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Newspaper
Abbeville Press And Banner
Location
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
9
The essay notes forecasts from The New York Herald and The New York World suggesting a Democratic landslide in the forthcoming election. It discusses Taft nearing victory in electoral votes, while Bryan looks to flip key states, especially New York, where poll estimates imply a substantial Democratic advantage and potential governorship victory for Chanter.
A 12 year old boy Jed John Arthur Hiburn of 286 Waldeo street died after drinking car bene. He left home Sunday evening, was seen with neighbors, and found Tuesday morning in the home of Alderman Frank Pittman. The bottle was found near the scene and the boy died twenty minutes later. Authorities note remorse over a $25 misused by his father as a possible motive.
A. G. Douglass, president of the A G Douglas Company in Columbia, was fined $2 by Magistrate Fowles for possessing and offering for sale non game bird feathers. The charge, sworn by Secretary Rice of the Audubon Society, cites violation of the 1905 act. The feathers seen in a hat display led to a guilty plea and payment of the fine.
Mrs. Abble Meerfongola, 17, was abducted twice by two armed men and held prisoner in a swamp near Huntington. After nights of terror, she was found by police with the captors in woods. she returned to her sister’s home distraught and unable to recount details of her ordeal.
The Columbia State reports a pair of “smooth crooks” target Black locals with a pocketbook drop scam. They lure victims with a fake $200 bill then divide the fake take, leaving several victims short on cash and never seen again.
Dr Jeving Cook a young New York physician chose suicide at the Waldorf Astoria rather than face trial for manslaughter related to a criminal practice. He left a sealed letter to his wife and a note asking her not to take the affair hard. Cook had been arrested last Tuesday night and released on $10,000 bail. he was to be prosecuted for a death in Summult, New Jersey, last summer.
Esther Brown, a young woman from Anderson, died from severe burns after a stove fire at Mr Charlie Jones’s plantation two miles below Starr. Fire started when she lit a stove for supper and kerosene may have ignited the blaze. She suffered extensive burns to her body and face before death.
A New York dispatch reports Democratic State chairman W J Connors charging Republicans in upstate counties packed 10000 to 20000 rolls with names. The state committee formed a 500-attorney law panel led by ex Judge A B Parker to monitor election day and prevent fraudulent voting as Connors vows no dead men will vote and opponents cannot cross from Pennsylvania or Canada to influence the election. National figures note Taft will tour New York in 35 cities, signaling GOP concern over Ohio Indiana Wisconsin and Kansas. President Roosevelt’s labor query letter to Bryan prompts turnout, while Bryan’s Madison Square Garden rally draws overflow crowds with other speakers including Hoke Smith Clayton and Lentz.
Railroad managers led by General Manager Van Winkle toured Ohio urging workers to vote for Taft, stressing prosperity under his election and denying any plan to discharge Bryan supporters. The first stop at Springfleet targeted division heads, while executives urged subordinates to back Taft amid discontent.
Dispatch from Eatonton Georgia reports Floyd Cotton Mills resumed operations this week after a pause of about five months.
Louis Malone and Rosa Malone, a young white couple, were jailed on malicious mischief charges for damaging a schooner owned by Elias S. Wingate at Potter's wharf. Both appeared malnourished and addicted to cocaine, living aboard the vessel in squalor. Wingate sought to eject them, but prosecutors urged mercy as authorities learned of their dire condition. Malone was later fined for vagrancy while Rosa, treated by Salvation Army, drifted between Birmingham and their failing shelter as the drug’s grip persisted. The couple’s skin darkened to a yellow hue from the cocaine.
Frank 8 Monnett former Ohio attorney general spoke at a Salt Lake City Democratic rally. He said he left the Republican Party and joined Bryan’s cause after prosecuting the Standard Oil Trust in Ohio when campaign funds from Standard Oil influenced personnel on Ohio’s Supreme Court, leading to dismissal of Grand Oil cases.
Prominent Trenton lawyers Col R Z Taylor and Captain Quinten Rankin were abducted by masked riders from Ward's Hotel in Walnut Log Tennessee. Rankin was lynched at Reel Foot Lake for fishing privileges while Taylor was pursued and presumed killed. Governor Patterson offered a ten thousand dollar reward for their killers.
Judge Taylor recounts a night of abduction near Tiptonville Tennessee. He and Captain Rankin were attacked by night riders at a hotel on the edge of Reelfoot Lake. Rankin was hanged and burned. Taylor used a bayou escape and swam to safety, pursued by gunfire but uninjured. Governor Patterson ordered soldiers and raised the reward to 12000 dollars.
Bennettsville dispatch says Zephry P. Wright was convicted of setting fire to his store and sentenced by Judge Gray to ten years at hard labor in the State penitentiary. The trial featured a mercy recommendation and eloquent plea regarding the defendant's mental condition amid broad community sympathy for his family.
Alpena Michigan report tells of Miss Grave Barber, 19, a school teacher who kept her class safe in a plowed field as the Presque Isle county forest fires raged. Embers, bears, a fox, and a wild cat appeared along the edge, but she sheltered the students through the night until they could go home.
The Cincinnati Enquirer conducts a hidden ballot showing large Democratic gains that would likely put Bryan ahead in Ohio. Data from Lunkenheimer Brasy Works, First National Bank, Fourth National Bank, Mercantile Library, Union Trust, Hatters Bettmann, and Helmers Bettmann indicate substantial Republican shifts to Bryan, especially among labor and professional voters. The statewide math projects Ohio's 1908 Democratic plurality around 58,881 with overall Western gains echoed in New York as Hitchcock concedes broad Democratic strength.
Mesa Circus carrier Waddy Bramfett, 9 years old, on an R. F. D. route from Greenville, collapsed and died as he entered the Ringland Brothers circus tent Tuesday while awaiting the gate to open. Medics arrived too late.
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