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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
ROOSEVELT GIVES
TAFTH|SD DELEGATES
THE COLONEL RENOUNCES CLAIM
TO DELEGATES ELECTED FOR
HIM IN MASSACHUSETTS.
LOST THE PREFERENCE VOTE
Roosevelt Says the People Are En-
titled to Have Exactly What
Their Votes Indicate.

Oyster Bay, y. Y.-Colonel Roose'
Velt renowned his claim to the eight
delegates at large to the Republican
national convention elected for him
in Massachusetts.
He wired them that he would ex-
pect them to vote for President Taft,
taking this action, he said, because OF
the fact that President Taft carried
the state on the presidential p%referen-
tial vote.
Colonel Roosevelt announced his
decision in a statement, copies OF
which he telegraphed to each of the
eight delegates at large elected re-
Gently.
The statement follows:
In Massachusetts the ballot con
tanned the names of eight candidates
for delegate-at-large with, printed un-
der each, the words, pledged 10 vote
for Theodore Roosevelt and also con-
tanned a column in which the voter
was to express his preference as TO
whether l or Mr.. Taft should be NOM
mated as president.
1T would seem unlikely that a ma
jority of the voters would both vote
for the delegates pledged to me and
at the same time express a prefer
ence for Mr.. Taft, but apparently
this is what has happened.
Such being the case and on the as
sumption that the preferential vote Is
for Mr.. Taft, I hereby announce that
I shall expect these delegates at large
to disregard the pledge to support me
and support Mr.. Taft; and if any one
of them hesitates to do so, I shall i'm
mediately write him and urge him
with all the emphasis and insistence
in my power to take the course in
dicated and support Mr.. Taft in the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Publicity Asked of Newspapers.

Washington.-The perfected postof'
fee appropriation bill, as agreed upon,
contained several new features of leg
islation advocated by the Democrats,
The bill contains a provision which
would compel newspapers, magazines
and other periodicals to publish the
m of their managing editors and
stockholders who own stock valued at
more than $50. The Barnhart bill also
proyides that all editorial or reading
matter paid for must be labeled lad
vertisement."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
11o Drown When Ship Sinks.

Smyrna.-The steamer Texas, be-
longing to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Steamship company, struck a mine at
the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna
and sank. One hundred and forty
persons on board were drowned. The
Texas was flying the Turkish flag
and was engaged in carrying mails
from Constantoinople to the Levant.
The entrance to the gulf was mined
by Turkish authorities to protect the
port against an attack by the Italian
feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
AUTO BANDITS ARE KILLED
FRENCH POLICE AND MILITIA
USED TO CONQUER MEN WHO
TERRoRIZED STATE.
The Motor Car Terrors Baricadeo
g. Themselves in Garage and De-
fled Police and Soldiers.

Paris, France.-Bonnot, leader Of an
organized gang of automobile bandits,
who have been terrorizing Paris and
the surrounding district for months
past, and Dubois, a notorious Anar'
chist, were shot to death in the most
thrilling encounter in the annnls OF
French crime.
A garage at Choisy-le-Roi, six miles
south of Paris, in which the bandits
had taken refuge, was blown up by
dynamite, after these two men had
kept at bay for five hours "a large
part Of the police force of Paris, a
contingent of gendarmes, two com,
panies Of republican guards and a
company of engineers. Ten thousand
spectators viewed the battle from
points Of vantage.
The engagement equaled in dra'
matte circumstances the encounter in
January, 1911, described as "the bat
tie of London" when desperadoes
suspected of being the m%urderers of
police in Hounds Ditch, were trapped
in a house in the White Chapel dis
trict, and went to their death battling
against hundreds Of London police and
soldiers.
Bonnet and Dubois, after wounding
two policemen, took refuge in the
garage. They were trapped In the
building, which was at once surround
ed. Reinforcements were dispatched
A battery Of artillery was on the
way from Versailles when a small de-
tachment Of soldiers placed dynamite
against the structure and blew out the
front wall. .,...,
Bonnet was captured alive. He was
riddled with bullets and died on the
way to the hospital. The great crowd
that had gathered with cries OF
death to Ilonnot' almost tore the
bandit from the soldiers, several OF
whom were injured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
LOUISIANA LEVEES BREAK
Millions of Acres of Sugar Lands Sub.
merqed as Result of Break.

Millions of Acres of Sugar Lands SUBJ
merged as Result of Break.
New Orleans. Another serious
break occurred in the Mississippi riv
er levee at Torras, La, on the west
side of the swollen stream, where
the food waters from the disastrous
Dog Tail crevasse find re-entry into
the big river.
Within two hours 800 fet of the
1S-foot embankment had been carried
away. A large force of workmen and
material were Immediately ordered to
the scene by Capt. C. o. Sheriff., the
chief of the United States engineers,
and an effort is being made\to check
the crevasse by "cribbing' the ends.
The territory which lies in the path
of the Torras crevasse is vastly rich
er than the several millions of acres
which we're inundated by the Dog
Tail revas of three weeks ago near
Alsatia, La, and is more densely pop
ulated. -i
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Will Investigate Campaign Funds

Washington.-The senate adopted
the Culberson resolution calling for
a full report on the contributions
made to the national committees of
all parties in the presidential and
congressional campaigns Of 1904 and
1908. The inquiry is entrusted to the
committee on privileges and elections,
which is instructed to supply the sen-
ate with full information as to the
amounts, as we'll as to give the names
of contributors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Auto Robbers in Chicago.

Chicago Chicago policemen re-
ceived strict orders to watch for GRIM
inals who utilize automobiles in their
attacks. The order was inspired by
an assault on Marie Gorocki, a stu
dent, who was robbed of her ~jewelry
by men who dragged her into an auto,
and by the depredations of a band of
three men who robbed the cashier Of
a banking company. Amelia Nauman,
IS years old, a domestic, says she
was pulled into an automobile, abused
and robbed by three men. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Suroery by Wireless.

New Orleans.-Surgery by wireless
Is the innovation under discussion in
local medical circles. 1t was learned
that a laborer at Swan Island, a Unit
ed Fruit company wireless station on
a lonely gulf island, sustained a
crushed foot in a recent tram car
accident. The Swan Island operator
communicated with the surgeon OF
one of the company's ships, 420 miles
away. The operation of amputating
the toes. tying the arteries and dress
ing the foot was directed by wireless
in detail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
COTTON SEED MEAL
IN PLACE OF CORN
MAY BE FED TO HORSES AND
MULES UP TO TWO OR THREE
. -H s.
sas. POUNDS A DAY,
AN ExRERT OPINION GIVEN
A Letter Was Sent Out by Animal
Husbandny' Of Clemson College Ex-
planning What a Saving 1t Would be
to the Farmers.

There is no danger in feeding cot
ton seed meal TO mules and horses
up to two or three pounds lper day.
This statement which is of great In
terest to the farmers of the state
is contained in a letter from the de
partment of animal husbantlry OF
Clemson college to T. O.. Mabry OF
Rock HILL, MI. Mabry is professor
of chemistry and geolpgy Of Win
.threp college.
The following letter has been, sent
out by Mr.. Mabry:
Il am enclosing copy of a letter
from myself and the professor OF
animal husbandry Of Clemson College
which explains themselves.
1T seems to me that the subject
matter Of this correspondence is OF
paramount Importance to evary farm:
er in the cotton belt, not only at this
time, when stock feed is SO high, but
also as opening new MARKETS, and
necessarily enhancing perma.ltl the
value Of an important product Of the
cotton belt, namely cotton sead meal.
IF, as Professor Archibald Smith
says, one pound of cotton seed meal
is equal in food value to two pounds
of corn; and with corn selling here at
.$1.20 per bushel, cash, equivalent to
$2.14 per 100 pounds; and with cot,
ton seed meal selling at S1.25 per 100
pounds, it will take 20D pounds of
corn costing, $4.28, to furnish. the
same quantity Of nutrients for horses
and mules which can be obtained
from 100 pounds of cotton seed meal.
costing, $1.25. 4
why, then, should, our Southern
farmers not curtail the use of the
high priced Northern corn and utilize
as far as practicable, THE cheaper,
home raised cotton seed meal? This
question will be answered satisfac-
torily when they are informed as to
the facts. q .m
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Taft in Savannah.

