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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
ALASKA COAL LANDS OPEN
Under Leasing Plan Lands Agreed
= Upon by Senate.

r.. Upon by senate
Washington.-Opening Of Alaska
coal lands under a leasing plan was
proposed In a bill agreed upon by
the senate public lands committee,
and which will be fayorably reported
by Chairman Myers.
Under the bill 5,120 acres In the
Boring river district and 1850 acres
In the Matanuska field will be re-
served to be mined by the govern
ment when, in the opinion of the pres
ident, "the mining Of such coal be
comes necessary by reason Of an In
sufficient supply Of coalfat a reasona-
BILE price," for the navy and govern
ment work, "and for relief from OPP
pressive conditions"
The bill proposes that the unre-
served lands be surveyed into 4O-acre
tracts or multiples thereof, the maxi
mum being fixed at $50 acres for any
tract. They are to be leased to COM
petitive bidders, not more than one
tract being included in any lease
Railroads will be prohibited from ac-
curing a greater coal supply than
needed for their own uses.
Provision also is made for the re-
linquishment of pending claims under
the public land law. Claimants will
receive a refund Of money and a prior
right Of selection under the leasing
law.
The total avermage Of contiguous
land, which one person or corporation
might hold, in the discretion of the
secretary of the interior, would be
fixed at 1850 acres, and consultations
of small contiguous holdings would be-
permitted If the total area involved
were within that figure.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
BANK HOLDUP IN ATLANTA
Bardit Steals Buggy and Eludes Big
Mob After a Wild Chase.

IN ~s~~S -~SS
Mob After a Wild Chase.
Atlanta.-Foiled in a wild attempt
to loot the safety vaults Of the Atlanta
State Savings Bank, a negro institu-
ton, in Auburn avenue, which con-
tanned upwards Of $4,000 in gold and
silver, a white would-be bandit, blud-
geoned a negro clerk, fed into Hous-
ton street, seized a horse and buggy,
raced through the downtown streets,
pursued by police officers and a howl
ing mob, fired some five shots at his
pursuers and finally eluded searchers
in the block bounded by Harris and
Cain streets.
A short time later a man claiming
to be an actor, and giving his<name as
Edward Rhynata Of Denver, Colo, was
arrested by Call Officer James Palmer,
In a room at Cain and Williams streets.
The suspect was taken to the banking
rooms. He was identified by six ne
groes as the man seen earlier in the
day at the Odd Fellows building, In
which the bank is located.
Rhynata, at police barracks, denied
any connection with the attempted
hold-up and subsequent assault.
The attempted robbery Of the a v
ings institution, which Is differed by
]. O. Ross, W. F. Penn and c. G.
Cater, reputable negro citizens, was
in itself one Of the most sensational
circumstances ever occurring in the
annals of Atlanta's criminal history.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
GREET ROAD SCOUTS
HIGHLAND HIGHWAY AUTHORl-
TIES TAKE WELL TO PROJECT
OF FEDERAL AID.
0ND ATLANTA ROUTE
First Section Of Highway In United
States to Be Maintained Under d.
rection of Federal Office of Good
Roads.

Columbia.-An adequate scheme fol-
the maintenance of a public highway
from Washington to Atlanta, to pass
through Columbia and other South
Carolina cities, every day in the year,
was outlined in addresses recently at
the dinner given by the Columbia
Chamber of Commerce to the engl-
neers of the United States department
Of agriculture and officials Of the
American Highway association.
Those who heard the addresses were
enthusiastic and the plan was pro-
nounced one of the best that has been
put forward for the general improve
ment of the highways Of the South. 8.
This will be the first section OF a
highway in the United States to be
maintained under the direction OF the
federal office Of good roads. 1t Is an
experiment that is pregnant with pos
sibilities and one which holds out
great promise.
Briefly sketched, the plan Of the
federal government and the highway
association is as follows:
The shortest route between Wash
ington and Atlanta Is to be selected
as the road for experiment.
Three Of the best engineers in the
service of the United States office Of
good roads are to be detailed for duty
on the highway.
ALI Of the expenses Of these engi-
neers are to be borne by the federal
office and the highway association.
The engineers are to be assigned 800
miles of the highway, each, and in
spection trips are to be made every
ten days.
The engineers are to act as con-
suEting engineers to the county SUI
pervisors.
Each county along the route is to
guarantee SO much per mile each year
for the maintenance of that particular
stretch along the route, the fund to
be expended by the county supervisor.
Cooperation between the federal
government and the county officials
is to be the keynote Of the plan.
All Of the phases Of the scheme
were amply explained by the engi'
neers at the banquet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Farm Wages Show Large Increase.

