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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
PEASANTS FRIEND GONE.
Count Leo Tolstoi, RusSia's Grandest
Man Passes After a Life Devoted
To His FelloW-Men.
Astapova, Russia.-Count Leo Toll

Astapova, Russia.-Count Leo Toll
stoi has passed peacefully away.
Count Lyof Nikolaivie Tolstoi,
usually called Count Leo Tolstoi,
novelist and social reformer , was
born August %, 1928, at Yasnaya
Poliana, in the province of Tula
Russia. When % years old Tolsti
entered the army and served in The
Caucasus and in the defence OF
Sebastapol against the British and
French allied forces. He first made
a reputation in literature by a series
of vivid sketches written from
Sebastapol and when he left the
army soon after the Crimean war he
devoted himself entirely to litera-
ture.
His "War and Peace" a tale Of
the invasion of Russia by Napoleon
in 1912, is regarded in Russia as be-
ing his masterpiece, though his
Anna Karenina," which appeared
in 1876, and 1.-The Cossacks" found
greater favor abroad, where his
"Kreutzer Sonata" translations OF
which were published in 1890, also
attracted wide attention.
Tolstoi wrote much on education,
and published a number of short
stories and "reminiscences of child
hood and youth, but Of recent years
he had devoted himself to religious
teaching.
In January, 1905, Tolstoi published
an open letter to the Car regarding
the internal conditions in Russia,
which was printed throughout the
world, and some time later he COM
pleted his drama Behind the Scenes
in War;" the production of which
was prohibited in st. Petersburg,
Several of the publishers of Toll
stoi's works have been sent to
prison.
Although Tolstoi came Of an
ahstocratic family, being a descen-
dant of Count Peter Tolstoi, the
friend and comrade of Peter the
Great, and received his education at
KAHN University, entering the army
as a lieutenant of artillery and COM
handing a battery at %Sebastapol, he
was at heart a peasant in the best
sense of the word, devoted to the
Improvement of the condition Of the
Russian masses and eager to lead
them in the right path. He lived
the life of a peasant, in a PEASANTS
hut on his estate at Yasnaya Poliana,
partaking only of the simple peas
ants food and wearing, the peasants
costume-rough blouse, broad leath-
er belt, fur cap, long beard and wide
trousers tucked into high cowhide
boots.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
P 0. Clerks FIRED
Atlanta Officials Guilty of Un-
derweighing Mails.
SUPT. TERRELLS RANK REDUCED
Many Thousands Of Dollars Lost
Prosecutions May FOllOW-Work
Going on For Years-POstmaster
General Otter Incompetents.

Observation-Disclosures Gener-
al Hitchcock has ordered the re-
moval from the postof1ice service OF
Edward F. Blodgett, superintendent
of stations, and of james F. Norman
and S. S. F. Giles, clerks, all in the
Atlanta postofice, as the result of
gross Irregularities in the. weighing
of newspaper mail.
The order followed an investiga-
ton of the Atlanta office into ir-
regularities which the P.Ostotfice De-
partment declares covered a series
of years and resulted in the loss OF
many thousands of dollars to the
department. The department an
rounced in connection with this or
der that a general investigation OF
methods of weighing second class
mail throughout the country is now
being conducted by inspectors with
the idea of detecting and bringing to
an end such Irregularities as those
disclosed at Atlanta.
Because of the, %ineficiency in the
discharge of his duties the superln-
tendent of the railway mail service
at Atlanta, L. M. Terrell, who failed
to take the precautionary measures
required by the postal regulations
to prevent certain of the irregularl-
ties, was transferred by the Post
master Generals order from his
position of responsibility to a minor
place in the service.
Superintendent G. w. Pepper, OF
the railway mail division having
headquarters at Cleveland, has been
assigned to Atlanta to supersede Su-
eprintendent' Terrell. Clyde M.
Reed, superintendent Of the division
of railway adjustments in the Post
office Department, was sent to
Cleveland to take the place Of Su-
perintendent Terrell. Clyde NJ.
position in the department. has been
filled by the promotion of c. H: NC
Bride, formerly assistant superln-
tendent of the division of railway
adjustments. The evidence obtain
ed in, the investigations at Atlanta
had been submitted by the Post
master General to the Department
of Justice and that department will
determine the question of prosecu-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
HOW THE HOUSE STANDS.
Roster of Congressman Published
Democratic Majority Of 63.

