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i PLANTER'S ' : LOAM AND * ' SAVINGS :BANS, \. Augusts. Ga.. AN DEPOSITS ACCOUNTS. ? SOLICITED L C. HAYNE, Pait?is vex. Chas. C. Howard,. CASH rsa. K ESC TTE CES OTEB SI.OOO,OOO ?<I?I 11 ii BI ?I mil 01 ii un YO i . 72. EDGEFIELD, S. CM W??>N?SD1?, OCTOBER 16, 1907. THE NATIONAL BANK J ff AUGUSTA, GA. L. a HAYNE, Preddent FBA2TK G. FOBD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$260,000 Snrplns and Profits. 150,000 J?t'WS* P>Wtyi .? ?.?.>.? ?Pf? M ?M*M ? wlih Ula Baak. &iaiotnatoaadc*HTwpeu?>aiaa? a> i arad of avery coarte*? ud aoconui ?dation po<wl ?> Ma nadar consera?Te. modern BaaJUag uMiS?da <*M*V HH 1111111111 IP i 1111 NO. 47. ;? i M 111111 ii II 11111 n i n ii Palmetto j| Thc News pf South Can i i ii in ii ii ni i min HI i? Clemson Will Cooperate. Columbia, Special.--Upon request Clemson college bas consented to aid tire society in making the field "crop department/ representative of the ag ricultural resources of the State, and and all farmers are urged to lend heir aid, to send samples of their roduce arid to' take an active iuter t in making. this department the t of tbe-Soutb Carolina State fair ? be held here Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. id a prominent fair official. Ex 'bits for this department may be hipped ,to the ?ecr?tery - State' fair, Columbia^..S. C., by freight, prepay, he charges and send Trill of lading the^ secretary, and-;the. charges will remitted. At the close of the fair ~e exhibits will be returned free and premiums they 'may have taken "T be/sent. It is not necessary for e exhibitor 'to attend the fair to ox "bit rh this department. Prof. J. N. sr director of Clemson experi mental station, together with .all the associate pref essors have solicited ex hibits during the year, and will de vote their energies in. arranging the exhibints in a systematic and educa tional-manner for tho fair. Clemson college will also have a l?ge exhibit bnt nothing from the college .will be in competition with the individual ex hibits." The premium list, is xntirely new in this department and has been arranged ( to cause exhibitors as little trouble as possible. : The Prizes. Here are the prizes offered for the largest yields: , 1;Largest yield of corn on one acre, first, prize $25, second prize $10. .2." Largest yield of oats "on one acre, first prize $15, second prize $10. 3. Largest yield of rye on one acre first prize $10, second prize $5. . < 4. Largest yield sweet potatoes one acre, first prize $S, second prize $4. 5. , Largest yield cowpea hay one acre, first prize $10, second prize $5. 6. Largest yield alfalfa hay one . acre, first prize $10, second prize $5. '< 7. Largest yield cotton one acre, first prize $15, second prize $8. Greenwood Taxable' Values. Greenwood, Special.-Auditor J. D. Watson of this county has completed his annual report and the figures are of considerable interest. The report yshows that the increase in taxable values im. the past year in this coun ty amount to nearly half a million .dollars the exact increase being $470, 205. The total taxable valuation of property in Greenwood county for ctflfe present year is $6,207,880. L year the-total taxable property v $5,737,675 which shows the incre of $470^05. . There are J19,S90 ac o? lan?^iii the county and the val tion for . taxation is $2,964,770 t the taxable value of buildings $157,97^ The railroads in this co ty are put down at $969,155. The \. ?onal p-roperty is put down at $2, 273,955. . There are 1,774 horses in ;the county valued at $91,160; 5,606 head.of cattle valued at $63,680; 3, 608 mules valued at $203,060 ; 879 sheep and goats valued at $1,045; 2,995 hogs valued at $8,390; 246 watches valued at $4,360; 675 pianos and organs valued at $25,246 ; 4,807 carriages and buggies valued at $88. 830; 2^560 dogs valued at $12,830; merchandise valued *at $316,970 ;man ufaetures $863,190 ; etc. Comparison of some, of the items are iritersting for instance, the tax oh the 2,560 dogs in tlje county amounts to inore than th? . sheep and goats in ' the couutv. ? . j Coroner for Oconee. Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel has appointed J. W. Holleman as coroner for Oconee county, vice W. "L. Har bon resigned. Mr. Holleman was the first coroner of the county serving from 1869 to 1S72 and a highly res pected official. ^ The office came to him unsolicited. He is the father of Mr. li?e G. Holleman the Stale bank examiner.. Small .Boat Capsized andi Three are ' Missing. Charleston, Special.