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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
TARIFF REVISION.
URGED BY PRESIDENT TAFT IN
A MESSAGE.

He Urges That a Bill be Prepared
at Once. so as to Minimize the Dis
turbance of Business.
Washington, March 16.-President
Taft's message was received by the
Senate and House today with demon
STATIONS in both bodies. The mes
sag was as follows:
"To the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives: I have convened the
Congress in this extra session in or
der to enable it to give immediate
consideration to the revision of the
Dingley Tariff Act. Conditions af-
fecting production, manufacture and
business generally have so changed
in the last twelve years as to require
a. readjustment and revision of the
import duties imposed by that Act.
More than this, the present tariff Act,
with the other sources Of Govern
ment revenue, does not furnish in
come enough to pay the authorized
expenditure. By July 1 next, the
excess of expenses over receipts for
the current fiscal year will equal
500, 100000.
"The successful party in the last
election is pledged to a revision of
the tariff. The country, and, and the
business community especially, ex-
pect it. The prospect of a change
in the rate of import duties always
causes a suspension or halt in bust.
ness because Of the uncertainty as
to the change to be made and the
effect. 1t IS. therefore, of the high.
est Importance that the new bill
should be agreed upon and passed
with as much speed as possible
consistent with it's due and thorough
consideration. For these reasons
have deemed the present to be al
extraordinary occasion, within tn
meaning of the Constitution, justi
flying and requiring the calling O
an extra session.
, I'm my inaugural address I statet
in a summary way the principles up
: on which, in my judgment, the re
l vision of the tariff should proceed
and indicated at least n new sourc
of revenue that might be properl
. resorted to in order to avoid a fu
ture deficit. It is not necessary TO
me to repeat what I then said.
=, Il venture to suggest that tn
1 vital business interests of the coun
try require that the attention o
: the Congress in this session be chief
ly devoted to the consideration Q
. the new tariff bill, and that tn
less time given to other subject
for legislation in this session the bel
- ter for the country.
. ("Signed) w. H. TAFT"
"The White House, March II
e 1909"
The message received careful a.
tention on the part of Senator's, man
= of whom laughed when the Pres
dents suggestion that no legislatio
except in relation to the tariff b
considered at this session was read.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
SLAIN FROM AMBUSH.
Wanted to Kill the Man Who Married
His Wife.

Huntington, w. Va, March 16-
John and Frank Fleming, alleged
members of a feud gang, that has
%terrorized Harris Creek, in Lincoln
county, forty miles south of this
city, were shot from ambush last
evening. Frank was killed and John
vas seriously wounded. John Flem-
ing was released on Saturday from
the p~enitentiary, where he served
two years for conspiracy to defraud
the Government. When he learned
that his young wife had secured a
divorce and had married John Nc
Coy, a bitter enemy of his, the Flem-
ing brothers started for McCoy's
home. They were ambushed en-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
ATTACKED BY BURGLARS.
Knocked Down by Masked Man in
Their City Home.

Atlanta, Ga, March 16.-In the
bed room of a boarding house at A
Bell street, a masked burglar to-
night attacked and beat into insen-
sibility with a scantling, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Whites. They were
awakened by the screams Of their
little daughter and as they prepared
to jump from the bed, they were
both struck across the head.
Mrs. Whites is very badly hurt
with the base of her skull fractured.
Whites was struck across the face
and being knocked unconscious.
Police officers have been sent to the
scene but no trace of the masked
man has been secured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
SHOT BY A FORMER FRIEND.
j. H. Claxton Of Kite, Ga, is Fatally
Wounded.

Kite, Ga, March 14.-J. H. Clax-
ton, a well-to-do farmer here, is dy-
ing today as the result of a pistol
bullet wound inflicted last night
by George W. Mixson, also a farmer,
formerly his good friend.
The two men had been working
a farm together and q%uarreled over
the settlement of the proceeds. Mix
on disappeared after the shooting.
Claxton was shot through the body.
Both men are highly connected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
Mrs. Levitt Gets Divorce.

