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?jH'frpfrM'fl ttl r ir ri i-M? ia j The Planter's Leah - [ Jami Savings Bank :; Augusta, Ga. Pays Interest on Deposits, . 11 J* Accounts Solicited. . . + L?I?AYNF. CHAS. C. HOWARD, I PREaJ.DE.-, 1*. GASHIEu. RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. . . Ml-MM'li'l M ll ll 1 M'-H* ?M tl 111* HM ItlllM H THE NATI0NAL3ANK OF AUGUSTA, ' AUGUSTA,GA. L. C. HA^NB, CHAS. E. CLM8& President. . ?allier^ CAPITAL ?250,000.00^ Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business of oar nat-ot-town fries dj receives the ?am? cwf foi atteriftdn a? ttutt , of oar local depositors. The ??Spants of .j* careful conservative people solicited. iniitri"ii'ninm?*-H* YOI . 73. . KDGEF?ELD, C.. WEIfc$l?SDAl\ JULY 22, 1908. Ni). -30. <i li i i 11111 rm M 1111 > 1111 tl Walmetto Thc News of South Care ? * ? Clemson Trustees Meet. Clemson College, Special.-At thc meeting of the trustees of Clemson College held here last week all mem bers of the board were present ex cept Senator Tillman and the Hon J. G. Richards, The following election* were held: S. M, Martin, associate professor, was promoted to the professoiship of mathematics. He is a graduate of the Citadel and has taught at Con ion for ten years. Hale Hous.on, as sociate professor of civil engineering was made professor of civil engineer ing and applied mathematics. He is a praduate of Washington and Lee, anci has taught at Clemson about five years. A. G. Shanklin was' promoted to be associate piofcs?or of mathe matics, and J. E. Hunter, B. H. John ston, E. W.'Biamlett were promoted in lins. L. A. Sease; of Newberry county, a graduate of Clemson, the first alumnus elected trustee, and for twenty years a teacher, was elected assistant professor of mathematics. His election makes a vacancy on the board which the Legislature will fill. The cxpeiiment station is as fol lows: J. N. Haip^r, director; C. C. Newman, horticulturist; A. P. Con rad zo-olcgist; Enoch Barnett, vet erinarian and animal husbandman; H. W. Barre, botanist; T. E. Keith, chemist. All these have been con nected with the College and station combine*?, and go with the station by ? choice on the separation of station and college. No directer for the agricultural de partment of the college was elected. A committee of the trustees will se lect a man. Dr. C. H. Shattoeh, a Ph. D., of . the University of Chicago, at pres- ! ent at Wabash College Indiana, was ; elected to the chair of botany and forestry. A few other vacancies in the agricultural department will be filled dater. Mr. Samuel Evans, of Cheraw, was elected assistant bookkeeper. Mr. W. D. Garrison was transferred from thc College station to the coast ex periment station as superintendent. Your inspectors were appointed to ?ontinue the work of tick education. .The department of agriculture at Washington has appointed 16 addi tional inspectors. The same depart ment has transferred tw ment veterinarians to this work under the direction < lege veterinarian. The trastees decided tc exhibit at,lue State Tjair. ni and former students o; will bold a big reunion ii during the State Fair. Bn?ding ur? Bennett Bennettsville, Special.-The board of public works for Bennettsville has let thc contract for water works to Messrs. Abee & Edwards, of Hick- ; ory. "N. C. The contract amounts to nearly $27,000 and provides for about six miles of work. The water supply will be obtained from wells to be sunk on the lot on which is situated the power house. The plan provides not for a de?p well, but for a. suf ficient number of wells from 80 to 100 feet deep to supply the town with water. This plan was adopted on account of the splendid water to bo obtained from such wells and also ; on account of the uncertainty of the-' cietp well in this section. The stand pipe will be erected on the site uow j occupied by the ma- ket, which is on the northwest corner of the Court] House square near the centre of the J business portion of the town. It will be about 180 feet high and have a capacity of 100,000 gallons or more. Difficulty About a Cow. Lancaster, Special.