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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
CHANGE OF POLICY
SOUTHERN NEGRO oFFICE-HOLD-
ERS SLATED TO GO.
President Taft to Appoint Negroes
Q. >E. : ~
to Ohloc in the North, Instead Of

President Taft to Appoint Negroes
to Ohloc in the North, Instead Of
In The South.
That President Taft is going to
appoint Northern negroes to Office
rather than Southern ones Is the In
formation which has been prett!
thoroughly discussed among the poll
.icians of Washington and elsewhere
since Booker Washington was there
,ast week" says the Washington
correspondent Of The News and
Courier.
As the result Of thts policy 1t Is
expected that the negroes In the
Duth who are holding importan'
,fhces will, as their terms expire
,e displaced for the most part BY
whites, and IN turn recognition will
,e given to colored men In the North
he list of colored men holding I'm
,ortant Offices In the South under the
ederal government includes the fol
owing.
Robert Smalls, collector OF Gus
m at Beaufort, s.. c.: Henry A
fucker. collector Of internal reVe
,ue at Atlanta, Ca; Joseph Lee
collector OF internal revenue at Jack
onville. Fla; Nathan H. Alexander
egister Of the land Office at Mont
emery. Ala: Thomas v. McAllister
eceiver of public moneys at Jack
on, Niles; Walter L. Cohen, regis
or Of the land Office at New Or.
cans; Alexander B. Kennedy, recelv'
r Of public moneys at New Orleans
ohm E. Bush. receiver OF publit
. loneys at Little Rock.
The course the President will take
n the matter Of appointing colore'
len Is likely to be illustrated In the
election Of q successor to w. T
'ernon, register Of the treasury.
locker T. Washington and Other
olored leaders have given their sup
,ort to ]. C. Naples. Of Nashville
" the place. but 1t appears that the
'resident will probably select a col
red man from the North.
Washington was In Washington ?
sw daya ago. aud It Is said that be
rotested when he learned that
,either Vernon nor Ralph Tyler, the
liter as auditor for the navy de-
artment. were to be ousted. Meth
r Of these pull with Washington.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
SIXTY KILLED LAST YEAR.
railroads Submit Report to Rail-
road Commission.

S%ixty-seven people we're killed and
IS injured on the railroads of the
tate during the past fiscal year. &C.
ording to the annual report OF the
twenty-five companies received by
he railroad commission. 1t is shown
I the last annual report Of the COM
,ission that 81 were killed and l.
81 injured. 1t will be seen that
ne number wilied on the railroads
as been increased by ten, while the
lumber Of injured vas less by sew
raj hundred. The fiscal year ended
n June 80. The commission is now
ompiling the statistical part Of Its
nnual report. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
BOY sTRANGLED TO DEATH.
spartanburg Lad Accidentally Hang
Himself In Bath Room.

William Pendleton, aged 8 years
@ son Of the Rev. W. H. K. Pendle
ton, rector Of the Church OF tn
Advent, was found dead in the bait
room at his home a few morning
ago in spartanburg. 8. O. He sVi
IDENTIFY had been dead for some time
The boy went into the bath room U
brush his hair, mounted a chair
which tilted and his shirt waist COL
lar caught on a hook on the doc
and he strangled to death befor'
assistance could reach him. He va
found by the Japanese servant VIII
found him hanging with his bacl
to the wall, and his fest about tw'
inches above the floor. Mn and Mrs
Pendleton we're in the city at tn
time doing their Christmas shop
ping and had purchas1 presents to
the lad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
GAS TANK EXPLODES
DEALING DEATH AND DEsTRUC-
TON TO MANY PEOPLE.
Large Number Of Workmsn, Blown
High TN the AR, Disappear In
Columns Of Flame.

