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ii f ?PUNTEtTS $ ILO AN AMD ! SAVINGS $ Augusta. U?.? L C. IfX'i N?, Chas. C. reward CASSTSE. ?zscrrtcjis ovia Oi.coo.ooo |TBE NATIONAL BANK f ?f AUGUSTA, GA. L. a HAYHE, Fmidsnt FRANK G. FOBD, Cashtetv ? CAPITA; J.$250,000 * Surplus ?nd Profits. 150,000 t tiwi v+frfrM-i iniiiiHfl tf ?wy 4 <? tf-i-j-i1 * VOt .72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEE 30, 1907. NO. 49. Wm. SCKWE.'GERT, A. S, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Prest, Vicc-Pres. Cashier. Ijiitiyii . Sayf?gs Bank -Augusta? Ga?9 Offers thc Citzens of Edgefield a SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY. 4 Per?@o? Interest. Carriage Store ''Opposite the Monument." We've had forty-six years experience making and selling vehicles, and have yet to see anything on wheels which for Beauty, Easy * Riding, Light Run ning and lasting and qualities would match Moyer Columbia Bug> ~?|l6?9?l&igie?M$l?t? and jStiieiefoajker* Wagons ? If Better were made you would i ind th?m here, A complete Hncor Harness always on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a SPECIALTY". BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE RIAL. ETNA COAL. '749 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.. TR EES-- P ILA NTS FRUIT, SHADE AM) ORNAMENTAL No Seale or Disease. Illdstfated Catalog Ftfee. p.J.BERCKMANSGO.mc FRUITLAND ffURSERIES, AUGUSTA, GA. ESTABLISHED IN 1856 DON'T SELL YOUR Staple Cotton BUT SHIP TO Whaley& Rivers, Cotton Factors, Charlatan, S. .C We eau get you the Best Prices and the highest values for all grades. ?0 Make a trial shipment end see for yourself. Money Saved On every purohase that you make from us. We buy cur goods in largo quantities for cash, coDsepuently we are in a pi. si ron to make very close price3 to qur patrons. Our large frail ?tock of Dry Goods, Notions^ Clothing, Shoes, Etc-, is ready for the buders. See our snperb line of Clothing, for Aftn and Jloyp.? Also the strongest lins of Shoes ever shown in the city of Augusta. We eau f,S everybody and our prices are right. Grand Millinery Display We areah>wiog tba largest and most beautiful line of Millinery I ever shown in this city Wc invite the ladies especially ;to call. "If you do not believe we can save you money, all we ask , is a trial and we will convince you. 9i5 and 618 Broad Street, Augusta, Sa. BAY Of THANKS SH President Names Last Thurs day in November CHARACTER THE GOAL SOUGHT Democracy Must Use the Ten Talents Entrusted It and Fray for the Spir it of EighteousnesF and Justice in whi'h Lies Hopa of Nation's Per petuity. WhiLin&ton) D. C., Special. -Presi dent Roosevelt .Saturday issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, throtigii tl.e Secretary of State, naming tko last Thursday in November, the twenty-eighth. ?he proclamation follows: . "Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance "with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the President ap points a day as the especial occasion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God. "During the past year we have been free from famine, from pesti lence, from war. AVe are at peace with all the rest of mankind. Our natural resources are at least as great as those of any other nation, We be lieve that in ability to develop and take advantage of these resources the average man of this nation stands at least as high as tho average man of any other . Nowhere else in the world is there such an opportunity for a free people to develop to thc fullest extent all its powers of body, of mind, and of that which stands above both body and mind-char acter. "Much has been given us from on high and much will rightly be ex pected of us in return. Into our care the ten talents have been entrusted, and we are to be pardoned neither ii we squander and waste, nor if we hide them in a napkin ; for they must be fruitful in our hands. Ever throughout the agos, at all times and among all peoples, prosperity has been fraught with danger, and it be hooves us to beseech tho Giver of all things that we may not fall into love of ease and luxury; that-we may nol forget our duty to God and to our neighbor. "A great Democracy like ours, a Democracy based upon the principles of orderly liberty, can be perpetuated only if in the heart of the ordinary citizen there dwells a keen sense of righteousness and justice. We should earnestly pray that this spirit of righteousness ?LQ justice may grow ever greater in the hearts of all of us) and that our souls may \be inclined evermore both toward ^tfce- virtues that tell for gentleness, and tender