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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
OF THE NATION
Million Dollar Surplus-October De-
ficit of $4,000, Oeo-$S4,O 100000 on
Kand-SSe,o 100000 Gen. Fund.

Observation-Disclosures was a
highly favorable month for the fl
nanecs of the United States Treas
ury. 1t produced a surplus on all
accounts of nearly 100000, where
October had produced a deficit OF
more than 100000.
The working conditions of the ma
TONS cash drawer shows a CORES
ponding Improvement for the
month. December opened with a
working balance of $34,0OO,OOO on
hand and $50, 900, 900 in the general
fund, an Improvement Of a round
$1,000, 900 in the cash available 1or
immediate operations. This con-
dition would seem to justify Secre-
larry MacVeagh's confidence In the
Treasury's ability to maintain itself
for the present without financing.
AS compared with this date last
year receipts are $i4,0OO,OOO higher
and expenditures are $5,OOO,ON low
er. The result of all this is that the
total deficit for this fiscal year TO
date is $40, 900 as against $44,-
100000 this time last year.
The general condition OF the
Treasury's finances seems to auguf
against any issue of securities IN
the Immediate future.
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MARK TWAIN HONORED.
Men Of Letters, Wealth and Official
Position EulOgiZe Lamented
Samuel N. Clemens.

New York.-The intellect, the
power and the wealth of the land
gathered at Carnegie hall to pay
tribute to the memory of Mark
Twain, whom the world. loved be-
cause he made it laugh.
William Dean Howells presided,
Joe Cannon, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives that is,
and Champ Clark, the Speaker that
may be, spoke from the same plat
form. DR.. Henry Van Dyke Of
Princeton, Henry Watterson, George
w. Cable, Booth Harrington, ]. Pier
pont Morgan, John Luther Long and
many others were among those in
vited. The meeting was held under
the auspices Of the Academy of Arts
and Letters.
Speaker Cannon said he knew
Mark Twain personally, and he de-
scribed how Clemens came to
Washington in the interest, of the
copyright law.
Finally" said Cannon, "he tried
to persuade me to. allow him to lobby
On the very floor of Congress and
wrote me a letter and brought it
TO me in the Speakers ROOM"
AS read by Mr.. Cannon the letter
read:
: Dear Uncle Joseph:
PLEASE get me the thanks of Con-
gress, not next week, but right away.
1t is very necessary. Do accomplish
this at once by persuasion if you
can, but by violence if you must, for
it is absolutely necessary that I
get on the floor for two or three
hours and talk to the Congressman
man by man. I have arguments
with me. Also a barrel with liquid
in it.. I have stayed away from
Congress and let it alone for II
years and I am entitled to its thanks
Congress knows this we'll and it
never has publicly acknowledged its
appreci ion. Send me a reply at
once and with an order on the SER
geant-at-arms. With love and bene-
diction. MARK TWAIN"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
PRESIDENT EIGHTH TIME
Diaz Again Inaugurated Chief Mag
istrate of Mexico.

Mexico City:-"It is very CRAFTY
ing to me to say that my heart IS
full of faith in the progress of a
people who, like the Mexican, has
known how to conquer by its own
efforts a place among the lovers OF
toll, after having proved its valor IN
war in patriotic defense OF its
country, and that never as today
could I declare that Mexico belongs
definitely to the group Of nations OF
assured stability, because against
the firm guarantee of peace which
we possess, no influence tending to-
wards its dissolution can now or
aver shall be able to prevail.
"As to the relations between Mexl-
60 and the United States and other
friendly nations, never have they
been more cordial, as was indicated
in a convincing manner during the
celebration of the centennial OF
Mexico's independence"
The above was the authorized
message of President Diaz to all ma
tons on the eve of his Inaugural
ton for the eighth time as Chief
Executive Of the Mexican nation,
given expression through medium
Of the Associated Press.
A feature of the inauguration pro-
gram was the distribution among
the poor of thousands of dollars
worth of food and blankets by the
circle of friends Of President Diaz.
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uNKIND JOLT FROM ADAM
Az IF Eve Hadn't Sorrow Enough,
Her Partner Had to Add to
the Afflictlon.