Columns Of Flame.
A dispatch from Hamburg. Ger
many, says the explosion Of two gas
tanks IN the so-called "Klein's
Grasbrook," on the Elbe front
Wednesday afternoon was followed
5y an extensive fire and the loss OF
many lives. The explosion was due
to a leak In q new gasometer. The
escaping gas entered the retoit
house, where 1t came In contact with
the fires, causing q terrific expo-
sion. A large number Of workmen
we're engaged In rebuilding and en-
,arglng the plant. Twenty-Five OF
he men were employed near the
,asometer. They disappeared In a
mass Of flames which shot up to q
great height.
Firemen. with apparatus appeared
quickly on the scene but they were
Unable to approach In large force
wing to the isolated situation OF
she esta blishment. Up to q late
hour 10 men are reported dead and
IL missing. 1T Ia almost certain
hat all Of these are dead. Forty
men we're dangerously injured, Of
whom several can not recover.
The fire gained rapid Roadway
md threatened the old gasometer
containing $4,000 cubic metres *
intense was the heat and 20 danger
,us their position, the aremen werf
ompelled to withdraw to q safe dis
ance. A terrific explosion soon oc
urred and the tower became q mas
u flames, which 1eaped hundred
Il feet In the air. sending frag
nents OF glowing coke far and wild,
,ver the city and harbor.
After strenuous efforts. the hrf
vas got under control and the res
'ue work was carried on vigorously
here Is little hope Of finding tn
,odies Of the missing II they have
,een killed. as they undoubtedly
lave been incinerated.
The new sasometer which explod'
ID was the largest in the world, hav'
ug q capacity of 100000 cubic me
9 4. The city appropriated $4,000.
700 marks ($3,500,000) for its con
.truction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Refused to he Hazed.

When several telegraph meseens
n boys gathered around Ralph Henj
rson, aged Is. a new recruit to thet
anks In front Of the Atlanta Tel
ninal station late Wednesday PIE
,aratory to Initiating" him be fnrr
ID on them with an open knire
Ralph BULGE, aged Is, was Stable
" young Henderson through tn
,ft lung, probably fatally. Hende'
ON Is held In the city jail pendini
hs result Of Buice's injuries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
INuchers Fooled.

A mob of several hundred citizens
vent 10 Dublin. Ca. wednesday eve
ling determined TO lynch HANSON
lewcome, a negro. who was placed
n the COUNTY jail last week. charged
With criminal assault upon a ~nl'e
poroan. The sheriff. however. had
anticipated the mob and SATURDAY
light removed Newcome to the jail
of an adjoining county.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
FATAL SHOOTING sCRAPE.
A Lawyer Shoots Down Town Mar
shall Of Byron, Go.

At Byron. Ca. on Wednesday c.
E. Bateman, town marshal. wac ia
tally injured by A. T. Harper. a
lawyer. in a duel with pistols on the
principal street Of the town. Bate.
man charged that Harper had de-
stroyed the happiness Of his homo
and attacked the latter With q heavy
walking cane Harper pulled his
pistol and fred FIVE shots. two OF
which took effect. Beteinan droW
his pistol as he fell and ired upon
Harper. but Harper vas not injur-
ed. Bateman was rushed TO a Ma =
oon hospital. where the stateme at
was given OUT that his injuries were
fatal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
FOOLKILLER NEEDED.
lie Should Gather In These Two
Fellows or Quit.

FelloWS or Qult'
One OF the most unique pair o
lobe trotters that have yet COM
lnder pSblic notice will soon b.
zen in America, having engage
,assage on a ship sailing for New
York from England next week. The
re two Italians and they are travel
~ around the world in q barrel.
Their names are Vicinello Eugen
nd Zanadi Attilius, and for 8 wage
( $1,000 they are endeavoring t
ircle the globe In a barrel three
ards long and about four feet Il
iameter. They take turns, on
nan rolling the barrel while tn
Their sits inside. The conditions or
hat they must get their food an
lothing by selling postcards In tn
owns through which they pass. Tn
Zen say they began their journe
t Vienna last June. The time t
g occupied in the attempt 10 /:
jearB.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Fatally Burned.

The little daughter Of Mr.. and NIT
o Godfrey, who live about 'e'
niles from Gatfney. was fatally ourn
d on Wednesday. The mather wa
: the barn milking, leaving the III
lie two-year-old girl and her
A. who was 8, In the house. tn
,lothins of the girl caught fire an
vas burned entirely of before III
mother could reach her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Historic Tree II

The historic Washington oak tree
at Bloomfield. n. j.. under which
Gen. Washington and bis staff held
a council OF val on their way to
Morristown, has been felled and is
being cut up into Ere wood. The
local authorities found 1t Impossible
to save the tree after It had been
repeatedly subsof1gd>
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Fatal Snow Storm.