ness, for loving kindness and forbear ance one with another, ?and toward those no less necessary virtues that make our manliness and rugged hardi hood-for without- these qualities neither nation nor individual can rise to the level of greatness. "Now> therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do set apart Thursday, the 28th day of November, as a day of general Thanksgiving and Prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their daily work, and, in their home or in their churches meet devoutly to thank Almighty for the many and great blessings they have received in the past, and . to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve a continuation of these blessings in the future. "In witness whereof T have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to he affixed. (Seal.) "Done at the city of Washington the twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred an seven and of the In dependence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second. (Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." "By the President: "Elihu Root, Secretary of State. To Inquire Into Seizure of Tobacco. Washington, Special.-The British embassy has been charged by its gov1 ernment to inquire into the action o? the Federal authorities in seizing 7, 500 cases of cigarettes at Norfolk in tended for shipment to the Brit.isi. American Tobacco Company. The British embassy reopened for busi ness in Washington- after being lo cated at Intervale, N. H., all sum mer. Mr. Watson, one of the secre taries, is in charge, pending the ar rival of Ambassador Bryce, who is coming from Ifotervele in an automo bile. Sheriff Killed While Attempting tc Arrest Negro. . Carrollton, Miss., Special.-While endeavoring to arrest Bor? Myers, a negro, charged with several petty crimes, Sheriff A. C. McDougall, ol this county, was fired on by the negru and killed. Sunday posses,N with the aid of bloodhounds, are^earchinp for Myers and if captured a lynching is feared. Georgia Youth Kills His Father. Griffin, Ga., Special.-Harry Las siter, 18 years old, shot and killet bis father, William Lassiter, 50 yean old, a painter, shortly after 1] o'clock Sunday night, at their home here.' The coroner held an inquest this morning and young Lassiter wa; held on the charge of murder. H< oleaded "self-defense and claimed bis father was coming at *Mm with < knife. WiM?? uAUttDDEAltS Brother of Saloon Keeper, a Block-, a der, Under the Influence of Liquor, Eilis His Mother and Then Cuts His Own Throat. Wadesboro, N. C., Special.-As a result of a protracted spree and a drunken debauch Mr. Elis Hightow?r, a middle-aged man who lives ia th? southern part of this county, right near the South Carolina line, shot and instantly killed his mother willi a pistol Friday night. It seems thal. Mr. Hightower was at his' home on his front' porch in a semi-conscious condition from the influence of whis key when his mother approached him* to get him to go in the house, and he soddenly drew his pistol and s*hot her through the heart. When the pistol fired Mrs. Hightower said, "Son you have killed me/' and expired imme diately. Saturday, morning, >efter realizing what he had done, Mr. Hightower cut his own throat and died about 10 o'clock. Mr. Hightower had a repu tation of being a noted blockader and dealer in illicit liquor. Ho was a brother to Mr. F. M. Hightower, who is in the saloon busi ness in Wadesboro, and who has made arrangements to go to Wilming hu and run a saloon after the first of next January. BATE CASE COMPROMISED? Governor Glenn Returns to Raleigh) and It Is Positively Announced on the Authority of Person Com pletely Informed in the Matter That the Dispute Between the State of North Carolina and the Southern Railway Is To Be Settled By the Legislature, Governor Glonn Having No Authority to Change the Rate of 21-4 Cents. A special from Raleigh, N. C., to the Charlotte Observer of Monday, says : It can be safely said on the au thority of a completely informed person that the passenger rate ques tion in dispute between the State of North BCarolina. and the Southern Railway since last spring will be settled The final arrangement may be made by the Legislature, which fixed *he rate ^t^i l-4_ce?ti Governor Glenn lu . xltBSatflK^Bfl ! change that rate?j) ports made ^$?&?9H the average a mile pttf?nSy^PiMP I. gers to be 2.41 cents. 1 It has been known for some days by those on the inside that a settle- j meut was in sight. It is now known positively, though details are as yet "< incomplete. Governor Glenn may make recom menqaiions lo the Legislature. This is most probable. - I Gas Tank Explodes, 4 Injured and 3 Missing. x I Chattanooga, Special.