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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
ALEX DICK WINS
COLLEGE MEDAL
Winner in Oratorical Contest at COL
lege of Charleston.

The following is taken. from The
Charleston Evening Post of last
Wednesday:
The Bingham medal for oratory-
offered annually by Judge R. w.
Bingham, of Louisville, KY, was
awarded to Alex C. Dick, of Harts-
Vile, as result of the contest held
in the Collge of Charleston chapel
last night. Mr.. Dicks subject was
Equal Suffrage and the Class Vote
There were four other contestants.
The judges were w. C. Miller, Esq,
who presented the medal, Major
Hugh S. McGillivray, of the Citadel,
and DR.. Alexander Sprunt, pastor
If the First Presbyterian Church.
In addition to winning the medal,
Mr.. Dick will represent the College
of Charleston at the annual State.
oratorlcal contest. 1t is custom to-
choose the winner of this medal to-
represent the College in the State
contest, which will be held at Rock
Hill, the end of next month.
Other contestants last night were {:
R. C. Wiggins, of Denmark, speak
ing on the subject, Behold, the;
True Citizen" Harry Simonhoff,-- -
IF Charleston, who spoke on "Thee.
Immortality of Americanism." G.
L. Buist Rivers, of Charleston
whose subject was "The Literary
Test" Charles M. Moore, of Char
lesion, who made "A Plea for Ma
tionalism."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
MRS. SToNEWALL JACKSON
Wife of the Great Confederate SOL
dier, Dies at the Home of Her
Granddaughter in Charlotte. She
Was Eighty-four Years of Age.

Charlotte, N. c., March 24.-Mrs
T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson, wife of
the famous Confederate general,
died at her home here early today.
She had been ill for many months,
but suffered a relapse yesterday.
Mrs. Jackson was born near Char,
lotte, July 21, 1881, and was the
daughter of Reverend Robert Hall
Morrison, a Presbyterian minister
and founder Of Davidson college.
She attended Salem, N. C. Academy
and college. Her marriage took place
in July 1857. Jackson, then a ma
jor, was serving as instructor at
the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington. she became a close
student of military tactics and al
ways took an aggressive interest in
the fortunes of the Confederate
army general!
Mrs. Jackson had two children,
both daughters. One died in in
fancy, the other married William E.
Christian. She died in 1889.
Weakened by long illness, Mrs.
Jackson was also seized by an attack
of pneumonia three days ago. She
became unconscious yesterday af-
ternoon and did not rally.
The funeral will be held here to-
morrow after which the body will be
taken to Lexington, Virginia, ac-
companied by military escort,
where she will be buried by the side
of her husband and daughter. All
public buildings, schools and busi-
ness establishments will be closed
here tomorrow as a tribute to Mrs.
Jackson.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
COTTON PICKING
Preparing to Do This Work By Ma
chinery. The Enterprise to Be
Launched in York County.
(Vort Ne,uc \

york News.)
A meeting of the directors of the
South Carolina Cotton Pickers' as
sociation, was held in the Office of J..
G. Wilborn Friday. A majority of
the directors were present and i'm
portant business was discussed.
1t was announced that $4,000, the
sum specified at the last meeting as
being necessary for the building of
several new machines, had been
raised, and the construction of these
will begin at once. They will be
built at Hickory, N. c., under the
personal supervision of c. D. Lide,
formerly chief mechanical engineer
of the C. G. N. W. railway. 1t is
the intention of the promoters of the
undertaking to give practical field
demonstrations with these machines
in Texas and Oklahoma at the
beginning of the cotton gathering
season. Mechanical experts who
have examined the picker and seen
it in use have pronounced it COM
plete success. The machine is COM
paratively light, weighing about 500
pounds, and can be operated easily
and at small expense. Actual field
tests have proved that the picker will
gather about rs per cent of the open
cotton and that it will do this with
out injury to the stalks or unopened
bolls. Six acres of ground can be
covered in day, which gives some
idea of the vast possibilities of this
remarkable invention. The direc-
tors of the company, all of whom
are practical business men, are con-
fident that this machine is a COM
plete success and that it will revo-
lutionize the cotton growing indus
try in the south.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
HON. SAMUEL ]. GRAHAM
Thinks He and George Washington
Have Been Misrepresented.

