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Ser's Loaii and Savings B?nk ? Augusta, Ga* Pays Interest on Deposits. X J* Accounts Solicited. 4* HiMWv CHAS.c.HOWARD,:: I Ii ?.si DE.> l. CASU IE ;t. RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. : : W44^>H"ri-rn i M ii MT VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY^lPRIL 29,1908. THE NATIONAL BANK OF A?I61JSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. O?lier.^ CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. f The business of our out-oMcwn friends T receives the same careial attention as that of oar local depositors. The accounts of' careful conservative people solicited... IWWWMM"! ?! 1 HW'M NO. 18. m PROMINENT PEOPLE, Representative ' Do Armond sug gests using the Philippines as a hatch ery for dukes. The Hon. Reginald "Walsh has been gazetted British Coosul-General at Kew York City. A service in memory of Congress man Smith, of Illinois? was held in Washington, D. C. James Jeffrey Roche, the American "Consul at Berne, Switzerland, died there after a long illness. lt waa stated in Washington that President Roosevelt would spend a year after the expiration of his term in traveling abroad. Professor Arthur J. Roberts was elected president of Colby College, Waterville, Me., at a meeting of the trustees at Portland, Me. Dr. Washington Cladden, of the First Congregational Church at Co lumbus, Ohio, has completed twenty Ave years* work at that church. Samuel Gompers assailed the Jus tices of the United States Supreme Court at the big labor mass meeting at Grand Central Palace, New York City. Captain Koald Amundsen, wh'o dis covered the Northwest Passage, sailed from New York for his home at Chris tiana, from which he had been absent three years. . Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale, has been ao?oad several . months visiting foreign universities. ! Wbile in .Berlin Professor Hadley presented 100 books to the Roosevelt Library at Eerlin University. Henry Chadwick, who is known from ocean to ocean as the "Father .of Baseball," and who has been a writer aiiw enthusiast on the Amer ican national gama for more than half a century, died in Erooklyn, N. Y. Shot From Ambush. Lancaster, Si C., Special.-J. B. Simms, a farmer, was shot from am bush Wednesday afternoon about 3 o'clock by some person unknown. A ?. charge of buckshot entered Simms* j Jeft side, near the heart, and it is not i probable that he will recover. The ! tragedy is shroud'-d in mystery. The shooting occurred within a few yards of the spot where, a short time ago Simms shot and killed J. Hampton Stogner. NEWSY CLEANINGS? . T arkey yielded to every demand of Italy. The prohibition wave has reached Newport, R. I. Arrangements were made to open Gray headquarters at Washington, D. C. , A heavy snowfall was reported from Rochester, "Utica and other places in New York. Dr. H. H. MacCracken, Chancellor of New York University, addressed a large audience at Copenhagen on "American Ideals." The "Oklahoma Outfit," consisting of 113 citizens of that State, arrived in New York, to boom the attractions of the young city of Tulsa. Richmond, Va., is planning to open ten school playgrounds for white children and two for colored children during the coming s.ummer. William J. Bryan told, In New York City, how the trusts had tried to tempt him to leave public life by hiring him at $25,000 a year. Four floors will be added to the Metropolitan Life Building, at Madi son Square. New York City, making the tower 700 feet above the side walk. New York City has bought eighty one automobiles at a cost of $200, 000 in the last three years for the use of department chiefs and their subordinates. Justice Mills, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. ruled that Christian Science heal ers cannot plead privilege when asked tc testify to communications made tc them by patients. Antitoxin was administered to the thirty.'members of Olga Nethersole's "Sapho" company, in Syracuse, N. Y., because the leading man is suffer ing with diphtheria.. , Telegraphic Briefs, The Cossacks who invaded Persian territory to punish raiders destroyed three villages and killed a larg? num ber of tribesmen. The Octoberists in the Russian .'Douma have started an anti-trust movement. War is again said to threaten in Central America. The Japanese "delegation was re ceived by Speaker Cannon and met many other notables in Washington. Georgia R^ailroacL Bank AUG-rUSTT-a., GA. Savings Department ' Pays 4 % interest on all accounts in this-department, compounded every six months, January and July. Capital and Surplus $550,000.00. GO TO SEE HAEL?NG & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, Wegreprcsent the Best Old Line Companies. H ARL!fl G & BYRD* At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield 1908 1908 FINDS THE mm that sella Stanhopes, Carriage?, Wagons, Buggies,etc., in position to offer you the highest possible grade of goodsjat the lowest possible priced Remember : I am known as the best in the business, my material is al ways of the best standard, aod those who buy from Coskery'a congratulate themselves. Material the best, prices always ?he lowest. BABCOCKS THE LEADER. IT. H. COSKKRY, 74?) and 751 Broad Street AtTGUSTA, GA, Carriage Store ''Opposite the Monument. We've had forty-six years experience making and selling vehicles, and have yet to see anything on wheels which for Beauty, Easy Riding, Light Run ning and lasting and qualities would match Hloyer and Columbia Bug? gies9Runabouts and Surreys. Studebaker Wagons If Better were made you would find them here, "A complete line of Harness always on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness ? SPECIALTY, . BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE RIAL. ETNA COAL. Joseph H? Day, 739 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga, "PLANT J Plant oak or ash ia useless A birch or willow at the m Some flowering shrub upon t Or useful tree ia any vaca The graceful maple and the f lu school house grounds AV Some hardy trees along the h To shade the traveler on Iii A VERY practi cal . use is made of Arbor Day- In this State in beau tifying the school grounds. From the establishment of Arbor Day in 18S0 to 1906 there were planted in ,tlus way In our school grounds 318,9*20 trees. If this were proportionately dis tributed it would be more than thirty trees to every district; yet over 2000 districts . in the State remain which have absolutely no trees or shrubs an their grounds, and many others ai th only a few straggling trees. Moreover a very small proportion of thc whole number cf districts give any sort of attention to the care of their grounds. To plant a tree and lot lt die is a poor way to celebrate Arbor Day, which, though an annual holiday, should have perennial re sults. Is one of these neglected school grounds in your district, reader? If so, can you not maka a beginning this year? This is no mere matter of sentiment. It certainly pays In the end tc plant and care for trees and shrubs about the grounds and give the whole place an .inviting air of cleanliness and respectability that commands the regard of the stranger and offers an invaluable example to tho home community. From this standpoint it ls obvious that the school planting ^oserves especial care. The trees must be so disposed as to please the eye and ?uggest agreeable contours to private planters. But they can also serve other and no less important uses. They mny form the direct objects of nature study on the part of the pu pils, and they may act as windbreaks jecta. ' Hero are some Of Mr. L. C. Corbett's suggestions: lu planning the arrangement of the plantations on the school ground the requirements of the school should be kept well in mind. If large play grounds are desired, all plantations Bhould be kept well to the borders and, to the immediate vicinity of the buildings. Ample playgrounds are among the first considerations in con nection with a school whether it be situated in the city or country, and ' the desire for trees and shrubbery should b& made subservient to a de sire for ample space for healthful ON ARBOR DAY. " ; exercise. The question cf space should not enter when planning'the arrangement of the grounds about rural schools, for there land should be available to carry out the Ideal re lation between playgrounds and plan tations. In far too many instances ia New York, especially with the WHEN TEOPLE FLYT Charlotte Perkins Gilman Takes a Glimpse Into the Future. Taking a very modest view of the promised. developments, admitting that the carrying of heavy weights seems unnecessary and undesirable for airships, we can look forward with some safe prevision to such small conveyances as will carry a f?w people and a few packages swift and far. Small individual machines-air bicycles, as it were-offer a ?empting and practical field for invention, and here you have an element o? porten tous importance. Behold a man, winged and engined, buzzing off like a huge cockchafer, to soar and circle, dip and rise as he will! . Where, then, is security for private property? And where the bonds that shall confine him who has long laughed at locksmiths? Must our windows and skylights be barred as chose of dungeons? Must our walled gardens be netted across the top with woven wire? Whose fruit trees will be safe when flutter ifig fioeki of little winged boya-by Ser's Loaii and Savings B?nk ? Augusta, Ga* Pays Interest on Deposits. X J* Accounts Solicited. 4* HiMWv CHAS.c.HOWARD,:: I Ii ?.si DE.