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PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS Augusta. PATS ENTES SS? $ * K*? BSTO?UTS + ACCOSTS ** SOLICITED L. C. STA ?NS, PB i3u>xsT. Chas. C, reward, * ic Bsc cncus OVER Cl.OOO.OOO YOI .72. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1907. }T BE NATIONAL BANK ? ?f AUGUSTA, GA. L. a KAYKB, President. FRANK G. FOBD, Cashiir, CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We riiall be pfeaaed to bar? yoe ?ora an *&.*??? r ??Ith this Bank. Curtomersaml OHrM?,or^><au. a? P larid of ?Torr courir and aooom?i*daU???uu? f ble auder c?ns?rraUre. mudara C&atfn; ia? BOA* ;Wf*VK-H lllllil IIHWHt< NO. 49. Wm. SC ?WE ?GERT, A. S, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Prcai, Vicc-Pres. Cashier. Union-'Savings Bank |i8sfa9 Ga?* Offers thc Citzens of Edgefield a SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY. 4 Per Cent Interest. l>~?3 8tore ''Opposite the Monument." We've had forty-?ix years experience making and selling vehicles, and have yet to see anything on wheels which for Beauty, Easy Riding, Light Run ning and lasting and qualities would match Moyer andi ??l&smibia Bug? 'gi?s9?&i?salB?ait? and Surreys? Studebaker Wagons, If Better were made you would i ind them here, A complete Hncof Harness always on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a SPECIALTY, BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE RIAL. ETNA COAL. fie) Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.. TREES-PLANTS FRUIT, SHADE AND 01NAMENTAL No Scale or Disease. Illustrated Catalog Free. ?>, J. BERCKM?HS GO. INC. FRUITLAND J?Uf?SEff/ES, A.UGUSTA. GA. ESTABLISHED IN 1856 m I DON'T SELL YOUR Staple Cotton BUT SHIP TO Whaley & Rivers, Cotton Factors, Charlston, S. .C We eau get you the Best Prices and the highest values for all arides. "Make a trial shipment red see for yourself. S Money Saved On every purchase that you make from us. We buy our goods in large quantities for cash, consepuently we are in a positon to make very close prices to our patrons. . Our large JET?ll ?tock of Dry Goods, Notions^ Clothing, Shoes, Etc., is ready for the buyers. See our superb line of Clothing, for Mtn and J?oyp.- Also the strongrst line of ?>boes ever shown in the city of Augusta. We eau to everybody and our prices are right. Grand Millinery Display We are sh><ri(ig thj larga3t and most beautiful line of Millinery SB ever shown in this city We invite the ladies especially to call. ?y If you do not believe we can save you mouey, all we ask is a trial and we will convince you. I IK* 60 M 9i5 and 618 Broad Street, Augusta, Sa. President Names Last Thurs day in November CHARACTER THE GOAL SOUGHT Democracy Mast Use the Ten Talents Entrusted It and Pray for thc Spir it of Righteousness and Justice in whi m Lies Hops of Nation's Per petuity. Walline ton, D. C., Special. -iYcsi dent Roosevelt .Saturday issued bis Thanksgiving proclamation, througii tl.c Secretary ol' State, naming tl.e last Thursday in November, the twenty-eighth. Ihe proclamation follows: , "Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the President ap points a day as the especial occasion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God. "During thc past year we have been free from famine, from pesti lence, from war. We are at peace "with all the rest of mankind. Our natural resources are at least as great as those of any other nation. Wc be lieve that in ability to develop and take advantage of these resources the average man of this nation stands at least as high as tho average mau of any other . Nowhere else in the world is lhere such an opportunity for a free people to develop to thc fullest extent all its powers of body, of mind, and of that which stan-L above both body and mind-char acter. "Much has been given ns from on high and much will rightly be ex pected of us in return. Into our care the ten talents have been entrusted, and we are to be pardoned neither if we squander and waste, nor if wo hide them in a napkin; for they must be fruitful hi our hands. Ever throughout the ages, at all times and among all peoples, prosperity has been fraught with danger, and it be hooves us to beseech tho Giver of all things that we may not fall into love of ease and luxury; that we may not forget our duty to God and to our neighbor. "A great Democracy like ours, a Democracy based upon the principles of orderly liberty, can be perpetuated only if in the heart of the ordinary citizen there dwells a keen sense of righteousness and justice. We should earnestly pray that this spirit of righteousness ?L? justice may grow ever greater in