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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
LARKS.
These Are Being Imported by an
Oregon Woman.

Manchurian larks will be liberat-
ed in Oregon next spring, and 1t Is
believed the ~feathered songsters will
thrive in this climate. They will be
the first birds of the species ever
brought to America. Mrs. Fred D.
Fisher, wife of the American consul
at N%iu-chwarg, Manchuria, who
reached Portland a short time ago
with her husband from the Orient,
brought Is of the birds back with
her.
The larks will be cared for this
winter BY Mrs. Fisher in Portland
and liberated next spring In jose
phine county. Oregon. It IL thought
that by turning them out In the
spring, after the winter has passed,
they will have a better chance to
thrive in their new homes.
These birds, little known in Amer
lea, are rated as among the finest
songsters in the world. They are
about the size of native American
larks, but are the color Of the wren.
Because of their splendid voices the
Chinese keep them in cages in their
homes.
This importation Is the second OF
Chinese birds to the State of Oregon.
The Monaghan, Denny or Chinese
pheasant was brought to Oregon
from China by the late o. \. Denny,
Of Portland, who served as consul
at Tien Tin. The game birds were
liberated there &c years ago and
have spread to such an extent that
they have become the States great
at CANA Iird
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
WEDNESDAY UNLUCKY IN MILLS
More Accidents Happen on That Day
Than on Any Other in tho Week.

Some interesting figures in regard
to accidents in cotton mills are given
by q writer In the Textile Manu-.
fa~cturers' Journal. The plants whose
records be took were twelve In num-
Der, and with the exception Of one
In New Hampshire, were South OF
the Mason and Dixon line.
OF the total number Of acnldents
only 42.3 per cent were the result
Of machinery. The larger percen-
tage happened on Wednesday, and
with the exception Of Saturday the
percentage for the other days of
the week is generally uniform.
Saturday shows a low percentage,
due to two reasons-frst, less work
ing hours that day, and in general
less machinery in operation, thus re-
ducing the chance Of Injury.
A larger percentage of the acci-
dents occurred during the forenoon
hours from eight to twelve, while
the lowest percentage are shown In
the starting and stopping hours, Blk
to seven q. M, one to two and five
to six p. m.
The larger number Of accidents
occurred In May, June, July and Au-
guest, and the smaller number In
March and December.
II am unable to explain why more
accidents happen In summer months
than the other periods Of the year.
writes the investigator. unless It is
because Of tho greater number of
children employed during school va
cation. It Is also possible that more
carelessness or in~attention may have
been shown, caused by tho high toni
perature Of the season.
Tho largest number Of accidents
occurred to those sixteen years old,
the next smaller number to those SIX
teen and twenty-five years old. The
average time employed before In
jury was 2.78 years. Nearly S per
cent Of the entire number Of acci-
dents occurred within a week Of the
time the parties entered upon service
at the plants, about IL per cent with
In a month. about So per cent within
q year, the balance, AZ per cent,
occurring between one years serv-
ice and 35 years service.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
GIRL LOST IN MOUNTAINS.
Posse Finds Her In an Almost
Frozen Condition.

Miss Mary Oyerstreet, a we'll
known young woman Of Roanoke,
Va, was found on the side of MIL
Mountain, near there Friday by q
posse Of searchers. her body being
stretched on the frozen ground and
her head resting on a pile Of stones.
She was so numb from exposure
that she was almost unconscious.
She visited the home Of a friend In
the southern section Of the city
tho day before, and instead of re-
turning to her own home after lear-
ing the friends house. wandered into
the country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
ALL DIED TRAGIC DEATHS.
Fourth of Five Brothers Killed By
His Brother-in.Law.

