davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Cherokee County Court Closes.

The spring term of court of general
sessions for Cherokee county has
come to a close. In the term, there
has been only one acquittal and this
in itself is quite a remarkable record.
The court has dispatched the business
in remarkable time. Only one mis-
trial occurred during the present
term. Up to the time that Judge
Gage came to Gaffney, he had not had
a mistrial in two and a half years. In
the case of the state against alleged
moonshiners this record was broken.
as the jury failed to agree.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
BRINGING Egyptian Temple to U. S.

New York.-Following j. P. Nor
CANS long s~ojourn in Egypt this win
ter, reports have reached this city to
the effect that he is negotiating for
tho purchase and removal to America
of the famous ruins of the temple of
philas. The temple is threatened
with destruction, owing to the rise
in the level of the Upper Nile river
as a result of the enlargement of the
ssouan dam. The cost of the work
which Mr.. Morgan is said to contem-
Mate would be more than ss,O00,0 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Appointed Factory Inspector.

William S. Bonner was appointed
as a factory Inspector for the state
department of agriculture, commerce
and industries by Commissioner Wat.
hon. The second inspector to assist
in the enforcement of the factory in.
spection law will be named by Mr..
Watson. Commissioner Watson con,
siders Mr.. Bonner particularly we'll
fitted for the work. He was educa'
ted at Due West, and has had several
years practical experience in the
mills Of the Piedmont section Of he
state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
us.vv Snow In Northern States.

Chicago.-A binding storm OF snow
and sleet swept across the north cen
,ral states and heaped disaster upon
TRANSFORMATION and communication IA
cilities Half a hundred cities were
shut off from communication with the
rost of the world when telegraph and
te;.phone poles were blown down or
wires were covered with ice until
thew broke. Steam and electric rail-
roads were brought to a s'andstlll'
and in several instances trains were
snowbound.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Eor Southern Development.

Annapolis, Md.-Two bills were IN
troduced jim the legislature in. connec.
ton with the Southern Development
and Demonstration Organization
which was formed here recently 10
exploit the South. One was a bill OF
incorporation and the other PROVIDED
for an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
organization. which will depend upon
contributions Of states. railroads ana
TRANSPORTATION companies, boards OF
trade and individuals to maintain IT,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Admission to Be Maneuver Site.

Admission, Ala.-Anniston will be
the site for the maneuvers of the Ma
tional Guard of nine Southern states
this summer, according to a telegram
received here from Congressman F. l..
Blackmon at Washington. The mes
sage states tina 1.-THE war department
signed an order detailing a number OF
regular army officers and men to An
niston for the summer maneuvers OF
militiamen from Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North and South Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
ouisjana Mob lynches Negro.

Shreveport, La.-According to a dis
patch to the Times from Mer Rouge,
La, Henry Lee, a negro, was hanged
to a water tank neal Mer Rouge. The
dispatch says Lee insulted a white
man and cred into a party returning
from an entertainment. The negro
resisted arrest, was wounded, his
wounds were dressed and later was
taken from prison and hanged. A cor
oner's jury found that Lee came to
his death at the hands Of persons I'M
known.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Wsae Increase on Central Railway.
,iooon Ca -Announcement was

Macon, Ga.-Announcement a
made by the Central Of Georgia rail-
road that wage increases from six to
ten per cent. had been granted to all
telegraph operators on the railway
system exclusive Of train dispatch
ers. About two hundred employees are
affected, and the average salary will
now run from SIS to $50 a month all
over the system. The increases are
based on the class of work done. Each
yea the operators of the system ar
range a scale with the corporation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
TAFT FAVORS PRIMARIES
But the President is Opposed to
"Soap, Box Affairs"

But the President is opposed 10
"soap Box Affairs"
Boston, Mass.-President Taft end
ed his party in Beston's belated cele-
bration of evacuation day and st. Pat
rick's day here with an address to
the Charitable Irish Society and a
look in" on the dinners Of the Bank
Officers association, the Boston
Trade association and the Yale Club
OF Boston. .ts &.
In many ways it was the busiest
and most Representative day the pres
ident has spent since he entered the
white house. Members of his party
were unanimous in declaring that no
reception ever accorded MI. Taft in
his travels exceeded in cordially that
which Boston gave him.
During the day the president spoke
on many subjects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Violated State Military Laws.