Thinks He and George Washington
Have Been Misrepresented.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken sent a copy of
,ur last weeks issue to Hon. Sam
uel j. Graham, the assistant Attor-
ney General who investigates all
proposed federal appointments, and
who recommended the appointment
IF C. J. Lyon as Marshal of the
Western district. Mr.. Graham has
written to Mr.. Aiken as follows:
with regard to his experiences in
Abbeville as school master.
My Dear Mr.. Aiken:-Please per-
nit me to acknowledge the receipt
Of your favor of March 18th, and to
thank. you for your kind assurances
with regard to myself, and also for
the copy of the Press and Banner,
which I have read with interest and
amusement. I am afraid that the
story of the ink and the trousers
must be in the same class with that
of the cherry tree and the hatchet,
However, as it is fully established,
I suppose it must 60 down with the
stamp of verify. The teaching of
that school was so kaleidoscope in
many ways it may be that something
of the kind did occur, although ]
remember enough of that distant
day to recall that I did not then
wear white clothes. It was all
that I could manage to do to wear
dark ones.
With kind regards and renewed
expressions of my friendship and
esteem, believe me to be,
Sincerely and cordially,
Samuel J. Graham.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
LATIN-AMERICAN TRADE I'M.
PROVES
Many Purchases Formerly Made in
Europe Now Made in This Coun-

Many Purchases Formerly Made in
Europe Now Made in This Coun-
try.
Washington, March 25.-Com-
mercial and financial conditions
show encouraging improvement, the
Pan-American Union announced to-
day after an analysis of reports
from domestic sources and the
Southern republics.
Exports from New York to Ar
gentina, the statement said, increas-
ed in February from $1,142,901 to
$2,049,871, and to Brazil from ST.
1885 to $2,018,6O1.
Careful investigation of articles
exported" the statement concluded,
"shows that large per cent of them
are manufactured products which
were formerly purchased by South
America in England, Germany and
France"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
Comment on the White Way.

Our White Way lights are still
causing much comment. The ladies
on Wardlaw street are indignant
that the ''way" does not extend
down their street and one lady says
they "don't expect to put up with a
little old light stuck to a tall post
with a tin pan over it"
Everybody up Main street is
pleased save one lady who says,
Supt. Anderson has taken away
their arc lights and the "wfite way
is not worth doodle dust"
Such are the troubles of those
who try to improve the town.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

by the court, a jury TRIAL being had
a mere matter of form. The case
was argued for the plaintiffs by
their attorney, VIM. N. Graydon
and for the defendants by D. H
Hill and ]. M. Nickles. Judge
Moore directed a verdict for the
plaintiffs for two-fifths interes:
in the land.
The case of Lavinia Bragden VS.
W. N. Hall, involving the safe is
sued was disposed of in the same
way.
The case of Ou:cault Advertis,
ing Company VS.. Dargan-King Co..
was non-suited.
The court next entered on the
trial of the case of A. V. Barnes
VS.. N. 3. Sutherland, but owing to
the fact that the pleadings and
proof were at variance, it was ne
cessary to continue the case.
On Tuesday the. court was en-
gagged in hearing equity cases, the
jurors having been dismissed Mon
day afternoon. A number of mo.
tions were made, several cases ar.
gued, and orders made therein.
The verdict in the case of Nc.
Adams VS.. Ellis and McNair, was
reduced to $3.50.
The Court adjourned sine die
Tuesday afternoon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
Ribbons for Fields Day.

Among the many very cheap and
very excellent articles advertised
in the page taken by the Hot Hust-
Ter Racket last week, they neglected
to mention their ribbons suitable
for decorating for Fields Day. These
ribbons are cheap enough and are
suitable for decorating floats, for
banners and to beautify the many
lively children who will take part in
the different exercises.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

an old anchor, probably lost by the
battleship Oregon.
Diver Agarez, who went down the
cable attached to the anchor, wore
a helmet.
Ills decent to a depth of 215 feet
is said to be a worlds record. He
spent % minutes on the downward
journey and nine and a half min
utes in the ascent. The experiences
apparently caused him no distress.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
The Wofford Glee Club.

The Wofford College Glee Club
came to Abbeville and gave very
excellent entertainment in the opera
house last Thursday night. The
Glee Club is made up of clean, gen.
tlemanly, looking young men and
their entertainment was a credit to
them and to their College. This
was their first appearance and it is
to be regretted that a larger audi
ence was not present at the opera
house.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
Interested in Court.

Mrs. Harlan Presley, Mrs Fan
ME Bradley and Miss Nellie Presley
came up from Cedar Springs last
Friday and stayed over Saturday.
They attended Court, being inter-
ested in the contest over the will
of the late Josephine Sloan. While
in the city they were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. F. Bradley.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

A Swedish steamer sailed from
Savannah on the 26th of March
with a cargo of 3,380,16O pounds
of cotton seed cake, valued at S48,-
725.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
Reunion Dates.

1t has been defnately decided to-
hold the State Reunion of the Con-
federate Veterans in Columbia on:
April 22nd, and 23rd.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
UNITED STATES
SUBMARINE SUNK
ENTIRE GREW LOST.

Honolulu, March 26.-Hope that
the American submarine F-4, which
sank off Honolulu yesterday, might
be brought to the surface and her
crew of 25 men saved from death,
was revived for a time early today
when the Government tug, Navajo
reported that it had hooked the sub
marine with it's graphing irons.
The Navajo found it impossible,
however, to raise the F-4 by the line
it had attached and the tug Intrepid
also caught the submarine with its
graphing hooks. The combined eff
forts of these two boats were un-
successful and divers were sent
down to fasten lines from other
ships. Two of these men descended
1876 feet without being able to sight
the F-4. Both were unconscious
when drawn up, owing to the pres
sure of the water at that depth.
The work last night was carried
on under the glare of searchlights.
Twice during the night graphing
irons touched the F-4, which lay 720
feet below the surface, but each
time they slipped off her iron shell
without catching in large iron rings
imbedded in the hull for that pur-
pose.
The fact that no signal bells had
been heard from the submarine
since she sank at OILS o'clock yes
terday morning, led the searchers
to fear that the terrific water pres
sure had burst in the submarines
tanks, and that the crew had been
suffocated with the fumes of the
sulphuric acid in the boats storage
batteries.
The F-4 was commanded by Lieu
tenant Alfred L. EIDE, and carried
crew of rs men. She was engaged
in maneuvers yesterday morning
when she took what will likely Prove
her fatal dive. When she did net
promptly reappear no concern was
felt. The boat had remained under
water for "a hours on her trial trip
and the crew, during this peri'd,
had suffered no inconvenience.
Missing Several Hours.
After she had been under the su, =
face for few hours, however,
search was made for her, rs the F-4
was to have come up to resume her
maneuvers. 1t was several hours Je-
fore she was located.
The F-4's sister submarines, tie
FL, F-2 and F-3, have never been
able to dive as low us she lid, aod il
pointed out that no submarine had
ever plunged so far below The sur
face and come up Of her own rover.
Hope that the crew Of The e.:
might live in the sunken craft for
some time was expressed |y Rear
Admiral Charles B. Moore, comman
dant of the Honolulu station. IL.
stated that if the submarines nj.
was in good order the
crew might live for week submer-
ged. The sunken boat, however,
lacked food supplies.
Lieutenant EIDE was appointed to
the Naval Academy from Nevada,
and was graduated in 1908. He
is 27 years old.
The F-4 is 142 fset,7 inches long,
16 feet 10 inches deep and Is feet
3 inches beam. She was designed
for a cruising radius of 2,4O0 miles.
She had displacement of $50 tons
when riding on the surface and 44O
tons when submerging tanks were
filled with water. The F-4 did ID
knots on the surface and II knots
when submerged. She had four
torpedo tubes. She cost S5OO,OOO.
Washington, March 29.--The last
remote hope that any of the subma-
y >
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

1t is costing Germany $105,000
a day to feed her 100000 prisoners.
Every available man has been put
to work on the roads, in the mines
and in the reclamation work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Columbia is getting zoo for the
city and four ostriches have recent
ly been added to the collection.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31
General News

The Georgia Peach crop is said
to have been badly damaged by the
recent cold weather.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

The Southern Textile Associ-
alton will meet in Asheville in June
and campaign urging all who at
tend to wear cotton clothes is be-
ing waged by those interested in
the enterprise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Sixteen thousand fish of the rain
bow and brook trout variety, have
recently been placed in the streams
in Pickens county. The fish were
shipped from Erwin, Tenn, and is
the largest shipment of fish ever
shipped to Pickens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

The submerged submarine F-4
has been located outside the har-
Dor, it was announced.
Portions of the superstructure
have been brought to the surface.
Divers who earlier in the day
went down the two cables thought
to have been attached to the SUBJ
marine found the heavy body was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Two Michigan capitalists are
ready to invest five hundred thous-
and dollars in the mari beds of this
state if the deposits will warrant it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Greenwood is applying for a
charter for the Savannah, Piedmont
and Western Railway, a proposed
line which will run through the
most thickly settled sections of
Greenwood, Edgefield and Saluda.
J. Peyton Clark, S. fl. McGhee and
Kenneth Baker apply for the char
ter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Some weeks ago the people of
Augusta were giving much space
to the news of the moving picture
people who were in Augusta taking
pictures for the film The New Gov
ernor."
1t was said the people were spend
ing as much as seventeen thousand
dollars week and they were book
ed to stay three weeks. The mayor
and many of the prominent people
posed in the pictures and one man
lent his handsome colonial home as
a stage setting. 1t now turns out
that the picture is TO be called,
"The Nigger," and is an attack on
the old South. Augusta is hot in
the collar and the prominent citi-
zen who. lent his house is to sue the
picture people for $4,000 damages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

An American warship will take to
Yucatan money to finance the move
ment of Mexico's sisal hemp crop,
needed to max, twine for binding
the American wheat crop this year.
The money-S25,OOO in currency,
which manufacturers propose to
advance to the hemp growers-is in
bank vaults at Galveston, Texas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

Washington, March 29.--The last
remote hope that any of the subma
rine F-4's crew of 25 men might
be alive has been abandoned by the
navy department.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-31

A total of $25,S3S,175 was spent
for relief in Belgium through the
commission for relief in Belgium,
up to March 8, last, the commission
announced tonight. Of this amount
$22,405,713 went to the provision
ing department, which sells ::ood to
those who can pay for it.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09
Don't Merely stop a
Cough
stop the Thing that Causes II
and the Cough Will
stop Itseif

A cough Is really one Of our beet
friends. It warns VS. that there IL IN
fammation or obstruction in o danger
Gus place. Therefore, when you get q
bad cough dunt proceed t0 dose Yourself
with lot OF drugs taat merely stop
the cough temporarily hy deadening tho
throat nerves. Treat the cause--heal the
iuilamed membranes Here IN a home.
made remedy that gets right az the cause
and will make an obstinate cough vanish
more quickly than you ever thought pos
siuie.
Put "a ounces OF Pinex $50 cents
worth in a pint bottle and oil the bottla
with plain granulnted sugar syrup, This
gives You full pint of the most pleasant
aud effective cough remedy You ever used +.
at a cost of only ~ cents, No bother TO
prepare. Pail directions with Pinex.
1t heals the inllmmcd membranes 80
gently and promptly that YOU wonder
how IL does Il. Also loosens dry. hoarse
or tight rongh and stops the formation of
phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes,
thus ending the persistent loose cough.
Pinex is highly concentrated com.
pound OF Norway pine eytrset, rich in
Wlaiaeol, aud II famous the world over
Tor its healing effect on the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for 1913 ounces OF pinex.' and
don't accept mythino else. A guarantee
Of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
W refunded, goes with this preparation
The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne. Ind.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09
NEW TAX LAID BY
GERMANY CALLED
CONF|SCAT|0N
Every Belgian Refugee Who
Does Not Return to Coun-
Try by March 1, Must Pay
Ten Times Usual Sum,
q. .eaan.a louan.. srsel.. .s.sso MIas

tss soRnina IouRHst SPECIAL lsssro ulati
Washington. Feb. s.~-The Belgian
legation issued a statement today de-
noupcing n tax imposed bN Germany
upon Belgian refugees who do not
return t. the country by March 1. as
a confiscatlon in violation OF The
Hague convention. The statement
was issued after Minister Hayenith
had called at the state department.
IL follows.
"A great number Of Belglans.
amounting to nearly 100000, fed
from their country, 20 save their
lives and safeguard their honor, az
ter the burning of many homes, the
slaughter of many harmless citizens
and the devastation Of the country.
committed by the German troops.
Nov the German government im-
poses Tux. equal 70 ten times the
usual personal tax 20 all Belgians alb
sent from their country who shall
not be back in Belgium before March
/. 1915.
"The German government. after
having imposed an enormous war
levy OF iS0,000,000 francs t$g6 600,
OO0). upon Belgium, already ruined
by war aud numerous exactlonsI
made, on December II, 1914. gave
formal promise that no further taxes
would be imposed upon the country
THE now taxation laid upon the
absent BelRlans ~ therefore not only
a violation of The Hague conventions
but constitutes the breach OF most
solemn pledge and amounts to a real
coniiscation'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09
RAPID ADVANCEMENT is
MADE BY ROSWELL CADETS

ESPECIAL coResseonosNeE 10 @oRn'se JOURNAL
Roswell n. NJ, Feb S--Cadet VIII
liam Sample Of the New Mexico Mill
tary Institute, son Of Col. w. X
Sample, U. s. A., having applied lol
admission to Annapolis has been as
signed to El Paso for final exaE3sna'
ton. Cadets Carol Leeper and VII
liam Murray having applied for al
mission to West Point have been as
signed to Fort Logan. Colorado, Ca
Diet w Lomax has applied for a com
mission as lieutenant in the Philip
pine constabulary and will probably
receive his commission just before
graduation.
Each year one or two Of the gradu.
ates of the n. NJ NJ. !. are assignee
To the Philippine constabulary Iht
government looks upon y. NJ NJ
graduates as well fitted for commis'
sions when they can be induced TO en-
ter the service, which is saying q greai
deal for the New Mexico school.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09
CRAVE CHARGES
BY WICK AGAINST
]. NJ. SULLIVAN
Minister Is Accused Of Using
Name Of Government at
Washington Without Au-I
thority, to Float Loan

Jay noRsiue JouaAkL SPECIAL ltAsFD wlRsI
Washington, FEB g. Further testi-
mony concerning the conduct and fit
ness for office of James NJ. Sullivan
minister 10 the Dominican republic,
was given here today before Special
Examiner James D. phelan Of Cali
fornia. Walter w Wick, former col-
1 lector general OF Dominican customs,
resumed the stand and made further
charges against the minister
Mr. Nick submitted evidence in
tended to show that Minister Sullivan
had endeavored, without the knowl-
edge Of the government at Washing
ton, and without the approval OF the
Dominican congress, to pave the way
for the negotiation Of a loan Of $780,
900 to BE made to the Dominican gov
ernment through the banks Of the re-
public He asserted that w. W Smlth.
secretary Of the legation, first told
him Of the proposed loan, ana that
later a Dominican banker showed nm
a letter from Minister Sullivan which
was sent TO three banks in san Do
iningo city seeking to open nesotla-
lions for the loan. A copy OF TINS let
ter was placed in the record II sets
forth that sullivan had been instruct
Ell nN his ENNti uiilNHA ~ a. l'H6N N'fN
loan; that Dominican bonds would be
issued to repay it. and that the United
States would agree to an extension OF
the legal limit Of the Dominican debt
to cover the amount.
President Barts Of the Dominican
chamber Of deputies. and deputy
named Moscosco organized q protest
/ against the proposed loan. Mr.. Vick
said and thee recent revolution
| brought the entire matter 20 a close.
Mr.. Wick denied charges as 10 his
personal Conduct made by IL y.
! Dickey and supported by an affidavit
| of two Dominicans Rafael Breaches,
I the notary before whom the affidavit
VAS made. verified the document to-
| day. MT Wick discussed at length
/ various charges made against him in
! the course Of the hearings and denied
/ Tint a mining scheme with which he
was once connected bad "swindled the
public oui Of s6.o00000."
| T. L. Huntold told of making an
! inspection Of the receivership OF Do
! miniean customs III 1914 He re-
1 ferred the commissioners to mis- report
| for his opinion Of Minister sullivan
ana Mr.. Wick The report viii be
placed in the record.
| Commissioner Phelan hoped to con-
} clude his hearings here tomorrow,