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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
wINsLoW GRANGE
Will Have Special Program at Meet
ina Tomorrow Evening.

A special program has been made
out for the meeting of Winslow Grange
which will be held Friday evening as
follows:
Music
Reading. Mrs. G. S. Getchell
Paper. Miss Morrow
Piano solo, Mrs. G. A. Chamberlain
Dialogue,
Charles Blake and Charity Hodges
Question: (Which Is the Most Profit
able. to Raise Wheat or Yellow Corn?'
r.. o. Jones, Allen Reynolds. F. c.
Drummond and S. II. Chaffee. Cues
lions on corn will be answered by
members of the Grange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06

Wireless telephony installed on
battleships works successfully in some
cases, but is unsatisfactory in other
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
A RECEPTION
To Dept. Com. w. K. Dana This Even
ing by w. s. Heath Post, G. A. r.

A reception will be held this evening
by w. S. Heath Post, No. IA, G.. A. r..
in honor of Department Commander
Woodbury. X. Dana and his assistant
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
CHINA.
Pres. and Mrs. Taft Entertain.

Washington, May Sat a state din.
ner at the White House tonight Presi-
dent and Mrs. Taft had among other
guests Senators Frye and Gallinger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-06
Yankee Cruisers on the Way.

Gibraltar, May 5.-United States
cruisers North Carolina and Montana
arrived here today from Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba.
They are bound for Asiatic Turkey
to protect American interests.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Radium has been put on the free
list and the bottom has fallen out
of the market. The frugal and eco
nomic housewife can nov purchase
this household necessity at $4,000
900 an ounce.
The newspaper reporter may
really be looking for a good story to
take home to his wife as an ex
cuse.
Sometimes it is the strapping big
fellows who get strapped.
The young blade of a fellow
is not always sharp enough to make
cutting remarks.
In her outfit the average summer
girl likes to have a manly looking
sutton two.
The Whirling Dervish doesn't
have to have his wheel when he
wants to go out for a little spin.
The baker says when a man Is
we'll bred you can tell when he was
raised right.
Speaking of table manners. 1t 1t
always considered the proper thing
to turn the tables?
Even the true tenor may be a
base deceiver.
Easy money Is the hardest to keep.
1t is all right to be selfish with
-nur troubles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Slain by Fellow Convict.

Charlie Lokey, a convict on the
Tiff County, Georgia, chain gang,
was killed with one blow Tuesday
morning, while seated at the break
fast table. by Albert White, a fell
low convict. Humming a tune,
White had walked quickly up be-
hind Lokey. He held behind his back
the hickory cross bar Of a wagon.
When he reached his victim he rails
ed the bar, took good aim AMI
brought it down with all his might.
Lokey was killed instantly. White
had no chance to escape afterwards
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

complished. There is a system Of
marketing the crop which is not
only feasible, but which would &C
complish its equitable purpose un-
erringly and without fail.
BY this system of marketing, the
law of supply and demand would,
in unhampered operation, fix the
price. The spinner would pay, and
the farmer would receive, the nat
ural value of the crop. 1t is good
not only for this year, but for all
years. Plans based upon general
agreements have failed because, in
the first place, it has not been pos
sible to secure the covenant Of all
planters, and, in the second place,
because se~lf-interests placed a pre-
MUM upon the breaking of the
agreement. The plan in view Is not
dependent upon covenant or agree
ment, but is self-executory, the main
spring of it's operation being self
interest.
1t will profit the men who use it,
even though others do not use 1t.
1t Is simple, but effective, and is this:
Let the producer of cotton market
ten per cent Of his crop each month
for ten months. An instant of re-
Election will convince any thoughtful
man that whether the crop so mar
keted be large or small, and whether
a hundred planters or a hundred
thousand employ the method, the
| result will be better than If the crop
was sold at once, or the attempt made
to hold 1t all. If the plan Is good
for one planter, it Is good for all,
and If all, or any great number
of planters adopt it, the problem
of marketing the crop is solved.
But 1t will be objected to by some
that the farmers needs are too press
ing and that he cannot meet his OBJ.
legation by selling ten per cent OF
his crop in September, ten per cent
in October and so on. Alone and
unaided he can come nearer doing
this now than he could heretofore,
because he has made this crop on
a more economical basis than ever
before and owe less. After this
year it will be easier still, because
he has himself largely made his
staple supplies for another year and
! because in the near future he will
have a great central public ware
house in which he will be able te
borrow money at a very low rate Of
interest.
But even now. the farmer is mol
alone in the fight. Every banker
and merchant and landowner In the
South is, or should be, with him
If the cotton crop could be market
ed evenly through ten months, in
| stead of unevenly in three or four
bank stocks would enhance in value
the merchants business would ex'
pand and become profitable;
lands would yield more in renta
and in sales, and the South would
receive each year the addition Of
many millions Of dollars to 1t:
wealth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
A VERY MEAN 4
Sees His Wife Go to Jail for Want
of q Little Money.

