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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
BANKS in small Cities.
Owing to Small Appropriation Pos.
tai Banks Cannot Be Establish
ed in Large Cities.

Washington,-The board of trus-
tees Of the postal savings bank
system has appointed at last 4S
second class post offices, at which
the plan will be given its first trial.
The list includes one Office for each
State and territory.
The trustees are Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock, Secretary of the
Treasury Wickersham. The list
they formally approved was selected
after careful investigation by the
postal officials with a view to
making the first test of the service
as thorough IS possible under the
limited appropriation of 100000
provided by Congress which includes
all the expenses of equipment, and
printing of forms, certificates bonds,
etc., clerical assistance, etc.
Owing to the smallness of this ap-
preparation it has been impossible to
establish postal savings banks dur
ing the first year in the large city
post offices Of the country. Com
munities were chosen in which con-
ditions were exceptionally favorable
for the development of a postal saw
ings business mostly industrial
centers where wage?earners will
be especially benefited by the kind
of banking facilities afforded.
The Department work or FURNISH
ing the necessary equipment to the
postolfices selected and having the
postmasters and their assistants
throughly instructed in the opera
tons Of the system will probly con-
sumo several weeks, but every effort
will be made to have the designated
offices ready to receive deposits at
the earliest feasible date.
Among the offices designated are:
Bessemer, Ala; Etuttgart, Ark;
Key West, Fla; New iberia, La;
Gilfport, Miss; Salisbury, N. c.;
Guyman, Okla; Newherry, S. e.;
Johnson City, Tenn; Port Arthur,
Tex; Clifton Forge, Va, and Graf
tOn w. Va.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
BACON HIGH IN CHICAGO.
Corn and Hogs Cheaper But Meat is
:35 Cents a Pound.

Chicago.-In the face of steady
decline in the price of hogs and
corn on which they are fed, Chica-
goans who desire to eat bacon have
discovered that they were compell-
ed to pay the highest price ever OBJ
tanned for the salt meat in times of
~peace-35 cents a pound sliced. If
the housewife was willing to cut it
up herself she might have reduced
this figure to three pounds for ST.,
butt that was the best she could do.
1t is up, and to all appearances, will
stay at this record-smashing figure
for some months. The sole reason
for this situation, according to c..
w Foster, the Veteran provision
dealer, lies in the shortage Of bacon
producing hogs.
No matter what the facts might
seem to indicate, said he, the diff
Guilty lies in the inability of the
packers to buy the porkers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
$500 Geese i'm One Flock.

Mayesville, Ky.-An unusual spec
tacle-a parade of $500 geese
was witnessed here. The fowls,
which came from the mountains of
eastern Kentucky, were lured
through the streets by a man drop
ping corn. The geese were unload
ed from a car in the Louisville and
Nashville railroad yards after max
ing the night hideous with their
noise. They were taken to a farm
six miles from this city to be fat
tened for the Eastern markets. Be-
fore railroads geese were marched
many miles often.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
PAID THE PENALTY.
Floridian's Avenge Triple
Murder by Shooting.
KILLED TWO MEN And WOMAN.
The Giant Miss Ellen Smith, of the
Everglades, Was One of Those
Murdered - Prominent Farmer
Said to Have LAID Plot.

Fort Myers, Fla.-E. J. Watson, a
well-known farmer, and Leslie Cox,
an escaped convict under life SEN
tence for murder, were riddled with
bullets by a posse which went to
Chatham Bend to capture the STAY
ers of Miss Ellen Smith, A. Waller
and "Dutchy" Reynolds several
days ago. News of the killing was
brought to Fort Myers by Sherlffs
Tippins of Lee and Jacocks OF Mon
roe counties.
Watson, who had the reputation
of being a desperate character, re-
ported the killing Of the three per-
sons at Fort Myers. He claimed
that he had captured Cox, and pro-
duced the latter's coat and gun as
evidence. He was asked to produce
the corpse and to find this a posse
accompanied him to Chatham Bend
Arriving. there, Watson joined Cox
who was still alive and put up a
desperate resistance before both
were riddled with bullets.
The murder of the two men and
the woman was committed by Cox
and a negro who is now in jail here.
He confessed to the crime, describ-
ing how the bodies. had been cut
open and weighted so that when
thrown into water they would sink.
He declared that the murder was
done at the instance Of Watson, who
owed the three victims money.
+ Miss Smith, one Of the victims,
vas a unique character being Of
masculine proportions and living by
herself on the edge of the ever
glades. She hunted and trapped
and was called big Squaw' by the
Indians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
VERY PRECIOUS STAPLE.
Census Report of Bales Ginned
Creates Sensation in Market
$3.50 Bale.

