Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ms, pa?s:" HM h LX/J??YNF, \1fflaS/ RESOUiKES OVCR$i,ooc,orv; THE N?Ti?N?LB?NK OF AW??SR f AUQ?STA/?A: T L. C. HAYNB, CHitfS. R. CLARK, X President. (^as5ier..4? CAPITAL $250,000.00! ? Surplus & Profits $190,000:00. J The business of bar out-of-toim 'fifeod* X T receives the same careful attention M th nt T. jr of oar local depositors-. The occonnts cf *?? T careful conserrative people solicited. T 11 ? VOL." EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908. NO.. 37, News pf interest Gleaned f?? :. : ^An-?fti red fpf J?OUTH. CAEOLIKA P0STM?3-* . - TSRS. '.; >;? toual. Coment? _t?; Be" : Esld/?n" ^ Columo^v. " -^he foilovia^'T?i?reubi.r.i letter has - ' be^a jissaed^om^l^o?^^ prudent of t^Sou^rolin? As*o - ' watioD of Pcatmaster?^ ; ;. ". .3 fjj South Carolina Association v?t,PoaJ-* masters.'?. '. - ; ; Office^ the'Pres?acnt.*- - -1 ^-en^estmirSr-er0-~ To the Ppst^fers^ol^pj^J?j?-! The fifth annuai convention-of the Swr^h ;CaTobjia Association cf Postr . masters;is hereby - callee"; to be- bejd in the postoffTce' building af Columbia; S. C., at 10 a. ml^?dn?sday. Oc tober 28, 1S0S. . ?-j? Office^ ^^A^feWP^fed|. . edf to^.a^'^o^Uy.'?vitli-the- execu^ fc?je committ?e at the office of, the,, postmaster at Columbians. rat S p./m. Tuesday, October 27, 19?S. * .^???'C?SnTtiturion cf the .ik.tijanal-. Associetion'{ of. Postnaaeters""- '^''first class offices prpj^osTt???c^?fie^pre'i?' ~o>gt^eT~fiTsfr yeo prcsi?ear??**?State as?Qciaiioiis of postmasters shall be eligible to'-mem-bershipr m? that~Asso--j rf ciation. Closer affiliation of the Na tional Association with State as?o " cationc fe further actively-sought and will be urged ^tfifeng^v^g?a?atf?n foreshadowed at the meeting of Na tionfje^bssociatjQnai^ Cbattanocga, ior-repr^cnt^i^^^B^Iegate^go^^ elected by State -Associations. We will*therefore, at dur forthcoming convention elect representatives cr delegates, as may-then beJdetermined. "Postmasters in South Uirrofraa^not enrolled by payment of 50. cents mem bership fee and $1 annual dues,, should be constitutionally eligible to participate in its deliberatons. En-r - roll promptly and aid the rank and . fiie-of}; which you are a . part in co operating, with department officials that the" postoffice dep?rtm?nt sus tain as efficient and patriotic distinc tion^ the, regard.of our countrym?n. cs is accorded any co-ordinate de^ paitment of the National Govern mont. None should rest otherwise satisfied respecting it *. '^Information" circular from the office of the secretary-treasurer will be mail? t? you. If you fail tb re ceive it, address him at Summerville, S. C^,.therefor,^and"??a?l not to be present at-'Columbia in' convention with us on October 23A 190S... .. . .. Fraternally .voprs,:!* N W.JL BARRIS, i-i ? \ " I President, oj JAMES O. LADD, Secretary-Treasurer, : . . . ~ -'^lunmerevi?le, S. C. The object of the Association is fol keep in tpueb with th? latest ideas;!: and methods o?Jaisinesa> and ?to dfc^E cuss. and thor needs-of the^n. act in harmony in Washington. T?e coming \ ahUiJbe^d^iesF. leading officials who will ?orne purpose. ?LT?Ef ?A$ Lower-Court Sustained in Punishing a Sunday Meat and Ice Seller. ' -Columbi*, Special-Tn the case ofJ WHKam James, a Manning butcher and dealer in ice, convicted of sell?ng ""rtr>^^^?ie advocates and opponents of Sundayntdjie laws throughout the State. The deciaion will be deceiv ed with great joy-^and satisfaetion by? ' i bose advocating an airtight li? .be WSi^?pt? on, >? ?the cities and town? cf the State, on Sunday. The cony . vktioq of ; James*-!