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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12
LlNEMAN KILLED, COMING
INTO CONTACT WITH WIRE
Was Working at Ninth Street and
Vermont Avenue for Los Angeles
Gas and Electric
Company

w. M. Campbell, a lineman for the
Los Angeles Gas and Electric COM
pany, was killed yesterday at noon by
coming into contact with a live wire
while working on pole at Ninth street
and Vermont avenue.
The exact circumstances of the acct
dent are not known, but it is supposed
Campbell raised up and touched the
wire above him, and was killed almost
instantly.
The body was taken to the undertake
ing establishment of Bresee Brothers
where an inquest will be held. Camp
bell was about % years old and unmar-
ried. He lived at 116 East Fifth street
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12
ORDER CONNECTIONS WITH
NEW SEWERS TO BE MADE
Old Drain in Portion of Los Angeles
Street Is in Such Condition as
to Require Immediate
Change

All persons whose houses are con-
nected with the old brick sewer on
Los Angeles street, between Com
mercial and Arcadia streets, have been
notified to connect with the new sewer
on this street. This has been found
necessary because of the condition of
the old sewer.
On account of the paving of Los An
geles street it is desired the connec-
tions be made as soon as possible. To
accomplish this it will be necessary
for the city to construct certain con-
nections between the old and new
sewers. The city engineer estimates
the cost Of this work to be $3.50. The
board of public works has asked the
council to appropriate this amount.
The old sewer will be filled in by
the chain gang.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12

cense fees by that much, or more, since
he has been in office, but declares
many evade the license laws. The po-
lice, who are expected to report per-
sons on their beats who fail to take out
licenses, are lax in this respect and do
not enforce the law as it should be
enforced, the auditor says.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12
SHAKESPEAREAN SCHOLAR
LECTURES AT Y. w. C. A..

DR.. Homer B. Sprague, the noted
Shakespearian authority, delivered a
lecture before the Young Women's
Christian association last night on
.Shakespeare's Cradle and School:
Foundations" The audience was de-
lighted with the lecture and deeply i'm
pressed both with the substance and
delivery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12
Shoes Half Price and Less

Over two hundred big display bargain
tables are displaying shoes for men.
women and children. on sale IN many
instances tor half price and less. Con-
vince yourself and come to the
MAMMOTH SHOE HOUSE,
619 south Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12

The Angelus grill has excellent SER
vice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12

Il you want to go east. (. HaydocK. Agent
Ill zois Central r. R.. liz W. Sixth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-12

WOmen's $3.50 and 90
So High Kid shoes. -. pa. 90
With heavy or medium weight
soles; blucher, lace or button
styles; good wearing and
comfortable. Choose from
large range of sizes today at
$1.98 a pair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08

The tie-up in the State board of
canvassers last week has caused q
great deal of comment in all Sec
tions Of the State. 1t Is very inter-
esting to note that the very mat
ter upon which the tie-up arose was
not touched upon in the executive
session that Is the constitutionality
of tho act providing for the cleo
ton was not before the board.
An affidavit Of interest In con-
nection with the deadlock in the
board, which was given out, was
filed with Associate Justice Hydrick
by Messrs. Lyon, McCown and Jen-
nings. The affidavit follows:
PERSONALLY appeared R. M. Nc
Gown, R. H. Jennings and J. Fraser
Lyon, who being duly sworn each
for himself says that the board of
State c%anvassers has not decided
whether 1t has power to consider
the constitutionality of the act under
which the election of the 18th inst.
was held. that deponents have specif-
ically refused to pass upon the same
at this time, but desire to hear coun-
sci upon the subject. That it was
and now Is the order Of the said
board to hear such argument in or
der that the board may beenlighten-
ed on the subject, but whenever such
arguments commence, Hon. A. w.
Jones, comptroller general, leaves
the meetings of the board and balks
the quorum.
That said board has decided no
In controversy whatsoever at
It's present meeting, but will duly
md properly render its decision If
! quorum may be had"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
CUTS THROAT WITH RAZOR.
L. A. Bickle, Mall Clerk on Looted
Train ends His Life.


L. 4. Bickle, white, aged 43, an
ex-mail clerk on the Southern rail.
way. almost severed his head from,
his body with q razor at his home at
Augusta Sunday morning. Bickle
had been in i'll health and 1t Is said
that his mind was unbalanced be-
cause Of this and recent bereaye-
ments In his family.
He happened to be mail clerk n
Southern train from Charleston on
the night Of May IS last, when the
express car was rihed and wnea the
train reached Augusta. the MESSENGER
was found In a chest. The messenger
claimed that he had been knocked
down by masked men and .isced
in the chest.
G. P. Humphreys, baggage nas.er
on the train on the night of the
robbery, cut his throat two lonths
ago, dying almost instantly, becaLss
he was suspected of the robbery.
However, the express officials do not
connect Bickle with the robbery, but
1t Is a fact that the detective, a few
days ago, questioned him regarding
the case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
FIVE PERSONS l. L
BY O Mysterious Gas on Board Of
a Steamship at Sea.