> l. CASU IE ;t. RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. : : W44^>H"ri-rn i M ii MT VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY^lPRIL 29,1908. THE NATIONAL BANK OF A?I61JSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. O?lier.^ CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. f The business of our out-oMcwn friends T receives the same careial attention as that of oar local depositors. The accounts of' careful conservative people solicited... IWWWMM"! ?! 1 HW'M NO. 18. which will ten?V-grreatly to their pre servation. Besides affording winter buds and th?-changes which come with the seasons they can be made useful exponents of how and when to prune. No little interest will attach to the study of '.he lives of the many pests, both plant and Insect, which will beset them, . The stories of the lives of theso><j>est.3 will bring "out their relatloifa^D tba economic pro ductions of .tb? ?rees or plants under observation. Knowledge of this kind gained first-hand is much more valu able than that gained from books. It stimulates observation and investi gation and impresses the relation of cause to effect. Th 3 school-ground gardens and plantations should be planned to con tain as larger-variety of illustrative material as is- practicable, and yet --^^ne the .hardy plants to thos; - "which thrive-and have an economic place in the industrier. of the com munity. The** selections should not be based upon'"variety differences BO much as upo^ class differences. If it be ?. question of providing a Hst of fruits for illustrative purposes, the varieties of -apples .chosen are of sec ondary importance In comparison with provldfjig; apples, pears; plums and cherries.-^It'is better to have a seedling applejof noncommercial value than to have no apple at all. So with the timber ?^n'ut-bearing trees. If the grounds ifill permit, use an ex tensive list .Of the valuable timber tree3. But if^the area ls limited, use only representatives of a class.-The Country Gentleman. The mapt?jfamily must not be for gotten, the. scarlet maple being splen did in the tafi. As for the little Jap maples thelrerimson, and gold spring and sumnier,jraiment ls exquisite. ay Surprise. t ? THE FOREST. They stand like tested warriors, clad in green My pines-each one a weathered veteran. The winter routs them not, nor the stout van Of tempest whirls them to defeat; dark, lean, Loyal, watchful, all seasons they are seen Guarding the water-brooks. 'Tis only man They fear; if they should fall, 'tis he they ban; For, without them, but drought were hu to glean; Since then the laughing naiads would de part, Sink deep into the earth and sing no more: And man would starve where he should reap full cheer, For these my pines are jealous; each al heart Some merry water-maiden doth adore; .Mar thou this love-and find a desert here. -C. G. Blanden, in Chicago Evening Post. GOSSIPS. Deep in the woodland you will hear, If you but lend attentive ear, A murmurous talk from time to time, And all the words will run to rlvyme. By light of sun and light of star, The wind and trees the gossips are; In whispers to the questioning trees The wandering wind tells all he sees, For he can roam and roam and roam, While all the trees must stay at home. -Clinton Scollard. from "A Boy's Book o! Rhyme;" used by permission of th< author. Arbor Day Hints. -Consider the trees. Conifers are in high favor. Then comes the. trees that droj, their leaves. Above all, don't forget the oak, th< monarch of the forest. Choose anj one of. the half hundred native sorts The scarlet oak ls a favorite, iti autumnal beauty being tremendous. far too wide to cover so. We oanno) all skulk behind bars and curtains foi fear of shameless vandals with wings. The real result, the big result, will be a lifting of the standards of hu manity. Winged, we must be well behaved. We can no longer risk the presence of a large body of persons, illiterate, unmannerly, poor to the verge of robbery and of evil passions. The firebug, who even now succeeds In arson, could then-endanger a cit} with small risk to himself. Society, so aroused to a sense of the danger of its "undesirable citizens," must once and for all rid itself of them by the simple process of not making any. No longer can the Ul-born child be left to evil parents-no longer can we afford to have the child Ill-born! New care must be taken in the rearing of our people; none can be allowed tc grow up evil, because with wings they would be too dangerous.-Har per's Weekly. Such, spring beauties, with theil splendid blossoms, as the horse cheat nut, catalpa, tulip, dogwood, paulonis and others, should not be overlooked Carolina Cotton Mills Agree to Suspend Operation July 1 WILL DECLINE TO TAKE ORDERS At a Representative Meeting of Cot ton Manufacturers at Spaxtanbnrg It Was Decided That All Cotton Mills of Piedmont Section of North and South Carolina Will Shut Down For Indefinite Period After July 1. Spartanburg, S. "C., Special.