Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 18, 1908, Image 1

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I The Planter's Loan i and Savings Bank i Augusta, OB. ?j? Pays Interest on Deposits, T ?** Accounts Solicited. ? LC. KAYNF, CHAS. C. HOWARD, .f* RESOURCES OVER $i,ooo,oo>. . 'I** I** W ? TV n Ti n i - VOL. 73. " THE MTlOIfAl BANK OF AUGUSTA, \ \ \' AUGUSTA; GA. . ,-L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. E. CLARK, .. . . President. Cashier.* . ' ! CAPITAL $250,000.00. - ! ' Surplus & Profits $190,(00.00. j? ' * Tb? basin?? of oar oat-of-town friends , \ recelvea-the sam? careful attcnttou as that % . ' -of cur local depo*itor?. The : eco auls of . * careful-oonMnratlt* poo pie solle Ked. ' Xl '11 'I J 11..H"1"1"H?H"1-H"i-H* EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY! MARCH 18, 1908. NO. 12. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Governor Magoon arrived at Ha vana and was warmly-greeted by tba Cubans. Richard Kearton, one of England's most famous naturalists, decided to visit the United States. ? .Justice Harlan complains that so ciety people in Washington desecrate Sunday with teas, club dinners and other social functions. Professor John B. Watson, psycho logist of the University of Chicago, has resigned to accept a similar posi tion at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. William Henry Burr. a o'onesr in phonography, died in "Washington. D. C., in his eighty-ninth year; At one time he was an official reporter of the .. debates ia the United States Ssnate: The Kaiser's oldest son, Crown Prince Frederick William,-is nov/ to study wireless telegraphy at the Nau sen experiment station, with Profes sor Slaby and Count Arco as his tu tors. Chula- long -Koru, the Siamese King, has informed some of his ac quaintances that he is about to write a book describing his adventures and experiences during his recent travels .in Europe. John H. Murphy, general counsel for the Western Federation ol Miners, and also general counsel for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, died of consumption at his home in Denver, Col. Senator Elkins, of West Virginia,, says "that many of the men listed ia the Senate -as worth all the wav from $1,000,000 to$50,000,000each*would be willing to take teD per cent, of these estimates in cash to-day." Senator Allison, seventy-nine years j . old, received the congratulations of ' his colleagues in Congress. He wiP " complete his thirty-fifth year ia the Senate, whiclTbreaks. all records. He has been in. Congress forty-three years. ." .* ? '? -* i EXCITED. "I'll never forget the first jackpot 1 ever won/' said the veteran at the'j game. * . ^'What did you- hold?" asked the youngster. "My t.reath, for one thing.- I don't remember what else."-Philadelphia J Press. i I Pays \ % interest on all ao< compounded every six mci Capital and c HARLING Before insuring elsewhere OKI Line .Companies. At The Farmers ] 1908 FINDS Tl that sells Stanhopes, C?rriag position to offer you the bight the lowest possible price. Reme I am known as the best iu th ways of the best standard, aod 1 congratulate themselves.. Mat the lowest. BABCOCKS THE 74i) and 751 Broa? Sti . Tl ]\J[oirixrrio *'Opposite the We've had forty-six yeai selling vehicles, and have wheels which for Beauty, J ning and lasting and qualiti< ?Woyer aeid ?o Surf If Better were mac them here, A complete line of Hame Lumber Harness and ? SPECIALTY, BELTING, LEATHE RIAL. ETIN 729 Broad Street? NEWSY G LEA NI XG S, Texas reports an "orderly" lynch ing. Cleveland decided to close Hs schools and spend $600,000 to make th s buildings safe. Senator Johnston, of Alabama, ob serves that Washington, D. C., has no Sunday observance laws. Winchendon, Mass., rejects Mr. Carnegie's"$25,0.00 and will build a library out of its own hands. James J. Hill discussed the busi ness outlook, saying conditions would Improve i? they had an opportunity to do so. King Edward entertained Premier Clemenceau and M. Pich?n, the French Foreign Minister, at luncheon at Paris'. The letter of Emperor William to Lord Tweedmouth and the latter's re ply have caused a storm of criticism in England. The State Grange, in session at Hornell, N. * , Indorsed the attitude of Governor Hughes on anti-race track gambling. It Is .conservatively estimated that between 20,000 and 25,000 miners will go to different parts of Alaska and tho Canadian Yukon. .Naval militia organizations of the Atlantic coast States have been in vited to take part in the raaneuvres cf the auxiliary naval vessels. Fifty Terrorists, men and women, many of them heavily armed, some with bombs, were arrested in St. Petersburg, after a desperate resist ance. The first of the big battleships for the German navy, the Nassau, of 1S, ?"