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EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1907.
NO. 45.
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The News of South Caro
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The State's Finances.
Columbia, Special.-State finances
are in an undesirable and unbusiness
like shape, and unless the legislautrc
next spring increases the state tax
levy or reduces appropriation or
does both,-or provides additional
means of income, conditions are going
from bad to worse. The State has
for tho past several years been pay- !
'ing ?ut over $10,000 a year in un-'
necessary interest bills on account of
the legislature persistently making
appropiations several hundred thou
sand dollars in excess of income. |
The state treasurer bas just bor- y
rowed another $100,000 which with
the amount borrowed in the middle of
the summer, brings the total so bor
rowed this year up to $330,000 and
before the year is tut the bor?wing
may run up to high water mark,
which, was reached a few j*ears agc,
when half a million dollars had to be
borrowed. The state treasurer hopes
to be able to pull through thc remain
der of the year without any more bor
rowing, but as in past years the de
sire may prove the only basis of thc
"hope. The hope this time is based
?on the prospects of the state board
of education not calling for $30,000
of the $50.000 appropriated for high
schools until December and tho ex-,
pectation that fall taxes will be com
ing in then in sufficient volume to
meet current expenses. But the fall
taxes are practically ail already
pledged this year for borrowing notes
pledged. In addition to these notes
floated this year for .borrowing pur
poses the State semi-annual interests
bill on account of bonded debt, a
mounting to $143,000, will have to be
paid in January.
Last year the' state borrowed $323,
000. On these notes it realized in cash .
.'^24^61.53. To satisfy these obliga- ?
fcions and pay the interest it returned
fa the spring $334,079.S4. The inter- '
(?ts bill fer this year will not be so
iaeavy in proportion, for thc reason 1
that last year the borrowing started
earlier. It is understood that the in- 1
Merest rate secured through the Pal- !
:netto bank; of this city is very low ?
;khis year though nothing official is
.?riven out as io just what this interest
?Sgure is. It is said to be 5 per
Governor Heywood made
rarilv effective fight in the
of his administrslian--^-st?i
on a cash basis, hut after J!
IW?<ggft?%ed the levy it let
ugmn, TnXgxcessiy? app^^ggfl^sj
have charaderiz93?(fc'"e^
iinee. Hp*.
The only time the state has been
free from floating debt in about two
decades was in the two years follow
ing thc action of the legislature in
requiring the dispensary rnanagemen c
to return over to the state treasurer
$237.000 in assets. One other year,
iii Treasurer Timmerman's adminis
tration, only $20,000 was borrowed.
What the appropriations of the
legislature next spring will be those
who can tell what, a petit jury of
women will do may be able to figure
out. Ordinary mortals have no means
of knowing. But next year will bring
added expenses to the state on ac
count of tte elections. Th? last elec
tion cost the state only $17,1S1 for
pay commissioners and managers
and $3.657 for advertising. This was
about $5.000 below what the bill had
been in former years, the reduction
being due to the act of the legisla
ture abolishing the foolish custom o?
having returnes brought in from the
various counties by messengers this
in addition to the certified copies sent
in by mail.
South Carolina Notes.
A Salvation Army post will be es
tablished in Anderson.
Two hundred students enrolled al
Newberry College on the opening* day.
Bultman Brothers wholesale shoe
?. * In Florence will erect a shoe
.ry Moses of Sumter County,
M a* baie of cotton weighing 513
pc .nds for $103.
vi. S. Nettles a well known busi
ng mau of Camden was Strieker
with paralysis.
Mrs." ii. H. Jeter'of Union has do
nated the sum of $15,000 to the Uni
versify of South Carolina.
A colored man sustained in jurie?
while working in a cotton gin at
Manning which resulted in his death
S. E. Hill has been appointed i
magistrale in Fairfield County to sue
ceed W. J. Keller who was dismissec
for misconduct.
Groceries valued at $50 stolen fron
the freight depot at St. Matthews
were found in the house of a colore*
woman.
Benjamin Turner who killed hi
step-fateher was convicted of man
slaughter by a jury in Aiken. He wa
sentenced to serve seven years.
