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LC. B^NF/^^sli^i RESOURCES OYEJliSMqg?KW^ f t THE NATIONAL BANK OF A?GIISTA, f AUGUSTA, GA. J L. C. HAYNE, CHAS'. R. CLARK, f President. C&sftier. CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business of our out-of-town ifier?d? receives the same careful attention as tfaat of our local depositors. The accounts of careful censor va: i ve people solicited. IfrW4fW I 1"I"H"H"!''H?N** *'? ' V r . EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908. NO.. 37. H$ws pf interest Gleaned fcc vf ;\r *-Arr?(?ged Poi f . A . - -- SOUTH, CAROLINA POSTM?S-" TSRS. ." ?jftauul:.C0aTO Held rb. Columbi, > ; - * ; ?'"^te followiii?"2iro;jlar.?.lertrer lias president of the South Carolina Asso . Ration oX Postmasters;. ' ' - Sotrtfi Carolina Association of Post SS . masters^ - . .- ." .'.?;' : Office .af fbi 'President.*' .*"'""'' ChaTfeBtont'~8r^:->'-*. . To the- Postmasters of South Caro lina: - .. . S The fifth annual convention-of the S?trJ?i.Carolina Association cf Post . masters is hereby called "to-be hejd in the p?sf?fnce" building "af: Conimbia"; . S. C., at 10 a.. m^Wedncsdav, Oc tober 28, 190S. . , ?r&llft? Office^ ei;-t^???^^?i^r%-'I . eiJ?to-.-?jaeet^pjpiplly? execu?| t?ve committ?e at the office of . the postmaster at Columbia, S. ^catv? p. 'm. Tuesday, October 27, ?90?T* vfh?^cl?hTtilurion of the ^ttianal Associatibn, qf( Postmasters" ol ftrst^* class'offices provides Jt??a t the~p&"|i-: dent , or fifst-y^ijresident -ot'-HStnte associations of postmasters shall be eligible to:Tueitbershrr/ irr that ~Asso-~ f.** ciation. Closer affiliation of the Na tional Association with State-asso ?c cations i? further actively sought and will be urged -through' -legislation foreshadowed at the meeting: of Na tionafcvAssociationsv?t Chattanooga, Tenn., September 115-17, to provide for" representatives or delegates.to be elected by State -associations. We will*therefore, at Our forthcoming convention elect representatives or delegates, as may-then be'determined. "Postmasters in South Carolina- not enrolled by payment of 50 cents mem bership fee and $1 annual dues, should be constitutionally eligible to participate in its delib?rateos. En - roll promptly and aid the rank and . file; of);which j ou are a part in co operating, with department officials that the postoffice department sus tain as efficient and patriotic distinc tion in the regard of our countrymen^ as is accorded any co-ordinate de-' partment of the National Govern ment. None should rest otherwise satisfied respecting it. '^Information'" circular from the office of the secretary-trc. ?ur?r will 1 be ?aile td you. If you fail to re ceive it, address him at Summerville, S. C. therefqr,.. and: ifall not to be present at 'Columbia in convention with us. on October 23t 1908., ..... Fraternally yours, . * ??' W.JL IIARRIS,'. -? - -"i . \ .' '; President. JAMES O. LADD, Secretary-Treasurer, : , : ... - ^ujnmersviile, S. C. Tjbe object of the Association is (?* ke?p in- touch . with th? latest ideaa : and methods o?Jiusiness, and ?to drsj? cuss. and thor" needs-of thef*m. . act in. harmony -in Washington. The coming \ --^b^Jje-jaddj?t?s^. leading officials who will??ome purpose.; ?TfE'LAV Lower* Court Sustained in Punishing a Sunday Meat and Ice Seller. Columbia,-Special.-In the case of. William James, a Manning butcher and dealer in ice, convicted of sellling ice and fresh; meat at .Maning on Sunda}', the State Supreme Court handed down an opinion of great in-' ^rc^-^J^the advocates and opponents of Sunday l)fue laws throughout the State. The decision will be receiv ed with great joy-and satisfaction by; ' those advocating an air-.tignt lid be ing, kept on all the cities and towns cf the State on Sunday. The con . vklioq of James is jaffirmed on the. ground that he. violated the State law on the subject, tjiaf he could not escape on the ground that either ice cr fresh meat is a necessity ia a^town the size of Manning. Under , a strict application of - the. law, which'the legislature has stead fastly refused to atyer for over a cen ' tury, all train service in the State could be stopped, as" could'street cars and the publication of newspapers. One paragraph in the law goes so far SiX Pardons Refused. : Governor Ansel Tuesday announced his decision on six pardon petitions, marking each "pardon refused.'" The petitioners-were William. Hartzog, of Orangeburgi and-Arthur Chishol?u of Barnwcll^iour years each; for car breaking; General Hagood, of Barn well, live years for manslaughter; -Jhnroas J. ,Y(>e^of, jGijieenwoc^jhr^ mouths for keeping a gaming house; Joe Warren, of holleton, ten yeari* for manslaughter; William Henry, of Fairfield, three months for gamblin; Boy Dies- With- Lockjaw. Greenville, Spe*?ah^-James .the eleven-year-old son of Policeman J. A. Mayfield, of this city,"died'jfron\ lockjaw, after ten days of intense, suffering. The little fellowes right leg. was badlyi cru'slied by' the ."wheel of a heavy iron wagon passing'rOver ' it ten days ago. His leg was/amputa ted a week ago, and it was hoped tlhlt this would' sffve his^-life,_bnt lockjaw developed. - ' - -?hirty-Sevefi Bridges Gene. Prof. E. L. Reid, of the chair of .<*-, ') t;?? ;:;- ?> lia ^ ..i-;v.Ci. ;*T?< '.?til chemistry in Erskine College, Due -. West," S. C., reporte that thirty-seve* . bTMjges have been washed, away in Abeille county as a result of the rccent'*EeTr>yLrains in piedmont Car olina.- These, he says, cannot be re pined at a cost of ^Has than $1,000 each, which will amountrto a total ol $37.000 for Abbeville county, Busy Readers J CONDITIONS AFTER THE FLOOD III ??-:?"?-.-irrT-^ .' . ": X$ Patheti?-^Setter Avddressed to Presi dent tift South ^Carolina Red Cross. .The" Charleston News and Courier 1&ys: .The following pathetic .story pfjthe appaling destitution that now pTeva?Is~7?n * the" riood-s w e pt sections Pf.Jhe-. Sjate: js?.j0bUsXed_.that. the people may learn o| conditions and 'contribute ..to' the Ir?eHef ??? bf ; these starving "human . beings." ' ' ' What can. pne***R?d Cidss :?m*?*"'remarked' Mr." .K-anfman? -"unless-nsoney-is^sent . us to save these lives. The recent flood pujrr^rs -in. China, in Jdnd, .'if. not in degree, are being revived near our own dors." The? account read thus. rXTjkesrand, S. "G., August 31,-1908. Mri * Ar. " Cv' Eauftniihr Pr??denrJ JSeuth*. Caroln^Re?ciCf?ss, ? -C?arles 'tf?? a-^'y .. -, r %"Dear Sir: I want to call your at tention.-"to* the Condition of about: forty^fjuB??ejM>f- colored people that **!' know"., personally, in- this county: 'These* "people" live * in"'" the "Conga ree y$tey; tha^has?JustL.been swepV-by the'most disastrious flood ever known by' the "?ld?st 'inhabitant's, 'and , has ^destrc^ed*?verything--but-the 'cabins nojjjgone of them ha's a hog, a chicken. furniture was destroyed, and 'th?y bad to take to boats for their lives. They haye^absolntely nothing left, and will -suffer if they do not get help. None of them have even corn .meal. <,.. These conditions' I know of person ally, as "f took a boat-and went down in that 'country during the worst c-" the, high water, and have seen and fabelt fo them since; the waters "have receded^ : Tficy^-wiH* Be glad to get anything, bed. mattresses, quilts, blanket^, old clothes^, meal, bacon, A |ew dollars to ^ach .family would tide them over'for a* while. Anfr thini m^5?t. 8Cn4 them, I will see to ?fe*prt>p?r?disferibution. . My. freight depot is Lykes, and po?tofffce* Lykesland, on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. As to reliabil ity and responsibility, > I ref er you to the editof'of the" State, Columbia; qr. the President of ?hV Palmetto BanK'' -'. I 'am" 'writing .you this because J? personally know all of these colored) people,. and: r?alis?"~ their pitiful con':^ dition. ^ w". ? . y The white families in. the same sec tion, of- pjpurse, fch^sS'-beavily also. I have, no" interest in^tjies* *pverfl?