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The Planter's Loan | aiyd Savings Bank | Augusta, Ca. ? Pays Interest on Deposits, X Jv Accounts Solicited. 4 . L.C. I??YNF, CHAS. C. HOWARD, ? PHEaiDE^ i'. O AS ill B u. T ; RESOURCES OVLR $1,000,00?. 4. VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAYS MARCH 18, 1908. - THE MlOlftt BANK OF AUGUSTA, ; ; V- AUG?STA,' G A. * ? 'L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. E. CLARK,.. President. Cashier.? . CAPITAL $250,000.00. ! ' Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. 4 ; Tb? basic*** of our out-o?-1own frjesds ' re eel v?nh e sam? esra! ol attention as tb at . . . ef our loos! dapesftors. Tbe accounts of T . . care ru I conservative roo pi? solicit ed. T XH',i'iiH?Mniriiiiiii'i* NO. 12. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Governor Magoon arrived at Ha vana and was warmly, greeted by the 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 pf the University of Chicago, has resigned to accept a similar posi tion at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. William Henry Burr. r. o'oncsr in phonography, died in Washington. D. C., in his eighty-ninth yea;*.' At one time he was an official reporter of the . debates in the United States Senate; The Kaiser's oldest son. Crown Prince Frederick William,-is now to study wireless telegraphy at the Nau sen ezperim?ht 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 of Miners, and also general counsel for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, died cf 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 way from $1,000,000 to$60,000,000each would " be willing to take ten per cent, of these estimates in cash to-day." \ Senator Allison, seventy-nine years % old, received the congratulations of . his colleagues in Congress. He v/iP "complete his thirty-fifth year ia the Senate, which breaks, all records. He has been in. Congress forty-three years. >^?:_ ' 1 m * .? y.Mf? EXCITED. 'Til never forget the first jackpot ? ever won," said tho veteran at the' game. "What did you- hold?" asked the youngster. "My creath, for enc thing.- I don't rem:riter what else"-Philadelphia , Press. r a AUGUS Savings L Pays \ % interest on all ac compounded every six mc Capital and w HARLING Before insuring elsewher Ord Line .Companies. At The Farmers mos rims i that sells Stanhopes, Carria position to offer you the high the lowest possible price. Reme I am known as the best iu tl ways of the best standard, and congratulate themselves.. Ms the lowest. BADCOCKS THE BL OC 740 and 751 Broad S Carria ''Opposite th< We've had forty-six ye?' selfing vehicles, and have wheels which for Beauty, ning and lasting and qualit Hoyer anti Ci 9 If Better were ma them here, A complete line of Ham Lumber Harness and SPECIALTY, BELTING, LEATHI RIAL. ET] 729 Broad Strcev NEWSY G LE, A Xl XG S, Texas reports an "orderly" lynch Inj;. Cleveland decided to close its schools and spend $GOO,000 to make the 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 bus! ness outlook, saying conditions would improve ii they had an opportunity to do so. King Edward entertained Premier Clemenceau and M. Pich?n, the French Foreign Minister, at luncheon at Pari?. 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. Y., indorsed the attitude of Governor Hughes on anti-race track gambling. It is .conservatively estimated that betwesn 20,000 and 25,000 miners will po to different parts of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. .Naval militia organizations of the Atlantic coast States have been in vited to take part in the raaneuvres of 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, 000 tons, v/as launched at Wilhelms haven, in the presence of the Em peror. i The present season has been to a '5sre3 disastrous both in New York ??y and on the road for the '-popular .riced show?," as well as for tbs first c?as* attraVtfons: 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.-r-New York Sun. raia Department :countsin this department, ?nths, Januar}' arid July. i & BYRD ?: We^reprcsen-t the Best & BYRD* Bank of Edgefield iiiiiimiiiiiiiUMW1 'i 1908 g~b, Wagons, Bug2ies, elc, in | test possible grade of goodsjat ae business, my material is al tbose who buy from Coskery'a iterial the best, prices always ! LEADER. creet AUGUSTA, GA, \w\W?kWmWLWmW, 8tore e Monument." irs experience making and : yet to see anything on Easy Riding, Light Run ies would match era_ a tr l^ag'oii? de you would find ess always on hand. Heavy Road Scraper Harness a ?R, CARRIAGE MATE NA COAL. Augusta^ Ga4 ' "Palmetto The News of South Care Governor Take:; Stand. Columbia, Special-Governor An sel, in order to prevent the receivers appointed by Judge Pritchard for the State dispensary fund from getting 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- j duclion 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 tak ing