New York-The census bureau
report, showing only 5,410,960 bales
of cotton ginned to October Is
this year, against $4,000 bales
last season, started a fresh buying
movement in the cotton market and
prices, which had recently de-
clined over one cent a pound, shot
up in a sensational manner on a
revival of bull support and heavy
outside demand.
December contracts showed an
advance of about $3.50 per bale.
The trade had been looking for GIN
ming figures of nearly 100000 bales
in line with recent increased estl-
mates of the crop, and the figures
actually published correctly revlV-
ed the small estimates OF a total
crop of 100000 bales or even
lower, which were circulating early
in the season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
WOMAN HAS SIS DESCENDANTS
Is Sc Years Old and Lives in Noun
tainS of Kentucky.

Louisville-The greatest mother
in the world, perhaps, is Mrs. Jane
Morris, sc years old, residing in
Jackson county, near the foothills
of the Cumberland Mountains, in
Kentucky.
Mrs. Morris was born and reared
in the mountains, has little educ
ton and until a few years ago, had
never beeen outside Of her immedi-
ate vicinity, there being up to that
time no railroads in Jackson
county.
Mrs. Morris claim to greatness
lies in the fact that she can boast
of a total of 51S descendants, near
ly all of whom are living and none
of whom ever has been accused of
crime.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
For Benefit Rice Growers.

Beaumont, Tex.--At a meeting of
rice growers from every section of
Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and
Arkansas here it was finally agreed
to organize a central selling agency
through which every producer will
be pledged and bound to sell his
rice. The object is to make a uni
form price for rough rice and elm
mate the middleman or broker. An
executive committee is now fornu-
lating the cooperation plan and it
will be completed before the COM
mittee leaves Beaumont.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
No More Chance for Panics.

Washington-With those nation
al currency associations already
formed and those in process of for
nation. officials Of the treasury de-
partmcnt believe the financial CEN
tres Of the country are amply pro-
tcctcd against financial stringcncy.
Eleven cities already have formed
associations and with four more
about TO do so the principal re-
serve banking cities Of the United
States will be equipped to issue a
total Of $lOO,O90,000 in temporary
currency at a moments notice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Five Years For Bank President.

Greenville, S. C.-Five years in
the Atlanta penitentiary is the sem
tence imposed on Milton A.. Car
Isle, the aged former president of
the Newberry National bank, who
was convicted on five counts of an
indictment alleging misapplication
of the funds Of the institution. The
sentence was passed by Judge
Brawley, the motion for a new trial
having been argued and refused. 1t
is possible that the case may be
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
$500 Initiated i'm One Day.

Louisville, ky--Seven thousand
and eight hundred men, among them
Governor Wilson of Kentucky, COM
ing from seven StateS-Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, West Virgil
mia. Tennessee and kcnIucky-werr
initiated into the WOOdmcn Of the
World in one day. Twenty lhOus-
and Woodmcn witnessed the ere
monies. The degree team from Day
ton, o.. conducted the initiation.
John r. Yates and DR.. a. ID. Floyd,
were among the national! officers
present.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Lost BallooniStS Found.

New York.-Alan R. Hawley and
August Post, the aerenauts Of the
balloon America II, for whom
search had been prosecuted in the
Canadian wilds, are safe and have
established a new worlds record for
sustained flight. They travelled ap-
proximately 1850 miles and came
to earth in Chicoutimi county, Que
bee. The balloonists started from
st. Louis with nine other contes-
tants in the international race on
Monday, October II.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Drives TackS in Head.

