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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Blind From Practical Joke.

Newark. n. J.-Miss Lucy Burton,
a young society woman Of Dover, viii
probably be blind for life as the re-
suit Of the practical joke of a youth,
the son Of a %neighbor.
Miss Burton was ascending in an
elevator at a local dry goods store
when the practical joker blew a tube
full of red pepper into her face. With
a scream she sank to the floor Of the
elevator. She has been unable to see
since the occurrence and occulists hold
\ ont little hope that sight can be re-
stored.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Baptists Object to Present Lesson.

Nashville, formulating men of
the Baptist denomination, represent
ing practically every Southern State,
met here to decide a matter which
will interest the entire religious
world. These men constitute a les
son committee. appointed at the
Southern Baptist Convention recently
in session at Baltimore and their
action will doubtless mean the first
breaking away from the international
Sunday school lessons in use prac-
t~icallv all Of TIE leading denomlna-
tions since 1877.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Mountain Sliding on Railroad.

Spartanburg, S. C.-The officials OF
the Carolina, Clinchfeld & Ohio rail-
road are having a serious time with a
slide ten miles north Of Marion, N.
c., at Honeycut mountain. On &C.
count of the slide the line has been
closed to freight traffic for several
days. A line has been built around
the slide.
The whole side of the mountain is
said to be moving down on the track
and the present plan in to let the slide
take its course and tunnel through 1t.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Commissioner For Marking Graves.

Washington.-It is expected that
the President will soon appoint a COM
missioner for marking the graves of
Confederate soldiers and sailors who
died in Northern prisons during the
civil war.
That Office has been vacant since
the death of Col. William c. Oates of
Alabama a few years ago. The work
of marking these graves has been IN
progress for several years, IN accor-
dance with the Foraker act making
provision for it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Increased Pay for r. r. Men.

Houston, Texas.-After conference
extending over several weeks, officials
of the Southern Pacific railroads and
representatives of the dissatisfied
employees of the car-repairing depart
ment of the road have announced an
agreement providing for an increase
in wages of 2 cents an hour and GER
tain shop rules demanded by the car
men.
The increase in wages will not apply
to those employees who have already
been granted a voluntary raise in
paN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Children PLAY Doctor.

Covington, Ky.-While playing doc
tor a son and a daughter of Thomas
Cobb swallowed carbolic acid and died
soon afterwards. They were 5 and I
years old.
The children were playing in the
kitchen of their home during the
absence of their mother. They found
a bottle of carbolic acid.
"Let's play doctor,' one suggested
They obtained two spoons and two
glasses, divided the acid into two
portions, which they swallowed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
President Talks Of Prisons.

Washington, District of Columbia
In receiving the delegates to the In
ternational Prison congress, President
Taft c<utioned them against making
prisons so comfortable as to furnish
a motive for violating the law. The
president said that sometimes when
he had visited the prisons of this
government he had thought they were
stronger in theory than in practice.
He expressed the hope, however, that
this government now had prisons
which illustrate at least some OF the
improvements the prison congress re-
commended.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
OPINION ON A
Judge Decides Marriage Meaningless
When Second Wife Knows of First.

S~partanbarg, S. C.-When Paul
Taylor was being tried here on a
charge of bigamy, Judge Robert A.
Aldrich ruled that one cannot be con-
victed of this offense if the woman
that he marries the second or any
time after is aware Of the fact that
the man already has one living wife.
1t was clearly evident that Taylor
was guilty and ali expected a verdict
accordingly by the jury. However,
when his second wife was put on the
stand she told the court that she
knew Taylor was already married and
even in the face of this accepted his
PROPOSED.
Judge Aldrich took the view that
this did not constitute bigamy and
Solicitor Otis disagreed with him.
The Judge said that the second cere-
mony in the face of the evidence was
a mere meaningless form. Notice was
given by the solicitor that the case
would be carried to the Supreme
Court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
IN OLD SOUTH CAROLINA
Cream of the News Gathered From
All Sections of the Commonwealth
For Our Many Readers.
Spartanburg Boy Corn Growers.

Spartanburg Boy Corn Growers.
@ There are 5000 boy farmers Of the
State who are members of the boys
corn clubs. The organization Of these
clubs has aroused much enthusiasm
and there will be at least $4,000 in
prizes to be given for the best re-
suits shown.
Curtis V. Bishop, who is u years
or age, William Broadus Bishop, who
is IA years of age, have produced a
remarkable acre of corr in Spartan
burg county and the indications are
that at least 100 bushels will be OBJ
tanned by the two boys from the
acre. They have done all of the work
by themselves and have kept a record
giving all Of the details as to how
the great yield was secured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Four-Toed Horse Skeleton.

y New York.-The skeleton of a
horse which must have been about the
size of a modern fox terrier and had
four toes, has been found in Wyo-
ming by an exploring party sent by
the American museum of natural his
tory. !
The skeleton represents the oldest
ancestor of the horse of today ever
found on the American continent. He
was about l - feet tall and resem-
bied a hippipotamus and tawr as
much as it did a horse.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Murderous Strikers.

