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:: The Planter's Loan | ll and Savings Bank | II Augusta, Ca. f . . Pays Interest on Deposits, X ' * J? Accounts Solicited. 4* L.C. IfAYNF, CHAS. C. HOWARD, I .. PREblDEM1. CASHIBti. X RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. X Xl Illili t-H-H I 1 l-M-M-HT . it THE NATIONAL.JANK OF AUGUSTA. " AUGUSTA. GA. L. C HA?HE, CHAS. E. CLARK, President. Cashier.* CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business ot oar out-of-town friends receives the same CArlful attention as that of oor looal depositors. The accounts of careful conservative people solicited. ?I"I"M"M"M' I"1"I"M"I"1"?"11 i'l'N VOL.73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1908. NO. 27. Statesman and Ex Passe: LAID QUIETLY TO RES! Ex-president Grover Cleveland Pass ed Away Wednesday Morning Bc j tween Eight and Nine O'clock j A Sinking Spell Came and Death j Occurred in a Short Time-Mrs. ? Cleveland Was at the Bedside, and I is Prostrated With Grief. r Princeton, Special.-Grover Cleve land, the twenty-second President of the United States, died at his home here Wednesday morning at 8.40 o'clock, from a complication of ?iseases. He had been suffering for a long time from indigestion, which indirectly caused his death. It was stated that Mr. Cleveland suffered from gastro-intestinal ganic disease of the fc< neys and heart failure, tire, pulmonary tarombo ma were the direct eau It was known that President utrre land's condition was very low, but the fact was kept secret by his physicians and the family. It was thought for a time that he was rally ing, but a sinking spell came and he died very soon. The Fanerai. Princeton, N. J., Special.-Grover Cleveland's body lies buried in the Cleveland plot in Princeton., cemetery. At 6 o'clock, just, as thc sun was sinking in the west, a distinguished company ?silently watched as thc body was lowered into the grave. Then thc simple burial ^crvice of the Presbyterian Church was read amy before the last of thc carriages in the cortege had driven, up to thc path leading to the burial place thc benediction h a cl been pronounced and the members of the family. President Roosevelt and others who MR. CLEVELAND'S BODY C The members of the family alighted from their carriages and with the four ministers in thc lead, walked slowly down the graveyard oath lead ing to thc open grave and the ro?c strewn grave of Ruth, both almost hidden in the profusion of "reen boughs and flowers. Mrs. Cleveland stood with Esther and Richard and Dr. Bryant, as the coffin was slowly Three Embezzlers Arrested at Eirm intjha-n. Birmingham, Special.-Three men 'were arrested in Birmingham who are wanted in other parts of thc country on embezzlement charges. J. C. Gould was arrested on instructions from Museatine, Iowa, where he is said to have embezzled $3,200 from the Huttig Manufacturing Company. J. O. Perkins was arrested on advices frtfm Dublin, Ga., on a forgery charge and Eugene P. Keely, alias J. J. Davis was held on a' charge of lar ceny after trust in Savannah, Ga. i Spurious Coins Circulated. York, Pa., Special.-Clever coun terfeiters, or their agents, have cir culated bogus coins here and United States Secret Service Inspector Walsh, of Scranton, has been sent to this city to work on thc. case. Thc inspector says thc coins are clever imitations. A man and woman who stopped at a hotel several weeks ago are suspected of being members of the band. Fatal Explosion in Chicago. . Chicago, Special.-A man a woman and four children were killed Fri day morning and eight girls and two men were severely burned in a fire resulting from an explosion of chem ical in thc rooms of thc Pabst Chem ical Company in the combined flat and business block where the Chem ical company is on thc ground floor, and three floors above the one used apartments. President Peacefully s Away ' ] had gathered about the grave were leaving the cemetery. Many of the personal friends of the dead states man lingered about the spot which was to mark his last resting place and each in turn was permitted to cast a shovelful of earth into the grave. Services Very Simple. Agreeable to the wishes of Mrs. Cleveland the services both at the house and at the cemetery were of the simpliest character. Invocation, scriptural reading, a brief prayer and the reading of William Words worth's poem, "Character of the Happy Warrior," constituted the services at the house, while the reading of the burial service