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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
$4,000 VOTED
TO EIGHT FLOODS
CONGRESS APPRoPRIATEs MONEY
TO STRENGTHEN LEvEEs AND
bikes ALONG MISSISSIPPI.
president SENT MESSAGE
Taft Asked for s5oo,ooo and Congress
at Once Voted STANDARDIZATION
Critical, Says President Taft.

Washington.-President Taft Sent a
message to congress asking that $780,
600 be appropriated for strengthen
ing levees and building new dikes in
the flood districts along the Missis-
sippi, Missouri. and Ohio rivers, and
within fifteen minutes after it was
read in the house that body passed
a bill making s35O,OOO available for
the purpose. The bill was rushed
over to the senate, where it also was
passed and was sent to the president
for his signature.
The president sent his message Of
appeal to congress after Senator Eos
ter and Thornton and virtually the
entire Louisiana delegation in the
house had called upon him and pic
tured the destruction being worked
by the foods. The message follows:
Il am advised by the secretary of
war, whose reports I transmit here
with, that the food in the Mississippi
valley by reason of the rise in all the
rivers tributary to the Mississippi and
Missouri at nearly the same time is
likely in the lower part Of the valley,
that is Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana,
to reach a higher point along the
levees than it has ever reached within
recent memories, and that there Is
very grave danger that the levees may
Civ way under the unusual pressure
and that great damage may be done to
property in the states mentioned, re-
quiring, unless prompt action is taken,
great future outlay in preserving the
proper navigation Of the stream.
1T seems proper. therefore, that the
government take immediate action to
make the loss impending as little as
possible. In view of the character Of
the emergency and the safeguard sur:
rounding the expenditures made I'm.
der the corps of engineers, I have no
hesitation in asking for an appropri-
alton 70 100000 as recommended by
the secretary Of war.
81 urgently recommend an immedi-
ate appropriation, SO that no time
may be lost in taking the necessary
steps to prevent what, but for gov
ernmental action, may be a loss not
only of many millions, but Of lives as
we'll"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
RAILWAY RATES FOR OPERA
TWENTY RAILROAD COMPANIES
HAVE GRANTED LOW RATES
TO ATLANTA FOR GRAND
OPERA WEEK, APRIL
Z
Rates for the Round Trip to Atlanta
Are Practically Equivalent to
Only One Fare.

Acknowledgements and the South at
large will be particularly interested
in the announcement that twenty rail-
road companies have granted special
low rates to Atlanta for the week Of
April 22-27, when the Metropolitan
Grand Opera company will apear at
the Auditorium, and that tickets will
be placed on sale from April twenty
first TO twenty-sixth inclusive, with
a final return limit until midnight Of
April the thirtieth. These rates for
the round trip are practically equiva-
lent to only n fare.
Such a reduction will enable hun
dreds of music lovers throughout the
section to avail themselves Of the
rare opportunity offered by the Metro
politan engagement. In seasons past
these events have been literally pat
ronized by people from n%eighboring
states and cities. The fact is, Georgia
and thes South rightly feel that the
annual production of grand opera in
Atlanta is By no means this city's in
dividual enterprise, but belongs to the
South az a whole. This city's chief
pride, indeed, lies in the fact that
through it's Musical Festival Associa-
ton it has brought to the South at
fractions which heretofore have been
limited to New York and the capitals
Of Europe.
The special rates granted by the
railroads and the reductions declared
in the price of season tickets will
combine to bring to the forthcoming
opera week more out-of-town and out
of state visitors than were ever at
tracted by a kindred occasion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
CAUSE GREAT Loss
HICKMAN, KY, AND OTHER
TOWNS FLOODED 80 PEOPLE
DRIVEN FROM HOMES.
Several Hundred Families In Menu
phis Forced TO Flee Before
the Flood.