Adam had just received his notice
of ejectment.
He stared at it a long time In
silence, while Eve, crouched In a
dusky corner, softly whimpered.
Presently the father Of mankind
looked around.
AS Eve caught his angry eye her
whimper changed to a gulping sob.
WELL" he sternly said, you've GER
tainly put US in a fine mess with
your silly curiosity! And yet when I
refused to have anything to do with,
your apple scheme you called me q
poor fool. Do you remember that
you called MI a poor fool?"
"Ye-es," sobbed Eve.
well, there's just one question !
want to ask you?" said Adam.
What is it?" gasped the first
mother.
Who's looney now?" he harshly
demanded.
Then he turned away abruptly and
started to pack up the family gourds
and the tent poles.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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Want
Cook Declares He Was Crazy
When He Fabricated.
MIGHT NOT HAVE FOUND POLE
In O Story Written For a Magazine
He Pleads For Sympathy and Vim
dication-Coming Back to America
With Family-And Then

New York-Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
the Brooklyn explorer, in an article
which will be publihed in a maya
zine, confesses that he does not
know whether he reached the North
Pole or not. DR.. Cook, who has
been in hiding for over a year, has
Informed the editors of the maya
zine publishing his story that ne
will return to the United States with
his wife and children December q
in order to spend Christmas here.
DR.. Cook, in his story, deals with
the psychology of his adventure and
says:
Did I get to the North Pole?
Perhaps l made a mistake in think
ing that 1 did. Perhaps I did not
make a mistake After mature
thought I confess I don't know abso-
lutely whether | reached the Pole or
not. This may come as an amazing
statement, but | am willing to startle
the world if, by so doing, | can get
the opportunity to present my case.
By may case l mean, not my case as
a geographical discoverer, but my
case as a man. Much as the attain
ment of the North Pole once meant
to me, the sympathy and confidence
of my fellow men mean more.
IF, after reading my story you
say Cook is sincere and honest; half
crazed by months of isolation and
hunger, he believed he reached the
Pole; he is not a fakir;' then I shall
be satisfied.
DR.. Cook tells the story Of his life
and pictures what he call the over
towering ambition of exploration
that beset him until he finally cul-
minated in his effort to reach the
Pole.
DR.. Cook declares that at the
time he convinced himself he had
discovered the Pole, he was half
mad. He spent two years in his
quest and during that time endured
hunger with privation that. he says,
would unbalance any mind.
The explorer states that it would
be impossible for any one TO de-
monstrate beyond question that he
ha been to the North Pole. He
characterizes the region as a region
of insanity, where one cannot be-
lieve the evidences gathered by
ones own eyes.
He says that he had always look
ed upon the discovery Of the Pole
as an achievement for his own
personal satisfaction of a craving
and desire that was greater than any
other factor in his life. When he
found how tremendous a sensation
his statement that he had attained
the Pole created, he was overcome
with bewilderment
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THE AMOUNT NEEDED
Estimates of Appropriations
for River and Harbor Work.
FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES.
Chief Engineer Estimates S22,OOO,-
900 Needed For Maintenance and
Unfinished Projects-The Share
For N. c., S. c., and Ga.