*wed lands, and have rlbf"lost'a'dollar! I am the freight ;agent**at this place. .Ybur's very truly,. ":. "*?' v * . W. Lykes. Mr. Kaufman ad^sd: -?.1 \ The magnitude of .t?e.suffering, oe- | casioned frpnithese "* floods is riot fully realized. , Jn; Augu?ta^a., 10, 000 .people are said to be in extrem ity. ." Great destitution -prevails! in many othe? sections of our State be sides that above noted. '.' _ august 5i, "ivas p?rfrcuian* note worthy on account of the ti&usually low August- temperature duripg the latter portion, and-^ excessive rain fall Ji?the' western pi^r-tfontjlat caus ed -UHpr?cedented floods. -. The precipitation .was excessive in thV-western portion -and. generally above normal in ithe^contial portion, and" normal,, oj; above, Ju the eastern p?rtion. A number o^pjnees ih'*thc western counties reported weekly.; 'amounts in exces?(.af-ten inches, with a maximum o?' 13J.2 inches at GreenT ( ville. (Owing to interr^ipted mail " and telegc?ph service, reports were not received from many stations in the westeiTt division. )"-;'The heavy rrispofajl early .'in the week closely [fol- ( lowing excessive precipitation . ?ear the close, bf' the, previous* week, cans?, ed destructive floods -in all - the streams :in the .western.'naiJ: of : tho., State. Previous records, of high witter were- exceeded by f rom one and a half ieef to six feet, or, more. By the close of the week the flood stages had reached'the lower courses of; the rivers," exceeding preyiods high ?wa-,, ter records'by, fromrc$e foofrio jfour feet. The damage caused by the yheavy rains and the floods was wide spread, including'the * practical de struction pf all-bottom" land crops, and damage'to uplauds.^by; erosions State^. WeatherjJB?r?ffu Director Bauer has received a few answers to inquiries. sent. b?t. by_ him, butt not enough so far to make up a general estimate. He d$es not hope toi be able! Jo. f<^ under perhaps . two weeks. Reports ^that Jhave j?ome iii*; so far indicate "that Spartanbui^g ^county's damage will go over $70,000. ?7 A*- ' ?' C Mail Reaches ?Due West. Due West, .-"Special-Many hearts were made glad at Due'West ph Wed nesday last week, 5asi<it: is thc^ftrst time newspapers^ pp letters *^re dis tributea at that posi^jJflTce sin ce. the 25th of A?gus|?... Shc?;?^s^ene,a); the postoftu'e has nob :beeir eq?a?ed. . Old* men. boys, girls';ahd''children .were .waiting anxiously for the news if rora"" afar. . - Kills Woman-and Himself. .; Anderson, Special.r-J?.-F.^ lt?nk?l, fpriacrly.-a policeman, shot -and fa tally wounded Mxs.^?mma Anderson,, keeper of a boarding , house jat. Sen eca, and ' then^.sfiot \ hims?lf in the heai",. dying instantly. Mrs.. Ander 1 son died two iiours' '* later/ ? ' Hinkel was a widower with several children. South Carolina Dots. Mr?, . Jane Scott, relict of Mr. Joteph'S<*ott,-*n aged lady of -87 years, died at the home of her son, Mn John NeJpon Scott, ot Wliacky. MpfRSMXi H?fSt A. More Complete List of ?hose Who E.\7e Already Boen Elected to the Eouso of Keprcscntatives. Kr. Jas. A. Hoyt, of the Columbia State, says: Owing to the incom pleteness of the election returns from the various counties, due to the Hoods, and to the fact that the coun ty-newspapers have not reached Col umbia from the up-country, it is dif ficult to tell the composition of the next House of Representatives, bur jyith. the^reports at hand, carefully compared from different sources, a hst has. been compiled that is believed to . be. substantially correct. There is no complete report from Abbeville as to the House of Representatives nor from Dorchester. In other eoun -ties,'~such as- Orangebnrg, the result is calc?lat^-.from the tabulated re turns' as printed, the result not be ing definitely stated in the reports published. - The list so far as it can be roade ?owls as f?llorfs: ?