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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
DOES WE'LL WEST.
Eoyptian Cotton Can Be Successfully
Raised Out There,

Successful experiments IN the Gull
tivation of Egyptian cotton have been
conducted in New Mexico and Ariz-
ona, according to reports made by
the bureau Of plant industry OF the
Department of Agriculture.
DR.. Weber, now Of Corness, eX-
perimer+ed with the Egyptian plant
in South Carolina and Northern Geor-
eia. but the climate was too severe IN
these sections. DR.. Carson Of the de
nartuert was rewarded greater sue
.ess in his efforts made In the Col
,rado river basis, as much as nine
hundred pounds Of lint having been
occurred from one acre last year. IL
;s believed that the plant can be
grown In Northern Florida and South
| ern Georgia.
Egyptian cotton. millions OF dollars
worth of which are imported annual
V into the United States, IS more va!
liable than inland specimens OF Sc.
sland and upland varieties Though
I'ess valuable than the best grades O
| he former. 1t is the strongest a
;etv of cotton, and is used largely l!
| the manufacture Of fine laces n pes
,uality OF undergarments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
THREE DEAD AND MANY HURT
Terror Stricken Tenants are "eogee
SoIidly on the Escapes.

At New York three persons were
killed, fifteen were injured, some Oh
them seriously, and the lives of near
" a hundred persons were endangered
nv a fire in a fve-story tenement
house at No. A Hester street. brel
Weinstein, ms wife and one year
old son we're suffocated IN their apart
ments on the fifth floor.
In their mad attempt to escape
from the smoke and fire scores OF
scantlv clad men, women and chill
dren crowed the narrow Iron plat
forms and ladders until they became
wedged in solid masses on tne
fire escapes, unable to extr'cate
themselves and blocking the way Oh
those who had not yet succeeded IN
getting out of the building. IN the
meantime the flames had been con,
stantly spreading and the terror
among the tenants had carried tnen'
past the point of self restraint.
While the firemen were GAZING
ont to them that there was no danger
and that help soon would reach them
they began, one by one to jump
from the windows. resulting IN 'ns
list OF injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
KILLED AT GRIST MILL
A Colored Boy Got Caught IN ME-
chinery Somehow.

The Aiken Journal and heVle"
saws on Saturday week ago a negro
nov, whose name could not be learn
pd, was killed at Mr.. E. H. Tooies
prist mill, near Wagner. The boy
went to the mill with some orn 10
he ground into meal, and after 1t was
ground. he was instructed not TO hang
around the machinery. Mr.. Tooie
went into another part of the house
NOT thinking further of the boy. ne
Soc heard a thud and he thougnt
tina, omething was the matter WIN
the machinery. When he reached the
Mace, he found hte boy lying inesnsl-
HE ON the floor. He had evidently
touched one of the belts and was
thrown heavily to the floor. He was
not dead, and was carried to his nome
and care given to him. 1t was FOUND
that no bones were broken, but blooo
on ;, brain was supposed to nave
causeu his death, which occurred on
Sunday morning. The boy had severe
commissions from the time he was IN
iured to his death.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
PRETTY ROMANCE.
SEClRED A WIFE BY NEWSPA'
PER ADVERTISING.
The Prospective Bride Game From
Michigan and Met Her Intended
Husband in Columbia.