Lincoln, Neb., March 9.-Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter Of
VIM. J. Bryan, was today granted a
divorce from William Levitt. She
alleged non-support. There was no
defence. Mrs. Levitt was granted
the custody OF the two children.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
WHAT Is HOME
WITHOUT S

Don't say, cant afford an Organ on
Piano.
We will make you able, grantinf
from one to three years to pay 70,
one.
We supply the Sweet Toned, Dur
able Organs and Pianos, at the low.
est prices consistent with quality.
Write at once for Catalogue
and Terms, to the Old Els
MALONE MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
DEATH ENDS BASEBELL GAME.
Unknown Man Hurls Brick and the
Pitcher is Killed,

New York, March 15.-Death end.
ed a merry baseball game played by
a crowd Of small boys. all undo.
ten years of age in the rear yard of
a tenement in Harlem late yester-
day.
A man who was awakened by the
little fellows shouts, raised a wir-
dow on an upper floor Of the tere-
ment and hurled a brick into the
crowd.
Dominick Cerone, who was play
ing pitcher, vas struck on the head.
He sank to the ground, unconscious
and died two hours later in a Har-
lem hospital. The man who thr=w
the brick has not been found.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
BEAT HIS WIFE
And Was Shot And Killed by a
Man to Whose House
The WOMAN HAD RAN
John A. Chaloncr Shoots Gillard,
Who Had Pursued His Wife to the
Home Of Chaloner, Whittier She
Had Gone to Seek Protection From
Her Husband.

Her Husband.
Charlottesville, Va, March 16.-J.
Armstrong Chaloner was this after
noon fully exonerated of all blame
in connection with the death of John
Gillard, who was struck in the tenn
pie and killed by a bullet from Cha
toner's pistol, for the possession Of
which the two were c%ontesting.
The victim was an Englishman,
who came to Virginia about two
years ago from Australia, and was
living within three miles of Cha
toner's country home, 1.-THE Merry
Mills" near Gotham, this county.
Billiards wife yesterday sought Cha
loner's protection from her husband,
who had beaten her and threatened
her life. She had arrived at 'The
Merry Mills in advance of the man
and, with her children, was waiting
in the dining room to tell her story,
when her husband entered and as
saulted her with a pair of heavy
tongs.
At this point Chaloner and Erine
E. Money, who was with him, enter
ed the room and interfered. The
Englishman was in a frenzy and
during the scufle, Chaloner drew his
pistol to restrain him. The man
seized the pistol and tried to turn
it on his wife. In the scuffle i
was discharged with fatal results.
A magistrate was at once sum
moned and made acquainted with thu
facts. He held an inquest this after
noon, at which the widow told thu
story of her husbands brutal treat
ment. She was positive that her hus
band discharged the pistol in an ef
fort to kill her, and other testified
to this fact. Her fourteen-year-olt
son, who was present at the tragedy
said that his father had fully deter
mined to kill his mother, and that h
would have succeeded but for Cha
loner.
The body was kept at "The Merr
Mills" all night in the position il
which it was when death ensued, an,
the jury, consisting Of substantial
farmers, made a searching investi
cation and came unanimously to tn
decision that the accident occurre'
during an effort to save the life o
Mrs. Gillard.
At the time of the inquest tn
room still showed evidences Of tn
great struggle. The woman's ha
was in n + of the room an
hair pins were scattered about tn
floor. The tongs, bent from tn
blows, we're bloody and containe
clumps of hair. Mrs. Gillard shove
evidences of her bad treatment. He
head was badly cut in many place
and her clothes were torn. At tn
inquest she told how her husban
had frequently mistreated her an
that, whenever she tried to escap
to seek protection, he would over
take her and force her to return.
Gillard was about As years of ag
and was of powerful build. Chalone
had frequently befriended him, a
he was in poor circumstances, an
only recently had offered to give hir
a mule so that he could get aroun
the country better. After the ad
journment of the inquest this after
noon Gillard's body was placed in
coffin and removed to his late HON
"a Campbell's.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

A serene life always has storms
in its past curriculum.
It is we'll to watch the virtues
that employ press agents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

For Sales. G. Rhode Island Red
Eggs, $3.50 for Is; $500 per
hundred. Chicks one to four
months old, soc to $1.00 each;
from first premium, Trip McCom-
Der Reds, State Fair OF and '0S.
A. D. Haltiwanger, R. No. 2, Co.
lumbia, S. G.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
WANTED


Customers for Seed Sweet
Potatoes, Amber and Orange
Cane Seed, Beardless Barley and
Seed Corn. Largest stock In the
ders and inquiries given prompt
attention. We offer in 5-case lots
and upwards Glib. tomatoes, Tee
per doz.; 3-lb. pie peaches, $50
doz.; pink salmon, 85c doz.;
2-lb. Winor brand "hulled"
corn, nothing finer for the table,
$3.50 doz.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24