Lee RADON, a young white man
from Batesburg, was arrested and
placed in the Lexington Jail by Sher.
if Sim J. Miller upon a warrant
sworn out by A. E. Legare of Column
bia, captain of the Second Infantry.
National Guard of South Carolina.
Young Rabcn is charged with violat,
ing the military laws Of the state,
the exact nature of the offense not
being known here. The young man
will be held pending orders from Co.
lumbia. 1t is expected that a prelimi,
nary trial will be held soon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
State Cooperative Committee.

Will H. Seigler, superintendent OF
education Of Aiken county, who at the
1911 convention of the oStuehrn Educa-
tioual association, held in Dallas, Tex
as, was elected president of the South
Carolina board, and was given au-
thority to appoint a committee to
serve for one year, has named the
committee, which, Is known as the
state cooperative committee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Nav Soon Have New Building.

May oOOu TloNS ~"
A strong effort is being made to
have the treasury department let the
contract for the new $4,000 federal
building at Union, which was author.
lied by congress several years ago,
but the bids for the erection of which
were rejected when opened some
weeks ago. When the bids were
opened, and there We're eleven of
them, it was found that they ranged
in price from 4 1882 to $56,700, and
as the balance available, after paying
for the lot is S4S,975, Hon. ]. K. Tay-
lor, the supervising architect of the
department, decided that it would be
better to slightly change the plans
and ~re-advertise for bids.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
South Carolina New Enterprises.

The secretary of state has issued a
commission to the Neel mining Com
pany Of Abbeville, with a capital
stock of $4,000. The petitioners are
w. W. Bradley, C.. J. Lyon, r. A..
Link. The company proposes to do
a general gold mining business in Alb
beville county. A commission has
been issued to the Darlington Build
ing and Loan Association of OAR
lington, with a capital stock Of $780,.
900. The petitioners are A. Lyman,
w. C. Edwards and T. E. Smith. The
Merchants and Planters Bank OF
Bishobville has been chartered with
a capital stock of $4,000. The off.
GERS are J. S. Corbett, president, and
A. NJ. Lee and W. J.. DuBose, vice
presidents. A general banking bust
ness will be conducted.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Hearings of Railroad Commission.

The railroad commission has called
several hearings on matters of gen
eral interest. A hearing will be held
about the middle of May on the ques'
ton of reduction Of rates On intra.
state shipments Of starch. The boards
of trade of Greenville, Spartanburg
and other towns of the, state request
ed the hearing. The commission will
soon hold hearings on the question OF
improving the schedules on the Ben.
~nettsville G Cheraw railway and the
Northwestern railway Of South Caro-
lima.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

One Of the governments weather
sharks says that ocean currents do not
influence the weather. Perhaps, how
ever. he will permit us to continue to
believe that the moon and the tide
are afinities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

The death of Lord Lister, who dis
covered antiseptic surgery and has
saved the lives of thousands. recalls
the fact that he was not placed in the
list Of the twenty greatest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A New York Judge has declined to
grant a divorce to an actress, holding
that the charge she made against her
husband was not sufficient to warrant
the issuance of a decree. The Judge
must think marriage Is a serious
business even as it concerns people OF
the stage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A Connecticut bank has gone to the
wall because its books had not been
balanced for forty years. It seems,
therefore, that the balancing Of bank
books is important, after all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Administration Watching Coal Strike

Administration Wa1cnI"9 ooa'
Observation-Disclosures Taft post
noned indefinitely his proposed confer
snco with John Mitchell regarding the
coal situation. This announcement
from the white house was unaccom-
panied by any stated reason. "hlle
officials were extremely reticent as
~ the cause of the postponement OF
The conference with the labor leader
# was generally believed the presl-
dent and secretary feared that tne
activity of the administration at MS
limo might be premature and might
,omplicate the situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A New Jersey woman Is suing for
damages because after a surgical
operation a pair OF forceps was sewed
up inside her. She is lucky not to
have the price of the instrument
charged against its loss In her bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A prominent dentist informs US that
false teeth are more sanitary than real
mes, but the man who knocks out his
fellow mans teeth Is not necessarily
looked upon as a philanthropist
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Marlboro Guards Were inspected .

