Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 30, 1907, Image 2
PLANTER'S
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
Augusta.
PATS ENTES SS? $
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EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 30, 1907.
}T BE NATIONAL BANK ?
?f AUGUSTA, GA.
L. a KAYKB, President.
FRANK G. FOBD, Cashiir,
CAPITAL.$250,000
Surplus and Profits. 150,000
We riiall be pfeaaed to bar? yoe ?ora an *&.*???
r ??Ith this Bank. Curtomersaml OHrM?,or^><au. a?
P larid of ?Torr courir and aooom?i*daU???uu?
f ble auder c?ns?rraUre. mudara C&atfn; ia? BOA*
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NO. 49.
Wm. SC ?WE ?GERT, A. S, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY,
Prcai, Vicc-Pres. Cashier.
Union-'Savings Bank
|i8sfa9 Ga?*
Offers thc Citzens of Edgefield a
SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and
CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY.
4 Per Cent Interest.
l>~?3 8tore
''Opposite the Monument."
We've had forty-?ix 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 andi ??l&smibia Bug?
'gi?s9?&i?salB?ait? and
Surreys?
Studebaker Wagons,
If Better were made you would i ind
them here,
A complete Hncof Harness always on hand. Heavy
Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a
SPECIALTY,
BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE
RIAL. ETNA COAL.
fie) Broad Street, Augusta, Ga..
TREES-PLANTS
FRUIT, SHADE AND 01NAMENTAL
No Scale or Disease.
Illustrated Catalog Free.
?>, J. BERCKM?HS GO. INC.
FRUITLAND J?Uf?SEff/ES, A.UGUSTA. GA.
ESTABLISHED IN 1856
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DON'T SELL YOUR
Staple Cotton
BUT SHIP TO
Whaley & Rivers,
Cotton Factors,
Charlston, S. .C
We eau get you the Best Prices and the highest values for
all arides.
"Make a trial shipment red see for yourself.
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Money Saved
On every purchase that you make from us. We buy our goods
in large quantities for cash, consepuently we are in a positon to
make very close prices to our patrons. .
Our large
JET?ll ?tock
of Dry Goods, Notions^ Clothing,
Shoes, Etc., is ready for the buyers.
See our superb line of Clothing, for Mtn and J?oyp.- Also the
strongrst line of ?>boes ever shown in the city of Augusta.
We eau to everybody and our prices are right.
Grand Millinery Display
We are sh><ri(ig thj larga3t and most beautiful line of Millinery
SB ever shown in this city We invite the ladies especially to call.
?y If you do not believe we can save you mouey, all we ask
is a trial and we will convince you.
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9i5 and 618 Broad Street, Augusta, Sa.
President Names Last Thurs
day in November
CHARACTER THE GOAL SOUGHT
Democracy Mast Use the Ten Talents
Entrusted It and Pray for thc Spir
it of Righteousness and Justice in
whi m Lies Hops of Nation's Per
petuity.
Walline ton, D. C., Special. -iYcsi
dent Roosevelt .Saturday issued bis
Thanksgiving proclamation, througii
tl.c Secretary ol' State, naming tl.e
last Thursday in November, the
twenty-eighth.
Ihe 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 thc past year we have
been free from famine, from pesti
lence, from war. We are at peace
"with all the rest of mankind. Our
natural resources are at least as great
as those of any other nation. Wc 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 mau of
any other . Nowhere else in the
world is lhere such an opportunity
for a free people to develop to thc
fullest extent all its powers of body,
of mind, and of that which stan-L
above both body and mind-char
acter.
"Much has been given ns 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 if
we squander and waste, nor if wo
hide them in a napkin; for they must
be fruitful hi our hands. Ever
throughout the ages, 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 not
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 ?L? justice may grow
ever greater in the hearts of all of ns,
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
aeither 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
laily work, and, in their home or in
their churches meet devoutly to
thank Almighty for the many and
?reat blessings they have received in
the past, and.to pray that they may
be given strength so to order their
ives as to deserve a continuation of
these blessings in the future.
"In witness whereof I have here
anto set my hand and caused the seal
!>f the United States to be affixed.
(Seal.)