-Four work- ? ing men were injured by bums and i two or three are reported missing as , a result of an explosion followed by j fire in the plant of the Chattanooga | Gas company, shortly before 3 | o'clock. The explosion is said to have been caused by" the dropping of a lighted match over an open jet of a tank in the purifying department. I The injured are: B. A. Broder, Dan j Hemmill and Henry Hemmill and an unknown negro. j Birmingham Telegraphers Return to ( i Work. \ Birmingham, Ala., Special.-It was ; announced that a majority of the i telegraphers who have been on strike 1 since August 11th will resume work < Monday. They will go back on both i the Western Union and Postal, under < practically the same conditions they < were working under when called out. i Texas Banks Consolidate. 1 i Houston, Tex., Special-The Plant- , ers & Mechanics' National Bank, i capitalized at $500,000, and, accord- 3 ing to the last statement, issued in { Augusta, carried deposits of $1,000, 000, has been absorbed by the Union , Bank & Trust Company. The consoli- i dated bank will continue as a State ' bank. The cause of the liquidation ' of the Planters & Mechanics' Bank, ] it was said, was the extended illness j of its president, F. A. Richard. -. _ 1 Pennsylvania Trainmen on a Strike. Huntington, Special-Trainmen on the Huntington and Broad Top Rail road went on strike for higher wages j and practically tied up the entire road. Only two engineers and one ; fireman out of a total of 150 train men remain at work. The men de mand wages equal to those paid ] Pennsylvania Railroad trainmen. News in Brief. Postmaster-General Meyer, in an ] address to the postmasters conven- I tion, urged a parcel-post and postal i savings banks. Federal Judge Davton granted at Philippi, W. V., the most swepeing injunction ever granted against a labor union. Novia Scotia Day was. observed al ? Jamestown Exposition. I The steamship Empress of Chine sauk at her dock iu Vancouver, .. SIX BANK FAILURES friday a Bad Day For Finan cial institutions in New York S I - rHJNG?iNOW MORE SETTLED -- The Institutions Affected Were Min or Banks and Had Ko Important Connection With the Larger New Tork Banks* and Their Closing, It Is Declared, Had No Effect on the Generals Situation, Which ?8 Im proving. j\ew Y?ik} Special-Ano tber nerve racking/da^ Las passed but the finan ?ai institutions of New York have mown extraordinary pawer of resist mce to the pressure pat upon them. While it is. true that several minor Lustitutionl.have been forced to close their doora/ yet two things should be ?aid about there-first, that the imounfc involved wa? not so gre:.t as io exert arty marked influence on the jeneral situation, as those banks wera located .^residential quarters and lid not coiae into touch witb the lar jer financial institutions of the me tr?polis, add sectnd, that there is ?very roasojh. to believe that these aanks emhi trust companies are en tirely solvant and their di culties ?7?11 prove?do bo only temporary and iuo entirely to inability to secure ready casfcj?m the gilt-edge securities ri their vaults. Withdrawal Bule Enforced. In the lif&it. of the general excite ment the IStyiiigs banks thought it [vise to put into effect the rule re hiring thirty to sixty days' notice for the withdrawal of deposits, ano ;his will preveut the withdrawal of noney wkic(h Would otherwise be put .n safety deposit boxes. The sayings aanks, if they continued to make payments, \?ould be obliged to witk Iraw fund^Erom the national banks, ihereby, causing additional strain on ;ho general- banking institution. There'was not the least doubt but ;hat tho institutions were in anytninjj )ut the sources c condition and it was pointed out/! that the savings hanks >f this Sfcato are so restricted by aw in .invading their ? money that ?here can be] no question that all of ;he securities, in their possession are )? good va?uje and readily salable in ?orra?l times. The institutions which closed doors .with the sums due dc ??r?Iem, $600,0^.' . International/ Trust ' "Company, ibout "$100,000. The\'!Bor?ugb Bank of Brooklyn, &4,000,000. The .Brooklyn Bank,- $2,300,000. Williamsburg Trust Company, Brooklyn, $7,500,000. The First National Bank of Brook lyn, $3,500j000. The First National Bank of Brook yn, the Williamsburg Trust Company md thc International Trust Company ivere allied institutions. None of these companies had any important busi ness connections with the larger banks which are representatives of the city's financial affairs. Favorable Features. On tho other