WV
Mysterious gases released from the
hold of the United States collier
Nashan when the steel bulkheads of
that vessel were stove In by q by
phoon were responsible for the death
Of five members of her crew, accord
ing to a story of Third Assistant En-
gineer Elmer Hutchins, who arrived
at San Francisco Monday on board
the cruiser Buffalo.
The vessel was en- route from Ca
vite to Hong Kong. Shortly after
the ship ran into a terrific typhoon
a noise like an explosion Of gasses
was heard. Capt. Carver took Eve
members of the Filipino crew for
ward with him to investigate. The
failure Of the men to return led
Hutchins to make an investigation
and he was also overcome. but was
revived.
When the men were finally drag
ged back from the hold, 1t was found
that by some inexplicable freak the
bodies had been stripped naked by
the fumes. Capt. Carver revived,
but Chief Officer Larkin, Second Of
hcer Rapp and three sailors died
from iuha1IinS gases.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
While Being Holly Pursued by .
Sheriff's Posse.

nile BENG Holly Pursued by q
Sheriff's Posse.
With a posse in close pursuit and
tired Of the relentless chase of Of
icers Of the law, JEFF Bradley, who
killed George Welborn, Jr., near
Clayton, Ca, last Monday night, shot
himself to death near Mountain City
Tuesday afternoon. The suicide oc-
Cured when the officers YER almost
within hailing distance of the alleg-
ed fugitive.
The officers, hearing the shot, be-
lieved that they were about to DO
ambushed and dropped to cover.
They waited for other shots, and
then cautiously ventured out and
followed the direction Of tho shot.
In an old field, face downward. with
his gun lying by his side, Bradley
was found, with his braiu blown
out.
Sometime Friday Robert Nix, liv-
ing in the vicinity, went to a straw
stack where Bradley was concealed.
Thinking that Nix was hunting for
him, although armed with a shot
gun, Bradley offered to surrender.
Nix told him that he was not hunt
ing for him. Subsequently Nix re-
ported seeing him to Shelf j.. II.
Jones, who formed a posse of men,
and started in pursuit. Bradley was
27 years of age and unmarried,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
ENDS HER LIFE.
Mrs. j. X. FAINT, Aged Sixty, Takes
CarbOlic Acid.

At Campobello Mrs. ]. K. FAINT,
aged 60 years, committed suicide
Monday by drinking half an ounce
tainof carbolic acid. No cause Is
ascribed for tie deed other than the
dead woman i'd been suffering TO-;
some months from dementia. She
had been carefully watched but took
advantage Of the fact that her daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie FAINT, left her alore
for a short time. That the suicide
was premeditated was shown by the
fact that the windows and doors
were carefully closed and a rude
pallet prepared on which Mrs. FAINT
was found dead.
She was the wife of a Baptist
preacher who died about 10 years
ago. She leaves three daughters,
Mrs. VIM. Cobb Of Wilmington, N.
c., Mrs. Mcmillan Of Brunswick, N.
c.. and Miss Bessie FAINT of Campo
bello.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE BURNED.
Seven Bodies Have Been Taken So
Far From the Wreck.

The police report that the bodies
of seven children have been taken
from the ruins of st. M~alichy's
home, a Roman Catholic orphanage
at Rockaway Park, l.. l., which
burned Monday night. Other bodies
are believed to be in the ruins. At
the time of the fire 1t was believed
hat all Of the children we're res
cued through the quick execution Of
the fire drill.
The fire was discovered In the
laundry in the north wing at 8
o'clock Monday night. Three hun
dred and fifty small children were in
their cots on the third and fourth
floors Of that wing, and some Of the
older children were attending the
evening prayers in the chapel. AS
the alarm sounded, the older chill
dren marched from the chapel to
the board walk along the beach and
nurses and attendants rushed to the
work of carrying the little children
from their cots on the floors above.
The 1remen assisted In searching
the halls and dormitories and found
q few children lingering in the halls,
too frightened to leave the build
ing, but the rescue work had been
conducted with such dispatch and
good order that 1t was believed un-
til Tuesday that all children were
out of the building.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Killed by Train,

At Woodbury., n. j., Mrs. James
Frazier, sixty years old, and Mrs.
Emma Driscoll, seventy-four, were
about to cross the tracks of the
South Westville station a few days
ago when they saw a train approach
ing. They tried to cross before it
got near them. but were hit by the
locomotive and all of the cars ran
over them, cutting them to pieces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
TIED TO TREE.
After Being Robbed and Left for
Forty.eight Hours.

