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PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS ? BANK, 91 TS UTTKBCST . R ??DSPOSCTS ACCOUNTS **\ SOLICITED L C. S4VNE, Chas. G. Howard, : Augusta, ii*,. | ( CASEUB. ; IfEVuTKCKS OVEK 51,000,000 ] <-8 1 i i t 1 i ? }?i'H'!'?] H ?HE NATIONAL BANK # AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. KAYNE, President FRANK G. POSD, Cashier. CAPITAL. .. ... . 4250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 4? Jf'******* ?. t,T? you o.-wn ?o acroma I A with tau Rant Cii?touien?n<3 C0*TM;/?r>4~M.M Z ?f .Tenr courin, ?nd vocotnr wi ottos p.??. T bl? nader c*nier??Jf#, med.ra Buklac mo b.-a? VOL 72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1907. NO. 52. Wm. SCHWEIGERT, A. S. MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Prest. Vice-Pres. ; Cashier. virogg Banfe 9 ?9 Offers the Citzens of Edgefield a SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY. BM 4 Per ???if interest. Tile . Carriage Store ''Opposite the Monument." We've had forty-cix 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 dualities would match Ct Ol Moyer aai? Columbia Bug .gili ^txicletoaikejr Wagons If Beater were made you would lind them here, A complete line of Harness always on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a SPECIALTY, BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE KIAL. ETNA COAL. 729 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. m% SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL No Scale or Disease. Illustrated Catalog Free. P. Jr DLfiuii ?finno uu. INC. g FRU?TLAND flURSEFJES, ?\UGUSTA, GA. ESTABLISHED IN 1856 ? DONT SELL YOUR Staple Cotton BUT SHIP TO Cotton Factors, Charlston, S. .C We caa get yo* the Best Prices anti the highest valueB for all grades. 0jP"Make a trial shipment cud see for yourself. Mosley Saved On everr purchase that you make from U6. We buy our goods in largo quantities for casb, consepuently we arelo a positon to jake very close prices to our patrons. , Our large JETall Stock of Dry Goods, Notions^ Clothing, Shoes, Etc, is ready for the buyers. See our snperb line of Clothing, for.Mtn and Hoys. Also the strongest line of ?'hoes ever shown in the city of Augusta. We eau lit everybody and our pri - ire right. Grand Milliner^ Display ! We are sh >wing. the larga?t and most beautiful line of Millinery ever shown in this city We" invite the ladies especially to cali. gjtF~U you do not believe we can save you money, all we ask ?s a trial and we will convince you. a A ne i f$5 m? M Brand Slrwt, August Sn < i i ; o 11 f n a i M 11 : i u M 9 ; 11 'Palmetto ? I Thc News of South Caro I SKS*3><?><&<&,8><3><S>3><?,<&^ iiiiiiiiiuiimi M n ; n t > To Ask Cash of.Uncle Sam. Columbia, Special. - Postmaster Huggins, of Columbia, and Internal Revenue Collector Micah Jenkins' have both said that if the present! financial stringency keeps up they ! will petition the Federal government to send them the cash to meet the | pay rolls, which total over $75,000 mouthly, instead of " paying off as" usual in checks, this in order to re-i lieve the situation in this State ; but i the government gave evidence in ad- ' vices received that it will not lend assistance down this way. Now whether thc request of Messrs. ling gins and Jenkins, if made, will be granted, cannot be said. But it is a fact that thc government is not accepting cheeks. The two local de-1 positories of the government in this city, tho Carolina National Bank and the Palmetto National Bank, have been required by thc government to? ship currency to Washington for the balances due there, instead of checks as - heretofore. In the past it has been the custom to send checks on New York for currency due the Fed eral Treasury, but Washington offi cials say that New York is short of currency and is not shipping any and That, therefore, gold or currency must be forthcoming from Columbia. These two depositories are used by the post office and the revenue office. Thc rev enue collections in this State amount \ to about haif a million dollars an- ' .nually and the receipts from the sale i of postal money orders and oihcr-i such items amount to several thous- ! and dollars a day. These Columbia banks are depositories for these funds, not only for the Columbia post office but for the State generally. j Mr. G| L. Anderson Chosen to Man-! a?e Cotton Mill. Williamston, Special.