Hickman, Ky.-The slevee broke1
here and the town Is flooded. Hun,
dreds Of families have been driven
from their homes, but there has BEEN
no loss Of life. Constant rise Of the
Mississippi in the past few days had
given the inhabitants warning, Wa
ter is standing in every store.
The foods in this section Of the
&C untry, including Missouri, Illinois
and Kentucky, are the worst on.rec-
ord. Property loss has already run
into millions of dollars.
Cairo and the drainage district
above the city are the only two dry
places in that section OF the country.
the entire territory north and south
of Cairo being covered with several
feet of water.
Large forces of men patrol the lew
ees constantly, and everything is be-.
ing done TO keep the embellishments
in condition to resist all the water in
sight and more. Trains are still OPP
Grating out of Cairo, but in many
cases are being routed oye foreign
systems.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
STIR IN CHESTER
ON PROHIBITION
WAGED MIGHTY FIGHT ON DIS.
PENsARY AND WON FOUR
YEARS AGO.
UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION
Many People Believe That an Elect,
ton Should Be Held At Same Time
of General Election Next November
MANY Petitions in Circulation.

Columbia.-A special from Column
bia states that four years ago the pro-
h%ibitionists of Chester county waged a
mighty fight upon the then existing
dispensary and won by a very decisive
vote. Since then whiskey conditions
have grown wholly unsatisfactory. 1t
is alleged that it can be purchased
quite promiscuously here now. A
great many people believe that an
election should be held at the same
time as the general election next No
vember and give the voters Of Chester
and Chester county an opportunity to
express their wishes through the bal.
lot as to the advisability Of establish
ing the ~dispensary again. A strong
and stubborn battle is going to be
fought by the dispensary adherents
for it, while the prohibitionists are pre-
pairing to put up the stiffest contest in
Chester's history.
There are said to be at present from
20 to 30 petitions IN circulation IN tnls
county requesting that an election be
ordered as provided by the statutes In
regard to establishing a ~dispensary
here. 1t requires the signatures Of %
per cent of the qualified voters OF a
county in South Carolina before an
election can be ordered by the county
supervisor. One Of the foregoing petit
tons have been sent to almost every
community in the county. Those in
charge of the movement declare that
the petitions are being freely signed.
Some of Chester county's most prom
inent men are circulating these petit.
lions so dissatisfied are they with the
present whiskey situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
IaFoIIette Beats Taft.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Woodrow Wilson
defeated Champ Clark on the Demo
cratic ticket and Senator LaFollette
defeated President Taft on the Re.
pnblican ticket in the states first
presidential preference primary. Pres
dent Taft's campaign manager in
this state conceded to Senator LaFcl-
lette % out of 26 delegates to the
Republican national convention. Gov.
Woodrow Wilson's lead on the Demo
cratic ticket equaled that of Senator
I,aFollette on the Republican ticket.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
POLICE WATCHED LYNCHING
Ten Members of Fort Smith Police
Dismissed, for Yielding to Mob. :

Ten Members of Fort Smith Police
Dismissed, for Yielding to Mob. :
Fort Smith, Ark.-Eight Fort Smith
patrolmen, Chief Of Police Bryant l..
Barry and Night Captain Samuel
Smart were discharged by the city
council for failing 10 queil a mob
which, ten days ago; tore out a win
dow in the city Jail, seized Sam Lew
is, negro, 10 years old, and hanged
him to a pole on n Of the main
streets OF the city. The council also
abolished the detectiYe bureau and re-
lieved it's chief, Cathey Pitchcock, OF
his star. Witnesses told the alder
men at the hearing that the patrol
men on duty in the vicinity of the
Jail made no effort to protect the
negro and that others, attracted to the
scene by the work of the mob view
ed it in dismay and returned to their
accustomed beats.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Organize a Poultry Association.

At a meeting held at DR.. F. D. Ken
dalls office a poultry association to
promote and hold a poultry show in
Columbia in December was organized
It was largely attended by poultrymer
from all over the state. Thos. E. F
Holtzhouse of Columbia, was elected
president; T. l.. Little of Camden sec
rotary and treasurer. A meeting will
be held in Columbia April II, at which
something definite will be done. The
rest of the officers will be elected, ane
o date decided on for the poultry show
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
RETENTION OF TEACHERS
A Letter Sent the School Boards BY
w. H.,Hand the State High School
Inspector.

