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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
KING FREDERICK Of
DENMARK IS DEAD
CHRISTIAN FREDERICK PASSED
AWAY AT HAMBURGER HOF
HOTEL IN GERMANY.
CHRISTIAN X NOW RElGkS
Dead King Was Very Popular Wl.h
His Subjects and Was a
Brilliant Man.
r r + + + r (

r OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES x was :
r proclaimed king OF Denmark /
r from the balcony of the palace I
r in the presence of a huge con- +
r course of people who had gath !
+ cred in the square in front of 4
r the royal residence.
r Enthusiastic cheering broke I
r out as the monarch in the uni 4
+ form of the Royal Guard step !
r ped into the balcony. In his brief !
r speech he paid a tribute to his !
r father and pointed out the diff :
r ficulties of succeeding such a !
r ruler, concluding:
r May God give me strength !
r rightly to rule my dear old coun- I
r try and may it liver forever" !
+
r r r + + + I
Hamburg, Germany.-King Freder
ick VIII of Denmark died at the Ham
burger Hof Hotel.
Christian Frederick was proclaim
ed king of Denmark as Frederick VIII
on January 80, 1906, after the death
of Christian TX, the aged king, who
was dean of the crown heads Of Eu
rope, father of King George OF Greece
of the Queen Mother Alexandra OIL
Great Britain, the empress doWagel
of Russia. and grandfather OF King
Haakon VII of Norway.
King Frederick VIII was born a
Copenhagen June 8, 1S43. He Vas as
popular with the people of DenmarF
as was his father. BY the wish of his
parents he was brought up with sreat
simplicity. Frederick saw his young
er brother and his own son become
reigning monarchs of Greece and Nor
way, respectively, while he himself
was still an heir apparent.
King Frederick was noted for his
culture. He was at n time chan
cellor of Copenhagen university mnd
head of the Free Masons Of Denmark
He was we'll known as a promoter o.
philanthropic objects. His interest In
the army, of which he once was in
spector general, was. keen and he
introduced many reforms.
Several months ago, King Frederick
suffered a serious Hines. While tax
ing his customary walk, he had q
sudden seizure and was compelled tc
return to the palace.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
GEORGIA Leads in "Moonshining."

Philadelphia.-That in many prohi-
bition states the authorities make lit
tie effort to enforce the law against
the manufacture of liquor, and that
the United States revenue laws need
y general revision to capably cover
changed condition. was stated by
ROYAL S. Cabell, commissioner of in
ternal revenue. OF the 2,471 illicit
stills unearthed last year he said.
9O1 were in Georgia. 420 in North Car,
DINA, 249 in Alabama, 375 in South
Carolina. and 900 in Tennessee, Okla,
homa and Virginia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Titanic Widow StreWs Flowers.

New UNDERSTANDING upon the
bridge of the Carmania in m%id-ocean.
Mrs. J. H. Loring of New York and
London scattered armfuls of flowers
upon the waters of the Atlantic in
memory of her husband, who lost
his life on the Titanic. When the
Carmania arrived in latitude 41.16
and longitude 50.14, the nearest po'
sition to where the Titanic sank, Mrs.
Loring, attired in deep mourning, was
escorted to the bridge by Captain
Dow. Many passengers, touched by
the devotion, wept.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
RichIand County Delegation Met.

The Richland deIegatlOH HeIu q
meeting at Columbia. All members
were present except j. D. Frost. j. p
Thomas was elected chairman and
named to present the Woodrow VIII
son resolutions to the convention. j
T, Mcmahon moved that it was the
sense of the delegates that the Rich
land county instruction for Woodrow
Wilson mean that the delegates shall
not only vote for instruction OF dele-
gates sent to Baltimore, but shall vote
also for only delegates who will favor
The nomination of Woodrow Wilson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
South Carolina Delegates Uninstructed

SOutn OdTUTTITd OCTEEdHSS
Columbia, S. CATER voting tc
send the states eighteen delegates tc
the Baltimore convention uninstruct
ed. the Democratic state convention
adopted a resolution endorsing Wood
row Wilson for president. 1t was re
markable for it's brevity: Resolved
That this convention endorse Wood
row Wilson,
Bay City, Mich.-The Michigan
state Democratic convention voted
to send an uninstructed delegation o.
thirty members to the national con
vention at Baltimore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Acquitted of Murder Charge.