_ Abbeville-Three, probably Mars, Ashley and Nichols. Aiken-Foui ; R. J. Wade, Wil liams and Bush elected. Second race between W. S. Tvler and W. D. Wright. V Anderson-Five; Josh Ashley, E. ,M. .Bucker, J. L. Jackson and J. N. Vandiver elected. Second race be tween K. P. Smith and J. T. Cox, both' inciimbents. Bamberg-Two; Riley and C. W. Garris elected. B. \V. Milley de feated. Barnwell-Three ; J. C. Griffin elec ted. Second race between T. H. Peoples, J. W. Tohnson, A. B. Pat terson and J. Al. Patterson. . Beaufort-Three ; J. Berg elected Second race between W. H. Nlver, J. C. Bailey, J. M. Lengnick and Roger Pinckney. Berkeley-Three; C. T. Shiner, L G. Fultz and Jeff D. Wiggins elected. Charleston-Eight ; R. S. Wbaley, A. C. Tobias, Jr., James Cosgrove, H. G. Leland, A. Vander Horst, F. M. Bryan, L. C. A. Roessler and A. W. Todd elected. Cherokee-Two ;1 E. J. Clary and W. S.' Hall, Jr., elected. Chester-Three; A. G. Brice, J. E. Nunnery and S. T. McKeown, elected. Chesterfield-Two ; E. W. 'Duvall elected. Second race between cither BbilKpvAarant or Rev. T. W. Scruggs and. G. W< Vaughan. Clarendon-Three; 0. G. Scar borough, J. R. Dingle and Green elected. f> ColletonT^Three ; Robertson and Sanders ??ect?d. Second race be tween Way and Smoak. Darlington-Three; L. M. Lawson, L. E. Carrigan and M. J. Spears elected..r Edgefield-Two; Second race be tween .Simpkins, Wells, Williams and Morgan. Fai'rfiield-Three;. Mobley, W. YT. Dixon and Meares elected. Florenc?--Thre1? ; T: A. Clarke, H. M Ayer and Charles A. Smith ekfl^ed, & \ .^eorjg^tewn-Two; Olin Sawyei and"-WT - IL^D??f re-elected 'without Uowl?n'g'ana ;^T7r-^^^--~--^?_. Horry-Two; L. B. Singleton and M. M. : Stanley dected. Kershaw-Two: John G. Richards, Jr. and Mendel L. Smith elected. Lancaster-Two; no election. Sec ond race between J. H. Foster, W. P. Robinson, H. Hines and Geo. W. Jones. Laurens-Three ; R. D. Boyd and W. C. Irby, Jr. elected. Second race between J. D. Sullivan and S. R. Todd. & Lee-Two; J. B. Lane and Green 'elected. This county upt fully, re ported. " Lexington-Three'; J. L. Amick and E. P. Riddell elected. Second. ?acc between.. Isaac ~Edawrds and iJ. I.' Wingardf '. ' -v. " | . Marion-Three ; L. M.. Gasque, E. C. Edwards and' R". P. Hamer, Jr. elected;' o ' Marlboro-Three;- J- P.-Gibson, D. D. .McColl, Jr. and ..J. P. Bunch elected. . .:'. Newberry-Three; C. T: Wyche and Arthur Ki ber, elected. ?Sccorid race between J." ?S..'. Dominick and Godfrey Harmon. \-y. OOonee-rTwo; P4. P.-'Svillivan elect ed. Second race between the Rev. CD. Mann and W. M. Brown. ,' 'Or?ngcburg-Five; Bowman, Hor ner, Hydrick, O'Reilly0 and. Shuler elected. *. . Richland-Four; no election. Sec ond .race between M. W. .Coker. John J. McMahan, Frank G. Tompkins. E. G. Seibels;- P. A.. McMaster; T. H. Suvdan, A. F. FunderbuMc and R. 'H.* Welchs Saluda-Two; W. E. Bodie elected. Second^ race be^vcen B. B. Evans and \V> h.. Daniel. ' ?Sparenburg-Six; S. N. Nesbit pe?octed: Second race between J. W. I Boyd, J. AY- Nash, Brown Canyrell, Gibson, J. H. Dodd, Lee, Mosley, pasley pj?d H. T. Rogers. . Sumter-Three ; ..T.-.- B.' Fraser,! Georgejy. Dick and C. E. Stuhbsjl Sr. felected. -, ... pl Union,-Two"; L. J. Browning,eic' * <0<h See'bijd race ?between J Hughes^ and L.::G. Southland. ^ WiHiam?burgj-Three ; Carter BryantrproBably'-'elected. '* Seeon ( between- Gourdin and Graham ^ York-Four; 0. L. Sanders Glascock, W. B. Wilson,- Jr.. y H. Epps, Sr. elected. Calhoun.-One;'. Pauling w ^Pickens^Two; J. P. Car ~* G. Mauldin elected . ~~:-ile. Big I:re at Bran L , .,, . . i Monday Branchville was visitr ... , . , _ *s history. by the greatest fire ? ? ^ The fire waa discover ' , . .stimaied at ??Cl0C\-n nt M S ?30.000 in. about $00.000. with pnvnnco. kr y Lt wi in? af uti of inj tn >i? foi hit mi im FIRES * Chisholm Minnesota, Entirety Wiped Out fIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS The Town of Chisholm Wiped Out and Thousands of Acres of Minne sota Land Burned Over-Many Persons Left Homeless and Desti tute Property "Loss Runs up in Minions. Duluth, Minn., Special.