at the grave was brief and impressive. Although the funeral was of a j strictly private nature, those in at -jwrnrcr I riw?tu?rr-OT '"Pr?sident Cleveland's | Cabinet, officials of the Epuitable Life Assurance Society, members of the Princeton University faculty and friends and neighbors. Mr. Cleveland was buried with all tho simplicity and privacy that he himself wished as a private citizen rather than as thc former Chief Executive of the nation. President Roosevelt arrived at 4:33 p. m., and was met at the station by Governor Fort. The President, Governor Fort and Secre tary Loeb were driven at once to Westland. Upon his arrival at the house thc President went to Mrs. Cleveland, offering his sympathy and expressing keen regret at Mr. Cleve land's fcath. At the close of the burial services President Roosevelt and party left ? for home. OMITTED TO THE GRAVE . lowered into thc grave. Rev. William j Richards, of the Brick Presbyterian i church, of New York, had started to J read the committal service even be I fore President Roosevelt and others i liad reached the scene. Thc Prcsi ! dent stood just back of Mrs. Cleve ! land as the impressive final words 1 were spoken. The services lasted less than five minutes. Paragraphs of Live News. Congressman James S. Sherman, Republican nominee for vice-Presi dent, continued to improve. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, won a victory in the Iowa Republican con vention. North Carolina Democrats held their State convention at Charlotte. Secretary Taft as a central figure ' at the Yale commencement. Disorder continued in Teheran and many arrests were made. Arabs attacked two French col umns and both are reported wiped out. Frying Eggs on Pavement. Washington, Special-Frying eggs 1 on the pavement of Pennsylvania avenue one day last week demonstrat edi to an interested crowd the degree of heat Old Sol was giving forth. ; While this diversion was taking place 1 a thermometer on thc next block showed thc temperature to be 120 tlc grecs in thc sun. Miss Taft Wins Honor. Philadelphia, Special.-Announce ment was made that a scholarship at Bryn Mawr Cc liege has been award ed to Miss Helen Taft, daughter the Republican Presidential non nee, she having won first honors among the candidates for entrance to thc institution at thc matriculation examinations. Next to Miss Taft in honors was Miss Elizabeth Har?an, of Chicago, grand-daughter of Jus tice Harlan, of the Supreme Court who also received a scholarship. ll THE LATEST CRAZE Dr. H. W. Wiley, Government Expsi hoi and Gloomy Frient Washington, D. C.-Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, food expert of the Govern ment has a few simple rules for eat ing and drinking during the heated term. Here are his commandments: Eat one-fourth less in summer than in winter. Eat meat in moderation. Select the lighter meato. Banish all alcoholic beverages. Eat mest largely of cooked fruits and vegetables. Drink no!hing below sixty degrees In temperature, and drink sparingly. Be careful to seek the society of cheerful friends. Practice moderation in open air e:: ! ercise. Don't fret; don't worry. : "Thousands of people are made . sick In summer because they do not ! know how or what to eat," observed Dr. Wiley. "But the same criticism applies to the winter season as well. Few people follow definite rules. Moderate eating, moderate drinking, moderate exercise in the open air and cheerful friends will keep any good man alive through the summer. "Eating in summer should he di minished by about one-quarter, inas much as the heat energy is one-quar ter less than in winter. "Fruits and vegetables are the nor mal diet for summer, provided they are cooked. If eaten raw they sLould not be coutamiL-.ted with pathogenic bart PH* -vjmuu Auu tac i/eraocrats are on rec ord as favoring absolute prohibition. Knowing that there are voters to -whom neither course is acceptable, jil. E. Hall, of Spokane, who is a candidate, has come forward with a novel plan. He would compel every man and woman who drinks intoxi cating liquors to pay a license fee, exempt saloon men and permit any one who desires to engage in the traf fic, the sole restriction being to sell only to license holders. Outlining his plan. Hall said that while he is willing to stand squarely upon the Republican State platform and vote for the passage of a local option law, if elected, he will intro duce a measure which provides that the man who drinks the liquor should pay the