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ACCOUNTS
? SOUO?TE9
L. C MAYNE,
Chas.C, Howard,
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E?G?F?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8,1
ITHE NATIONAL BANK
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# AUGUSTA? QA.
L. 0. HAY?TB, President/
FEAJ?K <fc FOED, Cashier.
CAPITAL.$250,000
Bnrploj and Profite. 150,000
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NO. ?8;
Russian Affairs Gre
With Every
IABOR TROUBLES ADDE1
FJ ans of. - Revolutionists Miscarry
Meeting at Sveaborg Collapsed* Sit
nation Greatly Chained, Order io:
General Strike Probably be Counte;
mandf?d-Baltic Squadron not ii
Hands pf Mutineers-Emperor Or
. ders Court Marshall for Those Im
plicated in Meeting at Fortress 01
SveaboxiS-Other Mutnies. -
: London, By Cable-A dispatch fron
Helsingfors says that serious conflict?
-1 between Communal police and the So
cialist Red Guards occurred.
Warsaw,.By Cable.-General Mark
g-iraffsky, chief of the Warsaw Gen
danns, was shot and killed.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.-A col
lapse of the mutjnw at Sveaborg
coupled with a breakdoAvn of tho
plans of the Revolutionists to secure
possession of the Baltic Squadron and
provoke an immediate rising of Cron
tftadt, greatly changes the situation.
The s'^..i.s of the government offi
cials-have risen and those of the Rev
olutionists are correspondingly depres
sed. Arrangements for ordering gen
eral strike Saturday may be counter
manded.
i The strike in Finland is already a
failure. The latest reports show that
?ll rumors that the Baltic squadron
was in the" hands of mutineers were
un time. When the mutineers vim Were
- led by the agitators from the shore
cud who believed that the squadron
was coming to their rescue found that
liope in that direction was crushed,
disseutions broke out amoug them
and they turned their guns 'upon each
other. Those who had determined to
<lie rather ' than-surrender fired into
thn ranks of their more faint hearted
comrades who hoisted the white flag. y
Number Dead and Wounded,.
During the night the mutinous sail
ors, soldiers and sappers aud miners
seized Foit Constantine at Constradt
but were subsequently dislodged and
' compelled to surrender,. after heavy!
tighting with the loyal regiments; ]
A hundred were killed- and. many j
wounded, including Admiral Buaki-j
^?Srisheff. . J^mj; mutineers succeeded
./Finland.; '
edRtroops ?D-mh o-S. f?a- JS. CMF
Mutiny at Coustadt.
The wildest rumors are in circula-;
lion, one of which is to the effect th?t !
thc mutiny has broke out at Const ad t .
bas caused the utmost alarm, which;
Bas. been increased by the fact that j
telephone ?communication with Cron-1
L-fcadt again is .interrupt sri. t
' It is asserted that four mutinous
-warships have arrived at Cronstadt j
and that the guns of that fortress have ]
teen trained on them, but th?t the
fire has not yet been opened. ?
Mutineers Surrender.
- An official telegram from Helsing
fors announces that all the mutineers
of the Fortress of Sveaboarg surren
dered and that by order of the.Emper
pr, court martials have been instituted
for the trial of thc men implicated.
The prisoners are being landed in
batches guared by loyal troops. They
ure sullen and seem to have little
^bought of the punishment, which
awaits them. 1
Neff Guilty of Grand Larnceny.
Warsaw, N. Y., Special.-The jury
in thc c\se of John W. Neff, former
county auditor of Erie county, in
dicted for grand larceny in the first
degree in connection with the Old
North Street Cemetery deal in Buf
falo returned a verdict of guilty.
The specific charges on which Neff
Aras tried was the stealing of $7,500
from Eaie county on October 1.
EARNED IT.
"And now I learn that she merely
married me for my money; what do
you think of that?"
"I think 45he ought to get it. -
Houston Post.
