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PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Augusta, lieu. KESCriJCES OVES 81,003,000 4H??iCill]i?milll?li li ?jiDEPOsrrs? ACCQDNTS ? SOLICITED ? L.CHA?NE. : PBISIDBM*. ibas. C, Howard, $ CiSB?B. VOi .73. EDGEFIELD, S. CM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1908. FHE NATIONAL BANK 1 ?/ AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. HAYNE, President FRAKK a FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL. .. . X. 4250.000 Surplus sud Profits. 150,000 Wathall b? ptea.wi to fc*T? 70a opra M MMH( ? with this B*nk. Cutoiw?Mdeormfr*<>4?ft**M- ? ?tuM of vterj couru?, ?od mcomj- ad*s'x>n pam ?? kl? andar conserrAUre, rnodna Baakl?< aetlMCK A ?444-VW"W M I Ul B111 i S H 11 K NO. 2. t i 11 a u 111 n 111 M< i i i s M i *i Ta im eft o The News of South Caro Ansel Will Go to Conference. Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel some time ago announced bia inten ' tion of attending the conference of the governors of the United Staten called to meet in Washington some tim?e in May. Thia meeting was call ed by President Roosevelt to discuss the, "conservation of the natural re sources of the country" and since re ceiving the invitation to attend Gov. Ansel has kept in touch with those questions that might arise at the con- j ference. A few days ago he wrote President Roosevelt an acceptance of j the invitation and he has received the following reply: Hon. Martin F. Ansel, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am pleased to note thc interest you express in the conference of governors to which I have invited you to discuss the question of the conservation of our natural resources, and I am glad to know that you arc going to be present at the meeting. . Sincerely, Theodore Roosevelt, Gov. Ansel said that be .regarded the conference an important, one and I believed that ?ut of the discussion ! that would follow some wise 'laws j might be enacted to the States indi vidually and to the country as a whole.. He thought that it would not j interfere in any way with the indi vidual State rights but thought thar | a conference held occasionally bc-, tween the various governors would I bring about needed reforms. Accord ing to dispatches tent out from Wash ington a few days ago every Southern, Stale will be represented. Mr. William C. Cleveland Dies. | Greenville, Special.-Mr. William 1 C. Cleveland,, one of the most promi nent and wealthy citizens of Green ville, died Wednesday night at hii home in this city, after an illness ex tending over several months, in the 73rd year **?~ his age. 'He was one J of the largest land owners of the county and his estate is regarded as one of the most valuable above Co lumbia. ., He is connected by blood with some of the. oldest and most prominenf families of the State. His grandfather, Capt. Jere Cleveland, who moved to Greenville 100 years ago from thc Yadkin Valley of North Carolina, was a nephew of Col. Ben Cleveland of King's Mountain fame. When a young man, Mr. Cleveland took much iiiterst in politics. He represented his county in the legisla ture for several terms? was for one - term mayor of thc city in the latter 'part of thc 70s and in 1SS0 went as a dcicg&tc to tho N?tron?r i*cmocr?rnH convention. Bi; Dividends in Laurens. Laurens, Special.-Several thous ? and dollars in dividends was paid out by the various banks and manufac turing enterprises herc. Following were the semi-annual dividends: Lau rens Cotton Mill, 6 per cent on $350, 000; the Watts Cotton Mill, 4 per cent on $300,000; People's Loan and Exchange Bank, 8 per cent on_$100, 000; Enterprise Bank, 3 1-2 per cent on $100,000 ; Bank of Laurens 4 per cent . on $30,000. The Adevrtiser Printing Company paid 8 per cent (annual) on $5,000. Notwithstanding the closeness of the money market, a comparison of the local bank state ments with those made a year ago shows that the total amount of de posits exceeds those of 12 months ago by about $20,000. Hardin-Leads in Cherokee. ' Gaffney, Special-The result of tho election for a successor to Hon. W. F. McArthur, decased, to the genex*al assembly is still in doubt. Hardin has 347 votes and Hall 333, with four boxes yet to hear from. The race is between Hardin and Hall with prob-! abilities of Hardin's election. Kir by and Hnskey also ran. T- South Carolina Eznibit. Columbia, Special.-Mr. Paul V. Moore, the manager of the South Carolina exhibit at the James town exposition}*-has returned to thc j city and is now superintending the packing of the magnificent display I shipped from the exposition buildings ' several days ago. Dr. W. J. Murray, the chairman of the State dispensary commission, bas loaned the James town exposition commission the use of ih&.oid State dispensary building, where the exhibit will be stored until the' legislature meets and decides up on its disposition. Protest Against New County. Orangeburg, Special.