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VOL. 71. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 81,?9?6. mwm_ _e _U * mm. I nAtirtncilfl BT* llfAni/ L. 0. HAYNE, PE Am G. CAPITAL. .. ,. ..$250,( Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We shall be pleased to have yotfopen an acconnt "fr with this Bank. Customcrsand correspondents as- * sured of every courtesy and accommodation poul. A ble under conservati ve, modern Banking methods. JL 4.1111 i i u 11111111111111111 IT NO. ll. Wm. SeJiweiger?, Prest. A. S. Mon Union Savi August with, resources of over Eight |I a Board of Directors chosen froi naen in the community, iuvites ; ising yon every courtesy. PO?RJPER CENT INTEE^ Correspondence invited. ^ JP. H. BARRETT, J. P. DOUGHT BARRETT & COTTON i Liberal Advances Crops and Consignn* EERTII jpj^Personal atteh ' Co 744 Eeynold Street. ? ' "The Leading Insurance CAPITAL and SURPLU No Fire Insurance Com pi as much CASH Capital or Ca [J^^Lowest rates. ?. J. % rt] Ins ii r^txci C. A. Grvi Will protect you agai Accidents, Sickness and It will be a pleasure to i your business will be he I PATAPSCO GEORGIA CHE AUGUSRJ Everything in fertilize cultural chemicals. Blood and Bone good Seed Meal Mixtures, These reliable fertilize trade for over a third of a ing popularity-attests their Using them is therefo Factories Augusta, ( Sold exclusively at Edg EDGKEJ] MERO? COMP J^^Call on them for SHE WHO HESITATES IS LOST. Girl Who Wants Time to Consider A '-Sometimes Loses. There is a Philadelphia girl who has learned that so far as a proposal Is concerned he or she who hesitates is lost. A very eligible and estimable young man had long been -making it evident that his attentions to her were serious, and the other evening he made a formal declaration. She could not even put forward the orthodox ruse about the suddenness of the pro posais ' Being of a rather vacillating turn of mind, she said she could not give him a decided answer. "I am not at all sure that I love you," the girl de' dared; "you must give me time to thiuk about it." Considerably taken aback by what he considered her lack of decision of character the young man agreed to wait a week for her final decision. ' So the wooed but not yet worrmaid en went to her bed that night ponder ing deeply. About 12 o'clock she w?s awakened to receive a telegram, which read: "You need not mind about deciding that matter unUI next w?ek ; I've found a girl who said 'yes' to-night."-Philadelphia Record. The Japanese government has de cided to issue a new foreign loan of 1260,000,000 /^-4 per cent. War ifl j what" Gea, Sherman .said, it was, for ; iho?v who haver to pay the oosL .ia, Vice-Prest. Thoa. S/Gray, CeahJ ings Bank, ia,' Ga., ?undred Thousand dollars aud ii the most successful business irou to become a depositor, prom . :STpaid on Savings accounts. Y, JR. W. K. KITCHEN. Special DOUGHTY/ FACTORS. Made on Prospective ents. ,XZERS tion giv?n all details, ?rrespondence solicited. Augusta, Ga, Company of America" s OVER 10.000.000,00 my in the United States has pital and Surplus Combined. ORRIS* AGENT 5 Asreiiov T~ 11 * ^ _ nst loss by Fire, Death, Wind Storms. serve you at all times and artily appreciated. MASTODON I CA, GA. ?rs, plant foods and agri s, Fish goods and Cotton irs have been tried by the centur}7, and their increas ' merit. re no experiment, ja., Pon Pon, S. C, e fi eld by the ?IELD LNTILE * AN Y. further information, The Tariff on Art. Every artist of any station in Ara i erica reseats this tariff barbarism, j We happened to receive no great in heritanc? in artistic beauty from the genius of the past, and our statesmen of a more demagogic period increased this disadvantage by penalizing and discouraging the import of what our citizens Were able and willing to buy for us abroad. The tax on paintings is felt mainly by our public galleries, where priv ate collections' nearly always ulti mately find their places. In 1894 when art was taxed, the works im ported were valued at $1,518,688.63. The next year, when they were ad mitted free, tbe total was $4,053, 482.88, and over five'millions in 189C. In 1S9S.1 under the tariff of 20 pei cent., the amount fell to $2,124,778. Paintings are admitted free into al most all European countries. Spaio charges 19 cents per painting anc Switzerland 49 cents. Canada make? free works by artists of recognized merit. We, who have everything t< gain just now in art possessions from the desire of our .men oE wealth tc put some of their money into pic tures, pA""S<2ss a statute that ac? against us and for the benefit of the couat-.ies in which the works of ar now are.