-After de stroying the town of Chisholm on the Mesaba range, and burning over thousands of acres in St. Louis Carleton and Itasca counties in Min nesota, and in Douglas county, "Wis consin, the many forest fires which have been raging in these regions were checked on Sund ty. Chisholm, Minn., a town of 4,000 inhabitants on thc Mesaba Iron range 90 miles north of Duluth, was com pletely wiped out. The damage to real property Ls now estimated St $1,000,000 and'that of personal property at $700,000. The insurance carried by Chisholm mer chants was about .$500,000. Governor Johnson ISSURR Annp^l Pnr I Aid. St. Paul, Minn., Sr. nor Johnson Sunday is lowing proclamation : "A great disaster ha, northeastern Minnesota, one of tho splendid cities nba range, has been total! by a destructive forest swept over a large port Louis county. Every horn incss house of that corni burned, and 0,000 people a ly rendered homeless, the loss amounting to millions Early reports indicate al?o destruction of the mining of Shcnando, Hartley and The total number of people homeless will reach 12,000 i tracts of agricultural lands been devastated. "This disaster is withou in the history of Minnesot view of the appalling calam,.,, * hp peal to the generosity of the people of Minnesota for liberal aid, and ow ing lo the great necessity, ask that this assistance be as prompt as pos sible." The loss on the buildings at; Chisholm is estimated at $2,000,000. Chisholm is in the center of the great-'' est iron producing area in the world.' Refuge? poured- into Hilibing until the population of 10,000 was almost doubled. Chisholm presents a scene of, ruin and-, desolation. Blackened and smoking piles of charred wood, little' heaps'of gray ashes, scorching gaunt skeletons of brick and mortar, all canopied with a dense pall of smoke, comprise what was one of th? most, flourishing towns on the great Mh-" saba iron range. The only remaining ?SUll UL cl luoiwvuuiw ed this city on Friday three thousand people are homeless and property is destroyed to thc amount of $1,000. 000. The fire started in the Rawhide Drug Company's building and fannel by a gale thc flames swept eastwiui over the town until they reached th? People's Hospital. - As a last resort tons of mininj dynamite were wheeled into the towi square in truks, placed under th block of buildings and touched off b; short fuse?. Tho hospital was saved Miners frcm surrounding mines aide thc fire lighters. . ? So far as known no one was sen ously injured. President King, o thc Rawhide Coal and Iron Company j o'rdered a special train to bring lum ber sufficient to erect five ?'arge tera poiary buildings at Rawhide. The ruins were searched to 'ccover valu ables lost in the flame? Reconstruc tion work will occup- five hundred carpenters, commencing ?ext week. Laborers are being imported. The Viril*3 Supply. New Orleans, Special.-Secretary Hester's staten^* of 1,ie world's visible supplyjf cotton issued last week shows *'e total visible to be 1,601.549 ag^st 1*710,592 last week and 2?llfl<$$*i y(>ar- Of this the total of An"08" cotton is 969,502 against 966=*? ,ast week a?d 1,2SS, 389 last yr'- A?d of all other kinds includine^yP*' Brazil, India, etc., 722,046 *lnst 744,046 last week and 922*975iist y*ar- Of the, world's visibledKdy of cotton there is now afloat1"1 liel(1 *n Great Britian and cont;ntal Europe 959,000 against Ifi-jOO last year. Negro Chairman Arrested. .tlantic City. Special.-Jesse Jack I, the negro chairman in charge of e chair containing Charles Rob ots and Mrs. Williams, principals in ie boardwalk shooting mystery was aced under arrest Saturday under ?00 bail. Whether he is wanted as witness or on the theory that he as a confederate is a mystery, ickson repudiates thc published utement in which he scoffed at the ghwayman theory. th ga kr St' M ps loi ch cu de an Remarkable Airship Flight. Le mans. Fiance, Special.