-The advc^ cates of Calhoun county had their inning in the hearing of the protest j before the bo?rd of canvassers against J .the formation of the proposed county. They introduced their testimony and, their counsel made four arguments j The arguments were completed at S j D'clock Thursday night, when the j board adjourned without rendering a ?ecj?ipn. Aged W?man Badly Burned. Spartanburg, Special--Mrs. Mary panis, a woman 65 years of age, waa fatally burned at the home of her son nt Clifton end it is regarded as only a matter of a few hours until hov toath-result*. Her clothing caught from ca open grate fire in tho house ind In her fright shs ran into the y?t?f where neighbors ran to her rea? cue, covering her body with blankets, Ssv clothing waa burned from b?? body find her lib&S ara charred to the tone, . m 11 o H it n i ? n i n i p M n > lina ?n Condensed form lr ?min nm in ni sec l??tf County Treasurer Short. Columbia, Special.-As a result of investigations just completed by Ex pert Accountants Wise and Wilson, of Comptroller General Jones' office, Mr. Jones sent a letter to Governor Ansel reporting to the executive for such action as he deems proper that Treasurer John 0. Edwards, of Berk eley county, is short in bis accounts $5,070.43, 'that amount being the dif ference between the funds with which he - is properly chargeable and the cash he has on hand.1' The letter also reports that the office of Auditor C. M. Wiggins, of the same county, Jt shows tho most flagrant neglect, errors, and omissions both in the du plicates and abstracts in the office;" that the total he has omitted to charge to the treasurer is $1,047.27-; that "the county auditor has failed for the past four years to enter the taxes to be collected upon his dupli cate." In this same section of the tate last year Governor Ansel re moved a county treasurer on such a report against him, but Governor An sel in the spring re-appointed him, the Senate acting with the Governor. In view . of the politics generally sought to bear in such cases the Gov ernor's action will be awited with some general interest over the State, a number of other treasurers' offices being in a bad way according to the Comptroller General's office. Mr. Jones has reported shortages aggre gating over $100,000 in county offices in the past few years, a situation which he thinks is due to the refusal of the Legislature to revise the sys tem of book-keeping in these offices. Tie savs he will report three ex-treas urers to the Legislature next month as being found short after they went out of office, the total shortage this year being {517,000. , Sank Dividends. Columbia, Special. - Semi-annual dividends on bank stocks of Colum bia banks were paid out on New Year's Day aggegating $40,230. The new recruit in the list is- ex-Governor D. C. Hey ward's savings bank, which pays a 3* per cent dividend on a capi tal of $100,000. The National,Loan and Exchange Bank, of which Mr. E. W. Robertson is president, pays 3? per cent* on a capital of half a million; th^Raj?k^of^oJu?5>ia? .Mr?>W. G J Childs president, pays 5 per cent oh $50,000; the Palmetto Bank, General Wilie Jones president, 3 1-2 per cent on $250,000; the State Bank, Mr. Geo. Baker president, 3 per cent on $100, 000; the Carolina Bank, Mr. W. A. Clark president, 4 per cent on $200, 000. ^ The Tax Tag Receipts Show Slight Decrease, The fertilizer tag tax receipts for Clemson College fell short about $17,? 000 in 1907 as compared with 1906, which.was a record breaker. For 1907 the books* closed up showed $150,937.81 as against $167,158.39 for 1906. The falling off, however, ia taken to indicate that the farmers have planted less cotton and many of them have used what is known aa the "tome" fertilizer for the small er farms. jealous Negro Kills Wife and Two Men. Abbeville, Miss., Special.-Ernestj Montgomery, a negro, in a fit of jealousy Tuesday killed his wife and two negro men. Montgomery kill ed the woman first with a shotgun and then stampeded nearly all ne groes on the plantation, killing two as he chased them. He was arrest ed. Large Amount From Fees. Mr. R. If. McCown, secretary of State closed his books for 1907 and sent the last of his report to the Stala printer. His office has received as fees for charters and commissions during the past year $20,476. This is an excess of $14,000 over, the salaries of the office. The fees came within a few dollars of thet estimates made for the year and show that the forma tion of new companies and corpora tions in South Carolina is going ahead, despite the recent money stringency. Company at Winnsboro. Columbia, Special.