-A difficulty occurred one day last week between two negroes, Bart Frazier and Har vey Massey,- on the Witherspoon plan tation on Catawba River in which Frazier was shot in the abdomen. Massey using a shotgun. The at tending physician says the wouncY:d man will die. The trouble was about a cow. Quits Race For Solicitor. Newberry, Special.-County Chair man F. H. Dominick received a mes sage from the Hon. E. L. Richardson, o? Greenwood, asking him to an nounce that, on account of business matters, which would interfere with his making the race he had decided to withdraw from the race for solici tor in this circuit. The announce ment was intended to be made at the campaign meeting here but was delivered to Mr. Dominick after the meeting had adjourned. Mr. Rich ardson's withdrawal leaves Solicitor R. A. Cooper in the race without op position. Murder Trial at Spartanbnrg. .Spartanburg, Special.-The atten tion of the Court was taken up in hearing the case of Will Pearson, colored charged with killing a negro named Rooks, at Enoree several months ago. The case was first tried last September, but resulted in a mistrial. The jury went out on the case in the afternoon, but as yet no verdict has been reached. It looks as if the jury may remain out all nbrht. Bail Asked for Alleged Wife Slayer. Spartanburg, Special.-In the mat ter of an application for bail for W. T. Jones, of Santuc, who is charged with being responsible for the .death of his wife, arguments were made be fore Judge Hydrick by Judge Town send ami James Monroe, of Union, for thc defendant. The motion was resisted by Sawyer & Barron, but no agreement was reached. The attor neys returned to Union to procure addi Vaha) affidavits and the case will be rqiswed.in the near future. I H9H MIMI IM-W-r-K-fr-frM ftf-H-H-fl-4 Affair* lina in Condensed Form | ? i t-8-n-t-? t fr i m-w g 11118 J i J i ? . Tiger Injunctions Clinched. Columbia, Special.-The Supreme Court last week issuer.? pannanent in junctions against two places in Col umbia and ninteen places in Charles, ton olleged to be maintaining nuis I annes in violation af the Carey-Cbth I ran law, On affidavits presented by j Attorney General Lyon several weeks ago temporary injunctions were or dered until ? decision was rendered in one ease. TJjose affected are: W. H. Tiller, 71S Main street, and the Blanding Social Club, Paul Rob inson, president, Columbia, and the following from Charleston: Jerry W. Dunn, H. D. Harkin, Otto H. Wicters, the New Charleston Hotel, Eiddock & Byrns, R. Hopke, Henry H. Rabens, J. H. Williams, Chas. S. Willbur, H. Mansfield. L. F. Koester, S. P. Schiadaressi, the Argyle Hotel, ?the Charleston Turnverein, the Ger man Rifle Club, and the Palmetto Boating Club. Attorney General Lyon will shortly apply for other in junctions. The decision of the Su preme Court rendered a few days ago, means that any club sell*.:g lieuor illegally can bc closed, and thc authorities intend to push every case where constables submit affidavits showing that the law is being vviolat ed. Drove From County. Torkville, Special.-About ten days or two weeks ago a report gained currency in a -neighborhood about seven mile6 notheast of Yorkville, near Clover, that a horrible assault had been made on the person of a little white girl. An immediate in vestigation proved it to be utterly false and without foundation. Citi zens of the Neighborhood made .care ful inquiry as to the author of the report, and finally fastened guilt on Bob Howard, a negro. On Monday night a number men visited his home took him out, applied 100 lashes to his back and advised him to leave the State, never to return. He went. It is claimed that he started similiar reports in several other neighbor hoods hi which he had lived in the county. Fino Tobacco Prospects. Manning, Special.