hand a number of fa vorable, features marked the day. The Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust Company, the two or ganizations which have suffered most from runs, have been slowly paying >ut to'their depositors and closed with all demands having been met. [n tbe case of the Trust Company of America the run has well nigh spent its force as the great bulk of the de positors have been paid off. At the ;lose of business there were .a good nany in line at the Lincoln Trusl Sompany but also there was a mark ?d reduction in the number of anx ious depositors. The most favorable inc.idpnt of the day was that the stock exchange ?vas provided with funds ample to neet its immediate necessities by a money pool headed by J. Pierpont Morgan, which sent about $15.000, 300 to the exchange during the after noon. As al! of the loans made hold Dver until Monday, the stock ex mange situation will not be a factoi tn the problems that the bankers may be called upon to solve. A very en jouraging feature of the afternoon's ievelopments was a signed statement by Clark Williams, the newly ap pointed State superintendent of banking, affirming the solvency of the local institutions. News Notes. Secretary Taft postponed his de parture from Manila to look after the fortifications at Lubig Bay. The trial of Editor Harder in Berlin for libel was marked by the attend ee of many of the Emperor's Court Havana strikers were forbidden to bold open-airmeetings. Truck growers held an important ?onvention in Norfolk. Alston H. Berry, alleged to have been a professional gambler, whose borne was in Rome, Ga., was found murdered in a room in a Norfolk ho tel. The Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans met in Richmond. Nurfolk and Southern Railway stockholders met Norfolk and voted to issue $25,000,000 refunding bonds. W. K. Vanderbilt, Ji\, smashed a camera in front of the Duchess of ftiarlbo rough, FOR INLAND WATERWAY Convention to ba Held in Philadelphia in November to Boos* Waterway From Cape Cod to Beaufort. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-At a meeting held in the office of Mayor Roiburn, a fund was subscribed to defray the expenses of a convention to be held in this city November 19th and 20th in the interest of a proposed inland waterway from Cape Cod to Beauford, N. C. At the meeting final arrangements were com pleted for the convention at which it is expected representatives will bo present from ?ll the Atlantic coast states. At the meeting the plan of the watorway was outlined by Congress man J. Hampton Moore, of this eily. The meeting was attended by rep resentatives of trade organizations from Trenton and Camden, N. J., "Wilmington, Del., and other places. Among those present were Congress piaii Burton, of, Delaware j Bingham, ?loon and Foulrod, of -Philadelphia, and Prank L. Lanne, of the National iioard of Trade. Progress of the South. Wilmington, Del., Evening Journal. Those who fancy that the Sonth is still sleeping should read a fine booklet issued by an enterprising firm of Charlotte, N. C., telling of the industrial growth of that city. The book is very well prepared and it presents a pretty picture of thc North Carolina city. The booklet declares that the population of Char lotte has increased from 8,500 in 1S30 to 41,500 in 1907, and judging from the photograph of city, the popula tion' must bo somewhat near these figures. Thc development of the South as a cotton manufacturing country' is revealed jn thc booklet. There arc 19 of these mills in Char lotte alone, and in tue State there are 245 factories, with 2,023,043 spindles and 42,775 looms. In South Carolina there are 114 mills, with 2, 671,410 spindles and 65,SS3 looms. The city has many handsome struc tures and a building boom is in pro gress. A new hotel costing $250,000 was recently finished, the money be ing raised by the people of the city. Thc finest op?ra house, it is asserted, in the South, is located in Charlotte, and one of the realty companies has a twelve-story building. A new Y. M. G. A. home to cost $100,000 is to be erected. 