peace building, left The Hague for
Scotland.
A royal commission has been ap-
pointed at The Hague, with Prince
Henry Of the Netherlands as presi-
dent, to inquire into the prevention
of loss of life by shipwreck and gen.
orally to study methods OF saving LIE
at sea.
A torpedo was fired at Admiral
Wiren's cutter at Sebastopol, Russia.
Much damage was done in Mexico
by an overflow of the lower Rio
Grande.
Socialist and Labor members o.
the Duma issued manifestoes charg-
ing the Gar with breach of faith.
M. Marcellin Albert, leader of the
wine growers in France, surrendered
to the authorities, and is in Jail az
Montpelier.
The city of Hamburg has voted
s14,375,000 for the extension OF the
port, which includes the development
of the harbor of Harburg.
M. Pichon, the Foreign Minister,
communicating to the Chamber OF
Deputies the text of the Franco-Jap-
anese agreement, said that a similar
treaty between Russia and japan
might be expected soon.
Lord Alverstone held in the case Of
Guerin, who escaped from Devils
Island, that a British subject convict
ed of crime in a foreign country mi
escaping to British territory, was not
amenable to the extradition act.
Prince Henry of Prussia was BAN
ished from Germany by Emperor
William for his completely in the
Gutenberg scandal.
The second peace conference at
The Hague was opened by the Dutch
Minister of Foreign Affairs; M. Nell"
dof was chosen president, and his
speech was a blow to the advocates
of universal peace, which he charac'
terized as purely chimerical.
The Social Revolutionists and
Group of Toll Deputies in the former
Russian Parliament issued appeals
to the people to continue by force
the struggle against the Government.
1t Is officially announced at Lisbon,
Portugal, that the King and Premier
Franco are In complete accord and
that there is no prospect of a Minis
terial crisis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

course I love you. HeIen," T said. d,
had to put my arm around her then
1t seemed the most natural thing
to do. Haven't 1 told you I loved
you?" I went on. Haven't I said
that you we're the only girl I v
thought about? Didn't 1 come 2Oc
miles so 1 could be with you? And
whsn I got here what did I find?
That I couldn't even get near you?''
Helen looked up and smiled
through her tears.
Don't you understand, Jack,
dear?" she said. I wanted to tell
you before, but" She blushed.
mo" I replied, bluntly; "I don't
understand. What is it? Why do
you tolerate those-those-"
Words failed me.
why, because they are so smart
looking and handsome, and have such
perfect manners. Only, Jack, dear,
from the way you have been treat
ing me. I was almost afraid that
it really wasn't going to be necessary
to cultivate them"
necessary" 1 repeated. What
do you mean? Explain yourself"
"Why, Jack" replied Helen.
"have, you. or can you have, the
faintest, remotest idea of how hard
it is to get good-looking ushers now
adays? Look at Bessie Billings
wedding. What awful-looking things
she had. And don't you see, Jack,
dear, why I want to keep on good
terms with Mr.. Pollard and Mr..
Bertrand?"
Then I understood.-Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
DYNAMITE KILLS EIGHT.
Two Americans and Six Italians Arr
Blown to Pieces by Explosion.

Two Americans and Six Italians Are
Blown to Pieces by Explosion.
Houston, Va.-As the result of the
premature explosion of a box OF dyna-
mite, neal lola, eight persons were
killed and six others seriously IN
jured.
Two Americans killed were Ed
ward Clarke, of Charlotte County,
fireman of a donkey engine, and Cor
nelius Sullivan, Of Lamont, ILL.,, fore
man of the McDermott Construction
Company, of Chicago, which has the
contract for the construction OF a
part of the Tidewater Railway. The
six others killed were Italian work.
men.
The accident happened in a deep
railroad cut where about fifteen men
were engaged. About fifty pounds
of dynamite exploded. The explosion
was heard for miles around and near
by houses were damaged by the ter
rife shock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Judge Aids Lovings.

Basing his opinion upon the ruling
of Justice Fitzgerald in the trial OF
Harry Tbaw for the murder of Stan.
ford White, Judge Barksdale, at
Houston, Va, refused to permit the
introduction of a word Of evidence
tending to d~isprove the story Of Misc
Elizabeth Loving, whose testimony is
the mainstay in the defense of her
father, former Judge William G. Low
ing, manager of Thomas F. Ryan's
Virginia estate, on trial for the shoot.
ing of Theodore Estes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
UsePuI Kitchen Implement.