license. He added: "My plan would be to abolish all saloon licenses, permitting any man desiring to do so to sell liquor. If a IT'S A COLD WORLD Dr. Taylor. President of Vassa of Only a Pout Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-"The world is not giving much encouragement to women to go on in the higher schol arship. Even in the old institutions, after all the talk ls over, what do they do for women in the fields of scholarship?" This is what the Rev. James Mon roe Taylor, president of Vassar Col lege, said to the graduates at the commencement exercises in the col lege chapel. Dr. Taylor was defend ing Vassar's method of limiting the number of students and of leaving post graduate work to other colleges. "This does not mean that Ave yield to any college in the world as to scholarship," ho said. "It means TAG DAY," THE LATEST SPECIES Washington, D. C.-"Tag-day," the latest species of refined highway rob bery, consists in holding up the en tire population of a town and de manding a contribution to the local hospital in return for a tag which, if worn in plain sight, becomes a safe guard against further molestation. Automobiles and other vehicles are stopped In true Jesse James style. Even a train is reported to have been held until the passengers' pock Washington Orders Destruction of Fish Wicrs in Porto Rican Streams. San Juan, Porto Rico'.-A local law which was passed recently, authoriz ing the construction of weirs and dams in inland waters but failing to specify which streams were meant by the term "inland waters," has caused the erection by fishermen of weirs iu navigable streams. This has been reported to Wash ington, and instructions have been sent to District Attorney Savage to destroy the weirs wherever they ob struct navigation. Women in tho Day's Mews. Mrs. Howard Goulds father left hir 4J1. Four out of five of all English .. uien oE position are smokers. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is said to be the best bridge player in New York. Miss Ellen Stewart, of Cai mage, aged 104 years, died at Watertown, N. Y. Mrs. Katie Hartigan, a widow, of Brooklyn, K. Y., died of fright at the sight of bloodstains on her waist, caused by a slight wound in her side. The wound was not dangerous. -TAG DAY INCIDENTS'. ii UP," HOT WEATHER ADVICE -- I ?t, Says Ice Water, Raw Fruit, Ale? is Should Be Shunned. pathogenic hacteria, its appearance or its taste, if it has any. So apples, peaches, grapes and even the delect able grane fruit arc to he banished because they may have been contam inated. Stewed prunes are good, if you like them and the contamination has been cooked out of them. "The festive highball and the more plebian "scuttle of suds4' are to be put aside. Alcohol when oxidized .is nothing but heat, and these sumt?t?r days are hot enough. Should more alcohol be used than is'..oxidized'.-the user gets poisoned. It is hard- to tell during the heated s?ason when the alcohol imbibed is going to Stop oxidizing, so the safest plan is to cease imbibing. "Care should bc taken ag&I?st over-indulgence in very cold drinks or frozen relishes. On hot days-no beverages below F?xty degrees j in temperature should be taken. Other wise they are apt to produce what physicians describe as ics-water dys pepsia. Soda water and ice cream are alike bad when taken in large quantities. Observe the law of mod eration and eat and drink slowly." - Here Dr. Wiley interrupted his sol emn warnings to break into verse: Full many n man. both young and old^' Has pone to his sarcophagus By pouring water, icy cold, A down his hot esophagus. f. uu su, ana n snouia De a misaemean-?- - or for any person to sell to a man who does not have such a license. Such licenses should be issued by county and city, a reasonable fee being about $5 a year for county licenses and from $1 to $3 a year for city. This would bring in a larger revenue than under the present license system, and would put .the burden where it belongs. "Each license thus issued should have attached thereto a photograph of the person taking it out, so there could be no using of the license ex cept by this man. It should also contain a provision that a conviction for drunkenness at any time would be punished by a revocation of tho license for a period of six months or a year. This appears io me to be tho logical solution of the liquor question in districts where saloons are not barred by local option." FOR GIRL SCHOLARS. ir, Tells Graduates the Wisdom - Years* Course. that we have kept our academic work sanitary long enough to understand that not all who study can be schol ars. We hold that beyond four years of a course in a woman's college a woman with a vocation of scholarship in view would better go to the great universities and there strive for her degrees." " lie sentiment expressed by Dr. Taylor, that few women have any ca pacity fur further scholarship than that obtained In four years at college, aroused vigorous applause, and ths chapel was thronged with parentn and friends of the class, which is thc largest in the history of famous ol?! Vassar College. OF REAMED HIGHWAY ROBBERY. ets were emptied by women in tho garb of the trained nurse. From re lieving suffering to inflicting It is au easy change. The whole idea Is ex cellent, and the inventor of this new way of getting money for charity ought to be known and Immortalized -provided that it does not fore shadow the passing of the indispensa ble hospital fair or concert or rum mage sale. This would be a calamity too dreadful to tolerate. Trial Marriage Failed; Worried Himself to Death, North Dana, Mass.-Elmer M. Thayer, of Hardwick, a wealthy Grand Army man, died of worry be cause of his inability to find a satis factory wife through his method of trial marriage. Mr. Thayer advertised extensively and his mail assumed the proportions of the correspondence of a get-rich quick concern. The plan scandalized and alienated life-long friends and Mr. Thayer became a gloomy recluse and a woman hater. The World of Sport. There will be no more 7 ,e gattas on Lake Whitney, h^. wafter, it ls understood. Howe, the crack hurdler of Yale University, has been elected captain of the Eli track team. Carl Schlechter, of Vienna, and 0. S. Duras, of Bohemia, tied in the In ternational chess tournament at Prague. With Annapolis and Georgetown out cf thc Poughkeepsie regatta this year, only five crews lined up for the word-Cornell, Columbia. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Syracuse. Il Palmetto I THe News of South Can fri ll ll Hil I I1 111 i I Iii 18 M I Address by Governor Ansel. Spartanburg, Special.-The pres ence of Gov. Ansel and the usual great interest' in the occasion caused fully 5,000 people to gather at Cedar Springs to attend the annual closing exercises of the 60th session of the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind. While possibly 2.000 people gained* entrance to tho build ing, hundreds were turned away who spent the day in true camp meeting style. The exercises were exceedingly in teresting, bringing out the work of this splendid institution, whose lab ors for the afflicted children of the State are so generally appreciated. The graduates to whom Gov. Ansel awarded diplomas are Annie Pauline Crisp, Osgood Andrew Darby. Annie Louise Dwight, Maur1* Lee Edwards, Edith Eula Edwards. Mar garet Ella Hudson, Frederick Frif" Hugh Livingston, Kennie Matilda Mobley, Virginia Mary Rector. Near thc conclusion of thc pro gramme, Gov. Ansel was presented by Col. T. J. Moore, and made a brief but indeed, a most appropriate and beautiful address to the students. He paid* a high tribute to Mr. N. F. Walker, the head of the institution I and to his sons, who are engaged in the same work, two of them in other States. Gov. Ansel, after dining with Superintendent Walker, held a public reception during thc afternoon for more than an hour and shook hands with the people of Spartanburg county. Cotton Seed Men Adjourn. Columbia. Special.-The Cotton Seed Crushers' association adjourned Thc meeting was one of unusual sue- j cess. The mill men met to get ideas -and they got them. The members of the association arc very much pleased with the selection of president. Mr. B. F. Taylor and Mr. C. FitzSimons have made good presidents, and it is sure that Mr. J. J. Lawton will be an honor to the association. , There was no business transacted Thursday. -Thc members took the early morning cars to Ridgewood, where the time was spent pleasantly in an exnorioncc_meeting._ thc man ClUaiOIl UJ. lim-tw. i ,, ._ tion. There were 300 mill men and guests at dinner. Merchant in Bankruptcy. Abbeville, Special. - Wednesday Judge J. C. Klugh signed au order appointing W. A. McCord of Hodges receiver for Ed Mossie, the largest merchant of Calhoun Falls. Kcssie states in his petition that his assets are $70,000 and his liabiltios about $25,000; that the reason for wanting a receiver is because his creditors arc pushing him and he wanted thc court to take charge of his affairs. Mr. McCord was empowered to buy and sell and to conduct the business as he saw fit. His bond was fixed at $3,000. which was prraoptly madfc. McCord imm?diat ely taking charge of the business. Thc whole proceed ings came as a surprise to every ono hero and aro considered very unusual indeed. Inspect Insurance Books. Columbia, Special.