Lumbermen arrivei at Gulfport,
Miss, Monday night from the Eu-
gent section, ten miles north of Gulf.
port, report that three highwaymen
held up an employe Of the Inglam-
Day Lumber Company, near Ndgsn.
two days ago and after robbing him
Of forty dollars, tide him securely
to a tree in the woods. In order to
silence him while they were making
good their escape they stuffed his
mouth full of paper and rags and
then left. The mas remained In
this position for almost 48 hours
and when accidentally discovered,
was in a pitiful condition. Without
food or water, and suffering agony
from the numerous bites Of gnats
and mosquitoes, it was several hours
before he could ever be partially
revived.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Two City Blocks Sink.

Much damage was done at Scran.
ton. Pa, Sunday, by the sinking Of
a mine cave from two to eight feet,
throwing houses from their founda-
lions, cracking walls and otherwise
damaging buildings. The disturb
ance is estimated to be about 1919
feet below surface. F~issures extend
ing to the surface and three fest
across the tops show themselves in
a number Of places. Rats by the
ran through the assures
and scampered over the streets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
NOT CAUSED BY CORN.
Lady Has Pelagra Who Never Has
Eaten Corn at All.

At Atlanta q case of pellagra, the
victim Of which claimed that she
had never eaten corn bread or any
corn products was revealed in the
death of Mrs. Kate Barto.
DR.. Frank Eskridge, who claims
to have treated many cases Of the
disease, save he doubted his own
diagnosis and thought she might be
a victim Of "sprue." a disease known
to the tropics, with symptoms re-
semblins those Of pellagra. He cal
led In a physician who had had years
Of experience in the tropics and
found that his 4original diagnosis
was correct.
II am convinced now" he says,
that the disease does not come from
musty CORE"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
A Young Tramp.

Snugly curled up in a milk car,
where he had spent the night, a
little nine-year-old boy, who gave
the name of Eddie Corrigan, Of 1146
Spring. Garden street, Philadelphia.
was found by Station Agent Willard
Crouthamel, at Wycombe, Pa. The
little fellow said he had slept In the
car all night and that he had run
away from his aunt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
SMASHES RECORD
LAST YEARS COTTON CROP THE
LARGEST EVER MADE.
Secretary Hester Figures Out a Pro-
duction Of Nearly Fourteen Million

Hester Figures Out a Pro-
duction Of Nearly Fourteen Million
Bales
Statistics showing that more cot
ton was handled during the CONNER
cial year ending at midnight Tues
day night than ever before and that
all records had been broken in the
amount Of cotton consumed by
Southern mills was the features Of
the annual crop statement Of Secre-
tary Hester Of the New Orleans cot
ton exchange. The document forms
the preliminary report Of Secretary
Hester's annual review of the COM
mercial year.
The count OF the commercial crop
showed it to be the largest on rec
ord, 1~S,S25,457 bales. The previous
largest commercial crop was 1885,
5S5, marketed In 1904-05. Last
seasons total was only 11,571,966.
The very large total for this years
crop was a surprise to the trade,
including both the bulls and the
bears, and II the figures had been
issued while trading was going on
1t Is probable that they would have
had a depressing effect on prices.
. The most important features In
the report next to the size Of the
crop itself was the statement on the
amount Of cotton consumed by
Southern mills during the season
which closed Tuesday. Here all the
records were again broken, the total
being 2~,559,873 bales. This point
was regarded by the bulls as being
even OF more Importance than the
size Of the crop itself. 1t was TAX
en- as official confirmation of the
many stories of the great expansion
Of cotton manufacturing in the
South. The figures compared with
2,193,000 last seaso and 2,439,-
900 two seasons ago.
In the point Of port receipts an
other record was broken. Net re-
| ceipts at all ports of the season were
put at 1~0,0s2,845 bales, against only
8,579,S42 last year and 9,919,555
two years ago.
Liverpool will have the first
| chance to trade on the report. The
trade Is about equally divided In
opinion over the effect of the total
bulls claiming the bearishness Of the
big crop Is more than Offset by the
bullishness Of the big consumption
In spite Of the claim of the bears
that 1t Is q decidedly bearish docu'
ment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
-Four Bad Roys.

At Kankee, ILL.,, an attempt SUI
day by four boys to wreck the crowd
ed Chicago express, %southbound, on
the IlliNois Central railroad, was
discovered by a switching crew in
time to prevent accident to the train.
They we're all caught and gave as
an excuse that they wanted to see
. wreck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Dies of Wounds.

Deputy Sheriff J. W. Skies Of Nor
folk county, Va, died Monday night
from wounds inflicted by one Of three
negro highwaymen. They had been
placed under arrest by him and two
special officers In South Norfolk
Saturday night. The negroes escaped
ipd Ted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
WOOD, IRON AND STEEL
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Of uninterrupted success, we wish il
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Our thousands of satisfied Gus
toners, and fair dealing, Is bring.
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II you are contemplating the pur.
chase Of a piano or organ, write ~
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proposition.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Made Good Time.