Washington Appropriations
needed for river and harbor work
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1912, aggregate S3O,O95, s98, according
10 estimates made public by Secre-
larry of War Dickson in the form
of a report made to him by Brig
Gen. w. H. Bi:lby, chief of engineers
Of the United States army.
Included IL the total Of S22,627,3 o1,
which the chief Of engineers be-
Iieves to be necessary for expendi-
lures during the year ending June
30, 1912, is a lump sum OF 100000
for examinat, ons, surveys and con-
tingencies fol which there may be
no special appropriation.
Virginia-flilford Haven harbor,
$780,; Norfolk harbor, for mainte-
nance, including western branch OF
Elizabeth river, $1,000, and ap-
proaches and channels to Newport
News and up the southern branch OF
Elizabeth river, S425,0OO; James rlv-
er, S15O,0O0; Nansemond river, 49,
900; Nomini creek, $4,000; Upper
Machodoc creek, $4,000; Urbana
creek, $4,000; Mattaponi and Pam
unkey rivers, $4,000.
North Carolina-Improvement OF
inland water route from Norfolk
Va, to Albemarle sound, $1,000;
Beaufort harbor, $4,000; Cape Fear
river, at and below Wilmington
100000; C~ontentnia creek, $1,000;
Neuse and Trent rivers, $4,000; New
river and waterways to Beaufort
$5,000; Northeast, Black and Cape
Fear rivers, $4,000; Pamlico and Tar
rivers, $4,000. ..>
South CarOlina-Mingo creek, ST.
600; inland waterways between
Charleston ar Alligator creek. $41,-
900; Santee, Wateree and Congaree
rivers, $4,000; Charleston harbor,
for a 2O-foot depth, 100000.
~Georgia-Brunswisk harbor. $780,
900; Sapelo harbor, $4,000; Savan-
nah harbor, S4O0,0 900; Altamaha, Geo.
nee and Ocmulgee rivers, $4,000;
Flint river, $1,000; Savannah river,
below Augusta, 100000; Chattahoo-
chez river, $4,000; Coosa river, locks
and dams near Rome, Ga.y"St2i, O39;
and continuing construction Of lock
No. 4 and dam No. 5, Si50,00O; i'm
proving waterway between Savan-
nah and Fernandina, Fla, $4,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
END STOMACH TROUBLE NOW
Dyspepsia, Gas, Sourness or lndiges-
ton Go Five Minutes After Taking
a Little Diapepsin.

/, yolr meals don't fit comfortably,
Dr. you feel bloated after eating, and
you believe it is the food which fills
you; If what little you eat lies like
lead on your stomach; If there is diff
6culty in breathing, eructations OF
sour, undigested food and acid, heart
burn, brash or a belching Of gas, you
,an make up your mind that you need
something to stop food fermentation
and cure Indigestion.
A large case Of Pape's Diapepsin
costs only fifty cents at any drug
store here in town, and will convince
my stomach sufferer five minutes after
taking a single dose that Fermenta-
ton and Sour Stomach is causing the
misery of Indigestion.
No matter if you call your trouble
Catarrh Of the Stomach, Dyspepsia,
Nervousness or Gastritis, or by any
other name-always remember that a
certain cure is waiting at your drug
store the moment you decide to begin
Its use.
Pape's Diapepsin will regulate any
out-of-order Stomach within five min
ates, and digest promptly, without any
fuss or discomfort, all of any kind OF
food you eat.
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to thoroughly
cure any chronic case of Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Gastritis or any other
Stomach trouble.
Should you at this moment be suf-
fering from Indigestion, Gas, Sour
ness or any stomach disorder, you can
arrolu get relief within five minutes,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Indictments Against Gallagher.

New York.-James J. Gallagher,
who shot Mayor Gaynor last Aug
ust has been indicted by a grand
Jury in Hudson county. New Jersey,
charged with assault with intent to
kill on the Mayor and William Ed
wards, street cleaning commission
er. Another charge placed against
Gallagher was that of carrying con-
cealed weapons. Gallagher has
been held in Jail since his attack on
the. Mayor, awaiting the result of
injuries which he inflicted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Tillman,s Son Sued by Wife.

Columbia, S. C.-Mrrs. Lucy Dugas
Tillman has begun proceedings in
the Edgefield county court to re-
cover from her husband, B. R. Till
man, Jr., Senator Tillman's son,
st3,73O.Os which she alleges the de-
PENDANT owes her from the income
from her property. The suit is an
outgrowth of the sensational haheas
corpus proceedings which Mrs.
Lucy Dugas Tillman brought against
Senator Tillman and his wife for
the recovery of her two children,
whom her husband had decided to
the Senator. The. action resulted in
a victory for young Mrs. Tillman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
She Covered Her Head.