Rather than loan his former wife
$500, which would have kept her
from going to prison, Jacob Fickel,
a brewer, saw her sentenced to the
p%enitentiary for two years at Cleve.
land, Ohio, Monday. Sentence was
suspended, and Mrs. Fickel's son will
attempt to raise the money and save
his mother.
Mrs. Fickel embezzled $593.76
from the estate of Bertha Rozen-
hardt, while acting as guardian to
the woman last winter. She was
convicted, but Judge Vickory told
Mrs. Fickel she could go free If she
would repay the money. Mrs. Flick
els son tried to raise the money but
failed.
ANY man who is half a man would
do as much as is asked Of Fickel
to save the mother of his children.
even though he has no regard Tor
her as his wife" said the Judge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Woman Dies of Pellagra.

Mrs. Buena Dinkins died at Char
'ottc, n. c., Monday morning of pei
agra, the eighth victim of the dis
ease since Its presence was announc-
I'd in that community. The woman
was taken i'll a year ago, with what
:eemed to be diarrohea. Later erup-
tons appeared on arms. hands, feet
and ankles, then followed internal
Inflammation and swollen tongue.
She suffered no pain, but was enact
ated and very weak. Physicians are
nonplussed. Seven other cases are
now under treatment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Saw Steamer on Fire.

The British steamer Harlow, Capt,
Bruce, from Newport News on June
IA for Port Natal and Manila, reports
that On July Z, while $50 miles from
Durham, she passed a steamer afire,
The vessel whose name it was i'm
possible to make out. was shortly
afterward destroyed by an explo-
sion. 1t is supposed that this steam
er was the missing British steamer
Waratah. which with 800 persons on
board has not been heard from since
July IS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
WOOD. IRON AND STEEL
sR1Z1$IgLLEzSa1Es55S|
LoMBAR6 c6Sh h:is92si x tssSs GA
Announcement

Announcement.
This being u twenty-fft' ear
Of uninterrupted success. we wish II
to be III Banner year."
Our thousands Of satisfied Gus.
toners, and fair dealing, Is bring
ing Us new customers daily.
II you are contemplating the pur-
chase Of a piano or organ. write -
at nee for catalogues. and for WI
special proposition.
MALONE's MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. O.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Mystery Of Triple Crime.

Although a reward has been Of
fered for information that shall lead
to the arrest Of the murderer of
Theresa Procepio, seven years old,
and F%erdinando Infusino, aged two
and one-half years, the Utica, N. Y.
police are still without a clue. Flor
ence Infusino, sister of the little
boy. who was shot in the arm, is so
weak that it has been impossible
to question her closely. The motive
for the triple crime remains I'M
solved.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
After Taft and DiaZ.

A bomb was found a few nights
ago in the real Of customs house at
Jaurez, Mex, a few feet from the
platform which has been erected for
the meeting between President Taft
and President Diaz on October 16.
.Tuarez is across the Mexican border.
More than thirty arrests were made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Went up With Wright.

Mrs. Won Hildebrand, wife OF
Capt. Won Hildebrand, of Berlin.
went up with Orville Wright the
other day in his a%eroplane. Crown
Prince Frederick AMI the Crown
were present. and Mrs. Tn Hide
brand was loudly %applauded after the
fight, which lasted eleven ald one.
half minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Killed by Auto.

ONE mai was fatally injured.
another probably SO and twelve 9th
err persons, several of whom wero
young women, received painful in
iuries Tuesday when a large auto
mobile crashed into a farm wagon
containing a straw-ride party from
the Windsor Terrace Methodist
church, Brooklyn, at Avenue D and
Ocean Parkway. Brooklyn. John NJ.
Andrews, the chauffeur, Of Ridge
wood, died at the hospital; Charles
Cook and Edward Sullivan, police
men, were badly injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Woman Brutally Treated,

Attacked in the yard at her farm
home near Marlton, N. J., and beaten
into insensibility. carried to the
house. gagged, bound hand and foot
and then placed between two beds
on the second floor, Mrs. William H.
Mortland, thirty years old, was thus
hrutally treated a few days ago by
Samuel Layfeld, a negro employee
Of the farm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Death of Bishop Ward.

Bishop Seth Ward. of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South. died
at Tokia. Japan, on Monday. The
Bishop was on a tour of inspection
OF the missions Of his church IN the
East. He was taken sick at Kooe
in August. Bishop Ward is a ma
tive of Texas, and was an able man.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
LOOKS LIKE MURDER
IN CASE OF A TOURISTS BODY
FOUND IN SAMPlT.
Suspected Party, Former Barber at
Rosemary, Has Escaped-Police
Are Exercised Over the Mystery.

A dispatch from Georgetown says
the mystery concerning the identity
of the white man who was found
floating in the Sampit River some
| three weeks ago, has had some light
thrown upon it by a letter received
by Capt. Hale, of the Clyde Steam
| ship Navahoe, from a Mrs. Morrison,
of Newark, n. j.. who states that a
man answering the description of the
man who was found. had accompa-
| MED herself and companion from
| Wilmington, n. c., to Georgetown,
| on the steamer.
Her companion was a veteran of
| the civil war, a member Of the crew
| of the Harvest Moon, of Farragut's
fleet, which was blown up by a tor
| pedo and sunk in Winyah Bay. The
| old soldier made the trip to George
town for the purpose of viewing the
| remains of the old ship, a portion of
which is still above water, a monu-
ment to the failure Of the Federal
gunboats to enter Georgetown har-
| Dor.
The party went to Georgetown,
| spent the while the ship was in port
in viewing the sights, and together
expected to return North. The
stranger did not show up aboard
| the steamer when she sailed, but a
man named Hiram Newman. who
stated that he had formerly been a
barber at Rosemary, took passage
sor New York, telling the captain
that the missing man had spent
The previous night with him, and
sent word that he was not ready to
leave: that he would join the ship
at Wilmington.
1t is reported now that there were
some suspicious circumstances at
tending the case. The neck Of the
drowned man was swollen abnor-
nally, and there were purple marks
,bout the throat that might denote
possible strangulation. On board the
hip it was noticed that the man car
lied a small wallet with money in
It. He was known to have had at
least $50 upon his person. Only
2 few pennies were found upon the
nerson of the wronged man; there
fore, it is possible that the man was
robbed and murdered. and the body
thrown overheard.
At the coroner's inquest a tho.-
1ugh examination was not made IS
o whether death occurred by drown
ing or not, trt the verdict was that
The deceased came to his death ~
| browning. It is furtnar stated ly
he captain of the steamer, Bur
coughs, that on the Wednesday night
preceding the departure Of the Clyde
,teamer he heard loud voices and
| cursing from a row boat in the river.
With sounds of an evident struggle
among the occupants. He supposed
t to be a midnight revel of a boat
load of sailors, and paid no particular
attention.
The satchell belonging to the miss
ing man is in possession Of the Clyde
line officials. There is nothing In
It to assist in the Identification Of
| the party except a memorandum book
| Inscribed as follows: From Agnes
| ". Johnson. 23G Thirty-ninth street.
O my Uncle Albert" A program
| If some celebration in Philadelphia
was also found therein. The name
| of the missing nan was not mention
| ed in Mrs. Morrison's letter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Overwhelmed by Tidal Wave.

Port of Mulege, on the east coast
of Lower California, was overwhelm-
ed by a tidal wave on September d.
There were several fatalities. Con-
siderable property was destroyed.
The tidal wave flooded the inland
districts for a distance OF about two
miles. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
A Woman Farmer.

Mrs. Mary Crowel1 farms several
hundred acres near Byron. ILL.,, and
makes a specially of hogs. For six
years she has carried off first prizes
with her hogs in the State Agri-
cultural Fair, and there are many
good judges who say she raises the
best hogs in Illinois. The other day
she sold a drove of fifty porkers to
a Chicago packing house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

A Baptist preacher at East Lake,
Ala, named J. M. McCord, was hard
ly able to attend to his duties. A
friend put him on Johnson's Tonic,
and in three weeks he wrote he was
we'll and heavier than he had been
in Is years.
The half-well kind can put on
flesh only by driving out malaria.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Begins in Columbia With the Case Against
James Farnum
HOW WYLIE WAS CAUGHT
The Cashier of the Chester Bank
Marked a One Hundred Bill Tell
dered Henry Samuels In Payment
of Draft and it Was Returned for
Deposit by Wylie.

DSPoSAS ~
The trial of the alleged dispensary
grafters commenced in Columbia
Tuesday morning. The first case
called was that of James Farnum,
which was somewhat sensational
Declaring that out Of idle curiosity
he had marked one OF the hundrei
dollar bills rendered Henry SamueiS.
in payment of a draft September 10,
1906, and hat this bill was return
ed for deposit by J. B. Wylle, along
with bills to the amount of $1,l2O,
Robert Gage, cashier of the CONNER
cial Bank, of Chester, witness FOR
the State in the case, sprang the first
sensation of the alleged graft trials
in the Court of Sessions. The State
announced before calling Mr.. Gage
10 the stand that it would connect
this testimony with the accused.
This transaction is in line with the
charge in the indictment that the de-
PENDANT sent Samuels the draft for
Sl,120 to be paid to j. B. Wylie, who
was then a member Of the State
board Of control. The testimony OF
Mr.. Gage was the most important
of the opening days happenings in
the case of the State against Farnum.
Robert Gage, cashier of the Com
mercial Bank of Chester, was put
on the stand by the State, and made
a good witness. He recalled cash
ing a draft on September Is, 1906,
for Henry Samuels. The ledger
showing the transaction was produc-
ed, and after objection by defence
that ground had not been laid for
introduction of secondary evidence,
Mr.. Gage was allowed to testify to
what he knew. He stated that he
gave Mr.. Samuels SLIPS for the
draft.
what did Mr.. Samuels do with
it," asked Mr.. Abney.
"He gave part of It to Mr., Wylie.'
How do you know that?"
"Out of idle curiosity, l marked a
800 bill, the lower bill of the 500
bills I gave him." The package got
from the safe contained ten hundred
dollar bills. l had a red pen behind
my ear. l marked the lower bill.
That afternoon or the following day,
Mr. Wylie deposited $1,000 with
me. The marked bill was in the
number"
Mr.. Gage was asked what made
him take this course, and he replied
that he had had an argument about
the matter, and that he thought Mr..
Wylie was getting something, but
this testimony was ruled out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Sand the rack track man: "Of
the making of many books there is
no end"
When the lawyer in bathing has
clothes stolen would you say be is
uou-suited?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
Fatal Fight

In a row at Williamson "a few
days ago Frank Young hit Hub'Dun
can in the head with 4 brick. AS
and it is possible that he will die.
Young was arrested at WILKINSON
about to leave on a train,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Make Your Own Will-Without the
aid OF a lawyer. You don't need
one. A will is necessary to protect
your family and relatives. Forms
and book Of instruction, any State.
one dollars. Send for free lItera-
ture telling you all about 1t. Moi
fetts' Will Forms, Dept. 40, 894
Broadway, Brooklyn, New York
City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
DANGERS OF WESTERN CORN.
its Use May be the Cause Of Pella
era in the South.