?00 tons, was launched at Wilhelms haven, in the pr?sence of the Em peror. Tho present season has been to a "92,re3 disastrous both in New York "ty and on the road for the "popular ?riced show?," as well as for the first dzzz attrsr-i'ons. .. -- - - i??bv? SPIRIT OF THE WEST. Young Lochinvar had just snatch ed the fair Ellen on his steed. "This will ?probably be the next army test," he explained. Herewith he waited fer the beauti ful combination of horsemanship and marriage to commend itself to great ness.^New York Sun. jyH.uun raia L\2V, GA. ^epavim?nt :ountsin this department, nths, January and July. & BYRD .* We^reprcsen-t the Best Bank of Edgefield m. mm .ia, Wagons, Bugsies, etc., in sst possible grade of goodslat e business, my material is al ibose who buy from Coskery'a erial' the beBt, prioes always LEADER. reet AUGUSTA, GA, i Monument." rs experience making and yet to see anything on Easy Riding, Light Run is would match le you would find ss always on hand. Heavy Load Scraper Harness a R, CARRIAGE MATE IA COAL. 4 i M i 11 l i M l i i i H K-H-4-H-frH The News of South Caroi Governor Takes Stand. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel, in order to prevent the receivers appointed by Judge Pritchard for the State dispensary fund from getting J the money now in tho various banks, has sent out a letter to the 31 banks holding this money, warning them that under no circumstances must this money be released without tho pro duction of the collateral deposited ? for security and with out the check signed by the chairman of the com mission and countersigned by the State treasurer. This move on the part of the gov ernor will prevent the receivers tal; ing any action even when they have qualified and are ready to serve, j Should the special masters pass fa- j vorabiy on any of the claims and or- ' der the money paid without the con sent of the commission it will not bo posible for the claimants to get their money, and the issue will then bc up to Judge Pritchard for contempt pro-j cocdings unless the case is settled be-1 fore that time, as it is believed will..'.! bc done. The letter states that this does not refer lo the $153,000 released by j Judge Pritchard and drawn through j tho National Loan and Excluido , bank of this city. This money was j assessed on each bank having the de-, . posits, 221-2 per cent." being with- ? drawn from each for the payment of j claims approved by the commission. ! ( The letter says: . j < "Gentlemen: You are hcrey noti fied that if any o fthe State dispen sary funds in your hands are turned over to any one, without the produc tion of your eolloaerais and without the check being signed by Dr. TV. J. Murra.,, chairman, aud countersigned by the State treasurer, you will be held responsible fur the same by thc State of South Carolina. "This does not refer to the 221-2 per cent, which has been drawn through the National Loan and Ex change hanks and was authorized both by the . commiesion and the United States court. "Yours verv truly, _" "M. F. ANSEL, -Ti.xcnaiige bank, Charleston; Bank of,{ Aiken, Commercial Bank, Camden ; j( People's Savings bank, Abbeville; ? Bank of Dillon, Euterprise bank, j1 Charleston; Merchants' and Farmers' i* bank, Gaffney; Farmers' and Mer- j.1 chants' bank, Anderson; Merchants' '' and Farmers' bank, Cheraw; Com- ' mercial bank, Florence; Bank of Hurtsville ;Peoples' bank, Union ;City * National bank, Greenville; Green ville Savings bank, Lexington Sav- < ings' bank, People's bank. Charles- 1 ton; People's bank. Greenville; Nor- i wood bank, Greenville; Bank of Cam- ? den, Merchants' and Fanners' bank,-] Sparfanburg; First National bank, i ? Spartanburg; Bank of Timmonsville. ' J Just what action will be taken If J the banks on receipt of this letter is I not yet known. The banks are made 1 ( parties defendant in the action ,1 brought by thc whiskey houses and . ( thc majority of them have no desire i to complicate matters by paying out j ( any money not ordered by the com-, t mission. 11 W. B. Rowell Is Acquitted. . Florence, Special.-TV. B. Rowell, charged with the murder of Jones C. 1 Blount, an Atlantic Coast Line rail road detective, at this place about | four years ago, was acquited of the j charge. This was the second time j Rowell had been tried and the case , attracted considerable attention. j ' - I Winnsboro Military Company. 