- Insurance Commissioner McMaster has notified all of thc insurance companies that he will shortly make an inspection of the books and business of all home companies. Thc inspection will be very thorough and is for the purpose of determining the liability of each concern. Struck hy Lightning. Springfield. Special.-Wednesday evening, during thc passing of a heavy elect ric storm. Mr. Jun. "M. Stevenson and three of his children were knocked senseless, but thc at tending physician. Dr. H. A. Odom, reports that all are expected to re cover. Mr. Stevenson with his little son. Spurgeon, wore coming from the lot; his little girls, Adelle and Ada Lou, were in the yard. Just as Mr. Stevenson and his boy passed the well, lightning struck his milk-house or daiiw with the result that for some time his wife thought the en tire family had been killed. Express Rate Tariff. Columbia, Special.-The railroad commission held a conference with the officials of tho Southern Express company and decidodito accept what is known as tariff No. 70 as a sub tit ute for tariff No. IS. Thc former tariff had thc rates on some articles higher than formerly. Thc officials of tho express company announced that the ruling of tho comminssion would not bo protest od against. Son Wounds Father Fatally. Dickons. Special.-Bon Masters, who was af tacked by his son. Dice Masters, at tho borne of Mrs. Roper, near Pumpkintown, on SuwYty last, dieri at 4 o'clock Thursday as a result of the injury received in tho fight. Dice Masters has surrendered to tho sheriff. Tt scorns that tho two mon. father and son, became engaged in a quarrel over some fertilizer, whereupon the son struck his father over thc head with a fence rail. Affairs If 9lina in Condensed form | J M 111 ?ti a 11111 i i a H-s ?mi? An Electric Storm at Union. Union, Special.-A terrific electric storm passed over Union last week, and for over an hour there was al most constant vivid Hashes and crashing and heavy rolling thunder. During the storm a lightning bolt struck the home of "Walter Gist, col ored, who lives near the colored graded school, the chimney was knocked over, his supboard and other household furniture were overturned, and his wife, who was in bed, shock ed. The telephone company had over 75 telephones put out of order. Fatal Lightning Bolt. Rowesville, Special.-During a sev ere rain and thunder shower last week, lightning struck a tenant house near here on Mr. TV*. C. Oura's place The building was set on fire and burned to the ground. Jim Rhoa& and his family occupied the house I at the time. One of his children was killed instantly and his baby was badly injured and will probably die. The entire family was severely shocked and narrowly escaped being bnrucd with the building. Death of Mr. Frank Reddin. Waterloo, Special.-Mr. Frank Reddin died last week at his home in the Mount Olive section of the county after a lingering ilbiess af consumption. Mr. Reddin was a kind-hearted Christian gentleman of the old school, and his death will be a source of sorrow and regret to his friends in Laurens county. The funeral services were held at Mount Olive Baptist church, near his home. To Heat School Building. Anderson, Special.-An indirect steam heating system, costing about .$2,500. will be installed immediately in the building at thc central graded school. This was ctetermincd upon at a joint meeting of the school com mittee of the board of trustees and city council. The present sj'stem has been unsatisfactory and the trustees sent one of its members all over Soul li Carolina and other States to inspect heating systems. Parole Pardon Granted. Columbia. Special.-Gov. Ansel has granted a parole pardon to M. L. Fox of Lexington county, who was Teachers for Coming Year. Johnson, Special.-The following teachers have been elected for thc next session of thc Johnston {Traded school. Principal, Prof. W. C. Zeigler, assistants. Misses Daisy Broeking ham.TViunsboro ; Kt Iud Coleman. Earl; Leilah Walker. Morris; May Hodges, Spartanburar: Mrs. L. C. Latiner, Johnston; Mis. M. A. Huiet, Johnston; Miss Lil Parish. New York, music; Miss Lylie Lagrone. Johnston, art and expression. Dividends in Gaffney. Gaffney, Special.