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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
DARING BANDITS
HOLD UP AUTOMOBILE OF A
PAYMASTER.
Which Was Guarded by Two Police

Which Was Guarded by Two Police
men, One Of Whom Was Killed by
the Robbers.
London, Jan. ga daring hold
up was perpetrated on the streets of
Tottenham, in plain view Of hun
dreds Of people, but so bold was the
work of the two bandits, and so
quickly did they work that it was
not until they had secured their
booty and fed that a general search
was started.
An automobile, containing two
weeks wages for the Sherman Rub
Der company, was enroute for the
plant at noon today, guarded by two
policemen, when suddenly, without
warning two men leaped upon the
foot board Of the automobile. Both
held reyolvers in their hands. They
fred, killing n Of the policemen
and dangerously wounding the other
The chauffeur brought the car tc
q halt and the satchel containing the
| money was stolen brom beneath the
seat of the tonneau. There is ne
elew to the robbers, although the
usual police drag net Is thrown out
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be a great saving in freight charge.

be a great saving in freight charges,
inasmuch as nearly double as many
Nicely bales can be placed in a ships
space as Of the steam compressed
bales, for 1t has been demonstrated
that while the steam compressed
bale is compacted to a density of
only about twenty-five pounds to the
cubic foot the Nicely bale, with its
air eliminator and it's other super
ior qualities, condenses the cotton to
a density of about t~hirty-two pounds
to the cubic foot.
This density insures q cheaper in
surance, as It Is almost impossible
to consume cotton by fire If it ID
packed with this density and is abb
solutely free from air, and in adj
dition the Nicely bale is thoroughly
and neatly covered with burlap in
stead of the t1re-inviting jute, and
Is so packed that the covering holds
good until 1t reaches the spinner
wherever he may be, thus making it
a package that in every way pleases
the spinner of the East and makes it
more valuable to him.
This mode Of packing is not new
except In America. The East Indian
and Egyptian cotton shippers, who
annually land many bales in England
and other European markets have
long since been far ahead of Ameri-
cans in their system Of baling, and
as a consequence they have not been
subjected to the tare charges which
every American shipper has suffered
from. These tare charges amount to
100000 annually, and these
millions the South has lost by in
ferior and improper baling. All Of
this trouble is to be overcome by
the Nicely COMPRISING system. The
thing can be- easily figured out, for
1t is no secret that American cotton
landed in foreign ports under the old
system Of baling is subjected to a
discount Of thirty pounds tare on
bale.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

Of the manufacturer and may put
his cotton upon the market in a
more intelligent manner"
In the course Of his remarks
director Of the census, Mr.. North,
said: 81 regard cotton from the in
ternational point of view as the most
important crop that this country
grows, and there is no doubt that
these figures are as valuable across
the ocean as they are in this country.
| think also that there is no doubt
that the price Of cotton is fixed by
foreign conditions more truly than
is the case with any other staple.
This is the fact which these gentle
men have in mind in desiring this
legislation"
The Hon. D. c.. Roper, who is in
charge of the issuing of the ginners
report, also discussed the ADVISABLE
ty of Mr.. Levers resolution at some
length.
In conclusion Mr.. Lever contin'
ued: eff there are no further ques-
tons, l am very much obliged to
O for your courteous attention, n
in conclusion let me say that re-
gard this as a very important matter
to the cotton industry of this coun-
try, and as suggested by the director,
Mr.. North, there is no opposition TO
it from any source. 1t is not a con-
test between the cotton growers and
the cotton manufacturers in any
sense of the word. 1t is only an ef-
fort to complete the cotton picture
Of this country so that we may see
it in its f~ullness and act upon full
information both as sellers and buy
ars. should be very glad, indeed
# the committee sees fit, if we could
get a favorable report at the earliest
possible moment in the hope that
we may be able to get the resolution
passed at this session of Congress.
thank you very much"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Norfolk Shocked.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. ga section
of the city was thrown into excite
ment yesterday afternoon by the
sprinting through the streets of r.
D. Arlington, in nude condition, fol-
lowed by men and boys, white and
black. Finally he was taken to po-
lice Headquarters, where he had to
be put in a straight-jacket. He pro-
claimed he was the re-incarnation
of the original Adam, and command
ed by God not to wear clothes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Georgia Lad Shot Down in a Crap
Game.

