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AMBASSADOR ED IS DEAD
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR PASSES
AWAY At H! HOME /.
IN toNnN.
WAS UNC0NCIOUSOR HOUR!
Body VIII Be Brought o the Unite
States and PROBABLY Inferred
at Sleepy HoIM.

London, England.-Whelaw r
the American ambassade to CT
Britain since 1905, died it his I
don residence, Dorche;er no,
from pulmonary oedema. The
was quite peaceful. Mrs Reid
their daughter, Mrs. job Hui
Ward. were at the bedside!
Almost Immediately the king {
his equerry, Sir Harry Lege, to
press the condolences Of hiaself
the queen. Messages CONVEYING
warmest sympathy were lrecei
from the queen mother, Aexan
and other members of the rgal |
lily, court officials, members Of
governments and Of the various
bassies and legations, while 7
who had heard the news Of the
bassador's death or who had seei
flags at half-mast on Dorchester
called at the embassy. A
Neutrality-suspicious. Of the des
London of Ambassador WhitelaT
came as a shock to official Wal
ton, for 1t had not been generally
lied that MI. Reds illness was
serious nature.
London.-The British goyert
has proposed to the governms
the United States that a Britisf
tleship should convey the body
late American ambassador to u
tive land. j..
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WARNING IN SPEECH
MADE BY WILSON
PREsIDENT.ELEcT WARNS oPPo'
NeNTs OF ECONOMIC CHANGES
TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
WILL NOT STAND FOR PANIC
Presldent-E Elect Admits That the Ma
chinery Is Here to Cause
a Panic,

New York.-President-elect Wilson
held up a warning finger to any maj
who might deliberately start a panic
in the United States to show that
intended legislative policies were
wrong. In a speech at the banquet
Of the Southern Society of New York
he declared he had heard sinister
premonitions Of what would follow II
the Democratic party put into effect
changes in economic policy.
The president-elect first distinguish
ed in his speech between natural
and unnatural" panics. He said In
many cases panic had come natural
" because Of amental disturbance
of people with reference to loans and
money generally.
But the machinery Is in exist
ence," he said, "by which the thing
can be deliberately done. Frankly, ]
don't think there is any man living
who dares use the machinery for that
purpose. If he does I promise him,
not for myself, but for my fellow
countrymen, a gibbet as high as Ha'
mans"
The governor added that he meant
no literal gibbet," for that is not
painful" but he said it would be a
gibbet Of public disgrace which would
live las long as the members OF
that mans family survive" ,
America with her eyes open isn't
going to let a panic happen" contin'
ued the governor, "but l speak as II
expected it-as If" I feared 1t. l dc
not. I am afraid OF nothing"
The president-elect's speech covered
a variety of subjects. He treated
first of sectionalism, declaring that
it should not exist.
There Is a vast deal to do he
said, land 1t can be done by forget
ting that we are partisans Of anything
except the honor and prosperity Of
the nation ITSELF"
Mr., Wilson then referred briefly to
proyincialism and said that some PEG
pie had an idea that all the think
Ing Of the country was done in New
York City. He said the Southern So
ciety represented an importation OF
thought from the South into the great
metropolis. -,
~ am happy to see that there nc
longer Is aserious consciousness OF
sectional difference in the United
States. There can be no sectional
ism about the thinking Of America
from this on, because no hard'headed
man can prove that there are such
things as sectional interests"
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TO STOP RAILROAD WRECKS
THE COMMERCE COMMISSION DIS
cUssEs RAILROAD DlsAs.
TIERS IN u. s.
safety First" Is the Rule Suggested
by Commission for the Opera
ton of Trains.