Husband in Columbia
The Columbia State says through
the agency of dear old Uncle Sam
mails a romance which bridged 100
miles and eliminated Thursday in th'
Joining of the uearts and lives Of
South Carolinian and Michigander
A venerable citizen Of this State
who had seen service in the Confed
rate army and whose hair is snow.
white, p%atronized a matrimonial
agency several months ago and hac
inserted in the official publication
Of t he perpetual bliss society an ad
vertisement, giving notice to all mar
~riageable women from coast to coas'
that he was lonely in his oil age
and was in q receptive mood to take
unto himself a partner for life.
The advertisement told of his be-
ing a farmer, in a prosperous farm
ing section of South Carolina, and
the information that he was able tc
provide for q heIpmate and would moi
only provide for uer but shower upon
her all the love and affection Of his
warm heart.
A winsome lady Of far-away Mich
igan answered the advertisement and
one letter followed another for a brief
spell, and finally he Of marrying IN
%clinations sent uer word to come
down" He liked her photograph and
liked also the way her .eliers were
written.
She told him that she had a son,
and this was satisfactory to the man
who was looking and longing for a
good wife. He sent the money for
the two tickets and wrote that he
would meet her in Columbia.
They met there and recognized
each other instantly, for Lucy had
exchanged photographs, and as she
alighted from the train they fell IN
to each others arms and the little
fellow was happy, too. They left on
the next train for Sumter, where
they planned to be married, and from
there they will go to their home IN
Williamsburg county.
F. NJ. Britton, Sr., is the bride
groom and he resides at Church.
Williamsburg county. he is past 70
years of age and is a little hard OF
hearing, but otherwise Is s%prightly
and we'll preserved physically. He II
well fixed" in a financial way and
has a nice home all prepared for the
bride Of his later years.
The bride is Mrs. Lillian Barnett
Of Kalamazoo, Mich, and she is just
past forty-fve. Her son Is q bright
young boy and when e e with his
mother and the man she has chosen
as his step-fatner he seemed to be
very we'll pleased.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
4 Campaign Button.

Among other things Of interest re-
ceiyed in the mornings mail OF the
senator was a Bryan BUTTON when
he presented to the correspondent.
The button, which is probably one
Of the first received in South Caro-
lima, Is Just a little larger thar a
silver dollar and contains the like
nesses of George Washington, Thorn
as Jefferson, Andrew Jackson n
Abraham Lincoln with Mr.. Bryan III
the center, under whose picture IS
this inscription: The Peoples Choice,
At the top is a legend, Enemies OF
. special Privileges" and on the bot
tom is "Upholders of Equality of the
| Law. Just above Mr.. Bryan's head
in the picture are inscribed Ideal
! Americans" and Popular states
men,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
VERY TRANCE CASE.
A Burglar in Sleep, But an Honest
Man Awake.

Charged with breaking INTO the
home of Fred Folger, at No. 4ool
Armour avenue, Chicago, and attack
ing Folger and his wife, Ross Free
man, son Of a wealthy oil dealer, was
acquitted on the ground that he was
asleep when he committed the offence
Freeman was found by Folger IN
the kitchen of his home. He grappleo
with the intruder and was getting
badly beaten when his wife appeared
Although she was beaten Also the!
managed to overpower Freeman IN
hold him until the police a rrlVea.
In ocurt alienlsts testified that tneE
believed Freeman was asleep "nen
he entered the Folger house ana ina
his attack upon Folger and MS "lle
was not a criminal Let. One allehiS',
mr. O'Neill. said that Freeman's ACT
was committed while he was IN the
"automatic mood following an cpl
,ent,c seizure" He asserted that TINS
was different from the state OF sam
nambulism and testimony was given
to show that Freeman was an epilep,
| rio
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
BLOODY BATTLE.
Man Convicted of Arson Kills One
and Wounds Three
IN The COURT ROOM.