-The election of Mr. G. Lang Anderson to promote the new cotton mill at Blacksburg was very gratifying to his friends as a worthy tribute to a capable mill mau, though his friends in William ston regret that it will result in the removal of himself and his family from this town, where Mr. Anderson / has spent the greater part of his life. The promoters of the new mill were veiy fortunate in securing Mr. An derson ns/administrative head of the new enterprise, for he will take into;. his new office^ the experience^^ef a! , ^t?nl>?r<??"??aT^??? an official of the Williamiston mills, one of the most successful factories in the State. Bc-1 sides, Mr. Anderson has a large ac-1 quaintance among mill men and fin-? anciers in the North, and this influ ence wid bear an appreciable effect upon any institution with which he may he connected. i Boy Bitten By Mad Dog. Blackville, Special.-Herbert Gar vin, the 14-ycar-old son of W. M. Garvin of this place, was bitten by a so-called mad dog. The dog belong ed to his uncle, Dr. G. W. Nevi ls, and was a pet in the family. Conse quently this caused alarm in the fam ily and it devloped that thc dog was affected with rabies. Dr. Nevils, thc young man's uncle, packed the dog's head in ice and took herbert and the dog's head on the nest train to Pas teur instite of Atlanta, Ga. The phy sicians there pronounce the case one of genuine rabies, but say they only lose one case in 200, so young Gar vin's, relatives here are more hope ful of his case. Charged With Robbing CJars. Greenville. S. C., Special.-Flag nan Belk, of the Southern Railway, lias been arrested by a railroad de fective here, charged with robbery of cars. He is a native ot Salisbury and recently married >into a prominent family there, his wife being a Miss Kesler. ' i Death Sentence for Negro. ^.Chester, Special.-The court of ses .. ris adjourned sine die Tuesday aiorning. As its final act, death sen tence was passed on Lawson Addison, the negro convited of the murder of two women, Matilda McMaster and Mamie Halsell, in September, 190G. The murderer evaded arrest for about a year and was then caught in Greens- , boro, N. C. The killing took place ' as the victims were on their way , home from church. It was most un- ( provoked and brutal affair. Judge . Wilson fixed Friday, January 17, 190S, as the day of execution. I Bank Examiner to Quit Office. Anderson, Special.-Mr. Lee Q. Holleman will in all probability hand in his resignation as State bank ex- ' aminer to Gov. Ansel, effective Jami- ! ary 1. It has been rumored on the streets here for a day or .so that he [ will become connected with the Peo ples' bank of Anderson about the first of the year and that thc caplial stock of the bank will be increased from $100,000 to $250,000. Yield of Four Horse Farm. Cokesbury, Special.-Mr. William Tinsley, living near Hodges, ran a four horse farm this year, and his crop turned out as follows: Ono plow, 17 bales; one plow, 13 bales; one plow, 13 bales ; one plow, 13 bales. He made in addition to this remark able yield four bales on four acres, his individual crop. Ho used threo lon? ftf 6u?i? to im pldtf, mid "WtfH?* ?y m hm ki ft jferft?ft ?I a* trop; " ?: . 4< lina in Condensed Form |J I I i 1 I I I I 1 1 IC 1 i I i i I I i I I I I I I At Bamberg Court. Bau.berg, Special.-The court of general sessions has finished up its criminal docket. Although the work of the criminal court has not con tinued many days several cases of in terest have been disposed of. The case of John Anderson, charged with the killing or at least complicity in the killing of Willie Cutter, at Mid way, aleut a year and a half ago, re sulted in a verdict of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. This case has excited considerable interest. Cutter, thc white mail connected with the pony show which was exhibiting at Mid way, went out of the tent to stop some -negroes \vho were apparently trying to see in the tent without paj' ing the admission fee. He became in volved in a row and was shut, dying a few hours later. Thc crime was 