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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Tragic ReeIfoot Lake to Tennessee

lTdAlS nCCilS0S GoNS ~
Nashville, Tenn.-Reelfoot lake, the
famous fishing and game resort near
the western border Of the state, be-
came the property Of the state of
Tennessee when the condemnation
suit brought by the state against the
West Tennessee Land company for
the part Of the lake represented by
grants before the earthquake of 1911,
which caused the lake, was settled in
open court at Union City. The con-
sideration was $4,000, $4,000 for the
part in Obion county and $4,000 for
that in Lake county. The old grants
represented over a fourth Of the lake.
The acquisition of the lake by the
state is expected to. put an end to dis
orders over fishing rights or threat
ened disorders in the lake region,
which in 1908 was the scene of an
uprising by fishermen when Capt.
Quentin Rankin, a prominent lawyer,
was lynched and Col. R. q. Taylor
had a thrilling escape.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
New South Carolina Enterprises.

Ruby Drug Company of Ruby, with
a capital of $4,000. Officers are: R.
M. Newsom, president; j. S. McGreg.
or, vice. president; R. R. McCreight,
secretary and treasurer.
C. w. Requarth Company of Ian.
caster has been commissioned, with
a capital Of $4,000. Petitioners are:
C. W. Requarth and VIM. M. Wilson.
Clifton Land Company of Eloree
has been chartered, with a capital OF
$4,000. The officers are: J.. G.. Par.
k.r, president; G. w. Shumaker, vice
president; E. F. Trick, secretary and
treasurer.
Horny County Trust Company of
Conway, has been commissioned with
a capital of $4,000. The petitioners
are: w. w. Russ, w. B. Jones, W. P.
Hardwiqke and A. M. Sutherland.
Model Garage Company of Union
has been commissioned, with a CAPT
tai Of $4,000. Petitioners are: ]. G..
Going, o. E. Going, D. H. Montgom-
cry and Leo Jenkins.
The White Bank of Chester has
been chartered with a capital of
$4,000. Officers are: T. H. White,
president. .'
M. M. Byrd Company Of Mullins,
has been chartered, with a capital of
$4,000. Officers are: C. T. Byrd, pres
ident; H. L. Byrd, vice president; M.
M. Byrd, secretary and treasurer.
Bailey Distributing Company of Co.
lumbia has been chartered, with a
capital Of $4,000. Officers are C. T.
Bailey, president and treasurer; L. K.
Bailey, secretary.
Santee Hunting club of Sumter
county has bon commissioned with
a capital of $1,000. Petitioners are
R. M. Barwick, ]. H. Mcleod and
S. C. Mcleod.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
ManciIIa Did Not Desert.

San Antonio, Texas.-Gen. Jose
Mancilla, who left the Federal Army at,
Ojinaga, Mexico, and crossed to Presi-
dio, Texas, did not desert his command
but is seriously i'll and came to the
United States to seek medical atten-
ton. This was the report which Ma
jor McNamee, In command Of the bor-
der patrol which took Mancilla into
custody under the neutrality laws,
made to General Tasker H. Bliss, at
department headquarters here. Gem
eral Bliss has refused General Man
elias request to be allowed to come
with his son to San Antonio for treat
ment unless he resigns from. the Mex
lean Army. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
UNCLE SANS ARMY
NOW @UNPREPARED
UNITED STATES SHY OF FIELD
GUNS AND ALSO OF
AMMUNITION.
ARE NOT READY FOR WAR
General Wood Paints Doleful Picture
of Army to Congressional
Committees.