1 TVinnsboro, Special-The military company held a meeting in the court house last week and about 12 new members were signed. This makes a total enrollment of about 05 men. Measurements were taken for uni- ! forms and TV. J. Arn et tc was elect-1 ed company, clerk. Messrs. K. l?. j MeMaster, J. B. Doty, J. I). Fulp, D. A. Broom and J. L. Hall were ap pointed a committee to select a name j for the new company. Thc company | will meet again Friday evening at ; which time Gen. J. C. Boyd will he present to muster in the company. "Bob" Hubbard Killed in Wreck, j Trenton, Special-Extra train No.. 141, Engineer James R. Hubbard of j Columbia, Thursday night at 8:40 ran 'uto freight train No. 173 of the Co iumbia-Augusta main line at thc ;rossing of the Aiken branch, killing. Engineer Hubbard and a negro fire-1 n:a:i of thc branch train, derailing me passenger coach and injuring several people. It is said that En- j ?ineev Hubbard failed to stop his? ??.nin before going over the crossing. ? State Education Board. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel will in April appoint the members of the State board of education fov a term of four years. There are sev en members of this board, ono from each congressional district, the gover nor being chairman and the State superintendent of education being secretary ex officio of that body. So far only a few applications for the olaees to be filled have been received There are now two of Governor An sel's appointees on the board. ii ?1 :: Money to Be Loaned for Insurance Office. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel and State Treasurer Jennings will shortly arrange to bonw $2.500 for the salary of the State insurance commissioner, Mr. F. H. McMaster. The general assembly failed to place t"e salary in the appropration bill and acording to the law, although the act was apssed, the money could not be paid out this year. However the next general assembly will pay the claim and the money can be ad vanced by the banks. The act was aiso deficient in providing quarters for the commissioner. It directed the secretary of state to provide an of fice, but thero is at present no room in the capitol with the exception of the committee rooms that can be used and pel-mission was not ob tained from the general assembly for thc use of these rooms. Thc secretary of state therefore is powerless to provide quarters and temporary ar rancgements will have to be made by the commissioner until the next ses sion of the general assembly. Pneumonia Claims Four in One Aiken Family. Aiken, Special-One of the saddest deaths that has occurred in Aiken county was that of Melvin Bell, 20 years oki, which occurred on Mon day of pneumonia. Mr. Bell had been iii only a few days. He was the son of Afr. J. P. Bell' of Windsor, in this county. He was the fourth in that family that has died in the past four weeks. 0:i March 12 Marney Bell. Iiis brother, died of pneumonia; a few days later Mrs. J. P. Bell, his mother, died of the same disease; on Monday of last week Frank Bell, an other brother, died of the same dis ease. This makes the third brother md the motlier of the same family to lie of pneumonia within four weeks. STO??O of them were sick for more than five days. A few months ago Flank Bell's wife died. Work Begun in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.-A corps of South & Western engineers are now .xuii work below Bostic. There is i report hore, however, that the pres iht activity in South & Western dr iles means the building on the line viii be begun this summer. It is ;aid that another survey is to be nade from Spartanburg to Columbia md that a line may also b? run from Columbia to Charleston this spring. Drdcr Is Issued to Express Company. Columbia, Special.-The railroad commission has ordered the Southern Express company to carry out its recent order issued by the commis non, requiring every package ship ped to be labeled "collect" or 'paid" as the case may be and if ?cut "collect" the amount due to JO placed thereon. Division Superin tendent Hockaday and Superinten lents Sadler and Buckner appeared oefore the commission regarding the >rder and the commission finally igreed to extend the time GO days in order that the company might issue the. instructions to thc agents and jave the labels printed. Traine May Bo Taken OS. Rock Hill, Special-There is a ru mor here which seems to come from semi-official authority thal the South on will in thc near future take off trains No. 27 and 28 on the Char lotte, Columbia & Augusta branch. This, if done, witt cause a lot of in convenience herc and at other points between Charlotto and Columbia. New Professor Elected. Newberry, Special.