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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-29
MAN MARRIES
DRAMATICALLY In ROAD

Macon June 27-Elopements and
freak weddings are becoming daily
occurrences in Macon.
Sunday Ralph Grayson and Miss Ru-
by Jackson were married in the CEN
ter of cotton patch, after outwitting
angry parents. Mr.. Grayson stole his
bride from her home in a second-story
fat by means of a ladder.
Tuesday Joseph A Harper, a travel
ing man. and Miss Callie Bates, pref
ty trained nurse, went out for an au-
tomobile ride. They had planned to
be married later in the evening and
Mr.. Harper had the license in his
pocket.
While driving along the country road
they came upon Rev. J. G. Farrisc'
who was coming into the city in his
l,uggy. 1t occurred to the couple that
II would be novel surprise to their
friends if they should wed. and an
nounce the fact on their return home.
They stopped the preacher and asked
him if he was willing to tie the knot.
He was not only willing, but ready
and taking the seat vacated by the
chauffeur, the minister invited the
couple to stand up in the machine
while he made them man and wife.
The only witnesse were the chauffeur
and a farmer who happened along just
in time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-29

n,,timore, Md, June 27.-Followins
.,o notes of a reporter who was
on the water wagon until instructed to
; srsonally investigate whether the
Of drinks has been boosted DUR
Invention week.
nc ston no. One. Asked bartender
whether price of drinks had been in
creased. He said, buy and find out"
Bought.
Bought.
asked for gin rickey. Prict rs cents.
- Can get one for Is cents in Chi
cago or Cleveland
Cton No. Two-Thought it best to
,,ooo m buying. Scotch highball this
.;n,o had to mix 'em, but-well)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-29
BARBECUE FOR The
CONVICTS OF COUNTY
Will Be Served Them on the
Fourth

Sumter's seventy convicts are going
to have cause to remember with pleas
ure the approaching national holiday
next Thursday, July fourth. Business
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-29
To Colorado Points
Schedules:

Leave Macon Southern Railway ....... 4i az d. ~,
Arrive Memphis, Frisco .......'-.'''' 90 p =,
Arrive Kansas City, Frisco ......,...'.lV' 30 d. -
Leave Kansas City c., r. l. & P. .......ll 10 d. H.
Arrive Colorado Springs, c. R. l. & P... 7;4o a. III,
Arrive Denver, G., R. l. & P .......''.'' GOV {" IN
Solid through electric lighted train OF coaches anu
Pullman sleeping with dining car service 70 h""
SaS City. -.
through Pullman sleeping ear to Colorado springs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-29
To Land of the Sky Country

Asboril1o md rot,,r, ..........$1 3.4o
p1aoI, NJ aT go and ro+nrn 1405
Hendersonvile and return ...........'''''' 1L' ~
Io 81 Tn lreS GU rd ratlrr .... 14f5
rTrIor 80 So, ...... 11.65
W,noo arI ond no+,,n .... 1455
Tickets on sale daily Final limit six montns lloul
date of sale
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
PLANS CHAMBER
Of COMMERCE
A DOLLAR DINNER WILL BE CIV
EN- IN COLUMBIA ON NINTH
OF JULY.
URGE BUSINESS MEN TO COME
Temporary Organization Has Been
Completed With Lewis w. Parker,
President, and A. Mop. Handy Sec
retary-Address Issued to Public.

Columbia. - A South Carolina
Chamber Of Commerce will be organ
lied in Columbia at a dollar dinner
to be given on July 9. The idea Is
for not only the commercial organi-
cations Of South Carolina but for all
citizens to get together and work for
the state. At a preliminary meet
ing Lewis w. Parker Of G~reenville
was elected temporary president and
A. Mop. Handy secretary of the Co.
lumbia chamber of commerce was Sc
lected temporary secretary. A call
to the business men Of South Caro-
lima was issued .
Those who attended the meeting
of the AID Clubs of America in Dallas,
Texas" said Mr.. Handy, were i'm
pressed with it in South Carolina.
Petty financial and other ~jealousies
should be dropped and everybody
should work for the whole state. At
ter the permanent organization has
been perfected meetings will be held
from time to time, and members from
every section will be urged to attend
and tell their troubles or what they
have done to advance their in erests'
The dues will be very light~dnd every
good citizen is urged torjoin, whether
he be q member ola chamber OF
commerce or a boat of trade or not"
The towns aid cities represented
at the meeting either by proxy or IN
person included Charleston, Colum'
bia, Sumter, Florence, Orangeburg'
Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg,
GEORGETOWN and Greenville. The dol
l1r for the dinner must be sent IN
to Secretary Handy not later than
June 26.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
COMMERCE COURT
GETS A BODY BLOW
THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL RULES
THAT 1T HAS EXCEEDED ITS
RIGHTS.
THE OPINION IS BY WHITE
The Chief Justice Makes a Scathing
Arrangement of the Body In Its At
tempt to Override the Commerce
Commlssion.-Had No Such Powers.