Notwithstanding that his
judgment was not influenced by the
Mexican situation, Major General
Wood, chief of staff Of the army, has
advised committees of congress that
they should appropriate 100000 for
field guns and ammunition for the
regular army, and 100000 for the
militia.
"If you sent our troops into war as
they are now, without guns or ammu-
milton, it would be absolute slaugh-
ter" the general told the house mill
tary committee. IF called into the
field suddenly, we should have to go
with a small allowance Of ammunition,
and we should have neither guns nor
ammunition enough for our field artil-
lery forces"
General Wood, in a written state
ment, said:
1--WE neither have guns nor ammun1-
ton sufficient to give any general com
manding an army in the field any as
surance of success if attacked by an
army Of equal size which is supplied
with it's proper quota Of field artil-
1ery.
ut is my belief that no modern war
between first class powers will last
for one year, and unless private manu-
facturers are encouraged to manufac-
ture ammunition for our guns, after
war is declared, they will not be in a
condition to do so until after the war
is finished.
"The war department believes after
extended study that, in cases of war
with a first class power, an army Of
500, 900 men will be needed to give
this country any chance of success
against invasion, and that this force
will be needed at once"
The general suggested, that the
United States regular mobile army
should be organized into three infan-
try and two cavalry divisions with
an aggregate war strength of about
$4,000, requiring 81 batteries, or ZIG
guns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
INCOME OF AGRICULTURAL Blu.
REAU EXCEEDS EPENsE DUR.
ING PAST YEAR..
fine INSPECTION SERVICE
Feedstuffs and Oil Fees Have Yielded
Funds Sufficient to Cover All Ex-
penses-The Bureau Has Bright
PROSPECTS For 1914.
Columbia.

The state department of agriculture
has been placed on a self-sustaining
basis. Commissioner Watson recently
turned over $12, 3O2.50 to the general
state fund. This. amount was col
lected under the feedstuffs and the oil
inspection acts.
In speaking of the matter, Commits
sioner Watson said that it had been
his ambition to get the department
of agriculture, with all Of its manifold
duties, on a thoroughly s~elf-sustaining
basis. He said that it was the greatest
personal qualification to him to be
able to say that Notwithstanding the
fact that he has had to equip at a
very considerable expense laboratories
for the examination Of feeds, foods,
drugs, oils and seeds, a great deal of
this expense having to be borne this
year, the department had come out at
the end of the year in such shape as
to be able to pay back to the state
all Of the money appropriated for the
department and still carry a safe mar
gin of surplus for unimpeded opera
tons in those divisions dependent en-
tirely upon special funds.
With the necessity for expenditures
for laboratory equipment out OF the
way, the coming years record, he
said, ought to be equally as good. Mr..
Watson considers the idea of com
pactness and coordination of work on
various lines under divisions in one
department the greatest economy the
state could practice. He said that he
believed that during the coming year
the department could easily take on
a public highway division and pro-
vide skilled engineering and a sys,
tenn of maintenance of earth roads on
main highways and go to the end OF
the year with that work also with.
out cost to the state by direct appro'
priation.
Mr.. Watson said that the surplus
which enabled him to take the action
that he has, covering all expenses fol-
the year 1913, has not accrued during
the year 1913, but has come oyer a
period Of the last two or three years
during the process of organization OF
the new divisions marking the expan'
sion of the departments. With the
operating equipment now all bought
however, he feels sure that the show
ing at the end of the year 1914 can be
equally as gratifying.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
some INCOME TAX RULES
FORM TO BE USED AND REGULA'
TIoNS TO BE FOLLOWED
ARE SENT OUT.
Every Citizen Who Has Income o.
$4,000 or More Liable for
" the Tax.

Washington.-The form to be used
and regulations to be followed by ill.,
dividuals in making returns Of in
come subject to the new federal in
come tax were sent out by the treas
ury department. Every citizen of the
United States, whether residing at
home or abroad, every person re-
siding in the United States and ev-
cry nonresident alien who has in
come from United States investments
Of $4,000 or more, must make return.
For the past year, 1913, specific ex-
emptions will be $4,000 or $3,333.33 in
the case of a married person, and in
future years $4,000 and $4,000. Where
the tax has been withheld in part Of
the income on the source, or where
part of the income ONE as dividends
upon stock of a corporation, taxable
under the corporation tax section Of
the law, the regulations set forth that
such income shall be deducted from
the individuals total net income when
| computing the amount Of which he is
taxable.
The law imposes a tax Of l per cent.
and provides that individuals who have
an income between $780, 900 and $4,000
shall pay an additional tax Of l per
cent. on such amount; on all between
$50, 900 and $4,000, 2 per cent; $4,000
to 500, 600, 3 per cent; 100000 to
$3.50, 900, 4 per cent; s25O,0O0 to $780,
900, 5 per cent. and all over $500, 900,
6 per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Plot of Rebels Fooled.