Washington.-Farm laborers' wages
have increased more rapidly than those
of the city workman in the last twen-
ty years, a department of agricultural
investigation has revealed. During the
past year., the pay Of the farm hand
increased 2 ~ per cent; the increase
has been II per cent. in the last four
years, and Sc per cent. since 1902. Re-
suits Of the inquiry, made public, deal
particularly with the United States,
but in most other countries, also farm
wages in creased rapidly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
ENGLISH THRONE
/. GREATLY SHAKEN
PARLIAMENT SETTLING cALDRoN
OVER ALLEGED ALLIANCE
TX OF KING. II
BRITISH ARMY IN MUTfNY
Unless Premier Asquith Satisfactorily
Explains He Will Face Danger OF
Liberal Rebellion. Is

Observation-Disclosures continues to
be a seething caldron over what the
Liberals now denounce as the "mu-
tiny of the army a~ristocrats" against
democratic government. The fact has
been established from all o~btainable
evidence that Gen. Hubert Cough and
the other officers Of the Third cavalry
brigade demanded and obtained writ
ten assurances that they would not
be ordered to fight Sir Edward Car
sons Ulster volunteers, and that these
assurances were obtained largely
through the personal Intervention OF
the king.
Before they left London the officers
~telegraphed to their brother officers
in Ireland that they had found sup
port from the highest quarters" On
their arrival at curargh camp they
were welcomed by a guard OF honor
and related the out 'ome Of their sum
mons to the war Office. !.
The throne, which additionally has
kept out of party controversies, is In
volved in the discussion as 1t never
before has been during King Georges-
reign or that Of his diplomatic father.
The section Of the Liberals who op-
posed what they denounce as q sur
render to the military oligarchy are
criticising the king with the greatest
freedom. They resent his action II
%summoning to the palace Field Mar
shall Lord Roberts, who, In his speech
es, advised the officers that they might
properly cruise service in SUPPRESS
ing the Ulster irreconcilables. They
criticise his majesty for dealing per-
sonally with Field Marshal Sir John
French, chief of the general staff, and
General. Sir Arthur Page, command
ing the forces in Ireland, who should
haveJbeen dealt with, they think, only
by the secretary of state for war, IN
cial routine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Break Dirt on c. N. Railroad.

Charleston.-The actual breaking
of dirt on the Charleston end Of the
Charleston Northern railroad took
place a few days ago, when the Char
Company, a firm which holds con-
tracts for doing a considerable portion
Of construction work on the new line,
turned earth at North Charleston.
For the past several days work pre-
liminary to the actual breaking Of
dirt had been under way, such as the
clearing Of the right of way Of timber
and underground. :...I..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
n G. Wool Not Well Handled,

Observation-Disclosures wool grow
ers could add as much as 8 cents a
pound to the value Of their product If
sent to market graded and put up as
attractively as Australian woods, &C.
cording to estimates Of the department
of agriculture expert. It is admitted
by the growers themselves and by
dealers and manufacturers, said a de-
partment statement, that the American
system of grading and putting up wool
is poor. Three cents a pound on wool
selling at from Is to 80 cents a pound
is a very high percentage of loss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
coxey Will Lead Second Army.