Mrs. Ethel Blair, who was convict
ed of manslaughter by a Richlam
County jury and who was granted
new trial has been released on bon
in tho sum of $2.000/
President E. D. Smith of the Sout
Carolina Cotton Growers" Associs
lion says that tbe farmers will wi
in the cotton fight if . they hold fo
higher prices.
In the case of G. Wash Hunter c
Laurens, who has been tried fon
times under a murder indictmer
mistrials resulting in the last thrc
notice of a motion for a chango c
venue has been served on the pa:
of tie State the motion to be argue
next Wednesday.
Th" state hoard of assessors wi
m. ci In Columbia Octobe. 3 for tl
p.q,n5P of considering the ques?c
of hilting penalties to coii>orati(
who /failed to comply with the ti
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STATE PBOHIB?TION.
Senator Otts Expresses His Views On
The Subject.
. Senator Otts, who led the fight
against the State dispensary in the
senate last session and framed the
amendment to m?ke the original
Cary-Cothran bill, as passed by the
house, acceptable to the senate is
for State prohibition. He said: "I
sLeii introduce a State prohibition
bill, at the coming session but I am
willing to retain, the IOGBI option fea
ture of allowing any county whicli
has not voted a dispensary out under
the Brice ?ct, or the Cary-Cothran
act, to vote upon the question of sell
ing liquor upon proper petition. I do
not believe there will be more than
one or two counties .in the whole
Staie that will ever vote for liquor
under such an act. I think it but fair
to place the burden of ordering such
elections upon the liquor Ailment.
Thai the people of the State, who
are opposed to liquor should have
some protection. Take the decision
of the hjjid o? canvassers in Chester
field county the other day. There is
a county voting against thc sale of
liquor.by a vote of two to one, yet
the v?i!r of that majority is being
thwarted . by technicalities. Such
tact ics are but damming np thc wa
ters of a prohibition delugo That will
sweep the State. I.ara personally op
posed to the sale of liquor either by
the State the county the municipali
ty or State licenses. But to carry out
the principle of local option I shall
favor a provision in such au act that
will require a county after voting for
the sale of liquor to also determine
whether it shall be sold by a county
dispenser or by a license under the
constitutional and such legislative re
strictions as may be imposed. In ray
judgment, rotten uses and corruption
will creep into the county dispensary
system. In the nature of the busi
ness A man can not handle pitch
and not be defiled. So if there is a
county Jn the State that will have
liquor or where there is not enough
morai manhood and respect for law
and oreder to enforce prohibition
then I would prefer to see the busi
ness in such coupty handled by State
licenses, un?W ^- 1-*" "
. ...uvv, ox mc ?tate ano wil lan
^istcKcoirritvd^^
recall raaffwiien the fight was made
in Cherokee against the dispensary
that we y^ere-warned by certain poli
tical prophets that our tax levy would
be raised two or three mills an.d our
public schools would be crippled.
Yet in the face of that prophecy we
have reduced taxes, and with the aid
of special school districts all over the
county, we have longer terms and
[tetter schools than ever before. No
county can get any permanent profit
by bealing out liquor to its citizens.
All the liquor profits must come from
the pockets of your own citizens.
And every dollar that reaches the
county treasury by way of a dispen
sary or a license, must cost that coun:
ty ten dollars the other nineteenth
[ going to wholesale whiskey houses,
j beyond the limits of the county un
; les it be Richland county and the
State; to say nothing of the indirect
cost in crime, idleness and r?isery.
"Prohibition has come to stay. The
legislature will take .no step back
ward and I would not be surprised to
see an iron-clad prohibition bill for
the whole State adopted.-Gaffney
Ledger.
State News Notes.
Benton G. Turner has been arrest
ed on the charge of seduction of Ella
Fialey'of Lexington County. Turner
was arrested in Texas and brough!
back to this State.
T. Raymond Berry formerly super
intendent of education of Marion
County, plead guilty to the charge oi
embezzlement and "was sentenced tc
serve six years and pay a fine
After a conference lasting nearlj
seven hours a special committee ol
the Greenville board of trade Friday
made a report favoring the propos?e
South Atlantic & Trans Continentia
railway, which Col. S. A. Jones, o.