-A small boat loaded with phosphate hands capsized Thursday m?rrrhig in Ashley river op posite Towji .?reek throwing the occu pants of the boaj; into the water. Three of them. : * ' Capt. '. ? ?itchell, Dick Spencer and. George Wasp are missing and are thought to be drown ed. Paul Williams and Peter Dev eaux were rescued while clinging to the bottom of ?be 'overturned boat by Capt Pinckney oft the R. C. Barkley. The gen were all.of Maryville. Prof. A. E. Spencer as its delegate to the synod, which meets in Ander son this year. He is instructed to in vit? thc synod to meet in Clinton in 1909 and to hold special services to commemorate the 400th anniver sary of fhe birth of John Calvin who ? was boru July 10, 1509. There is ev ery reason to believe this request will be granted. I More "Booze' ! Destroyed. Andersoh, Special.-Eleven gallons' of rye and corp' whiskey and about len dozen pint bottles of Schlitz beer and Crescent ale were emptied into ti sewer in accordance with the Ca-; rey-Cothran law. The ale, which is really a lagar beer, was captured at Honest Path some time ago. The seller was- arrested and fined at a re cent term of court. The pouring was the third that Anderson county has jiad ?nee-the new Jaw', want into ef fect. limn ti mi Hm ni ISM? Affairs )Hna in Condensed form |T i nan ii ii ri ni minmi Cherokee's Mineral Deposits. Gaffney, Speciah-r.In the course of I an interview -with Dr; Gr. F. I^ee the 1 eminent geologist add mineralogist ' who is"making a geological and min ] eralbgical survey of this county the 1 following facts were give?. Cherokee ' county has more mineral' deposits of 4argerand more Varied kind,-than any other county^?1 the Union.' Its iron ' deposits are ahout .fourteen miles in ?length and about 12 miles in width ' and 15. to 100 feet deep, comprising about 700,000,000. tons consisting of the following grades of iro'n:~,Silicate of iron about 67. per cent., brown hematite iron about 80 per cent, spec ular hematite iron about 93 per cent ; magnetic iron about 02 per cent, j liminite iron about 65 per cent. Man ganese he ostirnates at several million tons; bog or wad manganese is found in immense deposits covering a radios of 16 miles in length comprising mil lions of tons from 6- to 40 per cent, of binoxidc manganese. There is a vein of graphite extending from Grover, N. C., through Bl?cksburg to Gaffney and nine miles beyond to the south west containing 10 per cen* pure car bon from analysis of various eminent chemists made especially for Dr. Lee which is very gratifying to know from a commercial - standpoint. Largest Ginnery East 61 Texas. Greenwood, Special.-?The- high wa ter mark in the ginning record of the Greenwood oil mills ginnery was j reached here Friday when there were ginued aud packed 16S bales of cotton in oue day. The ginnery "here since the burning of the ginnery of the People's oil mill at Anderson is the largest east of the Mississippi river. ! The Anderson, ginnery was exactly the same size. Since it was burned the one here has no rival outside of Texas in size. The 16 gins turn out cotton in a jiffy. Capt. F. S. Evans manager for this district of the Southern Cotton Oil company says he believes this ginnery will gin close around 7,000 bales of Cotton this yea'** Last year the total crop of this coun ty was a little over 27,000 bales. This was a short crop but if this ginnery gets 7,000 this year it will be about one fourth of ?he entire crop of the country. Nearly 3,000 bales have been ginned to date. Revenue Districts Are to be Merged. Columbia, Special.-As announced in a special from Washington some time ago, the "revenue district of Geoi will go iuto effect iu January and which will cut down the revenues of that State from- about $600,000 to $35,000 approximately. The action of the revenue authorities is impor tant in that it probably means the employment of additional clerical force in Columbia and the fact that the national banks in this city will receive deposits hei*etpfore going to the national banks of "Georgia. Charleston Commissioners Named. Columbia. Special.-Gov. Ansel has appointed-H. F. Brewer, D. L. Sink ler and J. G. Mansfield as commis sioners of the municipal -ejection to be held in Charleston. Hatton Shoals Company. Anderson, Special.-The annual meeting of the stockholders of th? Hatton Shoals company who own the Hatton Shoals on the Tugaloo river was held last week and the follow ing board of directors was elected : Hugh McRae, E. W.; Van Lucasj M. F. H. GoverneuT, T. W. Davis, H: M. Chase, A B. Sholding, Raymond Hunt C. Van Louven and H. A. Orr. Fell 45 Feet. Charleston, Special.