Washington. = The Democratic
representation in the next House
will be 227 as against 1853 Republic
cans and 1 Socialist, according to
the roster of the House published.
These figures. give the Democrats a
majority of 63 and a plurality OF "a.
According to this Kansas is the
only State of size which has a solid
Republican delegation. A number,
however, contain only one Demo-
crat, among those thus included be-
ing Iowa, Minnesota, California and
Wisconsin.
All of the Southern States have
solid Democratic delegations except,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee, Maryland and Virginia
each has one Republican, while
Tennessee and Kentucky each has
two members of that party. Colora-
do is the only Western State rep
resented entirely by Democrats, but
Indiana, possessing a much larger
representation, presses close upon
her heels with IL Democrats out OF
10 members. -, g..
Illinois has II Democrats in her
membership of Is, Massachusetts 4
out of IA; Michigan 2 out. of IL; New
Jersey 7 out Of 10; New York % out
of 81; Ohio 16 out of % and Penn
sylvania 9 out Of 81. .r
Missouri's delegation. consists OF
10 Democrats and 8 Republicans.
The Nebraska delegation is evenly
divided 8 and 8, as is Names 2 and
2; Oklahoma has 2 Republicans and
3 Democrats; Washington is repres-
ented by 8 Republicans. All OF the
States having 4 Representative only
are Republican, -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Jail Sentence For COunciImcn.

PhiIadelphia.-TwO former coun-
cilmcn of PittSburg must go to Jail
for accepting brides to influence
their votes as c0uncilmen. The
court sustained the convictions
against NJ. +. Swift, Jr., and A. V.
Simon in the Allegheny county
court, the former for receiving
%&i.i0 for his VOTE in favor Of yarat-
ir= Il ely stree! a"1 H." latter for
accepting a like hr:hn fl" his Vol"
81 Tie street Crl:UG2r" nnd $iH1 for
his N";r OIL q Ir'.'""@ Il iaI3Eing
rc::ain banks - I"V"5illia5
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
SNAKES WERE HARD TO KILL
Reptiles From Brazil Were Frozen.
Stiff on Shiphoard but Revived
When Put In Warm Water.

A naturalist once lid how, In q
thicket on a mounta.nside he saw q
man kill a rattlesnake. He heat the
life out of it with a club and con-
tinued the pounding until it was man
gled beyond recognition. When the
naturalist demonstrated the man said:
BOSS, you can't kill a rattlesnake too
dead" 49,
On one occasion 2 at bound for
the United States frvm Rio de ia
metro touched at Pernambuco, where
the mate drove a bargain with q snake
dealer for q half-dozen reptiles Of
various sizes.
The mate had them in q cage on
deck, and charged a sailor with the
duty of washing it out with sea water
every evening. All. went well as long
as the weather was mild, but on the
night before the gulf stream was
crossed the sailor left a quantity Of
water in the cage and, about. 80 hours
from port, a biting gale struck the
ship.
All hands were busy with the storm,
and the snakes were forgotten. When
the mate thought Of them and went to
look after their condition, he found
them frozen stiff, and apparently as
dead as the proverbial doornail.
The dealer for whom the mate had
brought them came on board the fol-
lowing day. He protested great dis.
appointment over the loss Of his in
tended purchase, but offered to take
the snakes away as a kindness to the
mate. He gathered them in his arms
like so much frewood and carried
them home. But a rival dealer after
ward told the officer that plenty OF
warm water had resuscitated the.
snakes, and that they had been sold
to various museums not a bttIthe
worse for their death" by freezin8--
Harper's Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
LEGALLY Dead Man Back.

Carlisle, Pa.-George C. Best, a
former resident Of Eastern Cumber-
land county, who was lately declar-
ed legally dead at The settlement Of
his fathers estate, has turned up in
Carlisle after &c years absence from
home.
He said he had been working in
the far West as a mason, ard was
not particular about letter writing.
His wirc's estate was lalrly settled
on the premise Of his death. R2stS
brother Joseph will 80" that he gels
over $i,GGO otherwise distributed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
REVENUES OF STEAM ROADS.
Earnings For August Reported by
Commerce Commission.