Binding clouds Of snow. accom-
,anied by lower temperature and :
Is miles an hour wind. swept owe
chicago and the surrounding e
tory Wednesday. bringing death T.
..hree persons. One Of the victims
, laborer, was found dead from col
nd exposure. The other two Wer
abroad switchmen, who, blinded o.
,nou. were run over by engines
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Women Car ~ Pistols.

Women Of AurrGa. H.. who have
to bo on tho streets after dark with
out escorts, ara carrying small re
volvers tuckeexin muf1es az a mean
Of p%rotectic a against the mysterious
Jack the FLASHER" who made vlo'
tous att! fks on five women N,centlg'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Woman Burglar.

Declaring the loss OF her posalo'
,orced her to become a burglar 'n
uoll.a stenographa. was arrested q
,,os Angeles. Cel., Tuesday mo1n'ns
She confessed ner gull. OF Two Q
berries .-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
DOUBLY MARRIED.
Duple Claiming to be Man and VII
Welded Again.

GaFney had a novelty In the mai
.iaee line recently. Miss Ami
Irksey, of Gastonia, and Mr.. Jas
lager, of M%ooresville. N. c., alight
d from the train at Gaffney Bur
'ay morning and announced tina
hey had Just been made man an
life; but shortly after their arrive
he chief Of police received q NEE
age from the parents Of the youn;
,dy to the effect that the COUP
we're not married and to arrest them
he lady informed the officers toe
hey could be married again an
occurring the services Of Mr.. H. M
,obbins, notary public. were 500
led up tight and fast.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Sailors Lost.

Hope Of finding the five Tackles
I the gunboat Marietta on Port L.
ON, who we're driven to see In a
elpless whaleboat on Friday night
AZ been abandoned. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15

for accurate OBSERVATIONS IN the ARC
tic regions and describes at length
how, working backward from the
pole, he calculated observations that
would fit in with Cooks narrative
and coached MIN on the necessary
notifications Of the latter. AS. fot
example, that he must bo sur to
record that he rose before ALB
o'clock on a certain morning, be-
cause 1t was at that hour that a oer-
tain star. mentioned In n of
Losses calculations, would be visi-
bic. Mr.. Dunkle describes the in
ception OF the enterprise; how from
newspapers they s.thered that DR..
Cook was IN deep water and In
ferred that he would be glad TO pay
for help; how Dunkle got John r.
Bradley, Cooks hacker. TO introduce
him. how the subject was led up to
d~elicately and the bargain finally
struck and carried out, and how.
at last, DR.. Cook disappeared, after
accepting their work and paying only
$3.50 for 1t.
Both Capt. Loose and Mr.. Dunkle
tell Of a visit to the shop Of John
Giles & Co.. at 1913 Front street, a
few days after the captains talk
with the explorer at the Waldorf and
Of purchasing for DR.. Cook various
nautical and astronomical works.
besides three charts Of Smith SOUND
and the polar regions. Robert
flight, vhc sold tie bookE AMI
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
WHY THEY LOAF

When some men strike, we re left IN doubt
Regarding what II al about;
But when the bakers strike, we know
II means thevd ike 10 have more dough.
-tir0H u diern1an
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
GOSSIP OF STARLAND
By Mary Proctor

