Tbs AbbeYifle Press and Banner,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
? AT ?
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
An early and severe winter is preflicted.
This Is cold comfort.
New York is the second city in the
world, but it feels big as the first
The redeeming feature about the |
pictured hobble skirt is its impossibility.
Alcohol is a necessity in paint It
Beem to have a special affinity for red :
point
Whose business it is, anyway, what
particular variety or nat you cuoosh
to wear? ]
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The man who said summer Is over ,
la hunting his old straw hat in the
ash barrel.
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The government is advertising for a
fcylotomlst. If you know a good one |
, tell him about it.
Here's a centenarian who swears off '
on liquor and tobacco. It's never too
late, you know.
Infant paralysis Is no respector of !
age. It has just killed a woman of
sixty-six In Connecticut.
Pittsburg man Invents an apparatus
Tor forecasting earthquakes. No fam- ?
lly should be without one. '
Count Zeppelin's airships can never '
Increase their popularity by making
i specialty of blowing up.
What a fine opening that alligator
? ?1 ? ~ -.* 1" UoTir Pam InVrA 5
0WlLUUliii? O.K, lai 5U m x u *r J. Mil ?
offers to ambitious bathers!
Market report announces, "Eggs t
strong at 32 cents a dozen." How
much for those that are not? ^
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A fund to pension aged and worn- i
out authors is suggested. Why not I
pension worn-out readers?
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The man who "always gets up at J
daylight in the summer time" does it i
because the flies won't let him sleep
any longer. s
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According to advices counterfeit c
fifty-dollar bills are being circulated,
but fortunately most of us are out of
the danger zone.
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A $60,000 bulldog has died in England,
and there is to be a post-mortem f
Investigation. It is an important thing i
to be a $60,000 bulldog. ^
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Emperor William is a man of stub- 1
born opinions. He still sticks to the t
divine right of kings and to his belief t
that he can write an ODera. i
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A western mlnisier informs us that ;
automobile speeders never go to heav- >
en. Probably the golden strets are po- <
liced too well to attract them. 1
New York plans to spend over $4,- (
. 000,000 for its health next year. As t
that is less than $1 for each New <
Yorker, it would seem to be worth the i
money. t
It has been estimated that the average
American eats 82 pounds of sugar
svery year. Now we'd like to know j
how many pounds he pays for to get k
that quantity. |
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The astronomers who are trying to ,
work up another comet scare are "
hereby politely but firmly advised (
that the public is disillusioned now
about anything coming back.
The hobble skirt, according to one |
of the fashion journals, "will die a
natural death." Haviug seen it in
action, we are afraid some of its
wearers will not be so fortunate.
"The grasshopper serves no useful
purpose," declares a scientist. Indeed!
Did the scientist ever go out after 1
small-mouth bass in August when the i
bass wouldn't bite on green frogs?. ]
The aviating joy ride has been in- i
augureted. This should be nipped in ]
the bud. With aviation going on in a <
scientific and respectable manner it
will upset aerial travel at the start ]
to have reckless aviators darting j
along through space, ready to collide >
with any other old aeroplane which
may happen along, or to drop on un
-Ai-~ wUKnnf ti'Qrn.
SUSpeL-UIIfc ycucouiaud " *W4vuv
lug. 1
In actual warfare the dropping of
a dynamite bomb down the funnels of
a battleship from an aeroplane would 1
doubtless cause serious internal complications
on the part of the battleship.
But also the planting of a one
to three-inch shot in the motor or- '
steering apparatus of the aeroplane
would doubtless disorganize the airship
beLigc-rent. It is all a question
of which gets its projectile properly j
located first.
^ A parachute performer in red tights J
frightened the Rockefeller estate by j
descending on it from the air and
was carefully carried outside the gate.
Perhaps they thought it was the Titian-haired
siren, whose recent discovery
has so perturbed the oil trust.
A young woman in New York tried J
to kill herself because editors would
not publish her poetry. If that were
cause for suicide, half the present
population of the country would long
ego have ceased making a show in |
the census returns.
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One of the aeroplane experts has {
succeeded in taking five passengers1
up over the treetops. The most im-!
portant feature of the performance |
was that he managed to let them;
down easy.
