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Tbs Abbeville Press and Banner. PUBLISHED WEEKLY ? AT ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Let us have only denatured automotile races. Are the aufo races trying to make bull fights appear humane? Still, at Its new price, radium will hardly be a substitute for coal. The new $5 bills will be smaller. That's appropriate?they act smaller. Connecticut woman earned $10,000 last year selling eggs?the real thing. So far none of our aviators has been successful enough to break into vaudeville All-the pessimist can see In an aeroplan flight is a big crowd and a stiff neck. A Buffalo man was given five years ? for stealing a cent Something of a centence, that. New York bank thief collapsed when he was arrested. He was a close second to the bank. Someone has estimated that the earth weighs seven trillion tons. But cheer up! You're not carrying it That war in Nicaragua cost 4,000 live?. Men have net yet discarded the blood-letting system in politics. The doctor who thinks that the Adam's apple is responsible for insanity mav be on the eve of a great dis covery. "Venezuela consumes 1,000,000 gallone of kerosene a year." Why doesn't somebody start an electric light plant down there? Joy riding in the air has this advantage?there are no chickens to be run over. The birds have so far succeeded in dodging. In South Norwalk, Conn., lives a heroic young woman who played tennis in a hobble skirt. Naturally she broke her leg. When the aeroplanes dash around the course at the rate of a mile a minute they never kick up any clouds of microbe-laden dust. If shark meat ever crowds beef In the world's markets a shortage of rain on the great plains will make no difference in the quality. As a general tiling wnen a gin wears such an extreme hat that a man lias to dislocate his neck to look under It her face is not worth the effort. The greatest authority on love in the world is dead. Calm yourself, lav dies?it's an Italian professor. The authoress of "Poems of Passion" still lives. A woman of sixty years swam Ave miles in the Mississippi river at St. Louis the other day. It Is needless to 8ay that she did not wear a hobble kirt Bob Evans tells us that an airship la a plaything and would be of no use In war. But what will Bob do when those bombs begin dropping down the chimney? I Chicago man marries for the first time at the age of ninety-two. He'll have to do some tall hustling to catch wn with thr> svprajfl Chicaeo record from now on: _ That Poughkeepsle society woman whose pearl necklace was confiscated by the customs officials might have had it yet if she could only have kept It under her hat. The waiters now ask to be divided Into classes. Excellent idea! Walters who wait, waiters who make customers wait, waiters who are polite and waiters who are otherwise? A little while ngo the cheering word was passed that lobsters would become more plentiful. Now it is threatened that there will be a shortage of salmon and sardines. It may be none of our business, but we trust that the sororities will deal gently with the eighty-one-year-old woman who has entered the Ohio state university as a student. A TTnnsas CMtv woman, sulne for rti vorce. charged that her husband quarreled with her for going to a funeral. Some men are so mean they hate their wives to have any pleasure at all. Eighty-two pounds of sugar for every man. woman and child last; year! The men may offer thanks that the women and children got theirs. A Connecticut man fired ten bullets In his head without fatal results. It is hard to tell which was greater? the persisting force of his determination or the resisting quality of his brains. That incident in Naples where two strangers trying to give candy to children were suspccted by the panicstricken people of spreading the cholom nml mobbed with cries of "Death to the ' poisoners" shows how little progress has been made since the days of the plague, in some places. ' A New York man ate 265 steamed clams. Why don't the clam conservers get after this sort of experts? In a coupie of noted oases It has been resolved to debar from society the persons who have figured in scandals. This is the one effective way of reaching such offenders. Social ostracism can be used where the law and the church fail to punish, for ft 1b a weapon whost attack few can withstand, no matter bow strongly they meet other methods of punishment for moral wrongdoing. _~EEN CaPtf Miles after landing at what ' is believed to be East Harbor creek, on the shores of Cape Cod, the party sat down and drank, and as Mount records in his journal "We were heartily glad and drunke our first New England water wnn as E-ljfy IT a;., much delight as ever we drunke drink 1 In all our lives." | & | ? Thus was, with "Blsket and Hoi- | land Cheese, and a bottle of aquavite," V'*/ the first New England Thanksgiving IIkS! dinner eaten on the noon of Novem- R?p?