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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
RAVAGES Of BOIL WEEV|L
BOIL WEEVIL CAUSE OF FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
Figures Show Damage Wrought by
Cotton Pest Totals Staggering
Sum.

Misunderstanding to the ravages
Of the boil weevil a loss in the pro-
duction Of cotton in this country of
more than TO- 900, 900 bales, which, at a
value Of only $50 a bale, represents a
financial loss Of $500, 600, 900.
Interesting facts regarding the de.
structive work Of the boil weevil
throughout the South are given in a
little pockete pamphlet just issued by
Director of the Census W. ]. Harris.
The damage to crops, by the boil
weev.l in the states Of the South, Is
estimated as follows:
In seven selected counties Of Missis-
sippi the production of cotton in 1907
amounted to 191, 100 bales, valued at
nearly SILL 900, 200. The boil weevil re-
duced this proportion to S9,577 bales In
1909; to 61,432 bales in 1910; to 1856
bales in 1911, and to 30,S09 bales in
1912. The aggregate production for the
four years amounted to 219,634 bales,
valued at approximately s14,6Oo,OOO
Had the crop of 1907 been produced
for each of these years the aggregate
would have exceeded $4,000 bales,
valued at about s4S,60O, OOO. =
, The boil weevil now covers the
southern portion Of Alabama. Selecting
six counties in the eastern part Of the
state, which are in the direct path of
the weevil, the production during five
years has amounted to 772,325 bales,
which sold for about S~45,OO0,00O. If
the ravages Of the weevil in these
counties should result in reducing the
production in the selected counties in
Mississippi, the cotton produced dur
ing the four seasons following the
spread of the weevil throughout these
counties would amount to 100000
bales, and the financial loss, computed
at $50 per bale would be more than
s22, 900, 900.
Selecting five important %cotton-pro-
ducing counties in western Georgia,
which are also in the path Of the
weevil, the loss in the production dur
ing four seasons following the inva-
sion Of the insects would range from
100000 bales, based on the experience
Of the counties in Texas, to 100000
and $780, COO, 900 bales, based on the
production in the selected counties in
Mississippi and the parishes in Louis
lana, respectively. The resulting finan-
cial loss In these counties would be,
therefore, from $10,000,000 to $751;
500,0 900.
The production Of cotton during the
last five years in the five most import
ant cotton-growing counties in South
Carolina was 1~,478,72S bales, a value
Of approximately sS7,5O0, 000. Should
the boil weevil infest these counties,
with a resulting loss in cotton produc-
ton such as occurred in the selected
counties in Mississippi, the reduction
in the crops during the four seasons
following the dispersion Of the in
sects would be $40, 900 bales, valued
at $42, 600, 900.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Farm Extension Bill Wins.

Washington.-The fight which has
been waged in the senate over the
plan Of distributing the agricultural ex.
tension work fund Of the Smith-Lever
bill ended in victory for Senator Hoke
Smith. The amendment of Senator
Cummins Of Iowa was defeated by a
vote of 40 to 16. The bill as had been
reported provided for a distribution on
a basis of rural population, and the
Cummins amendment provided for a
distribution on a basis Of acreage UNI.
der cultivation, which would have Civ
en- the state of Iowa two and a half
times. as much as Georgia, although
Georgia has a larger population than
Iowa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Women State Ages to Register

Chicago.-Women citizens Of Chi
cago turned out in full strength to
take advantage Of their first opportun.
ity to register as voters. Perfect
weather conditions favored a large reg.
~istration and estimates vary at from
1900 0 to 100000. Polling places
were made clean and attractive, flow.
ers were not wanting. The requirement
that women registering must state
their ages, expected to be a cause OF
some awkwardness. proved to have
been overrated as a stumbling block.
Women gave their ages nonchalantly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
1a Sailors Are Lost,

Falmouth, England.-Captain Lor-
enz, the first officer, and seventeen Of
the crew Of the German bark Hera.
Risagua, Chile, to Falmouth, lost their
lives when the vessel struck a rock
as she had almost concluded her voy-
age. The remaining five men were
saved. The Hera encountered a gale
at the entrance to the English chan
mel. She lost her course and struck
on the rocks near Port Halla Blight.
The vessel Immediately filled and the
men took to the boats, which capsized.
Eight succeeded in getting back.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
japan to Take Part In Exposition.

Tokio.-The ministry of commerce
made the official announcement that
Japan will participate in the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
The committee of the Japanese parlia-
ment last May favored an a]ppropria-
ton Of $4,000 900 for the representation
of Japanese at the exposition at San
Francisco in 1915. In view of recent
events in California, however, more
definite action on the part Of Japan
has been awaited.
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that he will at once organize a new
government.
The attack on the palace began at
1870 a. m. Thousands OF inhabitants
of Lima, dashed into the streets alarm
ed by the firing. .. =.
Squads Of soldiers were, ordered to
fire volleys into the air in order to
prevent the formation Of crowds in the
streets and by this method they kept
the panic-stricken people moving from
place to place.. In the vicinity OF San
Pedro church, a civilian bystander was
killed by a bullet.
Peru's sudden revolutionary trouble
lis due principally to President Billing
bursts efforts to place the finances Of
this country on a sound basis. His
plans for doing this involved the most
strict economies, which proved unpop-
ular, particularly among oficeholders
whose salaries and estimates were re-
duced. -,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
EMBARGO RAISED
ON WAR MUNITIONS
MEXICAN FACTIONS PUT ON AN
EQUAL BASIS BY PRESIDENT =
WILSON'S ORDER.
MEETS GENERAL APPROVAL
President Believes That His Action ls
the Best Course to End
the Trouble.

Observation-Disclosures Wilson, by
an executive order, made public at the
white house, removed all restrictions
against the expectation of munitions OF
war into Mexico from the United
States, placing the c%ontending Mexi,
car elements on a basis Of. equality
with respect to the purchase of arms
AMI supplies in this country. The ex'
eeutive order emphasized that it was
the desire of the United States to be
il the same position Of neutrality to.
wsrd the ~contending factions in Mexico
as were the other powers.
The text Of the proclamation fol.
lows:
Whereas, by a proclamation of the
president, issued On March IA, 1912,
under a point resolution Of congress,
approved by the president on the same
day, it was declared that there exist
al in Mexico conditions of domestic
violence which were promoted by the
use Of arms or munitions of war pro-
cured from the United States; ana.
Whereas, by joint resolution above
mentioned, it %whereupon became I'm
lawful to export arms or munitions
Of war to Mexico except under such
limitations and exceptions as the pres
ident should prescribe;
"Now, therefore, /, Woodrow VIII
son, president of the United States of
America, do hereby declare and pro-
claim that, as the conditions on which
the proclamation Of March IA, 1912,
was based, have essentially changed,
and as it is desirable to place the
United States, with reference to the
expectation Of arms or munitions OF
war to Mexico, in the same position
as other powers, the said proclama-
ton is hereby revoked, .
Expressions Of warm approval came
from both ends Of the capitol when
the news spread of the presidents de-
cision to lift the embargo. To mem
bers of the senate foreign relations
committee it was no surprise, for they
had an intimation Of it in their re-
cent conference with the president.
Mexico City.-Many of the Ameri-
cans resident here, on learning OF
President Wilson's decision to raise
the embargo on the expectation OF
arms from the United States to Mexi-
CO., made preparations to leave the
capital for the coast.
Juarez, Mexico.-"The Mexican war
will not last much longer" Gen. Fran
cisco Vial and other rebel leaders
made this comment on the announce
ment from Washington that President
Wilson had lifted the embargo against
the shipment of arms and ammunition
into Mexico. General Vial was conf
dent that his ability to procure unllm-
tied arms soon would multiply rebel
victories, and equally confident that
the news from Washington would dis
courage and demoralhe the federals so
that a speedy termination of the war
would result.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Ljteracy Test for immigrants.

Washington.-The Burnett immigra.
ton bill, prescribing a literacy test for
applicants for admission to the United
States, was passed by the house, by a
vote of 241 to 126. AS the bill passed,
It provides that every immigrant adj
mitted to the United States must be
able to read "the English language or
some other language or dialect, in
Guiding Hebrew or Yiddish." 1t pre-
scribes the method Of testing immi.
grants, providing that each applicant
for admission must read between thir
ty and forty words.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Artist Boehm Puts Bullet in Head.