"Done at thc city of Washington
the twenty-fifth day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand
aine hundred an seven and of the In- !
lependencc of the United States the
me 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
>mbassy bas been charged by its gov
jrnment to inquire into the action o?
the Federal authorities in seizing 7,- \
500 cases of cigarettes at Norfolk in- 1
;ended for shipment to the British .
American Tobacco Company. The |
British embassy reopened for busi- i
less in Washington after being lo
jated at Intervale, N. H., all sum- 1
uer. Mr. Watson, one of the secre- '
taries, is in charge, pending the ar- <
?val of Ambassador Bryce, who i? j
?oming from *Intervple in an automo
jile.
Sheriff Killed While Attempting cc ]
Arrest Negro. .
Carrollton, Miss., Special.-While
mdeavoring to arrest BOD* Myers, a 1
?egro, charged with several petty
?rimes, Sheriff A. C. McDougall, ol 1
;his county, was fired on by the ncgiv- 1
md killed. Sunday posses,x with ,
;he aid of bloodhounds, are^earchin^ ,
:or Myers and if captured a lynching ]
s feared.
Georgia Youth Eilis His Father.
Griffin, Ga., Spacial.-Harry Las j
niter, 18 years old, shot and killer (
lis father, William Lassiter, 50 yeais <
)ld, a painter, shortly after ll
)'clock Sunday night, at their home j
1?re. The coroner held an inquest '
;his morning and young Lassiter wa;
aeld on the charge of murder. H<
jleaded'self-defense and claimed bb ,
father was coming at bim "with i
?iife.
WBM?uAUSt?DEAitS
Brother of Saloon Keeper, a Block-,
ader, Under the Influence of
Liquor, Kills 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 Hightower,
a middle-aged man who lives ia the
southern part of this county, right
near the South Carolina line, shot
and instantly killed his mother with
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 Ids mother approached him"
to get him to go in the house, and he
SHddenly drew his pistol and snot her
through the heart. When the pistol
fired Mrs. Hightower said. "Son j'ou
have killed me," and cspired imme
diately.
Saturday morning, ofter realizing
what he had done, Mr. Hightower cul
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 t< Mr. F. M.
Hightower, who is in the saloon busi
ness in Wadesboro, and who has
made arrangements to go to Wilming
ttn and run a saloon after the first
of next January.
RATE 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 thc
State of North Carolina and the
Southern Railway Is To Be Settled
By the Legislature, Governor
GLmn 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 sCarolina and the Southern
Railway since last spring will be
settled The final arrangement may
be made by the Legislature, which
fixed *he rate at 21-4 cent?
Governor Glenn
change that
ports made,
the average a
gers to be 2.41 cents.
It has been known for some days
by those on the inside that a settle
ment was in sight. It is now knowi
positively, though details are as yet
incomplete.
Governor Glenn may make recom
mendations to tue Legislature. This
is most probable.
Gas Tank Explodes, 4 Injured and
Missing.
Chattaeooga, Special.-Four work
ing men were injured by burns and
two or three are reported missing as
a result of an explosion followed by
fire in the plant of the Chattanooga
Gas company, shortly before
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.
Tho injured are: B. A. Broder, Dan
Hemmill and Henry Hemmill and an
unknown negro.
Birmingham Telegraphers Return to
Work.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.-It was
announced that a majority of the
telegraphers who have been on strike
since August 11th will resume work
Monday. They will go back on both
the Western Union and Postal, under
practically the same conditions they
were workinsr under when called out.
Texas Banks Consolidate.
Houston, Tex., Special-The Plant
ers & Mechanics' National Bank,
capitalized at $500,000, and, accord
ing to the last statement, issued in
Augusta, carried deposits of $1,000,
300, has been absorbed by the Union
Bank & Trust Company. The consoli
dated bank will continue as a State
bank. The cause of the liquidation
jf the Planters & Mechanics' Bank,
it was said, was the extended illness
)f its president, F. A. Richard.
Pennsylvania Trainmen on a Strike.
Huntington, Special-Trainmen on
the Huntington and Broad Top Rail
road went on strike for higher wages]
ind practically tied up the entire
road. Only twp engineers and one
?reman 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
iddress to the postmasters conven
tion, urged a parcel-post and postal
savings banks.