Guayaquil, Ecuador.-A plot to at
tack the barracks at Guayaquil was
discovered by the government in time
to prevent a serious situation. Revolu.
tionists under Col. Vale Franco were
surprised while making preparations.
The leader was killed and others were
dispersed. Troops p~strolled the city
throughout the night. Several gov
eminent officials involved in the rebel
campaign in Esmeraldas have been
brought here for courtmartial.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
MiIIionaires 10 Build Club.

Brunswick, Cattle purchase by
Edwin Gould and associates of Lath-
am Hammock, and the filing of a petit
ton for charter in the Glynn superior
court for the incorporation Of the
Latham Hammock Club" probably
means that Glynn county is Don to
have another club composed Of mil.
lionaires, similar in many ways to the
famous Jekyl Island Club, which has
been known for many pears a the
richest organization of the kind in the
country, being composed Of one hun
dred millionaires.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
BATTLE CEASES Err
Dead Bodies of Soldiers Lying In
Trenches.

Maria, Texas.-Fighting between
the northern division Of the Mexican
federal army, defending Ojinaga, Mex
leo, opposite here, and General Orte-
gas 5000 rebels ceased as suddenly
as it began a week ago. Without any
federal activities to provoke his move,
General Ortega withdrew his army
seven miles to the west, along the
Rio Grande, supposedly to await the
arrival Of reinforcements from Chi
huahua.
Although both armies, after six days
of fighting, had been resting, General
Ortega suddenly divided his army into
three formations and started to move
along the border away from Ojinaga.
General Ortega's departure was re-
garded by the federal garrison as in
dicating that both armies will delay
further fighting until both Of them
have been strengthened.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Lost Money and Killed Himself,

Athens, Ala.-Henry Warten, the
wealthiest and one Of the most prom
inent men of this county, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the left temple. The shooting occur
red at his home, death being ~instanta.
neous. He was a heavy dealer in cot
ton futures, having made a fortune in
a corner on the staple in New Orleans
last August. Recently he has been
losing heavily, and his son in New
Orleans had just told him over the
long distance telephone that be had
been closed out in his futures there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Wilson Benefited by Vacation,

Pass Christian, Miss.-The presi-
dent looks forward to a busy week,
in which work and exercise will be
carefully balanced. MI. Wilson is now
as we'll as ever. He reveals in his
countenance the glow of health and
the vigor with which he executes long,
perfect drives on the golf links testi-
fies how fully he has recovered from
his recent illness. His return to nor.
NAL is best indicated, however, by his
a~ssiduous work. He is d~isposing of a
number Of important matters Of Off
cial routine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
MUCH SWINDLINC BY MAIL
$129,o00,o00 TAKEN FROM THE
PUBLIC BY MAIL
FRAUDS.
Many Schemes to Defraud the Public
Are Operated Through the
Mails.

Washington.-Loss Of S129,0OO,OOO
in two years by the unsuspecting pub
lie through swindling operation car
ried on by use Of the United States
mails has stirred the postal authori'
ties to a drastic campaign against
fraudulent schemers. Wholesale use
of governments right to deny the
mailing privilege to persons or firms
whose operations may be tainted with
"get rich quick" and other false
promises is the weapon to be EN-.
ployed.
An effort to stop this swindling by
reliance upon criminal courts has
proved ineffective, according to ". H.
Lamar, assistant attorney general for
the postoffce department, whose an
nual report was made public on the
first.
Criminal proceedings are necessa-
rily slow" says the report, land by
means of appeals and other methods
the execution Of sentence are deferred
for long periods, during which the
concerns and individuals engaged in
such fraudulent business continue to
reap a harvest through their fraudu,
lent enterprise. In some instances,
the penalty being merely a fine, there
was nothing to prevent the parties
from continuing their schemes ex-
cept fear Of subsequent fines. These
they could easily afford to pay in
view Of the large revenue derived
from the business"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Competition Saves 1867 so.

