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?AYINGS Augusta, Ga, ACCOUNTS . f1 SOLICITE? X PBSSIDSST. . J ChasrC. Howard, ; : CASHIXB. ? k; i i- a f g i t I i t i i I B i n i l i i r a i i$ v -. IVRE CK 1 AVG L. C. HAYNE, Presider FBANK G. FOBD, Oas CAPITAL. .... . .$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 I ? W.?.fJlaJ,J?e PjeaMd to bave ynu optnan acconnt-? J, wiih rbis Batik. Customers and corrvspondtats a?- ?. T sured of every courtesy and accoinnii^latloa posai* i T bw under uo'userrailve, modern Banking nie ; hods Ti 1111 ? 11111111111111111118 .71. EDGEFIELD, Si C., W?DNESD?^i MARCEL 21, ?06. NO. 18. Wm. Schweigert, Prest. A. S. Morris, Vico-Prest. Thoa. S. Gray, Cssh, Union'Savfngs.Bank? j Augiista? 0a.? , with resources of over Eight JHuudred Thousaud dollars and a Board of Directors chosea from the moat successfulJ business men in the rommunKy* inviteB you to'become a depositor, prom l^&g you ev?ry crj?rtesy. X JTOUBJPEB CENT INTEREST paid on Savings accounts, Correspondence invited. ./-"\Z'. i*V H BABBJETT, J Pi DO?GflTY, JRj Wi K, 'KITCHEN,.Special BARRETT & DOUGHTY, Liberal Advances" M?de-on - Prospective (>opa and Consignments. .,. FERTILIZERS >.jPjjf"Personal attention-given all details. ^ , ... .. ''V?^^'?adeno'''.solicited. 744 Reynold Street Augusta, Ga. Aetna Eh?nixy Mutual Benefit, Life? Fidelity & Casualty Co,. Accident Title Gu^?nty & Trust Co* American Lire Stoelt lnsurance Com? Horse'and/Mille- Ins? festate-'Bought S Sold. A;GR?FFINi& CO. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accents. .Sickness and Wind Storms. It will bea.pl?asure to serve you at all times and your, business, will be heartily appreciated. . We haye now on hand tf?-head! of choice Horses and Mules. Now is the time to make your p?rchaes. Our prices are as low as can be made, quality considered. B. L, JONES & SON. Stables in Rear-of Court House. PATAPSCO MASTODON GEORGIA CHEMIC Ali WORKS . ' AUGUSTA, GA. Everything in fertilizers, plant foods .and agri cultural chemicals." Blood and Bone goods, Fish goods a<id Cotton Seed Meal Mixtures. These reliable fertilizers have-been tried by the 'trade for over a third.of a century, and tlT?ir increas ing popularity attests their merit. Using them is therefore no experiment. Factories Augusta, Ga., Pon Pon, S. C. Sold exclusively at Edgeftelcl byjtn'e EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY. J^TCall on them for further information. nu on ed at eil i mr in bu pa Judge Parker Advocates One For President HIS NOTEWORTHY UTTERANCES Distinguished Jurist, ia an Address in, the Southern Manufacturers' . Club, at Charlotte, N. C., Declares That ?he Time Has Come When Southern Democrats Should he Rec ognized, and They Themselves Should no Longer Hesitate to Ac cept the Honors for the Work Well Done. Charlotte, N. C., Special.-One of th? niostsigiii/icanl ul. te va noes that has been m.. '.e in thc South in many a day was delivered herc Friday night by Judge Alton B. Parker, thc nat ional leader of the Democratic party, when he declared that thc next Dem ocratic nominee for th? presidency of the United States should come from the South.. He argued that the sec tion of the. country that furnished the votes'should also furnish the head of'the ticket. In* thc course of his well prepared speech...Jiidge Parker used thc follow ing interesting language :.' While this conscientious devotion to''an idea has. commended itself to thc D?modais of the whole country and basilius made and kept the party rational, during recent years tlie* peo ple of the South, without variable ness or shadow of turning) have been its mainstay. Shirking uh. responsibi lity, seeking llb; Autionel rewards-, pro moting no special interest* tt? move ments, they have thither been trucu lent in victory nor discouraged in de feat. Going on in their way, regulat ing their own affairs, without hope of commanding subsidy, paying cheer fully tb ?ftrry out policies in which they could huveno part, they have so impressed themselves upon their time that thc one special problem coming to them from the past has been solv ed in such-a way I hat thc whole coun try has not only been forced to ap prove and applaud but to imitate as Ihc only way to deal with it. But thc lime has conic when new duties and responsibilities must be undertaken, by thc Democrats ?if the South, ll is moro than two score rears since- thc war closed .and your people lind, themselves upon the threshold:ot what promises to be the nost remarkable business develop ment-the world has ever known within he same time aud HptWe;. Some of^ ^our men havLVgone forth to command ;he highest success, iii the most hon vrable. way, . iii tlie greatest- financial uul: c?raiu.ereial. ? movement's,. Of - ritlie ^^^^ mterprihe^.J ail(1yc m??t-;?1n1euit of all, :our iifi?