DR.. Clay Henderson, a prominent
physician Of Leake county. was shot
and killed Monday night by Bell
Hudson, his brother-in-law, near H.
on, 20 miles north Of Forest, Miss.
The killing occurred at the home of
Hudson, but details Of the tragedy
are not known. DR.. Henderson is
the fourth OF Ave brothers to meet
a tragic death. A few years ago
DR.. Tom Henderson was shot and
killed by a man named Morehead
near Zion. A short time afterwards
another brother was MORALLY wound
ed by the accidental discharge Of a
revolver. About a year ago a third
brother died as a result of swallow
Ing carbolic acid by mistake.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
DECISIVE DEFEAT
FOR PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
TO ALABAMA CONSTITUTION.
Business Men Of State Say Failure
OF Constitutional Prohibition Does
Rot Indicate WET Sentiment,

VI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AIVkAOASfVh NN~S
Rot Indicate wet Sentiment.
A dispatch from Birmingham,
Ala, says later returns from tho
State indicate that Tuesdays MAORI
ty against the prohibition constitu-
tional amendment will run above
$4,000. It appears that a vote OF
not less than 125.000 was polled.
the largest IN the history OF the
State.
AS the sweeping nature Of the de-
feat Of the amendment Is realized,
there is a disposition In all circles
to see the result of Its probable eff
feet on future legislation in the
State.
Industrial leaders and business
men of Birmingham are almost
unanimous In their belief that the
result was a rebuke TO recent dras-
tic legislation and a declaration Of
the people Of Alabama Of their de-
termination to return TO %conserva-
tism.
Leaders Of the Birmingham cham
Der Of commerce believe the elec-
ton will have the effect Of bringing
a great deal of Eastern capital to
Alabama. which has been timid for
the past two or three years.
Leaders Of the amendment forces
we're overwhelmed BY the news of
the resuh. as they were absolutely
confident Of victory up 10 tbe lest
moment. Gov. Conner left for Mis-
sissippi the night before on o fishing
trip.
The election determined that the
men Of Alabama did not wish TO
write into their constitution police
measures. nor surrender rights they
have expressly reserved" said Unit
ed States Senator Johnson. at
does not mean the return Of the sa-
loon, mol any backward step In pub
lie morals.
1T means that Alabama Is con-
sentative and not TO be shaken off
her feet by mere sentimental ap-
peals."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Furniture May Cost More.

The National Furniture Manuafc-
turers' Association, representing the
eading furniture makers Of the
country, met in annual session al
the Auditorium in Chicago a few
days ago. Statements made by
prominent members Of the associa
ton indicated that action will prob
ably be taken looking to an ad
vance Of 10 per cent In the price
of furniture, to take effect at the
opening Of the spring season In
January.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Young Man

While rowing Monday on the Cape
Fear river. Avis A. Peasants, OF
Durham, y. c., was drowned and
Hubert Maynard narrowly escaped
q similar fate. The young men,
who are in charge Of the Nassau
factory Of the Nrgin1a-Carolina
Chemical Company, we're near the
factory when the boat capsized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Burns to Death.

The authorities Of Croton Falls
N. Y. arc trying to establish the
identity of a chance prisoner Of the
town who was buried to death while
locked In an iron cage inside Of =
wooden building used ss a place d
detention. The unfortunate man had
been arrested for intoxication, ard
a deputy constable some hours af-
terward found his body with the
clothing burned OFF, behind the dool
OF the cage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
TRAGEDY Followa Dance.

After killing William Walls and
probably fatally shooting Hal Hn.-
land, while returning from a daut:
Pickett Collum surrendered to the
police and was placed In the count!
Jail at Dalton. Ca, Monday. COL
lum declares that the trouble grew
out Of q misunderstanding Of bis
invitation by a young woman whom
be asked to dance With him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
A Young Fiend.

Abraham Williams. a negro boy
OF Aiken, has been arrested and
placed in Jail on a charge Of attempt
TO ravlsh q respectable colored wo-
man. He was carried before Mayor
Salley, who, when he heard the de-
tails Of the case, promptly had the
negro turned over to the county
authorities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Horses Burn In Stable.