Ossining, N. Y.-Just after confer
ring with his wife and a veterinary sur
geon over the most humane way Of
destroying his pet cats, which had
been models for his widely-known mag
azine illustrations, Henry Richard
Boehm, an artist, went upstairs in his
home at Briarcliffe, near here, and
shot himself in the head, dying in
stantly. 1t is believed he had be-
come temporarily insane. Boehm was
anxious to dispose Of his cats because
Of the difficulty Of caring for them
properly in New York City
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
PERUVIAN REBELS
SEIZE GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT BILLlNGHURST OF
PERU CAPTURED; WILL BE
EXILED.
AUGUSTA DURAND In CHARGE
Effort to Reform Finances Caused the
Revolution in the Republic
of Peru.
AUGUSTA DURAND' In CHARGE

Lima, Peru.-The president of the
republic of Peru, Guillermo Billing
hurst, was taken prisoner by the mil
itary revolutionists.
President Billinghurst was later
taken by the rebels as a prisoner to
Callac, from which port he will be sent
into exile in a foreign country.
The rebels suddenly attacked the
presidential palace under the leader,
ship of Colonel Benavides. Gen. En-
rique varela, premier and minister of
war, was killed in the fight which en-
sued.
DR.. Augusta Durand, a former reVo-
lutionary leader whose arrest was
sought by the police, took possession
Of the palace. 1t is generally believed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Rockefeller to Pay s12,o 900, 900 Taxes

Cleveland, Ohio.-John D. Fackler
and William Agnew, deputy state tax.
alton officers for Cuyahoga county,
went to the home Of John R. Rookie.
Teller in Forrest Hill, East Cleveland,
and filed a written demand upon him
that he pay taxes on his personal
property, estimated at 5000, 000, 900 in.
to the treasury Of this county. The
claim that under the Warnes tax law
Rockefeller, by residing in the county
for the greater part Of the preceding
twelve months, has made himself La
BILE to taxation here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
BRANDS RAILROAD
men As CRIMINALS
BoRAH SAYS CERTAIN NEW HA,
VEN OFFICIALS SHOULD oc-
cuPY PRISON CELL.
NORRIS EXTENDS INQUIRY
What Became Of Funds Withheld
From Roads Stockholders Questions
to Be solved-sorah Declares Faith
In Attorney General.

Washington.-Men involved In some
of the past financial transactions OF
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad were denounced as criminals
III the Senate. Senator Borah said
they should be occupying p~enitentiary
cells, If charges relating to the corpor-
atoms affairs are substantiated.
Therewere limitations that the
federal government still contemplatesS
instituting criminal action against GER
tain individuals. engaged in transact
ions OF the New Haven which have
been investigated by the interstate
commerce commission. ~
The discussion arose when Senator
Norris of Nebraska called upon his res
olution to direct the commission to5ex-
tend its inquiry into the New Ravens
affairs, particularly With a view TO
ascertaining what became OF millions
Of dollars of the New Ravens funds
declared to have been fraudulently
withheld from the railroads stock
holders.
~ Senate MOTIFS 1nSlSBeuh LnaI IuftileI
information at least might furnish q
basis for proceedings by the present
infringement Of the New Haven to re-
cover something for the widows or Dr.
phans who have been 1plundereds"
Referring to the commissions re-
port on New England railroad condi-
tons, the senator declared that the
commission had not completed It's In
vestigation as to the New Haven be-
cause It feared 1t might be compelled
to extend immunity to offenders. It
was his reading OF sections Of this re-:
port that prompted Senator Borahto
assert that the men, IL proven guilty,
Of the financial transaction described,
Should lie in the penitentiariesr
Senator Borah declared his faith in
the Attorney general to push prosecu-,
tions of certain men involved In al
legged; crooked New Haven deals. For
him not to- proceed or disclosures
made II ground for the revelations
should prove sound, he said, would lay
the attorney general open TO ID
rsachment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Hundreds See Futile Eiaht.