-The standing committee of the board of trastees o? Newberry college met recently at which time business which vitally af fects the interests of thc institution was transacted. That which was o? most importance was the electing ol another professor. Rev. Gilbert P Voigt of Charleston was elected t( thc chair of modern languages and philology, Dr. E. B. Setzler being re tained as instructor in the depart ment of English and English litera ture. Chesterfield Is Now Dry. Columbia. Special-Dispensary Au ditor West has returned from Che raw and Chesterfield, where hi checked up the stock on hand ii those dispensaries which have beer dosed since thc order of thc supremt court, affirming the election in thai county for prohibition. There are ::omc interesting questions raised ii settling up a dispensary account un der tho Carey-Cothran law. Blue Eidge Railroad Wants Sam? Mileage. Columbia, Special.-Col. A. B. An drews, vice president of tho South ern railway, appeared before thc railroad commission last week and asked that thc commission allow s straight rate of 3 cents per mile on the Blue Ridge railroad, now nndei the control of thc Southern. Colo nel Andrews stated that he line was v/illiiig '.o place on .salo tbs milcagi bookB offered by the other roads. THE W -I OF CONGRESS Doings cf Oort; National Law-Makers Bay by Day. Thepftstoffico Bul. After bavinfebeen sidetracked for nearly a week, rt lie postoffice appro pri?t ion bill jW'ns further considered in tho House' t?rRepresentatives. Mr. Smalt?^L../ North Carolina, spoke in opr^p?on to the proposi tion cmbraced^in .a separate bill to increase the i^feto ocean steamships for (? n irvin g -The^-nm ils. He declared it lo be notlfT^Vrnore nor less than a ship subsidy. A similar/\y^?was entetained by Mr. Finely,- .t^-South Carolina, who characterised the. proposition as an "indefensibrejaBfi cowardly subter fuge. ' ' He '(^pj the Bepublicans of attempting.^SKdeceive the country into the beli?jfpU?at the bili was in the interest o?j|f?^osfal service and challenged theffto come forward with a proposition for a ship subsid)', pur??^^pimple with its purposes an?/^?cts ?i?arly stated and unequivocally avowed. Mr. finley's Elea. Mr. Finley :p^ad,ed for larger ap propriations fotffthc rural free de livery service\"*^r -.thc establishment of a rural parkte - post, for more clerical assistance :in thc third-class postoffiecs wh?i^; ihe salary is less than $1,600 QB&MM greater compen sation for fcoirta^?ass postmasters. Mr. Clark, o?af?ssouri, inquired of Mr. Overslreet,:"iOsr.Xndiana, what wa? about to bedevM^ll of us into in sanity." Mr. Overelreo^&eplied that mem bers beeomo 'fagihtened at what really wes a smirgymatter. Thc pro posed Penrose 'n^^Burc, he said, pro hibited the admission to the maila of publications'w&ch once had been declared unniaila^fe. * He assured the House, however,..%hat the bill would not be' repcrted. at- this session. Mr. Clark raaintainedrtbat thc Po3tofficc Department had. 'ainple authority to settle the question' of what were le gitimate and iiie'gitimate publica tions. "All tha^/it needs,'"' he de clared "is a Ji||fe. nervo and somo common aense.'".; C; The advertising publications which the department, was hitting at, fi?j;said_, could all ha shut out if tboydiipartment exercised ordinary discretion. '''But," lie ad ded, "the trouble' with the Pcstof. fice Department'?s-that it .will noi draw the line between a publication (hat is evidently 4nd simply an ad-j ics issued by legitimate newspapers. Ten per cent., he argued, was not a sufficient,, allowance of sample copie: for legitimate newspapers. On the subjest of fraud orders Mr Clark said that the Postmaster Gen eral exercised powers nat given tc the Czar of Russia. He protested against injury to a man's business by ex parte action of the department and insisted that fraud orders should not bc issued until a fair hearing had been given and that the aggriev ed person should have the right ol appeal to a court of justice. "The quicker that system is remedied," hi declared, "the better off the countrj is going to be." On a point of order by Mr. Wan ger of Pennsylvania, the provision for a second assistant postmaster for Chicago was eliminated from the bill Mr. Wanger is chairman of the com mittee on expenditures in the Post offico Department. An effort was made by Mr. Goebel of Ohio, to doubU the number oj postoffice employes drawing salaries of $1,200 but his amendment to tba effect was voted down. Ah.amendment by Mr. Goldfoglc of New York, to give 30 iays' an nual vacation to clerka, carriers am other employes of first and second class postofrices and offices having r city delivery service suffered a simi lar' fate. Consideration of the bill had no been concluded when the House ad journed. Prince Expelled From Germany. Berlin, Special.