Waynesvillc, N. C., is promoting. Tin
road is designed to connect Greenvill
and Knoxville by a short cut througl
:he mountains and the promoters ate
plan to have a line connecting th
coal fields and most Atlantic ports
The nterprise has been in an embry
onie state for more than a year an
j ? it now begins to look like dayligh
ahead.
The engagement of Miss Helen Ii
win, of Spartanburg, to Mr. Zach Mi
Ghee of Washington is announce*
Thc wedding took place at Miss Ii
win's home on Hampton aronui
? Monday evening, September 30, Bis!
a op Bratton officiating. Miss Irwin i
ci one of the most charming members c
Spartanburg society and with man
accomplishments possesses remarl
i- able beauty. Mr. McGee is a Sout
n Carolinian,' but is iu Washington ?
r j correspondent of The State and oth(
leading Southern newspapers.
>f1 The 22nd anual fair of the Fai
ir I view stock show took place in Greei
it i ville Friday and as usual there we:
;e J about 6,000 people in attendanc
>f ! This is the most famous rural fair
rt South Carolina and the best thing i
id its kind probably in the South.
owns its own buildings and grounc
ii ! which are located about 15 niil
,e ! from this city in the lower anti mc
>n fertile and progressive section
Greenville county. The exhibits co
a sist of a show of fine horses am) ot
er Woorien* stock, ^wsa?^ &
BONDS DECLARED VALID
Supreme and Circuit Court Judges
of South Carolina Sitting En Bane
in Ehrlich Bond Case Bender De
cision Validating $12,500 Worth of
Bonds Stolen by Bond Clerk Zim
merman and Sold to Innocent Pur
chasers.
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Columbia, Special.-The Ehrlich
bond case, which involves the valid
ity of the $12,500 worth of State
bonds stolen by Bond Clerk Zimmer
man from the State Treasurer's-of
fice and sold to innocent purchasers,
was argued before a special meeting
of the Circuit and Supreme Court
judges sitting en bane for the pur
pose.
The case is a mandamus to compel
the State Treasurer to cxchange^Ehr
lich's $1,000 bond for a certificate of
stock of the State and thus validate
this and othor bonds and establish
the State liability for thc act of ita
agents
All members of thc bench were
present when thc meet inc: convened
in the Supreme Court roora' Friday
morning, except Circuit Judge Ald
rich, who has been given a vacation
on account of> the condition of his
health. A large number of lawyers
and others interested in thc case at
tended the hearing, and listened with
great interest to the very able argu
ment presented on both sides.
Mr. W. T. Aycock, of thc Columbia
bar, delivered thc argumcut in sup
port of the petition for mandamus,
while ex-Solicitor J. William Thur
mond, of Edgcfield. appeared with
Attorney General Lyon for the Stale.
Bonds as Currency.
These bonds arc made payable to
bearer, and there is no difference be
tween one of the stolen kind and the
other, except that now the Stats
Treasurer under advice of the Attor
ney General has advertised their
numbers and refused payment on tho
interest. The petitioner, therefore,
contends that they arc to be treated
as currency and that an innocent pur
caser cannot be forced to bear the
loss; that the State is liable for the
acts of its agent; that to refuse to
pay this bond would impair thc cred
it of the State and would Aanrn^in^"
J)ond^d/te^
lendeaTluat this would have the un
deniable artd inevitable, result of in
creasing the'bondesl debt of thc State
to just the extent ofthe stolen bonds.
These stolen bonds had been turned
into the State Treasurer's office to bc
exchanged for certificates of stock,
but. the bond clerk instead of cancel
ing them as required by law sold then;
and thus two certificates of indebted
nes went out instead of only one.
The State's attorenys cited a lengthy
array of cases in support of their
argument that to validate these bonds
would establish a dangerous prece
dent; that there would then be no
safeguard against a State officer's in
creasing the State debt to the ex
tent of even a million dollars: that
it would be against public nolicy to
make a soveri^nty liable for such
acts of its agents.
Bonds Validated.
The decision of thc court was ren
dered this evening. It grants the
mandamus and thus validates thc
stolen bonds. The opinion is written
by Asoc?ate Justice Jones and con
curred in by Justice Woods and Cir
cuit Judges Watts, Gage, Dantzler,
Memminger and Wilson.