-All the tobacco ware house men in Manniug ave very -J-??:?;m,c rvnprj of competitive prices" for all meir ta bacco. The outlook continues fav orable for the tobacco crop, and the prospect is that the weed will bring Clarendon county several hundred thousand dollars this year. A Strange Animal. I Watcirbo.ro, Special. - For some j days past the people of Cottageville have been very much exercised over the appearance in that neighborhood of a strange animal. It is described by those who have seen it as being entirely different from anything they have ever seen before in the animal kingdom. It is about the size of a yearling calf, has a head shaped like adog, scream? like a peacock and leaps like a kangaroo. Some per sons who have seen it say that it is anrighted; others that it is vicious and shows signs of attacking them. On the whole it is a most peculiar animal. Farmer Commits Suicide. Yorkville, Special.-Mr. John C. Whitesides, a farmer living near Sharon, in this county, committed suicide on last Friday by shooting himself through the head with a shot gun. The deed was due to mental aberration. He leaves a wife and several children. Dr. Timmerman Passes Away. Lexington, Special. - Surrounded by all thc members of his family, Dr. W, H. Timmerman passed away at his home in Batesburg after a short but severe illness of pneumonia. Dr. Timmerman was seventy-six years old last May. He is survived by his wife and eight children, four boys and four girls, all of whom are promi nent citizens in the community in which they live. The news of his death will be received with genuine sorrow by the many friends of this distinguished citizen throughout the State. White Haired "Tiger" Convict ai Spartanburg, Sprcial.-D. Parker, an old white-haired, gray-bearded man, pleaded guilty in the Court of Sessions on the charge of selling liquor. He looked like Alexander Dowie. Judge Hydrick endeavored to get the defendant to promise that he would not sell any more whiskey, but the old man would not promise. He was sentenced to serve three months or pay a fine of $100. ?Attached His Bank Account. Spartanburg, Special.-Following in the wake of the revoking of tho license of the Piedmont Mutual In surance Company by. Commissioner McMaster, attachment papers were served on the bank account of A. M. Alexander, president of the com pany, and also a rule, signed by Judge Gage, was served on the com pany to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. The rule is returnable before Judge Gage in Yorkville, July 24. MERGER CASE ARGUED Argument in Southern Railway I Merger Case Before the South Car olina Supreme Court. Columbia, Special-The appeal in the Southern Railway merger casi was argued before thc Supreme Court. For the appellant, the South ern Railway, Messrs. B. L. Abney, of Columbia-, aud A. T. Smythe, oj Charleston, appeared, andi for flu State, respondent, Messrs. J. Fr?set Loon, Attorney General, and Q. Dun can Bellinger, formerly Attorney Genreal, The appeal is from Judgq Klugh's order granting the motion cf the Attorney General and discon tinued the suit, which was made for the purpose of beginning a new ac tion. prosperous Crop Outlook. Chester, Special.-The prospects of a_ large yield of all kinds of crops in this county are brighter and. more promising just now' than has been thc case at this season in quite a num ber of years. The weather through out the year has been ideal for cul tivation. There is a larger acreage in corn than there has been in any year in the last ten;\much of the fertilizer used this year has been ap- ! plied to that crop. Thc cotton fields j everywhere are now in full bloom and ! in spite of the unusual - quantity of I rain the stalks are tal-inj? on "fruit" j nicely. Ready for^ the, Inmates. Charleston, Special t-Matters have so far progressed v.*. th the Jacob Washington Francki? hospital and Horno in preparingvfyve splendid in siiuauou for the reception of inmates that applications for; admission will be received now. \ ?*i the recent quarterly meeting of the Augclican Lutheran Society, tht rules and reg ulations of the Home' were formed and adopted, thus enabling the in stitution which was founded through the generosity of the la'? Mr. Tranckc to throw open its hospitabk doors to the aged and infirmS. Elected Delegates to Greenville. Chester, Special.