A Boston girl !s to attempt a flight !
on an aero kite. It is evident that now !
the conquest of the air seems In sight,
all sorts of reckless feats will be
tried of no benefit to either science
or individuals. That is the real
drawback to careful arid fruitful ex- j
perimentation of any new force.
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| SOUTH CAROLINA j.
FIRE LOSS $796,351,57.
This From January to September
Report by Mr. ]&cMaster. n
The following report has been made a
by the department of insurance on n
causes of fire:
Ash pan in kitchen. 1; defective h
flue,6; defective chimney, 1, explosion
of range, 1; explosion of lamp,
1; electric iron left* with current on, n
1; firebrand failing1 from stove, 1; o
in picking room,l; lighting, 11; \
lighted match or cigars, 2; matches, 1; a
overturned lamps, 2; range in restau- 9
rant kitchen, 1; spark from cotton S
jin, 1; spark from chimney, 2;spark p
511 roof, 5; unknown, 66; -windstorm, t'
2. Total number of fires in Septem- t
aer, 106. Total number of fires pre- c
riously reported, 858. Total number t
)64. t
Corrested estimate of reported
losses from January 1 to October 1,
1910. v
January $ 26,099,94
February 100,330,24 e
March 113,888,36 r
April 131,718,74 a
May 76,520,02 a
June 33,154,73 n
July 194.214.91
August 65,739.93 ti
September 54,049/JJ t
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Total. $790,315,97 d
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The high school fund amounted to
?G0,000. Last, year there were 131 c
righ schools in the State to receive 1;
lid. This number will be increased p
his year about twelve. w
The Seaboard has already started m
vork from McBee to Hartsville. t
Darlington, and they will rush the d
,vork on into Florence at the earliest t
possible moment. e
It is possible that the South
Carolina Congressmen will get torether
and place a bill dividing the
vfntA into two Federal districts. C
South Carolina Railroad Commis;ion
acceps companies' plans and
vork "will begain at once 011 Union .
lepot at Chester.
Surprising Condition of Children. >
That there are many children in f
he Spartanburg schools whose eyes b
ire defective, whose hearing is bad
md whose general physical condition g
s very poor and at "the same time a
vhose parents are totally unaware t
hat there is any thing in the Avorld v
vrong with them was made clear af- p
er one day's work by the commit- t>!
ee who are examining all children s
n the public schools. The.revela- a
ions made the first day were truly b
iftloufcding. They found children s
vho could positively see out of but n
>ne eve and who positively could
lear out of but one ear. The ex- r
imination has met with the approval i<
)f everv one in the city, the parents, t
school officials and the pbysi- p
ians, who claim that it is a great q
vork that i? being done for Spartan- d
>urs:'s children. n
Four in One Day. fc
Four white babies were born in u
h? Roper hospital in Charleston, fa
2 /-v *>-?/-? Ann .nnnricorl PaIaiioI T^/\ncP- o
JVUH/ vnv u^r^xiovu vviviivi J.IVWWV V
;elt of the fact and the following t:
elegram received from the colonel a
md made public shows that his views p
is to race suicide have undergone no f
rhange: t
'To the Roper Hospital, a
"Charleston, S. C.
"Delighted. Congratulate the mo- c
hers for me on their anti-race sui- A
ride accomplishment of Sunday. f
(Signed) c
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT." e
SUMMARY.
The total assessed value of all ^
property in the State is $17,405,187 ,a
?or this year against $17,032,216 for 6
ast year.
An alligator was found in a branch ii
n Laurens county and Mayor Me- 1
S'inch savs it is the first one he has fi
;ver seen at large in Laurens county. I
Dr. H. F. Cheitzbers, who was a 1
Methodist minister for 37 years died t
it Monroe, his North Carolina home, b
ind was buried at Spartanburg. a
The Presbyterians of Rock Hill
ire making a canvass to raise $20,- ^
300 for an edifice of worship.
There are nine candidates oil*. T
for the vacant office of county audi- o
tor in Laurens. The ralary of the of- f
Bee is about $1,000 a venr. e
President Cosgrove has called a c
meeting of the Good Roads and t
Drainage league to be held in Aiken n
on "Wednesday, November 2. j
The Anderson County Farmers'
Union has adopted a resolution call- 1
insr on all of the farmers of the 3
county to hold cotton for 15 cents, c
State Fair. October 31-Noveuiber 4.