Washington.-"Safet first" Is the
paramount rule of train operation
suggested by the interstate commerce
commission in its twenty-sixth annual
report submitted to congress. Dis
cussion of disasters on American
railroads during the last year constl
tutes an important feature of the re
port. r..-".
1t is pointed out that many of the
accidents resulting in fatalities might
have been averted by the exercise
Of proper precaution or the employ
ment Of suitable devices and good
equipment. Figures given show that
of the total of '8,215 derailments dur
ing the year 1877 were caused by de
fects Of roadway and 3,S47 were due
to defective equipment. This indi
Gates an increase over the previous
year of 652 in the derailments due to
bad roadway and 1,O2s due to bad
equipment.
Concerning its investigation, the
commission says:
"Of the thirty-one derailments in.
vestigated fourteen were either di
rectly or indirectly caused by bad
track. In five of these fourteen cases
the derailments would probably have
been avoided had existing speed re
s~trictions been observed; but in all
the remaining cases no adequate
speed regulations were in force, and
In three cases the track conditions
were so obviously unsafe that derail
ments were likely to occur even at
low speed"
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TAFT WILL NOT FILL PLACE
Wilson to Name Ambassador for the
Vacant Post.

Washington.-President Taft an
nounced through Secretary Hilles that
the post of ambassador to Great Brit
ain, made vacant by the death OF
Whitelaw, Reid, will not be filed by
him. .
This announcement followed a con
ference between the president and
Secretary Knox.
The president believes that impor'
tant diplomatic questions involving
Great Britain and the United States
can be handled successfully in Wash
ington by Mr.. Knox and the British
ambassador. He understands. that
President-elect Wilson already is con
sidering a man for the London post
and he does not wish to appoint some
who can serve only a few months
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A bad quarter Of an hour Is furnish
ed the Germans by the report Of one
war correspondent that the swift and
decisive victories Of the Bulgars over
the Turks were due to the superiority
of the Creusot French guns over the
German Krupps used by the Turks
OF course the Krupp people will scien'
tifcaIly demonstrate the untruth OF
this. However the gun controversy
may turn out. we think the chief fac
tor of Bulgarian success lay in their
adoption OF old Gen. U. B. Forests
statement that the art Of war con.
sists Of "gittin' thar first with the most
men,"
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UNDERWOOD i, FOR CABINET ?
Effort to Have All Elements Repre-
scented In Cabinet.

~
Washington.-It is stated here that
William ]. Bryan Is practically GER
certain to be the first member OF
President Wilson's cabinet, and Is
expected to be secretary Of sttae.
Oscar w. Underwood may be secre-
tary of the treasury. In the effort to
bring about harmony and perfect a
cohesive fighting organization Demo
cratic leaders are trying to persuade
Mr.. Wilson to make his cabinet rep
resentative of all the different ele'
ments in the party.
To this end Mr.. Bryan Is said to be
doing his utmost to bring about the
selection q IN. Oscar w. Under
wood, his oldtime political foe. as a
cabinet minister. Dispatches from
Jacksonville, Fla, tell Of a confer
ence he held there with friends OF MI.
Underwood looking to this end.
By bringing into the cabinet repre-
sentatives of all factions 1t Is hoped
to build up an organization that Will
wetaher the storm of traif revision
and present a solid phalanx In the
next PRESIDENTIAL election.
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.~Iustice Shot by Prisoner.

C%opperhill, Tenn.-Elisha Bramlett,
son of H. NJ. Bramlett, shot Justice OF
the Peace w. L. Dalton through the
head. Bramlett was paroled three
years ago from the penftentiary for
killing Bob Bishop in Gilmer county,
Georgia, about nine years ago, and
served about seven years, when he
was ~pardoned on parole for good con-
duct. A row over the judgment OF
Justice of the Peace Dalton, which
was being resented by Bramlett, was
the of the ARRAY. Bramlett is
at large.
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u ?AKEs ERIN b
|s1AWIH MEXICO
WILLARD FULL PROTECTION
roERlcAN CITIZENS AND
PROPERTY.
vEBELIcATE QUESTION
senaDeommittee on Foreign Re-
Ia1las Received Many Letters
B, Upon the s~ituation-shouid
Lhe Matter to Wilson.