Savannah, Ga.-For the second
time during the present year, Presi.
dent Taft participated in a celebra-
ton of st. Patrick's day. The presi-
dent came to Savannah to keep an en-.
gagement made months ago to speak
at the centennial banquet of the Hi
bernian society. Mr.. Taft's first eel
ebration was in Boston more than six
weeks ago, but even The Hub failed
to turn out more enthusiastic crowds
than did Savannah. The president
was the guest of the Hibernian soci-
ETY. and Of Savannah. p
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
I aborers Dio Up $1,000.

Plainfeld, n. Ut became known
that two laborers employed in cutting
a street through the farm Of United
States Senator MARITIME, known as thu
Cedar Brook farm, near here, found a
tin can containing $1,000 in green
backs. The finders were William
Myers, a negro, and Pasquale Delato.
who equally divided the money be-
tween them. The money was discol.
ored with age and the can looked as
though it had been buried for years.
There was nothing to show who bur-
led the money.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
p,,tt Memorial at SeWanee.

sewanee, Tenn.-Memorial services
for the late Mai. Archibald Butt were
held in the university chapel here.
Ma ior Butt was an alumnus Of the
university, and, together with Mr..
Taft, was a guest here only a few
months ago. Major Butts fraternity,
the Delta Tau Delta, has instituted a
to place a tablet in the
university chapel to the memory of
the officer who conducted ; himself
with such gallantry. Special resolu-
tions were adopted. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Sea Will Keep Butt.

Halifax, N. S.-Thirty embalmers
worked in an improvised morgue pre-
pairing for inspection of more of the
unidentified dead in whom centers
fragile hope that relatives still search
ing for Titanic victims may find their
kin. The unidentified list still stood
at sixty when the work was resumed.
Mai. Blanton Winship, U. S. A., said
that he had seer the unidentified dead
and had given up hope Of finding Ma
jor Butts body.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
CHARGED With Atrpcious Murder.

From out Of the @ilds OF Green
Vile county's notorious Dark Cor
ner," long the pradise of moonshin-
ers and the battle-ground between rev.
enue officers and the fiencer mountain
chieftains. Coroner Bloas Sc returned
several days ago bringing; with him
two prisoners and news t)f an afro
cious murder they are ch,,rged with
having committed ten dayi' ago., but
which was discovered whetl the vic
tins body was pulled from beneath
a rock overhanging a mountain
stream.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Hookworm in CoIIeton County.

The treatment of hookworm disease
in Colleton county is meeting with
most encouraging success, according
to report made by DR.. F. NJ. Routh
or the first weeks work in the county,
for the first five days, 1922 cases were
examined. Of these, 23S were found
to be infected, "a not infected, which
places the percentage at about "A.
DR.. Routh is very much encouraged
with the reception given him in his
work in Colleton county. He expects
to be in the county from six to eight
weeks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Conference on Titanic Disaster.

Washington.-An international con.
ference to formulate regulations to d.
minish the likelihood of the repeti-
tion of the Titanic disaster was rec
commended in resolutions adopted by
the American Society of International
Law. Senator Root was authorized to
hiring to the attention of the govern
ment the action Of the organization
"as to the great %desirability of such
an international conference and of
the adoption of such rules as may be
formed to increase the safety of trov'
Ell by sea-"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
No Dividends by Steel Trust.

New York.-That the United States
Steel corporation failed to earn its
dividends on the preferred and com
mon shares for the first three months
of this year by more than $4,000 was
disclosed at the regular quarterly
meeting of the directors. Earnings, az
ter charging interest on subsidiary
companies bonds, together with in,
terest on outstanding subsidiary
bonds. amounted to only s17,S26,9 7S.
After making the usual allowance
for fixed charges, net earnings were
reduced to s12, 10S,415.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
81 DEAD IN STORMS WAKE
Terrific Rain and Windstorm Sweeps
Over Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Approx
mately forty-one lives were lost in
the storm which swept northward
from Childress, Texas, into Oklaho-
ma and over a portion of the south
western and central part of this state,
according to reliable reports. There
are reports of other fatalities, but
these cannot be verified. The lists of
injured totals more than one hundred.
Fully twenty towns were embraced
in the storm.swept area.
The heavy wind was accompanied
by a terrific downpour of rain and
in many instances hail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
A Brutal Murder Committed.

A brutal murder was committed on
the plantation of Lee Adams a few
miles from McColl. Lige Quick had
been living apart from his wife, Car
rier Quick, for some time and had
been heard to threaten her If she did
not return to him. This she refused to
do and be went to where she was
staying ans shot her twice. The first
time the bullet went through her
hand and while pleading with him to
desist he shot her the second time
through the heart. death resulted
instantly. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Church Was Ruilt in One Day.

SpartanburBs Method1at cnurcn
was built between sunrise! and dusk.
In a handsome building at the corner
Of South Church street and Crescent
Avenue, not a stick of which had
been standing IA hours before, 800
people worshipped while three times
that many stood outside, vainly seek.
ing to enter. Although built in "a
single day, Bl.Bethel church is as sub
stantial a structure, the carpenters
agreed, as If six months had 'beensde-
voted to the job. 1t is a far hand.
somer building, according to Major
Augustus H. Kirby SO years old, than
the first Methodist church erected in
this city, which WIS dedicated in 1886
and took a year to build.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Some Important Developments.

From indications at this point, It
looks as if the Coast Line has in
view some important developments on
her Sumter-Fayetteville branch of Its
line. A contract has been let for a
new heavy steel bridge over Pee Dee
river, and larger engines have been
ordered to work on that line. 1t is re-
ported that a much faster and bet
ter freight and passenger service is
to be given the people along that line.
It has been suggested that the coun-
ties Of Florence, Marion and Dillon,
are anxious for a bridge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Proceedings Tb Gust Officials.

The quo warranto proceedings to
test the right of the governor to make
appointments without the advice and
consent Of the. senate and the recon-
mendation of ,Ihe county delegations
were argued be. Eore the supreme court
by Attorney General Lyon represent
ing the state OIL South Carolina and
several attorneys defending the va
rious officials. The proceedings were
brought by Attorney General Lyon
several weeks ALTO. The petition re
quested that the officials named ny
the governor be tpusted from Office
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Trvino to Dissolve Harvester Trust

Westinghouse civil antitrust suit
aiming at the dissolution Of the In
ternational Harvester company will
he fled in st. Paul. Attorney General
Wickersham and counsel for the cor
poration have tried to agree upon a
nlan of distintegration which would
meet the ends of the law. Their en-
beavers we're futile. The n insuper-
cradle obstacle was the refusal or
the Harvester company to separate
tho Mccormick and DeerinS Harvest
ine Machine companies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Efforts to RsestabIish pi.pensary.

Efforts to have an election ordered
upon the question Of reesthblishing the
Aispsnsary in Edseield have failed.
only 2S3 names were signed to the
ipetitions. The required number un-
der the law, n fourth of the legal
voters of the county, would be about
hsO. The wonderfully improved con-
!aitions under the past six years OF
prohibition has made the anti-whiskey
sentiment in the county very strong.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
BOGUS Bills in South.

Washington.-Two extremely decep-
tive counterfeit $40 and $50 gold GER
tifcates have been discovered by the
secret service. They are being cir
culated in the Southern states. The
number of all the $40 notes so far
seen is B%1217S494, while that of the
500 certificate is D46S527.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

Now that kisses are being printed
or post cards, the government prob
ably will have to rescind Its order
barring the asbestos kind from the
mails.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Locomotive Goes Through WaN.

Some person or persons, whose lden-
tity is unknown, evidently ba mt on
mischief, forced an entrance into the
round house of the Blue Ridge rail-
way situated on the railroad yards at
Anderson and threw open the throt-
tie of one of the "moguls." Because
the switch leading out ON the main
line was thrown 1t is presumed THAT
the person intended to ruin the engine
out of the round house on the main
line. The engine wa ~srsversed,
instead Of going forward, 1t plunged
backward smashing into the wall
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
woman's Tribute to Heroic Mankind,

Washington. - Mrs. Williams H.
Taft has given the first dollar to a
woman's Titanic memorial, which it
is proposed shall be erected in Wash
ington to commemorate all who went
down with the ship. A committee of
100 women from all states has been
named and no contributions will be
accented from men. 1t is planned to
reach the $4,000 women's clubs with
an appeal for the memorial. 1t is
MANNED to make it "woman's tribute
to heroic mankind
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

A couple have just been married IN
Berlin who were engaged for thirty
years. There is much undue haste In
marriages. but this seems like going
to the other extreme.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Farmers Far

Farmers Far Behind In Their Work.
FARMERS are furth err behind with
the lr work than they have ever been
at this season of the year in a hong
timel But little cotton MAS been plant
ed a I'D comparatively little corn. The
condition Of the land is such that 1t
is impossible to make any headway
in tb e way of planting. The heavy
rains of early spring made it impos-
sible to turn the soil, and now 1t is SO
hard iii places that it all turns cloddy,
making narrowing necessary before
the ground al be prepared for plant.
ing. ~. -n.E.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08
Two Get Executive cIemency.

The governor has granted a parole
to John w. Hafner, who was convict.
ed in York county last year on the
charge of housebreaking and larceny
and sentenced to two years imprison-
ment. A parole has been granted to
Trossi Sutherland who vas convicted
in Anderson county in 1910 on the
charge of seduction and sentenced to
one year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

A San Francisco woman wants a
divorce because her husband talks too
much. In California the women are
Oh an equal footing with the men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

There were no poles discovered in
our early youth, but 1t gladdens us to
reflect that the kids Of today have
more geography to study than We did.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

! Justices of the peace a no longer
perform the marriage service In New
Jersey and the clergy are reaping a
harvest.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

An astronomer tells us that a year
on Mars has 730 days, but possibly
Mars Is married and the year only
feels that long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

Not all the violets on the street are
real-not all the roses abloom IN fair
aces are genuine. Thus the work OF
improving ON nature moves merr1iy
on.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

A Philadelphia Official suggests that
all married men be compelled to wear
a label. How would a string. tied
on the finger, do:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

A Camden, N. j., girl has bee sent
to Jail for 80 days for kicking q police
man on the chin, thus furnishing an
other argument for tall policemen
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

Massachusetts proposes to impose a
tax on bachelors, and some OF the
bachelors in that state claim the free
dom Is worth It.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

A woman physician Is telling her
sex that big feet mean big brains. But
then the average woman doesn't par
ticularly wish to look Intellectual
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

While a trial was in progress at
Portland, Oregon. n attorney hurled
an ink well at another. A strong
argument for the fountain pen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

I The day Of shingles is passing and
that Of slate, tile or metal is coming.
A roof which fire cannot ignite is want
ed in all towns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

Now it is earned hat the Egyp-
tians knew ali about" appendicitis
1000 years ago, and they went right
at It with lamentations.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

There are no more poles to be found,
and the scientific explorer can now
give his undivided attention to the
fourth dimension.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-08

II there is one thing more than any
thing else that kills poetic fancy. It Is
to see a motorcycle plugging along
the countryside.