Tha Greenville & Knoxville rail- 1
way is taking active steps toward
the development of the Drake Inn s
property in tlie upper part of Green- j
vilie county. Drake inn is near .
Ceasar's Head.
At the annual meeting of the *
board of trade the report of one of *
the committees showed 04 new indus- i
tries establish! 1 in Greenville for i
three-qnailers of the year 1910.
Amonir the feature events of fos- t
live fair week will be automobile ?
racing. x
A vigorous crusade is being waged
against the dealers in ice cream
cones who infest the streets in front
of the public schools ol' Spartanburg t
tlin lil ron *i i*f> fit l />< /* cc
At Sumter a few davs a.iro, eon- >
stables seized some ale from the j
<1 rucr store of Dr. ('. W. Burnie, col- j
ored. olaiminjr that the ale was alro- \
liolie. After tliresiiinir out the mat- i
ter. the ?;raud jury threw out the |
case. ;
The Middlesburir mill at Batesbnnj
is running1 six and a half days a j
week now, making up for the tiriu |
lost this ]>ust summer. ]
"LEW TO WHITE HOUSE (
Jnglish Aviator Sails Around Six ^
Miles and Perches at President's
Mansion?Taft "Not at Home."
Washington.?In a narrow street, S
ipan a precisely selected spot, after
n aerial flight of more than six p
ailes across the city, Claude GrahamVhite,
the English aviator, dropped
is aeroplane at the side door of the
Vhite House.
On the way thither at a height of
icarly 500 feet, he circled the dome
f the Oaoitol and passed the lofty
Yashington monument level with the
pex. He landed between the low e'
tfl
tructure of the great building of the
itate building, War and Navy De- ^
>artments and the low structure of
he executive offices in a space where
lie slightest diviation from his j
ourse would have impaled him upon ^
he spikes of the iron fence around 1
he White House grounds at his right
r smashed him against the granite
rail at his left. 1
The ai robin struck the asphalt pav- P1
d street squarely in the middle and P
oiled 200 feet farther up the stone 111
nd iron hedged lane in as straight
line as an automobile could have J)
loved. jj.
President Taft was not "at home" '
o receive his unexpected calier from
he air, but Admiral George Dewey ??
as t here .to grasp the hand of the ,]
aring aviator and to offer congratu- ?
it ions. ,
An hour later, Mr. White again as- J1
ended from the spot where he had J
inded and returned to his starting ?
oint?'the Bennings race track? ?
without mishap. Later in the day, (
rhile giving exhibition flights, he had ,,
wo accidents which resulted in slight 1
amage to his two aeroplanes. For- p
unately, however, the aviator escap- t
d unhurt. ?f
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tititt/\t?iti rrrv itav pnttaw v<
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inference of American and Foreign
Bankers Would Put 6 Cents on Bale ^
New Orleans.?General opposition
broughout the South manifested it- it:
elf when announcement) was made in V1
cl
lew York of the plan to organize a ^
oreign company "to guarantee cotton ,
ills of lading. or
Although the proposed charge for
uranteeing is only six or seven cents
bale, Southern cotton men contend
hat in the -aggregate such 'a scheme
:ould pla^e a heavy burden on the p
ianter, broker and merchant, and !
hat the reputable firms of the South
hould not be made to suffer for the
lleged frauds of concerns who have ge
ecn pretending for several years to ^
oil vast quantities of a staple comloditv
at bargain counter prices. ij.
Such a plan "is an insult to the jQ
epu'table cotton firms of the South" gc
; the gist of a resolution passed by ^
he Memphis cotton exchange, while
rominent Atlanta business men are ^
noted as declaring mat wimever is oc
one, "it will come out of the far- ?i
ler's pocket.''
Resolutions passed by the Hons- p]
on cotton exchange declare it "an
njust tax" and similar resolutions
ave been passed by the cotton ex- e?
hange at Dallas, while the resolu- J
ions of the New Orleans exchange q
ssert 'that "the proposed guarantee w
wposition would single cotton out aj
rora all other products and make it
he peculiar object of discrimination cr
nd burdensome conditions." '
The resolutions of .the Southern exhansres
were telegraphed to William q
l. N'ash, who is presiding at the conerence
of representatives of Amerian
banks and foreign banks and forign
buyers in New York. 0,
One Penny Sells For $101.