The Marlboro Guards, OF Benefits
vile, were inspected by Gen. Moore
and Capt. McMaster, particular atten'
ton being given to the examination
of property. The company made a
very crediteble showing when they
were reviewed. Allen Grant was
awarded a gold medal for being the
best drilled man in the company and
Marion Brassington was declared the
winner of the improvement prize.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

The Massachusetts mar who has
been on the operating table thirty-fve
times may be merely trying to estah-
lish a reputation as a cut-up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A Boston highbrow tells US that II
he had created the world he would
have made every woman beautiful.
And what would the beauty doctor do
then, poor thing?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

, A near scientist tells US that when
ever q man tells a lie his big toe
wiggles. There must be some enthu-
siastic wiggling on the bathing
beaches in summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Those Manchurian princes do not
make any %pretenses to the effect that
they stepped out OF power in order
to devote more time to the uplift
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Now a society for promoting eff
cheney has been launched. One OF the
ways of doing it would be to waste
less time on forming fool organiza-
lions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A New York surgeon says the YER
inform appendix fulflls an important
function. He is, of course, speaking
from the surgeons standpoint
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A gun made Of cement is N Of the
latest devices for war purposes. 1t is
dangerous to stand either at the muz-
Zle or the breech.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

We take off our hat to the pulmotor.
which not only draws suicides back
from the dark shore, but patches up
their lovers quarrels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

{ Don't boast. even II you did have
eggs for breakfast The man to
whom you feel so superior may have
had butter on his ~johnnycaEe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Two Were Hurt In a Collision.

Two Were Hurt In a Collision.
Southern passenger train No. So
Columbia to Charlotte, crashed into
the rear end of a freight train at
:Blythewood. Engineer T. M. Glenn
and Fireman F. w. Barmore, both Of
the passenger train, were painfully
injured, the former suffering a broken
shoulder bone and the latter a frac'
tured leg. The freight and passenger
were both northbound and the pas
senger e>ertook the freight with the
result that a rear-end collision. occur
red. The injured men were brought
to Columbia and taken to hospitals
and given attention. 1t was stated
that they were resting easy Three
of the freight cars were splintered
by the wreck, but NO damage was
done to the passenger train. A wreck
ing train from Columbia cleared the
tracks in about two hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

The Palace Of Peace at The Hague
will be completed In July Of next
e The work Is not being hurried.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Fashion notes make 1t easy to fore
tell that ladies' hats will be high and
pocketbooks retain their usual shape
Of fairness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

We await anxiously the time when
the little ex-Emperor Pu VI will be-
gin making attempts to come back
They all do It
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Though q Minnesota man caught a
ton of fish with his hands, others have
made greater catches with their imas.
nations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Automatic starters may be all right
for automobiles, but they would never
do to set a political campaign In mo-
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Golf balls are to be cheaper. But
We cannot paraphrase Marie Antoin-
cite and eat golf balls If we can't
have bread
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

The couple who get married In a fly
ing machine evidently do not desire
elaborate ceremonies-just a plane
wedding.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

What a pity that the average man
has no place to store away Ice Tor a
dusty day!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
REPORT OF PUBLIC WORKS
The Receipts and the Disbursements
in Both the Water and Electric
Light Departments Shown.

Orangeburg.,- The commissioners
of public works for Orangeburg have
just published an interesting report
concerning the water, light and power
plant Of this city, showing the re-
ceipts and expenditures, as required
by the rules and regulations of the
water and light department. The re.
port is for the year 1911. The commits
sioners of public works are DR.. J. G..
Wannamaker, ST., E. N. Scoyille and
Sol Kohn. = i q
The report shows that the receipts
from the water department amount
ed to $~7,339.O7; the amount Of re-
ceipts from electric current was ST.,
954. 85; receipts from the electric me-
ter rents was s610.26; material sold
receipts, mainly electrical fixtures,
amounted to $3,226.S1; other items
of the receipts totaled $44S.01 max
ing a grand total of receipts in amount
q ,579.10. The amount transferred
from the city's general fund to aid
this department amounted to $2..
517.87, making the total receipts come
up to 1872, O67.97. 'H - g.
The larger amounts of the dis
bursements were as follows: Mantle
nance, etc., s3,O42.s4; fuel, ~s9,922.27;
labor, s~S,129.10; and with the other
disbursements makes a total amount
Of disbursements Of SIS, 764.29. The
amount returned to, the general fund
of the city vas $~3,332.6S. This report
is very gratifying to the citizens of
this city, as it shows that the local
plant, besides sustaining, itself and
furnishing the city with light for all
the main street lights, is returning to
the city treasury each year a neat
sum as a profit. w" e"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