|| ber 26, 1620, around "a fire of sassa- ^ ^ A fras, Juniper and pine, which Bmelled pit both sweet and strong." |,* ;#f: Later these hardy adventurers were able to feast on .wild fowl and venison in plenty, as have those who . came after them even unto the present day, for th^ forests of the cape 1 abound with game, and the waters with fishes very much as in the days of the little Pilgrim band who in the W t Mayflower's cabin signed the first & !g| New England charter. Although not set down in the laws, 'iTKj'f f& the reunion feast became an informal wpf annual luuLuwii, auu uiti a v^au wuv > ':?*1?&'?9K'*Jlittle doubt that Thanksgiving day as ? known to us of the present had Its - W origin In and was inspired by the ability of the pilgrim band to soften the strong waters of the hospitable Dutch ^with the spring waters of the new "i world, by chance shall we say? Or - ' J- ' ^ to what cause shall we credit the selection of the last week of November f< ' ' for the day of feasting and prayer IlSMfflrap now so eagerly looked for and as care- mmmmimmmmmm fully observed as Christmas, the New Year or Independence Day? The day of thanks v Is more typically a national holiday than is any p other. It Is American and unique. Every coun- p try has one or more days set apart to commemo- b rate independence or the granting of some great f< boon to its people that may be considered a step tl on the stairway to liberty, but the Thanksgiving tl day of the United States Is without a close comparison in any land. Thanksgiving day begins ^ the winter season. Wherever you find an American you will, as c the month of November wanes, find one who ^ thinks more of being at home or at the home of intimate friends for Thanksgiving day. Clubs; ho- ^ tels, public institutions, all see to It that their ^ patrons, members or inmates are provided with t A Biimntnniin rpnast fnr the nna irroot fonct rlov and whenever and wherever possible a great, fat turkey graces the board. t The turkey should be our national bird, as It d Is or, rather, was everywhere In a wild state, i and helped the original colonists to provide for c their families. It has for 300 years been the chief J feature at all important strictly American ban- i quets, and may be safely called our greatest na- t tional food delicacy. The Spaniards in Florida, ? French in Louisiana, Pilgrims in Cape Cod and t founders of the Virginia company all found the t wild turkey ready for the sport and table in this i their new home, and the American of today, from ? the president of the United States to the hum- t the back, and i' i scolding locks THE REUNION ;i ?vsz < | party. A Story of a Thanks- ?| while i was . . . r~ . . ' | Genevieve was giving in a Tourist our supplies. Car V V V V i' Go on with ?1 vised, "and, if tl By MINNIE E. OLIPHANT. ?| look after the fc 1 She stepped I stood with her Genevieve and I were riding in a front of our Je^ tourist ca., headed away from Los An- beS y?ur Pard< geles, and slowly creeping across want to invite Death valley. Our thoughts were with Thanksgiving d the folks at home, who were getting your share of it ready for the Thanksgiving dinner, but "Thank you,' -- - - . ? - u ^ i<4 we were talking or otner unngs. woras smueu, ?s ue m are slow unless thoughts are produc- is your dinner < Ing them, and, therefore, the conver- "Down there sation lagged. ting." She nod Finally, Genevieve turned to me rectionwith the smile she always wore when reun^on- ? a good plain plan had Just struck "Where 13 yo her. broadened. "Let's make believe," she suggest- c ed. 'that the passengers in this coach *ere 1 e * ou are all relatives, and let's have a fam- 0un Z lly reunion and Thanksgiving din- Y?? 5*11 ^cme ner.. "With pleasu ? , , assistance." "How can we? I asked. . ..you caQ asg "I'll go around and tell them that thing toward tl thi3 is Thanksgiving, and we are all He pushed h relations, and they are invited to our pocket- "I ha-* section for a family reunion, and that and two sticks the: are to furnish their own share of are at your dls] the dinner." 