Scene, a country church Of Episco.
copalian denomination in process of
being decorated for the Christmas
season. The rector, who has a strong
leaning towards forms Of all kinds, il
fastening a festoon Of evergreen.
about the baptismal font, when, eu-
ter Miss olympic, who unceremoni-
ously filings her hat upon the seat Of
a pew and comes to his assistance.
The rector suddenly observes that
she Is hatless and remarks severely:
Miss olympic, 1t Is particularly for
hidden that women shall come into
the church with uncovered heads"
ooh, bother, I forgot" responded
the young lady irreverently. "Wehy,"
grabbing up the rector's derby and
setting it jauntily on her pert little
head, twill this doT"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
FIFTY YEARS ON $467 ANNUALLY.
Methodist Ministers Did This Sue
cceSSfuIly and Comfortably.

Sardis, Miss.-.That for so years
he has been in the service of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
he has never earned more than S467
yearly and that he has never left a
debt behind, has lived comfortably
and has lived to see the third gen.
Grafton of his descendants grow al
most to maturity, was the statement
Of Rev. DR.. G. Rachman, Of this city,
before a meeting of the Historical
Society of the North Mississippi
Conference.
The Doctor accentuated his re-
marks by admonishing a large class
of Young ministers just ordained
that the business Of young minis
ters nowadays was the salvation of
men. not the struggle for church
position and persona. popularity.
He deplored> the fact that the
c--rgy seems to have lost sight Of
tIls fact in recent years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Tell IL From Hill Tops.

Washington.-The executive COM
mittee of the Southern Commercial
congress met here to decide on the
date for the great commercial rally
10 be held in Atlanta in the spring
of 1911. The week Of March IL was
section. The executive committee
meet in this city again December
I to complete the details, 1t is
planned to have the commercial
rally serve to emphasize to the ma
ton and to the world the present
progressive conditions of the South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Fircmcn Brave and True.

Gary, Ind.-Fire in the nitrator
building Of The Aetna Powder Com
pany's dynamite and nitroglycer-
inc mill near here destroyed 1000
pounds of niIroglycerinc and for a
time threatened the entire town of
Aetna. The fire started when the
chemicals used in making n%itrogly-
ccrine were mivcd in wrong proper
tons. In The face of possible death
practically every nan in Aetna re-
sponded when the alarm of fire was
turned in and confined the flames to
the one building.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Red Cross Christmas Seals.

Washington. = Headquarters OF
the American National Red Cross
announces that Christmas seals are
being printed at the rate of a million
a day and that already 100000
have been given out to agents
throughout the United States. At
the same time attention is called to
the ruling of the Postoffice Depart
ment that these stickers must be
placed on the back of letters and
packages and are not good for pos
tagc.
II is added that the outlook is
bright for selling tO0.OG0,000 seals,
thereby making good the slogan, Of
the campaign, "a million for tuber-
c~ulosis."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
"A Portable Guard House.

Atlanta.-East Point. an incor-
porated suburb of this city, has
gained the distinction of being the
most accommodating little city in
this section. Besides having all the
conveniences of modern cities.
East Point has provided the law
breaking element with \ Jail on
wheels and instead Of dragging an
obstreperous "drunk' to prison, the
Town constable bitches a couple of
mules to the prison. drives over and
loads up. On trial day The load
nf malcfacturs is lowed ~ the court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
PRICES OF PULLMAN BERTHS.
Reduction is Opposed by Railroads.
Greater Reduction Wanted.