Irwin, Pa.-Over a hundred re-
volyer and rifle shots were fired into
the homes of Superintendent Leevl-
good and Foreman John Olsen of the
Pennsylvania Gas and Coal company's
mines at C~aridge. The two families,
each of which includes a half dozen
children. escaped injury by lying flat
on the floors Of their bedrooms while
the bullets spattcred their windows
and mirrors and brought down the
plaster. The attack was made by a
large sang Of men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Planter Mysteriously Shot.

Rome, CAD. J. Miller, a we'll
known planter of Everett Springs,
this county, was brought to a sani-
tarium here suffering with a wound
in the abdomen believed to have been
inflicted by a charge from a shotgun.
He is not expected to live, and re-
fuses to tell how or why he was in
:iured.
It is said that Miller and his wife
have been separated for some time,
that they met and q quarrel ensued
resulting in Miller being shot by his
son. No arrests have been made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Gov. Haskell's Case Stopped.

McAlister, Okla.-The trial Of Gov
erhor Haskell Of Oklahoma in the
Muskogee town lot cases came to a
sudden end when the government an
rounced that under the restrictions
laid down by the court it would be
unable to make out 4 cas- against
Haskell or IL of his co-defendants.
Governor Haskell and three other de-
PENDANTS were charged in an indict-
ment returned by ii Federal grand
jury with conspiracy to defraud the
government in the disposal Of town
lot sites at Mu>kogee, Okla.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
New Postal Bank Plans.

Washington.-Postmaster General
Hitchcock has presented for the con-
sideration Of the President and the
Cabinet the complete plans for the
new postal savings bank system.
The plans were accepted by the
Board of Trustees. The entire
scheme is presented in the most NIL
mute detail.
No hank books are to be used. Re
ceipts for the deposits will be made IN
two ways, by stamps and by certlh-
Gates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
THE WORST OF GRAFTERS
Combination of Prominent Men Swir.-
died the Illinois Central Railroad in
Cold and Heartless Manner. =

Chicego.-A. &. Goodrich, a con-
fessed go-between, and Henry c.
Ostermaun, formerly president of the
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
for the prosecution, We'd with each
other before Municipal Judge Brug-
genmeyer in stripping bare the series
of the alleged. combination which is
charged with swindling the Illinois
Central Railroad Company by car
repair frauds.
Goodrich described in detail meth
ords which he said Illinois Central
officers used to conceal their identity
as stockholders in the Ostermann re-
pair concern. In t~estifying Oster-
mann said that certain payments to
the railroad officers were raade by
checks to Goodrich. =
Photographs of $4,000 worth Of
checks, signed by F. H. Niles, presl-
dent of the Blue Island Car & Equip
ment Company, were then introduced
by Attorney Fisher for the prosecu-
ton. Goodrich identified the endorse
ments on them as having been made
by him. Niles went on the stand sew
eral days ago and testified that pay
| ments for Hartman were made to
Goodrich.
The name of Ira G.. Rawn, late
president Of the Monon Railroad and
formerly vice president Of the Illinois
Central Railroad, was again brought
into the proceedings when Goodrich
testified that on December Is. 1909,
he wrote a check for $4,000 to Ira
G. Rawn.> The $4,000 check he said
was in return for two $4,000 checks
which were sent to Goodrich on De-
cember Is and were signed by Niles.
In connection with the formation OF
the Memphis Car Company, Oster,
mann told how stock was issued and
to whom. Two new names, those OF
H. H. McCourt, general superinten-
dent of the Illinois Central lines south
of the Ohio river, and W. S. King
general superintendent Of the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroad, were
mentioned by Ostermann in this con-
nection. .uDai
s'stock was issued in certificates OF
ISL shares esch in the Memphis Car
Repair Company" said 0stermann'
"This stock was divided among Ira
G. Rawn. F. B. Hartmann, Joseph b
B1ker, w. S. King, H. II. McCourt
William Benshaw, J. M. Taylor and
Secretary Ward of the Memphis com
pany. At the suggestion OF Mr.
Buker I had all the stock made out
in nv own name. I know that Rawn
Hartmann and Taylor got thell
shares and I suppose the others did
too" =,
The witness then went into a detail
ed history of the organization OF the
Memphis Car Repair Company. Latel
on Ostermann said he was told to IS
sue stock to Mr.. Rawn and Mr.. Har
rimann. e.
Ostermann then declared that cal
repair companies paid Illinois Contra
officials a bonus as high as $25 a ca
for each one sent to them for repairs
and made "presents" of varying size
to all grades E employees for vigilance
in detecting and reporting chad or
der" cars. He declared that tn
amount charged on each car by tn
repair companies was regulated dl
reetly by the Illinois Central officers
interested in the alleged grating.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Civil Service Warning.

