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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
DISCOVERY.
Travel Ten Miles a Second by Stand.
ing Still.

Butler, Pa, Dec. 10.-Rev. Phil
lip Shredanovich, pastor Of the Greek
Orthodox church here and editor OF
business, yesterday announced a dis
covery which if it works out, will
put Newton Franklin and Edisor
far in the rear. The pastor-editor
declares he has invented a means by
which the rotation of the earth on
it's axis may be taken advantage OF
in travel, and that by standing still
one may go round the world ii
tw%enty-four hours.
He has found a way, Rev. Mr.
Shredapovich says, by which mel
may lift themselves above the earth
to a point where they will stand
till while the earth, rotating from
west to east, will do their travelling
for them. The secret Is jealousy
guarded by the pastor and his wife,
whom he credits with suggesting the
idea.
Rev. Mr.. Shredanovich said: eve
will hoist ourselves above the earth
and await the coming of the desired
place, then we will lower ourselves
where. we desire to be. In this way
we may go from America to Europe
in less than twelve hours. My secre;
is how to stand super earth and mo-
be trailed by the earth's !attrac'
ton"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
GINNER'S REPORT
OF COTTON GINNED TO DECEM.
Der ONE.
II, 1914 Bales and 2e,9sS Gin

11,O1O,864 Bales and 26,9S3 Gin
neries-Increase Over Last Year.
8. C. Shows 1,O52,547 Bales.
A total Of 1~1.O10,S64 bales Of cot
ton ginned from the growth Of 1908
to December /; and 26,922 active
%ginner:es, against 8.343,396 bales
ginned . year ago were announced
in the bureau report on cotton gin
ming Tuesday. The 1907 crop a
11,057,S 1922 bales, Of which 1855 was
ginned to December /, the 1906
crop, 12,9S3,201, with iT.2 to De-
cember 1 and 1905 crop, 10,4s5,-
105, bales with 1928 to December 1.
In 1906 there were 10,027,86S bales
and in 1905 S,689,663 bales ginned
to December i. The report count
round bales as half bales and eX-
cludes linters. It includes 200,s18
| round bales for 1908, 1886 for
1907 and 227,145 for 1908. Sea
island bales included 68,497 for
1908, 5000 for 1907 and 41,250
for 1906.
Today's report gives running bales
| nfrnoI n naonroha~ oII nAffun
ginneris respectively by States as
follows:
Alabama, %1,171,4O4o bales and
3,429 ginneries.
Arkansas, 1858 bales and q
073 g~inneries.
Florida, 5$,s77 bales and PSI
ginneries.
Georgia, 1,7ss,7s7 bales and
4,384 g%inneries.
Kansas, Kentucky and New Mexi-
co, 1874 bales and s %ginneries.
Louisiana, S97,1T9 bales and l.
645 g%inneries.
Mississippi, 1,2s7,291 bales and
3,422 %ginneries.
Missouri, 1880 bales and 10 gin
neries.
North Carolina, $4,000 bales and
1851 ginnerics.
Oklahoma, 432,077 bales and a73
ginneries.
South Carolina, 1~,052,547 bales
and 3,184 g%inneries.
Tennessee, 278,679 bates and 625
ginneries.
Texas, 3.2oo,221 bales and 4,c91
J g%inneries.
Virginia, S,773 bales and 90 GIN
neries.
The distribution OF sea isl,nd cot
ton by State. is: Florida 2e,0U3;
Georgia, 32,155; South Carolina.
$3.50 bales.
The corrected statistics of the
quantity of cntton ginned this sea-
son to November IA are ~$9,595,809
bales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
CHOKED TO DEATH.
Man Falls Over Dash Board and Is
Killed.

Spartanburg, s. c., Dec. 10.-Lu-
Their Thompson, aged 35 years, a
we'll known young farmer of the In
man section of the county, was found
dead in his buggy by members of
his family. He had fallen forward,
his head hanging over the dash
board and it is believed that he was
strangled to death.
From what can be learned 1t ap-
pears that Thompson went to a still
In North Carolina on Monday. he
turning to his home late Monday
night he drove into his lot to put IN
his horse and buggy and being IN
an alleged intoxicated condition, he
fell forward and his head caught over
the dash board and before he could
extricate himself, he strangeld to
death. '
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
BRYAN WAS ARRESTED.
His Hunting Party Had Killed Too
Many Ducks.

Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan fell into the
hands Of a game warden yesterday,
when. he and three other hunters
were arrested at Lake Surprise, the
famouns game preserve OF Banker
Moody, Of Galveston, in Chambers
county.
Bryan, Moody and two friends
were: charged with having violated
the State game law by killing more
than rs fowls each. The law limits
the number of ducks to- be killed
by n person 25 In "a hours.
More than $50 dead ducks testi
fed to the work of the four men
up to the time the game warden ap-
peared. Then it was sworn that
Bryan had really killed but a few
canvas backs. Moody and the other
two Nimrods pleaded guilty and &C.
cepted the penalty, the fine being
$25 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
MAIL CARRIER HURT.
Thrown From His Buggy and Per.
haps Fatally Injured.

Spartanburg, Dec. Jesse L..
Wood, a well known letter carrier,
was thrown from his buggy early
Sunday morning and seriously in
jured. The horse MI. Wood was
driving took fright on east Main
street. Just in front Of the First
Presbyterian church. He was
thrown violently to the sidewalk and
knocked unconscious. When taken
to his home it was discovered that
three Of his ribs had been broken
and one of his shoulders terribly in
jured. He Is threatened with pneu-
monia, which makes his condition
trebly worse.-The State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
GREAT WATER MAIN BREAKS.
Traffic Blocked at Brooklyn Until
Hole is Bridged.

New York, Dec. IA good sized
area in Brooklyn in the vicinity Of
Washington and johnson streets was
still wet today after last nights
deluge, caused by the breaking oil
4 twenty-four-inch high pressure wa
ter main.
With a oar that could be heard
for blocks the water shot upward for
twenty feet, sending with it a shower
Of paving stones, sprinkling every
body within fifty yeards. Traffic
was blocked until a hole in the
street ten feet square was bridged.
Police reserves and an emergency
crew from the water department
were called out to hold the crowd
In check and prevent a panic. No
one was injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
TOO BIG A LIAR
FOR HIM TO TACKLE SAYS Ed
ITOR LAFFAN,
Who, In Dignifed but Searching
Words, Roasts Roosevelt, Refusing
to Bandy Epithets With Him.

Mr.. Latfan replies to the Presi-
dents letter as follows:
1.-The editor of the Sun presents
his compliments to Mr.. Roosevelt
and acknowledges his active sensi-
bility in respect Of the attention
which MI. Roosevelt has been good
enough to pay him in his letter to
the. Hon. William Dudley Fanlke, of
Indiana.
Notwithstanding the directness
of this challenge, the editor of the
Sun declines q controversy with Mr..
Roosevelt. He is by no means in
different tc the implied compliment
diseernible in MI. Roosevelt's TRADE,
but Mr.. Roosevelt has shown in. hi!
FREQUENT collisions with various per-
sons of distinction that he has an
overwhelming advantage over any
respectable antagonist in his, Mr.
Rooseveft's complete freedom from
any sense Of personal obligation IN
ID I'll IllC u TIL
the Sun is fully alive to the extrem1.
ty of the inconvenience which at
taches to a personal controversy witt
q man who has shown himself cap
able of suppression and ~perversior
of individual correspondence, an art
which, in ordinary life, would, In
the cognizance of any club or asso
citation of self-respecting gentlemen
entail his prompt expulsion.
"In- saying these things we can
not disguise our chagrin and humil
I~,iation that the person wto is adj
dressed is also the President Of tn
| United States.
ut is curious that the Mr.. Foulh'
is a preferred repository Of these
condolences Of the President. 1t wal
to him that Mr.. Roosevelt sent hi!
memorable letter denying that HI
was using the Federal patronage Il
aid Mr.. Taft's candidacy, a lette'
which at once took Its place among
the most valued incunabula of We
ractiy."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
BAD MAN WITH A GUN.
Saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills
Three Negroes.