Washington.-secretary Daniels an
nounced that bids just submitted for
the manufacture of proiectiles for the
Navy showed a decrease Of sSS9,825,
compared with prices paid last year.
If the Department takes advantage OF
the right to increase orders by 20 per
cent, Secretary Daniels said, a saving
Of $1,067,7 100 for the Government will
be the result of the restoration Of open
and real competition between bidders.
Contracts to be let call for the manu-
facture of $500 14inch armor-piercing
shells, 1,500 Pinch shells, and 10000
four and 1ve-inch common shells, the
annual food" suppl. for the Navy's
guns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
IS LABORERS MEET DEATH
FIatboat on Which They Were Being
Transported Was Wrecked.


Transported Was Wrecked.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.-Dashed to
death on the rocks in the Fraser riv-
er, British Columbia, or swept to their
doom by the swift current, was the
fate of rs laborers employed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, accord,
ing to Angelo Pugliese, one of rs who
managed to escape when the fatboat
in which they were being transport
ed across the river was wrecked on
a rock.
Pugliese reached Winnipeg and
says the 25 who escaped were all
injured. The tragedy occurred in Brit
ish Columbia, west Of Fort George.
Pugliese says a change in location
of the work necessitated crossing the
Fraser river. The 100 laborers put
away from shore In a frail craft, which
became unmanageable. 1t was dashed
to pieces on a rock in the middle OF
the torrent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
"a Men Doomed to Pen.

Chicago.-Sentences Of twenty-four
Of the labor union officials convicted
in Indianapolis of conspiracy to trans
port dynamite were confirmed by the
United States circuit court of appeals
Of the seventh district. Six of the
thirty who appealed were granted new
trials. Counsel for the t~wenty-four
within thirty days will petition the
court Of appeals for a rehearing on
new legal points. If that is denied
they will take the case to the federal
Supreme court.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
No Change in Mexic Policy.

Mexico City.-The announcement
that President Wilson's policy proba-
bly, would remain unchanged after
John Lind's trip to Pass Christian,
is a source of disappointment to most
foreigners and many Mexicans, who
believed the interview between the
president and his personal represen-
tative might result in some definite
step to put an early end to the dis
tressing conditions, which, so far as
business is concerned, are fast grow.
ing acute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Assert Thaw Is Not Dangerous.

Concord, N. H.-The release on bail
of Harry K. Thaw would not menace
public safety, two Of his ~custodians de-
clared at a public hearing before the
commission appointed by the federal
court to pass upon Thaw's mental con-
dition and it's relation to his liberia
ton under bonds. Holman A. Drew,
sheriff of Coos county, and Clark D.
Stevens ofsthe local police force, who
have had Thaw in charge since Sep
TENDER, favored his admission to bail.
Thaw and his mother were present
with counsel.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Unknown Steamer Goes Down

New York.-A wireless message re-
ceived here by the agents of the
Compania Trans-Atlantica, said that
the steam Manuel Calvo of that line
was on her way into port towing a
disabled tank steamer, when at a
point fifteen miles east Of Sandy
Hook the tank steamer sank. The
Manuel Calvo lost n lifeboat, the
dispatch said. There was no men
ton of any loss Of life mol was the
name Of the tank steamer given
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana.

Shreveport, La.-Dave Lee, a ne.
gro, was taken from the Marion coun.
ty Jail at Jefferson, Texas, by
a body Of masked men and hanged
to a bridge nearby. The mob com.
PEELED the jailer to give up his keys,
quickly secured the prisoner, execut.
ed him and quietly dispersed. Lee
was charged with shooting and wound.
ing Constable Matt Taylor, while re.
sisting arrest. 1t is said there were
but fifteen men in the lynching par
ty. No arrests have been made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Ask Lesa Money Than Before.