* Affirmed on the, ground that he. violated the State law on .thc/subject, that' be could not escape on the ground that, either- \ce cr fresh meatis necessity ia a' town the size of Manning.* Under.a strict application of -th?, law, whit!? the" iegiffla?t?re-has stead fastly refused to aker for over a cen ' tnry, all train service in; the.St?te conld -be stopped, aVeouUTstreet'cars and the publication of newspapers. Orie'parn^cph in the law' goes sb far Si* Pardons Eefnsed. Governor Ansel Tuesday announced his d?cision on six pardon petitions, marking each "pardon refused." The pctilion^^owe-Wi^iam .Hartzps^ of Orangeburg.- ?pd.Arthur Chisholm, r?f BarnwelLlfbiiT yeais iaoh; for car breaking; General Hagood, of Barn well, five years for manslaughter; Thomas J, Ymiof ". G^MWOOjd^ihrge, months tor keeping a gaming house; aoe -jWarren, pf Colleton,. ten ./years | for manslaughter; William Henry, of Fairfield, three months for gambling. Boy Dies With Loc^aw. Greenville, ^pewWfi^afeeafc^thSj eleven-year-old son of'Policeman J. A. Mayfield, of this dty,"died^?>2| lockjaw, after ten days of interise! ?fifering. gig l&Ie^fellow;.s righi leg . was badly cruded by' the wheel of ? heavy iron wagon . passing 'over it ten days ago. His leg was/amputa ted-a week ago,tand it. was hoped. tfiMr^Ms -woW'saWIife,_bn-t ?ockjaW^d?v?rop?*. *>* S"*?*?*. ***^>i Thiity-Sev?n Bri?g??t ?onev ? rT? 'jp..;L. Rei.., o? ?? 4h.i, of chemistry in Erskine College, Due . West, S. C., reports that thirty-seve?. I bridges ,haverheen washed.. Away, in Abbeville county as a result of the reccnt?fevy^r?ins in piedmont Car ?lin:..- These, he says, cannot" he re ?ir.^d. at a cost of^less than $1,000. which will amounVto a total ol $37.000 ?or Abbeville couoty. Busy Readers ComilflONB APTER TEE FLOOD ft*/. ii. ? i . , iii : . . i u Pathoti?-/B8tter Avdcbr?ssod to Presi dent x>f??buth jfjaj^li^ ;E|sd Qri>B?. . The~ Marleston News and. Courier Vay? : J: Jfh? f oowing, .pathetic: .story jof^the appaling destitution that now ' "pTev?ira^?r?^a)-"n^d-swepTusectKms,H MJ?&: ?sb??blishf 4i? tJaifc. t?? jf?^pl?, ?&y; ls?%?Si -?pu^tions ...and Vobt?but^ ; 'these BtarViug Tinman beings^'.''What can 'trie'T?ed "Cross ^oW^rlmarkeu MK" -Kaufman? ^unless ? TOMI ey 'is "sent'-ra* .tc? save thgse Hyesi. The^cent flood degree, are being revived near our own dors." The account read thus.. ;. :L&esbnfcS~G.} August Sl^lG^, *-W? A^^%aiff?^.? Pf Q??<Mt-\ ^^r^^rol^^?ie^c^r?ss/ Cfiarl?s ..'rpear Sir: I wayt io call your . at tention... to the ^condition of ab(?.uh fortyf^mih^jof- colored people that .f " k?ow^persona?y: invthis county? 'These* "people"live '* in" the' "C?hga're? "Vj^ey. that ,hasiJust, >eejo swept* by jfeipinost dii&astrions floodever known ' ?oy""the* "Eldest "inhabitants; "and* has ^estroj-ed-everythiug- -but-the -'cabins ;'.'. noj^one pf them ha's a hog, a chicken. or-^o#ieffr AH-of-their . beading*and furniture was destroyed, and "-they had-to take to'boats for their lives. They have absolutely nothing fe?t, andriwl!v.suffer i? they do not get help. None of them have even ?wrn meal^oug jgSfe.. XJUMIJL JGBZ* Those conditions-i know of-person ally, as I took aboat-aim went down in that country during the worst'? c*2 the high water, and have seen and talked io-them since; the waters 'h?ve' repj?ded. -.Thcy3"-will* Be glad to get anything, bed. mattresses, quilts, biauketS", old clothes,. meal, baijony A- j?SW dolk^jto^cl^^family would fide. them over^for "a while. Any thing ypu.mi?hfa^end them, I willlsee to :ite<p^?)*r^?8tribution. 7,,My., freight depot f ;is Lykes, ?and po?tofr?ce Lyji?sland'" on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. As to^feli?bil i^y.and rtespbusibility,*Iiiyfer.'you to the. ?ditof 'of. the" State Columbia*, or. the"Pr?sjd?iit of ?Ee P?Tm?tto Barflc'": ^i^m\"writiug .you this . becausej? pereonaliy "know all of these colored? people,.