Washington. = The Interstate
Commerce Commission announced
that the net revenues of the steam.
roads of the United States during
last August aggregated S90,O2s,75i
or 377.49 per mile Of line, against
S9CsOeS,2 83 or S38O.10 per mile of line
in August, 1909. The deduction OF
one-twelfth annual taxes left the
operating income S81. 10000 or
s34O.32, as against ss3,000,690 or
s346.7O per mile of line in August,
1909. The mileage operated on,
which this summary of the monthly
reports of the railroads is based,
was 238,493 as against 239,404 miles
last year.
The detailed figures show that for
August, 1910 the total operating
revenues were S25I,OOO5,9 72 and the
total operating expenses S~i6i,4S8,-
1893, the total net revenue already
given, including outside operations,
which yielded a net revenue OF little
over half a million dollars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Ccnfedcracy Had 425 Generals.

Conceal Marcus J.
Wright, who has been engaged in
compiling records of The COnfcder-
lcy, reports from his search of
available records, thai President
Davis appointed to Ihc Confederate
!25 general officers Of all grades,
IF whom one Northumberland,
Jour maior-gcncrals are living.
A recent statement from Brrvct
BriSadicr-Gcnrral A. b. NctIlcIOn
s.! VS. that President Lincoln ap~
pointed 1871 maior-grncrals and $40
acknowledgements.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Uncle Sans Foreign Trade.

Observation-Disclosures out of this
country in October were larger than
in any previous month in the his
tory of the United States foreign
trade, while the imports we're about
about 100000 less than in the COR
responding month last year.
Total value of imports during the
past month was Si23,S6S.fiS and the
exports S2OS. O57,7S5. OF the mer-
chandise imported, forty-scvcn per
cent was dutiable and 50 per cent
came in free Of duty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Paid His Election Bet.

New York.-ln the cold-gray
dawn of the carly morning-it was
about the coolest morning this fall
John Gear, who thought that
Henry L. Stimson would be elected
Governor of New York. took off his
clothes. put Oil a bathing suit and
iumpcd into The icy Last River.
with a ruwhnat following close be-
hind he swan across The river to
Randall's island. thereby carrying
out the provisions Of an election
bet. 4 crowd watched and cliccrcd
his plucky performance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
schurz Was sure Of Him.

Carl Schurz was dining n night
with a man who had written a book
Of poems, so called. and who was
pleased with himself.
The. poet was d~iscoursing on the
time-worn topic of politics Of the men
who take Office.
II consider politics and politicians
beneath my notice." he said. II do
not care for Office. wouldn't be a.
senator or cabinet officer, and doubt
If l could be tempted by the offer OF
the presidency. For the matter Of
that, l would rather be known as a
third-rate poet than a frst-rate states
man."
well aren't your" Schurz shouted
at him. ..r ...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
AT the Ono Horse.

Jere L. Sullivan, the head Of the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees In
ternational Alliance, said in Cincin.
natl, apropos Of Labor day:
"Our American hotels are better
than they used to be, and for this bet,
torment my organization deserves, no
little credit.
1--WE have today no such hotels aa
the One Horse of Tin Can, where, II
you asked for a bath, they used to
give you a: shovel and tell you to &c,
down to the hollow and dam the
creek. 1888
"An English earl once visited the
One Horse hotel. The landlord with
out ceremony led him outside, pointed
to a window On the fifth ioor, and
said: nd Il
"'Thar's yer room"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Railroad i'm Virqinia Prospers.

Richmond.-The reports Of The
president and directors of the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad Co., for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1910. show that. nor
withStanding the increased cost of
operation, the economics which
were p%racticed, with the increase in
The volume Of business enabled The
company to reduce the ratio of cX-
pcnscs to earnings from 81 per- cent
iOr the year anding June 80, 1909. to
ii per cent for the year ending
June 80, 1910.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Editor Sent TO Prison.