-Prince Ludwig Monelik, a near relative of Empero; Menelik of Abyssinia, has been ex pellcd from Germany as an "undesir able." The prince was expelled fron Saxony some time ago. Charges o? drunkenness and disorderly conduc have been preferred against him ii several cities. For some time he ha been trying to organize companies t< develop Abyssinian mines and rubbe. and cotton plantations. Four Battleships, Says Hobson. Washington, Special.-Representa :ive Hobson, of Alabama, who, al i hough on the Democratic side o? ?lie House, has been supporting thi President's greater navy propaganda aid that thc House would vote foi I'our battleships this session in spit? >f the fact that the naval affaire omniitfeo reported in favor of onlj two. Statistics of Tobacco Bales. Raleigh, Special.--February statis tics gathered from leaf tobacco ware-' houses of thc State and given out by. che Department of Agriculture, show Winston first with 2,500,002; Wilson <oeond, 333,000 pounds; Reids vi lie, ;f)l,0G0 pounds; Durham 693,000 j pounds: Total first hand from 30 ?.alehouses 9,020,000 pounds. Eight ? ?.?-.incuses sold over hali! miliion S. C. Supreme Court Takes a Hand in Dispensary Muddle WILL JUDGE PRITCHARD RECEDE South Carolina Supreme Court Hands Down Unanimouc Opinion Uphold ing Attorney General Lyon in Dis pensary Matter-Next Move Up To Judge Frite1 rd. Columbio, S. C., Special.-On Sat urday, the South Carolina Supremo Court handed down an opinion, con curred in by the entire court, uphold ing attorney general Lyon's conten tion and declaring that the action o? Judge Pritchard's court was contrary to thc constitution of tho United States. Monday's dispatches from Colum bia say: There is no mistaking thc fact that the members of thc State administra tion are feeling good over the decis ion of thc State Supreme Court ren dered Saturday afternoon on the mandamus petition of Attorney Gen eral Lyon wherein thc court sided in vigorous language with every princi pe ol' law contended for by tho At torney General in thc contest between thc State and Judge Pritchard over the dispensaty funds in litigation. Attorney General Lyon and Attorney T?V. F. Stevenson, as? vialed with him, <\pKsscd themselves as much pleas ed with and gratiii-jd at thc decision, lr waa everything that they could h?pc for. And Governor Ansel has given e, pression to Iii..- s-mtiments. Opportunity For Pritchard to Recoda. But whether there will he an extra session of thc Legisiatuif following ill; ti; vl> i/.j is stii M. ?ic .?bt. A''. iV ijij* iioundiree and Anderson, oi Atlanta --Tili he here soon for con-sul ?.at it?i with Altonion ?i-J eral Lvo.. a:.?! ether counsel associated wita him ?.n The subject. Tho opinion secuis i? Ve ll at Judge Pritchard should b." given an opportunity to recede Loin hi? 11 sit ion, in thc A ay opened foi* lil?! lo y:f\'\ in U:e deeisio.. nf tho Si-nil] Car lina SU J :m.e Com. K he does not give way, or if he man.: u?_i-.?:i.i v J'dl?e move, it is likely nv extra se?. >on will be called to en rt tion have all along expressed perxoci "onfidenc? in being able to score a omplete victory in thc Federal iuris when thc ease in finally got .eforc thc United States Supremo court,* but at thc same time Govenor Ansel, as peace-loving as he has al ways shown himself to bc has mani fested a disposition not to allow the funds to go into the hands of thc Federal Court. Jus'; Debt;; Wil! Bo Paid. New York. Special.-In a state ment issued hy Eugene P. Carve:*, counsel for Charles W. Morse, decla ration is made that the indicted bank er belices he is able and with tho co-operation of his creditors propose; to pay all his just debts. Morse'.: counsel further states that al! legal righi:; and remedie-; will bo invoked to accomplish the settlement o? obli gations and that all pending criminal matters before thc State and Federal courts will bc urged for a quick de termination as to matter: of law and facts. Richmond an Dry a? thc Desert of Sahara. Richmond, Ya.. Special.