New York.-v-The Gilbert collecion
of cents issued in 1894 was solfl g{
t auction by Thomas L. Elder, the ??
3 coins realizing $1,630.
These coins, which were produced
ti the second year of the history of q
Lmeriean pennies, are always classi- q
ed according to the Hays collection.
lays No. 40 brought $101. Hays No. js
9 brought $51, the record price for a(
hat particular coin. Hays No. 25 p,
nought $75. Old and rare pennies m
,re very valuable. fc
Resident Going to Panama Nov. 10.
Beverly, Mass.?President Taft
rill sail for the Isthmus of Panama ^
in November 10 from Charleston. m
ie will make t.he trip on the armor- 0j
(1 cruiser North Carolina and will be ej
onveyed by the sister s*hip, the Hon- jj.
ana. These are the same vessels q(
ised by }ir. Taft in his Panama trip p]
ust before his inauguration. C(
Tiie President will be irone -about
2 davs. Tlie North (Carolina and r(
ilontana can make the journey in n(
ach direction in four da)-?. w
Atlantic Fleet Will Dodge Cholera.
Wash in "ton.?The Atlantic hattle
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map lieet wm visir amy jmisu&i ann
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French ports on 1 lie English channel i
luring the forthcoming: winter cruise. m
\nnouncement of a definite decision 3M
o eliminate all Mediterranean ports
'rom the fleet's itinerary was made ^
it the navy department.
The chanire in plans was neeessi- .
ated by the outbreak of cholera at
several of the ports of the -Mediter- ^
ancan. .
Battleship South Carolina Wins.
Washington.?Scores for elemenary
fire during: spring practice of w
lw. Mw.
iiu >111 Ul I II v I 1111 ITU O l ill IT.** I III \ u\ |j,
innounced show die now battleship |j
South Carolina was tho trophy win- p
icr in her class. The report snows n
,he relative ellicioney in methods of ],
raining for tho development or' gunpointers
und?r short range conditions
i!i< 1 when firing guns singly. -|The
Charleston won the cruiser p
trophy, ilie Mayflower that for gun- j,
boats and t'.ie K-.'id that fur torpedo
boats. jj
;HEAPU. S. STAMPS
; Will Come Soon On Record
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of Department
ELF SUSTAINING POSTOFFICE
ostmaster General Hitchcock Say3
Postal System Will Pay Its Own
Expenses?Deficit Tumbles ? OneCent
Letter Postage in Sight,
Washington.?Before the close of
lother fiscal year the Federal post
>tablishment "will become self-susjning.
This will be accomplished
ithout curtailing in the slightest
le service rendered or lessening in
ly respect its efficiency.
This statement was made by Postaster
General Hitchcock in connecon
with the announcement that he
id submitted to the Treasury Delrtment,
five days in advance of the
me fixed by law, his estimates of appropriations
for the Postoffice Deirtment
and the postal service dur..
fl^ol iioor V>ocrinnin<? .Tulv 1.
r\ tlJC vwj, 0 v
During the lost fiscal year, ended
jne 30 last, Mr. Hitchcock covered
ick into the Treasury about $G,000,)0
out of the actual appropriations
ade by Congress for the support of
ie department. The deficit of the
:partment for that year was less
ian for many years, being reduced
f approximately one-half from the
jficit of $17,000,000 of the year beire.
It is the expectation of Mr.
itchcock further to reduce the desit
during the present fiscal year.
Mr. Hitchcock explained that while
e business of the postal service had
own tremendously during the last
;o years the expenses of the Postlice
Department in Washington,
larged with, the management of the
ist government establishment with
3 200,000 employes, had not been
creased a single dollar since the benning
of the present administraon.
With the postal service able to pay
5 own way, Mr. Hitchcock is connced
that "penny postage" for firstass
letters is not the "iridescent
earn" it has been declared. Indeed,
i is almost prepared to assert that
le-cent postage now is in sight as a
-actical business proposition.
ROOSEVELT SUAHS JJN Aiit.
Lies Over Aviation Field and Waves
His Hand at Thousands.
St. Louis, Mo.?Theodore Roosevelt
ade an aeroplane flight as the pasn2:er
of Archibald Hoxsey, and said
was the finest sensation he ever
id experienced. He traveled two
raes around the aviation field at Kinck
park in three minutes and 20
conds. He waved his hand at. the
ousands of spectators, much to the
scomforture of the aviator, who
>ared that the Colonel might hit the
mtrolling cord. When the machine
ighted easily, a few feet from the
arting place, a mighty shout of ap.ause
went up.
Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, said that
r. Roosevelt made a good passenger
ccept that he enjoyed the trip so
uch that Hoxsey was afraid the
olonel would fall out or interfere
ith the engine which was roaring
, his side.
The Colonel waved his hands at the
owd so vigorously that Hoxsey calli
out to him:
"Keep your hands on the rail,
olonel."
Colonel RooseVelt, who had forgotn
to hold himself in, waved his
mds once more, and then obeyed
ders.
Urges Farmers to Advertise.
Hot Springs, Ark. ? Advice to
outhern farmers to advertise their
irrn products in newspapers was
ven here at the State fair in an
idress by John M. Parker of New
rleans, president of the Southern
ommercial Congress.
"The Northern and Western farmer
up-to-date," said Mr. Parker. "He
Ivertises what lie has to sell and
lys the expense of that advert iseent
and derives the highest price
>r his product."
Export of Manufactured Goods.
Washington.?For the first time in
le history of this country's comerce,
manufactured products form
ore than one-half the total exports
? the United States. During the
irht months ending with August
iere was exported in all $1,021,000,)0
worth of goods. Manufactured
roducts composed more than 52 per
>nt of that, valued at more titan
542,000.000. Exports of that class
presented $2,500,000 for each bnsi2ss
day. Twenty years a?o they
ere a little more than $750,000 a day
Across Continent on spates.
San Francisco.?Abe Levin and
[ax Brody, 16 years old, have comleted
a trip from New York on
cafes and afoot, carrying a sealed
icssa^e to Mayor McCarthy from the
fayor of New York.
By performing this, feat, which acjmplished
in 106 days, the boys won
2.000 apiece from a skate manufacirsr
in New York, which they intend
) use in paying thei way through
dlege.
) use in paying their way through
ithout a cent on May 9.
Firemen Stole Mormon Bell.
Salt Lake City?A historic bell,
ji^hing several thousand pounds
s.s disappeared from the cupola o-f
ip Salt Lake City hall in which the
olice department is quartered. Two
icmbers of the fire department with
cadquartors in the same building
re under arrest, and Iiave, tlie ponce
iv. admitted tlie theft o? the bell,
iiev arc said to have lowered it to
le trrouml with block ami tackle,
roken it with slcdue iiair.mers am!
aried it to a junk dealer in a lire deartment
wagon.
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BLOOD FOR HIS SISTER
Georgia Woman With Pellagra Improves
When South Carolinian's
Blood is Transfused to Her,
Atlanta.?After suffering with pellagra
for two years, Mrs. M. E. Bush
of Milledgeville, Ga., may be restored
to health as. the result of her two
brothers giving up their blood in aid
of the transfusion theory -which the
attending physicians had decided wa9
the last hope of saving her life.
Robert L. Wiggins, professor of
ii.n?iisn at wonora college, oparianbwg,
S. ., -went on the operating
table at the local hospital where Mrs.
Bush is a patient and gave up one
pint of blood in the effort to save her
life. Another brother, Rev. Sterling
P. Wiggins, pastor of the First Methodist
church of Milledgeville, made a
similar sacrifice for Mrs. Bush.
Before the first infusion Mrs.
Bush's pulse registered 160. Almost
immediately following the operation
it dropped to 125 and her temperature
fell from 103 2-5 to 101.
After the operation the attending
physicians announced that Mrs.
Bush's condition was very encouraging.
It was also announced that recent
experiments with blood infusion
in Mobile, Ala., had resulted in at
least a half dozen cures in pellagra
pases.
The Granite Producing Stato3.
"Washington.?South Carolina leads
the South in production of rough
monumental stone and riprap, according
to a bulletin issued by the United
States geological survey on the granites
of the Southeastern Atlantic
States.
The chief sranite-riroducing States
are North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia
and South Carolina, their annual
output being valued at $2,500,600,
This compares with the production
of the New England States in
the ratio-of 3 1-2 to 9.
North Carolina leads the South on
granite building stone quarried,
Maryland produces immense quantities
of granite road metal, railway
ballast, concrete stone and paving
blocks. Virginia quarries the most
granite railway ballast. Some of the
best Southern granite beds remain unexploited.