A dissenting opinion was field by
Justice Eugene B. Gary and this is
concurred in by Chief Justice Pope
and Circuit Judges Ernest Gar}-, J. C.
Klugh, George E. Prince and D E.
Hydrick. Had Circuit Judge Aldrich
been present there might have been
a tie.
May Be Other Actions.
It is likely that the Attorney Gen
eral will bring action against th-:
three State Treasurers under whose
administrations the . embezzlement
occurred to recover ou their bonds
There is a dispute between the three
State Treasurers as to the extent ol
the liability of each, and whethei
Treasurer Jennings, in whose admin
istration the embezzlement was un
covered, is not wholly liable. 1
seems likely that the various compli
cations involved will be a long timi
in the cour*s settlement.
An attempt was made in the las
legislature to relieve -he State Treas
urers from liability by a special act
but this was voted down by a larg
majority.
Henry W. Thompson Waives Pr?
liminary Examination.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special-Henr
W. Thompson, charged with usin
the mails for fraudulent purposes, ap
peared before United States Commis
sioner Atkinson and waived prelin
inary investigation. He gave bon
in the sum of $5,000 for his appeal
ance at the January term of Fedei
al Court to be held in Columbia. M
Thompson was arrested several weeli
ago and gave bond immediately af ti
The taxable property of Union ai
cording to the abstract which tl:
treasurer has just , complete
amounts to $6,407,675. According I
last year's figures, this is an increai
in value of $568,675. The auditor sa:
that this increase came through tl
raising as assessments on the mil
and railroads in the county. Unde
the ?evy which has been fixed for th
year, the amount of taxes which wi
be raised from the values fixed 1
the county boord of assessors will 1
$109,872,80.
WRECK KILLS EIGHT
A Collision of Swiftly Moving.
Passenger Trains
MANY PASSENGERS INJURED
The Chicago and Wheeling Express
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dashes Into a Freight Train on a
Siding at Bellaire, 0.-Fifteen Are
Instantly Bulled and a Score Injur
edTM^ny of Them Fatally The
Bichar? Carle Opera Troupe A
niong the List of Passengers The
Wreck Dna to the Failure of an
Operator to Throw the Switch
Officials of Company Personally
Superintend the Rescue Work.
Wheeling, W. Va., Special -Eight
were killed and a score injured,, a
number fatally, at Bellaire, 0., at
3:15 Saturday afternoon when the
Chicago and Wheeling express train
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
chashed into a freight train which
was moving slowly on a siding.
The wreck was due, it is said, to
the failure of an operator to throw
a switch. Thc west-bound freight
had received orders to meet the pas
senger at the western limits of the
?Bellaire yard, and was moving slow
ly along the siding. At the. point
where the wreck occurred there is'- a
vcr}'- sharp curve which prevents thc
engineers of the east-bound , trains
from seeing more than a few f?et
aiitad. The passenger train swung
around" the curve very rapidly being
three hours late, and should have
gone-ch the safety on the main linc.
The switch to the siding, however,
had not been turned and the train
shot into the siding and into the
freight.^ There was scarcely time to
apply the air brakes and no time
for the negineers to jump. Th? two
big engines were reduced to junk by
the impact, but the worst damage
was done to the smoker which was
telescoped so completely by the bag
gage car that every seat was thrown
out of the coach. Every occupant pf
the smoker was badly injured. The
passengers in the other day coach
and the two "Pullmans were tumbi'
from their seats, but not seriously..
ininrAd -.- .-J
sncctioio^to^^
C. Blrree^of Wheeling personally su
perintended the rescue work. Great
difficulty was experienced in remov
ing the injured passengers from the
wrecked smoker. Work was slow,
because every movement of the de
bris caused some one to shriek with
pain as the victims were entangled in
a mass of timbers and twisted irons
Among the passengers on the
wrecked tram were the members of
Richard Carle's "Spring Chicken"
comic opera company, which ,was to
have played at Wheeling Saturday
afternoon and evening. All the mem
bers of the company escaped serious
injuries, except Alfred Bolby the
musical director. It was found nec
essary to amputate his right arm,
thus ending his career in his profes
sion. He was riding in thc smoker
and was fouad with heavy timber
tighly binding him about the arms.