Barred Plymouth Rock eggs, 81 to
$3.50 a setting IS. Hens weigh
7 to s lbs, and are fine winter
layers. For sale by T. R. Duggan,
Warthen, Ga. Special price on so
and 100.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-03-24
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Pure Culpepper's Improved Cotton
seed for sale. Vigorous growing,
medium maturing, large boiled
and heavy yielding variety. Direc-
tor, North Carolina Experiment
Station, West Raleigh, N. G.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
wedding gifts should be selected SATURDAY,

Wedding gifts should be selected Saturday,
Sale Silver Mesh Bags-German silver,
hand made ring Mesh Bags, silk lined.
Sc German Silver Mesh Bags...... $500
$500 German Silver Mesh Bags. . $3.50
$500 German Silver Mesh Bags. $500
$1,000 German Silver Mesh Bags. . $500
$4,000 Sterling Silver Mesh Bags. $4,000
$48.0O Sterling Silver Mesh Bags. $4,000
$4,000 Sterling Silver Mesh Bags. $4,000
$4,000 Sterling Silver Mesh Bags. $1,000
La Valliers-Fancy rose gold and green
gold finish, newest designs; Browns price
$500 to $500, for. .S1.9S
Cuff Links-Solid gold; Browns price to
$500, for. ..............$1.9S
Bracelets-Solid gold, plain, chased and
stone set; Browns price to $500
Tor -. SO.OO
Adjustable Bracelets, worth $500 and
SIS. 00-for . .............S1. 9S
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
From the Brown stock
Mems Watch Chains

These are finest grade gold filled
Chains from such makers as ]. T.
Sturdy Sons, Providence Stock
Co., and s. o. Rigney, values to
S9sUOs LOT ....s.s 49,. SA'So
Gold filled Fobs, 81 values, at 81
A WONDERFUL RING SALE
Women's solid gold set Rings
from the Brown stock set with
opals, rubies, emeralds, sap
phires, etc.
Rings, values to $500, Saturday,
at ....s.' ..s... ........ p4'oO
Rings, values TO $500, Saturday,
at ........ U4sSo
Rings values to $500, Saturday,
FANCY PINS, ETC.
Thousands of Cuff Buttons and
Tie Pin Sets, Jabot Pins, Beauty
Pins, Jet Jewelry and Rogers
Silverware and other novelties
in gold filled and solid gold at
half and less than Half Price.
Hat PInB-Large amethyst and
topaz set. with circle of brill
liants, 800 values SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
Jewelry Novelties from the Brown Stock

high grade jewelry was never sold for less.
Cuff Buttons-Solid gold front, signet and
fancy stone set, values to SO, for .S1.OO
Gold Filled Lockets-Free, with any
Locket we will give a 22-inch gold filled
S2.00 chain free.
Lockets-Gold filled, finest quality, 10
year guarantee, values to $500; our
price . ..S1.9S
TURQUOISE MATRIx JEwELRY
Genuine turquoise only
Stick Pins, value to $500, for .......... Sl.9S
Brooches, values to $500, for ......... S1.9s
Cuff Buttons, values to $1,000, for. 49,. S2.ss
Shirtwaist Rings, solid gold turquoise matriX,
for $3.50
FANCY mi
Mounted Combs, values to S1.50, at....... 25o
Mounted Combs, values to $500 at ..., S1.%6
Mounted Combs, values to 5000, at...... Sl.a9
Genuine Jet Combs, values to $500, at. 500
Silver Waist Rings, oriental designs, set with
genuine turquoise, Jade. Amazonite, coral,
etc, values to $500, ...,........... Sl.oo
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12

goes to the homes-is read by the
women-sells goods for advertisers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
Balduff Marshmallows

1000 packages for Saturday. A fresh, rich,
creamy CONNECTION that Is simply delicious.
Made by Balduff Candy Co. Their best f01
zoe quality; Saturday only, per box. .LOS
Benefits special, freshly made for one days
selling by Balduff Candy Co. Their OE~
best 40c grade; pound ox........... GON
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
Sale SHEET MUSIC 2 S5 #: ! e ?s@ Y:

Dying Poet, Nearer My God to Thee, Anvil Chorus, Falling Waters, Rocked
in the Cradle of the Deep. Dixie, Merry Widow Waltz, Little Fairy Waltz,
Alone, william Tell, Wearing of the Green, II Trovatore. Flower Song, March.
ing Through Georgia, Alpine Hunt, Black Hawk Waltz, Home Sweet Home.
Angels serenade, Lohengrin Wedding March, Second Mazurka, Your Father
Was a Soldier, Bohemian Girl, Mocking Bird, Way Down South in Dixie, 20
Songs from Grand Opera such as Tanhouser, Aida, Etc. Observation-Disclosures.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
Balance of Brown Stock Watches

rs Watches, Elgin or Watham jewel movement IL sHe 20 year guarantee, gold
lied open face easel Browns price $145O, our price (Iuntng case for $3.50 81 so
Watches Engin or watham 7 Jewel movement o year gold filled hunting or
IN t@ec case, beautifully engraved, Browns price $3.50, our price ...... S.. SO
MEMS Watches IS size, 10 jewel Eln or walham movement
. a. !: =: 3,; ::s:. !; :: ): +: :: -: :: ,: 8: ~: :: =. y: :: :: s: 3: :;
"a cl lot 15 ad II jewel Waltham or Eldn movemen
M4EH#k&&A Browns rice, $4,000, III price ...............$1 $1,000
&MM##&B&&4%A Mems Watches, 800 assorted, 20 m rs year gold filled Jas.
HHE&&Nd$#RHA Boss, Crescent, Dueber ant Faye cases, II jewel Waltham,
E%&I@N%@%&HM EGn, Hampton, Illinois, Appleton, Tracy or Wheeler $1,000
&H&##NN#N&4MW womsn lack namel New England Chathaiuew atoheiB rowns
RnHRHWX&&&$#W womens wANhes 0 size 20 year gold filled hand engraved hunt
&3M#&N&N&%W ing case Z tewel EHn or WarhanL Browns price $1,000. our
&&&]#f%~ wcmsns Watches size same as above but Is jewel; Browne
~&&8~ price $2lOO our price ..... '"'' '.." '' '''' 49, Sposo
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-12
The JAS. Brown & Co. Stock
Unset Diamonds

We shall have in this Saturday
sale about $4,000 worth unset
diamonds, from Il TO 3 carat sizes.
One lot of about so magnificent
gems in n to y carat size, all
good color and perfectly cut, eX-
c~eptionally big values. These we
offer at rate of S135 per carat.
MOUNTED DIAMONDS
Most extraordinary diamond sale
ever in this city. Diamonds never
deteriorate in value; they are
really an investment.
$225.00 per carat grade stones,
at S175.00
$4,000 per carat grade stones,
at 9165.0o
$4,000 per carat grade stones,
at S159.oo
$1,000 per carat grade stones,
at S135.oo
$4,000 per carat grade stones,
at $50. $4,000
500 three-stone diamond Brace
let's $4,000
$125.00 diamond set Brooch 06a.oo
$4,000 diamond set Brooch 800
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-26
COMMUNICATIONS.
AUTO RACES TO BE IMMENSE AFFAIR.

Lowell which
points Indiana Trophy
other
from outofthecounty is placed at
a
when the declared that
Crown Point when the
place
but faint comprehension of
roads
will be
n a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-26
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
May 20.

May 20.
1637-Pequot Indians slaughtered in
their fort in Connecticut.
166s-First assembly of New Jersey
met.
1774-The general court of Massachu-
sets met at Boston to elect coun-
selorG
1s14-J6seph .Ignace .Guillotine. for
whom the machine known as the
gullotine was named, died in Par
is Born in 1888
1S40-Sir William Sidney Smith, the
English admiral who defended Acre
successfully against Napoleon, died
in Paris. Born in London, July 81,
1864.
1S45-Sir John Franklin sailed from
Sheerness on his last Arctic expe-
dition.
1S55-The Pottawatomie executions
took place in Kansas.
1857-Dred Scott and family emanci-
pated in st. Louis.
1S61-The port of New Orleans block
AIDED by the sloop- Brooklyn.
1S64-Slavery abolished in Louisiana.
1865-The confederates in Texas, under
General Kirby Smith, laid down
their arms.
1S94-Presbyterian general assembly
convicted Prof. II. P Smith of Lane
seminary of heresy.
Emperor and empress Of Russia
crowned at Moscow.
1909-An earthquake in the Vilayet of
Van. Turkey, caused the loss of 500
lives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-26
IN POLITICS