Chicago.-Hundreds Of helpless per-
sons lined the shores of Lake Michi-
gan watching the futile fight against
death Of three men, whose boat had
been crushed by ice floes. Once the
men, gained a large block Of ice to
which they chung until they slipped off.
Then, encouraged by the cries Of cheer
from the spectators who were unable
to render assistance Of any kind the
men fought on and gained another ice
cake where they cling until, numbed
by cold, they slipped back into the
water and were drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
FRANK GLASS LOSES SEAT
Senate Decides, 80 to 81, Not to Seat
f. Albanian.

Washington.-By a majority Of one
vote, 80 to 81, Frank P. Glass Of Ala
bama, lost his fight for a seat in the
United States senate. The senate sus-
tanned the recommendation Of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
which held that Mr.. Glass was not
entitled to be seated because his ap.
pointment by Governor O'Neal to sue
coed the late Senator Joseph F. John
ston was made after the seventeenth
constitutional amendment directing the
election of senators by the people had
been proclaimed in full effect.
In the face Of determined opposition
from the majority members of the
committee, headed by Senator Kern,
the champion Of the Albanian, pro-
ceeding from a forlorn hope, made re-
markable progress in gaining votes and
the narrow margin by which they lost
the fight created great surprise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Iittauer Fined for Smuggling.

New York.-Lucius N. Littauer, a
former member of congress, and his
brother, William, were fined $1,000
each and sentenced to six months in
Jail for smuggling. The brothers were
arraigned in the federal district court
before Judge Thomas, having pleaded
guilty to two indictment charging
smuggling and conspiracy to defraud.
They had admitted bringing into this
country, without paying duty, valuable
Jewels purchased in Venice and intend
ed for gifts for William Littauer's wife.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
chiId's Death CHARGED to Negroes,

J%onesville, Va.-Charged with burn
ing the four-year.old child Of a de-
ceased relative, Will Galloway and
his wife are under arrest in the local
Jail. According to sherif's officers,
the negroes confessed to the crime
upon being taken to the scene. Gallo.
way, the officers state, in his confes-
sion, is alleged to have admitted strip
ping the child of it's clothing and burn.
ing it, while alive, on a camp fire. The
reason given for the act, according
to the alleged confession, was that
the man and his wife tired of the child.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Premier Asked to Resign.

San Francisco.-Premier :Yamamoto
Of Japan was invited to resign by a
delegation from the province Of Fukuo-
ka because Of scandals arising out or
naval contracts, according to cable
advices received here by a Japanese
newspaper.
The delegation next visited Rear
Admiral K. Fulfil and demanded that
he commit hara kari because Of his al
legged connection with the so-called
graft cases. Members Of the party
accused him of hoving received money
from tie Japanese branch of Siemms-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Red Cross to Stop China Floods.

New Yo~rk.--Plans for the prevention
of floods in the Hwai river valley of
China, probably the, greatest humani-
tartan project every undertaken by the
American Red Cross, are under way. A
telegram from Miss Mabel Boardman,
chairman of the executive committee
of the Red Cross, authorized the En-,
gineering Corporation Of New York to
announce that it had been designated
not only to do the work, but to raise
the 100000 necessary to finance it.
A commissioner from the Chinese gov.
eminent is on the way here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
U. S. Warships for Haitian Waters.

U. S. WarshIps TOR HaltIan waters.
Neutrality-suspicious. to the state
department indicated that the real cri.
sis in Haiti may be expected soon. The
American naval commanders and the
minister at Port-Au-Prince will con-
tinue, however, to act under the gen.
eral instructions to protect Ameri-
can and other foreign interests. The
disposition among the officials in the
capital is to refrain from lending even
moral support to any of the individual
leaders in the turbulent island until
they have tested their own relative
strength.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
schooner Went Ashore.