Cleveland, Ohio.-President Wilson
was warned of the departure for Wash
ington of a second "Coxey's Army"
which it is said will start April 16 from
Massillon, Ohio, the starting point for
the first army twenty years ago.
Gen" ]. S. CoXey of Massillon, the
leader, mailed the president a letter
telling of his plans and %inclosing a
pamphlet on "The Coxey Plan Of Set
ting the Idle to Work on Market Roads
and Other Public improvements" The
army" expects to arrive il Washing
ton, May FL
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Work on Coal Terminal,

Charleston.-Mark w. Potter, pres
ident of the Carolina, Clinchield &
Ohio Railway company, in a confer
ence with Mayor Grace recently as
sured him that the beginning Of activi-
ties on the part Of the Clinchfield in
terests toward the erection of their
coal terminals on Cooper river was
very imminent. For some time re-
ports have been current on the streets
that the Clinchfield interest were pre-
pairing to begin the construction upon
their coal terminals here in the Fear
future.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
TWO Badly Hurt on Trestle,

Atlanta.-Edward l.. HUE, senior at
Tech, and Miss Mabel BiXbie, a MILL
ner, were seriously injured when the
Seaboard Express No. S from New
York City to New Orleans al them
down as they were walking over a
trestle near this city. AS the fast train
swept around the curve, thirty minutes
late, the engineer saw the couple
crossing the steel structure. Too late,
he blew a warning blast. The couple
attempted to escape, but before they
ran ten feet the pilot Of the engine
had tossed them into a dry gulley.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Make Report on cooper River.

Charleston.-Maj. George P. How
oil, corps Of engineers, U. S. A, in
charge of the Charleston district, has
been directed by the war depart
ment to review and examine into a
report on Cooper river, made by Capt.
e. M. Adams in April, 1910, in which
it was recommended that a 6O0-foot
channel, 80 feet deep, be provided in
this stream up to the Charleston navy
yard for naval purposes, to determine
whether the improvement in the
stream Is now desirable for CONNER.
cial purposes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Interurban Service Opened.

Spartanburg. - Passenger service
was inaugurated on the "~interurban"
a few days ago between Spartanburg
and Greenville. The first car left
Spartanburg at $50 o'clock in the
morning carrying a delegation Of citi-
zens from S%partanburg who desired
to inspect the road. A delegation Of
or Marshall, came to s%partanburs in
the morning and left the same after
noon over the lines of the G., S. & A.
The %interurban will operate nine pas
'senger and two feright trains daily
both ways, making a daily service of
% trains. The passenger cars will
be operated on a schedule of approx.
imately two hours and 20 minutes
apart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Bell Guinness Aaain Found.

La Porte, Ind.-For the fifth time the
county commissioners have been per-
suaded to appropriate railroad fare for
investigation Of a report that Mrs.
Belle Guinness has been found" Clint
Cochrane, a marshal when the Gun
ness murder farm" was exploited in
1908, left LaPorte for Neville, Sask.,
where the northwest mounted police
have under surveillance a woman
homesteader. According to the re-
ports from Canada, the woman was rec
ognized as Mrs. Guinness by a man
who went to school with her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Chase for Bears in Atlanta.

Atlanta.-When a cinnamon bear,
with her two cubs, escaped from her
cage at Grant Park about midnight,
terrifying the entire neighborhood
with her vicious growls, an exciting
chase ensued. The bear pursued a
negro up a tree and was tearing the
blacks trousers when a squad Of po-
iicemen, led by Dan Carey, manager
of parks, and Chief Jet, came to the
rescue with their revolvers and shot
and killed the bear, saving the fright
ened negro's life.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Prof, Hand Released

The petition of Prof. William H.
Hand that he be released from his &C.
ceptance of the presidency of Ander-
son College was unanimously granted
by the trustees Of the institution held
here recently. A committee of educa-
tors appeared before the trustees sew
eral days ago and urged that Profess
sro. Hand be released, and later Pro-
fessor Hand came in person to also
ask for release, stating that great
pressure had been brought to bear
upon him to retain his position as
high school inspector.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
kneII Sounded for Convict Goods.

Washington.-After a vigorous parti-
san contest, the house passed a bill
to bar foreign convict-made or pauper-
made goods from competition with the
products of American free labor. The
measure, which nov goes to the SEN
ate, follows a bill recently passed by
the house forbidding the shipment OF
convict-made goods in interstate COM
merce into states which prohibit the
sale Of such products in the open mar
ket. The importation Of foreign con-
vict-made goods has been prohibited
under the tariff laws since 1890.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
STATE AID GRAND TOTALS
FIFTY-FlVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS
Review OF The Latest News Gathered
Around the State Capitol That VIII
n of Interest to Our Readers Over
South Carolina.
Columbia.