At Kansas City, Mo, one hundred
and forty horses we're cremated Mon
day night in a livery stable. which
burned to the ground. Two Of the
animals were higb-class driving bors-
es, which had taken blue ribbons
at horseshows. The total loss was
about 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
VIII Sell Kisses.

Twenty-Five hundred dollars worth
of kisses-real l~ip-to-lip kisses
will be sold to all corners by twenty
charming young women at Turner
hall Sunday. in Chicago, at the rates
of twenty-five cents upward per kiss,
to raise money to liquidate the debt
of the Temple Emanuel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

5-shot krag Riiles, So, 43 calibre;
in first class shape. Just the thing
for hunting. Cartridges 75c per
box Of rs. No charge for pack
ing. Sent by freight or express
on receipt Of price. A. W. Lieb
& Son, Williamsport, Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Sailors Lost.

Hope Of finding the five Tackles"
of the gunboat Marietta off Port L.
mon, who we're driven to see In H
helpless whaleboat on Friday night.
has been abandoned. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

When medicine fails you, I will take
your case. Rheumatism. indiges-
ton, liver, kidney and sexual dis
orders permanently e%radicated by
natural means. Write for litera-
ture, prudential. free and inter-
esting. C. Cullen Howerton, +. s.,
Durham, n. G..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

$3.50 per day paid to n mar In
each town to distribute free cir
culars and take orders for con-
centrated faroring in tubes. Per-
manent position. ]. S. Ziegler
Co., 93l Dearbon St., Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
|. Troeger Coughs Up Nine Thousand
Dollars to the Board
FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE
The Winding-Up Board Pays Out
Two Hundred and Nineteen Thou
sand Dollars on Claims, Which
Leaves the State Over Three Hun.
dred Thousand Dollars Clear.

The Columbia correspondent OF
The News and Courier says l. Troe-
ger, who did business with the old
State dispensary, has forwarded
through Col. Fielder, Of Atlanta. 3d.
600, to be added to the conscience
fund"
This places the amount received
from various firms past the $780,
600 mark, being $4,000 in all. The
largest contributor was the Bern
helm firm, which handed across $780,
900. Then came Weiskopf with
$500 and other firms with smaller
amounts. The present contributor
is from Cincinnati.
Like the other firms from whom
such collections have been made, the
Troegers had no claim against the
State. The back charges" are,
therefore, represented in the money
"coughed up" AS Col. Fielder ex-
pressed It when he heard 1t: mo,
It's not conscience money. I don't
sec why you fellows call It that.
They just have to come across be-
cause We have the goods on EN-"
Chairman Murray, Of the dlspen-
sary commission supervised the pay
ing out Of the last Of the liquor
claims allowed by the commissions
recent judgments. The amount paid
put was $147,S74.74, tho largest
amount heing $4,000 to Clark Bros,
$4,000 to F~leischmann and $751;
600 TO the Schlitz beer people.
The only claim allowed remain
ing unpaid Is that to the Big Springs
Distilling Company, which Is sus-
pended pending appeal. This was
the only concern allowed anything
which has appealed. The commits
sion has left about s450,O00, which
includes about $4,000 conscience
money" half Of which goes to law
yers. Chairman Murray said that
after all attorneys fees are paid and
all other expenses met. the commits
sion would turn In to the State about
$4,000.
The following Is the list Of claims
paid this week:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Died From Shock.