Washington.-The usual before
campaign warning to Government en-
ployes against indulging in political
activity has been sent out by the
Civil Service Commission. Al the
executive departments and inaepen-
dent branches are instructed to in
form employees that they must obey
this order.
Particular attention was directed to
the exhibition of illegal collection or
payment of political assessments.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Prize Winning War Vessels.

Washington.-The battleship Ne
braska is announced as the trophy
winner and the Montana, California
and Mississippi as star ships which at
tanned ninety-fve per cent of the null
tipls of the trophy winner in a state
ment given out by the Navy Depart
ment on the results of the engineering
competition 19C9-191O for the battle
ship trophy. The Colorado stood low
est in the list.
The Preble won the destroyer tro-
nhy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Preachers Automobile Trouble.

Roanoke, Waffle trial Of the Rev.
S. C. Caldwell, a Presbyterian minis
ter of Newborn, n. c., on a charge OF
soaring a team of mules with his auto
mobile near Rocky Mount, Va, has
been set for October 6 at Rocky
Mount. Mr.. Caldwell is visiting rela-
tives of his wife near Roanoke. He
was detained upon arriving here and
later released by the Roanoke police
upon bond guaranteed by a Roanoke
divine and was not locked up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Sl.347,713,686 in Banks.

Washington. - National banks of
the United States have reported re-
sources of $9,S26,1S .452 and reserves
of $1,347, 1866 in answer to the call
for their condition which vas issued
on September l..
"The showing of the national banks
is not only satisfactory, but reassur-
ing" said Lawrence O. Murray,
Comptroller of the Currency, when he
made the returns public. "The re-
serves are more than 81 per cent
greater than required by the law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Rock Hill, S. CT. R. Mills, Meth
odist pastor in this city, has asked to
be dismissed from the passionate Of
the church.
This decision grew out of a de-
claration some time ago by the min
lister that he and his wife could not
live together. In his statement Mr..
Mills said there was absolutely no
blame to be attached to any one;
that it was simply a case of incom-
patibility Of temper and that under
the circumstances he did not feel as
he could continue work in the ministry
Mr.. Mills and family came to the
Rock Hill church from Kentucky and
he has been pastor of the st. Johns
Methodist church here for the past
two years.
The presiding elder had no author
ity to release him. Aa investigating
committee was appointed and they
found no charges, reporting that a
trial of the minister before the South
Carolina conference in December
would be necessary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Wom.n's Murderous Revenge.

Anderson, S. C.-To get even with
her husband who, she said,has mis-
treated her, a negro woman living on
the plantation of Mr.. j.. j. Smith,
near Starr, S. c., placed her two chill
dren, aged l and 5 years respectively,
in a barrel of water beneath a drain
at her home, and then fred the house.
The younger child was drowned,
but the other managed to climb out
of the barrel and told the %neighbors
Of the act.
She was arrested and has confessed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
No New Quarters and Halves.

Washington.-There will be no sup.
ply of bright, new quarters and half
dollars for ~shopkeepers to hand over
their counters at holiday time this
year. $780,,
Requests for 1910 coins of that de-
nomination are already coming
through the banks to the Treasury
Department. The banks say their
large customers demand the new coins
at holiday time for advertising.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
-Four Fish Weigh 1000.

Long Branch, N. J.-One of the big
gest catches of the fishing season
here is credited to Capt. Hiram
Lockwood and the little crew of his
fishing smack Dinah. The boat
brought in four fish which tipped the
scales at an average of 1000 pounds
each. The catch included three sharks
and a horse mackerel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Another Monument at Gettysburg.

Gettysburg.-In the presence of an
assemblage numbering many t%husands,
the memorial of the Pennsylvania
soldiers who fought at Gettysburg
July l, 2 and 3, 1863, was dedicated.
Among the number we're nearly five
thousand. veterans of the Civil War
from this State, all Of whose names
appear on the bronze tablets sar-
rounding the facade of the memorial.
The memorial was erected at a cost
of Sl40,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
High Grade Lexington Cotton.