St. Paul, Minn.-F. d. Warren, of
Girard, Kan, editor of the paper
Appeal to Reason" must serve a
term of six months in the Federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan, and
pay a fine of $1,000 imposed by a
jury in the United States Court
Warren was accused of sending
through the United States mails en-
velopes on outside of which was
printed 81 900 reward will be paid
to any person who kidnaps ex-Gov-
ernor Taylor and returns him to
the Kentcucky authorities"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Note From Eastwood suale.

Somebody took the rope OF the bell
In the fire engine house to use fora
clothesline, and now, when there Is q
fire, the constable has to climb up
into the tower and ring the bell with
a hammer. Somebody took the ham
mer the other day, and, when Hank
Purdy's corncrib ketched fire, the con-
stable had to hurry down to Hilli-
ker's store for to borry a hammer.
Hilliker had lent his hammer to Dea-
con Renfrew, who lives four miles out
in the country, and by the time the
constable had got there and hunted
around In the barn for the hammer
and got back to the engine house, the
angry elements had done their worst
and Hanks corncrib was a mass OF
s~moldering ruins.-Judge's Library.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Public Drinking Cups Barred.

New Orleans.-A ban has been
placed on the public drinking cup
in Louisiana. 1t will have to dis
appear from all railway trains and
school houses in the State by
March 1, 1911, according to an order
issued by the Louisiana Board Of
Health at a meeting held in Ruston,
La. The order likewise provides
for the appearance of cuspidors,
one for every third seat at least in
all passenger coaches. The same
regulation applies to school houses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
D~isorder!y Women Punished.

London.-Twrnty Suffragettes who
were arrested for smashing windows
in the government Offices. were SEN
fenced in the Bow Street police
court TO two months imprisonment.
Tn prOnnuncing sentence. Sir Al
bert de- RUIzrn. chief magistrate OF
the Metropolitan police courts said:
You diSordrrly women have been
treated with too much %lcnirncy in
The paSI. II will be stopped or
heavier sentence given" The Wo-
men showed no ~dispIrasurc.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
For Great Hall Of Peace.

Philadelphia. - Members Of the
Philadelphia brigade association,
made up of companies that fought
in the civil war, recommended the
erection of a great Hall of Peace on
the battlefield of Gttysburg in a
communication forwarded to Presi-
dent Taft. The memorial which was
originally suggested by John Wan
namaker, is proposed to be a Mpli-
cate of that at the Hague ana the
President is asked to use his in
fluence with Congress for imme-
date and favorable action.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Quality and Not Quantity Counts.

Columbia-Ouality and not guam
tity will be considered by the judges
in awarding the prizes at the South
Atlantic States Corn exposition,
which is to be held in Columbia
from December 5 to 8. Every farm
er in the State of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia is urged
to send in exhibits. The farmer
that produces only 60 bushels of
corn on one acre stands just as
good a chance at winning a prize as
Jerry Moore, the Florence county
boy, who produced over 22S bushels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
ONLY $4,000 a Year Allowed.

New York.-Miss Eugene Laden
burg will not get the $4,000 a year
without which her mother told the
courts last week no girl could be
properly finished.
Surrogate Jackson, of Hampstead,
L. l., has ruled that $4,000 a yea is
plenty for the education of any girl
of 16 and refused to allow Mrs. Lad
enburg more than that much out of
the income of $21, 900 a year left her
daughter by her fathers will.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
War on Ladies' Hat Pin.

Berlin.-The police president OF
Barlin has declared war on the dan
gerously %protruding hat pin. In a
proclamation issued he calls the at
tention of the women Of the city to
the many recent reports of injuries
inflicted by hatpins that projected
beyond the rims of women's hats.
The president calls upon the wo-
men either to cease using long pins
or turn the points so that they will
not be a constant menace TO the
travelling public.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Robbed Doctor i'm Daytime.

Norfolk, Va.-Dr. L. B. frey, who
was held up at the point of a pistol
in his office here, bound, gagged and
then robbed by two young strangers,
one of whom, George Cunningham,
was later caught, went to Weldon,
n. c., to identify a man under arrest
there as the second Of the pair who
robbed him. The man at Weldon IS
Bert Welman, alias John Mack, alias
George Lannigan. Cunningham has
made a full confession. Both men
are from New York.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
John Browns Undertaken Dead.