Annual report of the Historical
Commission of South Carolina was is
sued from the press recently and will
be sent to the general assembly early
in the session. Members Of the COM
mission signing the report are: R. NJ.
McCown. w. H! Windle, Jos. A. Nc
Cullough, Henry A. M. Smith, Yates
Snow den and R. M. Kennedy.
Estimates of expense for the coming
year are as follows: Salary of the
secretary $1,000, stenographer and
typewriter $720, printing historical
records $1,000, contigent fund 5000,
work on Confederate records $1,000,
or a total of S5,270.
1t is stated in the report that A.
s.. Salley. Jr., was reelected secretary
and Yates Snowden of the University
Of South Carolina, vice chairman.
AT the last session of your honor
able body" says the commission, "the
following appropriations were made
for this commission: Secretary ST.
600;; contingent fund, $3.50; printing,
S1,0OOa work on Confederate records,
$780,; total $3.50. The $1,000 ap-
propriated for salary Of the secretary
was applied to the payment of his sal
airy as fixed by law. For a statement
Of disbursement Of the $3.50 contin-
gent fund we refer your honorable
body to the statement included in the
report Of the secretary accompanying
this report. T'erein is also set out
the disposition Of the $4,000 for work
on Confederate records. 20
1--WE are glad to congratulate your
honorable body on the progress your
appropriations have permitted us to
make in procuring and printing the
records of the states soldiers during
the Wal Between the States. We have
had completed the p%hotostatic copies
Of more than two-thirds of the rolls
in the war department at Washington.
The appropriations we ask for the
coming year, will finally complete
these copies. We lave also published
the first volume of the Confederate
records. containing The names and SER
vice OF the memh@rs Of the three first
infantry regiments, and hope to fol-
low with further ones as rapidly as
possible. The other publications for
the year will appear from the secre.
tary's report.
1.-THE performance of this great
work Of recognition on the part of the
to her heroic sons Is now well under
way.
Owing to the great increase of the
work developed upon the secretary,
we would earnestly request of your
honorable body a small increase in his
salary and would also urge that he
be allowed a stenographer and type.
writer to assist. The continual ap-
peals from all parts of the state for
information as to the history of for
bears, especially during the war of
1S61-1865, and for historical informa-
ton, render it almost impossible for
him to perform all of the work with.
out assistance"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Spectacular Joint Game of War.

Observation-Disclosures spectacular
joint war game by the Army and
Navy off the New England Coast is
being planned along lines suggested
by Secretary Daniels, Brigadier Cen
eral Mills, Chief of this Division Of
Militia Affairs, has been comforting
with Secretary Garrison over the eff
feet of the holding of the large Army
force on the Mexican border and it
has been decided to conduct the ex-
ercises whether or not it is necessary
to have a small representation from
the regular Army.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
CIVIL COURTS UNDER TROOPS
West Virginia Authorities A%rraigned
for Conduct During Strike.

Washington.-A severe arraignment
of the authorities who administered
martial law in West Virginia from
September, 1912, to June, 1913, when
the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek coal
mine strike troubles were in prog
ress is contained in a subcommittee
report made public by Senator Borah,
The report does not bear the formal
Endorsement of the full senate COM
mittee, but was given out as the
Statement Of facts" prepared by Sen
ator Borah as the member charged
with preparing that section Of the
report bearing on courtmartial trials
and alleged violations Of law by mil
itary courts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
American Athletes Break Records.

San Francisco, Collaborating to
cables, Power of the Boston Athletic
association and Templeton of the San
Francisco Olympic club, members of
the All-American track team, broke
records in the meet at Wellington,
New Zealand. Power established a
New Zealand SS0-yard record with 1
minute So seconds, a fifth better than
the record made by Burke in 1905.
Templeton broke the New Zealand
and Australian pole vault record, lead
ing II feet and 2 inches, which dis.
places the former mark of II feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Virginia Land Leased for U. S. Camp.

Winchester, Va.-The federal gov
eminent has leased approximately fiji
teen hundred acres of land near here
which will be used as a camp site for
the federal troops which will take part
in the military maneuvers. The nego-
tiations for the property were conduct
ed by Maj. James A. Logan of the
general staff Of the army. The new
site is said to be better adapted to
camp purposes than that used last
summer and is nearer Winchester and
the railroads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-03-25
Plea For Leniency Entered.

Strassburg.-A plea for leniency
was ent-red by the Judge Advocate in
the court martial Of Colonel Won
Reuter- and Lieutenant Schad. The
two officers are charged with breach
es Of the law in connection with re-
cent violent incidents between the
military and civilians. The Judge
Advocate reduced the charge to the
simple accusation of holding civilian
prisoners overnight instead of trans
ferring them to the care of the civil
authorities Immediately according to
the law.