Washington. - Blow after blow
was given the new commerce court
by the Supreme Court Of the United
States which upheld the executive
Jurisdiction of the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission over the admins
trative machinery of the Federal rate
laws.
The principal decision was an
nounced by Chief Justice White In
the so-called Proctor and Gamble
case" He was sustained by the en-
tire court. In substance he held that
the commerce court was not to sub
stitute It's judgment for the interstate
commerce commission in the admin
~istration of the rate laws. The spe-
cific point ruled on was that parties
who failed to get relief before the
Interstate Commerce Commission have
no right to go into the commerce
court and have that court pass upon
the facts to ascertain II they should
have been granted relief.
In his opinion Chief Justice White,
however, went further. He showed
that the commerce court was no
given new and strange" powers, but
succeeded to the powers Of the circuit
courts in existence when the COM
merce court was created, and that the
commerce court was limited in review
ing the commissions orders to ques-
ton Of law. In cases yet to be passed
upon it Is claimed that the commerce
court went out of the domain OF law
and gave its judgment on pure ques-
lions of fact.
Chief Justice White stated the ques-
ton for decision to be whether the
authority of the commerce court was
confined to enforcing and restraining,
as the case might me, affirmative or
ders of the commission, or whether it
had the power to exert its own judg-
ment by original Interpretation of the
administrative features of the act to
regulate commerce.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
BEACH IS INDICTED
GRAND JURY FOUND TRUE BILL
AGAINST THE NEW YORK
CLUB MAN.
GRAND JURY DELIBERATES
The Trial of Frederick o. Beach Will
Be Held in Aiken in September
He is Charged With Slashins His
Wife's Throat.

Aiken. After celebrating foul
hours and 25 minutes, the grand jury
returned a true bill against Frederick
o. Beach of the New York 400"
charged with assault and battery with
attempt to kill his wife, Mrs. Camilla
Beach , last February, when the
Beaches were occupying their win
ter home here.
None of the New York witnesses
were present nor was Detective
Baughn, who worked up the case for
the city, but his brief, covering every
detail of his three weeks investiga,
ton, was placed before the grand
jury.
When Solicitor Gunter placed the
case in the hands Of the grand jury
he told that body .Iat in addition to
the witnesses he would place at their
disposal, there were a number Of
others who are in other cities, and he
instructed them that If they could not
return a true bill from the evidence
which would be laid before them not
to make a report on the matter at all
until the lei term of court when all
the witnesses will be here. The solici.
tor also requested Judge Rice, who
is presiding at the June term of gen
eral sessions court, to excuse from
service any Of the grand jury who
have formed or expressed an opinion
regarding Beach's guilt or innocence,
Judge Rice stated to the foreman
of the grand jury that If II Of the
grand jurors could not agree from
the evidence laid before them, that
there is enough in the Beach case
to warrant it going before a petit jury
he would excuse such men who have
formed or expressed an opinion. The
case went to the grand jury at noon
and at 4:25 o'clock the true bill was
returned.
Beach will be tried at the Septem
Der term of court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Twelve Killed BY Explosion,

Vienna.-Twelve persons were kill
ed and many injured at the Woellers-
dorf ammunition factory in Wiener
Neustadt, when an explosion occurred
in a shed containing scrasite, the Aus
trian equivalent for melinite. The
victims were soldiers and workmen.
The shock broke windows throughout
the town and did much damage In the
neighboring watering places of Baden.
Wiener Neustadt is a manufacturing
town thirteen miles south Of Vienna.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Politics In Lexington County.