Three Negroes.
Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 11.-After
a brief argument with a crowd Of
negroes engaged in a game of bill
lizards at a saloon on Desota street
near Beale, shortly after midnight
this morning, William Latura, a
white saloon keeper Of this city,
shot and killed three of the negroes
and wounded four others, n NOR
tally and the others seriously. One
Of those wounded Is a woman.
According to statements of by
ISLANDERS the negroes were grouped
about the table when Latura enter
ed the saloon. AS he appeared a
few heated words passed and In
the next instant Latura had drawn
his revolver and begun firing. Each
of his bullets took effect with the
result az stated. Latura, who 1t is
said had been drinking, was taken
into custody after the shooting. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
PULLED FROM BURNING HOUSE.
Mother Passes Children Through
Window to. Safety.

New York, Dec. 10.-Ten persons
were dragged to safety from a burn
ing tenement in Williamsburg last
night. Mrs. Mary Kilcoine, after
being awakened, called for help and
when two policemen %responde J,
handed her two small children
through a window to safety. Her.
man Zeigler and his father, aged
IS, and the old mans wife, aged
80, were overcome by smoke, but
were rescued, as were the family
of Mitchell McDermott, who were
carried to safety after having been
found unconscious.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
N A INVESTIGATION.
Democrats Want Inquiry Into That
$40, OOO,O 600 Purchase.

Washington, Dec. 7.-Democrats
Of the House r planning to demand
an investigation of the purchase Of
the Panama canal property and Ia
conformity with this program Rep
resentative Rainey, Of Illinois, in
troduced a resolution directing the
Speaker to appoint a committee Of
FIVE to ascertain how much of the
s40,O00,O 600 which appears on the
record to have ben paid to the
French company, was really paid to
that company"
1t Is said that the National DEM
ocratic committee requested Rainey
to present the resolution, which
provides that the committee shall
ascertain IL any portion of the $40,-
100000 vas directly or indirectly
paid. to American citizens, to an
American syndicate, and If any
member, or Senator, profted by the
transaction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Took His Own Life.

st. Louis, Dec. 7.-Charles A.
Eckstromer, Swedish vice counsel in
st. Louis, committed suicide today.
Eckstroner came into public notice
some time ago through a controversy
with Federal officials which resulted
in the revocation of his exequatur
by President Roosevelt. Later he
was reirstated and resumed his Of
fetal duties.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
STEAMER RESCUED.
Lost Her Propeller at Sea, Towed
Into Port.

Halifax, N. s., Dec. Tile
steamer Valentia arrived in port to-
day towing the oil tank steamer
'Orffamme, which had been picked
up disabled at sea. The Valentia,
laden with cotton, was bound from
Wilmington, N. c., for Bremen, and
the Orifamme, with a cargo of oil,
was bound from Philadelphia for
Cette, France. The Orifamme lost
her propeller and was helplessiy
adrift when she was sighted by the
Valentia, which answered her sig
nails and went to her assistance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
A FATAL PLUNGE.
Fireman Who Fell From Window
Dies From Injury.

Macon, Ca, Dec. 10.-Thomas
Fulford, the 21-year-old Central Of
Georgia fireman, who fell from the
second story of his boarding house
on Third street yesterday afternoon,
died at the city hospital today.
Fulford came in from his run
feeling badly, went at once to les
room, feeling feverish. He went to
open his window and tainted while
In the act. While in this condition
he fell forward to the ground 35 feet
below. His skull was fractured. He
was unmarried. His home was in
Americas. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Dairy Pointers.

Whatever we should give our
COWS to eat we should never neglect
to proved them with plenty of water
and pure air.
Ventilation and cleanliness are
two matters which ar going to cut
an important figure in the future
dairy business.
. 1t may be set down as an absolute
fact that an animal In an unsound
condition cannot give pure milk. >
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Printer Kills Himself.

Defuniak Springs, Fla, Dec. TO-
Frank E. Gibson. of Bennettsville,
S. c.. a printer employed in one Of
Defuniak Springs printing offices,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. Doctors were
summoned, but he died before med
ical aid could be rendered. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Life of Peach Trees.