- a?d. realkftitheir pitiful con-'ir ^S?5* - . ty The waite families m.. the same sec tion, of- j^pprse, ^Jj^^av^ also. I haye.-no" interest ^^?^^pverfl 'Ved l?tids'" and h?ve' "t?toTlosl? "a*'dollarj I am. the freight sagifnt"^.this place. Air. Kaufman ad?"sd:'*r*-*?*.>. ai j "The, magnitude'of .t?<\-suffering; oc-c casioned fVoa^th'ese ' floods is - riot fully realized. , In; Aligru?t?.^?a.,-10, OOO j>eople -are said to he in extjoem rTy.Great destitution " ?prevails in many orhe? sections, of ou/ State be side s that above noted. ?/ ._._ august uiT^was p?rrfTCiiian* ?ote frorthy on account of- -the 'unusually low August/- temperature durijig the latter -portion, ;and;^ ex^ssiye rain fall.in^the western.'?i|rti'on^]rat caus ed -uB^recedehted floods. ?She precipitation~?was excessive in thc Western portion:-ind. generally above normaL inithe^ential ;portlonj and- normal,:jcu:.^aUovefain the eastern portion. Ar number :o?4pj.aces in''the western comities reported weekly, ?mb?nts in ?c?s^-j&?en inches, with' a maximum ot 13;12 inches at Gr?enn ville. (Owing to interdicted mail and telegraph -service, ^reports were not'*received from?marry^ stations "in the westera^ division, fy ' "?ie heavy rainfall early in. :the" week' closely -foly lowing excessive precipifatiou - iiear the closet bf tb?,*prev?f>?^'week, c?usir; ed * destructive. 'flpods 4n ali j the ' streams :in ^the "wes?enr^na?f of ! the;] State. Pi?v?b?s records of ?high wjater were - exceedied by f rom one and a half .feet to six feet, or,:inore. By the close ofrthe week the flood stages had r?a?hed'ihe^ lcjwer^ourses of the nvers," exceediug. pYeyioi|s high-pva-| ter reeordf 'hy^?r?oiiqi^e "footfjto jfouri |eet. "The damage caused" 'by ' the yheavtf rains artd ,the-floods:w*as wide spreadV i?c?liid?ng *the"practical. de struction , pp all> bottom' land crops _ and damage" to upiapd,s."^by' erosion.'^ State... We.ather j^?+?ihi Director Bauer has received a few answers to inquiries v.sent :.out '" by^ him, but| not enough so *?ar to make up a general estimate. He d<>es not hope to! beti) abb; to foYaanlate. a general report under perhaps . two weeks. Reports -that have come in^so^far .indicate that' Spartahbnrg' ^county "s'^damage will go over $75,000. Mail Reaches ^-Due West. e JWest, ^Special.-Many ; hearts' were made glad at Due^est^ Wed nesday last week, -aatit^ is ^t??^ ikst time newspapers.^pp Jetters*^re dis tributed at j h_at pest'f.jflf?ce sjuce. the 25th of :.AugUs$.:,: S^ch^i^^.M the post office' h???-'4K)h^eeir;?o^aUed. . O?cP men, boys, girls''-abd'' children .were . .. Kills. Woman vanc ?i^dfseb^rxSpeemi.--Juvt F J Hlnkel, jCprmerly^-.a^ pojUceman, shut :and fa tally wounded "^s^?hiuna Anderson, keeper of a boarding. house at; Sen eca, ?n?i:. then ..shot 1 himself in the head, dying instantly/ Mrs,. Ander son died two hours ' later.- Hinkel .waa^ajyjdo^r^with several-;?hildren. South Carolina Dots. Mrs.. Jane Scott, relict of Mr. Joseph" S<*>tt, ?n ? aged lady of 87 ?eBrSt died at the hom? of her sou. Ir, John Nelson Scott, at Wisacky. iflplS?Ai Hil A. More Complete List of ?hose "Who E.i/e Already Boen Elected to the Eouso of Representatives, .j Kv. Jas. A. Hoyt, of the-Columbia State, says; Owing to the iacom .plsteness? of. thc .: election returns from the various counties,:duo to the Hoods;'and to the fa*;, that the coun ty . newspapers have not reached Col ombia from the up-country, it-is dif ficult to tell the composition of the next House of Representatives, but with the repc?fls_.at band, carefully comparea from different sources, a ?stib?s,be?n:compiled that is believed ?0wbe":substant.ia?y. correct. There ja^jop compl?te report from Abbeville _as to the House of Representatives nor*from Dorchester." In other coun 'ties7^clr~as*:'<)rangebnrg,-the result .is..calc?la^?d'-.from the tabulated re it?s-as-pAnted, the result not be ing definitely stated in the reports [.published. j - The list sb 'far as it can be m#de f^ViS'?s" follows : ^ Abbeville-Three, probably - Mars, robley and Nichols. -'Aiken-Foin; R. J. Wade, Wil "?kains and Bnsh.elected. Second race between W. S. Tyler and W. D. jf?ght. (, Anderson-Five ; Josh Ashley, E. M. .Racker, J. L,: Jackson and J. N. Vandiver elected. Second race be tween IC Iv Smith and J. T. "Cox, Toth"'incumbents. Bamberg-Two;- Riley, and C. W. Garr?s' elected. E. W. Mi?ey d? feated. x . ' ; rBarhweli-^-Three; J. C. Griffin elec ted. Second' race between T. H Peoples; X Wi- Johnson, A. B. Pat terson and J. M. Patterson. ..Beaufort-;Three; J. Berg elected. Second race between W. H. Niver, J. C. Balley, J. M. Lengnick and Roger "finckney. Berkeley-Three; C. T. Shuler, L G. Fultz and Jeff J).-Wiggins elected. Charleston-Eight; R. S. Whaley, 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 ; E. 'J. Clary and W.~ 8.' Hall, Jr., elected. Chester-Three; A. G. Brice, J. E. Nunnery' and S. T. McKeown, elected. Chesterfield-Two ; E. AV. " Duvall elected^ Second race between either EbilKp^Aarant' or Rev. T. "W. Scruggs and, G. W. Vaughan. f "Clarendon-Three; ?. G. Scar borough, J. R. Dingle, and Green elected. : , . ?t Cdlleton-^Three ; Robertson and Sanders ?f?c??d: Second race be tween- Way and Smoak. Darlington-Three ; L. M. Lawson, L.^E-Carrigan and M. J.. Spears elected.... Edgefield-.Two ; Second . race be tween; .Simpkins, Wells, Williams and Morgan. F?i'rfMd-Tbre?^.Moblcy, W. W. Dixon'and Meares "elected. ' FI?renpcP-Thrtf? fT: A. Clarke, H. M. Ayer and Charles- A. Smith e\e?*ed. . ^eor^tewn-Two; Olin Sawyei and*..W^'- TT"-Doaf re-elected "without DowTn w .; Sorry-Two; L. B. Singleton am M. M.;Stanley elected.. 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. fTodd. ; t???Vt? ..' j Lee-Two; J. B. Lane and Green 'elected. & This county n?>t fully? re ported. ; . "* "Lexin'gton-Three; ' J. L. Ami?k and E. P. .Ridgell elected. Second.| race between.. IsaaC?dawrds and ^J. 'E.' WingardF '. " \ .^Marion-Three; L. M.-Gasque, E. Ci Edwards and" R: P. Hamer^ Jr. :'*efectedi j - -z' V-?Aiarlbor?r-Threo;- J;-JP~Gibson, D. p. . McColL Jr, and "J. P. Biinch elected. ?"-' Newberry-Three ; C. T: Wyche and Arthur Ki ber, elected. . ?Second 'race between J. ^S... Dominick ;and Godfrey Harmon. \-y: * \ 0?ouee-^Two ; P.. P.-Sullivan elect ed. Second race between the . Rev. ?.'; Dr Mann and W. M.. Brown. "" "'Or?ngeb'urg-Five ; Bowman, Hor ner, Hydrick, O'Reilly and. Sliuler elected. Richland-Four ; no. election. See ped fl#A* between M. W. ;Coker, John % .McMahan, Frank- G. Tompkins, E. G. Seibels;. P. A.. McMaster; T. H. V /dan, A. F. - Funderbu't? and R. ^H. Welch^ Saluda^Two ; W. E. Bodie elected. Second^ race between B. B. Evans and V& X.. Daniel. I J 'jSpartjjj?nburg-Six; . S. N. Nesbit fleeted:-Second race .betwVen J. W. I Boyd, J.,.Vi,;:Nash, Brown Canyrell, "Gibson, J. H. Dodd, Lee, Mosley, ??asIey?aBd H. T. Rqgers. ' j > . Sunder-Three; .-.T.'.-'B." Fraser.] George JV. Dick and C. E. Stubbs:} Si\;?l?cTed. -, t., pl . 'UhioiDj-r^Two'f L. J. Browning ele1 - tfd. Second- i$ce ^between J. Hughes^ and L.^G. Southland. d ^WiHiamsburg^-Three ; . Carter,^ Bryam^rorfably'-'elected. ? Seconc\. . between-Gourdin and Graham j. "'" Ybik-Four; O. L. Saflders ? Glascock, W. B. Wilson,-Jr..