At Evansville. Ind, Mrs. William
Butler, while witnessing the oper-
alton of her son, swoone1 and died
before the physicians revived her. @
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
Young Ladies and girls over IA years

Young Ladies and girls oVer II years
of age can secure steady and profit
able employment and be taught to
make cigars. VIII be paid while
learning, good, cheap board can
be secured near the factory. Any
girl can make from IS to $12 per
week (some much more) after
learning. We need 500 young la'
dies Immediately. Apply to Seid'
enburg & Co., Opposite Union De
not, Charleston, S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

The man who thinks all his own
actions are perfect and all those
of other people imperfect, stands
alone In his OPINION.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

Pretty Kinnos for Christmas, whole
sale price, less than material costs
you. $l.15, $1.65, $1.9S, deliver
ed post paid; free samples. Herr
Mfg. Co, Dept. N, 1906 Bowling
St., Denver, Colo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

Mr.. Folders law firm In Atlanta
gets 10 per cent on the amount Of
reductions, which, with commissions
on claims previously raid out, will
bring the firms straight commission
up to about $4,000. In addition
to this the firm gets half Of the
conscience money and half Of what
ever can be recovered on the over
judgments amounting to over $780,
900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

For Sale-Pair Of fine Kentucky
horses. Address Box 9, Green
Vile, s. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-08

Typewriters-Special low prices on
rebuilt and secondhand machines.
all kinds, for fall trade. Write
for price list. General Supply
Company, Dept. o, Augusta, Ga.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-25
WATERWAYS

DRESIDENT TAFT characterizes
the policy of congress with regard
4 to waterways as a procession by
jerks" He thinks this amazing style
of statecraft should be replaced by one
more methodical and more apprecia-
tive of a national need. 1t is not mys-
terious that congressman should have
to be "jerked" forward by public
opinion. 1t is not probable the con-
gressional conditions celebrated by
David G. Phillips and othe4 outspoken
investigators have been altogether
changed for the better, and we think it
is undeniable there are still "rf.ilroad
senators" at Washington, while there
are probably enough railroad repre-
sentatives'' to form "a respectable (nu-
merically) procession.
President Taft says deep inland
waterways are desirable because they
would serve to control railroad rates
and keep railroad companies within
bounds"
There are no interests more carefully
guarded in house and in senate than
are railroad interests, and perhaps
Theodore Roosevelt would agree with
us that all his malefactors "of great
wealth" have not been gathered to
their fathers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-25
WANTS BETTER TREATMENT
FOR THE WOMEN IN PRISON

LOS ANGELES, Oct 14.-[Editor
Herald: In many issues of your val
liable paper articles have appeared in
behalf of better condition for men
in our jails and prisons, for which all
interested in the protection of society
and the uplift of humanity rejoice;
none more than the writer, who for
work. 1 come with an appeal to all
womanhood and manhood for the wo-
men incarcerated in these institutions
To be sure they are much less in num-
bers, but can they, too, not be made
better by humane treatment and help
full environment? What we need is
separate institutions for them located
in some desirable place away from
male institutions, built according to
the latest and best ideals. A home
place where the womanly instincts
may be cultivated, where they may
come back to society cured. L would
eliminate from all penal institutions
the names "prison" and "reformatory."
They should have names that would
leave no stigma behind them. If these
people are "crime sick,' as is now
generally conceded by those who have
studied the question, they should be
called hospitals" schools" given a
name that does not carry the thought
of degradation, ruin.
There is being built a new building
at San Quentin for the men which
understand is according to the latest
and best approved plans but was told
there was no. provision for women.
Could I have the power to show
every minister who will answer the
call to preach on prison reform Oc-
tober 81 the woman's department in
San Quentin there would such cry
go up from the people. of California
that the twenty-seven women there
would be removed from that "hole"
and put under influences that would
bring comfort and joy in their hearts
Many of the men can see the beauti-
full bay, the green trees, grass and
lovely flowers. The women can only
look up at the sky from the gray stone
walls from which they cannot get
away six feet Their feet, from the
time they enter, never touch Mother
Earth, one of the women having been
there twenty-three. years. The only
chance they have to. look beyond these
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-25
HARTMAN