They lie in mountain regions,
far from railroads.
To Discover a Lumber Trust.
Washington?To de ermine if there
is anv foundation for numerous complaints
received at the Eepartment
of Justice alleging the existence of a
"lumber trust," speeial agents of the
Department are quietly investigating
the operations of a large number of
trade associations and other organizations
which manufacture and market
lumber.
Agents in Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and
other cities bave turned in their reports.
Complaints have been reachi-s:
the Department from dealers and
builders as well as individual consumers,
alleging the price of dressed
lumber is fixed by agreement and undulv
raised by "poweful interests
which control the lumber industry."
Charges of blacklisting, elimination
of competition and divisions of the
territory are also made.
Population of Macon, Ga., 40,665.
Washington.?The population of
Macon, Ga., is 40,605, an increase of
17,393, or 74.7 per cent as compared
' with 23,272 in 1900.
The population of Decatur, 111., is
31,140, an increase of 10,386, or 50
per cent as compared with 20,754 in
1900.
Morse's Pardon Application.
Beverly, Mass.?President Taft has
announced that he would decline to
take any action whatsoever on recent
applications for.clemency in the case
of Charles W. ?Morse, the convicted
New York banker, now serving a term
- ? .Li. - ti- .T 7 ~ * A
Ml me i' euei ill (J11.>UH at auaiua. until
the papers in the ease come to 'his
desk through the regular routine
channels and with a report from the
Department of Justice.
The latest application in behalf of
Morse was made by Gilbert A. A.
Peavey of Boston,
Forcing Obedience to Hepburn Act.
Tampa, Fla.?It was announced
here that the Florida Citrus Exchange}
representing the orange
growers of Florida, has brought suit
against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
to compel the enforcement of
that section of the Hepburn act
which makes it the absolute duty of
the initial carrier to be responsible
financially to the shipper for any
damage to goods in transit, whether
such damage occurred on the lines
of the initial carrier or those of a
subsequent one.
Automobile Racs at Savannah.
New York.?Formal sanction for
the running of the international grand
prize automobile race at Savannah,
Ga., on November 12, has been voted
bv the board of governors of the
Automobile Club of America, ratifying
the action of the contest comto
Iffnr* nP tlin r.lnli linrl nlronrlv
UilLlCW' V'i. uiv. ? in-., i. w?\ ii |
awarded the contest to Savannah. The
race was originally scheduled to be
run over the Vanderbilt cup course on
Lonsr Island on October 15 but was
called off on account of public citicisra.
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Adjutant General Armfield Dead.
Statesville, a. c'.?Adjutant General
Joseph Franklin Armfield, head
of the North Carolina national nuard
died here from acute nephritis.
lie was I be second son ot' Judsre K.
F. Armiield. wa? born at Yadkinville,
.Januarv 2.'}, lS(i2.
j At tlie outbreak of the SpanishI
American Avar Colonel Armfield was
i' appointed by Coventor Russell as
,|.n!on<'l of the first regiment North
i Carolina Volunteers. II.' served uy.li'r
Major Ceneral Fit/.hujrh Lee
throughout the war.
RAILROADSPROIEST'
Two-Cent Rate Question in I
Missouri.
BEFORE U. S. SUPREME COURT- I
Involves Question of Interference of '
Federal Sourts With State Regulation
of Rates?Every State
Affected.
Washington.?Stubbornly contesting
every point, attorneys for the ]
State of Missorui and the railroads .
therein, made argument before the :
Supreme Court of the United States ;
as to the validity of the 2-cent pas- <
sender rate and maximum freight <
rate laws of that State passed in <
1907. So important did the court 1
consider the case that it extended i
the time for argument so as to in- I
elude practically all of the court's <
time the second day.
It is claimed by counsel in the case
that the issues in controversy will :
affect State legislation regarding rail- '
roads in nearly every State of the
Union. The case includes questions
of jurisdiction of Federal courts over .
State legislation in regard to the railroads.
and the proper basis of arriving
at the remuneration guaranteed
the railroads under the Fedeal constitution.
The circuit court for the
western district of Missouri held the
laws w6re unremunerative and en- 1
joined their enforcement.
The arguments were opened by
Frank Hagerman, for the Chicago, i
Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.