-T. J. Bacon, a Bell telephone lineman fell from the top of a 45 foot pole Thursday morn ing at Coming and Radiffe streets," and was badly injured. Reports from the Roper hospital say that he is internally hurt, and that his con dition is critical. He was at work on the crossttrees of the tall pole and came in contact it as thought with a live wire. The shock caused him to lose his hold on the crossarm and he fell to the ground below with terrific force. While uo hones have been found broken the shock was heavy and he is badly burt. Warrents are Ont for Thomason's Arrest. Spartanburg, Special.-A warrant has been sworn out before Magis trate Kirby by A. Barrener for the rest of R. W. Thomason thc Spartan burg broker charging him with a breach of trust and foi gery. The war rant, was placed in the hands of Deputy White for service. Thomason is out of the city at present but upon his return the papers will be served New Investment Company. Columbia, Special.-The Southern 1 local enterprise recently started has been organized by . the election of F. EL Weston as president; Willie Jones ? vice president and J. E. Poore, secre- ? tary and treasurer. The other mem bers of the board of directors are W. ] T. Aycock and J. P. Matthews. The j capital stock is $5,000 and the com- i Danv will do a fjeneral invsetmont ? business dealing in real estate and ; rtocks asl bonds for those who have small pum? to invest. DECLARE FOR 15 CENTS Promises of Several Banking Honscj to Advance Loans en Cotton ia Warehouse. Orangeburg, Special.-The fanners of this, the greatest cotton producing county in South Carolina, took steps toward holding their cotton for a min* imum price of 15 cents per pound. This is the minimum agreed upon at the last meeting of the executive com mittee of the Southern Cotton associa tion. The South Carolina members ui the committee are said not to have favored this minimitm, but after the committee as a whole had acted the leaders of the cotton farmers in this State have sounded the call and have begged the farmers to hold their cot ton. The meeting here was caled to put the matter squarely before the peo* pie of Orangeburg county. This county has sold quite a lot of cotton already, but it is declared freely that about 40,000 of 50,000 bales will be held, for that which has been sold is said to have come from the crops of negro farmers, who could not hold There were interesting speeches, some* earnest and convincing argu ments. The principal addresses of the day were delivered by ex-Gov. D. C. Heyward who was invited because be is the president of the Standard Warebouso company, which has ware houses in severcal parts of the State, and Mr. E. D. Smith, field agent of lk? Southern Cotton Association. A short but interesting speech was made by Dr. W. W. Ray, who attended the ex ecutive committee meeting, and an other by Mr. F. H. Weston, secretary of the South Carolina Cotton "Grow ers association. \% The meeting was fairly well attend ed although it was" Saturday ah\l there were several thousand people .n the streets and thc merchants could not well leave their stores. Mr. Johu E. Wannamaker of St. Matthews, who called the meeting and is president of the Orangeburg county association, made a few very earnest introductory remarks: Mr. Wannamaker stated among other things that he had had a good natured controversy recently with the editor of a great daily news paper as to the advisability of holding for 15 cents and he wished to com mend to the farmers the spirit in which his communications had been received. But he declared the fact that the pres of the South is not afire with enthusiasm in the fight to push the price o?ftbe staple to 15 cents, for the press is the mightiest force in thc country and if all of the papers should become enlisted rin the cause and should make an uncompromising fight for 15 cents, it would not be long until the people would be educat ed to realize the value of their staple and the crop would be held back un til the farmers would get their 15 cents. Dr. W. W.vRay, memher of the ex ecutive committee from South Caro lina, ;was called opon by Mr. Wanna maker to give an account,. p_f that .?viuU Uti .1,UUU,VUU l/uibo ouuib tuiv year; Louisiana and Mississippi re ported short crops, and nearly all of the other States reported that crops would fall below the production of last year. South Carolina alone re ported a good croo or about an aver age crop. v In