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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
HELD UP AND SHOT.
Two Coal Mine Paymasters Robbed
of Money.

Two paymasters Of coal companies
we're held up Thursday in different
sections Of Eastern Ohio and were
robbed Of sums approximating So
600, and as a result of the attacks,
one man is dead and another may
die. The country is much excited,
and bloodhounds are in use in an
attempt to ferret out the highway
men.
Edward Mccain, paymaster OF the
Dexter Coal Company, and Robert
Pommering, and assistant, left Pitts
burg, Pa, for the mine of the COM
pany at Brilliant, Ohio. They car
ried in a satchel $4,000 the weekly
pay roll Of the mine. This was secur-
ed by the robbers.
Hardly had the excitement Quoted
when another hold-up was reported
from Zenesville. George Evans, aged
60, paymaster Of the Muskingum
Coal company, was shot from am
bush, and relieved Of $1,000, the
weekly payroll of that company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
FAMILY OF NINE BURNED.
North Carolina Negroes Humble Cab
in Destroyed.

John Wagstaff and his wife and
eight children, colored, were burned
to death at their home seven miles
northwest Of Roxboro, y. c., on Fri
day night in a fire which destroyed
their home.
Particulars Of the holocaust are
meagre for the reason that the hum
Bile Waestaff home was remote, and
no one saw the fire and nothing was
known Of it until next morning when
a farm hand on his way to work
found the house in ashes and the
charred bones of the occupants in
the ruins. How the victims were
trapped is a mystery as the house
was a one story affair.
The theory is. that the fire caught
in the kitchen and suffOcated the oc-
cupants before they could escape. The
house is on the farm of w. E. Farley,
a prominent farmer Of Person coun-
ty. and Wagstaff was one of his most
trusted tenants. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
RUN ON A n ENDS.
Depositors Withdrew Over Two Mil
lion Dollars.

After a run such as has never been
known In Cleveland, Ohio, the depos-
itors Of the Society for Savings re-
gained their equilibrium and Friday
afternoon the panic was over.
In the two days and a half that
the run lasted, $1,250,000 was with
drawn at the rate Of S1,225 q min
ute. As the majority Of the depos-
it's affected were small ones, the
record made by the bank in handling
the Withdrawals is regarded as re-
markable.
Spurred by the offer Of $4,000 in
rewards, $1,000 Of which is person
ally offered by former Gov. Myron 7.
Herrick, president Of the bank,
thousands of amateur and numbers
Of professional detectives are search
ing for the orisinators of the ground
less rumors on which the run was
based.
1t was said that the bank officers
have practically located the source
of the canard. y
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
MAN KILL SELF.
After Wife Leaves Policeman Q
mits Suicide.

His vie .,cne, his life Srecke
!.rthur Brown, formerly Of thu 4
lanta police forr, Int now livISgS
Gilmore, Ca, decided that life W
not worth while and used a rev
yer with fatal effect. +
Going into a bathroom or I
home, Wednesday he shot hims]
through the head with a thirty-eie
calibre revolver. The shot "
heard and height s rushed into 4
house and entered he bathroom, 4
were unable to save the mans u
Mr.. Brown was formerly, "a: nae
Der of the police force Of AtlanI
and at one time was a secret ag{
of the United States government.
is survived by his wife, mother,
ter, brother, and one child.
wife quit him son. time ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Jerked or Fingers.

At Chester Wednesday afternoon
John J. Peay was the victim of q
horribly painful accident. He was
riding in a buggy and leading a mule
near the York county line. The
mule became frightened and pulled
back violently and the first joint O
the forefinger of Mr.. Peay's right
hand was jerked off, together with
a tendon more than a foot long
reaching almost to the elbow. Mr.
Peay was brought at once to the
city and the wound was carefully
dressed. He is resting comfortably
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
CALLS CONVENTION
FARMERS TO MEET TO PLAN
FOR CAMPAIGN.
Farmers Propose to See That Legis-
tors Heed Their Demands in the