He attempted to convince the justices
that the court below had used
the proper basis in arriving at the
remuneration allowed the railroads
under the laws in question. He main- 1
tained that the valuation of the property
devoted to State business, as distinguished
from interstate business,
was in the same ratio that earnings
from carriage of State freight and
State passenger bore to the earnings
from interstate business in the State. 1
He argued that it costs more to carry
on State than interstate business.
LOOK INTO DIVINE HEALING, v
The Episcopal General Convention
Amends Constitution of Church.
Cincinnati.?The house of bishops
of the Episcopal General Convention
not only reversed its decision of a
few days ago, when it refused to pass
an amendment to the constitution
providing for suffragan bishops, but'
also passed a resolution calling for a
committee to investigate faith-healing
by means of prayer, or suggestion.
The suffragan bishop question was
defeated by the house of bishops at
a previous session, after the house of
deputies had adopted it. The vote at
that time was close. It was brought
up a.sfain as a special order of business
and was adopted by the bishops
by a vote of 60 to 31. Owing to
the fact that the house of deputies
has adopted the amendment it now
becomes law.
The greatest stir was caused when
it was announced that the house of
bishops had passed a resolution call
mg ior a committee to investigate
unction to the sick for the sake of
spiritual needs.
This is the resolution that was defeated
in the house of deputies by
a non-concurrence of orders, the resolutidn
being: adopted by the clerical
division, but defeated by the laitr.
In all probability healing by prayer
will be brought up again in the house
of deputies and, should this house
decide to reverse its former action,
a committee will be appointed to
bring in a report at the 1913 convention
in New York.
Man Ate 13 Ears of Corn.
Waynesboro, Pa. ? James Montgomery,
of this place, is fond of corn
on the ear and running short of ad-'
.iectives to describe his fondness said
he could eat his length in the succulent
ears. His friends made him
prove it, and at once he disposed of
13 ears, which were necessary to
make his 6 feet 3 inches in height.
No ill effects whatever came to
Montgomery after his feed of a
"mule." He is not the champion.
Fire in Rocky Mountain Region.
Wasinston.?The timber on about
on cnnavo milps nf territory in the
iRocky Mountains wept of Denver,
has been consumed by the fierce fire
which broke out in that region according
to a telegram received by
General Land Commissioner Dennett
from Chief Agent Moenery, who is
stationed at Denver. The progress
of the fire eastward has been stayed
but it was extending in other directions.
Forty men under two timber
crems were dispatched to fight the
flames.
And He Never Came Back.
Los Angeles.?Wilson B. Evans, receiving
teller for the Farmers and
Merchants National Bank, failed to
report for duty at the end of two
weeks' vacation and a preliminary investigation
of his books reveal irregularities
which, according to Cashier
Sevier, amount to several thousand
dollars.
The alleged irregularities cover a
neriod of several months and it is es
timated that the total sum will approximate
$50,000. The missing man
was well known in social circles.
Parasites Turned on Boll Weevil.
Washington.?The greatest damage
done to the cotton crop by the boll
weevil this season was in tlie district
of Madison parish, Louisiana, south
of Baton Hotnre. according to Dr. L.
O. Howard, chief of the bureau of
entomology of the Department of Agriculture.
' There are. all told, about forty j
enemies of t he boll weevil," said Dr. I
Howard. "The government has in-1
trodiiced mx of t!?e>e parasites to j
! Louisiana and other Slates and we
| intend to turn loose more."
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WORSE THAN DEATH
Lifelong Imprisonment in The
Penitentiary
DEATH NOT WORSE PUNISHMENT
rhe Eternal Solitude and Silence
Crashes Like an Iron Weight?
Hopeless, Painful Years Stretch
Out Forever and in Agony. ^ .
:K jpK
Chicago?Life imprisonment in the
penitentiary was declared by Judge
Marcus Kavanaujjh to be a more terrible
punishment than hanging. The
jurist in a remarkable opinion hand ?
1 J. i T 1. TIT-1
2Q down in senienciug jusepu yybisome
to life imprisonment for murier,
contrasted death with the tortured
soul of a life convict in his
solitary cell and told the prisoner
that it is not correct to regard the
death penalty as the most severe .
punishment that can be inflicted.
