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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
TRoY's LAcoHIcs.
Interesting Paragraphs from a Wide
Awake Correspondent.

Just three months from today until
Christmas. How fast the time, is slipping
away.
This surrounding country will take in
the Hagenback circus at Greenwood
Thursday.
Mrs. Fannie Haddon has returned from
a few days spent here with relatives to her
home at Abbeville.
- Mrs Matte Neel and Mrs. Daisy Dow OF
High Springs, Fla, were with the formers
sister Mrs Sallie Cowan at Bellevue last
week.
Miss Sue McCaslan and Mr.. W.. s. Tag
CART Of Clear Springs also DR.. and Mrs. l..
w. Sheppard of Liberty Hill were a pleas
ant spend-the-day party In our home last
Friday.
The lumber plant here Is ready and do
ing fine work. Mr.. Lawson the owner
is very popular here and his friends are
numbered by his acquaintances:
Mrs. IT. Solomon and daughter Miss
Mrs. John Wardlaw at Bellevue last Thurs
day.
Messrs Foster and Eustace Bradley
have resumed their studies In the s. @
University at Columbia, s. G.
Rev. and Mrs. Dale with their little folks
from Mexico, Rev. and Mrs. 81. B. Blakely
DR.. Jim Patterson Of Chicago and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry T. Patterson were the guests
OF Mrs. Alice Bradley.
The bridge that spans Long Cane on the
new cut road has been condemned and I'M
less something is soon done, 1t Will put
stop to crossing with q loaded wagon.
Mrs. Fannie Thomson is ,,nowa pleasant
member ofMrs. Rebecca Widemans family,
reprinted, which looks picturesque as II
Daapc from the maiectfo O0kS-
1t Is a matter Of many regrets that oul
| Telephone manipulation Miss Alice Stone
will leave here next Saturday.
She Is the very best and has done excel
lent service here for three years.
We wish for her all the pleasant paths
that wend her way. -,
Mrs. Maggie Sanders also her spendio
children who have spent the summer here
leave today for their home In Cleburne
Texas.
Mrs. Sallie Toland will teach the Wide
another session.
The cotton crop in this section will soor
be picked, the hot dry weather causing
many OF the bolls TO open before they arc
matured.
Miss Lucy Lyon after a short but pleas
ant visit with relatives at Abbeyille has
returned home.
Miss Alma Clinckscales is home from
Anderson, Lowndesville and other places
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Ariail Of Wilmington,
were to see father Mr.. A. II. Ariail and fam.
lily.
Mrs Jane Jay Is visiting uer brother
Prof. Cook OF Greenville.
Rose Kiliano with her Show Is here with
their tents and will be well %patronized.
Miss Louise Bell n Of Lowndesvilles
pretty girls. is the attractive guest Of Mrs.
J. F. Clinckscales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
AIKEN MAY help.
SOUTH cAR0LIHIAH'S SPEECH TO Be
ELECTION AMMUNITION.
Congressman Asked to Distribute His
Tariff Speech Containing Correspon-
dence Of THE State"

Washington, Sep. 2O.-Ohio is calling on
South Carolina for help in her effort to do
something like Maine did last Monday.
received the following self-explanatory
letter;
'Kenton, Ohio, Sep. 6 1910.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken, Abbeville. S. c.,
Dear Sir: We have an excellent oppor-
tunity to elect Thomas C. Mahon to con-
gress from this district. the Eighth Ohio
now represented by Ralph D. Cole, but we
need some assistance to do it in the way OF
speeches upon the tariff. and / know Of nc
speech better calculated to help us than
the one delivered by you on March %, 1910,
and / assure you that you would contri-
butte very much toward this election If you
would send in 500 or 1000 of those speeches
for distribution to independent republi-
cans.
Assuring you that anything you do will
be greatly appreciated. 1 am
yours truly,
w. W. Durbin.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

I'm the great mats of falsehood and
fabrication which has been brought to
bear on this tariff subject in order to fool
the men who are really suffering by its
operation, there is so much that is unre-
liable that it must he refreshing to come
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
IS A PROMINENT DEMOCRAT.