^ ?' H. Epps, Sr.. elected. Calhoun--One;". Paulin?? <?.A W ^-Pickens^Two ; J. P. Car' a w' G. Mauldin elected . . ; H Big F:re at Bran He. . x Monday Branchville was visitr ?DrailUlJvine ima ?iain , , , ? , f8 history, by the greatest fire r ^ ^ The fire was discoverabout of - A. F. H.. DuK. . , ?? ^?*m. K e? .stimated at o'clock. The loss ^ .about-$?OfOflOr with * T ?nrnnee? .' ' ;-. I' Li" ? eij wi in; af ut of inj tri ot ?o: bil GRWffljjST ns Chisholm Minnesota, Entirely Wiped Out fIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS The Town of Chisholm Wiped Ont and Thonsands of Acres of Minne sota Land Burned Over-Many Persons Left Homeless: and Desti tnte Property 'Loss Runs np ?i Millions. Duluth, Minn., Special.-After de stroying the town of Chisholm on the Mesaba range, and burning ov?r" 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 Sunday. Chisholm, Minn., a town of 4,000 inhabitants on the Mesaba Iron range. 90 miles north of Duluth, was com pletely wiped, out. The damage .to real property Ls now estimated at $1,000,000 and ' that of personal property at $750,000. Thc insurance carried by Chisholm mer chants was about $500,000. , : Governor Johnson Issue?- Annaal ?&r Aid. St. Paul, Minn.,. -Sr nor Johnson Sunday is lowing proclamation: "A great disaster ha, northeastern Minnesota. one of the splendid cities aba range, has been totall by a destructive forest swept over a large port Louis county. Every hom incss house of that corm burned, and 6,000 people a ly rendered homeless, the loss amounting to millions Early reports indicate abo 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. "Tl , disaster is withou in the history of Minnesot view of the appalling calam"", u.- ap peal to the generosity of the people of Minnesota for liberal aid, and ow-; ing to the great necessity, ask that" this assistance be as prompt as pos-^ sible." The loss on the buildings at Chisholm is estimated at $2,000,000fi Chisholm is in the center of the great est iron producing area in the world. Refuges poured into Hiobing 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 Arith a dense pall of smoke, : comprise what was one of th? most flourishing towns on the great Ma saba iron r?nge. The only remaiiiihg -SUll "Ui. tl lll?l,l?uuuu .... . _^_ edHhis city on Friday three thousl?uT people are homeless and property is destroyed to the amount of $1,000,-. 000. The fire started in the Rawhide Drug Company's building and fanned by a gale thc flames swept eastward over the town until they reached th People's Hospital. - As a last resort tons of mining dynamite were wheeled into the towi square in truks, placed under th> block of buildings and touched off tr short fuse?. Tho hospital was saved Miners from surrounding-mines aide the fire fighters. i So far ns known no one was seri ously injured. President King, o the Rawhide Coal and Iron Company ordered a special train to bring lum, ber sufficient to erect five iarge tern poiary buildings?'at Rawhide. The ruins were .searched to *ecover valu ables lost in the flames Reconstruc. tion work will occup- Ave hundred carpenters, commenci'g next week. Laborers are being imported. h The Vis?t? Supply. New Orleans, Special.-Secretary Hester's staten^ of t!ie world's visible supplyJ* cotton issued last week shows Ve total visible to be 1,691,549 ago18* i?710?592 last week and 2,211,36-?I.ast vear- Of this the total of An"6811 cotton is 969,502 against last week and 1.28S, 389 last vf- -^nd ?f all other kinds including?*?!*! Brazil, India, etc., 722,046 *lnst 7H046 last week and 922',975ist v<*ar. Of the,world's] visiblejpPty ?