Columbia.-W. H. Hand, state high
school inspector, has addressed a let.
ter to the school boards of the state
in which he urges the retention of
teachers.
The letter is as follows:
81 have a personal interest in the
welfare of your school,. and it would
be to me a genuine pleasure to render
it any service in my power. In doing
so I would avoid everything resem-
bling meddling or o~ficiousness. In
my work with the high schools of the
state, it is more and more impressed
upon me that many of the schools are
suffering untold harm from a constant
changing of teachers. No school can
develop without a fixed policy, and no
school can have a fixed policy so long
as it changes any considerable per-
centage of it's teachers every year or
so. 1t is doubtful if any teacher can
begin to render his best service, to a
school under four or five years. 1t re-
quires at least half of the first year to
get acquainted with even his own
pupils.
II would unhesitatingly advise any
school board to change teachers only
when compelled to do so. Keep as
long as possible the teacher who has
proved himself capable. Do not drop
a teacher until yau are fully satisfied
that you are getting 9" better, one in
stead. To exchange n you know for
an entire stranger is ~always>a risk
Men usually use better Judgment in
swapping horses than they often use
in exchanging teachers.
"If your teacher Is not capable, n
you pay enough to get a competent
one, make a change without delay. In
employing your new teacher do not
depend upon general testimonials;
they are not usually worth the paper
on which they are written. Depend
only on personal letters from persons
Of known judgment and integrity" 5.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Atlanta Girl Learns to Fly.

Boston, Mass.-Miss ]. Atkins OF
Atlanta, Ga, has come all the way
to Boston to learn to pilot an aero
plane under the tutelage of Harry n
Atwood and Ripley Bowman in At
woods aviation school at Saugus,
Mass. This makes the second woman
to apply for aviation lessons under
Mr.. Atwood. Miss Atkins has made
no plans as yet, and says: Il don't
know what | am going to do until
find out what success ! have She
has never been in an a~eroplane.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
British Strike Declared at End.

London,-Albert tSanley, secretary
Of the Midland Miners Federation
and member of the house OF COM
mons, practically announced the end
Of the national coal strike in the
United Kingdom. Mr.. Stanley said
that it was now impossible to secure
the necessary two-thirds majority OF
the miners in favor of continuing the
strike. The postmaster general, Her
bert Louis Samuel, also stated that
he was confident the strike would be
declared over
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Mrs. McRee is Free.

O~pelousas, La.-Mrs. Zee Runge Nc
Rec, who shot her young friend, Al
Ian Garland, to death in her home
here September q last, was acquitted
by a Jury of the charge of manslaugh-
ter. Holding her golden-haired lit
tie daughter, Valera, in her arms,
and with tears streaming down her
cheek, Mrs. McRee arose as soon as
the foreman had announced the yer,
dict and thanked the jury. All smiles
and all tears, husband and wife en-
braced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
MANY Attend Agricultural Rally.

One of the largest crowds of farm
ers and boy planters in Greenville in
many days gathered here to attend the
AGRICULTURAL rally in the board Of trade
rooms. Another meeting was also
held in the assembly hall at the cen
trail Y. M. C. A. Much enthusiasm was
manifest at both meetings, though far.
mers are apparently greatly discour'
aged over the fact that they are sc
late in beginning farm work this
spring. 1t is probable that it will take
a week of dry weather to get the
ground in condition for breaking up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Town Election At MayesvilIe.

The town election passed of very
quietly only a light vote being polled
the regular nominees of the conyen'
ton being elected. One or two scat
tering votes were cast. The new
council will be sworn into Office as
o as the books of the old council
are checked up and turned over by the
committee. The following compose
the new council: Mayor, N. D. Wom'
BILE; wardens, M. C. Mayes, B. c,
Chandler, H. c. Bland and e. G. spen'
GER. The new board of health Is as
follows: DR.. C. e. King, chairmani J,
R. Mayes, R. J. Hayes, Jr, c. N. Sprott
and F. J. Bass. Mayor Womble Is now
commencing his fifth term and B. e,
Chandler his second. M. c. Mayes has
served several times before on the
council.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
p;o+ in North Carolina Town.