Mr.. Durhin is a prominent democrat of
the eighth Ohio district, and is taking a
leading part in the effort to have that dis
trict send a democrat to ngress instead
of Mr.. Cole. The fact that he desires the
speeches for distribution among indepen-
dent republicans shows that there is some
dissatisfaction among the adherent Of that
party in the presidents own state with
the best tariff law ever enacted" which
description OF the law, however had to be
revised downward" as soon as the pri-
marieS in the middle west we're heard from
Mr.. Durhin feels that there are number
of republicans in the district who are ready
to indicate their dissatisfaction by voting
for a democrat to succeed the republican
member who assisted in the making Of the
tariff law.
CONTAINS MCGHEE'S LETTERS.
The speech of Mr.. Aiken to which Mr..
Durbin refers, delivered in March % last,
contained several ofthe letters written by
Zach McGhee, Washington correspondent
Of The State, from England dealing with
conditions iE that country as compared
with those of the United States, in the
course of that speech, Mr.. Aiken said;
THE now notorious Aldrich tariff act has
created such unrest in the public mind
that it must undergo material revision by
by the next congress to be elected. The
people asked for b&ead and they have been
given a store.
For many years the republican party
was kept in power by the bare %unsupport-
ed statement Oh the eve of the elections
that high protection enabled employers to
pay higher wages to employees. This look
ed plausible, and the employer who did
not stop to think that the same tariff in
creased the price Of all articles Of consump-
ton for which he spent about 80 percent
of his earnings would be easily duped by
such statements. But light has begun to
dawn upon the laboring man. In no in
stance has wages advanced permanently
as promised. In this unrest We find eX-
PLANTATION for the strikes, bread riots, meat
boycotts and all such outward expressions
Of subdued bitterness. l do not hesitate
to say, too. that in my humble judgment
the people are right. The trend of all leg
islation in this body has been to enrich
trusts aid col operations the cost ni
OF the very existence of the producer.
GREAT MASS OF FALsEHoOD
I'm the great mats of talsehood and
fabrication which has been brought t
bear on this tariff subject in order to foo
the men who are really suffering by its
operation, there is so much that is unre
liable that it must he refreshing to com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
MARYLAND'S FIRST
 PRIMARY ELECTION Both the Old Parties Make Nominations For Congress IDAHO HAS PRIMARY
the Western State and Liquor Question Has Been Main Is-
 sue In Campaign

Baltimore, August S0.-For the first time in Maryland the democratic and re- publican parties today selected by ballot nominees for representatives in Congress.
 Heretofore the convention system pre- vailed.
 Campaigns were waged in the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts, both parties having agreed upon their candi- dates in the First and Second districts.
 h the Fourth district there were four democrats for the seat now held by John Gill who did not seek renomination, ow. ing to ill health.
 Karl A NJ Scholtz, progressive" re. publican candidate in the Fourth district who has proclaimed his opposition to the present tariff law and to Speaker Can non, was defeated by Addison E. Multi ken, who had the support of the party ol Organization.
 fgressman George A. Pearce, of the Sixth district, entered the lists to suc- ceed himself but subsequently, withdrew.
 Congressman Sidney E. Mudd (republic- an) declined renomination in the Fifth district.
 | The nominees are as follows:
 First district, A. Lincoln Dryden, Som erset county republican; J. Harvey Gov ington, Talbot cvounty, democrat, re- nominated.
 Second district, William B. Baker, liar ford, republican; R. Fred c. Talbot, Bal timore county, democrat, renominated.
 Third district Charles W. Maine, re- publican; George Konig, democrat. | Fourth district Addison E. Mulliken, republican,; J. Charles Linthicum, dem- | ocrat.
 Fifth District-Thomas Perran, Calvert county, republican,; J. Enos Ray, Jr., Prince George county, democrat. | Sixth District-B. H. Warner, Jr., Mont gomery county, republican, renominated David J. Lewis, Allegheny county, dem | ocrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
YOUNG GIRL DID
 NOT WANT TO LIVE

New York, August S0.-The young wom- an who shot herself over the heart in the Hotel Astor last night was identified tonight after a day of mystery, as Vera Fitch of Oakland, Cal. Her condition is critical.
 The name of the person who made the identification could not be learned at the hospital, but it was reported that the girl was not a niece of the late Clyde Fitch, one of America's foremost dramatists.
 An operation was performed on the pa tient tonight, but the bullet was not re- moved The missile entered the lung, puncturing the daphram, twice punctured the smal intestines and lodged in the muscles of the back, and it is thought that pertonitis has developed
 In moment of consciousness this aft ernoon the girl said that she was Alice Cole,' but a man who called at the hos pital tonight identified her as Vera Fitch.
 When he departed surgeons issued this statement:
 The young woman is Vera Fitch, daughter of Henry Fitch of Oakland, Cal, who died two years ago. Mrs. Fitch and her daughter have been spending the summer at Atlantic City, but came to New York a few days ago. Miss Fitch was dejected over her literary failure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
TAFT'S POSITION
 NOT SURPRISING