-An effort will be made to organize a military com pany at Winnsboro. Mr. W. W. Dix on of that city was here on legal busi ness and afterwards called upon Adjt. Gen. Boyd for a number of enlistment blanks. When the requirements have been gone through with the company will be placed on the waiting list" un less there is a vacancy in one of the regiments. Mrs, Harriet McCracken Dead. Hopkins, Special.-Mrs. Harrie!. McCracken died at tie home of her ?laughter, M^P- Edward D. Frayiick, ofter a protracted illness of several iuontfrs, Mrs, McCracken was 74 years of age at the time of her death, ibo being ono of th? oldest persons living in Hopkins, fcbo was a devout comber of tbs Methodist church, Shs wag loved and admired most by tooan tvfce knew lit? betti IS UNDER jWART?AL LAW Governor Eanly Issues Proclamation Declaring Martial Law For Riotous Town Brigadier General McKee Is Placed in Command of tho Twlove Companies of State Troops. Indianapolis, Ind., Spacial.-Gover nor Hanly issued a proclamation de claring martial law at Muncie ' and placing Brigadier General McKee it?, command of the State troops assem bled there, namely, 12 companies of infantry and one battery. Tuc mar tial law order covers a radius of 'foin miles from tbe Delaware county court house, and takes in the factory dis tricts of Muncie. Assistant At tor ney General Dowling was sent to Muncie by thc Governor to act as legal advisor for Brigadier G?nerai McKee. Governor Hanly's action in send ing troops, supplemented by tho en ergy displayed by the authorities and citizens of Muncie, resulted in check ing the mob spirit. Five hundred citizens, including some members ol' the Commercial Club, of Muncie, have been sworn in as special officers to preserve the peace. TLcse men wilt endeavor to control thc situation-but will be backed by the soldiers. May or Guthrie has closed all saloons and ordered all women and children to keep oft the streets except on errands of necessity. The determination of thc Governor to call out thc State militia followed a riot at Muncie last Friday after noon, when the police and" tho dep uty sheriffs fought with a crowd *-f 3,000 men, "'-omen and children Tho police were worn out and man v of 'the deputy sheriffs resigned, leaving the city at the mercy of tho unruly element. The Governor, there fore, on thc request of the Muncie authorities on the advice of Adju tant General Perry, who was caught in the mob, ordered out tho militia. There has been no serious trouble at Anderson, Marion, Alexandria and Elwood. Twenty-seven employes of the Marion lines voted to strike, bu1" the car. service was only partly in terrupted. At Anderson a committee of citi zens is endeavoring to induce thc traction company officials to arbi trate. * The strike breakers brought from Chicago to Anderson and Ma rion have been sent away. Jury Acquits Pettibone. Boise, Idaho. Special.-An end of the "prosecution of the men charged with the m?frder of Former Governor Frank Stunenberg, except the cases of Harry Orchard and Jack Simp kins, came with the acquittal of George A. Pettibone and discharge of Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, both charged with conspiring with William D. Haywood to murder Stunenberg. Moyer will return wi.th Pettibono in a few days to Denver. Haywood was rggA0^^^^^ R"Tm.?V sjd ;,Wpy_gr.wi!* not be tried. Only two men on the Pettibone jury voted persistently for conviction and they finally ceded tho^ verdict to tho other 10 jurors. The case of Orchard, confessed as sassin of Stunenburg and Chief wit ness against Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, is in the hands of Prose cuting Attorney Vanduyn, of Conyon county, Idaho. No tatement as to the future procedure in that caso has been made, but it will be called dur ing the next term of court at Cald well, when it will probably be finally disposed of. Simpkins ip still a fugi tive, Residence of Maj. Micah Jenkins De stroyed, by Fire. Columbia, S. C., Special.-Tho resi dence of Maj. Micah Jenkins, col lector of internal revenue, was de stroyed by fire at Ridgewood suburbs, practically none of the furniture be ing saved. The building which was the property of Mrs. Watkins, was worth $7,000 and was partially in sured. Major Jenkins' furniture was also partially insured. Thc fire re sulted from carelessness of the ser vant in leaving hot ashes in thc kitch en. The sword presented to Maj. Mica! Jenkins, by the people of South Carolina, through -President Roosevelt at the Charleston Exposi tion in 1902, for gallantry as a mem ber of the Rough Riders in the Span ish-American war, was destroyed in tho fire. Earthquake in Jamada. Kingston, Jamaica, Special.