Vgton.-Henry Lane Wilson,
tberican Ambassador to Mexico,
whbeen here in conference with
stSpartment officials regarding
cohs growing out Of the Mexican
rebn, left for New York prepare
to sailing for his post, without
tbected note Of representations
wthis Government is preparing
tent to the Mexican Government
ding protection for American
c5 and property.
action is taken as a further
dee Of the intention of the Ad-
ration to deal with this delicate
,Mcult situation with circnmspec-
ind in a spirit or deliberation.
communication is being prepared
the greatest care at the State
rtment and will be transmitted to,
Ambassador shortly
| his arrival in Mexico City early
.nuary.
deliberations with which the
ais are moving In the prepare
Of the case Of the United States
Us Mexico Is expected to result
be production Of a brief that IS
cted to be well-nigh unanswera-
except by a promise OF prompt
adequate action on the part OF
Mexican Government to fairly
fully meet the demands OF the
ed States in the matter Of the
ection of American interests IN
leo.
for this demand by the
led States Government is declared
10 found In the numerous report.
he State Department from ever!
.ter to the general effect that con
ms in Mexico have grown worse
the dispatch OF Secretary Knox
|, Of protest last September.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-25

San, Francisco.-The infant geyser
drilled in the bottom Of San Francis
co bay by a piledriver is worth a
great dea to the state Of California.
Jerome Newman, CHEF engineer for
the state board of harbor commits
sioners, estimated that the board, by
using the fresh water spouting from
the bottom of the bay instead of buy.
ing its water, would save $4,000 a
year. The flow continued copious.
The state chemist found it pure and
to the best artesian water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-25
Shoots Wife and Her Parents.

Donalsonvilel, Ga.-Ross Murkeson
was probably fatally shot and his
wife and daughter seriously wound
ed by Ike Deal, the daughters hus
band. Enraged because his wife had
left him, Deal followed her to her ia
TIERS home and there did the shoot
ing. After Murkeson was shot down
he managed to get to his gun and
ahot Deal as he was leaving, badly
wounding him. Deal, however, man
aged to make his escape, mad IS al
large, although posses are hunting
him.
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To Make Washington headquarters

To Make Washington Headquarters
New York.-Witb the announcement
that it had been decided to establish
publicity headquarters in Washington
and with the appointment OF various
committees to forward the work OF
organization, the executive committee
Of the Progressive party adjourned q
two-day session here to meet again on
January 10. In a statement the com.
mittee announced the personnel OF
the party's legislative committee with
Dean william D. Lewis Of the Uniyer'
sity of Pennsylvania as chairman
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THE IBDEVHLE PRESS IND BANNER
Published Weekly
, ARBEviLLK, 9. G.
THE RULE.


The unhappiest mortals are those
who are always looking up the faults
Of others. This is explained by the
fact that they are trampling all over
the Golden Rule, which enjoins upon
n a friendly Interpretation OF an
others life. It very often happens
that a man will shut his eyes to a
o Of virtues merely to see one
fault, and when he does that, and
hangs a cloud over the others life. he
does the same for his own. This ia
not speculation: It Is experience. Just
notice how good you feel when you
see the good points Of man and not
the bad ones. There3ts a bank OF
flowers. Enjoy it-be6old its beau
ties and enjoy the fragrance; don't
90 nosing among the tangled weeds
looking for a snake. There is an old
adage: Look on the bright side. AMI
II there is no bright side. burnish up
the dark side" AS to the Golden Rule
we would hate for a person to 60
shopping around, looking up our
faults; and so we will not do 1t for an.
other. When a great fault protrudes,
denounce 1t, but not the man, for he
may have a dozen virtues that out
weigh 1t ten to one Besides. the
fault may not be the mans; and FUR
Their, we might all act the same under
the same conditions and circum'
stances.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-25
Taft Accepts Yale Law Chair.

Washington.-President Taft has
made up his mind to accept the prof
fer of the Kent professorship OF law
at Yale, and probably will take up
his duties at New Haven early in the
spring. The president was said to
have determined upon accepting the
Yale profesorship for several reasons
He will not be restricted to lectures
to Yale students, but will be permit
ted to lecture If he desires in other
law schools, or upon the platform, OF
to engage in any other Occupation
which he sees fit
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-25
Tan Congratulated South.

t st. Augustine, Fla-President TAFT
in a speech here congratulated the
South upon the election of q Demo
cratic President, predicted Nationl
wide prosperity under the new admin
istration and spoke with pride OF the
way this Nation takes the q~uadrenniai
verdict of the people at@the polls. the
President spoke in the Masonic Tenn
pie and the crowd listened TO MS
words cheered him to the echo. He
gave his philosophy Of politics and
closed with a remark thae swept the
hall with laughter. "The only sorrow
I have" he said, as the thought there
will break in upon the people and
some individuals the fact that tnere
are not enough Offices to 60 around.
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Hloh Record Made by ks'