Washington, August 30-President Taft's stand for a revision of the tariff sched- ule by schedule when needed, and his recent declaration in his letter to Chair man Mckinley of the republican cam paign committee. caused no surprise to those who knew of the conferences which the President had had with Secretary MacVeagh during the summer at Beverly.
 Those who have been acquainted with the situation do not attempt to say that the Secretary of the Treasury has mould ed the opinion of the President, but they point to Secretary MacVeagh's Boston speech last December. in which be de- cared the Payne law to be a step in the right direction and predicted that it opened the way to a decided improvement. Rumors have appeared from time to time during the last few months that Secre- tary MacVeagh was one of the men who was slated to go out of the cabinet in the near future, but MT. Tafts declaration on the subject of tariff revision
 here as another indication that MT. Mac Veagh is still regarded by the fresiuent as useful member of his cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
FRAGRANT FRAUD IS REPORTED BY
 SUB-COM MITTEE

Montgomery, August 30.-(Special)- Promptly at midnight John c. Pugh ot Birmingham reported in behalf of himself and c. H. Tatch of Athens that they, as the subcommittee appointed to nvesu- gate the Tuscaloosa contest. had made full investigation of the contest hnd- ing "gross irregular;Jy in the handing of the ballots and fraud of the most hegrant character
 He specified this frauc as follows: In the Northport box, he said, the commit tee had discovered that nine more bal lots were given Collier than he was en- titled, to, at the same time Harwood receiving 12 less than he was entitled to- In addition to this the committee re- ported 23 ballots marked for Collier showed that they had been tempered with, and that they rightfully belonged to Harwood Ten votes in Lamar coun- ty, the committee state., mad been given to MT. Harwood which should have been accredited to Collier.
 In all the committee announced MT. Collier had been credited with 32 more votes than he received, while Harwood had been credited with 9 less than he really got. The grand totals were changed by the committee, and announced by the committee correct as follows:
 Instead of receiving ASA votes Collier received 4102, while Harwood should have been given 4O95 votes instead of 4070, giving Collier the nomination by seven votes.
 In view of the seriousness of the charges, the executive committee went into executive session at 12:15 o'clock from which it had not emerged at l o'clock Wednesday morning.
 At late hour the committee adjourned, but before doing so named October as the day for primary to determine who is judge of the circuit The showing, the committete says, gave unmistakable evil dence that fraud had been committed during the election. The vote stood 21 to 5 in favor of the primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
PROGRAMME FOR
 RURAL SCHOOLS

The programme for the Ninth con- gressfonal institute for the rural schools sections. half of which will be held in Birmingham from Monday, September 12, to Friday, September IT, has been made public by c. B. Glenn. The week will be spent by the institute in listen ing to interesting talks on various fea- lures of educational work by teachers of experience. The programme in full is as follows:
 Monday Forenoon-Programm For a One-room School, N. R. Baker; The First Reading Lesson. Miss Loula Bradford; The Opening Exercises, Mrs. Lillian Wall.
 Monday Afternoon-RoundT Table The Art of Teaching, Chapter VII, E. B. Irwin; History, H. P. Burrus; Ele- mentary Processes in Arithmetic, A. A Lyon, Jr.
 Tuesday Forenoon-Course of Study and Grading, Supt. I. W. McAdory; Busy Work for Little Fingers, Miss Ciussie Redwood; Writing. George E. Wallace.
 Tuesday Afternoon-Arithmetic in Intermediate Grades, c. A. Brown; Methods in Teaching History, J. c. Blackwell; Reading-How to Teach It, W. P. Stott.
 Wednesday Forenoon-Language in Primary Grades, Miss Loula Bradford Geography Mrs. Lillian Wall Agricul- ture, L. N. Duncan. Wednesday ternoon-Arithmetic in Higher Grades, c. P. Bowman; Draw ing, Miss Margaret McAdory; Civics and Health, led by A. E. Handley. Thursday Forenoon-Child Develop ment, Mrs. J. H. Phillips Arithmetic, c. C. Slaton; Spelling, c. B. Glenn. Thursday Afternoon-school Inn | provement, Mrs. E. D. Thames; Draw ing, Miss Margaret McAdory Music, Miss Una Gilbert.
 Friday Forenoon-School Laws and Records, RIG. Hewitt; School Hygeine, k. L. Brown; Alabama History, Dr. J. c. DuBose.
 Friday Afternoon-Scho Libraries and Reading Circles, Supt. I. w. Me Adory and J. B. Glenn; Nature Study, E. E. Smith; queries and answers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
S1O,OOO LOSS IN
 MIDNIGHT FIRE ON
 TWENTIETH STREET