Aetna
Phcnix,
Mutual Benefit, 1
Fidelity & Casuall
Title Guaranty &
American Live St<
pany, Horse m
>w More Complicated
Passing Day
I Grew ki ?hjp Mutinied.
" . Startling news reached here to the
effect that the crew of the armored
I cruiser Paitty?t? Azova mutinied off
the Esthonion Coast'and are now in
full posset?ion of the ship? .which
c sailed nothward iii th? direction of
r the Finish Guli.
i Thc Captain Silled.
St. Petersburg, By Cab'e-It is stat
I ed that the captain and four other efft
" ' cers of the armoured ern??ef P?myate
r Azova were kill?il hy the mutineers
who tonk possession of the warship.
It is rumored that the Emepror and
the imperial family have fled from
i Pcterhof to Barskoe-Selop-.
\ Imm?diat? Strike Ordered.
London, By Cable.-A dispatch
from St? PeterWg says that an extra
I ordinary conference'tif ali revolution
"!ary bodies decided on an immediate
' j general ?trike, the exact date and hour
to bc settled at the meeting soon.
. and in the meancime railways and fac
' tories haVe been ordered, to prepare
' for future events.
Pour^Officers Killed.
! The Associated Press is officially
. informed that ?lity four officers were
I killsd ind four wounded at'Cronstadt.
. No figure* regarding the losses in
?xmk and file are given.
i Those Injured and Dead?
I An official statement of the Con
stradt mutiny gives the following list
j of officer* killed and. wounded:
''Naval captains Rodipneff, Dogro
welsky, Schomoff? Stayanowsky:
wounded, ?ettr Admiral Beclemscheff,
Captains Krinitzki and Paton and En
- sign Maltzeff.
, Big Strike 9fl:
( St. Petersburg, By Cable.-St. Pet
ensbUrg is in darkness. The employes
' of the electric lighting. plants, al
ways the earliest barometric record
on political conditions, ceased work
in obedience to the call for a general
strike. This call already lias been
obeyed by 2,000 faet?n- hands in the
I Capital.
I ; Says Dead Reach Thousands.
! Heising/??} By Cable-A soldier
who caine from the Sveaborg fortress
during the day said the casualties
from the fighting of Wednesday
'would bc Fhown to number- many
?more than 500} expressing thc opin
ion that ih?.totals.would run into the
thousands. The garrison consisted
of 6,000 men.
:--1-:T3nl?^n~?L?'^ Censured. s?
Atlanta, Ga., Special--The commit
tee of five -to which Was Commited
.the investigation, of the charges
brought by State Representative An
derson against certain officers of the
Southern Cotton Association, met
here, after concluding the taking of
testimony? The meeting to consider
the evidence and formulate the re
port to President Jordan., was held
behind closed doors. Thc repor&gras
I completed and sent to President W
I dan, and is to be forwarded by him
to the executive committee of the as
sociation for final aciicn at the meet
ing, which is to be held at I&t
Springs September G.
With 'reference to Mr. Cheatham
the report says:
"Mr, Cheatham having admitted to
your committee such dealings in the
names of himself and for Michael
? O'Grady and P. A. Lee, such action
. on his part while au officer o fthis
i association meets with our strongs
est disapproval and condemnation.
I "The A. P."
Boy Injured in Mill.
Jonesville, Special-William Briggs
a boy about 17 years old, and an op
erative in the yarn department of
! Jonesville Manufacturing Company
j was caught in the machinery in the
card room and fatally injured. Dr.
: W. O. Southard, attending plrysician
1 stated that he entertained no hope
for his recovery.
It has long been known that smok
ers are not liable to certain'diseases.
It is now held that this is due to the
presence In the tobacco of formalde
hyde, -one of the strongest disinfect
ants.
Life.
ty Co,. Accident
o
Trust Co., Bonds,
jck Insurance Com
id RSasle Ins.
(ought & Sold.
KILLED ON WEDDING DAY
1 Bridegroom of an Hour Slain "at Bes
semer City.