Farmers Propose to See That Leg1s-
tors Heed Their Demands in the
Future.
President Charles S. Barrett of
the National Farmers Union has
called a national convention Of farm
ers at the Coliseum at st. Louis to
continue in session from May 3 to 4.
Ut is to discuss needed national
and State legislation and to estab-
lish bureaus at different capitals to
see that the demands OF the farmer
are heard, and to devise some means
of making the farm more attractive
in order that the proposed solution
Of the economic problems of today
back to the farm" may be made
possible.
President Barrett in his call says:
This will be a national mass meet
ing for farmers unparalleled In
scope, probably in importance, uh-
doubtedly in attendance, in the his
tory OF America. l invite not only
every member of our organization,
but also all agricultural organiza-
tons and all American farmers with .
out regard to location or organlza-
ton.
'Throughout the present session
Of congress the farmers union has
maintained a legislative bureau at
Washington. This bureau Is prepar-
ing a report in which the status Of
legislation demanded and needed by
the farmer is set forth. 1t will be
read at st. Louis.
AT no time in the history of the
nation has the farmer been the OBJ
iect of more solicitude to thought
.ul public men. From congress, from
every pulpit goes up the cry back
to the land!' Expert students OF
economics are warning us that I'M
less the lot of the farmer DO i'm
proved, unless more of his number
be kept on the farm, we shall SOON
je depending on foreign nations
FOR some of our food. 1t Is, there
fore, at this time that I invite the
farmers of America to join hands,
brain and heart in a council which
shall thresh out issues close to the
life of the nation"
President Barrett says h%eadquar.
terS will ba OOened at once In st.
Louis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
CREW HEARD FROM
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST
BUT WE'RE SAVED.
Schooner Sailed from Charleston and
Was Wrecked and Lost In Great

Storm.
The News and Courier says that
Capt. R. P. Quillin, Of the schooner
Edgar R. Ross has been safely land
ed in Buenos Ayres, South America,
Is the substance Of a telegram re-
ceived in Charleston Wednesday by
Messrs. Cohen and Wells. The mes
sage was sent from Baltimore by
Capt. w. J. Quillin, father Of the
wrecked e captain, and master OF
the schooner Herbert D. Maxwell.
The schooner Ross sailed from
Charleston on the 22d Of last Dec
ember, with a cargo of $4,000 feet
Of lumber for New York. Nothing
was heard of the vessel until Jan.
9, when the schooner Minnie Crosby
spoke to her in longitude 60, lati-
tude 80, which is about 500 miles
east Of Cape May, New Jersey. The
captain of the Minnie Crosby wrote
to the agents Of the Ross, saying that
he had spoken to her and supplied
her with provisions for twelve days,
At that time the Ross had lost part
Of her sails and deckload.
Nothing further was heard from
the vessel until January the 23d,
when she val reported waterlogged
and abandoned in longitude 40, lati-
tude 39.41, which is about 900 miles
east of Cape May. It was belieyed
that all on board had been lost,
therefore the news in Charleston on
Wednesday announcing the safety
of the popular captain will be learn
ed with great pleasure by his many
friends along the water front.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
WANTS NECK BROKE.
Shot Two Women Because They Re.
fuse to Marry Him.

At Marion, Ind, Sanford Love
called at the home of fiance, Miss
Lottie Murden, Thursday and shot
,er twice, once in the rbcast and
in the back. She will die. Eight
ears ago, Love shot another young
woman, Nora Miller, to whom he
was engaged to be married. She
recovered. Miss Murden, after a
";narrel with Love, had broken her
engagement with him and he shot her
after she returned the letters he had
written her. Love is % and Miss
burden IS. He surrendered to the
notice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
A CLEAN SWEEP
IS WHAT NORTH CAROLINA DEM
OCRATs LOOK FOR.
In the Congressional Elections to
Come on this Fall in the Old