>pl?i fts a Wh'c'ib, have so rcnin aih'cu ?ii'd increased'their "own .posi ion and the dominance, of the coun ty in one of the greatest products of he soilas?.to make them thc wonder md the admiration of thc world. "Ju spite of youl* devotion .tu prin iplc'iUid Consistency, iii the face of a lumerical importance that was pre londerant, in polities only have you tepped aside. From the earliest days ince self-government was restored ou have sent your best men into pub ic life. They have heed' at oilce mod st, able? devo.lciij patriotic and hon st. No jail or penitentiary has open d its hospitable doors to admit youi ienalors, Representatives or Gover ors, nor have thc officers of the law, rom detectives to attorneys-general, eeh; compelled to haul them into the rimiual* courts. In the face of this ??cord you have not only permitted us f the North to present to .you candi ales for President and Yice-Presi eul, but you have insisted upon our oing so and have then Voted for them nd that, too, when spine times no ther States did so. The occasion was also graced by the resencc of Governor Glenn of North arolina and Governor Heyward of outh Carolina, each of whom made ilks that were highly interesting to lose present. Judge Parker left dur ig the night for his New York home. Four Bumed to Death in Hotel. Grand Rapids, Mich., Special.-The ulsiness portion of the village of rustin, Osceola count}-, was destroy 1 hy fire which started in the base ent of tbc Hotel Compton from a ?fective furnace. Ten guests cscap l in their night clothes, while four ere burned to death. The dead are: "illiam H. M'Grane, proprietor of ie hotel. Mrs. William H. M'Grane. dward Demorest, porter. Charles rorkmau. traveling man of Pierson, [ic financial, loss is about $22.000. Carnegie Gives $20,000. Atlanta, Special.--Professor K. G. athewson, acting president of the ?orgia School of . Technology, an mnccd that' Andrew Carnegie had Teed lo give the school $20,000 for e erection of a library building, pro ded the school will furnish the sum $2,000 annually for the ruainten ice ?ud support of the library. The ft will bc accepted. Three Firemen Meet Death. ('anulen, N. J.j Special-Three fire in were killed and nine others seri sly injured at a fire which destroy thc old Sixth Regiment armory Bridge and West st reels, in this V. Thc dead arc: George W. Shields, William I1UI in. William .Tobes. The fire started thc boiler room ot thc armoury ilding and quickly spread to all rts of the structure. FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE AB Result of Undelivered Orders, Heavy Grades and Blinding Snow Storm, Score of Lives Are Lost on Denver & Rio Grande. Pueblo, Col., Special.-Thirty-five lives were crushed out carly friday in a head-end collision of two passen ger trains near Adobe, Col., on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and a ecol'? of victims-incarcerated be yond identification hy a fire that des troyed the wrecked coaches. More than a s?ore wert injured, but all will probably recover. The wreck was due to. undelivered orders, lieavj' moun tain grades, a snow storm, a sharp curve and the slippery condition of the rail*. Only the locomotives, baggage and day coaches were wrecked, the sleep ing cars escaping; almost unscathed, as in thc IS?en disaster on thc sanie road in 190-1, when part of a train ran into a flooded canyon through a washed-out bridge. ' Many of the dead were home-seek ers hound fov the" N?rthwest. The thr?e crushed loconitives set fire to the spintcred coaches and it was hours before all the bodies werie recovered, thc flames beiiur ht?jt thfit rescin d? O?tit?