In the sessions court Perry Ed
wards and Will Edwards, wealthy
planters of Greenyille county, were
acquitted of a charge of murder. The
verdict of not guilty was directed by
the court upon the consent of the so
licitor. The Edwards brothers were
charged with Staying one Robert Per-
nv. It was charged that the brothers
attacked the deceased in his yard
about 2 o'clock in the morning last
fall.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
House Passes Anti-Iniunction Bill

House Passes Anti-lniunction Bill.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by all Of
the Progressive Republicans, the
house passed the Clayton antiinjunc,
ton bill, PA to "a. The bill amends
the law to prohibit the issue of in.
functions without notice being served
on those affected. Such injunctions
would be elective for seven days only
and renewal would be possible only
when the court was convinced such
action was necessary. John Doe
iniunctions would be impossible and
the rights of peaceful picketing'
would be recognized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Neoco Has Made Good His Escape.

The negro who entered the nome
of a prominent lady in Conway n
abandoned his foul purpose on &C
count of there being two ladies IN
the room, has made good his escape
thus far. The b~loodhounds which
were put on his trail followed in his
path some six miles from town, then
by a circuitous route returned to the
A. c. l.. Railroad station, into the
colored waiting room, to the tickle
window and to the train yards, where
he evidently took the early morning
train for North Carolina.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A section OF the brain OF an infa=1
has been t~ransplanted to the Uranium
o. a man. If it should appear that
me transplanted portion still retains
he infantile instincts there may come
moments in the life of it's adult pos
SCISSOR fraught with surprise n en-
oaraSsment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
The GreenvilIe Horse Show.

The annual exhibition OF the
Greenville Horse Show Association
takes place in the near future and the
indications are that this will be the
most successful show in the history
of the organization. G%reenville has
the reputation of holding the best
open air show in the South, horses
being shown from Kentucky, Virginia
Georgia, North Carolina and many
other sections of the South. Entries
for the horse show closed several days
ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Double Tracking on The A. c. L.

TIE. Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Company has just closed the contract
with the Smith Construction Com
pany for the continuation of the dou-
BILE tracking from B%onneau's to- the
south end of the Santee trestle, about
one mile north of st. Stephens, a
distance of about ten miles. The
Coast Line now has double tracks
from it's terminals in Charleston to
Moncks Corner. From Moncks Cor
ner to Bonneau's the double track Is
also ready, but is not yet in opera
ton.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

1t required the Austro-lIungarian
ambassador to the United States to
protest successfully against the ,extor-
ion of a New York automobile driv-
II, although this is the land of free
lom from tyranny.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Further Complications Likely.

EuTlfCT SOiIPlSdlioiho -iNS
Will an auction ale price OF five
dollars satisfy the Federal authorities
for liquors valued at about $3.50? Will
an auction sale where state officials
stood by and warned all prospective
purchasers that they were liable to ar.
rest for purchasing the whiskey, and
thus reduced the number of bfdders
to one man, be accepted with equani.
nifty as a legal auction under Federal
requirements? Such questions as
these were freely discussed in Federal
official circles at Gieenville, in con
nection with the auction sale Of cham
payne. Bendictine and Imported
Scotch whiskey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

One Turkish soldier was killed In a
commandment Of forts on the OAR
ianelles by Italian warships. That Is
almost comparable with the report or
L preliminary in an obscure boxing
show.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
South croIina New Enterprises.

South Croiina New Enterprises.
A charter was issued to the Ander-
son Paint and Color Company of An.
derson, with a capital Of $4,000. The
officers are: Ernest Dugan, president
and secretary; F. j. Martin, vice pres.
ident and treasurer. A commission
was issued to the Standard Insurance
and Realty Company Of Columbia,
with a capital Of $4,000, to do a gen
eral insurance and real estate bust.
ness. The petitioners are e. B, Can.
tey, Jr., and T. D. Meares, Jr. The
United States Supply Company Of st
George WIS commissioned with a cap
ital Of $500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
pespondency Was Cause Of Deed.

; Further details Of the Stealing
tragedy at Olympia village has be-
come known. J. H. Hendricks, step
father of Mrs. Charles Stealing
whose husband cut her severely and
afterwards took his own life, stadted
that the only reason he could advance
for the deed was that Stealing was
respondent on account of i'll health
He had told his wife several days ago,
it was said, that he would soon end
it all by taking her life and his own
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Women's clubs in Cincinnati want
L curfew law for men, requiring all
10 be at home at nine o'clock. Now
here will be a hurried masculine pro-
:cst against the Termination OF the
saw
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

The army doctors after a fair test
lave decided that red flannel is not a
protection against heat in the tropics.
The soldiers who have been the unwill-
ng victims Of scientific experiment
reached that conclusion the first day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Southern Railway Train Derailed.

Several days ago a number OF carr
were derailed above the north switch
on Banding street yard of the South
ern railway, causing a delay of over
an hour to passenger train No. $50 due
to leave Columbia at 5:S5 o'clock If
the morning. The accident also eau
ed considerable delay to the South
ern's vegetable dispatch n%orthbound
trains. In order to clear up the
wreck it was necessary to order out
the wrecker. No one was injured and
the damage to the several deraileo
cars was slight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Scientists have perfected an ap-
psratus for broiling 700 steaks in six
minutes, showing how some people
like to daily with matters OF pure
theory.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Jeter Aoain In The Tolls.