Fire damaged the two-story building 130 o'clock this morning at an es- timated loss of ss0Oo to $10,O0O. The building belongs to the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance company and is occupied by the Commercial State bank, the Harper Williams Clothing company and the O. K. Barber shop The o. K. Barber shop building is own ed by parties in Montgomery, it is claimed. The cause of the fire is un- known. It started in the back of the Harper Williams clothing store and the loss is said to be covered by insur- ance.
 The fire was first discovered by Po- liceman Morgan who works on Second avenue. He said that he saw it first about 1;30 o'clock when he was com ing up Second avenue in front of the Kress and 10-cent store. He ran to the corner where he met Waterman Earnest of the First National bank building and they turned in the alarm. The fire was directly across the alley from the First National bank building but was confined entirely to the three store rooms.
 Great danger to the firemen was caused by the electric wires which ran through the building and were burned off by the flames. They dangled about in the smoke and blaze, coming in con- tact with each other at frequent inter- vals and causing a flash of light like a stroke of lightning. None of the fire men was hurt, however, although the power was not turned off the wires at any time.
 Chief of the Fire Department Bennett was at the fire soon after the alarm rang in, although no one knew he was in town. Chief Bennett has been away on his vacation and had returned Mon day night, although none of the firemen knew it. Four companies were called out and three steam fire engines were used | to throw the streams.
 For a while after the Ire depsstment arrived it looked as if they were losing control of the blaze, as the flames kept striking higher and higher. A line of hose was taken in back of the burning building through an aperture on Third avenue and this soon extinguished the blaze
 | The fire did not reach the lower stories oe the building, but considerable damage was done by the water. Outside water
 and smoke the room occupied by the Commercial State bank was not dam aged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
MILLIONAIRE CUTS
 THROAT WITH RAZOR

New York, August 30.-Solomon J. Hirsh a millionaire clothing manufac- turer of Chicago, committed suicide in the Hotel Knickerbocker today by cut ting his throat with razor while sitting at a desk where he had writ ten several letters. He then walked into the bathroom where he dropped dead. Continued i'll health was the cause of his act.
 For several weeks MT. Hirsh had been in Europe in quest of health He returned to this country little over a week ago and registered at the hotel. With him was Walter Reed his travelling companion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
TRUSTEES ELECTED AT
 MONTEAGLE ASSEMBLY

Nashville Tenn, August 30.-At the annual meeting of the Monteagle as sembly today the following trustees were elected to serve two years:
 From Baptist church-R. D. Folk, Nashville, and J. W. Rountree, Georgia.
 Methodist-N. D. Overall and R. J. Riddle, Nashville.
 Episcopal-E. W. Holcomb, Mont eagle, and J. o. Banks, Mississippi
 Presbyterian, U. S.-Allen G. Hall, Nashville, and H. c. Evans, Texas
 Cumberland Presbyterian-E. Gran icke, Monteagle, and J. L. Hudgins, Nashville.
 Christian-G. M. King. Monteagle.
 This afternoon the trustees met and reelected John Bell Kee1le of Nash vile, president, and Allen G. Hall of Nashville, platform superintendent The other officers, with the executive committee, were reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
HANDSOME CHURCH
 WILL BE ERECTED

Meridian, Miss, August 30-(Special.)- The officials of the First Presbyterian church of Meridian announce that they have closed a deal for the purchase of a site at the corner of Twenty-fifth avenue and Tenth street, and will at once begin the construction of a church building, to cost $40,00O. The present church property at the corner of Twenty-fifth avenue and Seventh street, it is understood, has been sold for $10,000, but the name of the pur- chaser has not been given out
 Meridian papers are carrying display advertisements announcing that State Senator Bilbo will speak in Meridian Fri day night at Highland park.
 Bilbo has never spoken here and it is predicted that large crowd will turn out to hear him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
FIRE FIGHTERS
 GAINING GROUND