1 on the young 1 I lcoked around the car to see what tendency tov/ai our "relations" appeared to be like, older man, not Just hack of or section was a young lace, feared th man with a fretful baby, and little make sport of three-year-old p.i.1. He seemed to he leaned forwi tired, byt patknt, though awkward, a diner on, anc with the child ion. I had heard him tell in?" the young man who wore a striped "No, no," ii sweater, and sat across the aisle, that "we don't wan be had just !obt his wife and was tak- We want a 'mt irg the children back to their grand- union here in c mciher in Ohio. The young tr-an in turning to the thp sweater lolled around in his sec- and chewing g lion, dividing his time between a mag- they are the b< azine, the Los Angeles papers and the The man wit! desert scenery outside. Hack of him down to the en< sat a middle-aged Jew, who talked to j of them a drin __ ?.,?ri tr.nVr.--l <it nn:binir in nnr- i seat. illSt as G JIU UUU, CliiVi iW.i.u o L ? ticuiar, as ii he 1^r<.d fo. gotten where put the matter he was. Just before us was a young j "We are (o i lady, end all we knew about her was | she began, but that she had golden hair puled out in ! out his fare, 1: The Thanh fid Li The Thanksgiving or a nation is an hood, tlx? i>nrie act of grace truly impressive in its j pcrience. Hut significance. The more thoughtful ; of our ideals, t (. i.ti?/? o o il- p^op'r* o !M hv en'- 1 dard of public phasis upon the material prosperity of care for the w uv 1'i.ivvii rii..tcs i.s irir- j the reeognitic mendous social and moral opportuni- higher than th ies. For lountiful crop.; aud heavy dividual fortun jxpe-ts. for high wages and ir.cre-.ving surplus?for th values it is well to be tlnukful in ?<> ! giv? thanks, far as these thing.-; minister to the j thoughts into ; life cf the spirit, the making of man- j bo saved from ?1 ? ?? - _ i i^n^jlffrf^-f'''j blest citizen of the coun,^%i try, will enjoy the ThanksPIP&Mfl giving turkey. ^ If one would enjoy a ?-%>>-.: '.V*'.;^':;,--<Wk *. .s ' trrmA nl^ f o c"h f rm oH Th iTlkfl IbVVU WV. i giving day at its best the i true road to the feast lies in the country. Th;inks! giving on the farm is nome! thing to be remembered. There the whole family is taken into consideration, and ifr is safe to say that each individual member has been preparing for the day almost ever since the celebration of the last. one. Stores of mince, apple ; and pumpkin pies have | been baked and range on the broad shelves of the store room; apple sauce, 5 preserves, with home-made j pickles, "put down" months before required for use; stores of grapes, apn'ao neora nrH nnts rare ?>??, jf?-? ? > fui]y looked over; a goodly ham. freshened in cold rater 24 hours, then carefully wiped dry and laced in a pot of cider to boil 15 minutes to the ound; a loin of pork, roasted to a rich, golden rown, to be served with apple sauce, and the sature of the feast?a turkey, fattened to about tie 20-pound mark, the pride of the farmer and - - J VU m|#A ae joy ui m? wuc. The turkey, hatched on the farm and as careally watched as any member of the family, fatened on grain and meal with a mixture of hopped nut meats to give It the proper flavor, :llled one week before the feast and hung in an uthouse, where it Is kept cold, but will not be njured by the frost, Is brought in the night beore for final treatment before being consigned to he oven. The great bird is carefully picked and drawn, he interior wiped out, not washed, which would lestroy tte flavor, and filled with what is known u the country as "the stuffin'," a thick mixture if sausage meat, bread crumbs and eggs, with ust a faint touch of sage and onion. When pre>ared and placed in the huge oven to roast It >ecomes the duty of one cook to watch the oven ind baste the roast until it is evident to the pracised eye of the heroine of many such conflicts hat the turkey is ready to be served with fresh nade cranberry sauce and a rich gravy, in which ill the giblets have been stirred with some well>alanced chestnruts. Now. everything being ready, that she tucked her is Thanksgiving, and we up every few minutes from home, so my sister , ringless hand. . to play that