any action even when they have qualified and are ready to serve, j Should the special ma?;ters pass fa- j vorably on any of the claims and or- ' der the money paid without the con sent of the commission it will not be posible for the claimants to get their! money, and the issue wiil then bc up to Judge Pritchard for contempt pro- j ceedings unless tho case is settled be- ? fore that time, as it is believed will be done. The letter states that this does not refer to the $353,000 released by Judge Pritchard and drawn through Ibo National Loan and Exchingo bank of this city. This money was assessed on each bank having the de- ( posits, 221-2 per cent." being with-' drawn from each for the pa\-ment of claims approved by the commission. ! The letter says: "Gentlemen: You are. hcrey noti fied that if any o ft he State dispen sary funds in your hands are turned over to any one, without the produc tion of your colloaerals and without the cheek being signed by Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman, and countersigned by the State treasurer, you will be held responsible for the same by the ? 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 banks and was authorized both by the ? commiesion and the United States court. "Yours verv truly, " "M. F. ANSEL,, ?x/xemmge bank, Charleston ; Bank of . Aiken, Commercial Bank, Camden ; j People's Savings bank, Abbeville; ; Bank of Dillon, Euterprise bank, | Charleston; Merchants' and Farmers' j bank, Gaffney; Farmers' and Mer-; 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 ton; People's bank, Greenville; Nor wood bank, Greenville; Bank of Cam den, Merchants' and Farmers' bank, ! Spartanburg; First National bank, ( Spartanburg; Bank of Timmonsville. ' Just what action will be taken li the banks on receipt of this letter is not yet known. The banks are made ? parties defendant in the action ( brought by the whiskey houses and thc majority of them have no desire , to complicate matters by paying ont J any money not ordered by the com-, mission. W. B. Rowell Is Acquitted. . Florence, Special.-W. B. Rowell, charged with the murder of Jones C. Blount, an Atlantic Coast Line rail road detective, at this piece about i four years ago, was acquited of the charge. This was the second time : Rowell had been tried and the case attracted considerable attention. j - I Winnsboro Military Company. 1 Winnsboro, 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 G5 men. Measurements were taken for uni forms and W. J. Arn et tc was elect-1 cd oompanv, clerk. Messrs. K. R. j McMaster, J. B. Doty, J. D. Fulp, D. A. Broom and J. L. Hall were ap pointed a committee to select a name j Cor the new company. The company will meet again Friday evening at ; which time Gen. J. C. Boyd will bc present to muster in the company. "Eob" Hubbard Killed in Wreck, j Trenton, Special-Extra train No. 141, Engineer James R. Hubbard of Columbia, Thursday night at8:40 ran nto freight train No. 173 of thc Co lumbia-Augusta main line at thc ?rossing of thc Aiken branch, killing Engineer Hubbard and a negro fire man of tho branch train, derailing me passenger coach and injuring several people. It is said that En gineer Hubbard failed to stop his train before going over the crossing. Stat? Education Board. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel will in April appoint the members or' the State board of education for a term of four years. There are sev en members of this board, ono from each congressional district, the gover nor hoing chairman and the State superintendent of education being secretary ex officio of that body. So far only a few applications for the nlaces to bc filled "have been received There are now two of Governor An sel's appointees on the board. AJ\fair>s (?na in Condensed Form Money to Be Loaned for Insurance Office. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel and State Treasurer Jennings will shortly arrange to borrow $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 stats to provide an of fice, but ibero is at present no room in the capitol with thc exception of the committee rooms that can be used and permission was not. ob tained from the general assembly for the use of these rooms. Thc secretary of state therefore is powerless to provide quarters and temporary ar rangements will have to be made by the commissioner until the next ses sion of the general assembly. Pneumoni?, 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 old, which occurred on Mon day of pneumonia. Mr. Bell had been ill only a few days. He was the son of Mr. J. P. Bell of Windsor, in this county. He was the fourth in that family that has died in the past four weeks. On March 12 Marney Bell, his 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 and the mother of the same family to die of pneumonia within four weeks. None of them were sick for more than five days. A few months ago Frank Bell's wife died. Work Begun in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.