the hearts of all of ns, and that our souls may be inclined evermore both toward ^tfce virtues that tell for gentleness, and tender ness, for loving kindness and forbear ance one with another, and toward those no less necessary virtues that make our manliness and rugged hardi hood-for without- these qualities aeither nation nor individual can rise to the level of greatness. "Now> therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 28th day of November, as a day of general Thanksgiving and Prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their laily work, and, in their home or in their churches meet devoutly to thank Almighty for the many and ?reat blessings they have received in the past, and.to pray that they may be given strength so to order their ives as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future. "In witness whereof I have here anto set my hand and caused the seal !>f the United States to be affixed. (Seal.) "Done at thc city of Washington the twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand aine hundred an seven and of the In- ! lependencc of the United States the me hundred and thirty-second. (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." "By the President: "Elihu Root, Secretary of State. To Inquire Into Seizure of Tobacco. Washington, Special.-The British >mbassy bas been charged by its gov jrnment to inquire into the action o? the Federal authorities in seizing 7,- \ 500 cases of cigarettes at Norfolk in- 1 ;ended for shipment to the British . American Tobacco Company. The | British embassy reopened for busi- i less in Washington after being lo jated at Intervale, N. H., all sum- 1 uer. Mr. Watson, one of the secre- ' taries, is in charge, pending the ar- < ?val of Ambassador Bryce, who i? j ?oming from *Intervple in an automo jile. Sheriff Killed While Attempting cc ] Arrest Negro. . Carrollton, Miss., Special.-While mdeavoring to arrest BOD* Myers, a 1 ?egro, charged with several petty ?rimes, Sheriff A. C. McDougall, ol 1 ;his county, was fired on by the ncgiv- 1 md killed. Sunday posses,x with , ;he aid of bloodhounds, are^earchin^ , :or Myers and if captured a lynching ] s feared. Georgia Youth Eilis His Father. Griffin, Ga., Spacial.-Harry Las j niter, 18 years old, shot and killer ( lis father, William Lassiter, 50 yeais < )ld, a painter, shortly after ll )'clock Sunday night, at their home j 1?re. The coroner held an inquest ' ;his morning and young Lassiter wa; aeld on the charge of murder. H< jleaded'self-defense and claimed bb , father was coming at bim "with i ?iife. WBM?uAUSt?DEAitS Brother of Saloon Keeper, a Block-, ader, Under the Influence of Liquor, Kills His Mother and Then Cuts His Own Throat. Wadesboro, N. C., Special.-As a result of a protracted spree and a drunken debauch Mr. Elis Hightower, a middle-aged man who lives ia the southern part of this county, right near the South Carolina line, shot and instantly killed his mother with a pistol Friday night. It seems thal Mr. Hightower was at his' home on his front porch in a semi-conscious condition from the influence of whis key when Ids mother approached him" to get him to go in the house, and he SHddenly drew his pistol and snot her through the heart. When the pistol fired Mrs. Hightower said. "Son j'ou have killed me," and cspired imme diately. Saturday morning, ofter realizing what he had done, Mr. Hightower cul his own throat and died about 10 o'clock. Mr. Hightower had a repu tation of being a noted blockader and dealer in illicit liquor. Ho was a brother t< Mr. F. M. Hightower, who is in the saloon busi ness in Wadesboro, and who has made arrangements to go to Wilming ttn and run a saloon after the first of next January. RATE CASE COMPROMISED? Governor Glenn Returns to Raleigh, and It Is Positively Announced on the Authority of Person Com pletely Informed in the Matter That the Dispute Between thc State of North Carolina and the Southern Railway Is To Be Settled By the Legislature, Governor GLmn Having No Authority to Change the Rate of 21-4 Cents. A special from Raleigh, N. C., to the Charlotte Observer of Monday, says : It can be safely said on the au thority of a completely informed person that the passenger rate ques tion in dispute between the State of North sCarolina and the Southern Railway since last spring will be settled The final arrangement may be made by the Legislature, which fixed *he rate at 21-4 cent? Governor Glenn change that ports made, the average a gers to be 2.41 cents. It has been known for some days by those on the inside that a settle ment was in sight. It is now knowi positively, though details are as yet incomplete. Governor Glenn may make recom mendations to tue Legislature. This is most probable. Gas Tank Explodes, 4 Injured and Missing. Chattaeooga, Special.-Four work ing men were injured by burns and two or three are reported missing as a result of an explosion followed by fire in the plant of the Chattanooga Gas company, shortly before o'clock. The explosion is said to have been caused by the dropping of a lighted match over an open jet of a tank in the purifying department. Tho injured are: B. A. Broder, Dan Hemmill and Henry Hemmill and an unknown negro. Birmingham Telegraphers Return to Work. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-It was announced that a majority of the telegraphers who have been on strike since August 11th will resume work Monday. They will go back on both the Western Union and Postal, under practically the same conditions they were workinsr under when called out. Texas Banks Consolidate. Houston, Tex., Special-The Plant ers & Mechanics' National Bank, capitalized at $500,000, and, accord ing to the last statement, issued in Augusta, carried deposits of $1,000, 300, has been absorbed by the Union Bank & Trust Company. The consoli dated bank will continue as a State bank. The cause of the liquidation jf the Planters & Mechanics' Bank, it was said, was the extended illness )f its president, F. A. Richard. Pennsylvania Trainmen on a Strike. Huntington, Special-Trainmen on the Huntington and Broad Top Rail road went on strike for higher wages] ind practically tied up the entire road. Only twp engineers and one ?reman out of a total of 150 train men remain at work. The men de mand wages equal to those paid Pennsylvania Railroad trainmen. News in Brief. Postmaster-General Meyer, in an iddress to the postmasters conven tion, urged a parcel-post and postal savings banks. Federal Judge Dayton granted at Philippi, W. V., the most swepeing injunction ever granted against a abor union. Novia Scotia Day was observed al Jamestown Exposition. The steamship Empress of Chin? sank at her dock iii Vancouver, .. friday a Bad Day For Finan cial Institutions in New York THING?iNOW MORE SETTLED I The Institutions Affected Were Min er Banks and Had No Important Oonne?on With the Larger New York Banks ?and Their Closing, It Is Declared, Had No Effect on the General;-Situation, Whick ?s Im proving. I-. J New York, Special-Another nerve racking day has passed but thc finan cial institutions of New York have shown extraordinary power of resist ance to., the-pressure pat upon them. While it is ; true that several minor institutions have been forced to close their doors/ yet two things should be said about them-first, that the -amount involved was not so great as to exert any marked influence on the general situation, as these banks wera located >U}%residential quarters and did not como into touch with the lar ger financial institutions of the me tropolis, aqd sectjad, that, there is every reasoh to believe that these banks andi trust companies are en tirely solvlnt and their di culties will prove fjo ba only temporary and duo entirely to inability to secure ready easton the gilt-edge securities in the*r vaults. Withdrawal Bule Enforced. In the limit of the general excite ment the "savings banks thought it wise to piit; into effect the rule re quiring thirjy to sixty days' notice for the withdrawal of deposits, ano this will preveut the withdrawal of money whi?h would otherwise be put in safety deposit boxes. The savings banks, if $ey continued to make payments, ifould be obliged to with draw funds^from the national banks, thereby, causing additional strain on tho general banking institution. There' was, 'not the least doubt but that tho insjStutions were iii anything but the soundest condition and it was pointed outj-jthat the savings banks of this Stdio are so restricted by law in investing theil- , money that there can bei no question that all o? ?he securities, in their possession are of good' value and readily salable in normal timq? The institutions which closed doors ?with the sums due de Haifam, $600,0 International/ Trust ' Company, about "$100,000. The\'Borough Bank of Brooklyn, $4,000,000. The Brooklyn Bank,- $2,300,000. Williamsburg Trust Company, Brooklyn, $7,500,000. The First National Bank of Brook lyn, $3,500,000. The First National Bank of Brook lyn, thc Williamsburg Trust Company and the International Trust Company were allied institutions. None of these companies had any important busi ness connections with the larger banks which are representatives of the city's financial affairs. Favorable Features. On the other hand a number of fa vorable features marked the day. The Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust Company, thc two or ganizations which have suffered most from runs, have been slowly paying out to their depositors and closed with all demands having been met. [n the case of thc Trust Company of America the run has well nigh span I its force as the great bulk of the de positors have been paid off. At the ilose of business there were .a good many in line at the Lincoln Trust Company but also there was a mark sd reduction in the number of anx ious depositors. The most favorable inr.idpnfc o? thc day was that the stock exchange ivas provided with funds ample to meet its immediate necessities by a money pool headed by J. Pierpont Morgan, which sent about $15.000, 300 to the exchange durins: the after noon. As all of the loans made hold over until Monday, the stock ex mange situation will not be a factor in the problems that the bankers may be called upon to solve. A very en couraging feature of the afternoon's levelopments was a signed statement i>y Clark Williams, tho newly ap-"j pointed State superintendent of banking, affirming the solvency of the local institutions. News Notes. Secretary Taft postponed his de parture from Manila to look after the fortifications at Lubig Bay. The trial of Editor Harder in Berlin ?or libel was marked by the attend ee of many of the Emperor's Court Havana strikers were forbidden to mid open-airmectings. Truck growers held an important j jonvention in Norfolk. Alston E. Berry, alleged to have leen a professional gambler, whose mme was in Rome, Ga., was found nurdered in a room in a Norfolk ho ld. The Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans met in Richmond. Norfolk and Southern Railway stockholders met y? Norfolk and roted to issne $25,000.000 refunding muds. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., smashed a camera in front of the Duchess of Marlborough. FOR INLAND WATfRWA? Convention to bs Held in Philadelphia in November to Boost Waterway rrom Cape Cod to Beaufort. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-At a meeting held in thc office of Mayor. Reiburn. a fund was subscribed to defray the expenses of a convention to be held in this city November 19th and 20th in the interest of a proposed inland waterway from Cape Cod to Beauford, N. C. At the meeting final arrangements were com pleted for the convention at which it is expected representatives will bo present from all the Atlantic coast states. At the mcetiug the plan of the waterway was outlined by Congress man J. Hampton Moore of this ?..it y. The meeting was attended by rep resentatives cf trade organizations from Trenton and Camden, N. J., Wilmington, Del., and other places. Among those present were Congress mnii Burton, of, Delaware; Bingham, ?loon and Foulrod, of Philadelphia, and Frank L. Lanne, of the National Board of Trade. Progress of the South. Wilmington, Del., Evening Journal. Those who fancy that the South is still sleeping should read a fine booklet issued by an enterprising firm of Charlotte, N. C., teliing of the industrial growth of that city. The book is very well prepared and it presents a pretty picture of thc North Carolina city. The booklet declares thai the population of Char lotte has increased from i?,500 in 1330 to 41,500 in 1907, and judging from the photograph of city, the popula tion" must be somewhat, near these figures. Thc development of the South as a cotton manufacturing country is revealed jn thc booklet. There arc 19 of these mills in Char lotto alone, end in ilie State there are 245 factories, with 2,023,043 spindles and 42,775 looms. In South Carolina there are 114 mills, with 2, 671,410 spindles and 65,SS3 looms. The city has many handsome struc tures and a building boom is in pro gress. A new hotel costing $250,000 was recently finished, the money be ing raised by the people of the city. Tho finest op;ra house, it is asserted, in the South, is located in Charlotte, and one of the realty companies has a twelve-story building. -A new Y. M. C. A. home to cost $100,000 is to be erected. A Presbyterian hospital to cost $65,000, and an Ejks' temple, to cost $50,000. The elegant ne* auditorium just completed' is un doubtedly one of the greatest pub lic conveniences which hes ever been placed in the city. It is a distinct credit to Greater Charlotte. Its seat 4,500. Thc money com ings all came 'from Charlotte, city has fine new municipal) county and Federal buildings and handsome school houses. The good roads movement has made great progress? in Mecklenburg the county of which Charlotte is thc capital. There are 180 miles of stone roads in the county as the result of a road builders' congress. New Currency Law Needed. . 