Alpharetta, Ga, Jan. 25.-Lying
face upward in a pine thicket near
Alpharetta, with playing cards and
money scattered about the body or
Frank Webb aged nineteen, was
found late yesterday evening, with a
bullet wound through the heart.
The coroner's jury Is busy today in
trying to learn the details of his
death.
Five white boys and eight ne
O are locked in the Milton coun-
ty jail today following the investi-
cation. They were companions OF
young Webb in a game of cards, 1t
is alleged, and the evidence points
toward the shot having been fired
BY one of the gamesters. Some of
the negroes said this morning that
a white boy fired the shot.
Young Webb's father, E. G. Webb,
was sheriff of Milton county hve
years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
LIQUOR QUESTION
SENATOR LIDE WANTS PEOPLE
TO SETTLE 1T
In a Special Election to be Held
Next August and Decide it For

In a Special Election to be Held
Next August and Decide it For
Good.
An important bill has been intro
duced by Senator Lide Of Orange
burg relative to the ordering Of a
general vote throughout the State to
be taken upon the question Of wheth-
err the State shall go prohibition or
not.
This referendum proposition Is
said to meet with the favor Of many
members of the house and Of the
senate. 1t has even been stated that
some of the prohibitionists are In
favor Of this measure.
The bill provides that an "elec-
t;ol shall be held to determine the
States policy regarding the sale of
alcoholic liquors on August "a,
1909" The object Is to ind out just
how the people stand upon this ques-
ton.
AS IS generally provided in such
votes there will be slips Of paper pro-
vided with two questions as follows:
/. Are you in favor of local op-
ton between county prohibition and
a county dispensary system?
2. Are you in favor Of extend
ing local option between a system Of
| prohibition or license or a county
dispensary system?
These questions will practically
settle the attitude of the people Of
South Carolina as to the liquor ques
ton. The managers for election ant
the other necessary provisions are
made in the bill for the election.
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financierS to obtain forests on the
isthmus, and also the right to re-
claim certain lands on the Isthmus,
ar. Rainey, adds:
"Since the election Of last Novem-
yer, bread lines have commenced to
'orm in the South and in Dur prin-
:ipal cities and today IN the capital
.ity, on Pennsylvania avenue, under
he shadow Of the dome of the capt.
oil, a bread line appears daily, con
stantly increasing in length. If we
permit the scheme of William Mel.
on Cromwell, Roger L. Farnham,
Charles P. Taft and others to g
through on the Isthmus of Panama,
his government will have there e
bread line containing four hundred
thousand people.
The men who are attempting tc
steal and to appropriate to thei1
:wn use the revenues of this republic
are in reality about to impose enor-
nous additional burdens upon the
treasury of the United States. To-
lay the deficit in the treasury is over
s74,000,000. If we permit these
men to rob the republic Of Panama,
We will place upon the United States
he oppressive burden Of providing
| government for four hundred
thousand people there.
II do not charge that the gentle
nan who will be inaugurated presi-
lent of the United States on the
,ourth day Of March as a party tc
this Infamous scheme for robbine
his little country. l have only pre-
sented the evidence. His friend,
Cromwell, his selection Of Crom-
well, Farnham and Drake as mem
)ers of the board Of directors OF the
Panama railroad, his continued en-
lorsements Of both Cromwell and
Farnham, his interference on the
Tsthmus of Panama, which compelled
he election of a corrupt statesman,
absolutely under the control Of Crom-
we'll, as president of that republic.
"All these things and other things
for which the present administration
IS responsible made possible the
Of a contract by Obaldia
may bring the gentlemen in
crested therein riches beyond the
dreams of avarice. 1t will not be
long, if this scheme goes through,
before the campaign contributions
made by some Of the gentlemen in
terested in this enterprise, will be
returned a hundred fold.
IF we permit the plans of Mr..
and his associates to go
through on the Isthmus of Panama,
and if these treaties are confirmed,
here will be no revenues in Panama
out of which to pay this indemnity.
The United States government will
De called upon to pay it all, and if
:hese plans for the spoliation Of Pan
proceed to a successful conclu-
ZION. it will not be long until i'm
nense burdens of a different char
lcter with Panama will be imposed
lpon our treasury.
These patriotic gentlemen, there
ore. are being permitted, not only
o rob the republic of Panama, but
Indirectly to rob the treasury of
he United States, and in their efforts |
D this direction, they have had so
ar the complete cooperation and
be active assistance of the present
administration and of the naXt pres-
ent Of the United States"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Jumped Into the Ocean.