view of the reports received, it was estimated that the crop this year would be 11,750.000 bales. Therefore the committee very deliberately con cluded that the value of the cron would best be obtained by holding out for 15 cents per pound. "We appeal to the bankers and business men to help us win this fight," said Pr. Ray. "We are dependent upon them as well as they are dependent upon us. The future of the South is entirely dependent upon the income from the sale of colton, and as the scarcity of labor has laised the price of produc tion and as the price of all commodi ties has increased, the farmers feel that they have a right to demand more for their cotton and they be lieve 15 cents per. pound to be the right figure." Following Dr. Ray. ex-Gov. Hey ward was introduced. Gov. Heyward 's admirable address is printed in full at the request of officers of the associa tion. Gov. Heyward did not go the full length and advise that the farm ers hold for 15 cents, for he is in the warehouse business and 'should far mers, acting on his advice, put their cotton in the warehouse to be held for 15 cents-and then not get that price-he would feel that he had in jured them. But the address showed so much thought upon the general question and was such good reading matter in a general way to. show the value of cotton as a staple and as a monopoly that the association will have it published in other States. Gov. HcywQrd in the outset assured Chairman J-. E. Wannamaker that the banking institutions and the press would support the cotton producers in their fight to control thc price of their own monopoly. Later on, just as he was concluding his address, he received a telegram from the National Loan and Exchange bank in which they'agreed to carry their customers who-will warehouse their cotton for a rise in price. Other speeches were made and a great dea lof valuable, information was brought out. The meeting was a Bne success. Snow Was Acquitted of Killing Brother. Hartwell, Special.-John Vance Snow action of a prominent and in lenential family wa^ acquitted by a jury after being out hventy minutes. Snow was on trial for killing his Drother, Columbus Snow last March, rhe defense's theory was accident. Solicitor Meadow argued for tho State and the two speeches for Snow ??ere made by A, 0. MoCurry and, Julian McCurry, Telegraphers Pointedly Refuse to Go Back to Work . WARM TIME-IN THEIR MEETING New York Telegraphers' Union De ciares in Favor of Continuing Strike and is Followed hy Local Unions in Ail Sections, Kew York, Special-President S. J. Small appeared confident that"7 the strike was at an end hopeful that kia men would be reinstated. ? "The strike vyill be called off and the men will be back to work," he said. * * Will you give a word of advice "to thc men as to whether they should voto- lo cak it off and seek reinstato LWiill-V he was asked. "I will cover that point at the meeting with the men in New York," he replied. 1 ' Thc object in sending ont ray siaieauynt to the men was to put the question rignt up to them. Our re sonii'cs are exhausted and if they want to continue the fight they will have to furnish tho funds." "Percy Thomas says you. have ffLOf OOO in the treasury," was suggested. "In whose treasury"/" askerjt Mr, Small. "We have $15,000 but ucl fer strike uses. That is a mutuo! benefit fund, for insurance. ?f we have money, why couldn :t wo pay off hero Saturday? But .there is always tflik of this kind at the end of every strike. 1 have been through about five montas of ibis ever since the strike booran in San Francisco last Juno and it docsn't bother mc any more. If M iv, Thomas wants to fight the calling elf Ajtfe strike let him do so. I am going to that meeting with brasa knuckles. .Generally labor leaders ad vise each other to disregard the suf ferings of their men when a strike is on, but .1 will not do that to the very last ditch. We might hold out a couple of . weeks longer on nothing by encouraging-talk but the result would be that^the men of the weak er characters would be slowly rcturn-i ing to work \\jijile thc stronger men* would hold outji and suffer the most just because they were thc most staunch. There would not be any union left." "What if the locals decline to call' it off?" he wa? asked. " Well there will be nothing to do but to kep hp the fight 'as long as' they can,; but it will be np to them to provide funds. The strike was ir regular from the beginning." "Then the strike is hopeless and it . might as well be abandoned?" "That is it," replied Mr. Small. N0twif.hct?