Norfolk, Va. The three-masted
schooner Helen n. Benedict, Captain
Torey, from Perth Amboy, N. j., to.
Ferdinand, Fla, in ballast went ashoreS
In thick weather one and a half miles!
south Of the Mays Head life-saving
station, which is about go miles south
of Cape Henry. Her crew were being
taken off in the breaches buoy, the sea-
being too rough for the launching Of,
life boats by the life savers who went
early to the assistance Of Captain. Tor
reg and his imperiled crew.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
Build Street Cars In Columbia

Building street car in Columbia
has proved profitable, according to
Alfred Wallace, general manager of
the Columbia Railway, Gas and Elec-
trio company. Mr.. Wallace estimates
that the company ave from $500 to
$1,000 on each car. Three cars have
been constructed in the shops of the
company during the past several years
and two are planned for this year and
each year thereafter.
The account of the street car in
dustry in Colombia is given in a re-
cent U. S. bulletin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
colleoe Courses Taken by convicts

Folsom, Cal.-The 1000 inmates Of
Folsom penitentiary take kindly to the
extension courses of the University Of
California, according to a report OF
Warden ]. ]. Smith, made public. The
report says the prisoners specialize in
a larger variety of subjects offered by
the extension courses, and their eff
forts are aided by weekly visits from
a university instructor who holds
classes in the prison. The %convicts
will grow their own tobacco hereafter,
and all the vegetables they need On
the farm.
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Report on Church Membership.

HCP0It UT SHo'S" sT'Fs ~
Neutrality-suspicious. enrolled mem
bership Of Christian hucrches in the
United States showed a net increase
Of 61S, 1000 or 1.S per cent during 1913,
according, to statistics published by
the Washington office of the Federal
Council of Churches OF Christ in Amer
lea.
The Methodist church led in the
increased membership with 100000.
The other churches In their order fol-
low: Baptist, 64,6Oo;5 Presbyterian,
As, 800; Lutheran, 36,100; Disciples H.
800, and Episcopal, 16,500.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
COMPULSORY Education for S. c.

Columbia, s. C.-The Harper-McCra-
vey-Lawson compulsory school attend
ance bill passed the house on the thru
reading, and was sent to the senate
for concurrence. The bill permits each
school district, by vote Of its resi-
dents, to enact compulsory education
for the children of that district.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-02-11
FIGHT Hog Cholera.

Observation-Disclosures loss Of
5000, 900 900 worth Of hogs this year
from cholera led the senate to agree
to a bill appropriating $500, 900 to fight
the disease. Is
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Account of Public Debt.

Account of Public Debt.
The public debt Of South Carolina
amounts to $685., S51.36, according to
a statement prepared by A. w. Jones,
comptroller general, for the general
assembly.
"On January 1, 1913, $350,0O0 of
the bonded Indebtedness of the state
was called in for redemption by the
sinking fund commission, Of which
$337,OOO has been presented, paid and
cancelled, leaving a balance under
this call of $4,000, which has not
been presented, as outstanding, upon
which interest has ceased.
1.-THE sinking fund commission has
also called January 1, 1914, $250,000
redemption Brown bonds, upon which
no interest will accrue for 1914.
1t is assumed that provision will
be made at the present session of the
general assembly to repay to the sink.
ing fund commission the principal
and interest due on money borrowed
by the state for the asylum commits
sion for State Park. This will enable
the sinking fund commission to call
on July 1, 1914. 100000 Of bonds for
redemption and cancellation.
This will show a saving in annual
interest of $36, 900.
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Suicides Skull Goes Through Window

Suicides Skull Goes Through Window.
Gibson, Ga.-Sam Walden, who lives
two miles south Of Mitchell, commit
ted suicide. The cause Is unknown.
His wife left the house for a short
time when he secured a gun, placed
it to his forehead and pushed the trig-
ger with a stick. The top Of his head
and a piece Of his skull were blown
off and through the window.
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Cooking School Is Fine.

'If the women of Columbia had any
idea what is being done. here, this
kitchen would be filled to overflow
ing" exclaimed n of a party of wo-
men who visited the kitchen labora-
tory of the Howard school while IA les
son was in progress.
"Withcut seeing it one could never
imagine what is being DONE"
Charlotte Seabrook, the teacher in
charge is a very capable and expert
cook herself. The excellent biscuits
and scenes she made before her class
were sufficient proof of this.