11 laid at thc door of Isiah Bartley and John Andcrsson. Bartley was caught t and was convicted of manslaughter i last year, but had appealed and is out i on bond. Doc Nelson, the somewhat t famous breakaway, has been re-sen- ? tenced to Jiang, the hanging being set t for December (j. Kelson was convict- i ed nt the last tenn>o| court and sen- : tenced to hang, but appealed and his i sentence was stayed pending thc ap- f peal, and it was during this time that [ lie was caught in two attempts to es- t capp. c - s Greenville Bankers Relieve Stria- t gency. j Greneville, Special. - Greenville r banks have formed a local clearing house association and decided to issue s certificates to thc amount of $152,- * 400, or 20 per cent of their capital . stock. The certificates will be secur- r ed by collateral put A?? by the differ- g cut hanks and are to be passed on by 1 trustees who will hold the collateral, f which secures payment of the certi ficates by March 1 next. The trustees t appointed are: Frank Hammond, B. t M. McGee and F. F. Capers. The cer- * lificates will be ready for signature ? and distribution soon. They will be v in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10 t and $20 and will be endorsed and s guaranteed by every bank in Green- t ville. The -forr J arion of^the local t clearing house and the issuance of fa these -?crt: fica tes . with* greatly" relieve p the stringency in money in this seo- a tion. c More Game Wardens. n Columbia, Special-Mr. B. F. Tay- ? lor, president of the State Audubon Society, has sent to Gov. Ansel the ?? following recommendations for ap- S pointrnenfs as game wardens for the e respective territories named: Kaje- ? tan E. Kremser, keeper South Jetty r Channel range, Winyah bay; Charles Johnson, keeper South Island light j f Victor E. Thelning, keeper Cape Ro- ?: main light station, MeClellanville ; 1 Halvor S. Svendsen, keeper Bull Bay ? light station; James E. Swan, kee?er j1 Mount Pleasant range; John Wieking keeper Charleston light station; Theo. 1_ S. Johnsen, keeper Hunting Island * light station, Frogmore, Beaufort county; Frederick H. Bruggeman, J1 keeper Hilton Head range; Charles Anderson, keeper Paris Island range. Port Royal; Robt. A.-Sisson, keeper ? Bloody Point range, near Savannah; Richard Stonebridge, keeper Danfus- * kie Island range, near Savannah. $ Sumter Farmers Holding. ?( 'Sumter, Special.-A visit to the S warehouse of the Sumter Cotton * Warehouse company will satisfy any one that the farmers of Sumter y county arc not in very great financial a straits, or if they are they are al a least bucking the Wall street bulls n and bears by storing thousands of i bales of cotton for higher prices. c Si Privilege Tax Falls Behind. a Columbia, Special.-The privilege e tax derived from the fertilizer in s dusiry by the State will probably fad { $15,000 short of the amount collect ed last year. The amount collected ^ to date is $145,918.71. Up to the e same date last year the collections n amounted to $157,371.00, more than jj fr] 1,000 in excess of this year's re p ceipts. While the privilege tax is ^ collected bv the Stale treasurer, not t one cent of it goes into the general ? fund but all is applied to thc main- c tenance of Clemson College. A Killing Near Abbeville. & Abbeville, Special. - Wednesday ^ night at the home of Paris Sanders, Alonzo Martin shot George Jackson, Vi in both legs with a shotgun. ^Martin a used his own gun first, then got Sand- ii ers' gun and shot Jackson while he tl was down on thc floor. Jackson dieu from his wounds Thursday morning, e Martin left and has riot been caught, ti Jackson said, "He shot nie for noth ing." Higi School for Clinton. Clinton, Special-The board of ed ucation of Laurens county has ord ered an election upon the question of establishing a high school at Clin-, ^ ton to be compj&ed of districts Nos. y 3 and 5 of Hun tor township. There i? no opposition at ?ll and everything points to a unanimous vote on No- 11 vemher 22, The pridod school is in a c fltmHshittg wnjlitfon, *ith ftboni 20(11 m Sifttie&Mi ?tjCi-?j| tift* fi jfB?? l?ba?l M ftt Mi m vpit? m Moto.