THE most absorbing top:c Of By Mar,
interest II s4~frg-o-IrJal oir-
les during the last few months
mas been the expected return u HALEY
comet lut So tar Il has failed T. material
sze TINS may bt owing 10 the fact that
due allowance has not been made for the It
tardIng influence OI the TWO planets recently
discovered bv II Gaillot of thc French ACad-
,rnN OF Science. These planets are sand 10 roam
ueyond the path II the outerTnoSt planet Nep-
tune. one beng forty-tIv-e times and the other
sixty times the distance q the earth from The
-l-r. or twice aS far as Neptune from that
lumluary-
II Is safe 10 assume that the giant planet
lupIter. which Is the great dlSturher oi COM
stS Is not responsible for the delay II Tins case
.s Hallev's comet does not approach that
l.alet within several million miles In fact,
-.le of the large planets comes anywhere near
-tt. comet on tins trip bat II is passage
through the region between Jupiter and Mars.
wherein some SIN hundred asteroids OF minor
-4rttS wander II paths lnterlaCcd II wonder
----lv complex fashion. the comet may have
.et sts head II the most literal sense Of the
The largest q these planets. named Ceres,
h.- O. diameter OF nearly FIVE hundred miles
--s smaller ones are about ten or twelve miles
mere mountains broke loose" A. the Younger
Ea--l bel wrote IN 1850 when BIela comet was
-.--- missed " peradventure Il has plunged INTO
and cat hew-ldereG among the rIng Of meteor
--a= al that ne know of the structure 81 .
comet - head teaches rs 10 believe that minute
and -.a-tered as are the planets comprising
ff-e --lu q miniature worlds. they are Suff-
.---.--- compact 10 effect the destruction II a
..-l.- 5a~h1ng al full speed INTO their midst
AZ -.-- part q is journey. Haley comet ad-
-a-.a- n the rate OF about eight hundred miles
.. minute. rushing onward with a velocity ot
sr-~ .re thousand miles minute after Z has
-.--.- --a danger zone.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
Opportunity to Signal Mars

CONCERNING the near approach oi planets
- 10 ollr earth IL IS interesting 10 note that
Mars VIII come rgIthiu thirty-sIE million miles.
,r september - 81 the present year. Professor
ham II Pickering 0f Harvard Observatory
---1rsts adopting a method of flashing mes
s. ~ fhe MartIans by q series Of carefully
s-- -ef r,-tleetirg mirrors Providing there
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

We LC~ITCaIH Go remarks ms
scientist Nv plan Of communication would
ncCeSSltate the use of "a series of mirrors $50
arranged As L. present "a SINGLE rejecting sur
face toward the planet. OF course one mirror
would do well. but a> the area necessary Tor
rejecting the sunlight over forty million miles
would have t. be- more than q quarter of "a mile
ot glass. single mirror would not be practicable
We should have TO u~c number Of mirrors
These mirrors would al have .. he attached
To one great AXIS parallel 20 the axis of the
earth. run uN motors. auI $50 timed as t. make
q. complete revolution every twentv-four hours
thus carrying the rejecting surface around
with the AXIS once q dsy and ohvlatIng the ne
gcSSiJv OF continually rcadlusting II to allow
FOR the movements ot the planets
For this elaborate outfit Professor Pickering
suggests that ten million dollars Will bc all that
required In return We should possess the
neStIrnablc advantage oi sending messages to
the haTtanS providing they exist and Tt
ceving replies lif the Martsans are aware oi our
existence That they are no; aware of our ex-
lStcnge Is not SO impossible a. Il may seem,
when realize the fact that when At !ts near
ct and seen under the most favorable Clrcunl-
stances. Mars appears as large as would "A
twenty-tive-Cent piece - distance OF SIX hun
dTcd and fIitV feet according To- "a calculation
made hv Professor Charles Lane Poor OF Column
bIa University.
The real diameter Of Mars is about four thou
sand two hundred miles. whereas the diameter
81 the earth IS nearly eight thousand miles. II
We reverse the illustration. and see ourselves as
the NaTtIars see Us, the surface @; our planet
a> seen from Mars next September VIII prob
ably be equivalent 10 the space covered by "a
tftv-cent peee. We ,an well imagine the Mar
tIanS. II they are as intelligent a. Professor
Pickering assume. beng vastly amused ~ our
efforts TO attract their attention Are they not
a highly superior race. according to Professor
Lowell of the Flagstaff Observatory. Arizona.
and IN these circumstances would they dDgn
a reply, Probably We shall next hear Of an
attempt 20 converse with the MartIans, by
means Of a ncgaphone IF gigantic proportions
erected on the summit 81 Pixies Peak. or an alr-
ship calculated To overcome all difficulties and
land It's terrestrial passengers Mars. the morn
ing Of September -. 1909 This is great cen
tJlrv. ana vast strides are being made IN SCIcn-
,ific research. but one can safely assume that
the possibility ot InteTcpmmunicatIon with pos
sIble inhabitants ~ Mar Will remain indefinitely
the baseless fabric Of a fnewspaper) dream
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06

.S intelligent life on Mars. It VIII
hc possible to signal the planet #
we desire t. do SO. remarks tins
New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
Photographine the Heavens