-A corps of South & Western engineers are now ?lt- JBK???]? - - J-' Muu work below Boslic. There is a report herc, however, that the pres ent activity in South & Western cir cles means the building on the line will bc begun this summer. It is said that another survey is to bc made from Spartanburg to Columbia and that a line may also be run from Columbia to Charleston this spring. Order Is Issued to Express Company. Columbia, Special.-Thc railroad commission has ordered the Southern Express company to carry out its recent order issued by the commis sion, requiring every package ship ped to be labeled "collect" or "paid" as the case may be and if sent "collect" the amount due to be placed thereon. Division Superin tendent Hockaday and Superinten dents Sadler and Buckner appeared before the commission regarding the order and the commission finally agreed to extend the time GO days in order that the company might issue the.instructions to thc agents and have the labels printed. Traine May Bo Taken Off. Rock Hill, Special.-There is a ru mor here which seems to corns from semi-official authority that the South ern will in thc near future take off trains No. 27 and 2S on the Char lotte, Columbia & Augusta branch. This, if done, will' cause a lot of in convenience here and at other points between Charlotte and Columbia. New Professor Elected. Newberry, Special-The standing committee of the board of trustees ot Newberry college met recently at which time business which vitally af fects the interests of thc institution was transacted. That which was OJ most, importance was the electing oj another professor. Rev. Gilbert P Voigt of Charleston was elected U the 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 We;-t has returned from Che raw and Chesterfield, where lu cliocked np the stock on hand ii those dispensaries which have beer dosed since the order ol* the supreme court, affirming thc election in thal county for prohibition. There are .'?oiric interesting questions raised ii settling up a dispensary account un der tho Carey-Cothran law. Blue Ridge Railroad Wanta Same 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 the commission allow s straight rate of 3 cents per mile on the lilue Ridge railroad; now undo] the control ot* thc Southern. Colo nel Andrews slated that he lino was willing to place on .sale Hie milca'gt books offered by the other ronds. THE W??| OF CONGRESS Doings of O??, National Law-Makers Day . by Day. Tho tt^stoffico Bill. After haring been sidetracked for nearly a weefc^tbe postofiice appro priai ion bill was',farther considered in tho House'o?S?presentatives. Mr. Sma??fo North Carolina, ?poke in opr^jjp?on to the proposi tion embraced^-,a separate bill to increase the fi&jjpp' ocean steamships for c a irvin g jg?ils. Ile declared it to be noel: a ship subside A similar Mr. Finely, characterized' "indefensible, fuge." He a!i of attempting'-*^ into the .belief the interest of ' challenged tb? with a pr?'i subsidj', pure pui-poses and?< and unequivoca?jy avowed. "$ore nor less than yJjMas entetained by I iSgnth Carolina, who ; Proposition as an cowardly subter fhe Bepublicans deceive the country a't the bili was in ostal service aud come forward for a ship imple with its e'c.ts o?early stated Mr. Finley" :i propriations livery service/ of a rural pi ey's Plea. .ed for larger ap & rural free de .the establishment ' post, for more clerical assistance ;in the third-class postoffiees Whj?J^ the salary is less " ii- greater compen ass postmasters, souri, inquired of ^Indiana, what was ?ll of us iuto in than $l,G00.aj^ sation for fouf^ Mr. Clark, of \ Mi-. Overstreet, about to bedevi sanity." Mr. Overalreol^eplied that mem bers become ''|j^mtened at what really wes a tmaa'matter. The pro posed Penrose ir^feitsure, he said, pro hibited the admission to the mails of publications wfti??b once had been declared immaUafte. * He assured the House, however,.;%hat the bill would not be* reported at this session. Mr. l Chirk maintainccirthat the Postoffice 1 Department had ?mple authority to settle ihc quesrioi: of what were le gitimate and i??egitimaie publica tions. "All thatlit needs,''* be de cbircd "is a litios nerve and some common sense, "?t. The advertising publications which'' the department was hitting at, he'said, could all bo shut out if tho p&bartment exercised ordinary discretion. "But,-' lie ad ded, ''the troubl? with the Pcstofr fice Department'is that it .will not draw the line between a publication that is evidently and simply un ad O LA in. G CL VUC 1IIIIUUCI Ul \"i-?in ies 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 es parte action of the department and insisted that fraud orders should not be 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. "Th? quicker that system is remedied," hi j declared, "the