* mam tm President Invites Governors to Meet With Him -<.? MUST CONSERVE RCSOURCES The Subject For ""Consideration is the Question-of Means to Conserve the Conntry'b- Natural Resources-We Are Prosperous Now, the Chief Executive Declares, But it is Time to Halt and Take a Reckoning. Washington, Special.-President Roosevelt lins invited the Governors Df the Stai.es and Territories to meet bim at the White House May 13th, L4th and ' loth nest, to discuss the question of means to conserve the aatural resources of the country, invitation* are to be extended to the members of both houses o? Con gress and. to the inland waterways commission. The importance and nanner in .which" the subject is to bc .considered: are indicated in the President's letter to the Governors, vhieh was made public at tfifc White 3ouse. The letter follows: "The natural. resources of the ;erritory of tho United States were, it the tin\e of settlement, richer, nore varied a'nd more available than hose of aiiy other equal area on thc surface o.t'the earth. The develop" nent of these resources has given is for more than a ceatury a rate if increase in 'population and wcali.li i nd reamed of by the nun win ounded our government and without )arallel in history. It is obviou. hat the prosperity which we now m joy rests directly UTX)U those rc ources. Jt. it equain; obvious that he vigor and success which we dc ire and foreste for this nation in the tature must have this as its ultimate oaterial basis. "In view of these evident fawts, it eems to me time for thc country o take account, of its natural re ourees, and to inquire how loti? hey are likely to last. We are )rosperousinow; we should not for get that it will be just as im >ortant to our descendants to be ?rosperous, in their time as it is to is to be properous in-our time. "Recently I expressed the opphuon hat there is no other question now lefore thc nation of equal gravity ritb. the question of the conservation f our narara! resources ; and I added hat it is 'the plain duty of those of us rho, for"the moment, are responsible o make inventory of tho natural re ources which have been handed down o us ? to forecast as well as wo may be need;- of the future,,, and so to ai?d?b ils^rreat sources of jar pros lerity as not to destroy in advance ll hope of the prosperity of our des endants. "It is evident' that--the abundant atura! vresources,,dn which the wel ara of this-Ktrtion rests arc be oming depleted, and in not a few ases are already exhau? ted. This 3 true of all portions of Jthe United ?tates; it is especially true of the ast. The gravity of the situation mst, I believe, appeal with special orce to the Governors of the states ecause of their close relations to he people and their responsibility or thc welfare of their communities have therefore decided, in ac ordance with thc susgest:.on of the aland waterways commission, to ask he Governors of thc Stater, and 'erritories to meet at tie While louse on May 13th, 14th and 15th o confer with the Pneid^nt :;nd rith each other upon the conserva ion of natural resources. "It gives me great pier sure to in ite you to take part in this con erence. I should be gi id to have ou select three citizcrjs to ac ompany you and to attend tho eon erence as your assistants or ad isers. I shall also invite the Sena ors and Representatives of the ixtieth Congress to he presen! at lie sessions so far as iheir duties -ill permit. "The matters to bc considered at Iiis conference are not ' confined to ny vejrion or jj^roup ol' States, but re of vital concern to the nation s a whole and to all the people, 'hese subjects include the uso and onservation of thc mineral re ources, the resources of the land nd the resources of the waters in very part of our territory. "In order to open discussion 1 ball invite a few recognised au liorieties to present brief descrip ions of actual facts and conditions, .ithout argument, leaving the confer nce to deal with each topic as it lay elect. The members of the in Hid waterways commission will be resent in order to share with me the enefit of information and su<rges ion, and if 'desired, to set forth heir provisional plans and con tusions. "Facts, which I cannot gainsay, orce me to believe vthat tho con ervation of our natural resources i> he most weighty question now be ore the people of thc United States .p this is so, thc proposed conf?rence riiich is thc first of its kind, will b mons the most important gather igs in our history in its effect upo: lie welfare of all our people. "I earnestly hope, my dear Gov mor, that you will find it possibl' 3 be present. "Sincerely yours. 