Train Had Six Coaches.
The wrecked passenger train left
Chicago for Pittsburg and Wheeling
at 0:30 Friday morning. The train
divided at Chicago Junction part go
ing on to Pittsburg by way of Akron
and the other part coming fhrough to
Wheeling via Newark. The Wheeling
end of thc train consisted of six
coaches.*
At the office of Superintendent Lo
ree it M'as said that they were no.
yet certain which operator is to
blame for the accident, but a thor
ough investigation is under way.
The propel ty damage will amouni
to about $6*0,000. A curious feature
"of thc wreck is that the baggage car
and the smoker were the only cars 02
the passenger train damaged
Tobacco Growers Celebrate.
Guthrie, Ky., Special.-Over 30,00C
tobacco growers are herc to take pari
in the third anniversary celebratior
of the formation of the Planter's
Protective Association of the dari
tobacco districts of Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Virginia. One hundrec
??ords of wood, 600 head of sheep an(
hogs, 6,000 loaves of bread and 1.'
barrels of pickles have ben provid
ed for the great barbecue. The grea
advance in the price of tobacc<
brought about by the efforts of th<
association has rendered and tin
planters unusually prosperous an<
the eelebation is on a more lavis!
scale than any previously held.
Hale Jury Disagrees.
Bristol, Tenn., Special.-The jur
in the case of Aek Hale, who i
eharged with the murder of Lillie Dr
vis, a prettv 18-year old Bristol gir
;u East Hill Cemetery here, lat
March, failed to agree and the jur
was discharged. It stood eight fe
hanging, three for a penitential'
sentence and one for acquittal. Th
trial has been in progress in the Cii
cuit Court at Blountville.
Current Events. ?
The testimony in thc Hale murd?
trial at Blountsville, Va., is all in an
argument of counsel began.
Judge Blackstone went to sleep i
thc trial nt Newport News during tl
trial of Julian Pavlinik and it is un:
may make the trial of Pavlinik a
orntivQ.
Fully 2,000 -strangers nrc expect*
io nttcml iho annual reunion ot Co
fe?flPAt? VPlnonB ftt- Elkins, W. V
ROOT VISITS TEXAS
The Secretary of State Spent a
Strenuous Fifteen Hours Period in
San Antionio and is Entertained in
a Befitting Manner hy the People
-Representatives of the Mexican
Republic Meet Eira in the Texas
City to Escort Him Over the Fron
tier.
San Antonio, Tex., Special.-Elihu
Root, Secretary of State was Satur
day the guest of San Antonio. He
was entertained in a befitting man
ner and after a strenuous 15 hours
.left the city at ll o'clock to con
tinue his journey to the Southern Re
public of Mexico.
The Secretary was met here by th'
Mexican welcoming committee, which
' consisted of General Pedro Rincon
j Gallardo, Chairman Major Porfisc
Diaz, Jr., son of tho President, J ll 110
Limateur a brother of thc secretary
of finance for the Mexican requblii
and Lieutenant Col. Samuel (iarcu
Culla, of the President's staff. Tin
formal meeting of thc represent
tives of the two republics took place
Saturday morning at ll o'clock tn
the parlors of the International
Club. From that time on Secretary
Root and the representativos of the
Mexican government participated
jointly in thc receptions and carriage
or autbmoble rides through the eily,
ending with a banquet in the evening
on the roof of thc International Club
where the Mexicali and American
colors were entwined.
Met By Committee.
' Secretary Root reached the city
shortly atfter 7 o'clock Saturday
morning and two hours later wah mer
by the loeaJ reception committee.
The special train with the repre
sentatives of Mexico and Ambassa
dor and Mrs. Thompson on board,
reached thc city from Mexico at 10
o'clock. Shortly after the arrival ai
the club the party was introduced to
the Secretary of State and the State
and city officials.
At il:30 o'clock Secretary Root
and party went to the city hall where
the public reception was held. An
immense crowd of citizens was there
to greet him and hid him welcome.
Welcomed by Governor.