Republican politicians in Virginia are
considerably disturbed over the guber-
Material situation. A. P. Gillespie OF
Tazewell who was expected to become
the candidate for governor, has noti-
fed his friends that his private AFFAIRS
will not permit him to accept the NOM
ination.
Charles H. Mills of Corsicana is ex-
pected to enter the gubernatorial race
in Texas Mr.. Mills is the son of Hon
Roger O. Mills, former United States
senator. and has very pronounced views
upon the subject of government and
public service which he has not hesi-
tated to express upon occasion.
Richard E. Sloan, the new governor
OF Arizona, is a resident of Prescott.
Previous to assuming his present posi-
ton, he was associate justice of the
supreme court of Arizona. He was
born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1857,
and is a graduate of the Cincinnati uni
versity law school.
The officers of the National Negro
American Political league have issued a
call for the second annual meeting to
be held at Columbus, O.. May &c and q.
The purpose of the league, which was
formed at Philadelphia about a year
ago, is to convince the colored voters
particularly in the north and west. OF
the necessity of using their ballots pri-
marily to secure race rights, rather
than in the interest of any political
party
War has been declared upon Senator
Eugene Hale by a strong faction ir
the republican organization in Maine
and there appears to be a possibility
that he Will be defeated for reelection
Senator Hale sis the oldest member OF
the United States senate in point oil
service, and one Of the oldest in years
He is one of the acknowledged leaders
of the upper house. being head of the
a1l-important committee on appropria-
lions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-26
THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News

Lorimer camp in Springfield is In
deep gloom because the congressman
gets only one vote for the senatorship;
the plan to corral the democrats does
not meet with the success hoped for
Sollitt bill recognizing the Chicago
board of education and the amended
bill of the Teachers Federation are
passed by the lower house.
Progressives in senate are hopeful
that pressure of public opinion will yet
force high protectionists to make con-
cessions.
Vote on income tax delayed by SEN
ator Bailey's tactics.
Assistant Chicago states attorney
appeals to jurors to assist the prescott
or's office in its warfare on graft in
the opening argument at the Ma Iden
trial
Crisis in the war in the Illinois y. NJ
C. A. will be reached at Bloomington
today with the downstate faction de-
claring secession inevitable.
Seat sale for Lambs club gambol in
Chicago nets $13.93S in first days auc-
pioneering by actors.
Settlement of the Lake Seamen's
strike through the National Civic Fed
Grafton is believed to be near, John
Mitchell, who passes through Chicago,
admitting that the organization is at
work
Political magistrate in East St Louis
Ill, is forced to resign because of ILL
| health and he goes to work as a street
sweeper in front of the court where
he presided.
Race war, shortage of food. possible
Intervention of federal troops, train
the use of automobiles TO transport the
malls are features of the strike OF
eighty hrement on the Georgia Rail-
road.
Joseph Schurmann of Chicago trun-
! dies wheelbarrow all the way to New
York, and wins $1,000.
| New York high school girls angered
by edfct against use Of powder and
beauty spots.
| Delegates to Presbyterian general
assembly at Denver are told to go
into their own pockets for college en-
dowments by an Iowa pastor. Senti-
ment in favor of Chicago for the next
meeting gains.
More than 1000 shares of Commercial
National stock changes hands.
Accuracy of fire of Theodore Roose-
welt and his son astonishes compan-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-26
THIS Is MY list BIRTHDAY.
NTorrit G. FernahI.

DR.. Merit c. Fernald. who was the
first president of the University of
Maine, was born in Penobscot county,
Maine. May 26, 1888. He was gradu-
ated from Bowdoin college in 1861, and
for two years pursued postgraduate
studies at Harvard. He was principal
of academies in Maine until 1868, when
he became professor of mathematics
and physics at the Maine State college,
which later became the University of
Maine DR.. Fernald was acting presi-
dent of the institution from 1868 to
to 1871, professor of mathematics and
physics from 1871 to 1879, president
from 1879 to 1898, and professor emeri-
tus in the department of philosophy
from 1898 until he retired a year ago.
His connection with the college and
university covered a period of forty
years, during which time he gained a
national reputation for his activity in
educational work and was honored
with membership in the leading learned
and scientific societies of Ameriea.