-Collier's Weekly. Arabs assert that Eve's tomb' Is at Jiddab, 'in a graveyard surrounded by high waite wail*, DEATH LIST URGER Practically All, on Board the Valencia Went Down SCENES WERE, HEARTBREAKING Thrilling Stories of the Sea Tragedy On The Rocks Near Cape Beale On Monday. Victoria, B. C., Special-The fatal wreck of the steamer Valencia) which occurred on the rocks of Cape Beale last week was one of the most tragic ror of a few years ago. A vague hope was eutertained that some of the passengers and crew who ware not taken off may still be alive, but it is feared that the death list will reach 110. Twenty-two sur vivors have been accounted for. A special dispatch received from Pachena telegraph hut reports the steamer Salvor and whaler Orion and another steamer, believed to be the City of Topeka, off the mouth of Darling river. A small boat from the Salvor tried to get through the surf to make a Iandingg and sucor the sur vivors there, but failed. The ?boat returned to the steamer. The surf will not be navigable for several days. Thc survivors at Darling river are from boats No. 2 and No. 5 of the Valencia. They report that 15 men started from the steamer in boat No. 2. It capsized, and seven.of its oc cupants were washed ashore. The other eight perished, All wore life preservers. Boat No. 5 left the wreck with six or seven on board. It was also capsized, and only two, Rich ley aud Bunker, the former a fire man and the latter a passenger bound to Seattle made the land. The wife and two children of F. F. Bunker went down befors his eyes. Bluejackets to the Rescue. The tug Lorne, sent out by the Puget. Sound Tugboat Company, reached the vicinity of the wreck soon after daylight, having on board a party of British bluejackets from Esquimalt, who went in surfboats to see if auy possible survivors could be rescued- and recover what they could reach. In an interview at Barnfield Creek Boatswain McCarthy told a story of the Valencia wreck. He said the steamer had been going by dead reck oning and overran her distance. tam jonnson immediately shouted, "Hard a-starboard!" to the quarter master and gave orders to sound thc bilges, which was done. The steam er did not seem to be- making much water. The captain then called to the engineer and asked if the steam er was making much water. Before the officer's reply firemen began clam-" bering up from the fire room, telling the engineers on the companionway she was filing up. Captain Johnson rang for full speed astern and made for the beach. The propeller had made only a few revolutions when the vessel struck and listed to port. Captain Johnson was on the bridge when the vessel struck, with the sec ond officer. He ran down and gave orders to have two of the seven boats lowered to the saloon deck rail. In stantly the passengers crowded to the rail aud overcrowded the boats. Dur ing the excitement they cut whatever lines they could lay hands on. The davits broke about the same.time the lines were cut, and both boats were smashed at the sides of the vessel, throwing out the passengers and crew in them. Thc crew threw lines out and succeeded in getting about six passengers thrown out of thc boats on board again. Thc boats when lost were mostly filled with wo men and children. Life Raft Crushed. One very sad incident was wit nessed. A lady and gentleman with a little girl tried to get into a boat. The father succeeded and the mother tried to pass the child, but a wave struck.her and washed the child from her aims. The child was lost before, her eyes. . One lift raft was also lowered, but it was' dashed to pieces. After this four boats succeeded in getting away from the ship, all full of passenger.^. This left one boat and two life rafts. The captain, af ter consulting with the mate, asked Boatswain McCarthy to take charge, which he did, and called for volun teers, and the five sailors who reached shore in safety responded. The cap tain instructed them to pull alon? the beach and lind a place to get ashore. They landed at 1:10 P. M., Tuesday and made Cape Beale at 3 P. M. Before making Cape Beale they tried to get back to the vessel by . the beach, but could not do so. During the excitement Captain John son was cool and calm and all the crew were at their stations. The res cued sailors cannot give the light house keeper at eBalc too much credit for the mininer in which they were treated. 100 Miles in 75:40 2-5. Ormond-Daytona Beach, Fla., Spec ial-With the tire of one rear wheel on the bare rim at top speed and cheered by thousands on the beach side, Clifford Earp, in a 90-horse-pow er English car, broke the world's record for 100 miles Saturday after noon, making the distance in one hour 15 minutes and 40 2-5 seconds. Thc former world record, made by Fletch er last year on the same course/ was one hour, 18 minutes.and 24 seconds. BOMB THROWN IN HOUSE Deadly Missile ia Hurled Through B?c?h?-StfKy Window of House in Which 22 Persons Were Asleep, Creating Havoc and Bendering * Sick Woman Insane. Worchestcr, Mass., Special.-A dy namite bomb hurled through a secolld story .window of the house of. Pani-' ? Mosczyuski, 32 Union avenue, early-} Sunday morning, exploded and tore' away the rear part of the h??seyblow^ ing out th? flbor? arid the rear wall. Twenty-two persons were asleep m the house. The wife of Daniel Cv Bootle, who was ill, waft^rendered in sane by the explosion. She was taken to a hospital. The cap of the bomb went through the wall of the house, 40 Richland street, and was found 150 feet away in a picture frame in the home of Wil-. j liam J. Ryan. The force of the ex-J plosion shook that whole section of j the city. fl Miss Valeska Bnrkvicz, aged 32,1 where the explosion took place. SheB was buried under debris, but uot.serifl ously hurt. T A second bomb, eight inches long and made of two and a half-inch gas pipe, was found in the yard and is in the possession of the chief or po lice. The police arc looking for Frank Czj'bonowski and his wife, formerly part owners of the building, from pos session of which they were evicted by mortgage proceedings. SIX DEAD ON TOP FLOOR. A Distastrous Hotel Fire in Lowell Victims Were All Womeri-The Building Crowded With Guests Many of Whom Were Rescued by Firemen and Policemen. Lowell, Mass., Special.-At least six persons lost their lives in a fire which partly destroyed the Richard son Hotelj one of the leading public houses in. this city early Saturday morning. The fire started a few min utes before 2 o'clock and the flames rapidly eommu nica ted to various parts of the structure. A large num ber of guests were in the hotel and those who were in the upper part of the building had little chance to cs-, cape^by the stairways. The firemen at 2:30 o 'clock found the dead bodies of six women in thc top floor of the hotel. . ..rr- ?. carin ?ue, but it did . not discharge. He'tin backed out of the station and esca An hour later Harwood entered ! home of Mrs. Montgoiner, whoi t knocked down with the but of a ".-olver. He then entered his own home, taking a shot? gun and a revolver, and barricaded himself. Saturday night, Harwood compelled his wife to disrobe, and then he drove her naked into the street. Later he attempted to take the life of his children. Alabama Nail Mill Burns. Birmingham, Special-The nail mill of the Southern Steel Company, form erly known as the Alabama Wire and Nail Company, controlled by the Messrs. Schuelers, was destroyed by fire at Ensley, entailing a loss be tween $70,000 and $90,000. Adjacent property valued at millions was jeop ardized but hard work on the part of firemen prevented its spread. Guilty of Poisoning Bride. Abbeville, Ala., Special.-Thc jury in case of Walter Nordan returned a verdict of gilty and fixed his punish ment at life imprisonment. Nordan is a prominent young merchant of Abbeville. His bride of three weeks died suddenly in September, 1902, and it was found thatcher death was due to strichnine poisoning. Decide for Lock Canal. Washington, Special.-The Isth mian Canal commission met Saturday and concluded its consideration of the report of the board of consulting engineers with respect to the type of canal that should be constructed. While no official announcement is made with reference to the commis sion's report, there is good reason to believe that they have recommended the construction of a lock canal with au 85-foot level, practically following the recommendations of the minority of the consulting engineers. Slocum's Captain Guilty. New York. Special.-Captain Wil liam H. Van Schaick was found guil ty of criminal negligence in failing lo hold fire drills on thc steamer Gen eral Slocubm, which he commanded in June, 1904, when the steamer burned with the loss of over 1,000 lives. He was immediately sentenced to ten years' imprisonment by Judge Thomas, of the United States District Court. Excited Over Report. Washington, Special.-The follow ing cablegram has been received by thc Secretary of War from General Tde, at Manila: "Natives much dis turbed by cable stating Ambassador Wright has been authorized to nego tiate sale of islands to. Japan. Authentic denial from vou might be useful." Secretary Taft replied: "Thc cable statement referred to in your cablegram has not 'the slightest vestige of truth, lt ia not only un Inie but absurdly so," Hero of Two Wars and Great i ; ... -Cavalry Leader LOST BATTLE WITH PNEUMONIA Famous Confederate Cavalry Leader lrt*M Brigadier General, in tJnited ^States Anny Since Spanish War, p With Intervening Carecf in Gon ^.gress, Passes Away. jw-York, Special-General Joseph Washington. /(.'General Wheeler was taken ill six days ago at his sister's home, where he has been living recently. He con tracted a severe cold, which develop ed into pleurisy and pneumonia. From t??a -first, his- age told against him, but; the family did not give up hope until the discease was found to have affected both lungs. . "r;General Wheeler's immediate rela te vis were all with him. His daugh ter, Mrs. W. J. Karris, and. the-Miss es! Anne, Lucile and carrie Wheeler, hajd been sommoned from the. South and arrived carly in the week. His Major Joseph Wheeler, Jr., U. S. now stationed at West Point, was alijo present, as Avcll as General Wheeler's sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith, audaer son. The family were summoned to the bedside of the patient at midnight when the doctors in consultation con cluded that thc end was but a matter offffiimrs. The general was then awake and conscious and his mind was appearently active. . He seemed to know that death was approaching. Gem "Wheeler was never affaiu more than semi-conscious. He lingered un til ;evening and then passed away. To'Be Buried at Arlington. Washington, Special.