-After flight of nineteen minutes forty-1 jilt seconds thc Wright, aeroplane is partially wrecked Friday morn ? on the Auvours military course, ter the second flight of three min es, twenty seconds, the rebreaking the left wing of thc machine be ? responsible. The first flight iveled fourteen miles at a height forty feet. The average ."peed Was rty-two mile* nn hour. The rxliKi g ion was considered rem nt liable, I g ^ Se ta: toi co th< 31, coi th? po: ov< HEAVY FLOOD LOSS Power Plants, Etc, on thc Rivers Greatly Damaged RAILROADS HEAVY SUFFERERS Farmers Must Also Bear Enormous Losses. Southern Railway and At lantic Coast Line Damaged to the Extent of Nearly Three Million Dollars. Some Crops Totally . Ruined and Industries Also. Columbia, S. G., Special.-While there is no definite way of obtain ing the exact loss sustained by the railroads and farmers throughout the Southeast as a result of the re cent torrential rains and the subse quent high waters in the various rivers and streams in the State, it ia ?believed by many that thc damage wrought will reach between five and six million dollars. In Richland County alone the cotton crop has been cut down by about 1,500 bales. The damage to hay and corn and live stock has been great, and that sustained by the railroads has been enormous. In some counties of the Stale there are few or no highway bridges left. It is estimated that the damage sustained by the Seaboard Air Line i $1,500,000, while thc Sou i the Atlantic'Coast Line about $1,003,000. The ?ol nvberry & Laurens Rail alro suffered considerably :.s no way of getting at the es at this time. In Chester rough which the Catawba , the rains and damage ? the greatest known, ille, Anderson, Spartan .kec, Union, Greenville, -shaw and other counties i.county bridges have away, country roads ged and in seme in s have been almost ve counties, a number Ils and power plants, dustries situated along .ustained immense loss, iree of great loss is that .....ut by the washing of < ....... . .nd?, thc top soils being com pletely washed away leaving a hard surface. In some-sections of South Carolina railroad schedules cannot i be/?esumed for two or three weeks ? .a?j?eyen then trains will have to pass ?y?? - temporary bridges. Waning Others, She Perished at i Her Post of Duty, trinidad, Col., Special.-Folsom, : Nj?^[., was devasted and isolated by < ;tbffl?flood in Cimarr?n Creek. Thurs- < dat? night,"last week. Thirteen bodies ] haw been recovered and only five ? pipons are missing. At the height | b??he flood the water was thirteen , ft? deep and a mile wide in the < ea^on where the town is located. The ? fpffie of thc water twisted the rail- < road rails like wire. It was learned tH? Mrs. Rooke, the telephone opera down the valley." Over fortv resi dents seen this morning said they 1 hail received warning from the c*n- t tral wtf-bmjgfi cT'*^ O?H pirnarro1 fnr I the tembl? emergency. Apparently I Mrs. Rooke had not finished with f the list of subscribers on the ex change when the waters reached her. r The body of the woman-was found * twelve milos down the canon. The h head piece worn bv telephone opera- 6 tors, still gripped her ear. The tele- R phone cord was broken. * ro Build Another Fi;* Battleship. New Yoik. Special.-It is likely hat the prosr-ni month will witness } he laying of "the ked of th? Florida, s he biggest and most powerful of the 0 vessels of Unela Sam's navy. The v, !-000-ton levitlnan of the seas will ? >e cpnstucted at the Broolclvn navy 1 'ard and when completed will be thc \x aonarch of tho United States navy D .nd the equal in.fighting power and onnage of any ether ship afloat. To Recall Minister Wu. Peking, Special.-The Chinese Gov rnraent is considering the recall of Vii Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister ai t Washington, on account of recent fi isclosures on his pari which are be- sc eved to have been indiscreet. The lovernment baa, for some months ast, beer embarrassed by Mr. Wu's latform and other utterances and by ts attitude as a public character in merica. Liang Tun-Yen, assistant jcretary of the Board of Foreign ffairs, is the leading candidate for te post at Washington in succession ? Wu Tins-fang. Woman's Throat Cut for $100. Mobile, Ala., Special-Mrs. Mar a Newburn, a white woman of Win ite, Miss., was killed and $100, ?own to have been concealed in her ocking, was taken by her slayer, ike Magi, a member of a fishing irty to which Mrs. Newburn bo nged, is mising, and her relatives arge him with the crime. After tiing the woman's throat the mur rer wiped his hands on her apron d made his escape. icretary Hester Places this Year's Crop Two Millions Under Last. New Orleans, La.. Special.