The state department of education
was busy a few days ago paying all
applications for rural graded school
aid on file with the state superlnten-
dent. Two hundred and thirty-one
schools in 81 counties received S5o'-
400. Warrants were forwarded 10
the several county ~treasurers, ana
the money will be paid out by the dis
trict trustees with the approval OF the
county superintendent, as other
school funds are disbursed.
In commenting on the educational
situation, John e. Swearingen, state
SUPERINTENDENT of education, said that
in his opinion he rapid growth OF
these two.teacher and three-teacher
schools in the rural districts is the
most significant educational develop
ment now going on in the state.
For the scholastic year 1912,
$4,000 was appropriated for the en-
couragement and maintenance Of this
type Of school. This appropriation
was increased to $4,000 for 1928.
The legislature at its recent session
appropriated $4,000 for these schools
and this first payment for the current
year required all Of this a%ppropria-
ton but 1900. 1t is certain that
additional applications will come in
from a few Of the seven counties yet
to be heard from.
A considerable number Of school
districts are planning to vote the
four-mill tax required for participa-
ton in this fund, and these special
tax elections will be held during
April and May. Applications from
such districts will be filed as soon as
the results Of the special tax elections
can be ascertained and the four-mill
levies reported to the county auditors.
Mr.. Swearingen supplies the fol-
lowing tabulation Of rural graded
schools which are this year In receipt
Of state aid.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
REBELS FORCES
BADLY ROUTED
CLAIMED COMPLETE VICTORY
GAINED IN CRUCIAL BAT.
TIE OF WAR.
WERE FORCED TO RETREAT
Rebels Lured Into Ambush and Shot
Down, According to Reports at
Mexico City.

Mexico City.-The war department
makes the claim that the rebels un-
der Villa were routed at Torreon with
great slaughter.
Eight hundred men, under General
joaquin Mas and Gen. Javier de
Moure, it is announced, arrived oppor-
tunely from Saltillo in time to add
greatly to the federal victory. The
rebels are said to be retreating north
ward, with the federals pounding at
their rear.
1t is admitted that Villas men enter.
ed Lerdo, a suburb Of Torreon, but it
Is explained that this was a ruse on
he part Of General Velasco to am
bush them. AS loon as they were well
into that territory, the federal artil-
lery shelled them out, the cavalry
charging as the rebels started to re-
treat.
Generals Mas and de Moure are
reported to have made the distance be-
tween Hipolito and Torreon in fifty
armored automobiles, which they were
carrying, the railroad having been cut
at Hipolito.
The rebel losses in dead and wound
ed are reported to be two thousand.
Ell Paso, Texas.-Meagre advices
from the front were mixed in charac-
ter, but one Of the medley schooled
observers here said they drew the
conclusion that the rebels met at Tor
reon and Gomez Palacia, an enemy
in nowise inferior, and that their at
tack had been checked at the outset OF
the battle proper. g..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Battle RACES in Mexico.

Ell Verjil, Mexico.-Fighting Of the
most sa~nguinary character took place
in the streets of Gomez Palacio. The
rebels took the water tank on Cerro
de Ia Pillar, the Birmingham soap fac
tory and the Cuyartel. The Cuyartef
caught fire and the rebels were CON-
pelled to abandon it. Streams Of
wounded were brought to the field
hospital here and as fast as possible
sent back to the general hospital at
Bermejillo. Losses on both sides were
renorted heavy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
HeId on Fraud CHARGE.

Portland, Ore.-Walter Greer Camp.
bell, who three years ago had a for
tune of more than four million dol
lars, was arrested here on a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses in San Francisco. He also Is
accused Of fleeing from his creditors,
owing upwards Of 100000. The po'
lice say $4,000 in gold certificates
we're found in Campebll's pockets. A
San Francisco telegram says Greer
Campbell left his wife and child there
on March 3. Mrs. Campbell declares
he rawned her jewels.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Charleston Man Heads Teachers.