Bessemer (Sitft Special;!- "William
Brbwil, fl traveling loom-fixer, was
diot to death here by John Y. Kin
mid, """night engineer at the Vermont
, Cotton Mills. The killing took place
it S o'clock, just one hour after the
lead man had become ? bridegroom,
.immediately difleir shooting Brown,
?incaid broke his pistol, threw out
;he empty cartridges, handed the
weapon to aa ?rn??'r and surrendered.
Before the mayor of the town h?
waived examination and was sent to
jail at Dallas without hail. The tra
gedy ha? exerted this pVbsp^r??'r/ lit
tle town from one end to the other.
The cause of the killing was the
?eduction under promise of marriage
Dy Brown of Kincaid's sister. When
Brown was married te another Wbman
.Kincaid went tb the station and shot
lim as above stated:
SERIOUS. AUTOMOBILE ACCI
DENT.
"Jr. Eugene Cannon of Concord,
Strikes Iron Bridge at Fearful.
Speed and is Probably Fatally
Hurt.
Concord, Special-Eugene Cannon
the 18-year-old son of Mr. J. W. Can
non, while riding at, probably 50 miles
an hour, on the night of July 30t.h,
crashed into the iron bridge near the
.tepot at Concord and received in
juries from which lie li?s remained un
:onseious and his condition is regard
ad as most critical; Thfe scull is frac
tured and expert physicians from Bal
limore and New York with the local
I Bedieal men are giving him every at
tention.
Mr, CaniiOti Wis manager of the
Franklin Cotton Mill, a late purchase
by Mr. J. W. Cannon and Sons.
A lady who was with Mr. Cannon
in thc automobile had a leg broken
and was bruised severely. The ma
chine wa* demolished,
South Carolina Suffers.
Columbia, S. C., Special;-Accord
ing to flgur?S compiled bv Secretary
B. F. Taylor, of the South Carolina
branch of the Inter-State Colton
Se?d Crusher' Asociaiion this State
has suffered more than ??y bather in its
cotton crbji: The falling off is 21 per
cent, as compared with last year. Mr.
Taylor's conclusions are reached from
detailed-reports he has received from
all the Southern States. All show in
creases except Georgia, North Caro
lina and South Carolina. The Georr
i?fort1f%aToirrf^^
States show increase: Arkansas 29,
Mississippi 23, Louisiana 53, Indian
Territory 24, Oklahoma 14, Texas IG.
President Smith of thc colton associa
tion says the Crop in this State this
year Will be the smallest in ten years.
Fred Scarborough Drowned.
Mullins, Special.-While in bathing
at Red Bluff, Fred Scarborough, a
nephew of ex-Congressman Scarbor
ough, was drowned. It seems that
a picnic was in progress, and several
of the young men went in swimming.
Fred, who was but a moderate swim
mer, was warned not to go too far
out or too near the current, which
is quite strong at that pointy but he
paid no attention to the warning and
was soon struggling in the water call
ing for help. Several went to his as
sistance, and Percy Bryant secured
a boat aud got within about six or
eight feet of him when the boat cap
sized and he was unable ?o rescue
him.
Missing Negro's Body Found.
- Patrick, Special.-Joe Brown, a
negro who has been missing from his
home here for two weeks, was found
at Steer Pen Spring, about five miles
from Patrick, by Jack Donahue, a
white man who was passing through
that section. The negro's body was
in such a decomposed condition as to
.render identification almost impos
sible except by clothing and shoes
nothing remaining from the assaults
of the buzzards except bones and
clothes. So far an inquest has not
been held. No one knows what cous
ed his death.
Anderson County Fair.
Anderson, Special.-Mr, W. E.
EavUy secretary of the county fair
association ig busy- getting everything
iu shape for the annual fair to be
held in the early part of October.
Liberal premiums have been offered
for the different departments, a com
plete list of which may be had from
the secretary. The merchants of the
city have given the enterprise their
hearty assistance by contributions.