A 27-pound lobster has been caught
at Atlantic City. 1t was not accom-
panied by q chorus girl.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

China invented fireworks a good
many hundred years before 1t had an
independence day 10 explode them on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

It was with difficulty that Lake
Michigan was kept from freezing from
shore to shore this winter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Other seeds may be higher this
year, but seeds of kindness Will cost
no more
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Doctors saved the life Of a New York
man whose neck was broken. But ne
will still have to live in New York
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27
Why doesn't an ice foe flow"
There seems to be TO kind OF insect
powder that Is fatal to humbugs.
The forty immortals have slid back
into ~obscurity. and all is forgiven
There never before vas a time when
the world had so many ex-potentates-

The peach crop promises to be
big enough for cholera morous u
poses
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-03-27

Somebody has said I'VE are what we
eat" We doubt it especially when we
eat boiled cabbage and turnips.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-25
Social and
Personal

OF interest 10 society in Richmond
Is the marriage Of Miss Margaret
Woodward. daughter o. $. w. wood =
ward. to Melville Durant Church.
which took place In Washington yes
terday afternoon nj O'Clock. Among
the guests from a distance attending
the ceremony were Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Yearley Ill. Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard HIT Omar Conger. of Baltimore:
Charles Harris. of this city; Mr. and
Mira. Joseph Pulitzer. Jr.. of st. Louis:
Mrs. John II. iiollyday, Miss Katherine
Semple. OF ST. Louis. ana Miss Eleanor
whitney. OF New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward entertained
AT dinner TUESDAY evening in their
ton. for the bridal party and out-of-
town guests Miss Katherine Wood =
ward. a younger sister OF the bride.
was maid OF honor. and the best
man was Robert Dove. OF Washington.
ington.
Ream-suiIivnn.
The daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Sullivan. OF Henrico county. was mar
rted to 81. Ream, of California. at >
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. the Rev.
II. j. McKeefrey. of st. Patrick's
Church. performing the ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Ream left at once for visit
10 the homo OF the groomS parents In
California, ana on their return VIII
make their home In Petersburg.
OF Intcrest Here.
Says n recen, Baltimore exchange:
The marriage o, Miss Margaret
Yates Stirling. daughter of Rear Ad-
rn.ral Yates Stirling, L. s. ", retired,
and ]. Pembroke Thorn, son Of the late
Captain and Mrs. ]. Pembroke Thorn,
will take place Saturday. April 81, at
q P. M, at tho residence Of the brides
parents, zoe West Lanvale Street. Ow-
ing to the recent death o; the moth
er OF tho bridegroom the wedd'n g
Will bs an extremely quiet one, with
only the two families present. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
T. Ross Stevenson. pastor Of Brown
Memorial Presbyterian Church and the
bride will be given away by her fath-
or. II. r. Mayo Thorn Will be his
brothers best man. and MISS Marie
Taller OF New York. the young niece
Of the bride. Will be her maid OF
honor and only attendant. After a
wedding Journey the bride and bride
groom will live at s2s Park Avenue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-25

father fought on the side of the Ameri-
cans In the Revolutionary War This
Baron de Robeck was purely a Swede
and was serving In tho Swedish army
as cornet of cavalry. but obtaining
leave of the Swedish King, ne Joined
a French Dragon regiment. under or
ders for America. and served under
Rochambeau. Returning to France in
1883. he received q handsome pension
Tor his services In America. and made
his way back to Sweden. Having tal-
len In love with a beautiful Irish girl
daughter and heiress Of Richard Fltz-
patrick. younger brother OF the Earl
OF Upper Ossory. he migrated TO Ire
land, was nnturalized British subject
by special act of Parliament, and.
though his wife. became possessed OF
all her fathers, grandtather's and
uncle's property. His son served
under the Duke Of Wellington through
out the Peninsular War
The family name of the De Robccks
Is Fesk. Besides the Irish and Swed-
ish. thers is Russian branch. tho
head OF which latter Is the Lieutena Mt
General Fesk who distinguished him
self in connection with the defense OF
Port Arthur. during the Russo Jap
anese War.
Copyright. 1912, By tbs Brentwood
Company