In the illustration below Is shown
an implement for general use ID
kitchens, embodying mean for OPEN
ing cans, squeezing lemons, MASKING
potatoes and similar operations. The
base of this utensil has a fiat lower
surface to be used as a potato-mash-
ing head and a slotted squeezing cone
extending upward from the base. The
cone enters a cavity in a conical.
shaped portion above carried by the
shank of the implement. Extending
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Iondon's Matinee Girls.

I have heard people marvel at the
number of women and girls who find
time to attend the matinees at the
London theatres, and even wait out
side the doors for hours to obtain
good seats in the cheaper parts. I
must confess that the phenomenon
"gives furiously to think" in these
strenuous times, when so many WON
en- make such a point of taking life
rseriously. "-Lady's Pictorial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
AUTOMOBILE WRECK AT YALE.
D. L. Oliver, of Pittsburg, Was Killed
Instantly.

New Haven, Conn.-His head and
body crushed together, D, Leet
Oliver, twenty-one years old, a Yale
undergraduate, and who a few years
ago inherited several millions from
his father, J. B. Oliver, a Pittsburg
ironmaster, was instantly killed I'M
der his racing automobile, which shot
over the low side rail of an iron
bridge four miles from here and
landed bottom up on the bank OF a
little creek. Two other undergrad
yates, w. Strothers Jones, OF Red
Bank, N. j., and John A. c. Colston.
of Baltimore, were badly hurt. Err
nest Hudson, a former Yale man, and
who was divers guest for the COM
mencement, escaped with a few slight
cuts and bruises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
NeWsE GleaningS.

Germany has 27,026 autos.
Ben Stephenson is the next captain
Of the Harvard track team.
Advices from Shanghai say that
Chinese distrust of Japan is increas'
ing.
American boxing bids fair to dis
place savate in France, says a special
cable dispatch.
Mayor Mahool, of Baltimore, asked
the Appeal Tax Court to put a tax OF
$1,000 a veal on bachelors.
Daniels comet will be only TO-.
0OO, 900 miles from the earth. the
astronomers say, on July rs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Swamped With Business.

Men who have travelled from one
end of the country to the other report
chat there is nowhere apparent rea.
son for the falling off in railroad
stock values, as the railroads have
more business than they can handle.
and the industrial output is increas-
ing steadily.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

Ex-President Cleveland has evil
IDENTIFY abandoned his former sum-
mer home, on Buzzard's Bay, for that
home in .Tamworth, N. H., where he
has spent the last two summers with
his ia mily
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
After the Feast.

A recent church notice in Man.
chester read: "a potato pie supper
will be held on Saturday evening.
Subject for Sunday evening, "A Night
of Agony "-London Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

A college of foreign languages has
been opened in Canton, China, the
port from which most emigrants sail
to distant parts of the globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Thousands For One Flower.

For an orchid of the Odontoglos-
sum Crispum Leonard Perfect variety
s3675 was paid at a sale at Cheap
side.-London Daily Mail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
Oklahoma Congressman Named.

The Democrats of the Fifth Okla
bona District nominated Scott Ferris
for Congress on the 296th ballot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
WISCONSIN Kills Two-Cent Bill.

At Madison, Wis, the Senate by q
vote of 5 to FL killed the Two-Cent
Railway Faro bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

The automobile is not a modern product as most people tnink. one
"a running in the streets of New York a half century ago. 1t was n
vented by Robert Dudgeon, who built the Steam Road Wagon S 1t was
called, to carry him to and from business and to convey his family to
church. It was a noisy apparatus and consumed two bushels OF coal and
nearly a hogshead of water on each trip. Mr. Dudgeon rode IN 1t or tel
years when the city authorities forbade his further Use If It. m a
chine is still in existence at the inventors Long Island home. A SINH
lar automobile. built by Mr.. Dudgeon, was exhibited at the Crystal Palace
JondoD
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31
.GsArxIasaaMe SafSA~
J~S%
:5eav11s "a
81 4 SCIENCE y II

The most important Of the essen.
tial oils produced in India is geran-
ium or palma rosa oil. The distilla-
ton method is the same as 1t was
eighty years ago..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