Governor Heywardd will have a
number of petitions for pardon to
submit to the consideration of the
pardon board when it meets Wednes
day. An appeal for executive clem
ency was received from Cherokee
county. Maj. Jno. F. Jones of
Blacksburg has urged Governor Key
ward to save Ed. Raiuey from the
gallows. Rainey was convicted of an
assault upon a negro, girl. As au ex
tenuating circumstance it is pleaded
that the character of the girl was not
above reproach.
For Passing Counterfeit.
Sumter, Special-Frank P. Burl
ington, a shrewd while man from
Iowa, was tried before Recorder Hurst
for passing counterfeit money. He
was bound over for trial at the high
er court. In default of $1,000 bond
be was committed to jail. He passed
a $5 counterfeit on a colored merchant
getting $4.90 in good money after
purchasing 10 cents. KPitJ? oj IWQify
. MAKE FINE S
Progress of Southern Banks
buring Past Year
LEAD THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
With Exception jb? Middle Western
States, South Led Ali Sections of
Union in Establishment of National
Banks During Period From 1900 td
1905 and Forthcoming deport Bt
Treasury Department for Past
Year is Expected to Gire This Sec-,
tion Another Fine Showing. .
Washington, Special.-Thc Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor has re
ceived a report of the cotton spin
ners' and manufacturers' meeting
that Was held iii Bremen, june 35th<
Tfii? convention discussed ?dhditi?iis J
of the cotton ; iddustry, special cori
sid?ratioil haviilg feil given1 '{life
growth of cotton in this country;
methods of baling; cost Of transport ,
tatton, etc. This rep?H w'i?i b's' bl
special interest at this time, inasmuch
as the two agents, "Messrs. Whittam
and Clarke, recently appointed > by "
Secretary Metcalf lo go abroad and
investigate markets for ?m?'fic'Si?.:
cotton goods, are now in Washington
receiving instructions in their work
preparatory to taking up their duties
in foreign land?.
At the Brelneli hl?etiiig there1 tfer?
present a j?rg? humber of d?iegate?.
and representatives frbifl ?? different
countries. Many carefully prepared
reports and-papers were read upon a
variety bf t?ehhii?ii arid ?ontmerciiil
subjects. The question of cotton sup
pl}', cotton statistics, cotton growing,
moist cotton, eic, were thoroughly
discussed.
The forthcoming annual report of"
the Secretary Hf the Treasury lg |*=
? peeled to show that many national
banks have beeil eslab?ish?d through:
out the South generally during ike fis
cal year that ended June 30, ?906;
The industrial development of the
South has eauscd many corporations
wanting to do a banking business 18 j
secure commissions during the" last
few years,. and it is expected that
when the showing for thc year just,
ended is made it will be a good one.
The report will also show what^?nks": i
have been made government, rdeposi-;
tories since the last fiscjlj??arL^n'fted;-.- :
-From MJheye-W.ereI?^iizctrul-itip
fcoutliem States a total of 671 nation- .
al banks, employing a capital of $36,*
801,500. These Were: Thc States bf
Virginia) which Organized 51 banks'
with ? Capital of $2,576,000; West
Virginia, 49 banks and .$3,605,000
capital; North Carolina, 22 banks
with $960,000 capital ; South Carolina
ten banks with . $910.000 capital -r
Georgia, 40 hanks with $2,143,000
capital ; Florida, 21 banks with $1,
550,000 capital; Alabama, 45 banks
with $2,252,500 capital; Mississippi,
lo banks with $1,455,000 capital :Lou
isiana, 23 banks with $2.635,000 cap
ital; Texas, 233 banks with $12,565,
000 capital; Arkansas, 23 banks with
$1,450,000; Kentucky, 57 baiiks with
$4,020,000 capital: Tennessee, 27
banks' with a capital of $1,630,000
The total for all Southern States was
only exceeded by the total for thc
Middle Western States, which reach
ed the enormous figure of $49,651,
000. These States were Ohio,. Indi
ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,.
Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
- During the period that thc South
ern States organized 671 banks with
a total capital of $36,801,500, the
New England States, consisting of
Maine, New Hamshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Conneticut, had a total of only 33
banks and a total capital of $5,185,
000; the States of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware,
Maryland and the District of Colum*
bia organized 445 banks with a capi
tal of $35,361,500; the. Stales of
North Dekota, South Dakota, Nebras
ka, Kansas. Montana, Wyoming.
Colorado. New Mexico, Oklahoma.,
and the Indian Territory organized
578 banks with a total capital of
$19,056,000. In Washington, Oregon,
California, Idaho, Ulah, Nevada..
Arizona and Indian Territory the
total number of national banks or
ganized was 140 and thc total capi
tal was $10,822,800.
The fact that from 1900 to 1905
the Southern States led every other
part of the United States with tho
exception of the Middle Western
States is an exeelleut indication of
South.
Homicide Bee at Texas Election. ,.
Cold Springs, Texas, .Special.-In
an election fight here, E. B. Adams,
Democratic nominee for tax assessor,
was instantly killed. Sam Adams, his
brother, was shot in thc head, and it
is believed fatally wounded, W. Y.
Robertson was badly wounded and
G. W. Williamson wounded, but not
dangerously. Williamson, it is alleg
ed, did most of the shooting.
Epidemic of Burglaries.
Asheville, Special.-It leaked out
here that three burglaries were com
mitted in Asheville Thursday night
and that thc combined efforts of the
police of the city to-find a due to any
of the buigalaries were futile. The
police sought to keep the burglaries
quiet, thinking that they could more
easily get a line on the guilty parties.
It is admitted by the police that the
burglaries were committed in differ
ent portions of the city and at short
jutorvttls upurl, _ .." -
SOOTH CAROLINA CROPS
Son dit ion oi South Carolina Crops
For "Week Ending Monday, July 30/
190^. as Giren Out by tho De
partment.
Like:the prec?dlng one. the current
.weekJias'had an excess of cloifdhwss
and ?'?inarked deficiency in sunshine,
although'in parts bf the State there
were ojie or two clear days.
Thel;ternperaiuff3 w'?re hoseason
ably^-few during, most Of the weeli;
They^faily .maximum temperatures
were^generail^' ti?tw??'ri $2 and 88 de
gree^^?ept on one, and in plHc'?S two
days.w??n they rose to 00 degrees,
or rabjoS'?; over, practically the entire
Stat^* jrii e high est maximum temper
ature Maii 98 degrees at Blackville on
th?^^f?cj?ild the1 lowest minimum tem
peralfw^was 60 degrees at B?wranii
on tpMith. The average tempera
ture' f?f-lhe week was about four de
grees &elow normal.
Th^J;werc frequent and some
heavy'isioWer?! during the week. The
rainjf?H??;?'s quit? 'fiVerily distributed
and;^s?generally in excess' of thc
weekj^iibrinai amOurit iri all parts
of^State. ? fCw' localities, only
" than the normal rainfall.
Everywhere is saturated,
i and swamps have much
ter on them. Except over
s in the western and north
"Jounties where the week's
?was less than an inch, the'
K-'?mount ranged from one
' inch^B.ver ?ir*' ItteheSi with a maxi*
muin?ainount of 5.4(1 Iflcltes H ttletn
soit;.'j^ftUeg?.
Destructive hailstorms occurred in
a fewfcf^the western and central coun
ties,, and high winds, accompanying
thund^rti?r?is did much damage lo
callj<^ilie Central counties';
? ^P^urlioit ? Salua*.
Sap?ijSpeciai;-On ?u?y :M? 1896,
the 'c^?herstone Of the court house for
Sal?d^?etfq?ly was laid he?e and Sal
urd?^majrked the tenth dun?v?r??ry
of tftat^ e'v?nt. Thc day has been
regally celebrated, sometimes in one
waj^.'^ometimes in another. Saturday
Iherejwas'p reunion of thc old soldiers
of thjl- coiinty and this, together with
the s^s?oujj al the district conference,
brou^'.t??'.-large crowd to thia town.