Lexington. - The political pot in
Lexington county is beginning to sim
mer, and the candidates are "cover.
ing" the field at a lively rate. There
has been, however, up to the present
less interest shown in the politics OF
the county than at any time in many
years, due no doubt to the fact that
the people have had other things OF
more serious and vital nature to occu-
py their thoughts. The interest in
the gubernatorial race between Cole
l.. Blease and Ira B. Jones is over
7hadowing everything else.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Fire Does Damage In Lexington.

The large turpentine still Of ].
Press Clarke in the town Of Lexington
was destroyed by fire and the ring
ing of the fire bell caused consider
able excitement for awhile. The tur-
pentine anC rosin made a tremendous
black smoke, which caused many peo-
pie to think that the fire was far
more disastrous. A lot of %turpentine
and 6 few barrels Of rosin were con-
sumed, causing a heavy loss. The
fire originated while the still was in
operation from a spark, and the
flames spread rapidly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Decrease Shown In Child Labor.

Columbia.-There has been a de-
crease of 80 per cent in the number
of children in the cotton mills of
South Carolina according to reports
furnished Commissioner Watson by
70 companies. In 1911 the total mum.
Der Of children in the mills under 16
years of age was 1921 and the re-
ports this year show, the number to
be 2,734. The reports filed show that
no children under IL years of age, are
employed, while in 1911 there were
1913. These figures will be used by
Commissioner Watson in an address
to be delivered before the annual
gathering Of the International Associ-
alton Of Factory Inspectors in Wash.
ingtOn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Have Refused to Appropriate.

Washington.-The House voted ~
to AZ, not to include in the sundry
civil appropriation bill the money nee
essary to continue President Tafts
tariff board during the coming fiscal
year. The vote was preceded by q
debate that grew acrimonious at times
and was strictly along party lines.
Another brisk battle marked the con.
sideration of the appropriations for
public buildings. The committee had
cut s13, 500, 900 from the estimates and
q score Of members sought to have
the appropriations for their especial
pct projects increased. None. u c
ceeded. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Call Meeting To Fix Assessments.

The state Democratic executive
committee has been called to meet in
Columbia in the library at the state
house by John Gary Evans, state
chairman, when the assessments for
the candidates entering the campaign
will be fixed. 1t is estimated that the
campaign this year will cost over $4,-
900. This will necessarily cause the
assessments to be raised as there are
a small number of candidates in the
field. The itinerary which has been
prepared by the subcommittee is per-
manent as the committee was author
lied by the state executive committee
to map out the campaign. The first
meeting will be held at Sumter on
June Is and the steady grind will be
kept up until August % at Greenville
with a recess of one week beginning
on July 26.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
YOUNG Man Shot To Death.

Hartsville.-Dalton Gilbert, a young
man, son of A. j. Gilbert, a farmer Of
good standing who lives about five
miles west of Huntsville, was shot to
death by another man, Barney Wal
lace. The killing occurred in the
woods of a byroad from the public
road, leading from Huntsville. to Nc
Bee, about three miles from Harris
vile. The spot was an isolated one,
and there were no witnesses. 1t ap-
pears that Wallace and Gilbert had
been driving together and apparently
had been friendly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
A Destructive Railroad Wreck

Cheraw.-A deadly and destructive
wreck occurred here when a through
freight train, consisting of 26 coal
cars on the Winston-Salem south
bound division of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad coming from Winston
Salem and bound for Florence jump
ed the switch at the pumping station
just outside of this city, killing the
negro brakeman. George Eddy, whose
home is in Florence, and badly
scalding the engineer. e. P. Epting,
also of Florence. Epting's injuries e.
not fatal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
MAGISTRATES Have Been Ousted.

Holding that they are usurping and
unlawfully holding Office the supreme
court in a decision by Associate JUS
tice Watts ousted J. M. Bowden and
A. H. Kirby, S. s. Timer and D T.
Gossett, T. o. Fowler and w. c. Har-
rison, w. R. Tanner and E. Potter
from the office of magistrates In Spar
tanburg county. Bowden, Timer, Tan
ner and Fowler were appointed by
the governor as magistrates without
the recommendation Of the county
delegation. The others ousted were
hold-over officials and had been con-
frmed by the senate. The court or
dered the defendants to pay the costs
assessed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Count TIzss Had Narrow Escape.

Budapest.-Count Tizsa, president OF
the lower house, had a very narrow
escape from assassination. He was
fired upon three times by Deputy Ju-
Illus Kovacs, who then shot himself,
probably fatally. Count Tizsa was un-
scratched. Kovacs was one of the
most militant members Of the opposi-
ton and was among those who were
elected from the chamber because Of
d%isorderly conduct. He was suspend
ed for several sittings but when the
chamber reconvened he managed to-
get into the press gallery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Dispensary Trials Are Closed.

Attorney General Lyon, discussing
the recent dispensary trials in Rich
land county, said that he did not ex-
pect the jury to convict, and that he
did not believe a Richland county
Jury would convict in the dispensary
cases no matter what testimony might
be presented. A verdict Of not guilty
was returned In the cases Of H. H.
Evans, former member of the dispen.
sary board, on a charge of receiving
a rebate and conspiracy to receive a
rebate, and against John Zell Towili.
W. o. Tatum and . w. Boykin in the
label deal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Brokers Plan Falls Through.

Although Norton w. Booker had
announced that he would meet the
people of the upper portion Of the
county at S~ummerland on June 1 for
the purpose of pushing the agitation
Of his scheme to consolidate the coun
ty of Lexington to Richland, or to
talk over the proposition of forming
a new county out of portions of Lex
ington, Saluda and Aiken, with Sum
merland as the county seat, less than
half a dozen people met him. To be
candid, there were no persons present
to help Mr.. Booker.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Watson Makes Cotton Report.

Columbia.-That the most conserv.
ative figures for the eleven princial
cotton growing states show a total re-
duction of 6,071,750 acres, was the
statement contained in a report by E.
J. Watson, commissioner of agricul-
ture of South Carolina and president
of the Southern Cotton Congress on
the results obtained under the Rock
Hill plan" for reduction of cotton
acreage, which was inaugurated by
John G.. Anderson of Rock Hill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Violence Marks Traction Strike.

observation-disclosures marked the be-
ginning of a strike of several thousand
# the employees Of the Boston elevat-
ed railway. Those who refused to
.ork demand recognition by the CON-
pany of a recently formed union. The.
company's reply is that they have
treated the men unusually we'll for
many years and refuse to deal with
them other than individuals. The
street railway service and the elevated
road were being operated on about
half time. Five arrests have been
made for assaults on motormen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Million In Bonds For Revolution.

Chihuahua, Mexico.-Bonds In the
sum of one million dollars and for any
additional amount that may be found
necessary for the successful prosecu-
ton of the revolution against the Mex
lean government were authorized by
the legislature Of the state Of Chihua,
hua. Two agents have left here for
New York City to negotiate the sales
of the bonds, which are guaranteed
not only by the state Of Chihuahua but
by General Pascual Orozo, as chief OF
the liberals.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
WILL HAVE FELDERARRESTED
Blease Stated That He Would Instruct
Sheriffs of Two Counties to Arrest
Thomas B. Fielder.

Columbia.-Governor Blease stated
that he would shortly instruct the
sheriffs of Greenvile and S%partanburg
counties to. arrest Thomas B. Fielder,
the Atlanta attorney who has won
such a name, in this state and who is
charged with conspiracy and attempt
to bride an official of this state, as
he passes through this state on his
way from Atlanta to Baltimore, en-
route to the national Democratic con-
vention. He further stated that If
Fielder should be arrested in Balti-
more he would issue a requisition on
the governor of Maryland for his re-
turn to this state. Mr.. Fielder is a
delegate at large from Georgia to the
Baltimore convention.
In going from Atlanta to Baltimore
Mr.. Fielder will almost certainly have
to pass through South Carolina. He
will in so doing either use a South
ern train stopping at both Spartan
burg and G%reenville, Of else he will
take a Seaboard Air Line train pass
ing through Abbeville, Greenwood
and other towns.
There are rewards outstanding for
the arrest Of Fielder in this state
amounting to 5000 and there are
three warrants for his arrest in this
state, these being held by officials of
as many counties. There Is one war
rant for his arrest in the hands of
the sheriff of Lexington county. A
warrant for his arrest is in the hands
of a magistrate Of Newberry county
and there Is also one in the hands
of a magistrate in Richland county
These warrants charge Fielder with
to defraud the state OF
South Carolina and with attempting
to bride a state official. The whole
is the outgrowth Of the affairs of the
old state dispensary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Additional Postal Saving Stations.