-The cotton mills of the Piedmont section of North and South Carolina will close down indefinitely July 1st, and no further orders for cloth at the present prices will be accepted by the mills. This action ?was taken at a meeting of mill presidents represent ing the mill industry of the'upp?r section of South Carolina and North Carolina. Thc action of the cotton mill men did not come as a surprise, for it will be remembered that it was reported in this correspondence several days ago that the mill men were up against a serious proposition. It was either a reduction of wages and shorter hours or the closing down of the mill in definitely. The mill had hoped to op erate on shorter hours and reduced wages; in fact, some of the mills have been pursuing that policy for some time; hut it gave no relief to the sit uation. The meeting was held in the cham ber of commerce and nearly every mill in this section was represented either hy personal representatives or by proxy. The meeting was held quickly and quietly. In fact, it did not become known that the meeting had been held until representatives of the mills made the following state ment: "At a representative meeting of cotton manufacturers held this day in tin. chamber of commerce it was resolved that they will accept no fur ther orders for cloth at present prices; that they will shut down their mills indefinitely not later than July 1st, 1908." The closing down of the mills will throw thousands and thousands of people out of employment, and the great problem before the mill opera tives is how they will employ them selves after July 1st until the mills resume operation. Had the mills closed down earlier in the season "the siutation would not have been as se rions as at the present time, for the mill people could have easily made ar rangements to secure work on the farms. The emplo3'ers of farm laboi ha^ve now made all their arrange ments, for agricultural work. It has been said that possibly the r.miils have made arrangements to 'p^dew^pe. operati^y^gll Dead of Heart Failure. Greenville. S. C., Special.-Capt. A. D. Hoke, a prominent business man ot this city, was found dead in bed Sat urday morning. Heart failure was the cause of his death. Captain Hoke was a veteran of the Spanish-Ameri. can war, having been one of the cap tains in the First South Carolina Regiment. He was educated in Char leston. His mother was a Miss Mills, of that city. The funeral sen-ices will take place here Monday* morn ing at ll o'clock. Murderer Confesses. Roanoke, Va., Special. - John Hamlett Phillips, aged 20, was ar rested charged with the killing of Walter Bell and the wounding of Hunt Lester. Phillips confessed, saying he shot the men in self-de fenr.e. Phillips was with a woman when it is said Bell and Lester ac costed her and their conduct was re sented by her champion. Judge Wellborn Dead. Millen, Ga., Special.-Judge Carl ton J. Wellborn, aged 72, died here Sunday. He had served many years as State librarian, was a brigade quartermaster in the Confederate army, had been a circuit judge of the State courts, and under Secretary of tho Interior Hoke Smith during a term of President Cleveland served as one of thc attorneys of that deart ment. Sidney Herbert Lacy Dead. Orlando, Fla., Special.-Major Sid ney Herbert Lacy, journalist, soldier and historian, died at his home at Maitland. Over thc pen name of Sydney Herbert he had for years contributed an interesting article each Sunday for The Savannah Morning News. He was the best post ed man in the United States on the history of the civil war, viewed from both the Federal and Confederate sides. Alleged Yeggman Are3led. Greenville, S. C., Special.-A white man giving his name as W. J. Henry was lodged in the county jail Satur day, charged with blowing open the safe in Carpenter Bros.' store Mon day night. He was arested at Dun can's, a town near this city. Thc evidence against him looks pretty strong and he will be held for trial in all probability. Negro Shoots White Man. Hickory, N. C., Special.-Thc con troversy between four young white men and two nogroes nt 7 o'clock 'Saturday afternoon at Connelly Springs resulted in thc negro's shoot ing Pat Berry in the forehead, kill ing him instantly. The negroes so far have not been captured. Thc last seen of them they wore makin*, their way in the direction of Hick ory. Wm. SC H WEIGERT, A. S, _ Prest, Union Sa* Augusi Offers the Citze SAFE,' CONS] CONVENIENT < j <-e 11 I 8- 0 I I M I I I > t M I I 11 I I ' ?^u?tnefio The News of South Care ?H?H Wfw ? ; 11 ? i m n i B i ? Changes Made in the Faculty. Columbia, Special.