After Verdict Of Guilty is Read Pris
oner, in Terre Haute, Indiana
Opens Fire on Prosecuting Attor
ney and Officers and Is Seriously
Wounded Himself Before Melee
Ends.
At Terre Haute, Ind, Henry F. Nc.
Donald, on Thursday, In the Circuit
Court room, after being + ound guilty
Of arson, shot and killed Chief of De-
tectives VIM. E. Dwyer, seriously
wounded three other officers and a
bystander and " as himself seriously
wounded. Mcdonald had been tried
for dynamiting stores and a church
in Sanford last year.
|. AS soon as the jury reached Its
verdict Mcdonald jumped up, drew a
revolver and fired at Prosecuting At
torney James A. Cooper, Jr., but miss
ed because Cooper tipped his chair
over backwards. Mcdonald continu-
ed fired at the officers seated around
the counsel table. Detective Dwyer
fell dead at the third shot.
Policemen and deputy sheriffs In
the Court room drew revolvers and
opened fire on Mcdonald, who return
ed the fire. Before the convicted man
fell with half a dozen bullets in his
body he had shot Harvey V. Jones,
superintendent Of police, in the side;
Deputy Sheriff Ira Wellman in the
chin; Sylvester Doyle, Court bailiff,
in the leg, and q bystander in the
side.
The jurors jumped to their feet at
the first shot. Judge ]. T. Walker,
one of the attorneys, tried to stop
Mcdonald, but he only hindered the
officers, who were hitting him, when
they shot at Mcdonald.
Judge Crane, who presided at the
trial, ran to the railing of the jury
box and spectators rushed out In the
confusion. Persons in Offices below
the Court room heard the shots and
rushed towards the upper floor only
to collide with the people leaving the
Court room.
Some of the spectators to the shoot
ing said McDonald's brother also fired
at the officers. The officers are look
ing for the brother. Mcdonald was
finally overwhelmed by officers and
taken to a hospital.
It is said that Mcdonald and the
other wounded men will recover. The
events which eliminated so tragic
all had their origin in dynamiting
outrages that destroyed the Metho-
dist Church and the general stores
of Shychle and Johnson, and j. w.
Erne, Of Sanford, on February z,
1907. Henry Mcdonald and James
Scanion were arrested the next day
charged with the crime, in a formal
trial the jury disagreeing. Scanlon
has not been tried.
Mcdonald had been permitted his
liberty during the trial. The police
department has been active IN the
case, and several officers were IN
Court to hear the verdict.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
I E FROM BURNS.
Hanging Lamp Falls to Floor With
Fatal Results.

AS the result Of severe burns re-
ceived by a swinging lamp In her
room falling from its fastenings and
breaking at her feet, Miss Lollie
Smith, daughter Of M. D. Smith, OF
Waughtown, N. c., died Tuesday, and
her mother is confined to her room
suffering from painful burns received
in trying to save the life of her
daughter. A brother, Gilmer, was
also badly burned in attempting 10
put out the flames that enVelopea MS
mother and sister.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
WEST VIRGINIA rOR BRYAN.
He Is Endorsed by a Vote OF TWO
to Ore.

The Democratic State executive
~ooumittee of West Virginia Friday
aooidod 10 mold the state nomination
convention at Charleston on July ~.
Tho convention to select delegates 10
the national Democratic conventioh
~ 0enver will be held In Wheeling
on May %. After an acrimonious de-
hate OF three hours, q resolution
indorsinr William J. Bryan was
adonted by a vote Of 10 to So
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
KILLED By FALL.
On the Eve Of His Celebration OF h's
Birthday.

lust as the family preparations ioi
q surprise party in honor OF his lstn
birthday We're being completed ias'
evening. Louis Lee, OF Seglno"'
Mich. was killed by falling down
stairs. He died half an hour alte'
being picked up by his mother at 'ne
foot of the stairway. Ill
The young man VINO was "i,
known as an athelete and 1ootoa''
nlaver, had beer complaining that ne
felt sick. Starting to descend the
stairs. he missed his footing turneG
= somersault in the air n ianosc
=, bis hack on the floor below. Phy'
sicians found that his BACK va.
broken. ..- -. ---
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
GHOST MONEY 81 \
Clearing House Certificates Destro'e
in Columbia Last Week.

A fire in Columbia last week de-
stroyed s446,832, but no n lost {
cont and there we're no regrets. The
Columbia Clearing House Assoclat'oh
held a meeting at which all the baahS
were represented and the Clearing
House Certificates issued some time
ago were ordered destroyed, haVlne
hean redeemed and recalled.
The total amount Of the issue WAY
about $45n.0O0, and there Is ABOUT
$4,000 in certificates still outstano-
inc some Of which are in the hands
of the banks. The Clearing HOUSE
certificates served their purpose anc
the stringency in currency lawn
nassed, the ssue was retired SOME
weeks ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
CUT IN TWO.
Thirty-Six Men Perish In a Tor
pedo Destroyer Which
GOES TO THE BOTTOM