'A Presbyterian hospital to cost $65,000, and an Elks'.temple, to cost $50,000. The elegant ne** auditorium just completed' is .un doubtedly one of the greatest pub lic conveniences which has ever been placed in the city. It is a distinct credit to Greater Charlotte. Its seat _ money com LlUUlAMniMHlQNHj ings all came 'from Charlotte. -Pac city has -fine new municipal) county and Federal buildings and handsome school houses. The good roads movement has made great progresa in Mecklenburg the county of which Charlotte is thc capital. There are 180 miles of stone roads in the county as the result of a road builders' congress. New Currency Law Needed. , ' Washington, D. C., Special-Sena tor Elkins, of West Virginia, declar ed, after a talk with thu President, that a new currency law would have to be passed this winter to correct the evils that are responsible for the money panic. "The business of the country has increased faster than the supply of money,' he explained, "and we must have more m-mey to keep up with the programme.'' Bell Telephone Floats Stock. New York, Special.-Final pay payment of $50 a share on the $21, )25,200 additional stock issue of the American .. Telegraph & Telephone Company, popularly known as the ^ell ' ' telephone trust, ' ' was made. The entire issue was disposed of, a large number of shares- being sub scribed for by English financiers and banking houses. The new stock is is sued to supply the funds needed for the great improvements and exten sions planned by the telephone com pany for 1908. Barn Destroyed. Columbia, Special.-A barn on the Tann of Mrs. Eva Moore at Culleoka ?vas destroyed by fire Sunday night, together, with two cows and a lot of tanning machinery belonging to her tenant, R. Daugherty; Thc origin of tho fire is not known. The loss will probably amount to $600 or more and there was no insux*ance. A Conference on Trusts. Chicago, Special.-The "trust" conference of the National Civic federation, which is to continue for four days., opened herc. About 400 delegates were present, representing 42 States and approximately 80 or ganizations of a mercantile, civic and municipal character. President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Colum bia University, the president of the Federation, called the convention to .udor. For a Fair Election. | Memphis, Special-Friday'3 pri mary to determine whether the Wil liams or Walsh forces shall go against thc Malone ticekt for four eily offices Nov. 5, will be absolutely 1 fair. This was made sure when the Democratic Executive Board adopted <\ resolution that where fraud is> de tected in any ward tt? box shall be thrown out j To ne MEN AND BOYS of EMgefielci County We would like to say that we aim high in cur se lection ot Men's Fill and Winter Suits m 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 $30. The greatest strength lies in the assoitment at$i2.5o $15, $18 and?% We can give you positively superior results in Tailoring, Appearance, Style and quality. Anybody can quote prices. It's the Suit at the price that tells the story. 742 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Y 1010 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. F. & CO. Cotton Department MCP I mm J11.1 I' ? ?t^MU i I LE MT ?PIOIllPUMOnMaMWCBlOMi! de s ton, S. C. ESTIMATES, GIVEtf ON ALL KINDS TIN ROOFING Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylights, Dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grales, Tin Plate, Galvanized Iron, Copper, Ziuc, Solder, Eve Troughs and Conductor Pipes, Roofing and Sheafing Papers. ^liop and. Waferoom 1010 JONES ST. ' PHONE 100 [jElTRepairing Promptly Done. advantage anas! DST* O?s ?peckl attention to-Jiandiirig ?sTai pie Cott. nf viz : "ALFLEN SEED\<'FLORO DORA" and others of this grade' \ -v ^ v 1 '_3 -' W. W. RAMSEY, RAMSEY Cotton G. W. LEG WEN-, X -AND LEADERS IN Wagons and Buggies. 835 and 837 Reynolds Street, - Augusta, Ga. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing* is complete. A Large ?tock. 1 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. TV" TT' . . ? ' T,T^ Ex GEO. F\ COBB. Johnston. , South Carolina, WHITE WALL PAPER. All-white watered paper for walls has proved to be the relief sought by women of fastidious taste from the the over-flowered cretonne papers that became so exceedingly tiresome to the eye and nerves, says "Vogue." The effect of a room of which the walls are papered ls white and furnished with cretonnes of a choice character, is charming. WOLFISH. "Ever surrounded by wolves?" "Xe; but I know the sensation. I ascd Lo open the dining-room doors at a mummer hotel."-Louisville Cour ler-JGU?pai PICNICS ADVOCATED. While the rush is on don't forget ?hat everyone on the farm should have a little picnic of some sort af-, ter harvest. There i3 considerable of pleasure in planning for it and look ing forward to the time. Then, too, one always appreciates a picnic bet ter right after a spell of extra hard work.-Farmer's Call. MORE SATISFACTORY. Eastman-I understand your father owns a large ranch in New Mexico. Does he run it on scientific prin ciples? Westlake-No; he runs It on money-making principles.-Chicago