Governor Thomas M. Campbell wel
comed the secretary and other visit
ors and the mayor also spoke. The
^Secretary responded briefly and
j citizens shook the Secretary's hand.
[?At I o'clock there were a lunchean at
"^P^herea reception was tenderen
him bytTmoiteS^^
post.
Eleven Poisoned by Cream.
Statesboro, Ga., Special. - Eleven
persons were poisoned by ice cream,
made from condensed milk, 10 miles
from here Tuesday night, and it was
stated by the attending physician
that there were grave fears that 10 of
the number could not survive. Thc
poisoning occurred at the home o?
Cone Hagan, a well-known Bidloch
county farmer. Some of the children
of his brother were visiting at thc
home of Cone Hagan, and the entire
household partook of the refresh
ment, nearly all eating heartily. Al
most immediately after eating the)
became ill.
Atlanta Viaduct Collapses.
Atlanta, Special-The Jones ave
mic viaduct collapsed Friday winni i
switch engine jumped thc track an?1
struck a pillar of thc structure. A
negro driver and his team went dowi
with the structure. The driver was
badly injured.
Current Events.
The CJulcer squadron of the As
instic s-tation arrived at San Fran
cisco after a. 30,000 mile journey fron
Newport.
Further testimony in the Standar?
Oil case showed large profits of sub
sidiary pipe lines.
Ten perosns were hurt in a Penn
sylvania railroad wreck near Duncan
non. Pa.
Goes Laughing, to Death.
Pensacola, Fla., Special.-Laughin
and joking, Kemp Holt, a negro, wa
hanged Friday at Milton, near hen
for the murder of a man a year ag!
The negro, with a rope adjusted f
round his neck, was given an hour i
which to pray or make a talk to hi
friends.' He chose to talk. Not on
reference was made to the crime ff
which he was convicted, nor did li
utter any prayer, but consumed tl:
time in telling jokes and joining"i
the laughter. The smile thai folov
ed the telling of his last joke had n<
left his face when the black cap Wi
adjusted and thc trap sprung.
Norfolk .Man Given a Life Sentem
New London, Conn., Special.-Ja
I. Beckham, of Norfolk, Va., wi
came here September 1st and kith
his brother-in-law William M. Pett
by shooting in a local hotel, w;
found guilty ol murder in thes ccor
degree and immediately elven a li
sentence. Beckham claimed th
Petty had induced his wife ai
daughter to come here and live in i
immoral way and this was the d
Tense set up.
New Yorker Under Arrest in ?
Louis On Serious Charge.
St. Louis, Mo., Special.-Willis
J. Scott, of New York City, who sa
ho is a wealthy mine owner, quarr
man and contractor, is under arie
here charged with embezzling $5,5
from St. Louisians. The indictmc
alleges that he was engaged to wii
up the affairs of a rainiug compa
at Tulsa, I. T., for $5,500, of whi
$500 was his fee. It is alleged Set
kept all the money.
A PRETTY CONTEST!
Being Waged Between Cotton
Growers and Speculators
INTEREST IN FINAL OUTCOME
Kr. E. D. Smith, President of South
Carolina Cotton Association Says
There is Now Being Waged the
Most Interesting Contest in the
History of Cotton, Between Farm
ers and Speculators.
Columbia, S. C., Special-Mr. E.
D. Smith president of the South Car
olina Cotton Association and organ
izer of the general association has re
turned from a tour of the West, aud
several days spent in New Orleans
and cotton centres.
"The most interesting contest in
the history of cotton is now on be
tween the fanners and the New York
speculators" said lie, in answer to a
question as to the falling off in the
price of spot cotton. "The price of
the manufactured goods is now
based on a price of 15 cents or more
for thc raw material and the demand
for the cloth is unprecedented. ' The
mills a fpw weeks ago were paying
14 to 14 1-2 cents without a murmur.
Thc crop is unquestionably short, far
below the needs of the trade while
fhe tracie conditions of the world arc
excellent and the money situation is
easv. -
'Now what has caused thc decline?
i.'ertainlv no lack of demand for cot
ton. There is no oversupply in sight.
No strikes or ot'ier curtailment of
kindles. Every mill is running on
full time. There is no financial strin
gency or rumor of international com
plications.