* iioi approach thc debris mi til thc fuel burned out. It,was a wild, stormy night iii the mountainy canyons, when the two heavy train* men Minding, snow darkened, iii*? rote^ b/dVgi^ ?iid speed was hoi high-. ENGINEERS WERE HELPLESS. Suddenly headlight ?lasli?d out; and it Vvas realized hy thc engineers that something was wrong. Accord ing to Fireman J. H. Smith, of the west-bound train. Engineer "Walter Cosbett applied th?" ?lu?vgehcV brakes but llie slippery rails allowed the mo mentum of the heavy train to carry it on to the fatal ci ash. The impact was scarcely noticeable, but the trains crutfhed and ground in to each tillich The li?lpei- engine of the west-bound train geled il* a cush ion) mniimlBUlg the fbrfee and weight of the heavy mbini taiil eh<rnles. This helper was crushed together like so much paper and the other Ibeoniotives ran through the mesh bf iV?n and plowed ?atHi bth??* to pieces. fireman Smith was the only one of thc engine crews to escape. The bag gage car of the west-bound train squeezed together. The bngfragc car, thc mail car aird a coach of the east bound trahi buekiellj hut ilbiie pf the cars?t?l?sc?pe?. FOREIGNERS ROASTED . ALIVE:> Hardy ly had thc noise of the wreck ceased when a sheet of fire ran.thro' .he shattered cars .of.'both t rains'.' In' :he' forward coaclfpf. the-.west-D'ornidi Uain ; icvery." ,,seat.,.Twa?-><^ ^ek? impug:'tliem.?n'd in-1 jave up life without linvk' empt to reach safety- oufS? ?urning car. They sank to the floor: of he car and were roasted alive. The looler ones in tho car, seeing their langer rushed for the windows and loors and with the aid of the pas engers in the rear of the train and hose members of i he train crew who rere unhurt managed io reach the op n air. Many were injured by thc ough handling they received or hy lying glass: When" thc occupants of. thc' two Iceping cars saw that nothing could e done to check the flames, they aid d the trahiment in pushing hack the ndamaged cars. Communication was opened willi the 'ueblo office of the railroad from 'ortla?d; a mile from the wreck and relief traill with physicians was dis pelled to the accident.^ The injured ere placed in thc sleeping cars and rought to Pueblo with the passengers t' the east-bound train, who were un rirt. Another relief train came from lorence to take away the uninjured ortion of the east-hound train. A list of dead made up from close ivestigation by responsible perseus )11OAVS; William Hollis engineer. Walter Cosslett, engineer. H. D. Sudduth, fireman. Edward E. Baird, deputy sheriff, enver, Archibald Whitney, prisoner in large of Baird. Mrs. William Burnside, daughter id daughter's child, all of Kansas. A. N. Bardo, Salida, Colo. Miss Grace Barklo, Salida, Colo. Enos M'Parians, express me'sscn ir. Mrs. Wm. Hewitt, Lebo, Kansas. Pearl Hewitt, Lebo, Kansas. Mrs? Catherine Hewitt, and baby iv, Lebo, Kansas. Edward Cowley, Lebo, Kansas. Fred Jones, Lebo, Kansas. Fred Lemecooley, Denver. Mrs. Winona Hewitt, Lebo, Kau s. Don?t Buy 3 or Iron J3L| oar* CSrajrci? Until you have thoroughly esa We can save you i on'cach implement. That's worth tb I EEE Our New C of Hie best Feed for the South. With e< or wt re of peed we pive I REE one yei ERN RURAL?ST-the best farm and g C?talo? tells all about it, When mali and we will give you a packet of our nc sweetest jou have ever had a chance to 0tf Write at-ouce or call at. our^st Alexander Oil JBKOAD STREET M?r||f BY DISTRICTS - "? 'p. ??rierai .Stri^- ifl M?d? Highly Im probable hy'Decision of Union Of .'.fici?te^^aid Eesolution of For mer . Oo?y|ntio? as Eliminatea Tr?m ..Consideration by Present One/ ^ iiidiii?i?poifey- Spec?alr-lt eau be stated autiiufaiyely that thc officials of the ?uite.rl'Miiic Workers of Am erica have decided to allow the Ryan r?solutipn^to?he eliminated from the cons?dcr?tioir.-aiul will act upon the assumption, jhut the adoptioii of the report of itkfr'scale committee has vir tually, repealed the resolution which prevented--oiie district from signing ap agtc?m?jit with thc operators un til all distracts had come to an agree ment. \_ .'All resections ? offered to the miners - cSj^rentioh which encdavored to effect 'action upon the scale or the Ryan resolution were quietly sent to the -. resq'liition committee without eommeiit. 'filo p??itkui of the miners leaders with reference to the Ryan resolution ;;;will enable the operators .and miners to deal by districts if there p.-ifaihtfe tb* i?i?l?e ?ii agree ment for the entire bituminous field. Mr. F. LV. Robbi ns and other opera tors who .if a vor signing by districts even if an ?dviinee iii" wngen is given are greatly pl?aSetj bV?j? the position by -thc ?e?d?lS of the hi?it? iv?riters. Thc convent iou voted .