^ cotton there is now afloat1"* held in Groat Britian and ?.mtal Europe 959,000 against year. conti"13,1 *> ? lj3i)00 last Negro Chairman Arrested. atlantic City, Special - Jesse Jack l, the negro ckairm.tn in charge of e chair containing Charles Rob ots and Mrs. Williams, principals in ie boardwalk shooting mystery was laced under arrest Saturday under 500 bail. Whether he is wanted as witness or on the theory that he as a confederate is a mystery, ickson repudiates the published atement in which he scoffed at the ghwayman theory. li th ga kr Sh M pa loi ch cu de an Remarkable Airship Flight. f Le mans, France, Special.-After flight of nineteen minutes forty ?ht seconds the Wright aeroplane is partially wrecked Friday morn Si 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 speed Was rty-two mile? an hour, The exhi^ ? gv_ ion wns considered remarkfthUi fg^ Se ta] toi coi tin 31, coi tin 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. Colnmbia, 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 .q?ent- high waters in the various riyers and streams in the State, it is believed by many that the damage rWf?ught will reach between five and six million dollars. In Richland County alone the cotton crop .has been cut down by about 1,500 balee. 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 Jef t. , It is estimated that the damage sustained by the Seaboai-d Air Line i $1,500,000, while the Sou i the Atlantic-Coast line about $1,000,000. The Col :wbcrry & Laurens Rail also suffered considerably is no way cf getting at the es at this time. In Chester rough which the Catawba , the rains and damage the greatest known, ille, Anderson, Spartan .kce, Union, Greenville, "shaw and other counties ?.county bridges have away, country roads ged and in some in s have been almost ve counties, a number !ls and power plants, dustries situated along ustained immense loss, iree of great loss is that wAritt by the washing pf .;*.,?_ -. adi, the top soils being com pld't-cly washed away leaving a hard, surface. Tn some-sections of South Carolina railroad schedules oannot b^aesumed for two or three weeks : anti even then trains will have to pass ov?jr temporary bridges. Warning Others, She Perished at Her Post of Duty. Trinidad, Col., Special.-Folsom, NJM., was -devasted and isolated by > ^^?bod in Cimarr?n Creek, Thurs days night,~1ast week. Thirteen bodies 1 Shafe*. been recovered and only five j persons are missing. At the height i ;o?|?ie flood the water was thirteen < .fe? deep and a mile wide in the ? ^afon where the town is located. The < ?<w*: bf the water twisted the rail- ? road rails like wire. It was learned ?K?LiMrs. -Rooke, the telephone opera down the valley." Over .fortv res:- f dents seen this morning said they 1 had received waining from the cen- < trill exf-lnugo cfT'cp on? p rr pa red for 1 the terrible emergency. Apparently I Mrs. Rooke hod 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 f twelve milos down the canon. The h bead piece worn bv telephone opera- s tors, still gripped her ear. The tele- g phone cord was broken. ? Io Build Another Fig Battleship. New Yoik, Special.1-It is likely hat the pro?rni- month will witness $ bc laying of "the keel of tho Florida, s he biggest and most powerful of the 0 'essels of Unrlo Sam's navy. The v ?-000-ton levithian of the seas will ? ?e constucted at tho Brooklyn navy i rard and when completed will be thc \x aonarch of thc United _ States navy D nd the equal in.fighting power and onnage of any ether ship afloat. To Recall Minister Wn. Peking, Special.-The Chinese Gov rnment is considering the recall of j.j Vu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister ai t Washington, on account of recent, fi isclosures on his part which are be- sf eved to have been indiscreet. The *f [overnment ha?, for some months ast, bee*: embarrassed by Mr. Wu's ?