Norfolk, Jan. 2S.-James T.
Schuer, 26 years old, unmarried, a
member Of the wholesale dry goods
house of Asiel & Company, Walker
street, New York, left his room
aboard the steamer Princess Anne,
on the Old Dominion line, while that
vessel was on her way here from
New York and leaped over the rail
into the sea.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Miners Killed.

San Louis Obispo, CAL, Jan. %
Six miners we're killed and eight
others were severely injured by an
explosion of gas in the Stone Sanon
Coal Mine at C~hanvellor's Friday
night. One of the miners entered
a room with a lighted torch. The
room was full of gas and the ex-
plosion followed. Most of the men
were Italians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Shocks in Turkey.

Smyrna, Turkey, Jan. 19.-Sharp
earthquake shocks were experienced
here this morning. No local dam
age was done. Reports received here
from Phocaea, twenty-five miles to
the northwest, say that a number of
houses fell and that three persons
were killed. Buildings were. dam
aged in other towns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
THREATEN TO KILL LAWYER.
Reports Circulated Growing Out Of
the Laad Cases.

Muskog 'e, Okla, Jan. 27.-Some-
thing of a furry was experienced
upon the circulation of of
threats to assassinate NJ. L. Mott,
attorney for the Creek Indian Ma
ton, and others Connected officially
with the land Investigation. Moth
ing tangible obtainable, however.
has developed, and it was impossible
to trace the origin of the rumors to
any definite source.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
NEW BREAD LINE.
Army Undertakes to Care
for Hungry People.

New York. Jan. 27.-To New
York'S several bread lines" has
been added a new distributing s:a.
ton in Harlem, the first of its kind
in that part of the city. 1t is in
charge of the Harlem headquarters
of the Salvation Army. Coffee and
rolls are to be distributed nightly
from a wagon at Park avenue and
125th street. Some 500 homeless
men were provided for last night.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

Cabbage Plants-Garden plants,
grown In the open air, will stand
the coolest weather. Prices, one
to four thousand, $3.50; four to
nine thousand, S1.25; nine thous-
and, 81 per thousand. We have
special express rates. Write US
for u agents outfit and propo-
sition. N. H. Bitch Co., Meg
gets, S. c., the largest truck farm
in the woMd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

For Sale-Indian games, brown Leg
horns, buff Orphingtons and Be.
gle hounds. Poultry, 81 and up,
according to quality. John L. Jol-
ly, Anderson, S. c., Route No. 8.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Good Cow to Have.

Chicago, Jan. PA Holstein
heifer on the farm of Senator Isaac
Stephens, at Kenosha, ILL.,, produced
% pounds of butter last week.
butter sold for more than So.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
Severe Earth Shocks.

Monteleone, Jan. 25.-The earth
shocks here average a dozen daily
md apparently they are increasing
n number and intensity.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
TilIman and Burrows.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Senators
Tillman and Burrows were d%esignat-
ed today by the Senate as members
of the Naval Academy Board of Wis
itors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY.

t101 Cathedral ST.. Baltimore, Md.
We make you handsome and dur
able Rugs from your old, WORKOUT
carpet, any size to fit a room or hall.
Let us send you a price list; just
write for one
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

We r buying Cow Peas-Advise
US the number Of bushels you have
for sale and send us samples;
we will make you our best price
delivered Charleston. I. M. Pearl
slime & Sons, 201-263 East Bay
ST., Charleston, S. C.
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The kewanee System of water supply
meets every requirement Of do
nestle service and affords fire pro-
lection to country residences.
Thousands In ice. For informa-
ton and prices address s.. 8.
Ingman. Columbia, 8. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03
MONEY TO HUNT GRAFT.
Rockefeller, Carnegie and Schiff
Contribute to the Fund.