~Ji- T^.._;Jfl.,? Smo)p" cities vote upon the advisability of the men returning to work. The meeting was characterized hy bitter exchanges between President Small and the other speakers. Killed by Southern Train. Spartanburg, Special.-Smith Wil liams, white, aged 27 years, was run over and killed by a Southern pas senger train just outside the yard limits. His body was most horribly^ mangled, his legs, trunk and anns be ing mashed into pulp. The accident occurred near" the Drayton Cotton Mills, a short distance from the pas senger station. Williams is survived hy a wife and two children. Opening First Assembly. Manila, By Cable.-Great interest is shown in thc opening of thc first Phillipine Assembly, which will take place this week, and the arrival of Secretary Taft, which conics at an opportune time iu t.ie inaugration of Philiipine home rule. Already the contending political factions are showing great activity and at the caucus recently held the first brush occured-.over a motion to have the Assembly proceedings opened with prayer. This was defeated by one vote, on the broad ground that af fairs of Church and State should- be kept distinct. ? Serions Runaway Accident. Atlanta Ga., Special.-A special to The Constitution from Whitesburg, Ga., says: While returning from a funeral Friday, a mule attached to a buggy in which Mrs. W. H. Dyer, wife of a planter living near here and her three children were riding, be came frightened and ran away. All the occupants were thrown out. The baby was instantly killed and Mrs. Dyer and her two other daughters scrously injured. Three Killed by Explosion. Columbus, Ga., Special.-While the locomotive of a freight train on the Central of Georgia was taking water at Revnolds, Ga., Sunday, the boiler exploded, killing Engineer Avery, Conductor Allen and a negro fireman.. The boiler was blown a hundred" yards and tlie station was damaged. The House of Deputies 0 ftbe Epis copal Convention at Richmond adopt ed a preamble to the church consti tution ehaneine the name lo the "American" Church. Six Suffocated hy Smoke. Gloversville, N. Y., Special.-Six membres of the family of Solomon Frank, a glove cutter and five daught ers, were suffocated by smoke when their home was destroyed by fire car ly Sunday. Thc dead are: Solomon Frank, aged 40 year3; Sarah, 21: Dora, 19; Rosa, 17; Minnie 12; Maxy. COTTON MEETING CLOSES An Association to Comprise the Associations Now Affiliated as Well y2s the Continental Spinners' Asso ciation and the Sea Island Cotton Growers decided tlpon. j Atlanta, Ga., Special-When the plan adopted by the international cou ferenca of cotton growers and spin ners goes into effect the cotton indus try of the world, from the time of the planting of the seed to the time-the mills turn out their goods, will be un der one great organization o? plant* ers and Spinners. The international conference decided to make their or gahiiatioh permanent, and in doing Ibis, will also invite 'the Continental Spinners' Association of Europe and the Sea Island Cotton Growers' As sociation of the* United States to be come affiliated bodies with the asso ciation, and to have representatives' in the executive committee, which, ander the plan adopted, is to' be the governing body of the interantional eo?ference. The plan adopted is sub ject to thc action of the bodies now forming the international conference arid the two other great associations invited to become members but there is little doubt that the action Af the conference wil bc approved by these bodies. The international . conference ad journed late Wednesday afternoon. The Hist meeting of the new world wide organization may possibly bc held in Paris next year, as the Inter national Cotton Spinners' Asociatioc of Europe meets there, and Herr Kuffler, of Vienna, stated that dele gates from all organizations will be invited lo ailend. Thc conference at its session Wed nesday took action that it is believed will-soon result in a vast improve ment in the methods of putting raw cotton into shape for handling by the spinners with a consequent saving to them of fally $25,000,000 a year now lestj- it bas been assrted by reason of slipshod methods of baling. A sharp fight was made over Con gressman Heflin's resolution calling on thc United States Congress and the Britsh Parliament to regulate cot ton sp?culation, but the matter was dually referred to the different bodies for. independent action. Two of the ?ftiliatcd bodies, the Farmers' Union and the'Southern Cotton Growers' Association, later