The Deck Crew Goes Down With the
Vessel-Dressed in Oilskins and
Boots, Victims Have No Chance
twenty-five Are Rescued by Boate
From the Other Ships-Destroyer
Tries to Cross Big Cruisers Bow
A dispatch from Portsmouth, Eng
land, says t~hirty-six men, including
Lieut.. Middleton, commander of the
torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, lost
their lives in a collision of the Isle
Of Wright, Friday night, between
hat vessel and the British cruiser
Berwick.
The vessels belong to the Ports
mouth division of the British home
fleet aud we're engaged in night man
euvers in the channel on their way
to Portland. 80,
The night was very dark and the
Berwick was steaming slowly. When
the destroyer attempted to cross the
big cruisers bow she was caugnt
amidships and cut in half with hnlfe-
like percison, sinking almost imme-
diately. 49,
The deck crew who were dressed IN
heavy oilskins and boots, went own
with the vessel, rot having time 70
free themselves from these heavy en-
cumbrances.
OF the twenty two men VINO were
rescued most of them we're engineers
and stokers, who having light 10th
ing were able to keep themselves
aAoat until boats from the otner
ships, which we're Immediately
launched, picked them up. -.
The smaller naval vessels were III
Tho midst of an attack on their Dig
cor consorts when the disaster occur
rcd. The entire fleet was unoer
masked lights, and in darkness. Inc
DESTROYER was cut in two as II she
had been made of paper. Inc lot
ward half sunk instantaneously ana
the sea became dotted with struss
mon Most of them, no vever' sank
before help could reach them. me
Tiger had a complement Of hfty-nlne
men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
SHE HIM.
s,vs He Had Annoyed Her With His
Attentions.

In the presence of a thousand peo-
Mo Mrs. Minnie Cowden, of James
town. N. Y, horsewhipped Henry
FRANKLIN, on the city's main nor
oughfare Friday. When Frankiln
tore the whip from her hands, MIS-
Cowden broke an umbrella over his
head. According to Mrs. Cowden'
franklin had been annoying her with
his attentions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
MAN HURT IN WRECK.
Sees His Leg Cut off With His OWL
Knife.

Pinioned under wreckage caused
by a real end collision on the Bur
lington road Friday and with steam
from a broken engine pipe pouring In
to his face, Horace A. Mckittrlck' a
stock broker Of Brookield, MO-
directed the amputation of his leg
and furnished a dull jack knife "ltn
which the work was done. The rougn
o%peration was performed by the
Rev. R. c. Allen, of Grove City, "a.
hut It failed in It's purpose, Mckittrick
diving later at a hospital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
SENT Up FOR TEN YEARS
s,or Sending Through the Mails d
Deadly Machine.

At Greensboro, n. c., Hardin Ger
many was convicted in the superior
court and sentenced to the peniten-
ti,rv, for sending an Internal ma
chine through the mail to Caesar
Cone, the millionaire cotton manu-
facturer to that city, two weeks ago
Germany was a former emploEe IN
one of Mr.. Cones mills, and Is ~
Years of age. He did not empty ON
.el TO defend him, and offered no tes'
timony. but nedied the charge MI.
ron was the principal witness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
abbeville Gets Building.

A dispatch from Washington says
building and grounds Wednesday or
dered reported bills for new ouiio-
thei Senate committee on puolio
,nps OF Muskegee, Oklahoma, $780,
900: Abbeville, South Carolina. $1s'-
ooo. and Miami, Florida, s75'ooo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
Republicans Are JubiIant That
Senator Tillman Is Absent.
ARE AFRAID OF HIM.
The Republican Leaders Said to BE
Breathing Easier Than in Years
Because of the Enforced Absence
of the Senior Senator From South
Carolina.-Democrats Will Greatly
Miss Him and His Leadership.