-Secrc ry Hester, of the Mew Orleans Cot i Exchange, reports thc commercial tton crop of the United States fop i season of 1907-03. ending August , to have been 11.571,?GG bales, as npared with 13,510,932 bales in ; season of ]?0(i-(i7. The total rt receipts were R.579,342, and ?rland movement 839,450, while Uth?rn consumption is placed at 03,277 bolea. ' Tv i bei in\ Ne de? ho; mi the flu? the Pr is 1 Sta rot; the ess Ha cha ins is ( 24 otb in I of Fifty Drown Within Sight of Their families. WERE POWERLESS TO LEND AID Were Powerless to Help-Stranded a Hundred Yards From Shore Crew of Portugese Steamer Louiza One by One Drop Into the Sea and Drown. Badajoz, Portugal, Special.-With in sight of their frantic families, one hundred yards away, the crew of fifty of the Portuguese steamer Luize, were drowned Friday morning from the stranded vessel off Figuera DaFoz. The vessel was from Brazil. The sea was roug and the lifeboats useless. The crew dropped into the sea and their bodies were washed cn to the sand some hours later. Rela tives of the men recognized the men as they fell into thc water. Thc scene wasJieartrendering and tragic in the extreme. PANIC TIDE HAS TURNED. So Says President Van Cleave of thc National Association of Manufac turers-An Interesting Letter. President Van Cleave of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, has issued a circular letter to the three thousand members of that as sociation stating that the adverse tide has turned and that business condi tions are now improving all along the lines. The letter follows: "Dear Sir: The business outlook is a matter of vital importance; the future looks bright, and we invite your attention lo a few lines from President Van Cleave's article in American Industries, of Augus-t loth: " 'The general aggregate of the crops promises to bc greater than ever before. Money is plentiful and low. A country so well endowed as the United States, with the things which the world must buy from us, cannot be held down long by any sort of adversity. '* 'On all side?, we see evidences that the tide has turned. A steady improvement from this time onward may be looked for with confidence, [n New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Boston, and other industrial centers, mills are re-opening their loors. The stocks of Roods in the iiands of manufacturers and whole salers have been reduced to low fig ures, and the resumption of pur ?hases, which is under way in all the rreat lines of trade, is beginning to send in orders to the factories with i little of their old-time volume." Mr. Watkins Notified. ?iderable lengtn and then introduced ?rational Chairman Charles R. Jones, ?f Chicago. Mr. Jones made only ?rief remarks, and then Hon. Robert 'atton, of Springfield, delivered the bunal notification address. When Professor Watkins arose to espond the vast audience was on its eet cheering and waving hats and andkercbiefs, while little girls pre ented thc candidate with huge bon nets of Howers. The ovation lasted inverai mini*tes. Over $4,000,000 for Charity. Oswego, N. Y.f Special.-More than ?4.000,000 is left to charitable in titulions, the Metropolitan Museum f Art and Yale University by the 'ill of Frederick Cooper Hewitt, who ied at his home here last Sundry, 'o relatives and friends less than alf a million is left. The largest equest mentioned in the will is the ift of $2.000.000 to the New York ost Graduate Medical School and [ospital. Thaw Stays in Jail. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special.