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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
AMERICANS SLAIN
BY MEXICAN REBELS
SHOCKING STORIES ARE TOLD BY
REFUGEES WHO REACH GAL
WESTON FROM VERA CRUZ.
MISTREAT AM eRlCAN WOMEN
Americans Who Had Founded Town
in Mexico Driven From Their
Homes and Forced to Flee.

Galveston, Texas.-Forty-seven pas
sengers, all but one citizens CT the
United States, who arrived from Vera
Cruz on the steamer Texas, tell Of al
legged torture and assassination of the
Americans in the republic. All the
refugees left their lands, homes, fur
niture and everything they possessed
except enough money for passage and
the clothes on their backs. Among the
entire number there are only four OF
FIVE trunks. D.
NJ. H. Ish tells of the murder of an
American citizen named Wait.
"Mr. Wait was a neighbor 10 me-
said Mr.. Ish. HE had sold several
head of cattle and hidden the money,
A band uf iesperadoes came to his
hacienda I'D demanded money. Fail
ing to get it, they deliberately be-
headed him with their machetes, herd
ed his cattle together and drove them
off. There are many instances just
like this. IT,
1--WE lived in a little settlement
where a colony Of eleven American
families had founded the town of San
burn. All of these eleven families left
because we were afraid to remain
longer, knowing We would all be kill
ed or tortured. / am Ga years old.
went to Mexico one year ago, put all
T had, $3.50, in land and improve
ments there, and today I have only
this Showing, his two hands, and
the clothes on my back.
Before leaving we fled our claims
for damages with the American consul
in Mexico City," a
John T. MCGEE, a wealthy planter,
who went to Mexico two years ago,
returned to America minus more than
twenty thousand dollars, and left be,
hind cattle, land and live stock
Mr.. Niece tells of cruelties prac,
ticec on an American woman now in
the hospital at Mexico City.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Grnners Eiuht Parcels Pest.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-How to de.
feat the proposed parcels post, amend
the laws relating to exemptions. bank
ruptcy and collections and to be able
to purchase commodities from the
manufacturers as cheaply as they are
sold to the mail order houses so that
the retail merchant can sell as cheap
" as they, are some of the problems
before the National Association OF
Retail Grocers in convention here.
The sum of $4,000 is to be used in
~defraying the expense of the associa-
ton during the coming year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
TORNADO STRIKES GEORGIA
SEVEN PERSONS DEAD IN WAKE
OF TORRENTiAL RAIN +
STORM. .-.
Damages From the Storm Are Re-
ported From All Parts OF the
State.

Atlanta.-Torrential rains, accom-
panied by high winds ranging from
so to 80 miles an hour, swept parts
of Alabama and almost all Of Geor-
gia. Seven persons are known to
have been killed and scores injured.
The damage to live stock and other
property is reported severe Streams
are out of their banks in south Geor-
gia and in many places railroad sched-
ules have bene disarranged. ~
At Newborn, Ga, six persons were
killed when a cyclone swept that ter
ritory. At Brookside, near Birmlng'
ham, Ala, a negro was killed when a
house fell in on him.
From Bowdon, Carroll county, Geor-
gia, come reports of twenty injured,
several fatally, when their homes
were blown down over their heads.
At Savannah the wind reached a
velocity of 60 miles an hour, accom-
panied by one and a half inches Of
rain. Street car traffic was suspended
part of the day and there was on
siderable property damage through
out the city.
Reports from Quitman, Ga, state
that streams are overlowing as a re-
suit Of continuous heavy rains. Rail-
road tracks have bene washed away
and all service on the Georgia South.
ern railroad south of Quitman has
been discontinued.
Damages from the storm also are
reported from Athens, Gainesville,
Pe%ndergrass and other points in north
Georgia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Mail Cart Lost In Stream.

AS a result of a strange mishap
which occurred to R. l.. Byars, rural
free delivery carrier, the people on
Route 1 will wait in vain for some
letters, which may have been of inn
p~ortance. Mr.. Byars started out from
Gaffney on time with his mail cart;
but when he arrived at Tate creek, a
few miles from Gaffney, he found the
water most turbulent. In attempt to
evade the worst places, his horse got
into quick sand and rapidly began to
sink. Mr.. Byars alighted from his
cart and rushed to the rescue OF his
horse, freeing the animal. He left
the cart in the creek and went on a
short distance to secure aid for get
ting his cart out of the creek, but
when he returned the waters were
racing madly on with no sight OF the
unfortunate cart. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Resent Criticism of Ismay.

London.-The British press, which
severely criticises its own board Of
trade and demands the most search
ing inquiry, declines to judge the Tt
tanic case until the British insuiry
is held, and displays strong feeling
at the manner in which the Ameri-
can inquiry is being conducted and at
what is regarded as the unfair treat
ment of j. Bruce Ismay. The Morn
ing Post in an editorial protests
against American and German papers
branding Ismay as a coward.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
|SNAY CURSED
FOR INTERFERING
FIFTH OFFICER LOWE TOLD Is.
MAY ITO GET TO HE'LL" OUT
OF HERE"
LOWE SAVED MANY LIVES
Passengers of the Steamship Bremen
Saw Many Bodies of Titanic
Victims.
LOWE SAVED MANY LIVES

Washington.-Harold G. Lowe, fifth
officer of the sunken Titanic, told the
senate investigating committee his
part in the struggle of the survivors
for life following the catastrophe. His
testimony developed that, with a vol
unteer crew, he rescued four men
from the water, saved a sinking col
lapsible lifeboat by towing it astern
OF his, and took off twenty men and
one woman from the bottom of an
overturned boat. Every n of those
under his charge he landed safely on
the Carpathia.
From first to last loves story
showed that he played the man. Or
dered away in charge of lifeboat No.
IA, he packed it 10 its capacity on
the top deck, and fearing that some
might attempt to jump into it while
it was descending kept up a fusillade
from his revolver. Once aaoat he
took charge of small craft which
eventually we're picked up by the res
cue ship without loss of life.
A feature of the day was the evil
dence of officer Lowe that he was
compelled to swear at ]. Bruce lsmay,
chief official OF the White Star line,
on the night of the ocean disaster, in
order to curb Ismay's interference
with the lowering of one of the life
boats. -.
Lowe said he shouted to Ismay:
Get to hell out IF here SO I can
work. while Lowe and other officers
were trying to lower a lifeboat.
Ismay was o trying to get into
the boat, said the witness, but his
actions were confusing and he was
interfering with the lowering of the
lifecraft.
"This man (Ismay)," said Lowe,
was greatly excited. "He was hol-
lering, Lower away, lower away, low
er away and l swore at him to or
der him back"
New York.-Over one hundred dead
DOQleS OF the llldHic uedu "Sio eoeH
afoat on the water by the steamship
Bremen, which arrived here from Bre-
men. The German liner on April 20
passed over the place where the I'll
tanic went down.
From the bridge officers of the ship
saw over a hundred bodies floating on
the sea, a boat upside down, together
with a number of small pieces of
wood, steamer chairs and other wreck
age. AS the cable ship Mackay-Ben-
nett was in sight and having word
that her mission was to look for bod
les, no attempt was made by the Bre-
mems crew to pick up the corpses.
In the vicinity was seen an ice
berg which answered the description
of the one the Titanic struck. Smaller
bergs were sighted the same day, but
at some distance further from where
the Titanic sank.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Wants Expert Road Engineer.

w. w. Watson, secretary OF the
Bishopville and Lee county chamber
of commerce, has addressed a letter
to the officials of Clemson College
asking for their influence in the ap'
pointment of a government expert, a
road engineer thoroughly posted IN
the construction of public highways
Of that class known as "sandy-clay
roads, It is the purpose of the coun'
tv to build eight miles of demonstra'
ton road by running out two miles
ir each direction, this making an
object lesson for fouture extension.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
TWO Priests Were Lost.

New York.-Winnowed from among
the many pathetic stories of the I'll
tanic catastrophe was a tale of two
clersymen who went down with the
Titanic while ministering to the
stricken passengers. One of the cler-
gymen was the Rev. Thomas r. D.
Ryles of Westminster parish, London,
who was on his way to ofhciate at
the marriage of his brother in Brook
lyn. The other was a German priest
whose name is unknown. Father
Byles was in the first cabin and the
German priest in the steerage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Justin M. Mccarthy Dead.

London.-Justin Mccarthy, novel
list and historian, and for many years
a member of parliament, died at
Folkestone. He had been i'll through
out the winter and spring. His daugh,
ter had acted as his nurse and his
friends had hoped that ne would live
to see the fruition of home rule. Born
in 1880, Justin Mccarthy was one of
the most prolific political and his
torical writer's of the time. He was
an ardent home ruler and for % years
was a political writer for n of the
London daily papers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Sailors Desert S. s. Olympic.

Southampton. - When the White
Star liner Olympic, sister ship of the
Titanic, was ready to sail from here
for New York, 900 fremen and engine
room workers quit the vessel, declar,
ing that the collapsible boats on the
Olympus were unseaworthy.. The
Olympic were unseaworthy. The
Wight, with 1,4O0 passengers aboard.
There were reports that some of the
passengers had refused to sail, but
for the present they all remain
aboard.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Central West Storm Killed II.

Chicago.-Latest figures on the
storm which swept W. Illinois and
Indiana show y dead, 200 injured and
nearly 100 families in a destitute con-
dition. More than 100 homes were
demolished and the property loss to-
tailed several hundred thousand dol
lars, The greatest damage was done
at Bush, Willsville, Murphysboro,
Campus, Freeman and ankakee, ILL.,,
and Morocco, Ind. Governor Deneen
and Adjutant General Dickinson ar
ranged to extend state rlief to the
stricken districts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
TITANIC HAD NO SPYGLASS
Lockout Ct Lost Liner Was Not Fur
nished With Binoculars.

nished With Binoculars.
Washington.-Like the missing
horseshoe nail that cost a monarch
his kingdom, the failure to provide bi
nocular or Eyeglasses for che lookout
on the Titanic was one OF the con
tributing causes of that ships loss
and with it the loss of more than six
teen hundred lives.
Two witnesses before, the senate
investigating committee agreed on
They were Frederick Fleet, a lookout
on the liner, and Mai. Arthur Godfrey
Peuchen, Canadian manufacturer and
yachtsman, who was among the res
cued passengers.
Fleet acknowledged that If he had
been aided in his observations by a
good glass he probably could have
spied the berg into which the ship
crashed in time to have warned the
bridge to avoid it.
Major Peuchen also tested to the
much greater sweep OF VISION dllOlueu
by binoculars and, as a yachtsman
said he believed the presence OF the
iceberg might have been detected in
time to escape the collision had the
lookout men been SO equipped.
It was made to appear that the
blame for being without glasses did
not rest with the lookout men. Fleet
said they had asked for them at
Southampton and were told there
we're none for them. One glass. in a
pinch, would have served in the crows
nest.
Major Peuchen criticised in strong
terms the lack of experienced sailors
ON board the Titanic. He said that
when the call to quarters was sound
ed, not enough of the crew respond
ed to undertake the work required in
lowering and ling the boats. Fur
thermore, he said, no drills had beer
held from the time the ship left
Southampton, although it was custom
ary to hold such drills every Sunday
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
New Hampshire Stands by Taft.

Concord, n. H.-Victory in the Re
publican presidential primaries in
New Hampshire was conceded to Taft
by Roosevelt leaders, including Gov.
Robert P. Bass. Returns received at
the Roosevelt headquarters from zoo
of the 29O cities and towns gave Taft
$50 delegates and Roosevelt 234 out
of a total of S11. The Roosevelt lead,
ers conceded the first district to Taft,
but claimed a fighting chance in the
second district, although admitting
returns showed a Taft lead there. :
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Woman's Suffrage Wins in House.