-At a meeting of thc board of directors of the Lime stone mill it was decided to vote a semi-annual dividend of 5 per cont. July 1. At a meeting of thc boan1! of directors of the national bank it was voted to cteclarc a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent July 1. Loss Greater Than Expected. Rock Hill, Special.-The burning of the foundry building at the Sylccau Manufacturing company's plant Tuesday morning at 3.30 o'clock was a more costly matter than appeared ia news sent previ ously. The loss will aggregate #3,500. with not over $700 insurance. All thc machinery was. of course ruined. Hailstorm in Cherokee. Gaffney. Special.-Thicketty sec tion of Cherokee county was visited by a very destructive hailstorm Sun day. The hail fell for 15 lo 20 min utes, doing much damage to cottou and corn. The rain that fell just af ter the hail did considerable damage to the hill land. There are several acres of what was fine lane1! that is so washed now that it can not be worked any more. The damage in this section to growing crops will run up into thousands. This is by far the worst hailstorm this section has had in years. Dividend Day in Greenville. Greenville, Special.-July 1st is semi-annual dividend cVvy in Green ville, and over a quarter of a million dollars in checks will be mailed out I Monday to shareholders in Greenville mills and banks, dvidends having been declared at the annual spring meetings. The aggregate for thc banks is $21.000. while thc total for thc mills is ,$236,650; thc combined dividend; amounting to .f257,G.")0. Heavy Rains at Waterloo. Waterloo, Special.- Wednesday night Waterloo and vicinity was visited by a severe rain and wind sy *s.moq JU./JAOS po^scj ipiq.u tu.iojs n result the bottom corn along the streams is washed away. This alone is a big loss to many of thc fanners. Cotton land is cousit?.'rably washed in places, but taken as a whole tho cotton crop is good. Upland corn is better so far than last year, but all crops arc receiving too much rain. Savings j Pays 4 % interest on all a compounded every six m< Capital and Sarp GO Ti HARLTN( Before insuring elsewhei Old Line Companies. At The Farmers Daughter of American Am bassador Marries Nobleman A SCENE CF GREAT BRILLIANCY Miss Jean E>eid, Daughter of Am bassador Whitelaw Reid Weds Hon. John Hubert Ward, Brother of the Earl of Dudley. London, By Cable-With King Ed ward and Queen Alexandria smilkg approval from their private gallery, Jean Reid, daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador tc England was married Tuesday after noon in the chapel royal of St. James Palace to the Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother-of the Earl of Dudley and Eqtiery-in-Waiting to the King. The ancient chapel, one of the few remains of the old palace of the Tu dors ia which Queen Victoria and several cf her daughters were mar ried, was prettily decorated with flowers for this most fashionable of ?".??* nnutftintra in T /->n/J?->?, of Hie English nobility. The invita tions whicli were limited to les? than one hundred on account of the small ness of the church set the time of ar rival at 2 A? p. m., and by that hour all the guests? had found! their seats. While the guests were assembling Dr. Alcock, thc composer and thc organ ist of the chapel royal, played a fu gue by Johann Sebastian Bach, the nuptial march by Alexander Guil mant, the entra'ade and bridal march from ''The Binl< of Aristophanes" by Sir H. II. Parry .and andantino by Gudmant and thc prelude to act III of "Lohengrin." A few minutes before 3 o'clock King Edward and Queen Alexan dria accompanied by their suites, drove up from Buckingham Palace anrt proceeded at once to the royal gallery where thc Prince and Prin cess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia already had arrived. As is custo mary in the Church of England ser vice the clergyman accompanied bv a surpliccd choir formed a bridal procession at the door and preceded it up the chapel, the choir singing "Lead Us, Heavenly Father. Lead Us." Race Tra-ck Bill Passes. Baton Ronce. La., Special.-After a campaign lasting several months the close of which was marked; by a hitler fight the so-called Locke anti racing bill was passed by the Louis iana State Senate by a vote of 21 to ID. Tiie bill passed tho House sev eral weeks ago and now only requires the signature of the Governor to be come law. There appears no doubt that Governor Sanders will sign the bill immediately. Tenement House is Dynamited. New York, Special.