-Jus ice Morschauser rofuscd to grant i order traneferring Harrv K. Thaw .om the Dutchess county jail to ?me other institution. Application >r the order was made by counsel >r Sheriff Robert W. Chauler, who leged that the jail "?"as not a propel ace to keep a prisoner who was immitted as insane. Judicial com y restraining bim from interfering it h the order of the justice who cam itted Thaw lo thc jail was the ascii given by Justice Morschauser. 70 Aged Women Burned to Death. Gadsden, Ala., Special.-Mrs. Eliza th McNeal, aged 75 years, and her ralid daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe Me al, aged 55 years, were burned lo ?th in a fire which destroyed their me on Lookout Mountains, eight les north of this city. It is thought 1 fire originated from a defective e. The two women were alone in ? house at the time. Bsence of Thaw Demoralizes Prisoners. Vbany, N. Y., Special.-A protest made in a report submitted to thc ite Commission of Prisons by Spe ary George McLaughlin against further confinement in the Dutch County jail at Poughkeepsie of rry K. Thaw, acquitted on the rge cf murder on thc ground of anity. Mr. McLaughlin's report m an inspection he made on Aug. last. The report says, among er things, that Thaw's presence he jail ''d?moralisai tho discipline thc {institution." I^?xilirotLcl Banl? ?XJGrXJST^, Gr A.. 7 f 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 HAELTNG & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, WeJJrepresent the Bes* Old Line Companies. HAR?flG & BYRD* ki The Farmers Bank of Edgefield Jones COOKING EASY GET A BLUE HAMS li We Guarantee them to Please You? . We also sell Fruit Jars, Extra Rubbers, Extra Tops and Jelly Tumblers. Call on us or Phone us. Men9s Summer Wear Come to us for everything that is 'new and stylish'in wear for Men and Boys. We" buy only from th? largest manufacturers in the country who know how to put wearing qualit?s as well as style in merchandise. Let us fit you in a pretty Suit, 'Oxfords and Hat Have you seen our beautiful assortment of Neckwesr. Drop in and take a look. WE SELL RIM & MIMS HB r.HTC. E You want an en that runs like a top, smoothly and unInterrU|H edly. If an et glue balks o r stops ? nd you have to foel away" your time to find out the cause, you don't waaf that engine because it means a waste of time and energy. -:- -:- -: L fl. G engines fe are sp pjafc-^* . tic'al and so simj^e'thatfch/n . you start thom they run unt?l you stop them whether- you are watching or not Never out of fep?ir; don'twastef uel. Caji ?n us and we will gladly explain the good points of the I. H, C. engine. -:- -:- -:- -:- -: -J School Law. Void. puthrie, Okla., Special.-Judge A. . ^Houston, in the District Court re declared unconstitutioonnl the elaboran separate school law pro ding separate school boards and p?rate schools for negroes in thc sw State. Detroit has seven tons of bad eggs storage. All ready for the poli sal campaign and tlio theatrical sea Telegraphic Briefs. Americans are said to be backing-.a I'olutionnry movement to overturn e ( astro Government in Venezuela. Negotiations willi Japan for a s?t 'actory immigration treaty appear have failed. Contract has been given out by the rginia Christian College, of Lynch rg, for a $20,000 boys' dormitory. How about a contest for the able ra who have to write daily to dig. it wives?-Unit [more Sun. Champion Pauper Dead. The champion pauper died.-at Utica, N. T., after being a public charge for eighty-five years. Hezekiah Monk was born in the Herkimer county poor house eighty-five years ago, spent uli his days^fbore and died in that insti tution. One should choose -a wife with the ears, rather than with the cj'os. Spanish. A Collar for the Mule. Galesbnrg, UL, Special.-Horse col lar makers employed by a manufac I lurer here sent to William Jennings ! P.ryan a collar for Mr. Bryan's mas-' j cot mule. Every man in the shop took part in making the collar. Mr. Bryan had been previously asked' if he would accept the gift. He re plied: "1 thank you for friendly in terest of the horse collar makers of your factory. Upon investigation I find that nu lS-itteh collar will flt our "mascot," and that bo weiffh? about 875 pounds."