Contribute to the Fund.
New York, Jan. Eft has just
. ecome known that John d. Rookie
Teller, Andrew Carnegie, Joseph r.
Schiff and several other well known
~lnanciers and philanthroplsts are
backing the bureau of municipal re-
search, which was organized to in
;estigate the ctiy's finances and ell
eyed graft. To carry on the work
.nese men with Mrs. Russell Sage
ind others have subscribed q fund
If $1,000 900. Mr.. Carnegie and Mr..
Rockefeller are said to have donated
$500 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-02-03

Shop by Mail-Send for our Catalog
Of bargains, it's free. e. Dowda &
Co., Mail-order Merchants. Box
3O2. Atlanta, Ca,
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situation and this is the machine
that a million dollar company has
been organized to manufacture in
Richmond.
The Nicely machine is very simple.
and will be made in time for this
years crop at a cost to the ginner
of about $500 each, and their great
saving to the cotton grower Is suf-
fcient to guarantee that every one
If the thirty-odd thousand gins in
the country, will sooner of later
have n in operation with the gin;
and by this means the cotton growers
of the country will be guaranteed
a saving in the business of a frac-
lion over SO per bale, or in the ag-
gregate $4,000. 900 to $4,000 900
per annum on the cotton crop of the
South.
The means by which this great
savings to the cotton growers of the
South can readily be seen when it is
remembered that one Of the ordi-
nary railway cars will take from the
interior, that is. direct from the gin
to the exporting point. 100 bales of
compressed by the Nicely ma
chine. whereas under the present sys-
of ginning four cars are requir-
ed for that number of bales. Then
another big item of economy is the
Of freight in shipping to
countries.
The ships which carry cotton to
Europe charge by cubic foot space
aud not by weight. Hence there will
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-24
CHANCES In FOREST BUREAU.

The administration of the Forestry
Bureau is again under the control of
the secretary of agriculture, where it
and legally belongs. Under
President Roosevelt, the chief for
ester was permitted, and even en-
couraged, to assume full charge, and
control of forestry matters. The pres
ident and chief forester had made Sec
rotary Wilson only f1gurehead in the
administration of the affairs Of this
bureau. Under the Taft administra-
ton Forester Pinchot will be held in
check, and a great many much needed
restrictions made. The department
has also concluded to throw open to
settlement the agricultural lands in
the reserves. AS the investigation
proceeds, many other reforms will
undoubtedly be instituted. The OPP
ponents of the system have based their
objections mainly on the unlimited au-
thority vested in one man; the fact
that lands other than forest lands
were included in the reserves; anC
that the progress and development o.
the country was retarded by unwist
and prohibitive regulations. The agri
culturist, the stockman, and the mi
ner have each suffered at the hands o.
the bureau. All this is going to BIZ
changed. Henceforth the forestry bu
reau will confine itself more and more
to the purpose for which it was organ
lied. 1t will have less and less to d.
with grazing and mining than in tn,
past. Hard upon the release of tn,
agricultural lands will come the aboli
ton of obnoxious restrictions and reg
ulations. At last, the people in Wash
ington are commencing to realize tina
the government forestry officials wer
engaged In an extravagant and un
American policy in a great many re
spects, In the past the chief foreste
has exercised authority little less tha
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-24
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

We oft times wonder what kind of
citizens the parents of Caldwell ex-
pect their children to be. For six
years now Independence Day has pass
ed unnoticed and unhonored in Cald-
well. We pay less attention to the
birthday of our country than to the
birthday of a prize turnip or a wooden
legged duck. We are rapidly losing,
if We have not already lost, all the
finer sentiments associated with the
observance of the day. No longer do
people feel patriotic glow, a reli-
gious fervor or even a decent senti-
ment at the contemplation of July the
Fourth. 1t is now reduced to the cost
and consideration whether or not it
will hurt the Canyon county fair. We
have figured out that so many people
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-24
Bell Telephone Observation-Disclosures. IS
Independent Telephone ............63
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF.