| latform and other utterances and by P' is attitude as a public character in ?c merica. Liang Tun-Yen, assistant lK scretary of the Board of Foreign w ffairs, is the leading candidate for m ie post at Washington in succession re ? Wu' Ting-fang. L? Woman's Throat Cut for $100. Mobile, Ala., Special.-Mrs. Mar- be a Newburn, a white woman of Win- im ite, Miss., was killed and $100, Ne lown to have been concealed in her ?e, ocking, was taken by her slayer. jj0 ike Magi, a member of a fishing m? .rty to which Mrs. Newburn bc- {ni iged, is raising, and her relatives flU( arge him with the aime. After tting the woman's throat the mur rer wiped his hands on her apron j pfl d made his escape. eretary Hester Places this Year's . ; Crop Two Millions Under Last. New Orleans, La.. Special-Secre- Str ry Hester, of thc New Orleans Cot- ret i Exchange, reports the commercial ^e tton crop of the United States for css 3 season of 1907-03, ending August Ha to have been 11,571,906 bales, as ?na np^red with 13.510,082 bales in ins season of 190G-07. The total is < rt receipts were 8,579,842, and 24 srland ""movement 859,450, w-hile ?th uthern consumption is placed at ?J I 03,277 boloB, 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 Figuora 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 <m to the sand some hours later. Rela tives of the men recognized the men as they fell into thc water. The scene wasvheartrendering and tragic in the extreme. PANIC TIDE HAS TURNED. So Says President Van Cleave of the 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 ride 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 to a few lines from President Van Cleave's article in American Industries, of August 15th : " 'The general aggregate of the crops promises to be 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 sides we see evidences that the tide has turned. A steady improvement from this time onward may be looked for with confidence. In New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, St. Louis, Boston, and other industrial centers, mill:; are re-opening their doors. ? The stocks of goods in the bands of manufacturers and whole salers have been reduced to low fig-' ures, and the resumption of pur ?has?s, which is under way in all the jreat lines of trade, is beginning to send in orders to the factories with i little of their old-time volume.1' Mr. Watkins"Notified. ?iderable Jengui and then introduced tfatiorral Chairman Charles R. Jones, )f Chicago. Mr. Jones made only ?rief remarks, and then Hon. Robert 5atton, of Springfield, delivered the 'ormal notification address. When Professor Watkins arose to' espond the vast audience was on its eet cheering and waving hats and andkerchiefs, while little girls pre ented the candidate ~\vith huge bou uets of flowers. The ovation lasted fiveral ininvtes. Over $4,000,000 for Charity. Oswego, N. Y, Special.-More than 14,000,000 is left to charitable in titutions, the Metropolitan Museum f Art and Yale University by the rill of Frederick Cooper Hewitt, who ied at his home here last Sunday, '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 ia Jail. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special.-Jus ice Morschauser rofused to grant i order traneferring Harrv K. ,Th'aw .om the Dutchess county jail to >me other institution. Application )r the order was made by counsel >r Sheriff Robert W. Chanler, who leged that the jail ''"as not a propel ace to keep a prisoner who was irrmitted as insane. Judicial corn er restraining him from interfering it li the order of thc justice who com itted Thaw to the jail was the ascii given by Justice Morschauser. 70 Aged Women Burned to Death. Gadsden, Ala., Special.