According to W. P. Roof, Of Lex
ington, the we'll known cotton mill
president, the staple this year is the
best it has been in a long while The
lint is exceedingly long, and it makes
the manufactured product very much
better than the cotton of former years.
This fact is due largely to the improv-
ed farm methods, the better fertiliza-
ton of the crop and to the improved
ginnery systems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Five Cars Sawdust Alcohol.

Three hundred and fifty barrels Of
ethyl alcohol were shipped from
Georgetown by the Wood Waste Pro-
ducts Company, via the Baltimore and
Carolina Steamship Company's'steam-
er Theodore Weems, to Baltimore.
The shipment will make up five cars
of alcohol and is consigned to the In
t%ernational Powder Company at a
point in New Jersey. This shipment
is the first that has been made from
this plant, which is producing this
valuable liquid from refuse lumber
and sawdust by a method heretofore
unknown. 90,
The peculiar alchol thus produced
will be utilized extensively in the
manufacture of explosives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Gar Men Get a Raise.

Atlanta, Canine hundred motor
men and conductors of the Georgia
Railway & Electric Co., operating the
Atlanta city and suburban lines have
been of an advance in wages of one
cent an hour, effective October l.
The action Of the company. was
voluntary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Destructive Typhoon in PHILIPPINES,

Manila.-A typhoon of unusual
severity swept over the valley Of the
Cayagan river in the provinces OF
Cayagan and Isabella, northern Lu-
ION, on September "A.
Four towns including Ilagan, the
capital of Isabella province, were
practically demolished.
A thousand persons are still home
less and destitute, but the dispatches
so far received indicate that there
were no casualties.
The tobacco crop was seriously
damaged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

A Poughkeepsie man who went to
California to accumulate a fortune
rapidly has just returned after an abb
n OF 81 years. The old gentleman
will probably put in the rest of his
Gays reading all the g~et-rich-quick lit.
erature he can find and giving it the
ha ha.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Canada has discovered that it has
$sS, 900, 600. 900 worth of peat boys and
st La wondering how it can induce its
people to use peat at a low cost in
preference to coal at high cost.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Esperanto will never offend against
the pure-food laws, unless its advo-
Gates, being merely human, revolt
against its limited expressions for
emotional relief. It's vocabulary does
not contain a single swear word.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Smuggling diamonds through the
the scteerage is a dodge which failed
to work with the alert New York u.s.
toms authorities lately. The smuggler
argued that the authorities would not
think Of looking in the steerage for
~yaluables, and the authorities argued
the steerage might think just that
way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

In Paris flet of beef Is worth so
cents a pound and only cheap cuts Of
horse meat are as low as 20 cents.
No wonder they call It that dear
Paris"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Richmond's Rapid Growth.

Neutrality-suspicious. figures for
Richmond, Va, gives out by the bu.
reau give that city a population OF
1888. This is an increase of 49,
57S or SOL per cent since 1900, when
the city's population was S5.O50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

England is now figuring on a gas
driven battleship to render obsolete
all vessels of the Dreadnought type.
People over, there must sit up nights
thinking Of new ways to spend public
money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

In the presence of all this wonder
full aviation on the other side of the
ocean it would seem to be high time
for Americans to do a few stunts; or
is it to be said that an aeroplane Is
to have no honor in its own country?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

The language Of the North American
Indian and the Japanese contain no
cuss words. What a handicap when
an aborigine hit his finger with a pre-
historic ak!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Half a million In counterfeit coin
has been recovered by the United
States in the past year. Has any one
heard of any real money being recoy-
cred?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

The uncle of the King of Portugal,
who saw a man killed in a street fight
among rufians in New York, is now
in a position to go home and write a
book about American civilization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Army experts who claim that It Is
hard to hit an airship with a rifle ball
will merely whet the aspiration Of the
prize imbecile who thinks 1t a joke to
shoot at a passing aviator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

The Philadelphia man who was
ehoked to death by a high collar died
q death that ought to turn Harry Lehr
and Berry Wall green with envy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

Correspondents are arguing that a
He Is occasionally %justihable and a
Brooklyn Judge decides that dam" Is
not profane. Being good is becoming
easier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05
Greenville Dirt Like Gold.

The biggest price yet paid for a
piece of Greenville real estate was
paid by the American Home Fire
Insurance Company to the American
Pipe Company. The price agreed
upon for the structure which is on
Main street, is $4,000, being exactly
$3.50 per front foot.
1t may be interesting to note in this
connection that the building which
changes hands at $4,000 was sold
ten years ago for $4,000. This will
give an idea of the remarkable in
crease in property values Of Green
vile in the past decade. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-10-05

In the coming sham battle Of areo-
planes Is the contest to see which
crowd Of ayiators hurt themselves
least?