-. Observation-Disclosures seneral
as reflected in the conditof the
banks of the United Statess shar'
ed in the country's prosIy, &C
cording to Lawrence o. gay IN
his annual report made p. the
banking power Of the nal repre-
scented by capital, surplus nts' ae'
posits and circulation, reas. during
the year the enormous to- OF $zz'
54s, 7o7, 900, a high record, owing al
increase of $50 per cent err 1911
and 27.s per cent. overtfs. The
increase has been III perat.
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= 1.-THE slaughter Of the innocents" as
applied to the killing Of children IN
the streets Of New York 10 sometimes
criticized as a sensational phrase, says
the New York World BY what other
term can the killing Of 178 children
by vehicles IL the city during the
last ten months be designated? The
asures show the extent to which trat.
FAC murder is tolerated and condoned
Ss the price Of industrial progress.
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u.avv Cost of Mobilization.

Paris.-Austria-H Hungary Is spend
ing 100000 a day to defray expenses
~ the mobilization Of her army, &C
co,,ding to an estimate made by a cor
RESPONDENT of the Temps just return
cd from Galicia, Austria. The Whdss
of the commercial and industrial L
~ the country has been disorganizea.
In Galicia, neither money nor food Is
n be had and the Weather part OF
The population has fled from the coun-
trv, At the same time the fear-strick-
en- peasants are becoming the prey
of dishonest spectators. 8
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earros Flies Over the Sea.

Trapani, Sicily.-Roland G. Garros,
the French aviator, made a splendid
fight over the Mediterranean sea
from Tunis, Africa, to Sicily. He
landed near Trapani, having covered a
distance of about 100 miles over wa
ter, This establishes a new oversee
record, surprising that Of Lieutenant
Bague, who on March 5, 1911, flew
oyer the Mediterranean from Antibas,
France, to the little island Of Gorgona,
off the Italian coast, a distance OF
124,5 miles.
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LaPorte, Ind.-1nformation that
Mrs. Belle Gunnell, on whose muir
der farm near here in 1903 thirteen
bodies were found. is believed to be
In Leiheridge. Alberta. Canada, was
received by Chief OF Police Meinke in
q telegram sent by Frederick Wise.
A woman answering the description of
Mrs. Guinness has been under surveil.
Iance several hours. The local police
were requested to send a man to com
plete the identification. Chief Mein.
Ike believes that Mrs. Guinness is still
alive. - }
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Little Rock, Ark.-Gov. George W.
Donaghey, who will retire from office
January /, issued pardons to 316 state
and "a county yonvicts as a protest
against the convict lease system in
vogue in this state. AS a result,
three state convict camps will be
abolished. Several camps where con.
sicts r engaged in the building of
kood roads, however, will be contin.
led in operation. The convicts par.
f1toned were serving sentences of from
one to fifteen years.
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Work To Be Done In Canal Zone.

Washington, D. Con December q
only ~one-seventh of the entire excaya-s
ton at the Panama Canal remained TO-
be completed and the working Tore
is increasing greatly in number. There
now is at work or the canal n ran.
road the largest force in the caaal
history, an army of 4O,159 persons, pc
cording to the canal records. Oh
course, except a few hundred women
and children all were men and 6,sle
were white Americans. High tension
currents of electricity are to be used
in operating the canal machinery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-12-25

II you discover. in looking over your
supply Of gold certificates. that some
of them bear the serial number
B1SSeO323 and have a suspicious look
besides. try to remember who passed
them on you. They are phony.
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Yeoos Get $4,000.