-Mi's. Eliza th McNeal, aged 75 years, apd her ;alid daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe Mc al, aged 55 years, were burned to ath in a fire which destroyed their me on Lookout Mountains, eight les north of this city. It is thought ? fire originated from a defective e. The two women were alone in i house at the time. esence of Thaw Demoralizes Prisoners. Vbany, N. Y, Special.-A protest made in a report, submitted o the tte Commission of Prisons by Sec ary George McLaughlin against further confinement in the Dutch County jail at Poughkeepsie of rry K. Thaw, acquitted on the rge of murder on the 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 the ,1nil "demoralizes tho discipline tho institution." Georgia Railroad Bani: Savings Department Pays ^% interest on all accounts in this department^ compounded every six months, January and July. Capital and Surplus $550,000,00. HARLING & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, Wejrepresent the Besl Old Line Compames. H?B??& BYBD> At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield Make COOKING EASY GET A BLUE F8??W? OIL STOVE. We Guarantee them to Please You* - Jones & Son We also sell Fruit Jars, Extra Rubbers, Extra Tops and Jelly Tumblers. Call on us or Phone us. T Men's Summer Wear Come to us for everything that is new and stylish" in wear for Men and Boys. . We* buy only from the largest manufacturers in the country who know how to put wearing quailes as well as style in merchandise. Let us fit you in a pretty Suit, ! Oxfords and Hat Have you seen our beautiful assortment of Neck wes r. Drop in and take a look. WE SELL j y. V ?3 Hfi ?.HTC, ENCIN"^ You want an engine that nins like a top, smoothly and uninterrupt edly. If an enguje balks or stops and you have to foe! away! your time to find out thc cause, you don't waaf that engine because lt means a waste of time and energy. -:- -.- -: I. fl. C. are so . t!c"al and so slm^tha?^h/n you start them they run until you stop them whether ybu are watching or not ' ?cVcr out ?? tiptfridqn'tvrutpfntl Caji ?o us and we wi?? g?adly explain ?he good poiats of the I. U.C. engine. -.- -:- -:- -: School Law- Void. Guthrie, Okla., Special.-Judge A. . ^Houston, in the District Court re declared unconstitutioonnl the -lahoma separate school law pro ding separate school boards and p?rate schools for negroes in thc w State. Detroit has seven tons of bad eggs storage. All ready for the poli !al campaign and the theatrical sea n. Champion Pauper Dead. The champion pauper died^t .Utica, N. Y, after being a pubji?-'. charg for eighty-five yea-s. Hezekiah Monk was bora in the Herkimer county poor house eighty-five years ago, spent all his daj'sfrh^ie and died^i? that inst* tution. One should choose *a wife with the eare, rather than with the- eyes. Spanish. Telegraphic Briefs. Americans are said to be backing-a roi nt ionnry movement to overturn 2 Castro Government in Venezuela. Negotiations with Japan for a sat actory immigration treaty appear have failed. Contract has been given out by tho rginia Christian College, of Lynch rg, for a $20,000 boys' dormitory. Flow about a contest for the able rs who havo to write daily to dis it wives?-Baltimore Sun. A Collar for the Mule. Galesburg, UL, Special.-Horse col lar maker* employed by a manufac turer here si;nt to William Jennings Bryan a collar for Mr. Bryan 's mas cot mule. Every mon in: the shop took part in. making the collar. Mr. Bryan had been previously asked' if ho would accept the gift. He re-' plied: "I thank you for friendly in terest of the horse collar makers of your factory. Upon investigation I find that an -lS-ittcli collar will fit our " mascot, " and that h* weig about 875 pounds/'