Seattle, Wash, August 3O-Reports to- day to the Washington Forest Fire asso- citation indicate a generally improved condition. The only alarming fire is that in the Snoqualmie forest, in King county, where 15-mile front of flames is en- circling the town of Preston. Four hun dred men are fighting the fire.
 The fires in southern Washington are all under control. There are $50 men fighting the Targhee fire and they are expected to gain control of the flames when the heavy wind subsidies.
 With the news of the safety of Ranger Thennon and his crew of 34 men who are in the Clearwater country near h. dian lake. Montana, forestry officials feel greatly relieved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Old Failure May Re probed

Washington August 30.-Another effort to revive an investigation of the Fidelity National bank failure in Cincinnati 23 years ago is about to be made by Chi cago men, headed by A. w. Green, a broker The comptroller of the currency wound up the banks affairs about two years ago when the last dividend was al- lowed. The Fidelity failure, the most gi- gantic of its time, was related to a spec ulation in Chicago wheat in which the bank was ruined and it's vice president, E. L. Harper. was sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Dr. Crippen Suffers Collapse

London, August 30.-Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, jointly accused with Ethel and was removed to the hospital ward of Brixton jail. Solicitor Newton says his client has given him an explana- tion of the farewell message found upon the prisoners effects by Inspec- tor Drew, which will throw a different light on the matter when 1t is made public. The message was read in court yesterday at the arraignment of Grip pen and Miss Leneve and indicated the writer contemplated suicide during his flight to Canada on the steamer Mont rose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Primary In Idaho

Boise, Idaho August 30.-Idaho held her first direct primary election today Governor Brady is ahead in the race for the republican nomination for governor, but his opponents says reballot will be necessary, In which case another can didate may be selected.
 Congressman Hamer (regular) is lead ing his insurgent opponent, B. F. ONe1ll' in the initial count for the republican nomination The liquor question has been the main issue in the campaign, although both the leading candidates on the re- publican and democratic tickets have de- clared in favor of county option, as enacted by the last legislature.
 The democratic candidates for the gu bernatorial nomination are James H Howley, supported by the liberals, and John c. Rice, the choice of the state widers and local optionists. The light between Congressman Hamer and for mer Congressman French, insurgent re- publican, has been bitter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
NegrO Is Released

Amory. Miss, August 90.-Proving that he was not the man wanted for the as- sault upon 16-year-old daughter of a farmer near here, the negro who was last night threatened with lynching by mob which had collected in the neighborhod of the jail, was released today. Three oth- CT negroes who were arrested were brought here today for Identification by the young lady. Officers believe one of them committed the assault. The town is still thronged with people and excite ment is running high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
GU M MINIS SPEAKS
 FOR LAFOLLETTE

Portage, Wis, August 30.-"I havt come from my own state to do what ever I can for man who in my judg- ment has done more to awaken the conscience and stiffen the moral back bone of the American people than any other in this generation, the senior senator from Wisconsin, Robert M La- Toilette" said United States Senator A. B. Cummins of Iowa speaking at al meeting for the Wisconsin senator inl the primary campaign tonight.
 q am here because Bob LaFollette Is the most persistent leader of the pro- gressive republican party at this time I am interested in the movement and want to see it sweep from one ocean to the other. It would be a national dis aster to retire Bob LaF'ollette from the Senate"
 He said the advance from the caucus to the primary is the most important advance that has been made in the United States for more than a cen- tury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Cholera scnre Abated

Berlin, August 30.-The cholera scare has greatly abated tonight. The Lokal Anzieger prints a statement from one of the physicians having the investigation of the supposed pestil- ence in charge to the effect that none of the suspects detained in the suburb of Spandu has cholera and that in- quiry into the case of the house ser want who died in this city last night shows almost to certainty that he was not suffering from cholera. Eight additional suspects were sent to the virchow hospital this afternoon for ob- servation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Movement of Army

Managua, Me, August 30.-General "Gabe" Conrad of New Iberia, La., chief of Estrada's artillery, arrived here with Estrada Conrad was taken sick at Juigalpa and turned over his com mand to Samuel Drebbin of Philadel- phia The entire American brigade which supported the revolution is now bar