Federal Judge Dayton granted at
Philippi, W. V., the most swepeing
injunction ever granted against a
abor union.
Novia Scotia Day was observed al
Jamestown Exposition.
The steamship Empress of Chin?
sank at her dock iii Vancouver, ..
friday a Bad Day For Finan
cial Institutions in New York
THING?iNOW MORE SETTLED
I The Institutions Affected Were Min
er Banks and Had No Important
Oonne?on With the Larger New
York Banks ?and Their Closing, It
Is Declared, Had No Effect on the
General;-Situation, Whick ?s Im
proving.
I-.
J New York, Special-Another nerve
racking day has passed but thc finan
cial institutions of New York have
shown extraordinary power of resist
ance to., the-pressure pat upon them.
While it is ; true that several minor
institutions have been forced to close
their doors/ yet two things should be
said about them-first, that the
-amount involved was not so great as
to exert any marked influence on the
general situation, as these banks wera
located >U}%residential quarters and
did not como into touch with the lar
ger financial institutions of the me
tropolis, aqd sectjad, that, there is
every reasoh to believe that these
banks andi trust companies are en
tirely solvlnt and their di culties
will prove fjo ba only temporary and
duo entirely to inability to secure
ready easton the gilt-edge securities
in the*r vaults.
Withdrawal Bule Enforced.
In the limit of the general excite
ment the "savings banks thought it
wise to piit; into effect the rule re
quiring thirjy to sixty days' notice
for the withdrawal of deposits, ano
this will preveut the withdrawal of
money whi?h would otherwise be put
in safety deposit boxes. The savings
banks, if $ey continued to make
payments, ifould be obliged to with
draw funds^from the national banks,
thereby, causing additional strain on
tho general banking institution.
There' was, 'not the least doubt but
that tho insjStutions were iii anything
but the soundest condition and it was
pointed outj-jthat the savings banks
of this Stdio are so restricted by
law in investing theil- , money that
there can bei no question that all o?
?he securities, in their possession are
of good' value and readily salable in
normal timq?
The institutions which closed
doors ?with the sums due de
Haifam, $600,0
International/ Trust ' Company,
about "$100,000.
The\'Borough 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, $3,500,000.
The First National Bank of Brook
lyn, thc Williamsburg Trust Company
and the International Trust Company
were 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 the other hand a number of fa
vorable features marked the day. The
Trust Company of America and the
Lincoln Trust Company, thc two or
ganizations which have suffered most
from runs, have been slowly paying
out to their depositors and closed
with all demands having been met.
[n the case of thc Trust Company of
America the run has well nigh span I
its force as the great bulk of the de
positors have been paid off. At the
ilose of business there were .a good
many in line at the Lincoln Trust
Company but also there was a mark
sd reduction in the number of anx
ious depositors.
The most favorable inr.idpnfc o?
thc day was that the stock exchange
ivas provided with funds ample to
meet its immediate necessities by a
money pool headed by J. Pierpont
Morgan, which sent about $15.000,
300 to the exchange durins: the after
noon. As all of the loans made hold
over until Monday, the stock ex
mange situation will not be a factor
in the problems that the bankers may
be called upon to solve. A very en
couraging feature of the afternoon's
levelopments was a signed statement
i>y Clark Williams, tho newly ap-"j
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
?or libel was marked by the attend
ee of many of the Emperor's Court
Havana strikers were forbidden to
mid open-airmectings.
Truck growers held an important j
jonvention in Norfolk.
Alston E. Berry, alleged to have
leen a professional gambler, whose
mme was in Rome, Ga., was found
nurdered in a room in a Norfolk ho
ld.
The Grand Camp of Confederate
Veterans met in Richmond.
Norfolk and Southern Railway
stockholders met y? Norfolk and
roted to issne $25,000.000 refunding
muds.
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., smashed a
camera in front of the Duchess of
Marlborough.
FOR INLAND WATfRWA?
Convention to bs Held in Philadelphia
in November to Boost Waterway
rrom Cape Cod to Beaufort.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-At a
meeting held in thc office of Mayor.
Reiburn. 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 all the Atlantic coast
states.
At the mcetiug the plan of the
waterway was outlined by Congress
man J. Hampton Moore of this
?..it y.