Chicago.-An offer of the Pullman
Company to reduce the rates charg-
ed for upper berths in sleeping cars
20 per cent, where lower berths
were priced more than $3.50, to
make the price of uppers S1,25 as a
minimum and reduce some lower
berth rates, was opposed before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
here by Attorneys General of four
states and by two railroads. The
Pullman Company's offer left I'M
changed Pullman seat rates, and was
TO become effective upon approval
and acceptance by the commission.
The opposition to the plan was Of
fered on the part of the railroads
on the allegations that they would
have to stand a part of the brunt OF
the lessencd prices, and by Attor-
neys General on the claim that the
reduction was not sufficient.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Monster of 100000 Years Aao.

New York.-The American Muse
UNI Of Natural History here an
nounces that it has just come into
possession of a practically complete
skeleton Of a trachadOn, a monster
which lived on the earth not less
than 100000 years ago. 1t "a
found in the He'll creek region of the
Bad Lands of Montana, where for
eight years the museum has been
carrying on extensive, explorations.
The expeditions have been led by
Barnum Brown,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
School Narm'S New Method.

Asheville, n. C.-Therc IS one
school teacher in the public schools
of Buncombe who believes more
education is necessary than that
cleaned from books. Miss Josephine
Bundy has induced the boys in her
school to grow corn: she has taught
them the science of corn growing
and with the aid Of experienced
farmers has made a success of the
venture. The boys of her school
have grown corn this year on Va
cant lots and early This month a
corn show will br held nj The school.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
This is How IL HapDcned.

Washington.-An investigation of
the fatal accident at Indian Head.
Nd, on November 10. resulting from
a proving test of a new 5-inch gun.
which cost the lives of 4 men, has
established the fact that the design
of the brcech mechanism of the
gun is faulty. The pattern is now
being changed.
The premature discharge of the
cartridge cas- which blew out the
breech plug, the investigating board
finds, was due to a projecting firing
pin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Standard Oil Suit i'm N. C..

Raleigh, n. C.-keenest interest is
taken here in the hearing before
Police Justice Stronach in the city
court in which the Standard Oil
Company is the defendant charged
with a violation of the North Caro-
lima antitrust law in undertaking to
stamp out competition in Raleigh by
Idian Oil Company. The Standard
Oil Company is charged with cut
ting prices in January on kerosene
gradually from 1lh cents finally
down to IL cents a gallon TO destroy
the connection.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Wealthy Man Lost.

Bristol, TeEn.-Relatives Of John
C. Keys, a wealthy young farmer
who sold his farm at Dickinson,
North Dakota, for $4,000 and left
more than two weeks ago for BIS
tol, believe he has been murdered.
His trunk arrived on schedule time,
but since Saturday nothing has
been heard Of Keys. His wife is
deeply distressed and kilograms are
being sent to try TO locate him. His
route was via Chicago and Louis
vile. He carried a large sum Of
money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
South's Corn Worth $500, 900. 900.

Baton Rogue, La.-That the South
has been enriched to the amount Of
$100,0O0,00O by its increased corn
yield was the statement made here
by Prof. V. X. Roy, who has charge
Of the boys demonstration Work OF
the United States department OF
agriculture and also of the agri-
cultural extension courses of the
Louisiana State University. The
work of the boys corn clubs in
Louisiana has been productive of
thousands Of bushels of corn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
Calhoun Family Contest a Will.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the Cal
houn family that John C. Calhoun
made famous came before the Su-
Dreme Court of the United States in
an cndcavor to regain possession OF
the calhoun plantation in Green
wood county, South Carolina. The
argllmrnfs were made in The Su-
prcmr Court Chamber, formerly
thr Senate chamber. the very room
in which John C.. Calhoun so often
iriumphcd in debate. The planta-
ton was owned by Downs Calhoun
when he died in 1880.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-07
A Woman Wireless Operator.

New York.-On the Clyde liner
Mohawk, sailing between Charleston
and Jacksonville, the first woman
wireless tclcpragh operator who
ever bore the responsibility of this
position on an ocean liner, will have
charge of the wireless room. She
is Miss G~raneIla Packer OF Jackson
Vile.
Miss Packer is twenty-five years
old and has had two years en-
perience as manager Of a telegraph
office at Sanford, Fla.