,' "Therforo the low prices of cotton
mans simply that the speculators en
trenched behind a lot of low grade
cotton held in their warehouses are
putting the future quotations down
for purely speculative purposes. And
it is a clean-cut fight between them
and the farmer, merchant and bank
er of the South as to who will win.
"If the pepole of the South simply
refuse to sell*below 15 cents the fight
is won. If they put their cotton on
market at the absurd caprices of the
gambler then all the work of the dif
ferent organizations goes for nothing.
Mr. Smith says with the exception
of South Carolina and Georgia" and
parts of North Carolina, where the
Smith. The great hulk ot
.would be held forj^tgr^)^^^ price
iTT^rcTlfcTTTH^ by conditions
brought about by the weak fellows
going on the market. I am going to
call a meeting of the South Carolina
county presidents in a day or so to
sec what can be done to put our
holding schemes into practice. These
holding concerns are being operated
with success in other parts of the
South, and I have reports from sev
eral South Carolina county organiza
tions that Me money is available. If
we can hold this weak cotton off the
market the fight is won, as the strong
will stay off itself then."
Charged With Treason.
Havana. By Cable - Charged with
treason Masso Parra and Gener
al Ducasse were arrested in accord
ance with orders from Governor Ma
goon. Several other arrests of known
revolutionaries have been made but
the identv of those held has been
guarded. It is slated that one of them
is willing to confess the plans of the
alleged conspirators who intended
leading a general uprising throughout
the island.
Killed By Derrick's Collapse
Parkesburg, W. Va.,Special.-Rob'
crt Conley of Burning Springs was
instantly killed in the Burning
Springs oil fields. He was at work
on thc inside of the derrick at the
Dennis O'Brien well on Chestnut run
when the top of the derrick collap
sed. Heavy material fell on him,
crushing him to the floor. He was
taken out as soon as possible but life
was extinct. He was a Mason and
was well known hy the oil fraternity
all over the State.
News of the Day.
William Seal now accuses Fred Jen
kins of thc murder of William Smith
in Culpeppcr county.
Bishop Yan de Vyvcr returned to
Richmond from his trip abroad.
H. H. Rogers, thc Standard Oil
magnate, is said to have sunk $40,000.
000 in thc Virginia Tidewater rail
road project and to have been com
pelled to sell gilt-edged stocks.
Charked With Robbing Express Co.
Richmond, Special.- Seven new
warrants charging him with stealing
all manner of express parcels from a
diamond scarf pin to a pair of shoes
was sworn out last week against G.
M. Shumate wlio is now in the city
jail awaiting trial for the larceny
of three suits of clothes from the
Adams Express Company. The case
will he heard thc latter part of this
week.
.Cargo of Cotton Burning.
Havre, By Cable.-The cotton it
the hold of the British steamer Mada
waska, Captain Kitchin, just in fron
Galveston, is still burning in spite o
the efforts of the firemen to put on
the flames. 200 incinerated bale
were taken out of the hold and th?
a pipe from a chemical fire extin
guisher was introduced and the hoi
heremetically sealed. The chemici
extinguisher will work all night an
it ii thus hoped to B&VA part o? th
8,000 bal??, , .... - ? var
To The
MEN AND BOYS
of
ICdgefield County
We Would like to say that we aim high in our se
lection of Men's
Fall and Winter Suits
. \
We get the best Suit productions from the shops
of the World's best Makers.
We aim high in selection of cloths, linings and
trimmings.. Get the best possible Tailoring.
We sell Suits that make us friends
-the profits comeof thems elves.
The lowest rung on the price ladder is $10. to $30.
The greatest 6trengtk lies in the assoitment at$i2.5o
$15, $18 and$
We can give you positively superior results in
Tailoring, Appearance, Style and qualify.
Anybody can quote prices. It's the Suit at the
price that tells the stor)\ . "
McCREARY'S,
The Home pf Good Clothes 1
742 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
For FIRE INSURANCE
Go to see
W.H. EARLING
Before insuring elsewhere.- We represent the Best OlJ
Lino Companies. _
W. H. HARUHG, A?T.
At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, SC.