1 Washington, D. C., Special-Sena tor Elkins, of West Virginia, declar ed, after a talk with the President, that a new currency law would have ! to be passed this winter to correct j the evils that are responsible for the money panic. "The business of the country has increased faster than the supply of money,' he explained, "and we must have more money to keep up with the programme.'' Bell Telephone Floats Stock. New York. Special-Final pay payment of $50 a share on the $21, "?25.200 additional stock issue of the American .Telegraph & Telephone Company, popularly known as the n.ell "telephone trust," was made. Thc entire issue was disposed of, a large number of shares being sub scribed for by English financiers and banking houses. The new stock is is sued to supply the funds needed for the great improvements and exten dens planned by the telephone com pany for 1908. Barn Destroyed. Columbia, Special.-A barn on the farm of Mrs. Eva Moore at Culleoka .vas destroyed by fire Sunday night, together, with two cows and a lot of farming machinery belonging to her tenant, R. Daugherty. Thc origin of tho fire is not known. The loss will probably amount to $600 or more and chere was no insurance. A Conference on Trusts. Chicago, Special.-The "trust" conference of thc National Civic federation, which is to continue for four days,, opened herc. About 400 iclegatcs were present, representing 12 States and approximately 80 or ganizations of a mercantile, civic ?id municipal character. President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Colum jia University, the president of thc Federation, called the convention to ii der. For a Fair Election. Memphis, Special-Friday's pri mary to determine whether the Wil iams or Walsh forces shall go igainst the Malone ticckt for four ?ty offices Nov. 5, will be absolutely 'air. This was made sure when the democratic Executive Board adopted i resolution that where fraud is> de eded in any ward the box shall be hrown out MEN AND BOYS of EMgrefielci Oouxrt^r We would like to say that we aim high in cur se lection ot Men's Fall and Winter Suits. We get the best Suit productions from the shop's 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 $10. to $30. ---I------?-- mm ? MWBWWMMMMWBBBBMWWMi The greatest strength lies in the assoitment at$i2-5o $15, $18 and ? We can give you positively superior results in Tailoring, Appearance, Style and quality. Anybody can quote prices. It's the Suit at the price that tells the stor}\ The Home of d@?sl Clot hes 743 Broad ?&. Augusta, Ga. 1010 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. $5*jf We give, Special attention.td"-handling Sf?? ie Cotton, viz: "ALLEN SEED\"FLORO fi DORA" and ethers of this grade' W. W. RAMSEY, G. W. LEG WEN.. x ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS TIN ROOFING Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylights, Dealer iii Stoves, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grates, Tin Plate, Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Solder, Eve Troughs'and Conductor Pipes, Roofing and SheatiDg Papers. Shop and. Wareroom iojo JONES ST.* PHONE 100 Repairing Promptly Done. Cotton Factor? -AND LEADERS IN Wagons and Buggies. 835 and 837 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Ga. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE: Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishings is complete. A Large ?tock. 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 money. GEO. IP. COBB. Johnston. { South Oarolioa, ./HITE WALL PAPER. All-white watered paper for walls has proved to be the relief sought by women of fastidious taste from the the over-flowered cretonne papers that became so exceedingly tiresome; to the eye and nerves, says "Vogue." The effect of a room of which the walls are papered is white and furnished with cretonnes of a choice character, is charming. PICNICS ADVOCATED. While the rush is on don't forget chat everyone on the farm should have a little picnic of some sort af-, ter harvest. There is considerable of pleasure in planning for it and look ing forward to the time. Then, too, one always appreciates a picnic bet ter right after a spell of extra kar<J work.-Farmer's Call. WOLFISH. "Ever surrounded by wolves?" "Nc; but I know the sensation. I used to open the dining-room doors at a ?mmer "net?!."-Louisville Cour ier-Journal MORE SATISFACTORY. Eastman-I understand your father owns a large ranch in New Mexico. Docs he run it on scientific prin ciples? Westlake-No; he runs it on mcney-rnaking principles.-Chicago New.s,