Atlanta-William Williams, a ne
gro, is in Jail here charged with
swindling on account Of the pecu-
liar cure for blindness which he
devised. His remedy consisted in
driving a tack into the back por-
ton of a blind negro's skull and
charging $3.50 for the operation.
Robert Ward. the victim, told the
police court judge that the tack
process was not very painful but
that Williams manner of taking the
$3.50 hurt considerably"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
CoIored Man Gets Hiqh Office.

Observation-Disclosures Taft has
decided upon the appointment of
William H. Lewis, a negro, at pres
ent assistant district attorney at
Boston, to be an Assistant Attorney
General of the United States.
Lewis was born in Portsmouth,
Va. His father was a respected COL
ored minister. Young Lewis was
ambitious and worked as a waiter to
earn his college expenses. His sis
ter is the wife of DR.. France, a ne
gro physician of Portsmouth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Summary.

The planters in York refuse to
sell at present low prices of cotton,
and are storing it away in ware
houses.
Spartanburg is thought to be
about the only town in the world
where newspaper men are not al
lowed to hear what transpires in
city council chamber.
Rev. w. r. Capers has been ap-
pointed to a position on the general
missionary board of the Episcopal
Church.
Z. C.. Graham, an influential cot
ton mill man, Of Greenville, says:
Since 1907 | have been a bear on
goods and have sold my stock
never refusing a bid and am sold
up to March, but from this time
on | am a bull There are no
goods in the Grcenville territory on
hands. Goods are being worried off.
The tide has turned and I look for
a better trade from nov on"
Dillon county had its first Jail
delivery when four prisoners sawed
their way to liberty with a cheap
file.
Commissioner Watson says that
following 4 conference between DR..
c.. Fred Williams, State health Off
cor and himself. the analysis of
stuff seized in the open market I'M
der the Pure Food and Drug Act Of
this Stale, would be made at the
laboratory that has been fitted up
al the old Slate dispensary build
ing.
d. w. Daniel. of Clemson college,
president Of the State Teachers as
ISOLATION. has called a meeting of
important organization for Friday
morning, November /, in Columbia.
A petition for the formation OF
Jasper" county out of parts of
Beaufort and Hampton counties
has been filed with Gov. Ansel by
onc-Ihird of the qualified electors
of the districts out of which it is
proposed to form the new county.
The total taxable property in
Orangrburg county for 1910
amounts to sS,39S,090, against a tot
al tax of 1929, 100 for last year.
showing an increase Of $l,l2i,G00
for this year in the total property
valuation, 100000 Of this increase
coming to this county through The
portion of Berkeley county annexed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Convicted Of Wife Murder.

Norfolk, Va.-John J. Smythe,
who shot and killed his wife,
Bridget, and their 13-ycar-old
daughter, Rita, on September /,
last. was found guilty. Alcoholic
insanity was the defense. The
principal witness for the State was
the prisoners 7-year-old child,
William Henry Smythc, the only
eyewitness to the tragedy, who
told how his sister, standing in
front 10 protect ihcir mother, was
shot down while begging the father
not TO shoot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Mans Conscience Stings Him.

Denver, Colby the terms of the
will of Rufus Clark, known as "Po-
tato" Clark, which was admitted to
probate here. the United States gov
eminent is %bequcathcd $500 be-
cause, according to the will, in 1868,
Clark knew of the dCfrauding of the
government of an equal amount by
a man whom he does not name.
"The fact was never reported by
me-" Clark declared in his will. land
now | feel in honor-bound to make
restitution"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Express Drivers on Strike.

New Iork-A riotous demonstra-
lion in which two slrike-breakers
We're badly injured marked the
third day Of the strike of drivers
and helpers Of the United States
Express Company at Hobokrn, n. j.
Eight wagons, guarded by private
detectives and manned by strike
breakers. We're assailed by a crowd
Of strikers and their sympalhizrrs.
and stones and other missiles were
hurled at the wagon crews and
detectives. \ detail Of policemen
cleared the crowd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Governor Gambler Dead.