\ X I f\ ^\ W <"<| i *
"-."-.utrvvmptete. A Large ItolSj
COFFINS and GA
ITS.
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. T*. COBB,
Johnston.
South Carolina.
AGAINST TELEGRAPH CO.
Railroad Commission Decides In
formally That Wertern Union Peo
ple Violated Charter When They
Mailed Telegrams Where They
Could Net 3e Otherwise Delivered.
Columbia,' Special,-The railroad
commission decided to t ^ttSjjjjaiii " the
complaint r.f President M. L~. Stevens?
of the local telegrapher's union,
against the Western Union Telegra
ph Company that it is violating iu
charter rights in mailing telegram*
to and from points where it has no
operators.
No" formal decisionn has yet bee
put on paper, and Comiuissionei
Earle has not acted on the question
on account of his absence from the
city, but Chairman Caughman said
that he and .Commissioner ?ulivao
had agreed to sign a decision, to he
drafted later, to the effect that after
excnmiation of the company's charter
on fiJFin the Secretary of State's of
fice it has no authority for conduct
ing other than a strictly telegraph
business and is violating its charter
in sendiug messages by mail.
Whether Attorney General Lyon
will be able to find law sufficient on
which to base an action to revoke the
company's charter Chairman Caugh
man does not know. He says the
company is chartered under the laws
of New York and has entered tho
State under the law requiring foreign
corporations to file copies of their
charters with the Secretary of State.
Several weeks ago the commission
turned over thc telegraphers' com
plaint to Solicitor Timmerman to let
the solicitor decide whether the com
pany should be prosecuted for fraud
in accepting money for wire service
and performing that service in part
by mail. The solicitor handed out
no bill, as he was strenuously bus;,"
with a heavy docket and wanted lo
study the situation more closely.
Complaint From Broker.
The commission received a very
forceful complaint from Broker John
T. Leonard, who says that thc service
in Cherleston and elsewhere over the !
country of the Western Union, the
newspaper reports and the signed
statements of the company officials ti
the contrary, is not only not normal
and satisfactory, but on the contrary
"both State and inter-State is un
satisfactory, abonimabje and in fact
almost unbearable;" that in spite of
the company's dates on telegrams he
has found on investigation that they
were filed for transmission from on:
lo three days previous to the time
claimed by the company; that in tho
past five weeks in the large number
of telegrams rent and receivd daily
hy his house there has not been a
single-instance in.which the delay was
not from S to 12 hours beyond nor
mal.
? fTIic commission sent a copy of this
lette" to Superintendent Maxwell, ai
Rich..;.md, saying:
"We beg to state that unless these
complaints are remedied we will tura
the matter over to the Attorney Gen
eral or solicitor to force your com
pany to handle your business with
dispatch and regularity."
Book Contract All Right. ^
Columbia, Special.-The Supreme
Court handed down a decision unani
mously sustaining the decree of Jus
tice Woods in refusing an injunc
tion against the State board of edu
cation when Governor Hey ward was
a member ex-ofh'cio from entering
upon a half million dollar contract
with certain hook publishers for tho
.school book supply of the State for
a period of five years. This contract
established a radical departure from
the method of buying books for a
five-year period. Under the new con
tract the State board decided upon an
official list to be used in the common
sehols of the State for a period of
five years, these books to be handled
through a central deporitory at Co
lumbia, which in turn sells them to
sub-depositories throughout tho
State, the central depository to real
ize 10 per cent., and the sub-deposi
tories tu get 10 per cent. more. Thc
contract with thc publishers requirer
Carolina edition." and the retail
price list established by the
board printed beneath thew
words. Any depository selling above
the list price makes the pubiisiier lia
ble on his bond. The action wa*
brought in the name of two citizens
of the State, but the understanding;
has been that certain publisher*
whose books were not accepted wera
buck of the proceeding. It was argu
ed for the petitioners that the de
pository scheme was in violation o?
iaw and that the school patrons
would have to j>ay more than under
the old system. Superintendent
Martin and others of the hoard, how
ever, contended that a saving of
about $100,000 would he saved in thu.
period of five years, and that tho
suberae prevented retail dealers from
charging too much fdr hooka.
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