The Washington correspondent Of
The News and Courier says since 1t
was announced a few days ago that
Senator Tllman's physicians had
positively forbidden him to return to
| Washington before the beginning OF
the next session Of Congress and in
the meantime had ordered a complete
change OF living in every respect,
there has been a considerable amount
Of discussion as to who will take his
part in the Denver Convention and
will lead the Senate until he returns.
1t is said that Republican leaders
are breathing easy now for the first
| time since Tillman went to the Sem
ate. While they admit that he has
toned down considerable since his
advent into Washington political life
he Is still, they say, anything but
docile, and what troubles them most
is that they never car tell. just where
Or when he is going to break out.
That part Of the Senator's makeup
has given them more trouble than
4 little and many times when they
thought him quieted he was only
gathering more material for a still
mightier onslaught.
Beveridge, Lodge, Aldrich, Hale,
in fact all the big men on the Re-
publican side of the Senate wear a
different look now from that to be
found on their features two weeks
lgo. They knew Tillman was o
fighter who did not know the mean
Ing of the word fear and they had to
guess many times justwhere to
tackle in order to get a hold. Some
times they held him, sometimes they
threw him, but it was always be-
cause Of the combined forces or the
Republicans on one eide as opposed
to the half-hearted help OF the DEM
ocrats on the other.
No man who had made plans TO
attend the Denver Convention will be
more missed than Tillman and many
Democrats who expect to attend from
different parts of the United States
have so expressed themselves. He
was to be the central igure-certain-
" so far as the South Is concerned
unless 1t be Bailey, of Texas, n
there Is now serious doubt whether
the great Texas orator Will be al
lowed to present his State or not.
lowed to represent his State or
not. There will be other
Democrats from various sections Of
the country, but all eyes were be-
ginning to centre on Tillman and
Bailey as the two Southern leaders.
The people of Texas have never
been able to believe that their for
mer idol, Bailey, was entirely diVor-
oed from the scandal that two years
ago came near ending his politicai
life. when his alleged connection
with the Waters-Pierce OIL Company
became known to them. In order
that the people of Texas may vote on
the issue as to whether Bailey snail
be- n of the four delegates at large
TO the Denver Convention a speclai
| election is to be held May 2. Should
il be decided at that election thai
eailev shall not attend two OF the
| Foremost Democrats in political lie
to-day will be absent-Tillman ana
| Bailey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08
Return Flags.

AT Trenton, n. j., Thursday tho
house passed the senate joint reso-
luton providing for the return OF
Southern flags taken during the CIV
Al MAR
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-08

Representative at His Home In Tren'
ton-The Senator Getting Better
Will Work for Democracy In Octo-
Der if Health Permits-To Visit
Atlanta and Then Go Abroad With
Mrs. Tillman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-10
NEW YORK cnrrnN

New York. Oct. s.--The cotton market was lower today owing to increased appre- hensions regarding the European political situation and talk of easier spot markets, with the close barely steady at a net de- cline of three to eight points. Sales were estimated at i25, ,oO0 bales
 The market opened steady at an advance of two to five points on better cables than expected and rains in the eastern belt but soon eased off owing to scattered liquida- ton and local bear pressure which reflect ed nervousness over the situation in the
 Balkans and rumors that yesterdays late offerings from the South were freer and
 slightly easier.
 The market held pretty close to last nights finals during the middle session. and found some support from scattered covering for over the weekend. but be- came weak in the late trading on reports that near month contracts here were on a shipping parity with high grades in some sections of the South.
 The close was at practically the lowest
 figures of the day. The heavy into sight ternoon as suggesting a rapid increase in
 the worlds visible supply during the pe- riod of inaction in Manchester while it was feared that the situation in southeast Europe might restrict trade on the con- tinent which so far this season as shown
 by the exports. has been the largest taken of American cotton. The South was a Receipts at the ports toda 57.36s bales. against 45,sS2 last week and 39.997 last year. oFr the week 340,00O bales. against s3S102 last week and 241s52s last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 7,505 bales against 5,511 last year and at Hous-
 ton 12,155 bales, against HI last year Futures opened steady and closed barely