-The trustees of the Columbia college have elected, tho faculty for next .year. Dr. WJ W. Daniel was re-elected president. The j members of the board of trustees are Rev. E. 0. Watson, Rev. A. N. J3run son, Rev. T. C. O'Dell, Rev. Mark L. Carlisle, D. D., Mr. Edward Ehrlich, I Mr. P. A. Hodges, Dr. W. J. Murray, I Sir. Geo. H. Bates, Mr. F. H. Hyatt, I Rev. J. E. Rushton, Rev. . H. Bas-1 2o:nb Browne, Rev. W. E. Wharton, I Mr. L. S. Welling. The faculty for j thc next year will consist of the fol- j ?owing: W. W. Daniel. A. M., D. D., president-Greek language and liter ature and Bible. Mrs. M. B. Cofield, M. A.,-History and political econo my. Prof. D. D. Peele, A. M.-Eng lish language and literature. Miss Penelope McDuffie, B. A.-Latin lan ?uago and literature. Miss Julia b'orster Smith, A. M.-German lan guage aud literature. Miss Eula May, M. A.-French language and literature. Miss Jane Wells Colson, B. S., Ph. G.-Natural science. Prof. 3. T. Pugh, A. M., Ph. D.-Mathe matics and astronomy. Miss I. D. Martion, M. A.-Mental and moral scienecc. Miss Anna Walker-Assis t?t in'science and mathematics. Northern Capitalists Visit Spartan burg. . Spartauburg,. Special.-As the re 4fi%.of a two .clays' visit.in this see- ( PJiilndclphia . ^?pMs^f "^i^^ stockholders in the Electric Power | and Manufacturing company, theT concern having developed the Gaston Shoals property, it is understood here that the entire interest of the Sparlanburg Street Railway *om-| pany, embracing the street railway system, electric lighting system and the gas plant, have been or will be ( acquired by them and extensive im provements arc to be made, particu- ! ja riv in the matter of extending the street railway system. Official confir-j mation of tho deal has not yet been | giyen out. President McEowen of the railway company says such a deal has not been made and he does not know that it is contemplated. He adds, however, that his company, ' which, now burns coal, wil in the fu ture take power from the Electric Power and Manufacturing Company. There are those who express the opin ion that the reported sale of the lo cal properties will be a natuial course. I Keeping Company Supplies. Columbia, Special. - Adjt. Gen. Boyd has issued an important order to all military companies requiring each company clerk or quartermaster to keep a correct account of the sup plies issued the companies and the: disposition of same. For this work ? the quartermaster shall receive $50 per year. The order is as follows: "Company commanders will-ap-, point a company clerk (officer c?v en listed man) whose duty it shall be to keep the records and books of the company, to keep a correct account of all property issued to the company and sec that same is properly cared for. and to prepare and forward to this office all the required returns. "The work will be done under the supervision - of the company com manders and if done to the satisfac tion of the inspecting officers the clerk will receive the sum of $50 per annum as compensation for his labor. "If the loss of any property is/ due to the neglect of the clerk the price of same will be deducted from his compensation.' ' i Pythians Meet at Darlington. Darlington, Special. - The tenth district Pythian convention met with' Darlington lodge. No. 7, on the 21st instant. District No. 10. is composed of Hartsville, Bennettsville, Clio, Mc ?oll, Cheraw, Lumber, Lamar, Socie-. ty Hill, Blenheim, Jefferson, Chester field and Hebron lodges. All the lodges were represented with the ex ception of Cheraw and Blenheim. State Peace Society Will be Organ ized. Columbia, Special.-On May LS a State peace society will be organized in this city. The meeting is for the purpose of forming a branch organi zation of the National Peace Society, which has as its aims the promotion of international pence. The organi zation is represented at the Internat-' ional Peace congress each year and Col. John J. Dargan has always been looked upon as one of the leaders in this section of the country. Au in-1 tercsting programme will be arranged md a number of distinguished speak- j *rs will be invited, Ser's Loaii and Savings B?nk ? Augusta, Ga* Pays Interest on Deposits. X J* Accounts Solicited. 4* HiMWv CHAS.c.HOWARD,:: I Ii ?.si DE.> l. CASU IE ;t. RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. : : W44^>H"ri-rn i M ii MT VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY^lPRIL 29,1908. THE NATIONAL BANK OF A?I61JSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. O?lier.^ CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. f The business of our out-oMcwn friends T receives the same careial attention as that of oar local depositors. The accounts of' careful conservative people solicited... IWWWMM"! ?! 1 HW'M NO. 18.