took favorable act ion on this resolution. The European delegation will de part on a special train for a tour of the cotton States, going through Tex as and returning to New York by way of St. Louis, Chicago, Niagara Falls and, Toronto. After the adjournment of the con p-n +i,n Vturmers' Union and the The report 01 tne eumw. transportation was adopted. It rec ommends that greater care be exer cised in preserving, cotton in trans portation from the effects of the weather and that every effort be made to extend the warehouse sys tem for cotton in America; the ad option of a label on cotton bales iden tifying the grower and the warehouse where stored and showing gross tare and net weight. Such a system is conductive tp reduction of country damage. A bill of lading so drawn as to establish the continuity of respon sibility of the several carriers from the interior point to the ultimate des tiantion is recommended. Lusitania to Make a New Record. New York, Special.-Wireless r? oort places the Lusitania's position 660 miles east of Sandy Hook bar at 9 o'clock. Should the speed be main tained the turbiner would be off the bar at midnight Thursday. This would make her time four days, 10 hours and 30 minutes. Her average for the trip thus far has exceeded her speed, and with favorable weather and the benefit of the usually fast track for the final strech, she is like ly to reach here even earlier. At all events she can hardly fail to beat all trans-Atlantic records. Six Million Bond Issue. Boston, Mass., Special.-At the an nual meeting of thc Boston & Maine Railroad stockholders a $6,000,000 is sue of bonds was approved for the purpose of taking up the floatir.j; debt. It is stated that the main ob ject of this issue is to fund perma nently at maturity the $4,000,000 ot one-year notes which the road recent ly placed with hankel's. The Question of Passenger Rates Washington, Special.-The prob lem of State or Federal supervision in fixing pasenger rates will probably be precipitated upon the National As sociation of Railroad Commissioners by the report on the powers duties and work of Stale commissioners. The present divergence in various States in maximum passenger vale legislation makes a more uniform ad justment almost imperative. The as sociation will probably adopt a gen eral policy. THE EGYPTIAN COTTON BALE. Cotton Growers and Manufacturers Discuss Methods of Handling. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Harvie Jor dan is presiding at a meeting of cot ton growers and manufacturers. The report on handling cotton submit te l advised thc adoption of thc Egyptian style of bale. A lengthy discussion i? in progress oter the proposition QUICKES RUN WE The Lusitania Breaks Her Own fine Speed Record LESS THAN FIVE DAYS ACRCSS Shipbu??ders flay That Until Some New Means of Propulsion Shall be Discovered the Monster Cunarder - is Likely to hold the Tr aus-Atlantic Record. Kew York, Special.-"With her rec ord-breaking run of four days, nine teen hours arid forty minutes from Daunts Rock to Sandy Rook over the Cunarder Lusitana, left Quarantine at 7:30 Friday morning for her dock. The trip net alone breaks all trans Atlantic records, but assures the Cun ard Company of British mail subsid ies amounting to nearly a million a year. The general impression among merchant marine shipbuilders is that (he record is not likely to be equalled by any other passenger carrying ship at least until some new means of,pro pulsion is devised. Theol?ieials of the Cunard Company still insist that HO effort was made at record breaking and that thc ship could doubtless do considerably better if pushed to thc 'limit. Thc Lositunia entered her dock in >Tcv? York crowned "Queen of the Seas." Her new time takes five hours from her maiden trip and beats the Deutschlands best time. Cassie Chadwick Dead in Prison. Columbus, 0., Special.- Cassie Chadwick, "the high priestess of fi nance," who for two years* has heen serving a sentence in the Ohio peni tentiary, is dead in the prison here. She died alone and welcomed death. No one but a nurse was present her family Saving deserted her as well as all the friends who were so thick when she had money to burn. The body of Cass'2 Chadwick lies at the Fisher undertaking establishment. The place of burial is still in doubt Emil Hoover, the ?".OP ,is without funds to pay expenses of the burial and unless tho same is forthcoming the body will probably rest in Green lawn Cemetery here. Thc body is sadly wasted from disease. 