1 ? THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ' Dumont's New Machine a Failure. Paris, By Cable.-Sanlos-Dumonf lade nn unsucessful attempt to win [ic Archdeacon prize of #10.000 foi Sic first aeroplane to complete a eir uliar milometer in thc air. He mad? se of his new butterfly-shaped ma hine. He sneeeoded only in makin? mh ebort (lights* ami it was plait; bai thv oolw tt?a not pn,v?r?ul ?tyjfii H ?rttf tit m^m OUR FORTY-SIXTH STATE New Star Added to American Flag by Admission of Oklahoma. Wshington, Special.-A new star was added to the American flag Sat urday-by the admission formally into the Union of the State of Oklahoma. President Roosevelt at 10:1G o'clock Saturday morning signed the procla mation admitting the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory joint ly as one of the American Stales. Little formality attended the cere mony which meant so much to the people of thc two territories. In ap pending his signature to the procla mation thc President used ii pen formed from a quill plucked from tho wing of an American eagle. The pen will be depositel with the OL-lo. homa Historical Society. Admission Marted by Jubiliation. Guthrie. Okla., Special.-The ad mission of Oklahoma to satehood was marked by jubilation throughout the two territories by the installation of' Governor Charles N. Haskell and by a parade and barbecue in Guthrie. Will Issue Panama Bonds. Washington, Special. - Secretary Cortelyou has %ade the important an nouncement that, as a means of af fording relief to thc financial situa tion, thc Treasury would issue $50, 000,000 of Panania bonds and $100, 000,000 certificates of indebtedness, or so much thereof as may be neces sary. Thc certificates will run for one year and bear 3 per cont interest. The Secretary's action in coming to thc relief of the financial situation meets with President Roosevelt's hearty approval, and the plan is the outcome of the several While House conferences which have been held within thc past few days when the financial situation was under consid eration. Secretary " Cortelyou says that thc Panama bunds will afford most substatial relief, as the law pro vides that they may be used as a basis for additional national bank cir culation. He also, states that the pro ceeds from the sale of certificates can be made directly available at points where the need is most urgent, and especially for the movement of the crops which, he says, "if properly ac celerated will give the greatest relief and result in the most immediate fin ancial returns." The Secretary calls attention to thc attractiveness of the bonds and certificates as absolutely safe investments. Fire at Norfolk. Norfolk, Special. - An estimated damage of $S5,00u,-practically all in sured, is tbtf result Tjf~a~firc which {rutted thc'two upper stories of th'j five-s^ory building occupied by the Willis Smith Oralle Company, furni ture dealers here, and by the immense . amount of water thrown into the structure. A genreal alarm brought all the fire fighting force of the city ? to action and the fire was confined to thc upper stories. Thc building faces 200 feet on Main and 300 Let an Church street and was formerly the old Purcell House, one of the carly ( hotels of Norfolk. Football Team on ? trike. Deland, Fla... Special.-Thc Stet- j son University football team, recog- ! nized throughout thc South as one of the strongest elevens on the gridiron has struck becausce President Lin coln Hulley has' refused to permit "Speck" Campbell, Stetson's quar terback, to play. President Hulley refused to give any reason for his actions, and members ol' the team de- i cline to play, claiming they have no other man to take Campbell's place. All scheduled games have been eau- i eel ed. Taggart Calls Meeting of Committee. French Lick, Ind., Speciaf.