Eli ll0 SOllS1 Cootoht~
Come on this Fall in the Old
North State.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says good
news for Democrats comes to Wash
lngton from North Carolina. One
of the most practical OF politicians
thinks that the eighth, as we'll as
| the tenth and NTH will return to the
Democratic camp.
In the last election Grant carried
the tenth by 361 majority, while Cox
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, got It by only 213. Several
OF the counties, notably Buncombs,
were torn by party strife. Most OF
these, it is said, will be healed this
| time. The warning factions in Bun
combe promise to do better.
The vote in the tenth district, by
counties, should be, judging from
the estimate of this man: Demo
| cratic, Rutherford, 400; Buncombe,
500; and Haywood, 700; and Repub-
lican, Henderson, 800; Swain, $50;
and Cherokee, $50; with Mcdowell,
Polk, TraAsylvania, Jackson, Clay
and Macon a stand off. This woul1
give the Democrats a majority by
500.
"A merchant from Haywood couu-
ty, while in Washington the othsr
day on his way back from Now York
said that his county would give the
Democrats a majority of 500 II
Gudger happened to be the caaGi-
| date. Others saw that GudYsr would
not be as strong as Cooke in Hay
wood, az friends Of Crawford do mol
enthuse over Gudger.
What about the sisth?" the
Democratic prophet was asked.
"That will 20 Democratic. Here
is the way I line the counties: Dem
ocratic, Stanley, 200; Cabarrus. 200;
Rowan, 500; Iredell, 500; and Allie
ghany, 200; and, Republican, Wilkes,
1900; and Watauga, 200; with Alex
ander, Caldwell and Ashe breaking
even. This would give Us 1000
majority"
The prospects Of carrying the Srh
have frightened recently for there
are several very eager Democrats in
the field for the nomination. Walter
Murphy Of Rowan, thinks that he
can win, and he is a pretty active
citizen in a campaign. l.. G. Cald-
well of Iredell liz certain Of election
il he gets the nomination. r. L..
Doughton Of Allegheny would wager
that he can defeat Cowles or any
other Republican II he is honored
by his own party. The contest for
the nomination is becoming moro
spirited every day.
In the fifth the battle is on. Ny
informant and coach declares that
the maiorities will run a. follows:
Democratic, Guilford,. 1000; Cas-
well. 500; Durham, 400; and Gran
Vile, 1900; and, Republican, Surry,
600; and Stokes, 400, with Person,
Orange, Alamancs, Forsyth and
Rockingham quitting even, giving
the Democrats about 1890 to the
good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Heavily Fined.

The Spartanburg Journal says In
the police court of that city Thurs
day morning George Dearman, a
we'll known young man about town,
was tried on 166 counts of violating
the whiskey ordinance and was found
guilty on each count and sentenced
to pay a fine of 500 in each case
or serve 80 days in each case. His
fines aggregated s16,60G, while the
prison sentence aggregated 1880
days, or a little more than IA years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
BANK CASHIER SKIPS.
With Ten Thousand Dollars Of thu
Banks Money.

Savannah has a sensation on hand.
James NJ. Doyle. teller Of the Hiber-
nia bank and first lieutenant in the
Irish jasper Greens, is short $10,-
600 in his account with the bank
and is a fugitive from justice. 1t
has been found that Doyle, though
married, was intimate with a woman
who is now supposed to be in At
lanta. He came much excited on
Friday night, when he found the
woman had gone, and said he was
going to find her. His cash was
recently checked up and found to
be correct. He is believed to have
taken the money Saturday afternoon
late. 1t was all in large bills.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
MANY Wanted Babies.

"Wednesday was the day they gave
babies away in New Orleans. A
car load of little tots arrived from
New York founding and orphan asy-
lumn with an eager crowd of claim
ants awaiting their arrival. In adj
dition to those who have previously
made successful claim to a baby,
many pressed about the car in the
hope that there might be ome cleft
over" but those who applied in ad'
vance got every baby in the car.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Was Found Dead,

At Anderson Paul E. Aver, twice
candidate for Mayor of the city and
brother of Hartwell M. Aver, Of
Florence, was found dead in his bed
at a boarding house Wednesday at
noon Mr.. Aver remained in his
room Tuesday and when he failed
to come out Wednesday his landlady
called a noficer who entered his room
and found him dead.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Going to the Capital.

w. E. MCGEE, the travelling
senger agent of the Southern, "
Rock Hill Thursday making arr
ments with President Johnson
trip to Washington, D. c., to be
en- by the senior class at the co
This trip the girls will pay fol
there will be no expense to tn
lege. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
JUSTICE OVERTAKES OFFICER.
Police Inspector Tried to Convict an
Innocent Man.