Charlestown, w. Va.-The last Of
those who took part in the execution
of John Brown died here at the age
of SO. He was Louis P. Starry, the
undertaken who made the coffin in
which Browns body was placed. Mr..
Starry rode in the wagon with
Brown from the Jail to the scaffold
and delivered the body afterwards
at Harper's Ferry to Mrs. Brown and
DR.. McKim. Mr.. Starry lived here
all his life. All of the participants
lived to an old age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Raps Ministers For Using Tobacco.

Fork, Pd.-ReV. -AIbcrt Bell, a
leading Lutheran minister of st.
Luke's Lutheran church here, at
the fall conference gave his minis
terial brothers a rap for using to-
bacco.
He insisted that the ministers
should first set an example to the
laity by not smoking and chewing
themselves. In doing so they would
have a better effect with their coll-
~eregation. Other ministers attend
ing the synod were compelled to
voice the sentiment Of the speaker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Election Cost Governor S37, 600.

Boston.-Thr successful campaign
of Eugene n. Foss, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. cost him
$4,000, according to his return.
This is $4,000 more than was cx-
pended by Governor Eben s. Draper
who was defeated.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
: Another Fatal Mine Explosion.

Providence, Ky.-Eleven coal min
ers, two white men and nine negroes
were entombrd in mine No. 3 Of the
Providence Mining Company follow
in q gas explosion and ii is believed
that all are dead. The mine is a
new one. the shaft being but 400
feet in depth with only a few en-
tries. The explosion was so Vlo-
lent that little hope is entertained
that the miners have escaped death.
A mule blown out Of the shaft
alighted $50 feet away, still alive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Virninia Cadets Get Bio Holiday.

! Richmond, Ea.-Thr prevalence Of
"pink eye" at the Virginia Military
Institute, Lexington, has nrccssitat-
cd The closing of the institution I'M
til January 4. An order diSbanding
the cadet corps and sending the
students TO their homes on furlough
for the period named was issued
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Traffic in Turkeys.

Roanoke, Va.-Eighteen thousand
Thanksgiving turkeys have passed
through Roanoke from East Tcnnes-
see and Southwest Virginia for
Northern markets. Four solid car
loads were handled by express;
olhec shipments will follow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

:" see you have got a young man
stencgrapher?" r.
YES"
Don't you think a pretty girl
stenographer adds a great deal to the
attractiveness of an Officer"
II suppose she does, but I can't
dictate to a woman somehow. s'pose
it's because I have been married SO
long"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Precautionary.

The Millionaire-Doctor, is it abso-
Iutely necessary to remove my ap-
pendix?
Not absolutely, but 1t Is safer to
begin with some simple operation
like that-"-Life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

The life Of the city boy is indeed
hard. No more Fourth Of July, no
more halloween and an increase in
The number of vacation schools is only
matched by a condemnation Of moving
picture shows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

Aviation is becoming extremely
-proftable-if not for the country, GER
tainly Tor the aviators. But the cash
inducements TO risk life and limb
cause tie science of airship building
to get a lloye on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Standard Oil Dividend.

New Yorkshire Standard Oil
Company has declared a dividend
of $40 a share. payable December Is,
for the current quarter. The total
for the year is $40 a share.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

People hooted at a woman in Colum-
bus, Ca, because she wore a hobble
skirt in the streets. Can it be possible
that the age of southern chivalry is
past?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

A Russian military balloon went up
over 10000 feet the other day. Tksc
8 enough to get out Of range OF any
Ec-.ary Japanese fleet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30
Ex-Gov. Terrell Clay's Successor.

Atlanta, Ga.,-GONernor Brown
has announced the appointment of
former Governor j.. NJ. Terrell as
United States Senator to succeed
the late Senator A. S.Clay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

In Crawford, N. j., a thief stole a
300 gold watch from the pocket of
q police sergeant while that official
dozed in the police station. What
that policeman needs is a chaperon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

Six billion cigarettes were consumed
In the United States last year; yet
there are in this country a good many
young men whose fingers are not
stained.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-11-30

Everything seems to indicate that
It will be several years yet before the
science Of awaiting can be considered
entirely out of its infancy.