Lawrenceville, Ga.-Safeblowers got
at their work at Duluth when they
cracked the safe of the Bank Of Du.
luth and secured more than $4,000. 1t
WAS evidently the work of experts
Two distinct explosions were heard
nv about twenty-five persons, but no
one ventured out to e what was
the cause of the reports. The robbery
was discovered in the morning about
six o'clock. At that time. there had
been 80 much passing i was impoS;
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HELEN GOULD WILL =
Miss Gould Has Fortune Of $30po
Noted for Benefactions

Lakewood, N. J.-Announcei OF
the engagement of Miss Helerier
Gould Of New York to Finley Iep'
ard, a prominent railroad ma ST
Louis, was made at the residencMr.
and Mrs. George ]. Gould. 1t sag
that announcement Of the tand
place of the wedding would With
held for the present, and tfate'
ment was confirmed upon Try at
the residence Of Miss GouldNe~
York. .... /. =.
Mr.. Gould made known listers
engagement in a formal @ent
which read:
"Mr. and Mrs. George ]. ID an
nounce the engagement Of II sis
ter, Miss Helen Miller Gou,o MT
Finley ]. Shepard Of st. Id
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World Convention for Conservation

World Convention for Conservatism
Washington.-An international con-
convention Is provided Tor
IN q hill fvaorably reported by the
house committee on industrial arts
and expositions. The bill authorizes
the president to invite the nations OF
Tho world to send delegates to dis,
mss the worlds natural resources
and their distribution through COM
merce. An appropriation Of s25O,ooO
Is carried in the bill for a govern
ment exhibit and building at the ma
.,..., conservation expositlon at
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IA Carefully Guard MINIS.

Washington.--As q result OF tne
ANONYMOUS threat to dynamite the
Denver Mint Director George T.
Roberts has warned the super
jntendents of all. the mints IN the
country to observe rigid measures or
precaution against violence. While
MI. Roberts does not take the Denver
threat. seriously he said the mere sus-
sestion of a plot to blow up a mint
has put officials on the alert. yards
will not be increased but will keep a
keen watch for disturbers.
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Department store For Hong Kong.

Washington.-The establishment or
a Chinese department store In Hong
Kong and the installations OF electric
lights, ETC., the first Of their kind IN a
chinese establishment in that city Is
made the subject of a report by Amer
team yice-Counsul General Carleton.
Although the manager Of the estao-
l,shment is a Chinese whose business
experience was gained in Australia
many Of the employees will be Amer
,canized Cinnamon. Eight four-storied
buildings will be converted into the
new mart of trade.
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United States consular reports an
nounce that elephants are becoming
eheaper. Yet the careful man will
not lay in his winter supply OF ele'
phants without making further in
'quiry.
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Robbers Get $4,000 From Bank.
Kyle, frexas.-Four masked men
hound and gagged the Waterman at
the Kyle State bank, locked him In
a boxcar and escaped with $4,000 OF
the banks funds.
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A Boston inventor promises q hy'
less world. If this Is accomplished
with a strapless car to ride about
this fyless world In. the millennium
can take its own time in coming. fol
nobody will miss It
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The Cardiff giant sold the other day
for s2ea. The person who purchased
it evidAaily realized that the Amer
lean people still like to be humbugged'
and that tried fakes are the most Ell:
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Georgia Whiskey Must Stay at Home

Georgia Whiskey MUST stay dt r'one'
Jacksonville, Fla.-Judge John M.
Cheney, in Federal court, handed
down an opinion in the Injunction
suit brought some time ago by several
local liquor dealers against the South
ern Express company. The opinion IN
mart follows: THAT the Southern Elk
press company be restrained from re-
ceiving and transporting for any con
s~ideration, intoxicating liquors OF any
class or kind from any person or per
sons engaged in the liquor business
in the stats. Of Georgia to any person
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ronv Janus Flies and { Lives.

New Orleans, La.-Tonanus' tne
aviator, arrived in New Guns com,
pleting the longest hytaeroplane
flight on record, a distanC,f approx
imately on record. a distte approx
imately of $500 miles. mus came
from Omaha. Neb., by y stages
down the Missouri and ~ealss'sslpp'
ivers AS he carried passenger
W H. Trofts, Jr.. the ON IS also
made that the fight. in al
and duration, breaks a%Isecords for
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fdTCclS 0SS ti'os NV
Atlanta, Ga.-Instrut
Inauguration of the p
livery, effective the fiji
ing year, have been re
master Mckee of the
fee from Postmaster
cock. With the book
there was sent a maj
the postal territory imI
Atlanta, together with
chages to be made on
handled in the future
to other cities.
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Parcels Post lnstructl'

made a formal entry /
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Arkansas Governor Pardons $50.

sible to track the thieves with dogs