An ingenious device has been in
vented by IN employe Of the street
railway in a Western city and is
being tested. Whenever a passenger
stands on the lower step a buzzer
sounds in the motorman's compart-
ment and warns him not to start the
car until the passenger reaches the
platform or the ground. Contact
points are placed in the step which
are brought together by the weight
Of the passenger.
The raveling Of State highways in
Massachusetts during dry weather
has generally been prevented in the
past by spreading a thin coat Of sand
over the surface. During last year,
however, there were two quite pro-
tracted dry spells which disturbed
the bond Of the road and caused
loose stone to stand up on the sur
face. Although sand was spread
thinly as before, it did not prevent
the raveling in all instances.-Engi-
neer.
The high price of copper has
caused many engineers to believe
that the time is ripe for the use OF
steel instead of copper for electric
railway and power feeders. Julius
Alsburg, an American engineer, re-
Gently had occasion to make con-
ductivity tests of various steel rails,
both for. third rail and surface use.
The conductivity Of these various
rails was found to vary from IT to
1888 that of copper. The services
rails had an average conductivity
1-9 that of copper, while some in
tended for third rail were as low az
1-72.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-07-31

By the use of X-rays and the cine
matograph, an apparatus for re-
peatedly pho%tographing moving OBJ
iects at very brief intervals, scien-
lists have succeeded in photograph
ing movements of internal organs
like the heart and lungs. These NOV
ing pictures when reproduced on a
screen are of great assistance to
medical men.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25
Mule Pointers.

The Auxvasse Review gives some in.
formation which will be Of great value To
numerous ubscri,ers. lie tells how to-
distinguish between II broke and an I'M
broke mule: "Examine closely for collar
marks, and IL nOie are 10 le found, look
at the animals III Duth. II lie has had a
Bit in his mouth for any length Of time
you can easily see tile marks on the
miles lip Another way, and perhaps
better than this. to lay yonr hand gently
i'll the center Of the mules spinal colunn
keeping ore eye on the animals right
hind leg. The reason for keeping Your
eye peeled during this operation is that
it is better to have the rye than the head
peeled. II this test is not satisfactory,
another simple plan is To lead the animal
to a convenient stump, OF tie him 10
log in tile barn. borrow from, a neigh
Dor a good, strofA saddle III You wish
to keep yours In good conlitionl; place
it on tile mules hack aud watch his cx.
preston. II his eyelids droop, go ahead.
II not while SOMEONE pats the animal OF
the nose, reach softly under the ab'loihen
(ihe mule's) and get possession Of the
gir,li, and tighten it slowly. If the hitch
rein snaps. tile harm loft caves in. and
the ,roug, in found staining in the far
corner Of the barn. the ANNA! has never
seen much service II he merely .quints
as the y,rth tiAhtens, look a little out.
Wheft all other tests fail. you crawl oil
the .nimai and ram a spur into his side;
il lie replies by switching MS tail, you
can set il down that IL: 10 byoEs.''
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-25

have NJ business working II hours on
bare living wages
In April an acre of land on Fifth aver.
tie, New York, was sold for 1920, 600,
the buildings are being all torn dow,,
and one office building is To take their
places. The safile land was first bought
from an Indian for a few beads. II
population increases the value of thi,
opposite case. The capitalized value Of
Crater New York is nine billion dollars.
OF this sum three billions represent
value Of bare land, and for the privilege
OF being allowed to live on this land,
the people Of New York pay two. ffths
of what they earn for land rent. This
is from a late New York World, write
for a sample copy.
Of the surplus earnings Of men two.
ffths goes to Jacob Astor and others,
who help prosperity by owning the op
rOr,unities to labor. There are but two
values, those Of pr vilege and those Of
labor applied to the earth. If we pay to
individuals or corporations millions for
the mere privilege to labor, had VI not
rs we'll, or better, throw the money into
the scar Does any one Of you see the
outline OF the cause of poverty DO you
see the robbcr on the road to jericho,
If you read Henry Georges Progress
aud Poverty AS a brave christian mar,
| warrant you will not only see him, but
labor with me to bring him t o justice.
The remedy is very simple indeed. In
place of taxing me six dollars Oil my
farm of five hundred dollars. one half Of
which value IL that Of buildings or
fences, tax me the six dollars on the
value OF the land atone. In this way NJ.
Joachim will pay taxes on the value Of
his lot. hut none on his building or his
stock Of goods, Revenue has to lie
raised, raise j, by taxing privilege
values. WORkiNGMAS.