$?3,000 for ?he legal rdefeihte ,bf C: H: Mdyer, W. D. Haywood*- ?iud Mllwil?, ?iilders of the Western Federation of Miners, who;-arc .hinder indictment in Idaho, charged ?vith eonspiriey. The con vention adoptai a resolution favor ing woiitaii;. suffr.H??? .rtikj. def?iited a resolution declaring, in favor or the government ownership of mines. The resolution to vote aid to the officers of the Western Federation was offered ^y Frank Haynes, a dele gate from Illinois: - The resolution was sirppoHetl oti thc Hoot' by Presi dent MiUhell ?ind Vice President Lewis. ?Tile executive board was autlior???d to spend additional funds for thc.'.de.l'ense Uf the nieii if more money ishonid be needed. The; convention then adjourned un til Moi?il?y morning in.honor of St. Patrick/Nearly 1,000 of thc delegatse later -marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Operated Under Umbrella*. Bic?deford, Maine, Special.-Sevent een patients at Trull hospital in this iit-y w?jre remove'd form their beds iurinjg a fire, which, destroyed a por :iori-:uf. iiie building,, and the sur '""^f at', the hospital completed an ng table vas leaking into the operating room Tom the upper part of the building. iVhen the surgeons, who had begun he Operation-before the Are was dis .overed, had completed their work uceessfully, thc patient was removed o another part of thc building. Greene-Gaynor Case Drags. Savannah, Ga.f Special-Friday was uothei'/day, in the Federal Court thal ras given up to thc testimony of E. '. Johnson, naioual baux examiner nd expert :'aceountanl. and nut even hen was the end reached. When the lour for closing (his evening was cached Mr. Johnson was still on the tand and it is expected that this ross-examination by the defense will e continued. $150,000 Cotton Warehouse Fire. Toccoa. Ga., Special.-Fire of an nknowu origin destroyed thc large otton platform and warehouse of imian, Akers & Inman, the plant of ie Atlanta Compress Company, 700 ales of cotton and seven loaded .-eight ears. The loss is placed at L50,000, fully insured. arninge of the American Tobacco Company, New York, Special.-Net earnings ' $20,212,250 for the year 1905, on .crease of ?2,907,5Stl as compared ith tho previous year, are,shown in ic annual report of the American abacco Company. The net balauce ir the year was $14,204,551, increase .,969,020. Total surplus after de leting $9,988,990 for bonus purchas 1 and .<rS,04S,4S0 for dividends on mericau Tobacco slocks was $25, 15,961, a decrease of $3,832,919. Planet., ?Tar. mined our large stock. from $1. to $5. inking about! Come to see us. Catalog FREE fery order for on? dollar's worth ?r's subscription to Hie SOI'TII arden paper in the South. :ing: inquiry mention thia paper v Melon, The Watson. liest and grew. tore when in town. Seed Co,, AUGUSTA, GA. d< gi m gi as er. Ti Tl o' mi al th M th wi Yv on tb Ol re C< WITH THE LAWMAKERS What is Being Done Day by Day By the National House and Senate. Tillman Reports Bate Bill. The Sonnte continued consideration of the railroad question by listening to the reading of a report on the House bill by Mr. Tillman and to a speech on that measure by Mr. Nel son. Mr. Tillman's report was read at rhe request of Mr. Aldrich, who said that he was curious to hear thc opin ion of the South Carolina-Senator. Brief attention was given to thc message of the President transmitting the letter to the Secretary of War relative t9 the recent Moro battle. Mr. Bacon spoke of the killing of the Moros as "slaughter" and Mr. Lodge deprecated criticism until the fads should be know'ii The House resolution giving the in ter-State commerce commission au thority to administer oaths iii con nection with its investigation of diar ies of discrimiuii??tf ?iiad? against railroads was adopted without r?frdrir big to the formality of requiring its reference ia ttf?t?iiUee': Mr.