-General Jos "?ph. .Wheeler, whose death occin'red in "New York, will be buried in the Nat ional ..Cemetary at Arlington with the -.TT?^- mun xour years, ine pris oner, who was picked up on the streets is declared to be James Manes., formerly au American book-maker. who is wanted in connection with thc famous Bank of Liverpool robbery of Nov. 22, 1901, in which the English institution, through forgery and con spiracy, was defrauded of more than $800,000. Subsequently $380,000 o? this amount was recovered from the conspirators, the hank having sustain ed a riet loss of more than $400,000. Porter Kills College Boy. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-Grady Miller, the 16-year-old son of Dr. R. L. Miller, was shot and killed by the negro porter of the"Lakeview Hotel. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting, but thc pistol shots were heard. A search was made and neal by was found the negro in a dying condition, lie lived long enough to say that he and Miller had engaged in a pistol dael. There is no way tc ascertain Ino cause of thc tragedy. Jury Acquits of Libel. New York,. SoeciaL-An unusually sensational trial came, to an end when the "-jury in the criminal branch of the Supremo Court reported that Nor man Hapgood, editor of Collier's Weekly, was not guilty of criminal libel. The case had been on trial several ?weeks. The. charge against Mr. Hapgood was brought at the in stagation of Justice Joseph M. Deuel, of the Court of Special Sessions, and was based upon an editorial in which the editor criticised Justice Deuel for his connection with Town Topics. Says Green Offered Bribe. Savannah, Special.-The most in teresting evidence adduced at tho . Greene-Gay nor trial was in reference to a charge made hy one W. R. Curtis, who had been an inspector on the work being done by Greene and Gay nor, lo the effect that Greene made an attempt to bribe him. This was in June, 1889. Elks Drag River For Body. Bristol, Va., Special.-Over .100 men are dragging the Wataugu river in Johnson county, Tennessee, near here, in search of the body .of George C. Luppert, a wealthy young lumber man, who was drowned Wednesday night. The search is being conducted by the Bristol lodge ol' Elks, of which youuir Luppert was a member, and his continued for over 24 hours with mi success. . y Bill For Erection of Tablets at Ap y pomattox. Washington, Special.-Represen ta tive Flood, of Virginia, introduced a bill to provide for the purchase of the McLean property and adjacent land at Appomattox, Va"., and to erect tablets there in commemoration of the surrender of the Army pf Northern Vhyniia to General Grant. UUIMtSS Al VYUKA What Our National Law Makers Are Boing Pay by Day. Want License Record. Mr. Humphreys (Miss.) discussed a measure he has .pending "to make the government records of Federal liquor taxpayers and license-holders availa ble as evidence. In prohibition and local option Sections of the country, 'ic s?idrthe present practice of with holding this Information really placed ;he Federal government in the posi :ion of aiding the violators of local !aws. Persons operating "blind ti ters," said Mr. Humphreys, obtain Federal license and thus avoid pursuit by government agents, but the govern ment records were withheld by the rules of the Internal Revenue Bureau from being available by State officials in making prosecutions. The rule of the Internal Revenue Bureau, he said, contravened the well-estahlirhed rules sf evidence of our jurisprudence. Rate Fixing Discussed. The question of regulating railroad rates occupied practically all of. the time of the Senate, notwithstanding that no bill with that end in view has been' reported from .the inter state commerce committee. The dis cussion of the Subject Was in connec tion with Mr. Clay's speech, Messrs. Aldrich, Forakcr, Bailey and New lands being the principal participants in addition to Mr. Clay himself. Mr. Clay advocated the passage of a bill which would give the inter state commerce commission power to regulate rates when complained of, and said that if there -was no legisla tion along that line the county might Munt upon an agitation of the ques tion of government ownership. He re ferred to thc large vote given Mr. Hearst in the late New York munici pal election as an indication of the popularity of municipal'ownership of the public utilities. y Statehood Bill Passed. The House passed Mic statehood bill ?xactly according to schedule. Thc Re publican opposition to thc measure spent its entire force and no effort was made lo defeat thc. bill on ils final passage, only 33 of tho "'?isur ?ents" voting against thc measure. The bill passed by a vote of 194 to 150. The debate which preceded the vote began at ll o'cloe!; and was practi cally featureless so far as any hope the entire opposition to the bill,~pro^~ duced their reasons for The Record. Several of the- "insurgents" made plain the ground of their opposition. The bill as passed provides that Oklahoma and Indian Territory shall constitute one State under the name of "Oklahoma," and that Arizona and New Mexico shall constitute one State under the name of "Arizona." Should the terms of admission be rati fied by the residents of the Territories in question, their respective State constitutions must contain clauses prohibiting the sale of- intoxicating liquors to Indians and plural marriag es. There are many other stipulations governing schools, courts and politi cal sub-divisions of the proposed new States. Senate and Foreign Affairs. Thc foreign affairs of the United States continued to hold the atten tion of thc Senate, the Moroccan and Dominican matters being the, ques tions immediately at issue. Mr. Money was the principal speaker and he talk ed for over two hours in opposition to thc course of the administration with reference to both Santo Domin go and Morocco. He contended that there was danger pf becoming involv ed unnecessarily in the affairs of other countries by participating in the Algeciras' conference, and that this country was not sufficently concerned willi thc conduct of affairs in Santo Domingo to justify our course in that island. He also took the position that the President had transcended his authority there. Mr. Money contended that the Pres ident had made one explanation and his friends another of our attitude to wards Santo Domingo. ' Mr. Money declared that he felt no concern about Santo Domingo. "As Senator of the United States, I*don't care A conti nental about it," he said, emphati cally. Mr. Money agreed with Mr. Lodge that the annexation of Santo Domingo was undesirable, and declar ed that "if to-day the United Slates would relieve herself of every island of the sea the country would be im measurably stronger." He added that if we continue our uohey of taking inferior people the nation must sink of its own. weight unless wc changed our form ot! government. Mr. Hepburn followed Mr. Money, advocating the annexation of Santo Domingo, saying that the present population would soon become Ameri canized under the rule of the United States. Mr. Tillman suggested that as the Presiden I ol' Santo Domingo is at present within our islands we should p'oceed -io negotiate with him, and thus very easily add to our colored population iC "gluUouous for more of them." Mr. Hepburn replied that if his ideas should prevail, the colored peo ple of the island would be supplanted by whites. "I wish," replied the South Caro lina Senator, "'that the Senator would bo moro consistent with reference lo the colored race and that he would not 'w so kind io those near us- sod so cruel iolhosv abroad, ?t? the past two weeks the larg-st shipments that have ever been delivered in Augusta. Eight car loads of goods and three more to come in, besides quantities of Isa s tliancar;lni dshipments of various Ii nes, including Camas*?*, Buggies, Wag.ons, Surreys, Harness, Saddlery, Carriage and Wagon Material and also Christmas goods which include children's Tricycles,Toy Wagons, ve locipedes, Goat Wagons and Cart?, hobby horse?, swannetts and motors, various styles to suit all comers. I have the largest and . best assorted stock in the southe/n state. 1 buy direct from tbe manu facturer and can sell cheaper fhan any other firm rn the city of Au gusta who has been in business for the last twenty-live or thirty years.'' Sole Agent for the famous BABCOCK vehicles and Chase's fine silk,pl us h and neaverjrobes. Can s^U you a good top buggy complete ror $50,00, or oren buggy with harness and umbrella for*50,C0. J0BF"Call and see my stock and be convinced. U Li ?f?(*lf CDV 749 AND 751 Broad Street, Um n.UU?ft L? F9 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, Augusta, Georgia. Wagons Buggies FTJRIsTITTJRE. Large Shipments of ' the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing? is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS, always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you , .vi/in Air THIS SPACE IS TAKEN JL$ Y The Leading Grocers of Augusta Ga.t ARRINGTON BROS. COMPANY, 839 Broad ?W. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgefield County are with us and want to see you. For Fire and Life ?UGO TO SEEJH O AUGHMAN ?? H ARLIN Q BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. We represent the best Old Line Companies. WATCHMAN O I- BARLING * GENTS, AUGHMAN & MARLING /\GENTS NEW SHOP >Iy Carriag? and Repair Shop at the Gray Stables is now well "equipped. I invite you to in spect it. Large fcrce of competent workmen-Full supply of the best material always on hard. Can Lui id you a new wagon or repair your old one on shoi t notice. Tire Sett inf; ?nd Horse Shoeing done in I lie best po? si ble manner. ?SySalinaction Guaranteed. Give me a call. EX W. SAMUEL, HOLLAND BROS.,. Dealers in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. 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