-For tim first time in thc history of Virginia no liquor can be had at tho various seciiil clubs. The Byrd bill closin;: nil bars on Sunday went into effect Sunday and even at the oldest and most influential clubs, no intoxicating drinks were served. For Thc Anny and thc Navy. Washington, Special.-Navy De partment officials appeared before the congressional naval affairs com mittee and urged the purchase of the Jamestown Exposition grounds by the government, to be used as a naval training station. Secretary Taft and a delegation apearcd before the con gressional committee on military af fairs and recommended thc purchase of ten thousand acres adjoining Chleamauga National Park for man oeuvreing grounds for troops. Judge C. D. Clark Dead. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.-Judge C. D. Clark, who was aj. pointed to tho Federal bench by President Cleve land in 1S95 as jud;,o for thc east ern and middle dislri? ls of Tennessee, is dead at Chattanooga, aged GI. Fe had boen at Asheville, N. C. for some time for his health, and only recent ly was removed to Chattanooga. Ho waa a native ol' Tennessee. Lono Bandit Holde Ur Train. Butte, Mont., Special.-Great Northern Railroc.d officers wero ad vised that the Oriental limited wan held up near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, by a highwayman. Both mail clerk; vern bound whiles thc mail car war, rificd. No attempt was mado tc blow open the safe. No estimate ia obtainable as to thc probable loss but it is not believed to he heavy; Tho bandit escaped. ._ j 1 ?r". Wm. SC H WEIGERT, A. S, Prest, August Offers the Citze SAFE, CONS] CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen Wk Dr. Wi?ey Addresses Congress] of Mothers * ETERNAL VIGILANCE NEEDFUL Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, Declares That With the Housekeepers Hesta the Best Means of Executing the Pure Food Laws. Washington, Special.-An urgent pica for pure food in the household was made by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, in an address I^efore the international congress on tLe welfare of the child, which is being held here under the auspices of the national mothrs' congress. Dr. Wiley emphasized the import ance of the mothers of the country being eteranlly vigilant as to the source of food products that ?ame into their homes to see that they arr fresh, uncontaminated, palatable and wholesome. ft Continuing Dr. Wiley said that the best means of executing tie pure food law is in the household. Importance of Purity. threat of death in the case of. infants | that, are fed impure milk is one of tho crr-eatcst curses of the country." Dr. Wiley advocated the formation of union of the mistresses of house holds, which, he said, by singleness of purpose, unity of action and power or organization could secure a better conformity to the law than any vig ilance on thc part of the executors of the law would be able io accom plish." At thc afternoon session, addresses were made by Clifford Webster Barnes, of Lake Forest, UL, OD "Morai Training Through the Agency of the Public Schools," and by Miss Jane Brownlee, of Toledo, 0., on "A Plan For Moral Training." A symposium on parent teacher? associations was conducted by Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, of Philadelphia, at the night meeting following which five minutes reports were made from the different States. Miss Alice Leehey, chairman of the food committee of the national con sumer's League, spoke on "What the Consumer Can Do For Pure Food." Greek Laborers Attacked. Washington, N. C., Special.-Ac cording to reports arriving in this city there came near being a race riot in Belhaven Tuesday night. It seems that the Inter-State Cooperage Company, employing between 400 and 500 men in Belhaven, had brought down a party of sixteen Greek labor ers to take the place of negro work men. These Greeks, one of whom was married, were living in four dwel ling houses on thc company's prop erty. Tuesday night about 10 o'clock while in these houses and unarmed, thc Greeks were attacked by a mob pf fifty or sixty negroes, supposed to be led by several whites. This mob shot up the houses and forced the Greeks, both male and female, to flee to a nearby swamp ir to save their lives. Lat?*" '. ueveloped that five of the Gr -KS were seriously, if not fatally, ..ounded. The mob, un able to find them in the swamps,,dis banded for thc night. Soldiers in Havan Riot. Washington. Special-The Secre tary of War has ordered an investigation of thc part tak en by the American soldiers in a riot early Wednesday morning, be ginning with a disturbance created by a drunken private in a cafe of the "Redlight" district and followed by an unsuccessful attempt by his com rades to rescue him from the police, and a free fight in which several shots were fired, and finally by the arrest of forty soldiers and their re turn under guard to Camp Columbia. Washington Clerk Kills His Wife. Washington, Special.