Washington.-Partial home rule for
Alaska, with authority vested in the
legislature to grant to women the
right to vote, was approved by the
house when it passed the bill for a To-
cal Alaskan government. Woman's
suffrage scored its first victory in the
house when by a vote Of 81 to So, an
amendment was adopted assuring to
the Alaskan legislature the right "to
modify the qualification of electors by
extending the elective franchise to
women"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
aunusta to Honor Butt.

Augusta, Ga.-The Archibald Butt
Memorial Association was formed at
this place and subscriptions will be
received for the erection of a monu'
ment to the presidents military aide
who went down with the Titanic.
Mayor Thomas Barrett, Jr., was made
temporary president, and J. j. Farrell
was named secretary and treasurer.
1t is planned to secure subscriptions
from all over the country to erect a
suitable monument in Augusta to Ma
ior Butt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Great Britain Plans Probe.

London.-ln the house of commons,
Will Crooks said no time should be
lost in e%ndeavoring to discover the
cause of the Titanic disaster. They
had no right to blame any n until
they had heard the evidence. A COM
mission should be set up at nee and
begin Immediately to find out what
persons could throw light on the ca.
tastrophe and take steps to bring
them before the proper tribunal. The
hearings will be held in public, it was
announced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
M~aoistrates Must Show Cause.

Magistrates from three additional
towns in 'Spartanburg county, who
were appointed by the governor In
disregard of the recommendation OF
the Spartanburg county delegation
have been ordered to show cause be-
fore the supreme court on May 6 why
they should not give up the office to
the follower officers. The order was
signed by Chief Justice Gary follow
ing the filing of a complaint by At
torney General Lyon. The case will
be heard on the same date as the 9th.
ers of a similar nature which have
been brought before the court for a
decision. ,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Bond Election Held at Norway.

A bond election was held at MGR
way to decide whether or not an is
sue of $4,000 in bonds should be
made, wherewith to get funds for the
erection of a modern school building
at Norway for that school district
The vote was almost unanimous, in
that the vote stood SO for the bond is
sue and one against.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Mileage For lnterstate rraveI..

1t is understood that after May I
when the bill passed by the legisla-
ture at its recent session requiring
the railroads of the state to accept
mileage upon trains becomes effect
i've, the Southern railway will issue
mileage books good only for inter
state travel. This will mean that
tofore sold by the company viii not
be good for passage within the Dor
ders of the state. The receipt by
local agents Of a stamp reading
Coupons from this book will not be
accepted on trains on and after May
l., 1912, in exchange for tickets for a
journey within South Carolina" was
the first intimation of the plan for
complying with the law.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Bad Weather Cost Atlanta $2,ooo,ooo.

Atlanta.-The winter of nineteen
hundred and eleven-twelve and the
rains since October, nineteen hundred
and eleven, have cost Atlanta more
than $4,000, 900 and the state more
than ten million dollars. While the
farmers of the Mississippi valley have
been undergoing enormous %hardships
and losing incalculable amounts from
floods the citizens of Atlanta and The
farmers of Georgia have also suffered
greatly from the severe winter and
the unusual precipitation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Train No. IL DeraiIed Near Clinton.

Train No. II of the Columbia,
Newberry & Laurens Railway was de-
rallied Just after passing the Seaboard
crossing coming into Clinton. Five
cars were overturned, two oil cars
two box cars and a passenger coach
in the e a There were Is passengers
and they were considerably shaken
I'D and bruised but none were Sc
verely injured, as was proved by. the
fact as stated by Capt. Roper, that
all were able to walk from the scene
of the accident. The train was IN
charge of Conductor Roper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
SCHOOL MONEY
TO Be SENT OUT
THE SECOND INsTALLMENTs is
NOW READY FOR DIsTRL-
BUTTON.
AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $751; 600
The High School Graduates of South
Carolina Now Number Three Hun.
dred-Have Set the Date For the
Teachers Examinations.