Jacob B. Jeter, said to be the first
man pardoned by Gov. Blease, was
lodged in the Lexington jail on the
charge of assault ard battery with in
tent to kill. February "a, last 1t is
alleged, Jeter attempted to shoot P
L. Redmond, chief Of police of Swan
sea, w. L. X. Johnson and H. K
Hooker, who went to arrest him for
being drunk and disorderly and at
lacking his wife. Jeter fired at the
chief twice, but missed his aim. He
still held the officers at bay, and it be
came necessary to shoot.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

In Strassburg. Germany. a cobbler
has, after working fifteen years upon
It, finished a clock that is made Of
straw. This impresses US as being
about as important as a straw vote.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
York County Poultry Association.

For some time the matter OF organ
izing a York County Poultry and Fair
Association has been discussed, but
until recently the move never took
definite form. However, the COM
mittee, appointed some time ago by
the chamber Of commerce of Rock
Hill is working on the proposition and
in the near future will call a meet
/, ing Of business men and prominent
planters who are interested, al
which time the feasibility of such an
organization will be discussed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Capt. Scott has decided to spend an
other year in the vicinity Of the South
Pole. The women are right. Some
men never do know when to come
aome.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A Philadelphia policeman has re-
tired from the force with a fortune OF
S250,000. or course. be saved 1t out
of his wages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

It has been discovered by a statisti-
clan that more divorces are granted in
April than in any other month. House
cleaning time and moving time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Speaking once more OF the propriety
Of asking a witness to tell his or her
lge and admitting that a oma is
as old as she looks" and no older,
The estimating OF her age might be
eft to the presiding judge. But would
It be quite fair to compel a masculine
witness to tell how old he feels?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Strawberries and rubies look some
what alike, and at this time OF the
year they closely resemble each other
in price,.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Anger causes cold feet, says a Chi
cage professor. Evidently preparing
to boom the overshoe trade In Chi
cago during the convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A Chicago physician says street car
straps are covered with every germ
known to science. Boil your hands
after strap-hanging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A California man has been fined for
beating up his mother-in-law. but
there are those who believe that he
deserves a Carnegie medal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

The University Of Wisconsin asserts
that very few of its co-eds become old
maids. There will now be- a rush to
the higher education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A Massachusetts man comes to the
front with two cats that have cork
screw tails. Now we know why it's
called katzenjammer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A young westerner a his motor
Ear into another and wed the fair &C.
:upant thereof. 1t has always been
our contention hat motoring is a dan
Serous sport.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

The latest fashionable dance in
Washington is announced as the 'jel-
ly wobble." The next n will prob
ably be the pickle p%rance."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

An eccentric Massachusetts oma
has ]bequeathed 500, 900 to a horse. all
of which may be considered a. horse
on her relatives.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

In these nightmarish times Of NOV
Ing and housekeeping modern mar
envies his forbears who lived in caves.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Now a woman has flown across the
English channel as a passenger in an
aeroplane. Another notice to John
Bull that they cannot be kept down!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

No little oratory is now directed at
the umpire. The b~andwagon has lost
its monopoly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Eating" says a scientist, rs a dy-
ing art" 1t behooves some kind friend
to blow him to a meal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
If there is a baseball trust It is Ger.
tain that it isn't IN the umpire.
A man rarely knows when to dis
card an old suit of clothes.

Goose eggs begin to be a little less
prominent in the standing of the base
ball clubs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

A Rhode Island legislator advocates
a law to stop Opponents. but love
laughs at lawsmiths.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Story tellers in Japan get 20 cents
an hour, but fishermen in this country
tell stories by the hour, gratis.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

Freakish styles OF the present sea-
son need not be expected to reduce
the number of misogynists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

The inventor of the wireless tele-
graph has taken his place among the
greatest of the worlds benefactors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22

The Jelly wobble" is the latest
dance fad in Washington. And in pol
itics "everybody's dom It,"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-03-01
A BIT OF NAVAL HISTORY.