Charlotte, Y. ca pitched battle
occurred on the streets of Rocking
ham between officers and a number
Of linemen, in which three of the Off
cers were wounded and several Of the
linemen badly used up. The latter
were drinking, it is alleged, and when
one Of them was arrested for Great
inc q disturbance a number of others
rushed the officers with the possible
intention of freeing their comrade,
when the shooting commenced. Dep
ntv sheriff C. c. Shores is the mere
seriously wounded.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
combine Express and Rural Deliveries

Washington.-The house interstate
and foreign commerce committee re-
ported f~avorably a bill to amend the
law giving the interstate commerce
commission authority over express
companies, Provision would be made
for rate zones, the charges varying &C
cording to the distance the package
was carried frof the point of origin.
A close working arrangement also
would be provided between the e X
nress companies and the rural free
delivery system Of the postoffice de-
partment. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Tariff Revision by Tariff Board.

Washington.-President Taft, in an
address to the members of the Ameri-
can Cotton Manufacturers Assocla-
ton, renewed his plea for revision OF
the tariff only by a tariff board that
would make revision possible upon
scientific lines. Sanitary improve
ments in Southern cotton mills con-
stitute one of the most important
changes in cotton mill construction,
according to J. E. Shrine of Green
Vile, S. C. Healthful working quar-
tiers are taking the place of unhealth-
ful surroundings, he said.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
MAGISTRATE Hahn Suspended.

Charging misconduct and neglect OF
duty in office the governor suspend
ed T. L. Hahn, magistrate at North
Augusta, in Aiken county. The gov
ernor wrote Mr.. Hahn requesting his
resignation, which was refused. The
governor in his letter to Mr.. Hahn
stated hat this action is based upon
many various charges made against
you and general complaints of the
mi in which you have conducted
YOUR Office, and also in view of the
fact that you, as a peace officer, your
self violated the peace"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Mails at Rome, Ga. Looted.

Rome, Ga.-Although government
and notice official refuse to give out
any information in regard to the mat
ter. several arrests were made which
Indicate that extensive robberies Of
the mail have been systematically car
ried on for a considerable period, and
that the total amounts go far up into
the thousands. Under arrest In con.
nection with these charges are Gull"
Earl. baggage agent for the Rome
transfer company, and Jim Carter,
colored, porter and bus driver for the
same company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
State Farmers Union Has Meeting.

State Farmers Union Has Meeting.
The executive committee of the state
farmers union met and received the
reports Of the deputy organizers and
discussed the question of marketing as
being the live issue Of the day. The
committee was gratified to hear OF so
much interest in the subject and espec.
tally at the interest shown by the col
Ieges, before whom the state president
has presented this matter. Another
conference will be held shortly, in
Charleston, to perfect plans upon
which they have been working for sew
eral months. At the next meeting on
July 2 the executive committee will
prepare the programme for the state
union meeting, to be held in Charles
ton on the fourth Wednesday in July.
Every effort will be made TO have a
full meeting and the committee hopes
to have every county represented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Socialists Lose in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, Wis.-With a flood OF
non-partisan ballots, Milwaukee vot-
ers swept from ofce the city's Social
list administration, installed a non
partisan mayor, board of aldermen
and county board of supervisors and
probably eliminated every national po-
litical party from participation in fu-
ture municipal elections in the state
NJ wisconsin, because. as a result of
the non-partisan victory in Milwau.
kee, the state legislature, o o to be
convened, is expected to pass a non
nartisan city election statute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Neo,ess Murdered Seventeen.

Lafayette, La.-Clementine Barna-
bet, a negress under arrest here,
cleared the mystery that has sur
rounded the murders of seventeen ne
groes in Louisiana and gave clues
which are expected to fix the guilt Tor
eighteen other night assassinations OF
negroes which have been charged to
the mysterious lax man. She was
q member of the Church of Sacri-
6ce,' a mysteriou negro sect that is
said to believe in the sacrifice OF hui
man lives as a manner Of securing
immortality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Committee Has Resumed Work.