1t Is claimed that the most prof.
able period in the life of a peach
tree is from four to eight years.
From a peach census taken last year
In Orange county, New York, 1t
seem that thorough cultivation IS
more essential to the peach tree
than either pruning or spraying. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
GOVERNMENT DYKES BREAK.
Five Dwellings and Lumber Plant
Are Swept Away.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 1.-The
government dyke at the foot of
Tennessee street gave way late to-
day and tonight the waters Of the
Arkansas river are fast eating their
way toward the mouth of Hardlngs
Bayou which crosses the city. To.
day five dwelling houses and the
warehouse Of the Arkansas Packet
Company, were swept away and the
greater portion Of the Candy Hard
wood mill was destroyed. Bar
racque street for a distance of five
blocks east OF Georgia street has
been completely destroyed and the
buildings on the south side Of the
street are being moved back as rap
idly as possible, with the water fol-
lowing closely in the wake of the
worknen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Commits Suicide.

New York, Dec. 7.-Leaving two
letters, in one of which he said he
had suffered more than anybody
in the world" Louis Evans, Of
Brooklyn, a youth Of nineteen years,
shot and instantly killed himself in
a hospital where he was undergoing
treatment for tuberculosis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Explosion in Magazine.

Calcutta, Dec. An explosion at
at military station, where men err
engaged in converting ball cart
ridges into blanks resulted in the
killing Of eleven men and wounding
Of twenty-six others. The casual
ties we're all among native soldiers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
DROWNED IN
Young Men Go to Death in Trying to
Shoot the Rapids.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Joseph H.
Painter, aged 80, a boaanist in the
National museum, and his compan.
ion, Robert Wallace, aged 16, were
drowned today while trying to shoot
the rapids at Stubblefield falls, in
the Potomac river, about 10 miles
north of the city. The bodies have
not been recovered.
The young men were on a fishing
trip in a small canoe, which over
turned in midstream with them, due
to striking a rock. Both were resi-
dents of this city.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Killed by Train.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 10.-W. H.
Crowninshield, aged 40, of Boston.
Mass, said to be a nephew of Rear
Admiral Crowninshield, was run
down and killed by a railway train
here last night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Wanted to Buy-Five hundred to
one thousand bushels mixed CLAW
peas; must be free from Whip
poorwills and speckled peas;; will
give highest market price. l.. M.
Pearlstine & Sons, 201-203 East
Bay street, Charleston, S. c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

Farms For Sale-Large list Of farms
for sale in different sections Of
the country; also owners name.
Free for the asking. T. M. Boaz.
Lock Box 50, Calhoun, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

Vegetable Plants-Cabbage, Lettuce,
Bermuda Onion, Tomato, Peppe"
Egg Plant and Sweet Potato; the
finest in the. South. Catalogue
free. T. K. Cooley, Waldo, Fla.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

Wanted-Men and women who earn
less than $25 per week to become
chiropodists; easy, profitable
work. Booklet free. Rochester
School Of Chiropody, Rochester,
N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16

e"nerS who have given EXPRESSION to
their thoughts seem to thing that
the only solution o. the neg-o ques.
ton is his migration TO Africa; but
to me such a proposition is utterly
fatuous. The negro is essential to
the South in order that it MA have
proper labor. Their ancestors were
brought here against their will.
They have nc country but this.
They know no flag but ours. They
wish to live under it and are viii
ling to die fer it. They ara Ameri-
cans. The proposition to increase
the supply of labor in the South by
emigration from Europe, is seems to
me, instead of being in'n,ical to the
cause of the negro, will aid him. AS
the industries of the South continue
to grow in the marvellous ratio al
ready SHOWN the dema3i for labor
must increase.
primarily an industrial educa-
ton for the masses, higher educa-
ton for the leaders of the negro
race, for their professional men,
their clergymen,> their physicians,
their lawyers and their teachers, will
make up a system under which thei:
Improvement, which statistics show
to have been most noteworthy III
the last 40 years, will continue at
the same rate.
ON the whole, then, the best
public opinion of the North and the
best public opinion of the South
seems. to be coming together in re-
spect to all the economic and politi-
cal questions growing out Of pres
ent race conditions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
HASKELL BEGINS EFFORT
TO GUST OIL COMPANY