-At lhe quarter ly meeting of Wclker-t'-av^on Camp, ?. C. V., the following , delegates (were elected to i^e Statt 'Re-Union o be held at Gre'envWe noxt month: J. J. McLure, W. H. Harb in, J. W. Reed and Alex Wise. A ?solution was adopted? providing tha^ when a fnmrnde dies a page in tht minutes *"fci '--r . . v 4 tal stock of a bank at Cainpobello, a thriving tow)?'in-1 he tipper section of this county, Thich 'will be capitaliz ed at $15,000. J. AV. Si opsnn, vico president of tho" Cent *a National Pank of this city, wjlU be the presi dent, J. M. Jackson,"-'. B. Caldwell and T. B. Waldrop. a) 1 well known j andi influential citizens'of Campolello are promoters of the bunk. Hanged in Win ashore Winnsboro, Special:-The first cap ital execution in 15 ycaVs in Winns boro was performed in thc county jail here Friday. The vieira was a negro, John Westley {^hek il, ,who, on May 15th this year, m^rde^ed george Lawhorne and Alice Wit.tc. both colored, near Ridgeway \ At (lie June term of court he was ti jed and. con victed of murder in Uh., first cfcgree. Judge Gage sentenced Shedd to bu hanged. / Tried to Board Movinr '."rain. Spencer Special.-Willi tm Forest. 13 years old, v?? this place, nt temp ted to board a rapidly moving 'rain here and fell under the wheels, which mashed one of his feet almost from the limb. Ho was picked, up by friends and taken to a hospital in Salisbury for tho puipo.se of amputa tion of the limb. Mother Poisons Children. r Buffalo, N. Y., Special.-Mrs. Isa bella Salden fed her three, small children poison and then strangled each with a handerkerchief to make her work sure. She then ?sent to the grocery store for m?re poison, which she took herself. Her three children were dead wher their monier was discovered, and Mrs. Sohlen was dying. Physicians did what they could for her, but it is thought she cannot survive. Negro Church at Laurens Bums. Laurens, Special.-During the prog ress of an electrical storm'here ono day last week, Bethel African Metho dist Church was* set on fire by light ning and within less than an hour the building was in ashes. By reason of defective hose and low pressure of water, the fire company was un able to cope with the flames. Thc building was a wooden structure, aal the loss is placer1, at $1.500, with io insurance. Two Drowned1 in a Creek. St. Marys, W. Va., Special.-?wo men were drowned and five others swam to safety when a skiff ir thc Middle Island creek sank under tho weight of its load. The sever men wanted to cross the creek, ard not finding the ferryman at the wharf, started out in a small skiff. When the little craft began to silk all jumped. Marlin andy Goddard wer) carried under the wharf how and drowned. I Ncty'onBf Convention Gathered 111 Col ambus, Ohio PLATFORM BRIEF BUT POINTED Illinois lind Ohio Furnish the Candi dates pf ti o Prohibition Party har President -?.nd vice-President Se spe?tiv?iy-v^oth Nominations Ha-io, Unanimous? . Columbus, ?0., Special.-For Presi dent, Eugene ?Jv*. Chafin, of Chicago..; for Vice President, Aaron S. War iin, of Ada, 0. This ticket was noi> ?inated by the Prchibitionist natiot> j? convention aud botl non inaticins*^/^. ? made unanimoiife*. The fuji cnddt.r. ?_ ment of the conviction was not, hc ; Wr_ ?ver, given to Mi* Ciaijn until ai 'fa three ballots hart I ?cu taken. ! Eugene W. Chafin, who lead? ??jbe Prohibition party this year is r mk-t I lorney. He is a native of Wa ?fcp?ha j county, Wisconsin, and for suerai I years practiced law there. ?fe was at one time candidate for ' erjior of Wisconsin on the p A&!ibit;)on ticket, and was this year ??k.ced for the running of the same ?oisitioni i^i Illinois by the the prohib' A?onists that State. A S ?hc Platfpr 4. ...??v*.^". It is as follows: ' " j . "The Prohibition pr /riv v> e j?? ted States, assemble j invention at Columbus, Ohio, /u[v 100S. j expressing gr Aitud'j to Almighty ?od lor thc victo der. .>? our ?principies1 in h. the past, for- r oeourar er/ient at pr?s ? ent anil foi. joufidence/ of early and triumpnan* meces* fo t the fu%c. makes thc following .declaration of principles and pledge their enaet i lient into law, when placed in power. Tho ->ubmissia.i by Congress to tl c severa; Slates < .f- an amendment to the ?'jCt jal const? tuliou prohibiting tho manuf tcture, sale , importa??n, ex- ?oatatioi. or tra' isportation of alqb ht Ac liquors for beverage purposes. ; 2. The immoliate prohibition m? the liquo\- rnaffir. for beverage pur poses in thc Dy.crict of Columbia,; in tho ten.itorieg and all places Q'jfer', which ';hc nt? -ional government ??asv jurisdu ?ion, the repeal of the internal revent? tax on alcoholic liquors ?nd thc p rohibition of the. interstate traf fic therein. " 3. The election of United States ser gators by direct, vote of tho 'people. /'4. Equitable graduated income 0 ad inheritance taxes. ' *'5. The establishment of posu:l prevails in. many of our cities with the unspeakable traffic, in girls. "9. Uniform marriage and divorce laws. "10. Au. equitable ancTi constituti onal cmj?loyers' liability act. "ll. Lourt review of postoffice dc partme at decisions. "12. The prohibition of child labor in UTjnes, work-hops and factories. '"\3. Legisla 1 n basing suffrage onby upon inti renee and ability to read and write .c English language. -'"14. The pr ration of fife mine ral and fore: resources of the country and t) mprovemeut of the highways and terways. "Bc. j\ing in lie righteousness of our cause and in the final triumph of our principles and convinced of the unwillingness of i/ie Republican and Democratic parties to deal with these issues, we invite to full patty fellow ship all citizens who are with us agreed. ' ' Yellow Fever in Cuba. Havana, Cuba, By Cable-As a result of an attack by Spanish miners on the men sent to break the spread of yellow fever at Daiquiri Mayor Fauntleroy, commanding Hie army medical service, has redoubled his force. If further trouble is en countered the medical forces will be reinforced by troops. , Explosion in Coal Mine. Pottsville, Pa., Special.-Seven mine workers were killed and .ten others injured by a terrific explosion of gas in tbe Williamstown colliery of the Summit Branch Mining Com pany, in the lower part of the anthra cite coal fields. The mine was wrecked and set on fire. The dead are: John Reilly, Arthur Hawk, Charles Rickert, John Whittles, An thony Fre?as, James Bowman, Mich ael Stakum. Thc explosion occurred in No. 1 shaft of the colliery and is believed to have been caused by one of the men lifting the gauze of his safety lamp. Congressional Appropriations. Washington, Special.-Thc report now completed shows the total ap propriations of both Houses of the Arst session of the sixtieth Congress to be a billion, eight millions and a quarter. The contract awarded for future work will require an appro priation of forty-nine millions. Six teen thousand new offices and empoly ments are specifically authorized, the annual compensation for them being thirteen millions and a half. Jealousy Responsible for Georgia Tragedy. Atlanta, Ga., Special-L. P. Cox. a roof repairer, was shot and instant ly killed by 0. E. Rutland, a railroad fireman of West Point Ga., in the lear of a moving picture theatre on Whitehall street. Cox was to have been married next Monday, and it is said that the killing grew out of his jealousy of John W. Rutland, a broth er of 0. E. Rutland, and with whom he had quarreled a few hours earlie*. Rutland surrenderee), IO MISE FREIGHT RATES. AJ? Advance of Prom. 4 to 10 C 6nti Per Hundred Pounds Over . tfl, Present Rates Dei ided Upon by thi Executive Offices s of the ?a?roac Systems lim ?rea ad in tb A Meetini at LonisviDe. . - , Louisville, Ky., ? Recial.-Thal height i-9&*f should h/? advanced ic the territory of the Southeast Frcighl Assr Cation and the Soirtheastfru Mif ??fr?ppi. Talley /'Association, which ta^'es 5n ail of the territory south of * the tHfcnp viver juad'er,st of the Mis e* ii?jppi rivar; -WHS, gelded on at th? mealing <oi .the executive officers oi ,a?l of th* wlroad Byatems interest cd, wsh?dt Closed Friday. Tho ad? vaace, it, 'a sai^, will he from 4 'to 1? "cent's a, hundred pouuds horizontally *p ?coirespond with thc advance de ??i?ed on by the Southwestern Freight Association recently. The advance was decided on uitcr con dderable op posite on the part of certain rail road executives who maintained that an ruVanco of rates at thc? present time was Impolitic, but t!ii> opposi tion was dually won over bv thc argu ment 4?mt in order to meer, the vari on* increased expense, an ircrease ir r'*?es was absolutely necess; ay. Th? I clerical forces of the railroads in j terested are quartered in Louisville ? temporarily working out the tariffs j It is considered probable thar, the tariffs will not be in shape for filins before August 1st, and in accoi dance with the requirements of the 'inter state commerce commission con pell ing rates to be filled 30 days pru r tu 'becoming effective the new rates will not be in force until September 1st indianapolis, Ind., Special.-It was stated by prominent rhippers thai the IncYana Manufacturers and Shippers' Association. will resist with persist ency any attempt by the railroads to increase freight rate:- in cent rai freight association territory. Thc fact that a tariff sched ?le represent ing increased rates in tl-c Southwest ern Freight Association territory has been filed, together with reliable iii' formation to the effect tl ?it the offi cers of the Central Freig.'rt Associa tion are now in session ist Chicago seeking rates, will hasten to fruition such plans as have been put on foot for a conference of representatives of shippers' associations of! practi cally all States of the Union. This conference which likely will lie held in Indianapolis, will take up the question of the proposed incitease ir rates all over the United Staf.es and will adopt plans for fighting the move, ment of the railroads. :rap and paid the extreme penalty of lis crime by hanging. Guifjppc Alia's jrime, the murder of bather Leo Heinrichs, of the Order of Franciscan Monks, nt the altar rail in St. Eliza icth's church in Denver while the iricst was administering the sacra neat of thc Eucharist, struck horro? o the heart of every person in Dou rer und awakened ajixiety through tut. the Catholic world lest it should nw-; the hf ginring ot' a general plan d* priest-iui rdev. Mr. Kern Welcomed Home. Lidianapo'is, Ind., . Special.-Th? ion-partisan reception ^iven John W. vern, the mwly no/jiinjted Deraccrat c eardirtite for .Tice President of he United States, ho'd in the court louse yard on this candidate's nr ival home from 'Denver, was as learty and ??CMKTOUS and spontaneous s the cit ?jens of I ikVia napoKs, re gardless of polities could make it. 'idly ?.000 larsons .-,nthered in Del aware street and in the court house rid, ?nd gave Mr. Kern a hearty i-e'eome and cheered him enthusiasti ally. Thc candid'rto, iuldressed the rowd for about. minutes, follow ng h.is presentation by Charles W. ?'airb.-ink ;, Vice President of the Tnited States. Fou# years ago Mr. Cern presentc? Mr. Fairbanks to ff tig uor>-part' jan gathering under imilar circumstances. Guilty of Filling His Own Sister. Jacli anvil1 e. Special.- Otis D ?lilith, .<bim<;rly of Atlanta, was onvictcci of killing his sister, Cora Jello Smith. The virdict was mur er in the firs'; degree without recom mendation The dead girl, it is tated, was sit one time employed in store "in Atlanta. Her brother ame to Atlanta to take her home nd while in that city had a divi nity with a young man, knocking im down at Broad and Marietta trccts, which caused quite a sonsa ion at the t'.rae, as will be recalled. ,ater Smith carrieii his .-dater to i'lorid?. 'ennessee Populists Adopt Platform. Nashville. Tenn.. Special.-The tate convention of the People's 'arty, which met here, adopted a lat form of the nntional party made t St. Louis and pledges support to lie nominees, favor; the enactment y Congress of the Hepburn-Iiolliver ill or a similar mdisure prohibiting lie importation of liquor into terri fy where its sale has been prohib ?e! and dsmands Legislation against ucket shops. Wholesale Grocers Adjorn. Asheville, Special.--The Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association clos 1 its three days' convention in this ty Thursday aflcrnoon with the lection of thc following officers: 'resident, J. Van Hoose, Birming am, Ala.; First vice-President. H. .. Forsceimcr, Mobile, Ala.; Second 'icc President, W. B. Maliorv, M-m his, Tenn.; Treasurer, S. W. Lee, irmingham. Ala.; Secretary, Robert [core Birmingham,, Alas, I Lute JVebuj \ \ In WWrief ?* I I MINO]? MATTERS OF INTEREST I' Spanish minen at Daiquiri, Cuba, attacked American sanitary workers last week who were fighting yelhrw fever there. Zeppelin's airship was disabled again and the 24-hour flight post poned. The Prinoe of Wales sailed on the Indomitable for Quebec's celebration. Chairman Hitchcock has called a conference <->f nil the Republican loaders of the West to meet at Col orado Springs. Uniter1* States officials fear the out break of a general war. among thc Central American republics. . Leon Pohlmann, a well-known Ger man tailor, committed suicide by in haling gas. False teeth count against appli cants for positions as policemen in ; Washington. A -special letter from Protestant Episcopal ministers will be sent to Biislrop Brent urging him to accept ?re bishopric of Washington. Hazel Drew's suit case was found in Troy, N. Y., and the theory nd vaaiced that she was murdered in that ??ty. William J. Bryan again indicated Ihis interest ;.n publicity of campaign contributions. Senator Thomas C. Platt celebrat ed his seventy-fifth birthday. One thousand Texans, huntiug foi the assailant of a white girl, killed one negro and burned two negro re sorts. That exchange of transportation for advertising in unlawful under the Hepburn act was the decision of Judge Koblsaat, of Chicago. William J. Cunningham, of Balti more, was elected high priest of the Mystic Shriners at St. Paul. "?enry Rcuterdhl, navy critic, talk ed with President Roosevelt of thc new navy. Array officers are urging that the UiitecS States ouild a fleet of airships f< ff coast defense. 'foe-President Bonila denies to th? Cnitcd States Consul that he is be hinil t?se revolt in Honduras. ?Srvsral new army posts are to be Biblis h ed to guard the Mexican ?burder. Judge Taft refuses to go as far as the Democratic committee on the question of announcing campaign con tributions and says the Republicans dividual contribution to .>iv,i/w. Hon. Thomas O'Brien, Ambassador to Japan, -arrived in San Francisco, derlaring ihe Japanese desire peace. President Roosevelt wrote to Mrs. Cleveland, giving credit to the late ex-pjy.sident for foreseeing the need of forest preservation. Dr. Harry Friedenwald, of Balti more, was re-elected president of the American Federation of Zionists. Thoma? D. Jordan, formerly comp troller of the PJquitable Life Assur ance Society, dropped dead in a 17ew jfork subway station. More than 100 persons were-ar rested upon the discovery of a plot against the Czar in Russian Poland. France celebrated the fall of the Bastile. Manv nrohibilionists are Datherimz at coi i of wit of T wini pres eral Rs cidei the b ing ? Bis firme Yeroi W. Y. of to\ Scni the Ni the rei is nece; freight Seem dent at posed t. situatioi The A steaming from Hor. A staid Judge Tai injunction of the Ollie Four proi plosion on ehusetts coa Senor Ob. lent of Par. ind without . The Shah o granted annie; ;he British le.e Fire did $40 ver Iselin's he Fourteen I killed by the < President C. s declared to b )rdcrs in Hoii bree of thc mblies under A chained ng the dale o: ;cl to Codding; er, England, ion it was sr .678. G?orjgi?L Railroad. Bank Savings .pcpJ*rtj}Mnt Pays 4 % interest on all accounts in this department* compounded every six months, January and July. Capita! and Surplus $550,000,00. GO TO SEE HAMING & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, * Wejrepresent the Best ' Old Line Companies. \ . H Mlfil? & BYRD> A.t The Farmers Bank of Edgefleld JVE?tlte Snmmer COOKING EASY GET A BLUE FIAME OHL STOVE? We Guarantee them to Piesse You? Jones & Son We also sell Fruit Jars, Extra Rubbers, Extra Top? and Jelly Tumblers. Call on us or Phone us. Men9s Summer Wear Come to us for everything that is new and stylish'ici wear for Men and Boys. ; We* buy only from thti largest manufacturers in the country who know how'tov put wearing qualit?s at well as style in merchandise. 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