-An earthquake of moderate intensity oc curred in Jamaica the morning of January 2nd. It was one of many slight shocks that have been experi enced during the past few months, and was felt here and generally throughout the island. Tho govern ment seismologist declared that no damage had been done at Browns town, Stewart town or clsewhei^c and that there had been no loss of life. British Minister Will Visit Honduras 'Mexico City, Mex., Special-Reg inald Tower, British minister to Mex ico, will sail from Vera Cruz on Jan uary 10th on board the warship Bril liant for Belize to pay a visit to Col onel Swayne, the Governor of British Honduras. The Brilliant will visit several Mexican ports en route. Mr. Tower will be absent about four week;?. Schedule of No. 29 May Bo Very Ma terially Changed. Washington, Special.-Tho South ern is contemplating changing the schedule of. train No. 20 so that it will I?ave here at 4.:15 o'clock in the afternoon instead of ll in tho morn ing. Thia is to malto connection with 6 fait train from New York for Jack* Bonville FE* to take the place of the florida limited of former years. Thc icbeuue of No* 80 would remain the same cs now, 20 Would reach Char lotte fit 3 ?26 p. ?. RfCtiVER ASKED fOB Creditors of the Seaboard Air Line Take Action TAKEN BEFORE FEDERAL JUDGE Counsel for Seaboard Ballway Com pany and Creditors of Company Ap ply to Judge Waddill For%Appoint ment of Receivers and Subsequently Agree to Make Application to Judge j Pritchard. " Richmond, Va., Special.-Counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company and creditors of tho com pany applied Wednesday afternoon to United States District Judge WaddiD for the appointment of receivers and subsequently agreed to make applica tion to Judge Pritchard, of the Unit ed States Circuit Court, and thereby obviate the necessity of securing an cilliary decrees in each of the court districts through which the lines of the company operate. With this end in view Judge Leigh R. Watts, gen eral counsel of the Seaboard, with other attorneys, left for Danville at 6:10 o'clock on a special train tc meet Judge Pritchard at that point, it having been learned that.he was on bis way to Richmond to consider the matter. Judge Waddill announced that he would appoint the receivers on certain conditions, but it was thought b?st to go to a court with lar der jurisdiction. The Times-Dispatch has just learn ed over the long distance telephone that Judge. Pritchard and the counsel for the Seaboard are in conference at the Southern Railway station in Dan ville. They decline to give out any thing for publication until the entire matter is settled. Lynchburg, Va., Special.-A repre sentative, of The News talked over long distance 'phone with a reporter f The Danvil'lo Register, and learned that. Samuel Untermeyer, attorney for the Seaboard Air Line, had made the following statement: "Learning that Judge Pritchard was in Danville we came down herc on the bare chance that he might be able to give us a hearing^on ? mat ter of business we have bpRhre^him that is ?^.1 there is to it." Pritchard Joins Party at Danville. Danville, Va., Special.-The private sar containing the Seaboard Air Line j jounsel, headed by Samuel Unter meyer, of New York, Judge Leigh R." Watts, of Portsmouth, general coun sel for the S?aboard Air. Line Rail road, and Epha Hunton, Jr., of Rich mond, reached here at 11:30 o'clock. There were aboard the car about 15 or 20 men, mostly lawyers, but among the_ni.vmbe??Jerk oflihe JJnited States^ Court Brady and Court Stenographer Raymond Brown. The names of the other gentlemen eould not be learned, as they refused to give them and would not talk. Mr. Untermeyer was questioned by an Associated Press correspondent, and stated that no application had been made for a receivership. He would not say whether an application would bc made. He would say noth ing further, but said that a full state ment would probably be given out on the arrival of the party in Richmond, Judge Pritchard reached the city about 12 ?15. o'clqck and was at onc^ taken to the Seaboard private oar, hie would say nothing regarding the object of his trip to Richmond, He left at 2 o'clock with the Sea. board counsel and with Clerk Brady and Stenographer Brown and will probably hold a hearing en route to Richmond. Reception at White House. Washington, Special. - President Roosevelt received af the White House for the seventh time a New Year's throng of well-wishers which was three hours in passing his hand. Mrs. Roosevelt and the members and ladies of the Cabinet were his assist ants. Though curtailed in number, 5,645, by more than a thousand over the preceding New Year's Day, the re ception was resplendent in all the in cidents of tradition which have ac cumulated to its interest for more than a hundred years. Accidentally Shoots Wife. Augusta, Ga., Special.