-Chair man Thomas Taggart, of thc Demo cratic national committee, announced that he had issued a call for a meet ing; of tlie members of tho committee at French Lick November 22d. The time and place for the next Demo cratic national convention will be dis cussed among other subjects but no final action will he taken. /Hie lime and place for another meeting of thc committee to decide a; to the national convention will be fixed. Georgia Farmer Kills a Tenant. Hazelhurst, Ga., Special.-A. O Strickland, farmer, is under arrest for killing John Colo, a tenant, and shooting Cole's brother. John 1 ole asked Strickland for a sell lenient when Strickland reached for his shot gun and with the words, "I will give you a settlement " discharged it inte Cole's breast. Strickland also shol a brother of Cole, but not seriously. Roosevelt Addresses Negroes. Washington, Special ?- President Roosevelt, Secretary Garfield and Comissioner of Education Brown de livered addresses at Howard Univer sity in this city, in connection willi the fortieth anniversary of the found ing of thal institution and the instal lation of tjm new president, the Rey Wilbur Patterson Tliirkield. Howard University is mainly devoted to tin education of negro youths. Revolt cf Chinese Troops. London. By Cable.-lu a dispatch rroni Tokio the correspondent of Th( Times says that the revolt of a com pany of Chinese troops in Formosa resulted in tim murder of (13 Japan ese policemen and pivilianos. The in rident hns caused lutfasinesti ju Tokio, j Hu? Pt?tTOKpondc?ti (Ufjftff?j M thc loyalty of thc ChliWia iserc&i&visi 1 To The AND BOYS of EMgrefielcI County We would like to say that we aim high in our se lection of Men's Fall 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 Hesin the assoitment at$12.50 $15, $18 and p ; We can give you positively superioi results in Tailoring, Appearance, Style and quality. Anybody can quote prices. It's the Suit , at the price that tells the story. The Hollge ot @ood Clothes 742 Broad Sf? Augusta, Ga. ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS TV Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylights, Dealer io Stove, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grates, Tm Plate? Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Solder, Eve Troughs and y Couduclor Pipes, Roofing and Sbeatiog Papers. ?liop and. W?rer?om 1010 JONES ST. PHONE 100 J3pRepairing Piomptly Done. LUSKY 1010 BROAD STKcET, AUGUSTA, GA. AG EH ER & CO. ?j Ootton Department Charleston S. C. We have arranged to handle Cotton to the Best jg! advantage and solicit consignments. 53^" We give Special attention to handling Sta? pie Cotton, viz: "ALLEN SEED," "FLORO DORA" and others of this grade" G. w. LEGWEN, W. W. RAMSEY, ?\MSEY & LECWEN Cotton Factors -AND LEADERS IN- ' Wagons and Buggies. 835 and 837 Reynolds ^trVct, Augusta, Ga. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE. Larg? Shipments ot the best makes of wagons and bnggiei just received. Our stock of furniture and house furniahingf' ia complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit? Call to see mc, I will save you money. OECX JP. COBB. Johnston, South Carolina, WHEN ON TOUR? Papa-Ab. my boy, tne old days ?vere tbc best! Then we did our courting, walking in the country lanes, gathering buttercups and daisies. Son-Why, pcp! Wc fro courtins in the country lanes just the same to day; only instead of walking we go in autos, and instead of''gathering laisies we gather momentum - Town ind Country, Ttftfl TRUTH COWES orr, MjfiUlna-Tfce haputest .bouia of my life were when I wad going to school, IMffklinW raunet \%\\ ft JU, old ;?r.&: Th? h&Wt?tf fcdufg 9f 81? WU tfiw v31 nt playing toft frem The Love Note irr"F'Iction. There is something irritating and at the same time fascinating in the dom inance of thc note cf love in Western novels. Few have not felt at soma time in their lives the responsive echo in their own nature even to the "crud? est love story; passion In some de. grce is universal; we are all Involved and there is no escape; hence tho novel, no matter of what material* . it is built up, pays tribute to thj primary law of man's nature by giv ing precedence In finality to love. Pa rsl, Dombey. The C?icago professor who declared that there ar? SO humorists In tn* SQUStfy, testy SrOYided Ht 6?5?l2S fo? ?8*. mw m H?r Twa oem