The legislative committee has re-
sumed work Of investigating the af-
fairs of the old state %dispensary at the
state house where a number of wit.
nesses will appear and give testimony
as to the charges preferred by the
governor in his general message to
the general assembly on the Ansel
commission and Attorney General Ly,
on. It is very probable that the mem
bers of the Blease commission will be
summoned to appear and give testi.
mony. Other witnesse are expected
to be called.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
.L,us+,n, waoes in Cotton Mills.

Boston, Mass.-Although strikes are
st;l, in progress at various Massachu-
setts textile centers, the largest one
at Lowell, the last week has brought
.bont a noticeable improvement in
General conditions. Several of the
smaller labor difficulties have been
Settled and a strike Of 10000 cotton
mill operatives at New Bedford was
averted by the granting of the 10 per
cent advance in wages asked. SINH
lar advances we're made in other
mills. so that 100000 operatives will
ebare in the distrigution.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Submit Rehort Of Work Done.

Messrs. J. H. Claffy, Robert Lide, 6.
L. salley and B. B. Williams, the COM
mittee having in charge the matter OF
cotton acreage reduction in this coun.
ty and also the reduction in the use of
fertilizers for 1912, has submitted a re-
port of the work done. The commit
tee feels gratified with the results un-
der the circumstances, for this county
has a large number of negro farmers,
few of whom were very favorable to
the plans proposed. The committee
figures that the reduction for'1912 will
amount to about $4,000 acres.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Extend Sanitary and Drainage Work.

Extend Sanitary and Drainage Work.
: At a meeting Of the Charleston
County Farmers union, among the
matters considered were those of ex.
tending sanitary and drainage work
and Improvement Of the roadways OF
the section. A resolution was adopted,
approving a pending hill in congress,
urging financial assistance for road
way work and the South Carolina rep.
resentatives are asked to support the
bill. 1t was pointed out that espe-
lally about Charleston, the people are
engaged in roadway improvements and
since the government uses the roads
for rural delivery, it is only fair that
1t should pay part Of the cost OF the
work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
covernors File Solemn Protest.

Washington.-The governors Of the
states as a body filed their solemn
nrotest with the Supreme court of the
United States against the proposition
to strike down state railroad rates
as interfering with interstate CON-
merce. They respectfully called upon
the bench, having in especial charge
the covenant of the Union to see
that the boundaries Of the states re-
main. 1t was the first time in the
history of the nation that such a pro-
test had been made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Eiahty Petitions For Pardon Board.

Eighty Petitions For PARDON Soaro'
For the first time during the admin.
istration of Gov. Blease the pardon
board met here with some petitions to
consider. The Governor sent 80 petit
tions for pardon to the board. The
petition of John Y. Darlington and j.
'Stobo Young, former officers of the
Seminole Securities Company now
serving sentences of three years and
one year in the p~entitentiary, is among
these forwarded to the board as is a
petition for communication Of sentence
in the case of Samuel N. Hyde, con-
victed of the wife murder at Anderson,
who is to be electrocuted. The mem
bers of the board are R. Mays Cleve-
land, Greenville; J. A. Summersett,
Columbia; and E. F. Warren, Hamp.
ton. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10
Rifle Practice at SuIIivan's Island.

Incidental to the encampment of the
four companies of coast artillery on
S%ullivan's Island, target practice with
full service charges will be engaged
in from April 6 to April II, according
to an official communication from
Capt. Thomas H. R. Mcintyre, in
which he urges the property owners
and residents of the island to exercise
the usual precautions Of opening the
doors and windows of their houses
and the removal Of frgile object from
places of elevation that damages by
commission may be reduced.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10

A school for chauffeurs has been es.
tablished in a Western college. 1t Is
to be hoped that 1t will teach proper
deportment for the occasions on
which the carburetor refuses to work
when it Is twenty miles to the nearest
garage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-10

A 23-story hotel. containing 1000
guest chambers, is to be erected over
the new Grand Central station, in New
York. Even at that 1t will not be big
enough to accommodate all those who
desire to take the next train back
home as Soon as they arrive.