Columbia.-The second installment
of the high school appropriation
amounting to approximately $4,000
will be sent out to the schools of the
state within a few days by J.. E,
,Swearingen, state superintendent OF
education. The appropriation for one
year was fixed by the state board OF
education at its meeting here several
days ago. The total appropriation
amounts to, 100000. .
The number Of high school gradu'
ates receiving state diplomas this
year will approach 800. In 1910 the
number was barely 400. The work
for the last IL months is considered
the most satisfactory in the history
of the state. Sixteen state aided
high schools will receive a bonus OF
5000 for completing successfully IA
standard units Of work while IL high
schools will receive a bonus of 500
for IL units Of work. 49, &,
At the recent meeting or q state
board of education the date of the
regular spring teachers examination
was fixed for May g..
The state superintendent of educa'
ton has recently addressed the fol.
lowing letter to every county super
intendent of education in the state:
"'At the meeting of the state board
of education, April 1913, the date OF
the regular spring teachers examina,
ton to be held by each county board
of education was set for Friday, May
g. This action Of the board merely
carries out the policy Of holding these
examinations on the first Friday in
May and the first Friday in October,
respectively.
The questions are based on the
state adopted textbooks, and those
on pedagogy are based on the South
Carolina manual for the elementary
schools.
Kindly advertise the examination
in your county papers,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

Chicago's police force lately devel.
oped the fact that 1t had a member
who INDUCED the eccentricity of al.
ways paying for his drinks and cigars,
He was permitted to resign, as such
upprofessional conduct is not likely
to spread.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A lecturer In Philadelphia has been
advising mothers to teach their girls
how to firt. This is the sort Of the
orist who wants to paint the lily,
chow a duck how to swim and per,
form other work illustrative Of the
pon.couservation OF energy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A Maryland citizen committed sui.
eide rather than submit to an opera
ton for appendicitis. Evidently be
preferred an undertaker's bill to a
doctors bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Fairfax Chief Gets Wife Murderer.

f. G. Connolly, chief of polio OF
Fairfax, was out on a scouting trip
and he located a wife murderer want
ed in Georgia, by the name OF Will
liam Boyd. Boyd had the word pass
ed to him that his freedom was linn
tied unless he could make a quick
getaway, %thereupon Boyd Joined the
bird gang" and took to the tall and
uncut. The chase then began over
new ground, through woods, ponds
and swamps they ram, the chief stead
fly gaining until Boyd fell from ex-
baustion and meekly surrendered.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01
Securing Qualified Voters.

Thirty-one petitions were put INTO
circulation in Chester county some
time since to secure the signatures
of qualified voters to the number OF
Is per cent, in order to cal Ian cleo
ton on the dispensary question. Ten
of the petitions have already been
turned into the hands Of the super
visor, T. w. Shannon. The state Jaw
calls for the petitions with the names
of the voters to be in the hands OF
the supervisor by April 80, the ten pc.
titions that were handed in several
DAYS ago register only 1884 names.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A New York woman sent her con.
gratulations to her divorced husband
VIXEN he married again. She should
have sent her regrets to the new wife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A Chicago man is being tried for
having married seven women. but
there are those who believe that he
should be examined by a flock Of
aiienistS.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

Modern court procedure is said to be
a joke, but the Joke is on the poor
wretch who has not enough money to
hire a flock Of lawyers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A preacher man { rs US that the
saddest hour Of the day comes after
sunset, but our saddest hour comes
when the alarm clock rings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A dispatch from England tells us
that schoolboys Of Elton are now al.
lowed to wear soft shirts. Verify. the
British monarchy Is falling to pieces.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

The druggist who boasts that he
has accumulated $4,000 prescriptions
has no statistics to show how many OF
them cured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A inancier informs US that the man
who earns $19.25 a week Is worth
s25, 600. The only trouble is that some
financier has charge of the 5000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

- The average baseball fan cares not
a whit about the m~alefactions Of the
baseball trust as long as the home
team wins a pennant
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

A health expert AYERS that standing
on the head will clear the brain. but
too much Of It is likely to develop a
race of fatheads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-01

An astronomer in that dear Paris
informs US that the earth is 100. 0Oo.-
600 years old. What are a few ci-
pliers more or less?-