The Mn?mber . of those why followed
Lecr.gnjli-'Jacksoii and Hampton and
Butley-}iv the dark days are growing
few?.?iack year. There were about
a kindred ; here Saturday and they
.>ye)re ?m'ade?to enjoy themselves. The
iowhj^aV turned over td them. Kind
nesses'/.we re shown them. They were
in fief; hin de. much of by their sons
?nd^iaughicrs who cherifu their glor
i?u^^?ej^pt of va lor on the field of hat
-?re-aS.a ?ch^ whose empty
ic
where addresses on the
the war were' made by Veterans \V.
S. . Wightman, B. F. Sample, Sr., and
others. A free barbecue dinner was
served to every veteran present. This
they enjoyed to their heart's content.
In the afternoon they gathered in
squads under -thc shade of the oaks
and "fought all their battles o'er."
25 Men Engaged in a Terrible Fight.
- Greenville, Special.-Ed. and Joe
Manning, young white men living
near Lowndesville, in Abbeville
county, went across the Savannah
river into Elberton county, Georgia,
Sunday to a negro baseball game.
Three negroes were killed, but no one
seems to know just how thc fight be
gun. Ed. Manning was shot and will
die. Pistols and indi bats were used
as. weapons and 25 men, white and
black, fought for half an hour like
demons.
Chester Farmer's Institute.
Chester, Special.-Farmers in the
.astern part of the county have for
the past several days manifested a
lively interest in thc holding of a
Farmers' Institute. They have com
pleted arrangements for one to be
held,at Riehburg, August 1. The
speakers will include Professors Mor
rison, Shanklin and some other mem
bers of the faculty of Clemson col
lege. The sturdy farmers of that sec
tion believe they can get better results
from occasions like this than can be
realized by running wild over a politi
cal campaign.
Minister Dies Suddenly.
Greenville, Special.-Rev. J. L.
Vass, a Baptist minister of this city,
after filling an appointment at a coun
try church Sunday, went to thc home
of a friend lo spend the night, and
died suddenly about midnight. He
was a man of considerable prominence
in church circles and has a son who
holds a professorship in Fnrman
. University.
Change of Date.
Gov. Hey ward has issued an an
nouncement of a change in thc date
for the special meeting vi thc trus
tees of the negro college at Orange
burg; set for August 17. Thc new
date, arranged to suit the convenience
of several members of thc board who
could not otherwise attend thc meet,
is August 20. At this meet inp- some
thing definite will bc done about
the presidency, which T. E. Miller has
resigned.
Injured by Explosion.
Chester, Special.-Albert. Sample,
the 6-year-old son of Mr. S. N. Sam
ple of the Nicholson hotel, was seri
ously injured by an explosion in the
rooms of a bottling establishment Fri
day. He was taken to n Charlotte
hospital for treatment, but it is feai>
ed that the sight of one of his eyes
is seriously and perhaps permanently
injured.?
threw a shovel of dirt on Mr. Whit
ier* who asked thc weaning of that.
Th? hegr? theil attempted to strike
him with a shovel Arid Wl???ilcr went
t?Wiird* his house,; the negro follow
ing; Whinier &ti4 his little brothel
held the door to keep ?b? negro out
and ?li? Hegro tried to break. down
the door. Wu?????'r gili Iiis shotgun
and went around the hoitftf fin'd ask
ed the negro what he meant. He
then advanced on Whitner with the
shovel drawn. After behig told lo
plop he kept oil coming and Whitner
shot him in the neck, killing him.
For New Railroad.
. Anderson/ Special;-A meeting will j
be held, at T'dwnvillc Oil tb? 10th of
August in thc interest of thc proposed
iililrhad from Westminister to Town
ville. The ?a fripa ign meeting, which
had been arranged by lite county ex
ecutive committee foi- the 3th of Au
gust at Townville was cancelled at
Items of State News.