4. Twins Born in an Autoi.'bile. Turin, Italy, By cable.-1 fl?th the auto in which she was a V/?Lsenger tearing down a step hill at sixty mile's an hour and beyond control through a break in the machinery Countess Bi na gave birth to twins. With friends the Count and Countess were enjoying a spin, when the car became unman ageable on the crest of a hill and the conference with Mayor Knett auuu. the immigration line coming to Char leston from Trieste. Mr. Heyward as president of tho Southern Immigra tion association is much interested in this line and purposes to get the co operation of all the South to handle immigrants who may come here from thc Austrian port. Mr. Heyward ex pects Charleston to put up a guaran tee for the Hue's business and be will work hard to get thc State's in the immigration association to take the immigrants. Ile has already received assurance that cooperation with Char leston will bc given by several States desiring immigrants. Missionary Conference. Chattanooga, Special.-The laymen mislsonary conference will be held in this city in April next. This meeting will bc attended by at least a thous and delegates representing every Southern Methodist Church in the South and the West from California to Richmond and will he the largest religious gathering ever held in thc country. There will be addresses at the meeting from prominent mer from all parts of the world. We carry a Grates, Cutlerj cycles and Sup] This is the season io We are now show shown in Augusta. Excelsior Ste Largest Stove House of the kind in DIXIE, Sf To The MEN AND BOYS of Eaglefield Ooixnty We would like to say that wc aim high in our se lection of Men's Fall and Winter Suits ? . . "., ? . We get the best Suit productions from the shops of the World's best Makers. We aim high in'selection of cloths, linings and trimmings. Get the best possible Tailoring. We sell Suits that make us friends -the profits comeof thems elves. The lowest rung on the price ladder is $i?. to $30. The greatest strength lies in the assoitment at $12.50 $15, $18 andi We can give y?r ositively superior results in Tailoring, Appearance, Style and quality. Anybody" can quote prices, it's the Suit at the price that tells the story. McCREARY'S, The Home of Good ?iothes 742 Broad St. Augusta? Ga. Go to see W.H. EARLING .Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best Ol J Line Companies. W. H. H A?LING, m. At The Farmers Bank of Edgeflold, SC. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Large Shipments pf the best makes of wagons and buggiei Just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing* is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS C3rJECO. Johnston, South Carolina. SERVING OF CANNED MUSH ROOMS. The small button mushroom that come to us In cans have been cooked, and,' like all proteid substances, are toughened by further cooking. They are used principally in sauces, and should be added to the hot sauce in a few minutes before it ls to be served. The mushrooms may be left whole or cut Into quarters. They are also (cut Into quarters) added to a dish of creamed fish, oysters or chicken, or to a similar dish made with a brown sauce. Added to a brown tomato or Spanish sauce the whole ls poured over a broiled steak or a roast fillet of beef. In larger quantity they may be served In a brown or a cream sauce on toast.-Boston Cooking School Magazine. A Solomon on the Bench. They l?ave a Solomon for a justice in DuBois. Some chickens were found in -the yard of "Jack" Gallagher, In DuBois, on Thursday afternoon. Wil liam Avery, of the same town, had some chickens stolen' from him and* suspected Gallagher. A search war rant was issued and Gallagher's prem ises were searched, with the above re sulted. Avery claimed the fowls. Ia order that there might be no doubt about the matter that chickens were taken to the far end of the lot by the officers and others present and lib erated. The started for the Avery chicken coop. Squire Barclay decided the evidence strong enough to hoi?* Gallagher.-Philadelphia Record. No one ever succeeded in counter feiting: kindness. They still have the open door In Manchuria, notes the Atlanta Jour nal, but a Japanese sentry stands ut th'"* 'oorway very Large Stock of Stoves, Kanges, r Kitchenware, Sporting Goods, Bi )lies r supplying the needs of the home in these Goods. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. lng the Largest Stock of Stoves and Ranges ever Try one of our wes, or Jewel or Miller Ranges. ire is nothing better on the market >ETH BROS Horkan's old Stand.