The meeting was attended by rep
resentatives cf trade organizations
from Trenton and Camden, N. J.,
Wilmington, Del., and other places.
Among those present were Congress
mnii Burton, of, Delaware; Bingham,
?loon and Foulrod, of Philadelphia,
and Frank L. Lanne, of the National
Board of Trade.
Progress of the South.
Wilmington, Del., Evening Journal.
Those who fancy that the South
is still sleeping should read a fine
booklet issued by an enterprising
firm of Charlotte, N. C., teliing 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 thai the population of Char
lotte has increased from i?,500 in 1330
to 41,500 in 1907, and judging from
the photograph of city, the popula
tion" must be 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
lotto alone, end in ilie 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.
Tho 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. C. A. home to cost $100,000 is to
be erected. A Presbyterian hospital
to cost $65,000, and an Ejks' temple,
to cost $50,000. The elegant ne*
auditorium just completed' is un
doubtedly one of the greatest pub
lic conveniences which hes ever been
placed in the city. It is a distinct
credit to Greater Charlotte. Its seat
4,500. Thc
money com
ings all came 'from Charlotte,
city has fine new municipal) county
and Federal buildings and handsome
school houses.
The good roads movement has
made great progress? 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. . 1
Washington, D. C., Special-Sena
tor Elkins, of West Virginia, declar
ed, after a talk with the President,
that a new currency law would have !
to be passed this winter to correct j
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 money 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
n.ell "telephone trust," was made.
Thc 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
dens planned by the telephone com
pany for 1908.
Barn Destroyed.
Columbia, Special.-A barn on the
farm of Mrs. Eva Moore at Culleoka
.vas destroyed by fire Sunday night,
together, with two cows and a lot of
farming 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
chere was no insurance.
A Conference on Trusts.
Chicago, Special.-The "trust"
conference of thc National Civic
federation, which is to continue for
four days,, opened herc. About 400
iclegatcs were present, representing
12 States and approximately 80 or
ganizations of a mercantile, civic
?id municipal character. President
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Colum
jia University, the president of thc
Federation, called the convention to
ii der.
For a Fair Election.
Memphis, Special-Friday's pri
mary to determine whether the Wil
iams or Walsh forces shall go
igainst the Malone ticckt for four
?ty offices Nov. 5, will be absolutely
'air. This was made sure when the
democratic Executive Board adopted
i resolution that where fraud is> de
eded in any ward the box shall be
hrown out
MEN AND BOYS
of
EMgrefielci Oouxrt^r
We would like to say that we aim high in cur se
lection ot Men's
Fall and Winter Suits.
We get the best Suit productions from the shop's
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 $30.
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The greatest strength lies in the assoitment at$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 stor}\
The Home of d@?sl Clot hes
743 Broad ?&. Augusta, Ga.
1010 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.
$5*jf We give, Special attention.td"-handling Sf??
ie Cotton, viz: "ALLEN SEED\"FLORO
fi DORA" and ethers of this grade'
W. W. RAMSEY,
G. W. LEG WEN..
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ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS
TIN ROOFING
Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylights,
Dealer iii Stoves, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grates, Tin Plate,
Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Solder, Eve Troughs'and
Conductor Pipes, Roofing and SheatiDg Papers.
Shop and. Wareroom
iojo JONES ST.* PHONE 100
Repairing Promptly Done.
Cotton Factor?
-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 furnishings
is complete. A Large ?tock.
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.
GEO. IP. COBB.
Johnston. { South Oarolioa,
./HITE 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 is white and furnished
with cretonnes of a choice character,
is charming.
PICNICS ADVOCATED.
While the rush is on don't forget
chat everyone on the farm should
have a little picnic of some sort af-,
ter harvest. There is 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 kar<J
work.-Farmer's Call.
WOLFISH.
"Ever surrounded by wolves?"
"Nc; but I know the sensation. I
used to open the dining-room doors
at a ?mmer "net?!."-Louisville Cour
ier-Journal
MORE SATISFACTORY.
Eastman-I understand your father
owns a large ranch in New Mexico.
Docs he run it on scientific prin
ciples?
Westlake-No; he runs it on
mcney-rnaking principles.-Chicago
New.s,