-A Chroni cle special from Honea Path, S. C., says: Sheppard L. Graham, one of thc most prominent merchants of this place, shot his wife to death in their bedroom Wednesday morning. In preparing to leave for his planta tion, he reached up over the bed to get his rifle, when it was discharged accidentally, the bullet striking his wife in the temple. Explosion in. Steel Plant. Pittsburg, Special.-Two men were killed and 13 others were injured by an explosion in converter No. 3 of the Edgar Thompson plant of the United' States Steel Company, al North Braddock, about 7 miles east of here. The dead : Paul Kurisck, aged 30 years, Braddock; Stephen Doviah, aged 35 years, Braddock. Six of the injured were Americans and the otb-* ers Slavs. AH were removed to ti hospital ip this city, Receiver For Furnace Company, Gadsden, Ala., Special,-Capt* W, P, Lay wa s appointed receiver jfor the Quinn Furnace Company, tho op-, pointment being made at the instiga* tion of local creditors, whoso claim amounts to between $?;000 and $7,? DOO. It lr Biated that N?ff- York bondholders will bo consulted before lt ii decided to file ft petition in Vmnk ruptcy, , . . fWO RECEIVERS NAMED % _ .fudge Pritchard Grants Prayer For i Eeceiv?rship For the Seaboard Air I Line' System and Appoints S. Da ?- vies Warfield and ^Lancaster Wil ^liams to Take Immediate Posses Vsion of the Railroad. 'j Eichmond, Va., Special.-Judge i-l^ritchard, judge of the United States ^Circuit Court, entered a decree nam ing S. Davies Warfield, or Baltimore, -amd R. Lancaster Williams, of Rich mond, as receivers to take immediate possession of the property of the Sea board Air Line Railroad. The boni1, 'of each was fixed at $50,000. ?By the decree the receivers are rpowered to borrow money if need ful to pay such rental as may become doe, purchase cars, etc., and pay for labor and supplies but not for any 'p|her purpose without an order of tie court having primary jurisdiction. $hey are ordered to pay forthwith finstallments and interest that was e and payable January 1, 1908, notes or trust equipment certificates *|id all coupons and interest matur ?TTR January 1, 190S, on thc first mort gage bonds of the Seaboard Air Line i?d embraced roads such as the Ral ???gn and Gaston, Raleigh and Augus ;ti Air Line, the Georgia Carolina and t?e consolidated mortgage bonds of Me Carolina Central. W Burglar Got a Surpise. "^Richmond, Special.-Effecting en trance through a front window in the ,#teidence of Mr. R. I. Barnes, at .^eiTvood Park and Brook avenue, at an early hour Thursday morning, someone, evidently a burglar of the .professional species, walked through t?e parlor, crossed the hall and walk te into thc room in which was lying Se bodv of Mrs. F. F. Herdy, Mrs. Bpmes' mother. He was so badi}' frightened that for a secoud he was afraid to nih. Then, without a word, Kev turned and fled the way he had come, diving through a window, tak ing with him the major portion of tho j?ce curtains and lauding on tho ^brcb, from which he jumped to the ground. It all happended so sudden ly that the persons sitting up with .the body were unable to tell whether tiie intruder was white or black. They ?w a tall, slender man, wearing a ay overcoat and a slouch hat, and tisat was all. Examination of the premises show ed that the burglar had pried open - tife blinds,. carefully raised the win 5?ftv'ahd-?s"carefully l??Fed 1:hc~si*r??nr' on the inner side. He left everything open behind bim, and his escape was accomplished with such celerity thai he was gone almost as soon as seen. Mr. Barnes' daughter was asleep in the room above the parlor and was awakened by the noise of the en trance. Knowing that persons were up and moving about, however, she thought 'nothing of the disturbance and went back to sleep. But the whole household was aroused when the intruder made his sensational dive through the window. Rev. Mr. Templeman and tjie others sitting up with the corpse were tau dazed to move when they saw tho door slowly open and then a man's form slouch upon the threshold. But the vision was as much astonished as they, and he did not stand upon the order of his going-but went. Official Report of Alabama Mine Dis* aster Filed. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-State Mine Inspectors J. M. Gray, James Hillhouse and Edward Flynn has filed with Governor Comer a full re port of the explosion which' took place in the Yolande mines last month, in which 56 men were killed. Chief Inspector Gray's opinion is that a miner allowed some dynamite to go off and that this ignited dust. The assistant inspectors express th? opinion that there was a gas explosion followed by a dust explosion. Alabama Closing Law to Be Tested in the Courts. Mobile, Ala., Special-The Ala bama 9 o'clock closing law for cities of over 15,000 will be given a test hearing in the courts and carried to the State Supreme Court. The law went into effect Wednesday night at midnight, but only one-third of the saloon-keepers observed it. The ?rst arrest Avas made Thursday afternoon. Every other city in the State where liquor is sold is obsciving the law. Attorney General Bonaparte Mnn Washington, Special. - Attorney General Bonaparte, when questioned as to the truth of the statement that suit would soon bc begun to dissolve the relationship between thc Union and Southern . Pacific Railroads, known as the Harriman system, would only say that the matter wa.* under consideration but he was no! prepared to plther affirm or deny tho report, Tesas Edito* Killed by His Wife. Holletsville, Tex., Sp?cial,--Thurs* day afternoon os ho was entering hia office, W, R, Beaumicr, editor of the . Hflllctaville Herald was shot n.nd kill ed by Ms wife, She wes arrested and placed tinder $2,000 bell, Domestic troubles ari auld to be th? couse o? tba Wiling, Remarkable Showing Made of Industrial Activity VALUE OF ITS LEADING CROPS The Rice Crop Five Times Greater the Past Year and tho Corn Crop Has Increased Nearly Fifty Per Cent.-The Wonderful Growth o? the Cotton Crop the Subject of Ex tended Comment. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-The Tradesman Annual contains among its important features an elaborate review of Southern progress during 1907, m which the following interest ing facts are given: The principal crops were as fol lows: Hay of all kinds, tons 7,590,000. Wheat, bushels 91,433,000. Corn, bushels 959,743,000. Oats, bushels, 67,338,000. Tobacco, pounds 437,139,000. Rice, bushels 21,412,000. Two notable increases over the pre vious year are shown by these figures, the Southern hay crop being 25 po cent, greater than in 1900, and tb? rice crop increased nearly the same percentage. Progress of Agriculture. During the last five years, however, agriculture has made such progress in the Southern States, that the corr crop has increased nearly 50 per cent The rice crop is five times greater while as already stated, tho foddei crop" has enlarged 25 per cent, in ? single year. In 1900 the value of pro ducts of vegetable gardens of thc South was $13,000,000; at present thc annual yield ol' orchards and vine yards in this section is over $30,000, 000, making the sum total of the an nual fruit and track product of tin South fully $150,000,000. During the last colton year we sen1 out of the country about 8,500,00C bales of raw cotton, fully two-tbirdi of the crop ; but such is the growth o? the cotton industry in thc. Uniter States that the South now contains 700 mills, operating nearly 10,O00,00C spindles and 190S will add fully 21 more plants. The States of Nortl and South Carolina have no less thar 400 .plants with 6.300,000 spindles. Tho Meta.! Industry. The metal industry, including th< mining of ore, shows a notable in crease compared with previous years The total tonnage of iron producer by the Alabama furnaces during 1907 will aggregate about 1,750,000 tons with a value of $32,000,000. This i; 100,000 tons more than the record foi 1906 and- about 150,000 tons mon than the reco?d for 1905, while thc value has.Jjicreased within the last two years nearly ou per cent. In Kentucky the total tonnage ol pig iron produced aggregate ovei 125.000 tons, a gain oFfully 100 pei cent, in two years, while the value of the output ol' thc smelters has ac tually more than doubled in twe years. Tennessee also shows remarkable progress, for thc tonnage of pig iroi made in this State in 1905 was bu 372,692, while for the present year i will be about 450,000 tons, represen! ing a value of about $7.500,000. The total investment of capital ii miscellaneous industries in the South ern States increased no less than 5 per cent, in thc-brief period of fivt years, while thc value of the manu facture* has increased 25 per cenl rind In 1005 escoculed thc total in vestment in Southern industria plants by the sum of nearly $200,000, ooo. North Carolina "Makes Good." Rockland, Me., Special.-The ar mored cruiser North Carolina, buill by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, arriv?e herc Monday. While running for ? short time under forced dra- ght the cruiser averaged nearly the :equired speed of 22 knots. The standardi zation trial will be held later on the Rockland course. Kansas Bank Dynamiter! Kansas City, Special.