A MEETING Of the AstTographic Congress
Z was held recently N PARIS. 10 compare
notes as to the work that has been IN progress
during the last twenty years. IN connection
with celestial photography. The work was
first suggested to SIr David Gil N 1882 when
a photograph was taken OF . rnagnIhC ent comet
which that year adorned the southern sky. On
examining the Photographic plate. ST DAVID
Gill was amazed al the wealth Of little black
points thcklv dotted over the background
each point corresponding 10 a star. The ease
with which the whole heavens could thus be
charted geographically at once occurred 10
Gil. and led to 81 the most Stupend"uS
works ever attempted by man.
II Is true that SIT William terSshel- the
founder OF sIdcrcal astronomy, had attempted
TO break through the barriers Of the skies by
the laborious undertaking of charting the star
depths, but now that work has been super
picture OF the comet OF 1882 which suggested
the idea OF applying photography 10 star chart
ing the now famous aStrOgTaphlC catalogue OF
the heavens would probably never have been
made As a result Of this experience, con
qrrcss Of astronomers from all over the world
met IN Paris in 1857. and planned to divide the
work OF mapping the whole heavens from pole
TO pole among eighteen Of the leading observa-
tories 4 series Of telescopes was specially con
structed, 50 that every part Of the work should
be done with the same kind Of instrument 10
cover the entire sky on the plan proposed no
less than forty-four thousand one hundred and
eight NEGATIVES were required. and most oi
these have now been finished. The drawing up
Of a vast printed catalogue Is also well under
way and Il IS estimated that not less than ten
million stars viii find place IN this directory
BY means Of photography. the skilled aStT"T,
orner can obtain in one night what the visual
observer would need wears Of hard labor to ac-
quire A single exposure Of a Photographic
plate VIII give an exact chart of the stars IN
the part OF the sky covered at that time
chart that Is absolutely accurate ana can be
studied at leisure.
One Of the most remarkable facts about the
sensitive plate in photography IS It's complete
indifference 70 the distance from which the
light comes. 1t yields obedience TO the ray OF
some distant star which NAV have journeyed
from th,- very borderland Of the universe II
even becomes possible TO photograph objects
50 FAINT that they cannot be seen with the
most powerful telescopes, and If 1t was not tor
photography these stars would have doubtless
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-19

DIR. Fairweather, who returned
from the coast on the Alameda.
found his Chalmers-Detroit car wait
ing for him at the Associated gar
age. 1t is fine car and the popu-
lar dentist is much pleased with 1t.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-19
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT.

Get ready TO langh and laugh
while you have the opportunity. The
chance of a decade will be given to-
night at the Opera House when the
Armstrong & Verne Company will
make its first appearance in Homo
lulu. These people are strictly max
ers Of fun. They are creators OF
amusing situations and they have
more funny sayings than any COM
edians appearing here in a long
time. The San Francisco Bulletin
says of Armstrong and Verne:
Tom Armstrong and Priscilla
Verne. billed as an Australian COM
edy duo, kept the audience In roar
Armstrong has the most original line
of remarks the season has produced
and his songs are great. And how
he can dance. Miss Verne is of the
Marie Dresser stamp, and she scored
also. II is one of the best teams
that has visited the coast in years.
Seats for the performance ut the
Opera House are on sale at the Berg
strom Music store, and as they are
In demand the advice Of the man
agement is to buy now"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-19
BUILDING PERMITS.

Oct. l3.-Frank l.. Comes, dwelling
Queen St., 500; Chas. @. Sylvester
dwelling, Ilan!wai ST., $500
Oct. lev. Lassen. dwelling Sth
Avenue, $4,000; r. Meyata & Co.
Maunakea ST improvements, $50.
PLUMBING PERMITS.
Sept. "a. s. Humphrey, cottage
Waikiki St, $500.
Sept. l4.--Waterhouse Trust Co.
dwelling, Kaplolani St., $3.50; j. b
Searles, dwelling. Palolo Avenue; Jno
Warehouse, concrete building; l.. A
Apo, dwelling Ashford ST.; Chas
Maschke, dwelling Young St., $4,000
Oct. l4.-Sun Lui Sing, Poi shop
Luzo Street. $500.
Oct, l5.-F, J. Mclaughlin, dwell
Ing, Alewa Heights.