-Walter Hil lls, a clerk in the War D?partent, shct and killed his wife Friday. When arrested he said he took his wife for a burglar. Killis' statements are corroborated by his mother, who as teria that there had been no trouble between husband and wife; - MOBBIS, THOS. S. GHAT, Vlce-*r?s. Cashieh ings Bank ta, Ga?, ns of Edgefield a ?RVATIV? and 1 B.EPOSITOKY. t Interest. DIVORCE FOR MRS. THAW Wife of the Murderer of Swiord White Has Institnted Proceedings For the Annulment of Her Harri? age. New York, Special.-Evelyn Nes bit Thaw has Instituted proceedings for the annulment of her marriage to Harry & Thaw. The action will be based on the allegation that the de fendant was insane when the union wns contracted. Thaw purposes ta defend the suit. The papers in the caso were served Wednesday and an early trial is expected. In the mean time the two, by mutual agreement, will remain apart. In official statements by counsel for both parties was confirmed the long suspected culmination in th? wedded lives of Stanford White's slayer and the woman whose -story in his defense brought her an unhappy notoriety as wide as the . reading world. For weeks it has been gos? sipped that a divorce was imminent and even during Thaw's last trial, through which his wife stood gamely by him, it was pretty generally be lieved that whatever the. outcome fox the prisoner, the two would never again live' together. These reports were frequentiy based on rumored opposition to the young woman on the part of the Thaw family.- In . their statements, however, counsel de nied that Mrs. William Thaw, Har^_ rv 'c m nf Ko? x - 1 ->6?? io oe a des perate criminal, is now believed by the police to be a lunatic. The man gave his name as L. L Fee, form erly of Rockford, Ul. He walked in to the bank soon after it opened and meanacing Vice President Luthei Drake with a bottle which he said contained nitro-glycerine, demanded $5,000 cash. Mr. Drake though be lieving for the moment that his life and those of his fellow officials and employes of the bank might be it imminent danger, conferred calmly with the would-be robber until othei officials called the .police and thc man was taken into custody. Tests by the police seem to show that the contents of the bottle were harm less. Slaughtering Moors By Hundreds. Paris, By Cable. - General D Amade is slaughtering the Moons! pretender's followers by hundreds according to official reports from th? seat of the warfare in Morocco From the enegy "rrith which the cam paign is being conducted it is hopee that he will soon have the Pretendei himself prisoner, practically endinj the hostilities which have been rag? ing for months. Sultan Weds No. 6. Paris, By Cable.-According to ad? vices frbm Morocco, Sultan Molal Hafid is now celebrating his sixth wedding since his proclamation ai sovereign in Marrakosh a few months ago. The bride in the present nup tials is a daughter of Kaid Gblawl, i powerful supporter. It is alleged ie Fez that Mulai Hafid is collecting taxes to pay for his numerous wed dings. Baptist Workers Conference. Center, Tex., Special.-Baptists ii large numbers assembled here Mon? day for the East Texas Workers ' con ference openeing in the evening to ex tend through Tuesday and Wednes day. The work of all the schools, in stutions and organizations conducted by the church in this section will bi fully discussed. For Greater Norfolk. Norfolk, Special.-The question ol the consolidation of Norfolk an-1 Portsmouth under one municipal head, is again being agitated in busi ness circles, and several of the prom inent business bodies of the city bav< committees named to take the mattel up and push it. In addition, there ii a strong movement looking to the in corporation of Huntersvillo and Lam bert's Point within the city limits, for sauitary reasons. Norfolk hal grown out to both of these suburbs, and thc annexation is urged. Night Riders Kill a Nefro. Louisville, Special. - A hundred night riders captured the town pi Birmingham early Tuesday, shot six negroes, one fatally, and whipped five others. The tobacco troubles did not figure in the affair. The action folowed repeated warnings to the ne groes to leave the town. The raiders were masked t%d shot into every no gra cabin in the plac?