you, and ex ere to form our family in this car, belong to ou to invite you home to ou i studying the people, a Thanksgiving dinner.' taking an Inventory of He saw what she mej baby reached out towarc your invitations," I ad- understood, too. Genev: hey are accepted, I will little one in her arms. ' able." the baby is willing, and )ack down the aisle and should 'lead you." hand on the neat in "Oh, of course, we wl vlsh "friend to 'De." "I accept your kind invita m," she began, "but I children won't disturb t i you to come to our- "No, indeed," she assu [inner, and to furnish need children to make a dinner complete," and, s ' he looked up and in her arms, she walked ted his hat, "but where golden-haired lady. :o be?" "Will you Join us in where my sister is sit- party?" fled her head in mv di- ! "Thank vou." returned ire going to have a fam- I have my dinner with n "Very good! We wai ur family?" His smile your dinner in with ours, size of your basket, I si oach who will come." you have more than all ng man in the sweater put together."* md she addressed him. "But I am going to , too? And??" young lady protested, ' re, if I can be of any make my lunch do for a: "Oh, I see, you are a 1st by furnishing some- eat too much of it." Shi le dinner." ting down beside the i is hand down into his holding the baby in her i re a piece of chocolate will eat with us, you \ of chewing gum, which open your basket. It is posal." The frank smile we want, but you." nan's face revealed no The girl still hesitated rd freshness, but the or told me not to get ac being able to see his people on the train, fc at he was inclined to thing might happen, be my sister. Therefore, never been out of Cali: ird and said: "There is and she is afraid for me I I think we could go a long trip alone." "Are you afraid of i iterrnptcd Genevieve; baby?" asked Genevieve, t to go into the diner. "Oh, no, I'm not afr; ike believe* family re- but mustn't speak to g mr 'private' car." Then less I am introduced to young man, "Chocolate "Well, my dear girl, v: fum are acceptable, if our dinner party just be! ist you have." knowing that you are eat ) the children had been The young man in the 1 ol' the car, giving each of his last Thanksgivir ik, and returned to his and our Jewish "relative . nevleve was ready to the best jokes he had i before him. laughed in the proper lave a family reunion," nsked for more. Then seeing a shadow pass name over some of the tl lastened to add: "This glad about. ? and easy contcntmont, jC from that ruinous. cvni< hiiig of the average ex- ^ich casts dark shad for the enlargement '?K? ?I 'uxnry .and WCJ :he raising of the stan- r^:iRksgiving day : duly, the increasing riShteousnejs and from oak and thrj immature. PaIr* 33 wel1 as from th< .n of responsibilities ^ose who would mak o mere piling up of in- an,useuient. Lot it be a r,s and a government 'Jur 1? rich and poor of ese things we may well and power of the thankf Turning our grateful such channels we shall The modern version? narional Pharisaism hath much, much shall I r' ' the family and guests (and there are sure to be guests In country at a country Thanksgiving dinner) troop into the long dining room, to find the repast not only ready, but served with all the pomp and state the feast deserves. The turkey is placed before the host, while the roast loin of young pig graces the, opposite end of the table, with the boiled ham in the center, flanked with mashed white and baked sweet potatoes, turnips and cauliflower, with boats of gravy and bowls of sauce within easy reach of all. "Now pass up your plates," is requested from each end of the table, and the oftener this repeated advice is followed the more the face of the good matron glows with satisfaction. The great pitchers of foaming cider pass along the board and the diner at a farm Thanksgiving feast finds It all so novel and good that the vision comes up before him frequently while struggling with a complicated menu at his club or sotne hotel or mincing through the series of problems presented at a French or Italian table d'hote dinner. On every Yankee warship in the hot lands of the far away Malay islands, Cuba, Guam, Panama, the Sandwich islands and under the flag that floats over every American consul's home or office Thanksgiving day will be celebrated, and, like another Btitch in the great bed quilt of liberty and indepc-ndence will