Sunday at Van Patton shoals on
the Enoree river Sc candidates for
immersion we're baptized by Rev. w.
A. Anderson in IS minutes. Mr..
Anderson Is pastor Of Cedar Grove
church, this county, and in a recsnt
revival there the above number Of
accessions resulted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Bolt Kills Farmer,

Alexander Ruyter, aged IS, a
prominent young planter of Cleve-
land county. N. c.. was instantly
killed by a lightning bolt while sit
ting In the yard of friends near
Grover Monday afternoon. Others
present were not shocked.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08

CudlIu LII ~
Men Of State to Suggest Suitable
Words for the Memorial to be
Erected on Capital Grounds In
Columbia.
What do the men Of South Car
DINA owe to the women of the Con-
federacy?" asks the Columbia State.
The State then goes on to say that
the funds for a memorial to be
erected on the capitol grounds have
been raised. Sculptor F. Yelling
ton Ruckstuhl is now designing the
monument and the design has been
declared one of the most artistic
ever prepared. On the monument
lust in front Of the State house.
erected by the women of South Car
olina to the soldiers who died for
the Lost Cause" are two beautiful
inscriptions. These recite the valor
and heroism Of those who, true to
the Instincts Of their birth have
| glorifed a fallen cause by the SIM
pie manhood of their lives and their
patient suffering and IN the dark
hours Of imprisonment, in the hope
l~essness of the hospital, in the short.
sharp agony Of the field, found hope
in the belief that at home they would
not be forgotten"
These were some Of the words
inscribed by the women Of South
Carolina on the monument to the
soldiers.
1t Is now necessary for the men
Of the State to send to the commits
sion in charge Of the work of erect
ing a monument to the women of the
Confederacy suitable inscriptions for
the tribute to their se%lf-sacrifce and
devotion.
The following has been Issued:
South Carolina Commission
for the Monument to the Women OF
the Confederacy.
Columbia, s. c., Aug. 81, 1909.
To the Men of South Carolina:
Two inscriptions will be required
for the two large panels Of the pede'
stall Of the South Carolina monu.
ment to the women Of the Confedef.
acy. These inscriptions are desired
to declare to tho world what these
women of the South did to deserve
this honoring." Each must contain
from go to 80 words, preferably 60
The men Of our State are cordi
ally invited to suggest appropriate
wording for these inscriptions. Thost
deemed most suitable by the com
mission will be used. Suggestion!
should be sent to Capt. VIM. E. Con.
zales, secretary and treasurer, Co
lumbia, before November /, 1909.
c. Irvine Walker,
Chairman;
T. J. Moore,
c. A. Reed.
]. G. Richards, Jr.,
VIM. E. Gonzales,
Sec. and Treas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
Negro Kills Officer.

At Jackson, Ala, Deputy Sheriff
j. l.. Wainwright was shot and in
stantly killed MondAy while attempt
ing to arrest Louis and Josiah
Balaam, negroes, for assault with
intent to murder Morris Kinaball,
who was with Wainwright, was
slightly wounded. A reward has
been offered tor tho capture OF the
negroes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
TOUCHED WIRE AND DIED.
Experiment Of North Carolina Boy
Ends Fatally.

Harvey Richie, 20 years old,
climbed into one Of the big trans
mission towers of the Southern Pow
or Company. at Albemarle, Stanley
county, N. c., Monday afternoon, to
ascertain II he could get a shock
by touching the wires. As the youth
touched the deadly wires his feet
burEted from the terrific current that
entered his body, and he dropped
to the ground, dead. The tower is
one Of the series of steel STRUCTURES
employed by the Southern Power
Company to transmit electrical en-
ergy from the Catawba river sta
lions. in this county, to the mills
Of the Piedmont section. and the
wires carry eighty thousand volts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-08
SLEEPING CAR LOOTED.
Burglars Rob Sleeping Car on Side
Track at Memphis.

F. M. Jackson, capitalist, Of Birm-
ingham, -, sidetracked On a sleep
er at Memphis, Tenn, with his wife
and three boys, awoke Sunday morn
ing to discover that during the night
the a had been entered by q thief,
and he had been reliexed Of cash.
bill of exchange and other valuables
to the amount of over $1,000. The
family were en- route to the Seattle
exposition their through sleeper
was held over at Memphis all night
by reason of q missed connection.
They slept on the Pullman, in the
yards by courtesy Of the Pullman
management. The car was locked.
but the door was forced by tho
robber. who carried away satchels
and grips. 8. F. Keith, Pullman
conductor, was also robbed.