A dispatch from Kharkoo, Russia,
says Inspector Lagovsky, of the LII
ben police department., has been SEN
fenced to four years in the peniten-
tray for manufacturing evidence on
which three innocent students mar
rowly escaped courtmartial and death
for terroists attempts. Lagovsky
hoping to ecure promotion, %concoct'
ed terrorist proclamations and cipher
correspondence which he concealed
in the houses of the students, show
ing their connection with the rimes
buried a number of bombs and re.
volvers in their gardens and as
climax shot himself in the arm tc
stimulate an attempt on his life
swearing that he had identified one
of the students as a perpetrator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
HAVE PRIVATE o
One Arranged for the President
His Brother.

A private telephone wire from
home of Charles P. Taft, in
cinnatti to the White House in w
ington is being arranged with
American Telephone and Telegr
Company, it was learned Friday.
1875 miles of wire will be at the
vice of Charles P. Taft from 6 p
to 6 am. No outside heads will q
ipulate the switchboard plugs
no outside ear will hear the pers|
conversation of the brothers.
wire. it is said, will cost Mr..
$4,000 a year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Will Soon BE ONT.

A dispatch from Washington says
Senator Tillman's recovery is most
marked. He is o strong enough
to walk around in his room without
assistance, and Is able to give per-
sonal attention to some of his CORES
dence. He has visitors almost every
day and carries on a conversation
WITHOUT showing any evidence of
fatigue. The Senator and his family
expect to return to South Carolina
the latter part of this month.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Killed by Auto.

At Gary, Ind, on Wednesday AL
fred D. Milteer, secretary of a realty
company of that city, was killed;
John Geisel, whose home is at Will
mot, Mimi, was seriously hurt in an
automobile accident. DR.. E. f. Gel
sell, a son of John Geisel, and Ora
McNiece, a chauffeur, were the two
who received minor injuries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Hold Up Bill.

Representative Rucker Of Missouri
ranking Democratic member Of the
House committee on the election of
the President and vice-President, as
serts, despite repeated demands by
the Democrats that the committee be
called to consider the measure, that
the bill requiring the publication of
campaign contribution is being held
up in the committee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16

The last legal hanging in North
Carolina took place at Elizabethton
Friday when Henry f. Spivey, col
ored, was executed for the murder
of his father-in-law. John Shaw, last
November, over domestic differences.
The last legislature made electrocu-
ton the legal method and Spivey was
the last condemned man sentenced
under the old law, >
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
GUARD KNOCKED DOWN.
Four Convict Prisoners Make Good
Their Escape.

On Wednesday at the clay pit,
three miles from Newberl, N. c.,
v. R. Wood, a guard, was struck
with a brick and knocked senseless
by one of the county convicts. His
gun was taken from him and four
out of the nine coRvicts at work
made their escape, taking the gun
with them. Wood soon recovered,
took the five remaining convicts back
to the main force and reported
the escape. The convicts were all
colored, most of them having long
terms to serve. The officers have
made every effort to recapture them.
hut at a late hour it Is reported that
they are making toward Whining
ton. Wood was only slightly hurt
and vas on duty Wednesday after
noon,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Two Cruel Brutes.

Two men were arrested at San An
a horse. 1t is alleged they threw
kerosene oil over the horse while
they were intoxicated and set fire to
the old. The animal being turned
loose, dashed Though the streets
ablaze. The horse died. Hardie's
father was one of the witnesses
against his son.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Wants Her to Go on Stage.

Mrs. Jack" Cudahy, whose
band tied and cut banker Jere F
lis Sunday morning at Kansas
Mo-. when the latter was fouI
the Cudahy home, says she h
ceived a score of offers to go q
stage but had declined thsf
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Good Long Term.

At Knsas City, Mo-, William Jack
son, the negro ~janitor charged with
attacking six young white girls, was
convicted in the criminal court and
sentenced to 80 years Imprisonment.
Ex-Gov. A. H. Burke of North Da-
kota was foreman of the jury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
IT, CORN STATE.
South Carolina Stands at the Head
of Them All.