knit the fabric closer together. We do well to have a Thanksgiving feast. We thank the great Creator for our being, our sturdy forefathers for our great country, our Burly British ancestors for our love of country and good things to eat, our bustling energy for rapid progress, our wives and mothers for domestic atmosphere that makes life enjoyable and success certain and the rulers we ha^e placed in power for unparalleled prosperity. are all away I saw the young man in the sweater and I decided give the golden-haired girl a look that rerybodv else made me wonder if he had noticed her it family, and dainty appetite and silence, or whethir section, for er he was glad to have her present at ' our reunion. "I am getting back to ant, and the Chicago," he said, "to attend my als1 her, as if it ter's wedding, and I suppose that I leve took the ought to add that I am thankful I am "You 6ee that going to have a new brother next a little child week." "I'm going to a wedding, too." The ill be glad to golden-haired girl had forgotten that tion. If my stie was not to speak to a gentleman he party." without an introduction. But she reired him, "we membered in time to lean round be Thanksgiving hind me. dth the baby "Whose?" In coming to her rescue I I down to the had forgotten that no questions were to be asked. our dinner "My brother's," she replied, somewhere back of my shoulder. the girl, "but "perhaps her brother is to marry my tie." sister." The young man had heard it you to put her answer. "She is to marry a Calland from the fornia chap that I have never seen, lould imagine i I barely know that his name is Harthe rest of us mon." "Will Harmon?" Again the girl was Chicago," the startled out of her corner. "My broth'and I must er Will is to marry Miss Jenkins." II the way." "Sure enough!" The young man fraid we will reached across me. "Shake hands, for s laughed, sit- we are almost relatives." ;irl, and still Geneviev^ rose with as much digirm,t /?fU nity as she cou*d command under the von t need o cjrcumstances. "Miss Harmon, allow no your oo tQ lntro(juce to you Jenkins." . Our dinner was over, as everything I. My motn- ,, * . , , auainted with eatable was gone" The P?rter carrled ir fear some- lhe cups ana saucers DacK to tne aincause I have car, and cleared away th? paper fornia before, sacks and crumbs. to take such The golden-haired girl sat alone no more on that train, and the young man ne and this with the sweater read no more magazines. They may have been talking lid of ladies, about the coming wedding, but as we entlemen, un- were about to leave the train at Salt them." Lake City, our Israelite "relative" said e won't enjoy over ^he back of our seat. lind you here, "There may be more than one weding all alone." ding." sweater told "That is the romance of our Thanksig in Alaska, giving dinner," suggested the father " brought out of the children, whose baby was at n stock. We last asleep, and lie had time to enter places, and into a conversation. we agreed to "Now, her mother can't blame us," lings we were put in Genevieve, "for they would have met in a few days, anyway." as well as Knew Where to Get One. ;al pessimism "i will marry you when you get a JVY& u^ua an | nero meant. ilth. Let us will have it tomorrow night." from self- "Do you know of some deed of heunmanly (le- roism you can perform?" i light trifling "No, but I know a hero that I can o of it a mere lick." yearly romin the simplicity Source of Information. ul life. Giles?1 le says that Screecher Is a popular singer. -To him that Mih.u?Who sa; s &o? jo forgiven Giles? Screecher. ? : ftijjpi President of The United States Issues Proclamation. A YEAR OF GREAT PROSPERITY. Some of the Things Which Have Contributed to the Happiness and Success of Americans?No Wars Hflio Hiwinphpr) Washington. ? The vigorous growth and progress of the country is reflected by the records of population and harvests and the general conditions of international poace, are things for which thanksgiving is especially due for the year 1910, according to the annual Thanksgiving Day proclamation issued by President Taft. The prolomation is a^ follows: 'This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. The records of population and harvests, which are the index of progress, show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well-beinsr of our communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond the seas. These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted measures, but overflow and abound. They are the blessings and bounty of God. "We continue to be at pease with the rest of the world. In all essential matters our relations with other peoples are harmonous, with an ever-growing reality of friendliness and depth of recognition of mutual dependence. It is especially to be noted that during the past year great progress has been achieved in the cause of arbitration and the peaceful settlement of international disputes. "Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the wise custom of the Civil Magistrate since the first settlements in this land and with the rule established from the foundation of this government, do appoint Thursday, November 2\, 1910, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meet in their churches for the praise of Almighty God and to return hertfelt thanks to Him for all His goodness and loving kindness. "In witness thereof, I hav6 hereunto set my hand and c&used the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, this fifth day of November in the yoar of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred '^.id thirty-fifth. (Seal) "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. "By the President: "ALVEY A. ADEE. "Acting Secretary of State." SUNDAY CONTRACTS VOID. Papers Printed on Sunday Violate Law in Missouri?Advertising. Kansas City, Mo.?Contracts for advertising in newspapers published on Sunday were declared void by Juilge J. M. Johnson in the Kansas City court of appeals. The Sunday labor laws of Missouri, the court sai'd, were violated when such newspapers were printed and therefore, any contract for work in connection with the publication would also necessarily bo illegal. , The decision was handed down in the case of the owners of The St. Louis Republic against Jeremiah Culbertson, president of an exploration company. Twelve Tons of Records. Manila.?E. L. Worcester, a member of the Philippine Commission; Frank W. Carpenter, the executive secretary of the Philippines; Ignacio Villamor, Attorney-General and Chas. H. Sleeper, Director of the Bureau of Lands, left here on the steamer Manchuria for the United Slates. They are on their way to Washington, and have with them all ilm pnnni'Hs honrinor nn thfi nonnf.ro versy over the friar lands in tV Philippines. These records weigh about twelve tons. Fast Auto Kills Chauffeur. Middletown, N. Y.?A chauffeur was killed and three prominent New York City men were injured when an automobile at a rapid pace, turned turtle near Walden. The dead man is Alexander Ehbel and those injured are John F. Roosevelt, a relative of Col. Theodore Roosevelt; John T. Sill, a financier of 29 Broadway, and J. H. Robinson. Mr. Roosevelt was badly bruised about the legs. Appeal For a "Peace Sunday." Boslon.?The American Peace Society has issued an appeal to the clergy of all Christian churches of the counlry and to I lie leaders of all other religious organizations to ob serve the third Sunday in December of I his and succeeding years as "Peace Sunday" and on thai date in urge by prayer, song and sermon "Ilie abolition of war, and ttie substitution of imperative, universal arbilralion." Punished For Selling Bad Efjfls. Philadelphia.?The first prison sentence imposed under a recent act oT (he Legislature for seising eggs unlit for food was passed by Judge Barred, when ho sentenced George i). Ellis, a Water si reel, commission merchant, to Mure months in the county prison. Thomas I>. Ellis was lined $v>nO ami I lie costs of the prosrrniioti. Abraham Staples, another c^rir i? ; ?!?*r. \v!io "made a practice of buying up decayed evil's aial shipping Ihem lo New York bakers., was also sentenced to three months TENNESSEE'S GREAT SON Hooper Was Found on Streets of Knoxville a Waif, Fortjr Years Ago. Nashville, Tenn?Ben. W. Hooper, the ^ewly elected Governor of Tennessee, was found on the streets of lfnoxville less than forty years ago. The waif, whose parentage is not known, was committed to the care of an orphan asylum where he received his early i trainings When he was 10 years old he a\r ) traded the attention of Captain Hooper, of Newport, Tenn., who gave him an education and hte name and before he was 21 years l old he had graduated in law with distinction. While he had achieved some distinction in his home county, having tfeen sent to the Stale Legislature ' for two terms, Hooper was not generally known in the State before he was nominated as the Republican candidate for Governor. He is a successful lawyer and is considered wealthy. He will be the flrst Republican Govenor Tennessee has had in many years and the third in the history of the State. He was tile choice of the Independent Demo crais as wen as nis own party ana his campaign has been a remarkable one. Although Tennessee is a safely Democratic State, he has received the support of some of tte leading Democrats and on every stump' where he has spoken, Confederate veterans have sat on tbe platform. Hooper's career, has been romaatic and spectacular, starting in orphan asylum and finally leading to the Governor's chair. He was a striking figure in a romance- whiob led to his leaving Tennessee for the West, where he grimly del?mined to make good because be ' had been taunted with the fact tbai>' ; he did not know who his parents :>-** were. From a small investment be made a fortune in a few montl? , one) rofurnoH fA hia IToTinOQQPP hnnifl to practice his profession. Later he married Miss Annie * Jonea, daughter of one of the wealthiest men in east Tennessee. He has four children. CENSUS COTTON REPORT. 1 Shows 7,339,983 Rales Ginned to November 1. Washington.?The census burean report shows 7,339,983 bales of eoi-, ton, counting round bales as half bales, ginned from the growth of 1910 to November 1, compared wiih 7,017349 for 1909 ; 8, 191,557 for 1908, and 6,128,502 for 1907. Round bales included this year are 81,187, compared with 109,631 for 1909; 149,868 for 1908, and iS&,785 for 1907. Sea island this year is 40,516 bales, compared with 55,237 for 1908; 46,479 for 1908, and 33,331 for 1907. The ginning by States follows: Alabama, 747,162; Arkansas, 323,674; Florida, 38,287; Georgia, 1,241,130^ Louisiana, 154,756; Mississippi, 57fl>373; Nortji Carolina, 386,114; Oklahoma, 584,850; South Carolina, 729,023; Tennessee, 129,781; Texas, 2>403,981. All other States, 24,838. The distribution of sea islarffr"fcotton for 1910 by States is: Florida, 15,191; Georgia, 22,507; South Carolina, 2,818. Doctor Guilty Criminal Operatioa. San Francisco. ? Dr. Robert Thompson, charged with the murder of Evan Swan, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The body of Miss Swan, who died as the result of an operation, was found two months ago buried under the basement floor of a deserted cottage. I . Friends to Hate a Feast. New York.?Twelve friends of the . late Ratje Siedenburg, a well-to-do business man who died here last October, arc directed by the terms of his will, filed for probate, to eat a dinner costing $500 or $41.66 2-3 a ptote, at the expense of his estate. '? < < 1- ?i iv.n v The selection 01 ine guesus auu uxo time and place of the dinner are left to his executor, with the sole proviso that the dinner must be eaten within three months of the testator's-death. Cruel Fate! Atlanta, Ga.?Within a few weeks of liberty after serving more than four years of a 5-year sentence in the Federal prison here, Henry H. Davis of Kentucky, was killed when he fell front a scaffold around the new administration building &fc the prison, a distance of 47 feet. Hie death was reported the following day. Davis was convicted of coun- , terfeiting. His re 'ives it is said, ; now are living in OKlahoma. Two Strange Fatal Accidents. New Orleans?Two accidents, one fatal, and one possibly fatal, led to much comment in police circles. \Y\ 0. Fitzgerald, a painier iiurrying homo with an oyster loaf, stumbled against B *^ost and, supposedly knocked ii..-^nsciou?, felj into a shallow puddle of water. He was drowned. Thomas G. Fitzgerald. with an oyster loaf tucked under his arm. rushed from a resfauraut to hoard a car. lie fell beneath the wheel and may not recover from his injuries. Stepfather Worse Than Brute, Fairmont, W. Va.?Herman Child n ? j oil r.n u,. Tncl ir>o A mno 9 PI'S was llld'U CII.W v.y _ of Fairmont, and was placed under 3 a peace bond, having been found I guilty of cruelly treating his 16- B months-old stepdaughter. The in- I formation was made by Agent I liraml. of I In* Humane Society. It is I alleged thai at a hotel where the fi family is slopping. Childers tied 9 !ho foot and hands of (he baby and ? |n al it unmercifully. Mis ex plan a- I li..ii VMS lhaf (ho child was unruly I J