Atlanta, Ga.-Allen Daniel Cand-
Ter, twice Governor Of Georgia, died
at his home here after an extended
illness. Governor Gambler was 76
years old. His earliest ancestor in
America was Daniel Gambler, who
emigrated from Ireland and served
in the revolutionary war as a COL
onel in the American army. In
1861 he entered the Confederate
army as a private and rose to the
rank of colonel. He was twice
wounded, losing one eye.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Dynamite Corn CrOn.

Spartanburg, S. C.-"The Dyna-
mite Corn Crop" which was culsi-
waited on land ploughed by the use
of this powerful explosive has been
measured but the owner has refused
fatty to give out the amount of corn
that was produced.
This crop is to be entered in the
several contests. What j. H. Cald-
we'll, the originator of the idea, in
tends to do with it is a profound
secret and every one in the city is
wondering how much crop was
gathered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Ships Suffer in Awful Hurricane.

M0biIr, Ala.--C. II. Costello, one
of the best informed men on the
coaslwise vessels plying to Cuba,
Central America and Porto Rico
from points along the Alabama and
Mississippi gulf coast in the South
says that there arc at least severn
teen vessels to be- accounted for,
and there is no telling Tie extent
of The damage HE hurricane has
done. After The hurricane the list
was greater than CXprrtrd of YES
sells lost. The wilma velocity was
the strongest ever known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Train Load of WhiSkey.

Of
the Frisco system announced that
a full train load of liquor had been
made up to be shipped out OF the
State over their line. The scramble
of local dealers to get rid of stocks
on hand is the result of the scnsa-
tiOnal campaign nov under way
here to secure enforcement of the
prohibition laws. The destination
of the train which left here is said
to be Memphis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
LivinU at Home.

Wilmington. n. MIR. S. E.
Memory, a leading merchant, says
he saw while at the Raleigh State
Fair an offer of $50 cash for the
eighteen ears of corn that had
taken the first prize. Mr.. j. l..
Memory says Mr.. Peter Mcbride, of
Scotland county, y. c.. this year
made thirty bales of cotton on ten
acres Of land. Mr.. Pender says a
farmer in Marlboro county, South
Carolina, made 253 bushels Of corn
on an acre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
kinq of Siam is Dead.

Bangkok, Siam-The death of King
Chulalongk0rn, was due to uracmic
poisoning. The King had suffered
for years from ncphritis. Uracmia
developed on Saturday and the King
lapsCd into Inconsistencies diving q
few hours later. The crown prince.
Chowfa Maha Najiravudh, was i'm
mcdiatrly proclaimed King. He was
born January |, 1880, and was pro-
claimed crown prince January II,
1895.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Court Handed Out Lemon Decision.

st. Paul, Minn.-JudgeS Vande-
venter, Sanborn and Adams in the
United States circuit court handed
down as order restraining the in
terstate commerce commission from
putting into effect a reduced rate
on lemons from Southern California
TO the Atlantic seaboard. The
opinion further states that the case
is one which will shortly 60 to the
newly created commerce court,
which must render the final deci-
sion in the case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Doctor Will Hang For Murder.

Savannah.-Dr. w. j. McNaugh-
ton, who is under sentence TO hang
at Sylvania November 10, was
brought here for safe keeping.
There was no outward dcmonstra-
ton against the physician, who
was convicted of numbering Fred
Flanders to get his wife and money,
but Sheriff Fields transferred The
prisoner as a precaution. Nc
Naughton was brought here immc-
diately after the crime was COM
milted. when there was danger Of
a lynching.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Cuban General Shot BY Assassin.

HaVana.-Thc attempted asSaSsi-
nation in front of the Presidential
palace of Major General Pine Gucr-
IA. the commandcr-in-chicf Ct the
regular army, has caused a pro-
found impression and great excite
alcnt. 1t has been the only topic
Of conversation in the clubs and
cafes. The great belief being Thai
The crime was of q political char
arlcr. The precise motive, how
ever. is not revealed. Gen. Guerra
is now in the military hospital at
Camp Columbia. His thigh is broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Old 81 Note Coming Back.