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. BY filing
an custer suit against the Territory
Illuminating oil company, Governor
Haskell today began his promised
fight to break the lease of Usage In
dian lands which he claimed vas
wrongfully granted TO the company
by President Roosevelt. The papers
IN the suit were filed today at Tulsa.
The governor has taken action
against the eompany's plan for pip
ing gas into the state from ST.
Louis. The real fight, however, Is
said to be against the Standard OIL
company of which the Oklahoma 3
believed TO be a subsidiary branch
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
PLAY PEfKABOO
WITH POLICEMEN

Chief of Police Gibson, accom-
panied by Ofhcers Welch and Hum
phreys, made an investigation OF a
report coming into the Marshall's Of
flee yesterday afternoon to the ef-
feet that a band of hObOes were
camping near the City View ceme-
terry. but could find no trace nor
sign of the parties. After a thor
ough search of that vicinity, the
party were returning to the city
when they observed a mans head
sticking up behind clump If
bushes and upon soliciting the ac-
qaintance with the owner, the Of
ficers could find no trace of him.
Where he went or whom he was. the
police are at loss to know.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
BEST AUTO TRACK
FOR LOS ANGELES
CUnited Press Leased Wire)

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Dec. Race track
followers in Southern California
practically admitted that they expect
horse racing to be killed by the mex.
Legislature when It was announced
today that Ascot Park is to be con
verted into one OF the finest auto
mobile speodways In tho world. c.
S. Wlldig, acting for the White Sew
ing Machine company, makers of the
White Steamer. has made deposit
of $4,000 with Attorney w. E.
Dwinn to Gecure the option on the
park,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
WOULD MAKE OREGON
GREAT APPLE STATE

man, president of the ad club, presid-
ed as chairman of the meeting.
Judge w. M, Colvig introduced the
discussion, and he elaborated consid-
cradle at length on "The Apple as an
Advertisement for Oregon" He be-
came decidedly humorous in treating
with the subject, and explained that
any surprise which might have fol
lowed the selection by the ad club of
the apple as an advertising feature
was easily dispelled when it was re-
membered that it was an apple that
drove Adam and Eve from the Gar
den of Eden.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
AMERICA
FORMALLY
THANKED
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Washington, d. c., Dec. 2.-The
gratitude of the China government
to the United States for the remis-
sion of $14,0O0,000 of the Boxer
indemnity fund was expressed per-
sonally to President Roosevelt to-
day by Ambassador Tang Shao vi,
the imperial envoy sent to Washing
ton by the late Emperor.
Accompanied by the officials mem
bers of his suite, including Prince
Tsai Flu, His Excellency called on
the President and in few words ex-
pressed the thanks of his nation for
the kindness shown. President
Roosevelt responded briefly, vote
Ing his appreciation of the courtesy
Of the Chinese government.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
PATHETIC LIFE OF MRS.
GENERAL WARDELL ENDS

General David Wardwell. kidnape1
her et night and took her to little
hut on a mountainside near Tomb
stone, Ariz For some time the pair
were lost to the authorities but Of
ficers finally located them and COM
PEELED the afflicted woman 10 return
to the isolation of her living tomb
here.
Undmindful of the danger TO him
self the aged general begged tha!
his wife be left TO his care in the
Arizona cabin. When his plea was
unheeded he failed in health an l
died within a few days after their
separation,
Lepersy had already affected the
mind OF MrS. Wardwell and a short
time after her return here she be-
came raving maniac. She had
lucid moments however, and one OF
them few days ago enabled her 20
tell a Mexican who had travelled
hundreds of miles 10 have his case
diagnosed. that he was afflicted with
the living death.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-02
(UnIted Press Leased WIreD

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Dec, Mrs. lsa-
bella Wardwell, the leper wife Of
the famouD old army officer who re-
Gently died in Arizona, died early
today at the county hospital here.
She will be buried in potters field.
Mrs. Wardwells case attracted ma
tion-wide attention a few months
ago when her husband, General
Wardwen, kidnapped her from the
county hospital and fled with her to
n hat in the mountains OF Arizona
He died a short time later and she
was returned to this city.
Seven years of misery were spent
by the unfortunate woman before
death ended her untold suffering.
She was not confined in the hospital
here however, until last June, when
she was found wandering in a dazed
condition about the shopping dis
trict. Al the police station II was
discovered that she was a leper.
After being confined in the con
tagious ward OF the institution for
several weeks. her aged husband,