DR.. B. T. Galloway, chief Of the
bureau Of plant industry Of the de-
partmept Of agriculture, the fore
most authority on the subject in the
country, says that South Carolina
is the best corn growing State In
the Union. So the doctor told Rep
resentative Johnson a short while
ago. "Other States produce more
corn than South Carolina, 1t is true"
says Mr.. Johnson, "but what Doctor
Galloway meant was that In all
the great corn contests the contest
ants in South Carolina produced
more corn to the acre than those Of
any other State, not excepting the
great States of the Middle West"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
LEGISLATORS Son Killed.

Meeting in the narrow hall of a
house at Gainesville, Ga, Friday af-
ternoon, both armed with pistols,
Robert G. Thompson shot and killed
John Mason. Thompson is a son Of
a former State Legislator. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Tons of Bad Eggs.

At Boston, Mass, four tons OF
eggs intended for use in bakers
cakes and pies, have been taken from
a cold storage ware house on COM
plant Of DR.. George H. Adams, gov
eminent food i%nspector.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
Kills Self.

Mr.. J.. J. Rushing, a well-known
man of South M~arshville township,
y. c., committed suicide about four
o'clock Monday afternoon at his
home, the weapon used being a pis-
toll, the ball going entirely through
his head.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-16
DOUBT PEARY
Additional Proof Required by Commit
tee of His Claim that he
REACHED NORTH POLE
Until This is Done Peary Will Not
Be Recipient of Congressional Re-
ward.-COngressman Macon De-
.clares Himself "Skeptieal About
Peary's Having Discovered Pole.

.clarcS Himself auOuC
Peary's Having Discovered Pole.
Until Commander Robert e. Peary
furnished other proofs that he dis
covered the North Pole, no reward
will be bestowed upon him, as the
result of a practically unanimous vote
of the congressional substitute COM
mittee of the House committee on
naval affairs Wednesday.
A speech in opposition to the prop
osition, of %honoring Peary was made
by Representative Macon Of Arkan-s
sas, befbre the committee.
Representative Macon declared to-
the committee. that the explorer
could not have made the distance he
said he did in his dash for the Pole.
Mr.. Macon said he was Indignant
at the thought of being called upon
as a Representative of the American
people to confer a high honoy upon
any one of it's citizens in theedark..
All legislation by Congress, he said.
ought to be open and above board:
II confess. that I am exceedingly
sceptical about Mr.. Peary's ever hay-
ing discovered the Pole" declared
Mr.. Macon, land I am going to pro-
test against any honor being confer
red upon him by Congress until he
has established beyond reasonable
doubt that he did discover it, and 1T
must be established in the open, and
not in the dark.
Mr.. Macon said he wanted to dtv
rect attention to one "discrepancys3n;
Mr.. Peary's story" This was the:
speed he made from the time Capt.
Bartlett left him until he reached
the Pole. Mr.. Peary. said that ter
five days he made 26.4 miles PEI
day, but Mr.. Macon said this appear
ed very singular, in view.of the fact
that the Peary party had made but
9.06 miles per day up to the time
Bartlett left.
During this part Of his journey,
Mr.. Macon said, mo white man wac
with him as a witness, his only COM
panions being his negro valet and
four Eskimos.
"He&claims to have made aa%ayerl
age of forty-four miles per day on
his way Back from the pole to Bart
lett, 3 camp, and 28.6 miles per daj
Bar1fettag camp to Cane ColuIn
bias Ss5&&ss
The greatest, speed he had mad
before Bartlett left him was
miles per day, so Peary must hag
made nearly three times as gfeaI
speed after Bartlett left him as
did before, in order to reach1-thS
Pole"
Mr.. Macon declared that Mr.
Peary's own statements showed tina
he equalled this speed but twice dur
ing the entire journey to the Pole
The first day he started from LAM
he made 26 miles, and on"anothe
day made 29 miles in fourteen hptr
Of forced march, (which Mr.. Pear -
has told us was about the limf9
human endurance" s.
Mr.. Macon quoted Lieut.. Schakle
ton, Gen. Greedy and other to shoA
that 40 to IL miles per day,
slightly more, perhaps, Is considers
the limit of human endurance traJ
cling over Polar seas"