Special from ~Spartanburg says:
With the election Of A. B. Rhett Of
Charleston as president and of other
officers, and with the selection of
Florence as the next meeting place,
the South Carolina State Teachers
association recently ended a three
days session. Besides the election of
officers and other business, the meet
ing was featured by a number OF
strong addresses on subjects germane
to the purposes of the convention.
Only n business session was held.
The first matter of Importance was
the election of officers, which result
ed as follows: President, A. B. Rhett,
superintendent of the city schools OF
Charleston; chairman Of executive
committee, e. S. Dreher, superintepd-
ent of city schools of Columbia; first
vice president, E. c. McCants, super
intendent of city schools of Anderson;
second vice president, Miss vii Lou
Gray, Laurens. The terms of L.. T.
Baker of Columbia, secretary, and C..
V. Neuffer of Bennettsville, treasurer,
have not expired.
Without contest the teachers de-
cided that the next meeting of the as
ISOLATION be held in Florence, the time
to be set later.
J. E. Swearingen, state superinten-
dent Of education, and W. H. Hand,
state high school inspector, were the
chief speakers at this session.
Mr.. Swearingen spoke on the needs
Of the teachers and Of the schools. He
said that educational leaders were
making every effort to get such leg
islation as would inure to the benefit
Of the educational system Of the state.
He urged that the teachers do their
best in cooperating with the leaders IN
the campaign for educational reforms.
Mr.. Hand spoke on the condition
Of the teaching profession, which he
said we growing better and better
in this state.
DR.. D. D. Wallace, professor of his
tory in Wofford college, made a short
address on "The Necessity for True
Democracy in the Teaching Profess
sion"
At the close Of the session the
trophy cup for the largest attendance
Of teachers was awarded to Laurens
county, Spartanburg, as host, with
drawing from the contest in order that
some visiting county might have a
chance. The cup was presented by
Prof. r. c. Burts Of Greenville and
was accepted by Superintendent Sui
Ivan Of Laurens county. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Council Extends Time.

Charleston. - City council a few
nights ago extended from April Ito
August Il the time Of the Charleston
Summerville electric railway promot-
ers for starting work under terms of
a franchise granted. 1t is understood
that this company has a chance to
secure a big loan, something like
5000, 900, for financing a line, provided
$500, 900 is raised here, and more time
is therefore imperative. This electric
railroad project has been under way
for a couple Of years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
outraoes by Brioands Increasing.

Pekin, China.-Outrages by brigands
In Central China are assuming alarm
ing proportions. Several bands asso-
ciated with the notorious outlaw,
White Wolf, are ravaging various parts
of the country, ruthlessly numbering
and robbing the people and burning
property. The latest bandit exploit
was the massacre Of 300 townsfolk who
resisted their entrance into an i'm
portant market town close to Siangfu,
province of Hupeh. Most Of the town
was burned and the population ruined
financially.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Wants Nation to Guard Honor.

Washington.-President Wilson de-
clared that in seeking the repeal of
the Panama tolls exemption, he not
only was asking that the nation do
that which it was bound in honor to
do, but vas going the way Of the ma
iority in the Democratic party. He
pointed out that, when the Panama
canal act was passed, a majority of
the Democrats then in the house Of
representatives voted against the tolls
exemption, and that only by a coali-
ton Of a minority Of Democrats with
with Republicans did it pass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Woman Suffrage In 8. c.

Over 80 names have been register
ed In the S%uffragist league of Column
bia and among them not a few mems
names. At the meeting held recently
at the Jefferson hotel the following
executive committee was appointed:
DR.. Jane Bruce Guignard, Mrs. Robert
Gibbes, Miss Jennie G. Gibbes,
Mrs. w. C. Cathcart, Mrs. J. E. Poore,
Mrs. w. M.ABostick, Mrs. Henry Mar
tin, chairman, and Mrs. Lewis P.
Chamberlayne, secretary. .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-04-01
Takes CHARGE of Body.

Stamford, Conn.-The body OF Prof
Harry Thurston Peck, who committed
suicide here, was removed to the
home of his former wife, Mrs. Cornelia
Dawbarn Peck, at Sound Beach, with
the consent of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Peck,
his second wife. Among the effects
of Professor Peck, of which Mrs. Cor
nelia Peck has taken charge, are a.
number Of manuscripts. One OF these
was on "platonic friendship" in which
the question is raised as to whether
a man can maintain a p~latonic friend
ship. .