-Following the receipt of a number of threatening letters from a blackmailing Organi sation, n bomb exploded beneath the staircase of a big tenement house on Eleventh street, endangering the lives of several hundred persons. Frank Spirelli. a wealthy real es tate man. the owner of the building has refused to pay blackmail. Hottest Day of Year at Chicago. Chicago. Special.-The hottest day of the year brought death and suffer ing to Chicago. Seven deaths were reported to the coroner's office and heat prostrations were numerous. In additiou mad-dog scare spread thro' the city and thc chief of police ord ered his men io shoot all unmuzzled dogs. A similar order issued in Mor ton Park, a suburb, resulted in thc killing of 40 canines in a few hours. The thermometer reached 94 degrees at o o'clock. Socialists celebrated ia Bevlin tho (.universal? of tuc Rc -o dion of !S43. Red waa thc i;revailing color display ed, hy .the celebrants, i^, OA.. department ccountsin this department, snths, January and July. >lus $550,000.00. 1 0 SEE J & BYRD ' .e. Wegreprcsent the Bes* Bank of Edgefield 4 IDHSmjOK Wholesale Slaughter By Angry and Lawless Mob SWIFT VENGEANCE METED CUT I Six Negroes, Alleged Murderers of Two White Men, Are Taken Prom Jail at Hophill, Tex., and Lynch ed. Houston, Tex., Special.-Nine ne groes met death Sunday night at the hands of a mob in <Le vicinity of Hemphill, in Sabine county. Both races secured arms and the tension is such that a race clash appears im minent. The dead are: Jerry Evans, aged 2. Will Johnson, aged 24. Mose Spellman, aged 24. Cleveiand Williams, aged 27. William Manuel, aged 25, Frank Williams, aged 22. Two unknown men. William M'Coy. The lynchings followed the killing of two white T?*~ snow mat tue plot was formed at the dance to lei il Dean. Saturday night last. Aaron M. Johnson, a prominent farmer, was as sassinated while scated at the dining table with his wife and child, the bul let being fircf1! through the window. For this crime Perry Price, a negro, was arrested and. it is stated, con fessed, implicating Robert Wright, a relative of one of Hie negroes held for Dean's murder. Price declared he was offered ?r?O to kill Johnson. Then followed thc forming of Ihe mob Sunday night, thc overpowering of the jailor at Hemphill and the lynching of the six negroes held for murder of Dean. Five were hanged to the same tree while another at tempted to escape and was shot to death. Later in tho night William McCoy, another negro, was shot and killed while standing at the gate of the Johnson home and Monday morn ing the bodies of two more negroes were found in the creek bottom. Wright, the negro- who confessed to the killing of Johnson, and the man he implicated, vrcre taken to Beau mont for safe keeping under guard of the military company of San Au gustine. Sabine county is situated in the raotri i^mote part of the eastern sec tion of the Slate with a lack of rail road and telegraph facilities. Paper Companies Fined. New York. Special.-A fine of $2,* OOO was imposed upon each of twen ty-four companies manufacturing ma nila wrapping paper by Judge Hough in the United States Circuit Court. All but one of these companies, the Allen Bros. Company, of Sandy Hill, N. Y. pleaded guilty on Friday last to maintaining an illegal combination in restraint of trade. They were members of the Manila and Fibre As sociation. In imposing the fines Judge Hough said the combination of paper manufacturers was a clear violation of thc Sherman anti-trust law. but because of extenuating circumstances he would impose fine only. Thc com panies have arranged to pay their fines through their counsel. Yadkin Swallows Up Two Men. Albemarle. Special.-Sundw late in the aftcnioon while out bathing in thc Yadkin river near here Messrs. Tom Littleton and John S. Bryan both lost their lives by being drown ed. Thc young men with a number of others" had gone in the river where a Mr. Mark?, who lives near the river, told the crowd ho could swim to a certain laree rock, to get to which he was forced to go Hirouerh a very' narrow and swift current. Ho made the effort successfully and was followed by Messrs. Littleton und Bryan, who failed to make a suc cessful effort, and were drowned. It Is estimated that, the fertile lards cf the glohe amount to 23,000,000 square miles, the steppes to 14,000,000 and thc deserts to 1.000.?OO.