A number of letters have been re
ceived by Gov. ll cy wa rd, commending
him for his course in the matter of
commuting the sentence of Bob
Small) the young; white man in Dar
lington who killed a negro.
Three years ago last June Pink W.
Hut to of Norway came to Columbia.,
surrendered himself to the peniten
tiary authorities and commenced to
serve a sentence of three years on the
charge of killing his own brother. He
is now appealing to Gov. Heyward to
restore his citizenship. Hutto at the
time that he surrendered himself de
clared thal lie lind to kill his brother
lo protect himself and hi? own fam
ily; that his brother was blind drunk
and was a dangerous man.
White Man Hanged.
Charleston, Special.-William Mar
cus, the first while man executed in
Charleston county since thc civil war.
was hanged for the murder of his
bigamous wife on Sullivan's Island
last April. The victim was stabbed
fort}' times with an iee pick. Marcus
had a wife and live children living in
Cincinnati!.
Stamp Clerk Appointed.
Greenville. Special.-Mr. R. G. Mc
Pherson has been appointed stamp
clerk at the Greenville factory of thc
American Tobacco company. Hereto
fore the stamps used by this branch
have been ea neel led at (lie Columbia
ofiice of thc internal revenue lector
but on account ot the growth ol! the
business it in necessary io have n
stamp clerk al the factory; The ap
pointment was made ' by Collector
Micah Jenkins. Mr. McPherson is a
well known business man.
OX THE VAUDEVILLE STAGS.
First Comedian-I told my barber
to order a new mug for me.
Second Comedian-1 don't blame
you.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Engines, Mers,
ES Gins
Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and
Fertilizer Mill Outfits, Gin, Press
Cane Mill, and Shingle Outfits.
Building.Bridge, Fsctory, Furic
and Railroad Castings, Railroad, Ml!
Machinists' and Factory Supplies.
Belting, Packing, Injectors, Pipe
Fittings, Saws, Files, Oilers, etc. Wt
cast every day. Work 150 Hands.
Foundry, Machine, Boiler,
Press and Gin Work?
Repa is Promptly Done
t?iW In Wo* & Supply Ct
AUGUSTA, GA,
UNION SAVINGS BANK
4%
Augusta? Ga
nth reeou:-ce? pi over Eight (Hundred Thousand dollars and
Board of Directors chosen from the moat successful busintsi'
ten in 'the community, invites you to become a depositor, prom
ng you every courtesy. '
FOUK;PEB CENT UTTEREST paid on Savings accounts*
Correspondence invited.
A PERFECT DAIRY AND HORSE FEED.
Feed it to your COW
(id "keep your eye on
ie milk pail,"
Feed it to your HORSE
and watch the improvement
in flesh and hair. .
In 100 lb. sacks at $1.35. Order now.
Arlington Bros. & Go;,
mading Grocers,
Augusta, Georgia.
W. J. Rutherford & Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
AND DEALER IN
Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay,*
Ready Roofing and other Material.
Write Us For Prices.
Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets,
Augusta,
Georgia.
Wagons Buggies
EURNIT?RE.
COFF!
always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt
ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar
gin of pro?t. Call to see me, I will save you
money.
GEO. I?. COBB
Johnston. South Carolina.
For Fire and Life
=GO TO SEEI-?
0AUGHMAN ?fc HARLING
BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE.
We represent the best Old Line.Companies.
- AUGHMAN o ll ABLING k GENTS.
QAUGHMAN & HABLING AGENTS.
The
Insurance Agency
of
C. A. GRIFFIN & CO.
Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death,
Accidents, Sickness and Wind Storms.
It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and
your business will be heartily appreciated.
E. H. BARRETT, J. P. DOUGHTY, JR- W. K. KITCHEN, Special
BARRETT & DOUGHTY,
COTTQH FACTORS.
Liberal Advances Made on Prospective
Crops and Consignments.
FERTILIZERS
H
?H^*Personal attention given all details.
Correspondence solicited.
744 Reynold Street
Augusta, Ga,