better off the country, is going to be." On a point of order by Mr. "Wan- ' ger of Pennsylvania, the provision j for a second assistant postmaster foi Chicago was eliminated from thc bill [ Mr. Wanger is chairman of the com mittee on expenditures in the Post offieo Department. An effort was made by Mr. Goebel of Ohio, to double, the number oj postoffice employes drawing salaries of $1,200 but bis amendment to tba" effect was voted down. Ah.amendment by Mr. Goldfoglc of New York, to give 30 c"ays' an nual vacation to clerks, carriers am other employes of first and second class postoffiees and offices having : 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 Menelik, a near relative of Empero; Menelik of Abyssinia, has been ex polled 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 ba been trying to organize companies ti develop Abyssinian mines and ri.bbc and cotton plantations. Four Battleships, Says Hobson. Washington, Special.-Representa :ivQ Hobson, of Alabama, who, al i hough on the Democratic side of ?he House, has been supporting the ?'resident's greater navy propaganda aid that thc House would vote foi four battleships this session in spin ..f the fact that the naval affairs ommitlec reported in favor of onlj ! wo. Statistics of Tobacco Bales. Raleigh, Special.--February statis tics gathered from leaf tobacco ware houses of the State and given out by the Department of Agriculture, show Winston first with 2,500,0C?; Wilson second, S33,000 pounds; Rcidsvilio, ?'91,000 pounds; Durham 093,000 pennas. Total first batid from 30 ..alehouses 9,020,000 pounds. Eight ?.p -: h cures sold over half million S. C. Supreme Court Takes a Hand in Dispensary Muddle WILL JUDGE PRITCHARD RECEDE South Carolina Supreme Court Hands Pcwr. Unanimous Opinion Uphold ing Attorney General Lyon in Dis pensary Matter-Next Move Up To Judge Pritchard. Columbia, S. C., Special.-On Sat urday, the South Carolina Supremo Court handed dowu 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 eourt was contrary to thc constitution of the United States. Monday's dispatches from Colum I bia say : There ii; no mistaking thc fact that the members ol' tho State administra tion are feeling good over the decis ion of thc State Supremo Court ren dered Saturday afternoon on the mandamus petition of Attorney Gen eral Lyon wherein thc court sided in vigorous language with every princi ple of law contended for by thc At torney General in thc contest between thc ?late and Judge Pritchard ova the dispensary funds in litigation. Attorney Gcucrcl Lyon and Attorney W. Stevenson, assjiiated with him, c\pic8sed themselves as much pleas ed with and gratilled al thc decision, lr wr.a everrthing *hat they could ?lupe for. And Governor Ansel has given c pression to lil. . sentiments. Opportunity For Pritcliard to Recoda. But whether there will be an extra session of thc Legisiatuie following ?.li; iluivvij is stii M. <?<.?bt. AV.?ts iii.}* Koundlree and Anderson, oi Atlant;, "iii be herc soon for coiiJui i,a.iiu!i "with Allornoi' ?-.eral Lvo.. QM! ether counsel associated wita him the subject. Tho opinion set ?s i? tc lint Judge Pritchard should b? giy??i an opportunity to recede fioin his 11 sition, in thc jay opened for lil ns to yb! in ihr? decisio.. i?f the Si-mli Car lina Sivi.?iu? Com. K lie docs not give way, or if he man.: ;nu?:i,ir . cid:ie move, it is likely av ox! 1:1 se.;, .on will bo called to en^ ;l tion have nil along expressed periuci "onfldence i;i being able to score a ompletc victory in thc Federal iuris when thc case in finally got .cforc thc United State;! Supremo court.* but ai thc same limo Gbvenor Ansel, as peace-loving as ha has al ways shown himself to be has mani fested a disposition not to allow the funds to go into the hands of thc Federal Court. I Jus'; Debt: Will Bo Paid. Now York. Special.-In a state ment issued by Eugene P. Carver, counsel for Charles W. Morse, decla ration is made that the indicted, bank er believer, he is able and with tho co-operation of his creditors propose: to pay all his just debts. Morse's: counsel further states that al! legal rights and remedies will bo invoked to accomplish the settlement 01! obli gations and that all pending criminal matters before the State and Federal courts will bo urged for a quick de termination as to mattcrr of law and facts, Richmond ar, Dry a? thc Desert of Sahara. Richmond, Va.. Special.-For tho first time in thc history of Virginia no liquor can bc had at the various social clubs. The Byrd bill closing all bars on Sunday went into effecr. Sunday and oven at thc oldest and. most influential clubs, no intoxicating drink:; were served. For Thc Army and tho 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 apeared 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 appointed to I the Federal bench by President Cleve land in 1S95 as judge for the east ern and middle distincts of Tennessee, is dead at Chattanooga, aged fil. He had been at Asheville, N. C., for some time for his health, and only recent ly was removed to Chattanooga. Ho wan a native o:.' Tennessee. Lone Bandit Holde Up Train. Butte, Mont., Special.