Welcome pleaded guilty to having
murdered Mrs. Mary McLean, March
22, 1910, in a boarding house she
conducted. The prisoner changed his
plea from "not guilty" after eight
jurors were chosen. Mrs. McLean
was shot and killed while attempting
to save Mrs. Welcome. ,
In sentencing Welcome Judge Kavanangh
said:
"Welcome, you committed a terrible
crime. Your punishment is to
be more terrible still.
"The instinctive, unreasoning hor->
ror of mankind regards the death
sentence as a severe punishment. This
idea is not correct. You are nov to
receive a sterner punishment. Yonr k
victim died but once. Yon will die I
a hundred times; you will suffer V
more thp day you put on your pris- I
on clothes than she did in her death., |
After that there -will be only the
hopeless, painful years from day to
day, from month to month, stretching
out forever and in asony.
"In foip or five years the eternal
solitude and ' silence! Avail begin to
crush in upon you like an iron
weight. You hear that "street bell
ringing in the street as it passes now.
You will remember it in after years
as the most exquisite music. It will
mean hurrying crowds that go where
they like and do as they please; it
will mean the greatest of all pleasures?Freedom.
"You can onlv dream of it by day
and by night and your driam will be
torture unspeakable."
Three Years For Bad Dollar.
Cincinnati.?James Barton, who
pleaded guilty to passing a couuteiv
feit dollar on Louis Rodecker,
"sandwich man," was sentenced to
three years in the Federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kan., and fined $500
by Judge HoIIister, personal friend of
President Ta.Cr, m the 1'iuted states
Federal Court hero. Barton admitted
giving Rodecker the dollar for .
the sandwich, but said he did PCt
knov the coin was <;oimr.??rfe:t.
"Why, this is such a poor imitation
that anyb'xl/ eouid see it is no
good," said Jnlge Hoilister. after
havins examined the coin.
The evidence showed that Barton
had 85 cents in his pocket at the time
he purchased the sandwich.
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Pellagra, Cholera, and Paralysis.
W ashington.? Infantile paralysis
is a quarantinable disease and all (
cases should be isolated, is the opinion
of the members of the advisonr
board of the hygienic laboratory of
the public health and marine hospital
serice.
General TVyman's report on the
work of the service to prevent the introduction
of cholera into the United
States received unanimous approval.
The board decided to continue research
into the pellagra plague.
Evelyn's Dignity Remains Ruffled.
New York.?Because Evelyn Nesbit
Thraw, wife of Harry K. TLaw,
is without funds to pay the costs of
prosecution, a suit that she instituted
nearly two years ago against James
B. Reagan, of the Knickerbocker
Hotel, for $ou,uuu damages was uj?missed
in the Supreme Court. Mrs.
Thaw was ejected from the grill room
of the hotel while dining with a
friend and she sued on the ground
that her dignity suffered. Evelyn's
lawyers say she is without funds.
Earnings of the Southern.
Atlanta.?A gain of $1,921,663.33
in net revenues for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1910, is shown by the
sixteenth annual report of the Southern
Railway, just made public. The
operating income was $16,69?U)20.03,
a gain of $1,858,631.65 for the-'year.
The report also shows that 355 new
industrial plants were constructed
during the year along the lines operated
by the company with 72 more in
course of construction.
Devilish Crime of a Brote.
New York.?Charles Fischer, a
i? io vodK. was swims writ bins
uuy wi jl? __ w
and screaming from the sidewalk by
a man brute who used the little fellow's
body to cheek a bullet fired by
Harry Greenwald, an ex-pusilist. The
misslc pierced the child's brain and
he died within an hour. Greenwald,
te.ror-stricken and pursued by citizens
and police, swunp- into a hallway
j rHm nnL'nnirn
and commiueu suaiut. j uc uu^t?v..u
man who used the bov as a screen
escaped.
Triplets Get Roosevelt Nomenclature.
Washington, D. C. ? " Theodore
Roosevelt," "Alice Roosevelt," and
' Kermit Roosevelt," are the handles
that have been tac-ked on three little
McDaniels who arrived all in a bunch
one day recently at the home of Cleon
McDanied, a colored man of this city.
After the stork, with a sigh of relief,
had deposited the triplets safely in
the home, the elder McDaniels and
eight younger ones held a conference
that finally resulted in the repisition
upon the Roosevelts for nouienc-latu
rc.