1t is time that the people of Cald-
we'll were preparing to turn over a
new leaf Within the next few months
there will have been completed the
largest and best Touring mill in the
state of Idaho, within the confines of
this city. This institution is so large
and its reputation SO great that it
makes little difference whether it's
-four is used in Caldwell or not. But
for the decency of it the Caldwell mer-
chants should put forth every effort
to push Caldwell -four. This seems
so reasonable and just that the Tri-
bune would stand guilty of the excess
sive use of platitudes, did we not
know the experience of the millers of
the past. Some years ago a mill was
established in Caldwell. In every city
in Idaho, except Caldwell, that -four
sold readily in competition with the
product of all the mills of the North
west. But here one firm would not
handle the -four at all; with a single
exception, all the other pushed foreign
brands. To his everlasting credit, one
man tried to sell Caldwell flour on
every occasion. The people of Cald-
we'll are great in many respects, but
the virtue of patronizing home indus
try is not one of their distinguishing
characteristics. 1t is time that they
were turning over new leaf. II
is time that we get down to a practi
cal basis in our upbuilding of the com
munity and it's various industries
Every man and woman in the cit,
should use those things produced il
Caldwell, whether they are cigars o.
-four. Every merchant in Caldwell
should try to sell those things manu-
featured in Caldwell. 1t is a greater
virtue to support an industry than /
is to introduce one. AS soon as W,
can show the world that we can sup
port manufacturing plants, we will
have no difficulty in getting then
There Is an abundance of capital seek
ing prontable avenues of endeaVor.
is easy to interest that capital, pre-
vlded you have the goods. The bes
advertisement to estrange capital
a poorly supported industry of an
kind. Capital fights shy of any con
munity that does not use the thing
it has to the best advantage. The Tr
bune thinks and hopes that Caldwe
is about to enter upon an era of pro-
perity. There are a great many ne
people here and more are comm
every day, The spirit of progress
abroad. Everybody feels hopeful an
cheerful. Let us strive on in the won
of getting new people, new capt.
and new enterprises; but let us n,
forget those who have already come
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-04-24
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The Change From the Era When
Wives Were Taken by Force.

The Change From the Era When
Wives Were Taken by Force.
Marriage customs have changed ev.
anywhere with the advance of civiliza.
ton. Anglo-Saxons In ancient times, 1t
is said, used to capture their wives by
force from their fathers or their hus-
bands, it did not matter which.
This was before Augustine came to
preach Christianity. Then purchase was
more common than capture, although
the latter seems to have been frequent
enough to the reign of Ethelbert to
need regulation by law. By this law
man might run away with a woman,
provided he afterward paid her pre-
vious owner, be he father or husband,
80 shillings. If it was husband who
had thus been deprived of his wife, the
woman's captor had not only to pay
him the fine, but also to buy him an
other wife. In any case the stolen wo-
man belonged to her captor.
II q man had purchased his bride in
the days of Ethelbert and afterward
concluded he had paid too much for
her, 1t was lawful for him to return her
to her former owner and claim again
the purchase price, provided that he
had not previously expressed satlsfac-
ton by making the bride present on
the morning after the wedding.
The next step was the "foster lien,"
when the bride price was paid ON the
day of 0spousal and was supposed to
compensate the parent for the cost of
bringing up his daughter. 1t seems,
however, that this soon fell into disre-
pute, as there was no law against the
father engaging his daughter to nu-
merous suitors, taking from each the
''foster lien and, of course, cheating
all but one on the wedding day, which
at that time was only the day of be-
trothal, when the sutton gave a 'wed''
or pledge for the future performance Of
his contract. If the sutton did not claim
his bride within two years after the
wedding day, he forfeited all right to
her and to whatever money or goods hr
had paid for her. If the woman and hel
father broke their promises, tae father
had to give the sutton four times az
much as the sutton had already paid
atm.
As civilization advanced the bride
price was given to the woman herself
and became her dowry, while nova
days the tables are frequently turned
and the bride settles the money on he
husband.