-Great Northern Railroad officers wero ad vised that the Oriental limited war. held up near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, by a highwayman. Both mail clcrkfl were bound while thc mail car wan rifled. No atlempt waa made to blow open the safe. No estimate in oblainable as lo the probable loss but it is not believed to ba heavy. Tho bandit eseaped. . Wm. SCHWEIOEBT, A. S, Prest, August Offers the Citzei SAFE, CO?vSI CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen Dr. VYiiey Addresses Congress] of Mothers . ETERNAL VIGILANCE NEEDFUL Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, Declarea j That With thc Housekeepers Reata the Best Means of Executing the Pure Food Laws. Washington, Special.-An urgent plea 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 before the international congress on the 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 came into their homes to see that they an fresh, uncontaminated, palatable and wholesome. * Continuing Dr. Wiley said that tho best means of executing tiie pure food law is in thc household. Importance of Purity. threat of death in the case of-infants | that are fed impure milk is one of thc greatest curses of the country." Dr. Wiley advocated the formation of a 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 to accom plish." At thc afternoon session, addresses were made by Clifford Webster Barnes, of Lake Forest, 111., on "Moral 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 thc 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 thc 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 manned, 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, the 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 in order to save their lives. Later it developed that live of the Greeks were seriously, if not fatally, wounded. The mob, un able to find them in the swamps,"dis bauded foi 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; MO ERIS, THOS. S. .GE AY, Vice-*res. Caftbie*. lugs Bank ta, Ga?, ns of Edgefield a 5RVATIV? and DEPOSITORY. t Interest. DIVORCE FORMRS. THAW Wife of the Murderer of Stanford White Eas Instituted Proceedings Por the Annulment of Her Harri age. New York, SpeoiaL--Evelyn Nea bit Thaw has instituted proceedings for the annulment o? l^er marriage to Harry K. Thaw. The action will be based on the allegation that the de fendant was insane when the union wns contracted. Thaw purposes to 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 -etory m 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 foi the prisoner, the two would . never again live' together. These reports were frequently 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 ry'c TTmtfc?? _~e?*u to ne a des* perate criminal, is now believed hy the police to be a lunatic. The man gave his name as L. L. Pee, 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 calmlj 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 th? contents of the bottle were harm less. Slaughtering Moors By Hundreds. Paris, By Cable. - General D Amade is slaughtering the Moorisl pretender's followers by hundreds according to official reports from th? seat of the warfare in Morocco From the enegy frith which the cam paign is being conducted it is hopee that he will soon have the Pretendei himself prisoner, practically endinf the hostilities which have been rag ing for months. Sultan Weds No. 6. Paris, By Cable-According to a? vices frbm Morocco, Sultan Mulai Hafid is now celebrating his sixth wedding since his proclamation at I sovereign in Marrakesh a few months ago. The bride in the present nup tials is a daughter of Kaid Ghlawl, s powerful supporter. It is alleged ia Fez that Mulai Hafid is collecting taxes to pay for his numerou.? wed dings. Baptist Workers Conference. Center, Tex., Special-Baptists ii large nuabers 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 bf fully discussed. For Greater Norfolk. Norfolk, Speciai.-The question ol the consolidation of Norfolk an-1 Portsmouth under ono municipal head, is again being agitated in busi ness circles, and several of the prom inent business bodies of the city hav< committees named to take the mattel up and push it. In addition, there u a strong movement looking to the in corporation of Huntersvillo and Lam' bert's Point within the city limita, for sanitary reasons. Norfolk hal grown out to both of these suburba, and thc annexation is urged. Night Biders Kill a Negro. Louisville, Special. - A hundred night riders captured the town oi 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 groos to leave the town. The raiders were masked c^d shot into every ne gro cabin in the place: