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'H?I"H I I II M I M I- M"M''"H'i. The Planter's Loan | ai\d Savings Bank i Augusta, Ca. j \f Pays Interest on Deposits, X Accounts Solicited. LC.HAYNF. CHAS. C. HOWARD, PRESIDE M*. CASHIEu. ; RESOURCES.OVER $1,000,000. l4>H?H"l?I"l"I"l"I"l?I?I?M?I"I"I-l?>' % THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, : ; AUGUSTA. GA. ; , L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. B. CLARK* . . PreB?dent. Cashier.' . CAPITAL $250,000.00. \ Surplus fe Profits $190,000.00. * " Th A business of dur out-of-town fri end 3 , , * * rc col Tea the same careful attention uS that m a . . of our local depositors. Ure acoonfits of T . . careful coMemitWe people solicited. j ? X.M-M"H*l"M 'I.'l t l 11H-1-H* VOL. 73.f EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, ?08. NO. 14. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Grover Cleveland is seventy-one years old. President Eliot, of Harvard, ob served his seventy-fourth birthday at Cambridge, Mass. Governor Fort, of New Jersey, ce% b.rated his fifty-siith birthday by signing school bills at Trenton. John Bigelow recalls that the foun dation of the Standard Oil fortune was laid in the Hudson River shad fishery. Alfred Vanderbilt announced in London that he intends to make, his Dermanent home in the British me tropolis. The Rev. Charles F. Aked said there was need for a Bihle in modern ? 3anguage instead of that of .three centuries ago. * Rear-Admiral Evans, on h's, own request, will be succeeded in com mand of the battleship fleet by. Rear Admiral Thomas. Secretary Taft, Ambassador Takn- ! bira and Governor Fort spoko at the ! annual dinner of the Trenton Cham ber of Commerce. Charles Stedman Hanks, who in- ! vestigated the conduct of the Ameri can railroads at the President's re- | quest, died at Boston. President Roosevelt honei: to pla cate both labor and financial interests by having Congress pass amendments to the Sherman Anti-Trust iav.\ Governor Cobb, of Maine, received a letter from Congressman Charles E. Littlefield tendering his resigna tion as Representative from tho Sec ond District of Maine to take up hi>. law practice. John Bigelow, ex-Minister ti France, who reached his ninetieth birthday anniversary on Tuesday, No veniber 25. in Nev/ York City, is up at 9 o'clock every morning, and nuts in seven hours before he is willing io call it a day, althone he says bc "is past the agc of usefulness." ' If Pekin clucks are raised, a fence eighteen cr twenty-four iinches high will confine them. To a large extent the Pekin has lost, its power of flight. Even its need for water to bathe in does not have much force in its pres ent state of development-From "Spurs fer Poultrymen" in the Pro gressive Farmer. AUG' . -7 ~r~r^~^rT!^SaR "Pays 4 % interest on compounded every s Capital and HOS 1?K5 GOT HARLIN* Before insuring elsewhe Old Line Companies. At The Farmers 1 that sells Stanhopes, Carr position to offer you the bi the lowest possible price. Item I am knowu as the best ic ways of the be?t standard, ai congratulate themselves. 1 ?be lowest. BABCOCK3 Ti IT? H. 0< 740 and 751 Broad Carrii ? 'Opposite t We've had forty-six } selling vehicles, and hs wheels which for Beaut] ning and lasting and qua Moyer and < Su If Better were D them here, A complete line of Hs Lumber Harness and SPECIALTY, BELTING, LE AT KIAL. J 729 Broad Sti rU'ORTJXG RREVITIKS. E. Wi Gardrier lost to II. A. Wright In tho tournament for the National I Amateu.' 14.2 balkline billiard cham pionship. At Duluth, Minn., John Evanson. I of Duluth, broke the American ski record with a jump of 131 feet in the last tournament of the season. Billy Papke, of Spring Valley, Ul., defeated Hugo Kelly, the Chicago middleweight, in a ten-round battle before the Milwaukee Boxing Club. There will be seventy-four days of racing ia the State of Kentucky this year in accordance with the date al lotments just made by the Racing Commission. Warren K. Wood, of Chicago, de feated John E. Porter, of Pittsburg, by G up and 4 to play in the final for the chief cup in the golf turnament at Pinehurst, N. C. Burlew & O'Neil's Angelus, a Whit ney cast-off, won the $10,000 City Park Derby, New Orleans, the favor ite, Meelick, running third. A new track record, 2.04 3-5, was achieved. Peter Latham, the tennis cham pion, defeated Eustace Miles three straight sets by a score of 6-2, (i-3 and fi-5 in an exhibition match at the Racquet" and Tennis Club, at Tux edo. N. Y. In defeating J. Ferdinand Poggen burg in the tournament for the na tional amateur 14.2 .balkline billiard championship Calvin Demarest broke his own . world's record run of 168 with one of 170. At Tuxedo Park: N. T., Jay Could, amateur court tennis champion o? the United States and England, de feated Peter Latham, professional champion of the world, by three sets to ono in an exhibition match on the court of the Tuxedo Tennis and Rac quet Club. Mine Owners Fear Trouble. Seattle, Wash., Special.-Serious trouble is threatened ac the Trcadwe! mines on Douglass Island, where eighi hundred miners are striking. The strikers, it is charged, have stole: largo quantities of powder from tlu raine stores and threaten to destroj the works if non-unionists are landed Troops have bten ordered from Fori Seward to preserve order. >rgia . ^ Traill*- I O SEE 3 &;BYRD re, Wejrcpresent the Best & BYRD* Bank of Edgefield IHE mm \ iag-?a, Wagons, Buggies, etc., in j ghest possible grade of goodsjat ember* i the busiuese, my material is al ad tbose who buy from Coskery'a \Iaterial the best, prices alway3 iE LEADER. [)SKKRY, Street AUGUSTA, GA, pa-ar MTW nm??iuwm 'ii wi1 ma? .'IX? exxtaJL EL^e Store he Monument." fears experience making and ive yet to see anything on i. Easy Riding, Light Run .lities would match Columbia Bug? abouts and irreys. :er Wagons ciade you would find irness always on hand. Heavy Road Scraper Harness a HER, CARRIAGE MATE DTNA COAL. i H. Day eet, Augusta, Ga. Il 'Palmetto i I The News of South Caro iiiiiiiiii'iiiinnniiiin Mr Featherstone on Prohibition. Greenwood, Special.-Hon. C. C. Featherstone of Laurens passed through here last week and while here was questioned as to Mis attitude on thc matter of prohibition in the com-1 ing campaign. Mr. Featherstone' stated that he was for prohibition without any provisions or conditions to it. In this connection, he stated that he had made his position clear about a month ago in which he stat ed that ho was for straightout pro hibtiion. Mr. Featherstone stated that four or five months ago he gaye an in terview on the subject advocating for the present the enactment of a law making the entire State dry, but per mitting counties where prohibition sentiment was weak to vote in the sale of whiskey. Continuing he said : "A great majority of my prohibition friends in the State endorsed my views. '.I stated in that interview that, of course, what we ultimately sought ( was iron-clad, State-wide prohibition, | and further that in my judgement the ' time was not far off when thc Sate! would be ready for it ; and further, j that when there was sufficient public sentiment behind it, I would then j be in favor of State-wide prohibi- j tion. I "Since giving out that interview, I have been in close touch with prohi bitionists throughout the State, en deavoring to ascertain the present strength of the sentiment and making diligent inquiry as to the enforcement of the law in dry counties. I have also been studying the reports of the dispensary auditor, and to my amaze ment, I find that the county dispen saries are selling almost as much li quor as did the old dispesary when it was in full blast. They sold in the last year three million dollars worth of liquor. In addition to this, I find that the dispensary counties are sell ing tremendous quantities of whiskey to contiguous dry territory. "In this state of affairs I have de *^w;"iwi t? ctiimn the State this year, si Die. practical men. 1 "If thc practical workings of a State prohibition law should demon strate that it was impossible to en force certain counties where the sen timent is weak, then it will be a very easv matter to tack on a local option feature, permitting those counties, under tho most rigid restrictions, to vote in the sale of whiskey. Suffi .cient unto the day is the evil thereof.' "What wc want," said Mr. Feath erstone, "is to give a general prohi bition law an honest, fair trial." Mr. Featherstone said in regard tc the present law: "We have a substi tute for the old dispensary law that is nothing but a reproduction of tin old system on a smaller scale." Ti time lie thinks this substitute will de vol op all thc bad features of thc oh law. He alpo said that so far as he wa: personally concerned he would profr not to run this year, but his prohibi tion friends insist that the iime i ripe, (and he agrees with them as l< conditions) and that he feels he mus respond to what he regards as a grea moral abligation.* He stated that he hoped the que* lion of prohibition or no prohibilio should be submitted to the people i the primary and he hoped thc Stat Mr. Charles Roach Dead. Kershaw. Special.-Mr. Charl? Roach of Rock Hill, AV ho came dow a few days aero to be of service wai ing on his father-in-law. Mr. Jami Bowers, who was recently paralyze died suddenly Thursday. He ws about GO years of age and. leaves wife and several children. The r mains were carried to Rock Hill f interment. Good Old Negro Dead. Rock Hill, Special.-In thc past months there have passed away this State quite a number of tho good old negro men and women the ante-bellum type whose many v tues are only in exceptional ca? imitated by those of the present gc eral ion. Such au one was Edw Moore-later and better known Edwin Eaves-who died at his hoi in Edgemore last week. He was his life an honest, faithful man, hi? ly respected by all with whom rame in contact whether black white. . Contract For Paving. Blacksburg., Special.--The contri for paving the sidewalks of our to has been awarded by the town coi eil to Mr. Julian C. Ross, who ia resident of tho town and an expc enced and successful railroad contr tor. Mr. Ross has also tho contr; for grading a road from Spartnnb? county from the city line of Spart? burg, which will be an extension east Main street. Gov. Ansel Refuses to Commute S tenca. Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel fused to consider an application a commutation of the sentence Jack Blake, the Georgetown ne who will hang Friday. Several t grame were sent Gov. Ansel requ' ing a stay of proceedings until case could be heard on petition commutation and other telegn were ?eccived requesting that the bc allawed to take its course. C Ansel wired Sheriff Scurry that would not interfere. 111111 fl m M r 11 ii ii i m iii (?na in Condensed form li itiiiiiiimniniiiiii gj 5 Democratic. executive committee would have this done. He said: "The people have a right to vote lip on this question and settle it at tho ballot box, and that he knows of no other practical way of presenting the cause to the people other than fry a tho stump, during the campaign. "I am for straightout prohibi tion," said Mr. Featherstone in .ton elusion. g': - I College Journalists to Meet in Spar tanhurg. Spartanburg, Special-The ;ij first annual convention of the State$CoI lege Press Association converie/?'here Friday morning at Wofford chapel. The afternoon meeting was heil at Converse college. An elaborate* pro gram, including many social futures had been arranged. The officiers of the association are : President/jJ. A. Willis, Wofford; first vice president, E. V. Babb, Furman ; seconal vice president, John C. Sheppar^| Jr.. I University of South Carolina||pbrre5 I ponding secretary, Miss SalnSi Mc j Gee, Greenville Female coll&# ; re I cording secretary, Miss Corlfnnb Bar, ifield, College for Women; treasurer, 'Miss Nellie Watkins, Winthrop. ; Among the delegates who haye arriv ed in thc city are: C. A. Mclandon, iW. 0. Pratt and Messrs. Cr?il?r and |Twiggs of Clemson; R. E...gonzales i and J. C. Sheppard, Jr., of ?he Uni I versity of South Carolina. ?J I Saturday afternoon the association ! met for a short session at ..Converse , college. The medals for prue artic les were distributed to theibolleges ? winning them. I Saturday evening, in the] 'dining I room of the Spartan Inn, thfe; annual I banquet of the association 4ks held, j The following is the list of leasts as i arranged bv the executive co?pmittee: "The Visiting Delegates*?' Miss Anne Chreitzberg, Converse^ "The Association," F. W. Capplemann. .Newberry, colleere: "The Collei Girl !Have Accomplished," Earl v. D*UU. Furman; "After it is Over," D. W. ! Neville, Presbyterian College of ? South Carolina; "We're Glad You I Came," L. C. Hardin. Wofford. J. A. Willis of Wofford. acted as toast I master i May Rendezvous in Charleston Har bor. * Charleston, Special -Preliminary ',to the coming of the .torpedo fiotillr ' to Charleston, making the Charlestoi navy yard the base for the boals ;;('?pt. Hugh Rodman of the Sixtl ? lighthouse distinct has received a rc ' quest from Washington for informa j lion about the depth of waler in th I canals and inland passages along th s roast. Capt. Rodman has prepared ; r statement, furnishing the informa - lion, at least so much of it as h s could supply, coming within the sec 0 lion of the coast initier his jurisdic 1 lion, from Cape Fear, N. C., to Jupi t 1er. The inquiry asked about th route that thc flotilla would fake i preceding from Norfolk south. Til n information about thc section of Hi u coast north of Cape Fear will be ha e from oilier sources. Farnum Surrenders. I'S ( Columbia, Special.-James S. Fa ?n mint, agent for the Anheuser-Bus< t- Browing company, and charged wi es conspiracy to defraud thc State i d, South Carolina, came to Columb as last week and voluntarily appear? a before Magistrate Fowles to gi c- bond for $10.000 for his appearan or before the Richlnd criminal cou 1 when thc case is called. i -- i Petitions For Pardon Before the Gc 121 ernor. in, Columbis, Special.-dov. Ansel i jfuesd a number of petitions fo rp: ,se'dons presented during the past f of weeks. One of the most remnrkal ir- cases wa sthat of Ned Crias of Ch; ;es leston, a negro, who is now servi m- a life sentence in thc oenitentin .in after being sentenced <o hang in IS as Criss and a negro named Caesar F mo sor entered the store of E. II. Old all berg, on Wall street in Chariest rh-1 with the intention of robbing it. 7 hejOlderberg discovered the thieves si or while endeavoring to give the ala . "vas killed. IHome-Made Silver Ware on Exhi i tion in Sumter, act Sumter, Speciel.-There baa Ix m\ rtn display in thc show window U1_ L. W. Folsom's jewelry Blore, In t ; a city for several wockia a beautiful ( ,rj. lection of silverware manufactured Bc. j Hallsville. Thc silverware faed act 'nt Hartsville is said to bc I Ii o o XT,y\ establishment of its kind in tho So: an- nnd *ne ware rwrV'e*l ont corapa 0f favorably in finish, finality and ba ty of design with Hie bc;;t. on_ Young Harold McFaddin Dead. Sumter, Special.-Young Har :p* McFaddin, aged 10 J cars, who 1 P accidentally shot it Sardinia Mom by a rifle in thc bania of young ( Hg_ land, his playmate, and who J brought to thc Sumter hospital Jl thc ^av' (^ei' thursday afternoon. * Indict was a .22-calibro mid en tr thc abdomen, penetrating lo thc ! law nc-vs* ^'10 au?a'r v;:u v?-D* sa,l iov I"10 paren*3 ?f,ne ,?ea? wy l,:,Vi' 1. g [sincere sympathy jui^fthe people, this city. THE WOMJtf CONGRESS [Doings of Our National Law-Makers Day by Day. A scene somewbat out of the or dinary was enacted in the House of Representatives because of a charge made by Mr. Mann, of Illinois, that Mr. Sulzer, of New York had put in \ The Congressional Record what pur ported to be a speech delivered by him last Saturday, but which Mr. Mann charged was not the one de ?vered. It all kad to do with Mr. Super's claim that he and not Mr. Mann was the author of the legisla tion which brought the Department of Commerce and Labor into being. A resolution offered by Mr. Mann to expunge the printed speech from the rocord was adopted by a strict party vote, but not until after the House had been treated tu a bitter denun ciation of Mr. Mann by Mr. Sulzer and several lively tilts between the latter and the Speaker. Mr. Sulzer characterized Mr. Mann as a "petti fogging lawyer, mean and contempti ble," for which he was called to or der by the Speaker with the admo nition that such language could not be used toward a member. Anticpatiug that his speech would be ruled out and with the view to getting it back into the record Mr ?ulzcr resorted to a piece of Strategy by trying to have the speech read and later endeavored to read it him self, but the Speaker insisted that lie could only address himself to the resolution to expunge. Smarting under the action of the Republicans, Mr. Seizer for ?the rest o ft he day posed as an obstruction ist. He objected to all unanimous consent proposition, and halted the proceedings of the House for a con siderable time by a point of no quorum. . After passing a number of meas ures relating to the District of Co 'umbia, the House at 4:01 p. m. ad journed out of respect to the memory of the late Senator William James Biyan, of Florida. The Senate for the fifth time in the present session, .adjourned because death had robbed ?he bod}' of one of its members. The announcement that Senator William James Bryan, of Florida, died was made by Senator Clay of Georgia, in tho absence of Senator Taliafcrro, who left Wash irigto early in the day as a member of the committee which accompanied the body to Jacksonville* * -'-" --?- c-t"r record of ti2 prescui -.^ is greater than in any previous en tire Congress. In submitting the usual resolu tions providing for adjournment oui of respect to thc memory of fhe '.atc Senator. Mr. Clay said: Senate's Youngest Member. "Ile was thc youngest member of this body-had * not reached his thirty-second year at the time of his death. His friends thought ho hat! before him a career of jrreat useful' ness. Had his life been spared doublless their most sanguine ex occtations would have been realized He possessed a charming personality and mode friends wherever he went Be was studious, industrious air ambitious for his country's gond Tho people of Florida loved an< 'rusted him. and he loved them, am Florida today mourns his dent!: This is not tho proper time t eulogize his memory. At some futur Hmo and on an occasion appointe for that purpose the senior Scnato prom Florida will join with otho friends of Senator Biyan in Pa>'ni to his memory that tribute of at fedion. confidence and esteem wilie [ know is felt hy all." Tho Senate was opened >?t prayer bv tho Rev. Ulysses G. 7 Pierce, of All Souls Church, who r< fcrrcd feelingly to the Senate's b reavement ami to the sorrow of tl family of Ibo late Senator. Announcemeni cf Tho death < Senator Brrnn was made in tl House by Mr. Clark of Florida, wi oiTerod resolutions lamontin? tl dru!h of "this illustrious ion of oi beloved Commonwealth." The resolutions were unanimous adopted, and as-a further mark respect thc House adjourned. Democrats May Obstruct. Determination to conduct a fi buster on all occasions where oppr tun i ty presented itself, in order force the Republicans to action on employer's liability bill and ntl' measures deemed necessary of enai mont was announced by Mr. A\ Hams, of Mississippi, in the House Representatives Tuesday during t consideration o filie agricultural b He raid he had waited until now see some evidences of an intention transact business which the peo were demanding, but, finding no had reached the conclusion that time was ripe to force tho hand tho Republican parly. The Dor craVs cheered tho nnnonucemeut. General debato on tho aurirultn appropriation bill continued thron out tho day. except for a brief ti when Mr. Sulzer. of New York, way nf retaliation for the action tho Hons" in eliminating from Record bia speech of Saturday 1; sought lo hr ve exnunged some marks rf Mr. Dalzell, of Penusyl nia. regarding thc mles. In tl however, he was unsuccessful. M; Democrats ref raine-! from suppi Lng his proposition. Currency Bill in Senate. The currency bill was practice :viven an exclusive right of way the Se?alo until it i-; finally tlispc of bv an announcement by Sen: Aldrich that he would move T dav lo give it that stains in thc ? ate. A oueslion brought out a staten by Mr. Aldrich lo Hie effect that hopes to see the creation of a j oomjnicsion of the Senate and House authorized l"> consider pei nent currency reform before ( gross adjourns. SWS DIE IN HINE fire Follows Explosion Deep in Coal Shaft RESCUERS LCS? THEIR LIVES In a Desperate Effort to Reach the Bodies of 18 Victims and Possible Survivors of Explosion, Probably 50 Rescurers Met a Similar Fate by m a Second Explosion in the Hanna Mines of the Union Pacific Coal Company. Cheyenne, Wyo., Special-Between po and 70 men, it developed Sunday, lost their lives in two explosions in coal mine No. 1 of the Union Pacific Coal Company at Hanna. The explo sions were caused by gases and coal dust, and each was followed by fire. The first explosion occurred at 3 o'clock, killing 18 miners, including a superintendent and three bosses. The second explosion occurred at 10:30 o'clock at night, snuffing out thc lives of from 40 to 50 rescurers, including State Mine Inspector D. M. Elie. The wildest excitement prevailed in Hanna and at the mine, where hun dreds of persons are congregated, in cluding widows, children and other relatives of thc victims. Men and women are running about wringing their hands and .crying, while many Htlc children, separated from their mothers, are sobbing with fear. When thc second explosion occur red, additional appeals were tele graphed to all surrounding towns for assistance. One train is rushing west from Omaha, carrying officers of the Union Pacific Railroad and of the Union Pacific Coal company. Thc regular force of men employ ed at mines Nos. 2 and 3 were pressed into rescue work, whiek is extremely difficult. Tho bodie.s of four of the 18 men who lost their lives in the first ex plosion, were found Sunday night, but owing to the increasing: volumes of gas, which threatened to explode at any moment, no effort was made to remove them to the surface. At 3 o'clock the fire reached the gas, and a terrific explosion followed. In a few minutes many men volun ..?ciiiin si nv most likely killed thc volunteer. Thc victims arc "all below the tenth level and it is probable that flames have consumed the coipses. Bomb Thrown in New York. New York. Special.-Saturday ns : the police were dispersing a crowd of ? 10.000 idle people who were holding a I socialistic meeting without a permit, , a bomb was thrown with telling ef fect. Tho bomb was intended for the '. police, who with rough firmness had broke up a meeting of 10.000 unem ,. ployed. It exploded prematurely in the hands of thc assassin, horribly j wounding him. killing his companion, injuring slightly four policemen and 1 throwing to thc ground a score of 3 those who were massed in the vicin I. itv._ o - p To Try Banker Montgomery. il New York. Special.-William R. r Montgomery, f* rmer president of r the Hamilton National Bank, who 2 was indicted on two counts charging tho over-certification of checks, will li be placed on trial before Justice Dowling in thc Supreme Court. Mont h gomery has entered a plea of not guilty of the indictment. p. Germany Accepts Hill. 10 Berlin. By Calde.-Emperor" Wil ,r Ham, having been fully advised as t< ,'r thc altitude of President Roosevel io and thc feeling of the Araericai 10 public in regard to the alleged re fusal of His Majesty lo receive Di lv David Jayne Hill as American am of bassador to Germnay, in sucecssioi to Charlemagne Tower, has with drawn all thc expressions of dis li- approval he recently sent to Presi dent Roosevelt and would be please to receive Dr. Hill as American an bassador. Murdered Woman Found in Bed. Trenton. N. J.. Special.-Mi Francos Kabe was found dead in be at her home at Fallsington, Ps Sunday norning with two sta wound's in thc body and a fracture skull. The woman had been murde ed and had been dead at least ? hours when the body was discovere A broken choir and other conditio) in the room gave evidenco of struggle. There is no clue to tl murderer. Virginian Shot Five Times. Roanoke, Va., Special.-A Tim special from WytbevJUe, Va., say W. W. Pendleton, a well-known ci zen, fataby shot James Spoon Satt day afternoon. Pendleton went Spoon's house, which is near his <r home, called him out and shot h five times. He then went back to 1 home and notified a doctor and t officers, saying, "1 have shot Jan Spoon." it has been thought : some tim-: that Pendleton's mind v uuhabtu ed. Guilty of Embezzlement. Macon, fla,. Special-Thc jury the case ot: former Cashier C. Orr, of tho failed Exchange Ba charged with embezzling funds of bank, after being out about th and one-half horns, returned a ^ did of guilty. Judge U. V. Whip sentenced the defendant to se years in the penitcnitary. A mot for a nen' trial was ??ade, Wm. SOHWEJGHRT, A. S, Prest, i Union $av August Offers the Citzej SAFE, COKSJ CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen SMITH SUCCEEDS WHYTE Former Governor of Maryland, Al ready Elected to Senate For Six Year Term, Is Chosen to TU1 Out Unexpired Term of Senator Whyte -Election to Be Questioned. Annapolis, Md., Special-In separ ate sessions the Democratic mem bers of the two houses of the Legis lature voted unanimously for former Governor John Walter Smith for United States Senator to fill out the unexpired term of the late William Pinckney Whyte. Ex-Governor SLiith already has been chosen for the full six-year term beginning March 4th, 1909. The Republican members decided at a caucus not to participate in the election, taking the ground that any other course would be ia violation of the Federal sta tutes. One member of the House, however, bolted-the caucus and voted for Congressman William H. Jack son. It is understood, that the legality of the election will be questioned, it being contended that the necessary time between the notice to the Legis lature of a vacancy and the election of a successor had not elapsed as re quired by law. ftnw.mor Stewart Anointed Mr. Stewart is oo juna ?av.. ; Merely Settles Jurisdiction. Washington, Special.-In the case of the State represented by Sheriff Thomas F. Hunter, of Buncombe county, appealed from the Circuit Court of the . western district of North Carolina, the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Harlan dissenting, sus tains Judge Pritchard. The decision, read by Mr. Justice Peckham, was handed down Monday morning, along with the famous Minnesota case, both of which involved the question of jurisdiction. In no sense does this decision invalidate the North Caro lina rate law, but settles the habeas corpus jurisdiction. Ask For Protection Against Blaci Hand. Jackson, Miss., Special-Johr Womack, bis brother and son, prom inent planters of Simpson county Mississippi, appealed to Governo Noel in person for protection agains Black Hand threats. The men wer ordered to leave Simpson count; within 30 days or "stretch hemp/ meaning they would be hangec Governol Noel advised the men t return to their homes and be on at ti ve guard. Church and Depot Blown Down. West Point, Ga., Special.-A si vero wind storm late Monday at Rr cr View, Ala., blew down a Method* church and the Chattahoochee Va 1er Railroad depot, unroofed oi store and slightly damaged sever; other buildings. A heavy rain fo lowed the wind storm, adding to tl daraage done by the latter. No lo of life has been reported. Night Riders Shoot a Negro. Hopkinsville, Ky., Special-A bai of night riders rode at midnight in Godenpond village, and later firi: off guns went to the hotel and fore Tom Weaver, a engro tobacco paca to accompany them. They took h a short distance and told him to n When he failed to obey promptly t riders began shooting at him, t' bullets entering his shoulder and h Railroad Wreck; Twelve Killed. Bergin, Ky., Special.-Twelve p sons were injured, several fatal when a passenger and a freight tho Cincinnati Southern met in head-on collision three miles north here Tuesday. Both engines w smr.sh?d and rolled down a tim five foot embankment with sevc coaches. A Chicago Franchise. Chicago, Special-^After a fi lhat bas extended through the adn istration of Mayor Dunne, thc < council, after a fight lasting u carly Tuesday voted an amer franchise lo the Commonwealth ! son Company. Thc new franchise onemies declare, gives tho compai virtual monopoly in furnishing tricky for light o:;d power, givir a right to discriminate in rates sendee furnished and to charge v ever it may please for emergency vice. MORRIS, THOS. 8. GRAY, Pice-Pres. CasWer. mm Bank ia, Ga if of Edgefreld a IkVAlM and L}3S>0SITORY. t Interest SHOT (MORED Congressman Hcflin Uues His Pistol on Darkey AN UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE Alabama Representative Promptly Attacks Negro Who Resents His iund Admonition to Cease Drink ing in the Presence of Ladies. Washington, D. C., Special.-In a ?desperate affry on Pennsylvania ave nuo car Friday night a negro and a white man were shot by Congressman Ihomas J. Heflin, of Alabama. Thos. [ Lumby, the negro, was shot in the i J m? 1S in a c?tical condition I and Thomas McCrcary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shooting of McCreary was accidental. Mr. Hef lin was arrested and taken to the sixth police precinct station, where thc charge of assault with intent to kill was placed against him. Later he was released on $5,000 bail. Thc shooting occurred shortly after 7 o'clock as the car reached the cor ner of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, bound for Capitol Hill. Congressman Heflin, accompAnied uti UL inning a drink from a bott!** ?' of whiskey. There was a number oilier passengers, including several dies. Mr. Heflin says he remonstra. ed with Lumby, and asked him U. stop drinking, saying: "Don't take that drink, there are ladies bere and il is not right. It is against the law for you to do this thing in a street ear and I hope you will put that bottle away." The other negro, who was sober, attempted to take the bottle away from his friend, but fail ed. It is said that Lumby became of fended at Mr. Heflin's remonstrances and applied vile epithets. As the car reached Sixth street and Pennsylva nia avenue Mr. Heflin and Lumby were engaged in a desperate struggle. Mr. Heflin, who is a large, powerful man, succeeded in throwing Lumby off the car as it esme to a stop. Most of the occupants of the car hastily alighted, including Mr. and Mrs. Mc Creary. The negro fel to the ground on being pushed off the car. He arose and it is said began cursing Mr. Hef lin again and made a motion for his hip pocket as if to draw a weapon, whereupon Mr. Heflin fired at him through the car window, missing the negro"and hitting Thomas McCreary, who was about 20 feet from the car. Mr. Heflin fired once or twice again, one of the shot., striking Lumby in the head above the ear. Lumby ran a short distance and fell. An ambulance was called and he was taken to the Emergency Hospital. The conductor of thc car disappeared and Officer George N. Scriven took charge of the car and ran it to Third and Pennsylvania avenue. There Representative Heflin was escorted hy Officer Scriven to tho Capitol. Hotel and later was taken to I he police station in a cab. He was not locked up. Mr. Heflin explained at the station bis reason for going armed. He is author of a "Jim Crow" car law in the District of Columbia and says that -since he introduced the measure he has received many letters of a threatening character, and secured permission from the authorities to go armed. Mr. Heflin represents the fifth Ala bama district in which the T?rke op? institute, of which Booker T. Washington is at the head, is located. / Earthuake Destroys Town. Mexico City, Special.--Chilapa, 8 town of 15,000 inhabitants in the S tato of Guerrero, bas been shaken by on earthquake, Friday the shocks, two in number, occurred early Fri day evening and were followed by fires which, originating in a doze? places arr.ong the tumbling buildings, joined in a conflagration that swept the town. The Aldrich Bill Passes. Washington, Special.-The Aldrich | currency bill was passed by the Sen- . ate by a vote of 42 to 16, in the main a party vote. Previous to the tak- - ing of the vote on the Aldrich bilL a vote was taken on the Bailey sub- , stitute authorizing the government, instcd of the national banks, to issue thc emergency circulation for which thc bill provides. Thc vote on thc | substitute stood 40 to 13, and this . vote was entirely partisan, even Sena lor LaFollette casting his vote with . thc Republicans.