HT HAT an extraordinary sidelight
wv on a human character there is
in the following extract from a
Review of Reviews article on Harri-
man: Mr.. Hartman began to be a
reserved, responsible man at the age of
IA, when he entered a brokers' office,
and turned his first years salary over
to his father an Episcopal clergyman.
less encountered with wealth than the
ancestor who came from England in
1900.
"One year there was only 5000 in the
family, and part of that in notes. From
the small home in Jersey City, Henry
had walked to the ferry and thence to
Trinity school for a while"
The environment of Trinity church
is Wall street. Trinity steeple is the
heart of the financial heart of America.
If Hartman had not been an Episco-
pal clergyman's son and if he had not
gone to Trinity school, would he have
gone into Wall street? It is hardly
probable. And e. H. Hartman is not
the only man who entered the regions
Of business, finance, or speculation by
the Trinity church route.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-25
AVIATION

A GREAT international aviation
"a meet" to open the aerial season
IA of 1910 SHOULD be held and
probably WILL be held in Los Ange-
les. If such a gathering can be ar
ranged for January, 1910, it will be
unique in the annals of air-sailing, and
will establish a new record for the
science, as well as a new record for
Los Angeles.
The news that an international air
ship contest and regatta" can be held
in Los Angeles at time Of year which
in other "centers of civilization" is
the dead Of winter, will serve to d.
rect attention to the climatic. privi-
leges, exemptions and advantages of
Los Angeles and South California.
We hope the powerful influence of
the chamber Of commerce will be used
to foster and promote the plan for a
midwinter "aeriaI fiesta" in Los Ange-
les, and that our citizens with their
customary enthusiasm will indorse the
plan in the "Los Angeles way"
The midwinter aerial fiesta would
give Los Angeles an advertisement
that would command the attention of
all the world, and 1t would serve to
establish Los Angeles as the "metrop-
oils of aerial navigation" the principal
airshipping port" of the western hem
isphere.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-25
FRUIT GROWERS

n UR old friend Don Quixote Nc
GarVin is attempting to McGar-
~ vinize the board of supervisors
in the interest of the Southern Pacific
machine. In fact, it looks as If he had
succeeded. The signs by which one
may judge are ominous and suspicion
breeding. The fruit growers have
asked for the appointment of A. r.
Meserve as horticultural commission
er and the Endorsement of c. E. Bemis
and S. Strong to be his deputies. The
delegation of fruit growers insulted
by the Solid Three at the Friday hear
ing was opposed TO the appointment of
Erwin Dingle as chief deputy.
The petition presented to the super
visors by the fruit growing interests
was worded as follows:
1.-THE undersigned citrus fruit grow
ers' exchanges and associations Of Los
Angeles county, by their respective
officers or specially delegated repre-
sentatives, together controlling about
$4,000 acres of citrus fruit orchards,
with shipments for the season 1903 of
more than $3.50 cars representing about
rs per cent of the acreage in citrus
fruits in this county, do hereby in
dorse the candidacy of A. r. Meserve
for the position of county horticul-
tural commissioner, and do hereby
ask your honorable body to appoint
him to fill that office for the ensuing
four years. We do further ask your
honorable board to give your consent
and approval to the appointment of
two deputies by the horticultural COM
missioners, and do recommend to the
commissioner, when in office, that he
appoint as his deputies Charles E.
Bemis and S. Strong. And we ask
your Endorsement of our recommen-
dations as to deputies
Now, there was nothing irregular"
in this petition, signed by citrus fruit
associations aggregating more than
three-fourths of the total citrus acre
age, which has a value of $25,000,000.
BUT, Don McGarvin saw" the Solid
Three. According to a report pub
lished and not denied, "He got the
three together in secret session, sup
posedly to make sure they would
stand by Dingle, and the success of
his efforts was evident when they
turned down the fruit growers.
Today at 10 o'clock the appointment
of horticultural commissioner will
come up for decision, and the fruit
growers will make another stand for
right and for justice to their industry
In this stand they have the moral
support of a community which realizes
the Importance of the great citrus in
dustry to Los Angeles and Southern
California, and recognizes the right
of its representatives to demand and
receive a most respectful hearing.