Additional Postal Saving Stations
Additional postal saving stations
have been designated to be ready to
receive deposits July 1 next, at the
following South Carolina postofices:
Lamar, st. Matthew, Timmonsville,
Brunson, Dorchester, Elloree, Eutaw.
vile, Fairfax, Furman, ~Greelyville,
Holly Hill, Kline. Loris, Neeses, Mich
OILS, North, Norway, Olar, Ridgeland,
R~idgeville, Scranton, Springfield, Will
liston. Varnville. In the interest Of
Postmaster Murphy, the incumbent,
an effort Is being made to held up the
confirmation Of Editor A. w. Knight,
Of the Bamberg Herald, to be post
master at Bamberg. Mr.. knight is a
Democrat. While there may be a
brief delay to see what those who
are Directing to Mr.. Knight may have
to say, if they say it quickly, there
is little prospect that the nomination
will not be confirmed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12

Boston reports that the marriage IL
cense bureau there shows that no Hub
ladies took advantage Of leap year.
Does the Boston marriage license bu.
reau examine applicants as to which
side popped the question? If so. 1t
seems to add a new terror to the task
of contracting matrimony.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Five Thousand Troops Go To Cuba.

Washington.-The general staf OF
the army issued preparatory orders
for the despatch Of a military expe-
dition of 5000 troops to Cuba. Four
army transports at Newport News
were ordered provisioned and sup
piled. The troops will be taken from
P%lattsburg barracks, forts Porter,
Niagara and Governors Island, N. Y.
At the war department it was emphat'
ically stated that If the expeditionary
force did go to Cuba it would no be
with any thought of political liner
ference in the affairs O fthe island.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Brlno In Verdict of Manslaughter.

Bring In verdict OF mahsidugnteT'
William F. Martin, who last Janu-
airy shot and killed James Harris, a
lineman, at a boarding house on AS
sembly street, Columbia, was tried
for murder in the Richland county
court and found guilty of manslaugh-
ter with a recommendation to mercy.
A motion will be made for an appeal
of the case. Martins plea was self
defense. He did not take the stand.
The state had six witnesses, and the
following jury brought in the verdict:
J. G. Poorer, J.. B. Urquhart, ]. E.
Young, G. B. Scott, S. B. Hyatt, H.
w. Entzminger, W. C. Klugh, Pres
ton Hooper, W. D. Raybon, E. E.
Faust, j. H. Jones and G.. S. Swygert.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12

The famous Mona Lisa is said to be
In the United States. The only clue
the art detectives have to trace her Is
that she wears a smile which will not
come off. In these days that is some
Identification.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Conference On Public Health.

ITI0 UT TUUTI TTCuTITTs =
Columbia.-Dr. Jas. A. Hayne, state
health officer and secretary Of the
state board Of health, has returned
from Washington, where he spent a
day in conference with other state
health officers and the public health
and marine hospital service. This
was the tenth annual conference of
state and territorial health authorities
with the public health and marine
hospital service. In addition to the
surgeon general Of the public health
and marine hospital service, and other
members Of that service, there were
representatives from many states Of
the Union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12

1t is only fair to call attention to
the fact that the Pennsylvania judge
who ruled that a husbands home Is
where his wife abides is not the one
who sent an Allentown woman to jail
for having nine husbands.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-06-12
Shooting Scrape at Greenwood.

oTVOITTS oSTdPS dH Toe'VFO0U'
A young man named Hayne was
shot in the neck by a young farmer,
Dupre Sheay at Greenwood. The
shooting took place in Lee & Blake's
drug store on Main street. Sheay was
trading when Hayne walked in and
started toward him. Sheay, according
to eye witnesses, retreated warning
Hayne not to come upon him. Hegne
continued, it is said, until Sheay had
reached a brick wall and could not
retreat further whereupon Sheay
pulled a pistol and fired, the ball max
ing double perforation in the neck.