The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-26
A GLANCE OVER
THE COUNTRY
FOR TIE BUSY READER.
Events of Interest Cleaned
Frona ali Over the Country.
I'm Condensed Form.

Flea Finn, a selectrnan of Ala
bama, hobbled into camp last week
with nothing wrong except broken
ankle. He was promptly sent to the
hospital.
Three heavily armed bandits held
up and robbed northbound Mobile
and Ohio train near Jackson, Tenn,
last Friday night, getting only a
small amount of loot. Posses were
sent in pursuit of the bandits but
they were not caught at last reports.
Suffering from tonsilitis, the little
girl of T. H. Fort, of Columbus, Ga,
drank water and 'strangled to death
before medical aid could reach her.
Sam Richardson, a mill employee,
of Columbus, Ga, was found Satur-
day evening with "A bullet in his
neck. 1t was a case of suicide as
the pistol was found nearby.
General Korniloff, the former lead
er of the Russian army in Petrograd,
will be removed to the city prison.
Because he shouted for the Giants
Henry Spies, of Milwaukee, was
sent to an insane asylum in Chicago
recently. Chicago and New York are
the contenders for the worlds cham
pionship rag and hence the quick
disposal of Spies.
Camp Jackson, Columbia, is the
scene of much activity. Men from
North and South Carolina, Florida,
Texas, Illinois, Georgia and Nebras-
ka are there by the thousands. Some
came bearing the inscription on their
coats, Berlin or bust" and other
timely thoughts of patriotism. These
are all selective service men.
The speech of Senator LaFollette
at St. Paul, Minn., recently, has been
ordered transcribed from the steno-
graphic reports in order that the al
legged reasonable remarks may be
considered.
Wilbur D. Mong, a cadet aviator,
WAS killed Saturday while trying to
loop-the-loop in his aeroplane near
Mount Clemmons, Mich. He lost
control of the machine and it crashed
to the ground killing him instantly.
His home is in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tom Watson, publisher of The
Jeffersonian, has given up the fight
in the court to have his publication
admitted to the mails. 1t was barred
from the mails recently on account
of alleged unpatriotic utterances.
! Senator Ransdell, Of Louisiana,
Saturday in a speech urged the farm
ers of the South to hold their cotton
for a fair and legitimate price and
not to sell for less than twenty-five
cents.
! A riot which broke out Sunday af-
terncon in Chattanooga among rail
way and light employees cost the
life of one man, Will Massengale,
who was shot in the back by the
guard on a car. Several persons
were injured during the riot.
Attorneys for Judge Robert Bing-
ham say that the body of Mrs.
Bingham was removed from the
grave at Wilmington, N. c., and some
of the vital organs removed and
sent to New York. The case is in
the hands of prominent attorneys
and will be investigated by Judge
Bingham. 1t is said that the autopsy
was performed in the presence of a
detective and several physicians at
the instance of Mrs. Bingham's rela-
tives.
! Civil service examinations will be
held at ten different points in South
/ Carolina for the filling of vacancies
in the internal revenue department.
The nearest town to have one of
these examinations will be Green
wood, Thursday. October 25. Those
!, wishing application blanks can get
same by applying to the Civil Ser
vice Commission, Washington, D. c.
Mrs. Hoke Smith, wife of the SEN
ator from Georgia, is critically i'll in
Washington. Members of the family
were hurriedly summoned by tele-
graph to her bedside.
Spray in September with arsenite