- Stone's resolution directing an inquiry frito thc Postoffice Department rulings on rhe admission of college publications :o thc.mails.as pseond class matter al so was adopted.. A large number of pr?vate pciisioil .jills and solac other semi-private bills ?vere passed. MR. TILLMAN'S REPORT. The report of Mr. Tillman embodied the first clear and concise statement of the diff?rences concerning court re view feature* aod other proposed vmendmenls that Ji?d filad? ? ??an? nous report from the committee" im possible. Without hesitancy, thc Senator de dared it to be his belief that the bill should bc amended, but ihat amend ments should not be of a character to nipair or prevent thc accomplishment if the objects of thc leg??lflllou, which ire set forth best, he says, in the President's message to Congress. He uuphasized the need of regarding thc measure as non-partisian, hut predict ed that the issue created will be para mount in the next presidential elec tion. Mr. Tillman prefaced his report by speaking of the peculiar circumstan ces ruling the camin?ttce's actions on thc House bill, which made it an em barrassing task to submit views that would be concurred in by the com mittee as a whole. AN UNPRECEDENTED, SITUA . TION. ty of its membei^heur??^va'sTjron into the Senate in a form "not entirely satisfactory to more than two mern*. >ers. "This lack of harmony among tire supporters ?? the bill-it would be .peaking with more accuracy' to say he supporters of thc policy involved n thc bill-brings about the anonial >us situation in which a member of bc minority party in Congress is put n charge In the Senate of proposed egislation Which is generally regarded hroughout the country as thc cherish ed scheme of the President; with vhose general policy and principles hat member is not; in accord. Al the ame time thc bill is designated lo any into effect his own long herished convictions and the thrice* eiterated demands of the party to rliicli he belongs.' Emphasizing the elaitn that this ondition ii without precedent in leg ?lative history, Mr. Tillman says it rings into prominence thc fact that be legislation ie non-partisan and is 0 reeognizezd as a result of the un nimous support given it by the mi ority in the House and the few op osing-only seven-in that entire od v. 'UBLIC DEMAND PASSIONATE. There would follow a "cyclone of assionnto resentment," said Mr. Till lau, in predicting what would be the ?suit of failure on the part of Ccn ress to meet thc widespread demand >r railroad rate legislation. He de bared that "woe will be the bat ist" of any member of the Senate House whose work in formulating bill to regulate railroads lacks eara ?tness or honesty of purpose and who mil seek lo belittle the question or ill the bill by subterfuge and dficep ou. The constitution gives to Con fess the power to regulate the rail ?ads, he contended and there are any wrongs to right. The bill as it comes from thc House, x. Tillman characterized as loosely orded and capable of different in rpretalions. "Massacre of Mt. Dajo." Thc additoual power which Presi ?rit Roosevelt sugested should be ven the inter-State commerce eom ission in making the' special investi i'tion into the coal and oil industry 'related to transportation was giv i*by the House in the passage of tho )wnsend resolution on that subject. ie session, which was ended at 3 dock so that the Republican caucus ight be held, was devoted to gener? debate on the legislative bill. Severe criticism of the recent lint ? in the Philippines was made by r. Jones of Virginia, who declared at the killing of women and children is a disgrace to the nation. Mr. 1 ll lams) thc minority leader, faccti sly instructed" Iii? Republicans on cir causais, and Mr. Keiler, of rio, delivered a speech in favor of duning Southern representation in ingress. I i .Is Money Gained. Consult your own interest. Open Buggy including Harness and Um brella for $50 00, or Top Buggy complete for 49.00. Remember, I Sell Goods Lower (ban any other bouse in the Sont?. Chase's Fine Plush robe-, from $1. up. These are now b-ing- sold at a sacrifice of 40%, the moct beauti ful line, ever sold in Augusta. 1 am alf o f-acrii?ciug T. un ks, Satchels, Suit Cases, etc., to make room for other ilnes. Sole agent for tbe fa-1 mous Babcock vehicles and the best farm wagons on tbe maker, H H. GO SK ERY, The Carriage and Hardware Man of Ga., 749 and 751 Broad Streec, 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, v Georgia. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Lar^e Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and bouse furnishings 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 money. OEO.P.COBB Johnston. 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