Washington. - The old United
State 81 note which disappeared
from circulation in 1881 is to be
called into service again. Secre-
tary MacVeagh has decided that
the enormous demand for bills Of
smaller denomination warrants an
issue, which was authorized in 1907
but until now has never seemed
really necessary. The notes viii! be
issued at about the rate Of $780,
900 a day until the demand for
smaller bills is met.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Lookout Federal License Holders.

Knoxville, Tenn.-Qulte a panic
resulted among the proprietors' of
soft drink stands in Knoxville as a
result of supreme court decisions
which held that the holding of fed
eral license was prima facie evil
dence in Tennessee of the illegal
sale of liquor. Attorney General
Minatt stated that no less than 40
proprietors had surrendered the II.
cense and that 40 others had mott
fled him that they would do so.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Biz NeqrO Bank i'm Bad.

Richmond, Va.-The savings bank
of the Grand Fountain of the Order
of True Reformers, the largest ne
gro industrial and social organiza-
ton in the country, has been placed
in the hands of a receiver. Bank
examiners say they cannot tell what
are its assets or liabilities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
And Garment Makers Strike.

Chicago-With $4,000 garment
workers on a strike the police force
about all the shops affected has
been materially strengthened.
Thomas A. Rickert, international
president of the United Garment
Workers Of America has arrived in
the city to direct the plans for a
walkout of 10000 more unless a
settlement of the controversy is
brought about before that time.
The strike will affect the price
and trade Of wearing apparel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
Mark TWain'S Estate.

Redding, Conn.-The inventory Of
the estate of the late Samuel Glenn
ems mark Twain filed in the pro-
bate court here shows the valuation
as made by the appraisers, Alfred
Bigelow Paine, Mr.. Clements liter
airy secretary, and Harry Louns-
berry, superintendent Of the estate,
to be S611,436.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
American COMPANY Wins Suit.

The 'Hague-The international
court of arbitration has rendered
its decision in the Orinoco claims
case. The barge award is declared
null on four points and the Amer
lean Company is awarded S46,S67
with 8 per cent. interest since June
16, 1903, and $1,000 costs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
100000 in Lumber Lost.

Washington-SiX billion board
feet of lumber valued at about
Si5,0 1000 1910 were destroyed in the
recent forest fires on the national
forests in Montana and northern
Idaho. The total area burned over
in this one district was put at
4 100000 acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
WardIaW Trial November %.

Newark, N. J.-Judge Teneyck set
November % as the date for the
trial Of the Wardlaw sisters, charg-
ed with the murder Of Ocey Sneed
The inquiry into the mental con-
dition of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin,
one of the accused sisters, will be
opened November 9.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02

The fact that tie oyster season Is
men is notified by the news item that
p Pennsylvania woman found a 5000
Dearl in an oyster which she was as
Stimulating n New York. This is cal
cuiated 10 increase the feminine de-
mand tor oysters, and may entail the
further drain On the family purse OF
trims to New Yo:c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02

The mint officials have just discov-
cred that the citizens of the United
States don't seem to be able to keep
any of the s11. 900. 900 coined annually
in gold. So they are going to stop
coming 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02
5000 for Attempt TO Kiss,

Birmingham, Ala.-A jury in the
Circuit Court has awarded Mrs.
Rose Drummond $500 damages
from E. j. Goldsmith. The a.llega-
ton was that the defendant had
tried tt kiss her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02

The tide of immigration is swelling,
but the vigilance against undesirables
Is also increasing. OMcial reports
show that Il much larger number than
usual failed 20 BASS the test during the
last few months. There is TO inten-
ton TO keep oui the worthy. the indus
trious, and the law-abidiag. but the
government is exercising conmenda-
BILE care to exclude the other sorts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02

A court has decided that platoric af.
lection for Z married woman does not
Justify gifts of silk hose and lingerie
not even in these ultra-modern times.
Stick TO Browning ard essays on
friendship, and the lady will be safe In
q divorce suit.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-02

From the depths of the sea a new
island has aided itself to the Aleutian
group. Uncle Sam should hurry up
with a more definite government for
Alaska. which is twice as large as
Texas and still growing.