its Use May be the Cause Of Pella-
era in the South.
The Augusta Herald very wisely
| sums up the matter of Western corn
| and it's results as a food for man
and beast. The Herald says it is
not in corn that donger turks, but
in Western corn. The reason for
| this Is clear. Western corn does
not fully mature before the season
ends. Frost falls upon it before
the kernels are hardened and the
cob is dry.
In this condition 1t Is gathered
and housed or stacked. 1t then goes
through a process Of fermentation
which produces the chemical chang
es that convert a healthy food for
man or beast into a subtle poison.
Fed to horses it gives them blind
staggers and thousands of horses
md mules are killed by 1t every
year. Eaten by men 1t produces
~pellagra.
Fortunately a simple preventative
will avoid all risks in this matter.
That is to use only Southern grown
corn either for making corr bread
or to feed to the horses. And an
Atlanta case may show that grits
ground in the North should also be
excluded. Let our farmers ponder
his matter. and raise corn enough
for all our needs. Pellagra is be-
coming entirely too frequent in the
South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

The North Pole Found-We have the
best book published; giving Cooks
W story and Peary's expedition.
Agents wanted. Outfit free; send
1Oc to pay postage. Best terms,
also valuable premiums given to
agents who work thirty days. He
first In the field. act at once.
Phillips-Boyd Publishing Company,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
MACON MERCHANT MURDERED.
Blood-Stained Room Of Aged Man
Tells of Struggle.

At Macon, Ca, Nicholas Carshell.
an aged italian merchant. was dis
covered by officers Sunday morning
mortally wounded In a little room
in the rear of his 4th street estab-
lishment. A bloody Ratchet and
blood-spattered floor and walls told
a story of an awful struggle. The
old man was frightfully wounded
about the head and arms. He was
living on the floor unconscious. The
disorder of the room bore evidence
that the room had been ransacked,
and officers are Of the opinion that
robbery followed the assault.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

-Four handsomely executed descrip-
tive postcard views of ruins Of Co.
lumbia college, burned September
3, mailed upon receipt of 22c. Ad-
dress McMillan's Drug Store. Co.
lumbia, S. G..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Wanted-Men, women, boys and girls
If you are not making q good sala-
~ write us at once. We will put
you to work. c. C. Laundry, Co.
lumbia, S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Budding genius is seldom found
be hind a bl.:esnming nose. Reniem-
her this, hos.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29

Beer Tablets. Malt and Hops-Ons
makes a pint of sparkling tonic
beer, rs for Csc. William A.
Goldsmith, Grand Crossing, Chica-
go.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-29
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

For Sale, cheap-One 31-2 b. ..
Erie Motor Cycle, 1909 model.
For particulars write B No. /,
R. F. D. No. 6, Honea Path, 8. C.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11
Farmer Bought city's Bonds.

Winfield.-Seven thousand dollars
in bonds sold to a farmer who lives
near here was the business transac-
tion of note at the city clerks office
The bonds were for sewers and var
ious other special improvements,
which had been offered to the state
school fund and had been declined on
account of no funds being then avail
able.
A local bond buyer was dickering
for them, and disputed question was
whether the city or the buyer should
have the accrued interest. The far
mer heard the conversation and wheR
She buyer went out without closing the
deal, he asked eagerly: Can I buy
those bonds?" Being told that he GER
tainly could if he had the money, he
wrote his check for the amount on a
local bank and became the owner of
securities drawing FIVE per cent inter
est and non-taxable.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-12-11
Exact Copy Of Wfappe
May Paste Million Posters.

Artists, billpOsterS, printers, paper
manufacturers and tuberculosis fight
ers are all united in a gigantic crusade
against tuberculosis which is about to
be started under the direction of the
National Association for the Study
ard Prevention of tuberculosis. In
addition to the gifts of free space on
billboards and free printing of posters
made by the Associated Billposters
and Distributors of America and the
Poster Printers Association, several
hundred paper manufacturers have
given paper for the posters to the
value of several thousand dollars, and
artists from all over the United States
are contributing sketches for posters,
free of charge. The local, state and
national anti-tuberculosis associations
will see that the posters are placed
in cities and towns where they are
most needed.
The posters are nine feet long and
seven feet wide and will be printed in
several colors. Ii sufficient paper is
procured a million will be pasted up.
The value of these various contribu-
tons would reach fully 100000 if
paid for at commercial rates