-A bomb waj exploded in the basement of the mag nificent three-story marble building of the First National Bank at th? corner of Tenth street and Baltimore avenue, in the business centre a few minutes after the noon hour. Thc forces of the explosion was terrific and caused much damage; eight per sons were injured, none fatally. There is no clue to the person who placed tho bomb and st it off. Post?nico Receipts Very Large. Charlot le, N. C., Special-The post office receipts for the month of De comber amounted to $10,4S4.44 a. against $9.01.3.17 for. tho correspond inj nionth in 1906. Thc total sale> of the local office during the yea; 1907, were $109.333.24. as agains $9!).0S7.59 for thc year 1903. Thj increase of $10,745.65 i:; a very grali fying one. Injurorl ir. Collision. Savannah, Ga., Special-Tiypnty twp persons were injured ip a col jisiou of street cars on tho West Sa vannah Hue. Tho accident qecurred through fi largo Mill Haven m pip ping its trolley, Thia plujig?d thc c?r in dnrkneifij rondarifig it inviable tu ft rapidly following Mil CGI', which waa croVydci} lyith ?H$6?l06tf mostly colored, Wm. SCHWE?GERT, A. S, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAT, Prest. Vicc-Pres. Cashier. ion Savings Bank Augusta, Ga?, Offers the Citzens of Edgefield a SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY. 4 Per Cent Interest. Alcohol From Artichokes. The price of combustible alcohol in France is nearly double what it is? in Germany. In the latter country it is chiefly the beet root that fur nishes the alcohol, while in France it is the Irish potato. The cultivation of the former is one-half that of the latter. In commenting on these facts a German writer points out to France that a tubercle cf importance, much more rustic than the Irish potato and of greater saccharine richness, the Jerusalem artichoke, can be employed in the making of alcohol. It is easy and inexpensive to cultivate; it U not affected by dryness cr dampness; It has no diseases and it can be har vested when desired. In the most ordinary soil, the writ er says, it will produce far more than Irish potatoes on good soil and with the best cultivation and the by product is cf considerable value In the form of ensilage for fattening cattle and when dried, the stems fur nish a good fuel. It is stated that the by-products, if economically uti lized, will almost pay thc expenses of culture, leaving the alcohol to bear only the expense cf distillation. This alcohol can be substituted for oll iu domestic and industrial uses and the writer goes so far as to say that its cheap production will enable it in future to compete with coal. Put to Bed. In the Drayton household it is aald that the father cf the family has a way of presenting alternatives to his children that never fail to bring them into line. "I wish you would speak to Bobby," said Mrs. Drayton one night. 'Tva told him to take his medicine and then jump into bed, and he won't dp it. He just hops round and says he doesn't want to take the medicine and he docr^'t want to go to bed!" "Bobby," he said firmly, "If yon don't take your medicine at once, and then jump lito bed, you will-be put to bed, do you hear me, put to bed, without having your med'eine at all!** Upon which, Bobbv. alarmed .ind confused, swallowed his allotted por tion and meekly retired for the night -Youth's Companion., * . -.k '. . . '-ir Natural Death Unusual. Bartlesvllle announces with some pride that the death of Robert McGee, a n^srro at that place, last week, was something of an event, as it was the first instance in which a negro had died a natural death at that place. There have been a good many negroes who died therre, but it was other than a natural process. It was only a short time ago that negroes were not allowed to either live or die in Bart lesville-New State Tribunal (Okla.) Carriage Six ''Opposite the Monument.'' We've had forty-six years experience maki selling vehicles, arid have yet to see anytl wheels which for Beauty, Easy Riding, Ligh mfg ari ?i''l?str?g'Mnd ^Wines' would-match loyer If Better were made you would i them here, A complete linc of Harness always on hand. Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Har SPECIALTY. BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE M RIAL. ETNA COAL. 'ay 9 729 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. TREES-PLANTS FKUIT, SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL No Scale or Disease. Illustrated Catalog ppee. />. J. BER CK M A MS CO. INC. 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