Before the Naval academy was es-
tablished mldshipmen received their
edu,ation entirely on l,ourd ship Their
tecssical education WIS obtained in
TIE school of experience. helped out
occasionally by the voluntary efforts
Of the older line officers Their gen
efal education was ut first neglected.
but later instructors were appointed
for service on ships that carried mid
shipmen. These were appointed by
the secretary OF the navy for stated
periods. much as civilian instructors
ut the Naval academy are appointed
Mt the present time In 1872 a general
order was issued providing that they
should live and mess with lieutenants.
They were commissioned In 1S4S, but
specific rank was not given them until
the general reorganization OF all staff
corps during the civil war.
The late Professor II. II. Lockwood.
U. S. n, tn some very interesting rem
lniscences read before the Naval
Academy Graduates association in
1898 relates how the corps Of profess
sors Of mathematics came to be form
ed In the early days Of the Naval
academy he was one Of its instructors.
He had had service In the army. and
in the development OF the course Of In
struetion be determined. after consul
tation with the superintendent. to give
the midshipmen a little infantry drill
This did not suit the proud spirits OF
the young gentlemen Of that day, and
10 show their disapproval Of this and
other efforts Of the professor they hung
him in cliigy. An Investigation and a
court martial followed on the charge
Of Insulting a superior officer.
The defense put up the plea that the
/ Instructor was not superior officer
Such a condition is hard to understand
at this time. when the status Of off,
GERS. instrL s.ors and nildshipmen at
the Naval academy is well defined, but
Mt that time midshipmen were officers
while instructors had no official stand
Ing The pien was technically correct,
and to punish the guilty midshipmen II
was found necessary to substitute
charges in which the anomalous posi-
ton Of the professor in the naval serv-
ice could not be made to enter. Upon
these the guilty midshipmen were con-
demned and punished.
This incident led to an amendment
in the naval appropriation bill of 1s4s
giving authority for the commissioning
of twelve professors of mathematics
Commander U. t. Holmes in Engineer
ing Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-03-01

Some years ago a Russian warship
was on special duty in Bering sea
guarding the seal fisheries, preventing
the slaughter of the seals during the
closed season. The admiral of the sta
ton in the course Of an inspection Of
the vessel invited any Of the sailors
who had any complaint to make TO
step forward One Of the men. as
spokesman for the whole crew. COM
plained that the ''seal money" prom
lsed them had not been paid. On the
astonished admiral inquiring what he
meant 1t came out that the ships com
mander had been doing lucrative
trade by killing the seals placed under
his protection and sending the skins to
London and had taken the crew into
partnership. He was duly transferred
to Siberia
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-03-01

To most people the Idea Of water
falls In Australia is quite unfamiliar.
All Australia. however. in the winter
time MAY to September makes a pill
grimnge to Australia's beaniy spot. the
Barron river falls. North Queensland.
A surveyor who visited the Barron
river falls thus records his impress
sions:
-'rhe noise Of the falls has been with
is since the early morning-now hum
ming through the jungle. now rushing
ike mighty wind up the gorges, now
echoing with astounding ciearness on
the ridges A few hundred yards be-
low our halting place the turbid stream
rushed among the blush gray rocks
and along its well worn channel, and
beyond this gauzy clouds Of spray
ioated up from the brink Of the falls.
caught the sunlight and we're gIorihed
with ever forming. ever vanishing
rainbow tints. The water does not fall
In sheer leap into the gorge. but
plunges along its rocky and precipi-
tous bed in a series Of cataracts."-
London Standard.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-03-01
PETE BRoWNING'S BATS.


One Of the oldest and um~i ecenirlc
tiamclers bnseball mas ever produced
was old Pete Rrownlnr. the fnmou>
Fiusger. who played with I0nisrilir
around the eighties and mitr Joined
the Cleveland club in iS.w during the
Brotherhood war
Pete wFS little OF In his roof gar
den and had only one idea In his head
day or night. Anything that concern
ed his precious baiting average was
meat and drink 10 him. It made no
difference how many tiy balls he drop
ped or let get hy him as long as Dc
landed Two or three safe ones during
q game.
BATS were mania wl.h Browning
aud whenever hr could .ick up club
which suited him u WAS added 10 his
enormous collection SO many were
gathered a. varioHs points on some Of
his trips that he sometimes WIS forced
TO pay excess baggage on the prizes.
According TO Van Haltren. II was
Browning who introduced the habit of
iAuhiAlA utMn a bal WIN AtbANAt ihieNi
which custom is followed to this day
by many OF the players. The idea Is
10 roughen the surface Of the stick
and prevent so many fouls slipping on
one side or the other
Browning. who was a great user Of
the weed. used to polish down his
sticks In this way without any appar-
ent reason until he commenced to be-
lieve that 1t made difference with his
hitting. and after that no wagon tongue
Of his ever escaped coating Of the OBJ
noxious fluid.
Other PLAYERS took It up in the hope
Of emuating Browning, and now it Is
a common custom throughout the coun-
try.
when Pete retired from the game
ali the bats. relics Of former days,
were still IN his possession. In order
to keep them always In his sight Pete
had them turned down to a uniform
size and used them as posts for the
baluster in his house.
To the day of his death they remain
ed the most valued Of his possessions.
New York World