: : The Pkiiter's Loan ': :; and Savings Bank ; : ; Augusta, Ga. . . Pays Interest on Deposits, v ** J** Accounts Solicited.'? . . LC. IfAYNF, CHAS. 6. HOWAM). ! *} RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000. . iw-iiii'i'iiinnnn'H' VOL, 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., W?DNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908. MMIIIH'I M"H"l-1"l'WTi'A THE NATIONAL BANK Of. AUG?IT? * AUG?STA. GA. JL lt. C. HAYNE, CHAS. E. CLAEK, ?j. President. GtanieL." ? CAPITAL $250,000.00. ll Surplus & Profits Si90,ooo.oo. The business of our rut-of-town friends ? 9 receives the same careful attention aa that t - of our local depositors. The accounts of r careful coDserTuti ve people solicited. frH-H I HM.WW?K?tf NO. 42. News of interest Gleaned fron Arranged Fer I Stet o Pardon Board. Columbia, Special.-The Board of Pardons, consisting of Messrs. R. Mays Cleveland, of Greenville, C. W. Savage, of Colleton, and W. A. Clark, of .Columbia, met last week-.to consid er th? petitions for pardon referred to the board by the governor. There were only four such petitions refer red, as the governor bas acted on most of the petitions presented within the last three mouths, since the last meeting of the board. The petitions . referred are the following: Lawrence Hampton, convicted of murder in .Greenwood, and sentenced to be hanged. Governor Ansel grant ed a respite until the 16th of this ^xionth, and .it will be recalled that the governor's secretary, Mr. Beth ea. went to Greenwood during the flood, - at much inconvenience and with great dir??culty ,to get.the respite there in time and prevent the hanging.. ! ( Gary Renew, Aiken County, petit i larceny, sentenced to five years in the ? Reformatory. j | Thcs. Wells, Laurens, manslaugh-?. j ter, three years, from January, 1906. j t Robert Gunnells, Greenville, rape, sentenced to eleven years in Septem ber, 1903. The case of Gunnells has been before the governor and pardon * board before, having been referred to * the board by Governor H?yward first 1 in September, 1906, and refused by . i the board the following January, and.1 again in September ,1907. Gunnels,: t a young white man qf excellent fam- j t ily, served in the Philippines, and was t said to be mentally unhinged by his t life there. Returning to hjs old home T in Greenville he committed an atro- j f cious crime. His mother'has been un- . ] tiring in her efforts to secure a par- J j don and was here to press the petition p .before the board. L The recommendations of the board*' ?? of pardons is not binding on the gov- J ? Brnor, and he is not under the law compelled to refer any case to the board, the pardoning power being vested in the governor solely under the law. Aetna Mill Unsold. Union, Special.-The Aetna Cotton Mill was advertised to be sold last Wednesday by the trustee in bank ruptcy, but the sale did not take place. There were several prospective .pur-. chasers, some of whom had deposited ' f, ihe required eer^" 1-1 ?pset price of $2 been .larger thar Jbid as no one c sale was therefoi . property, wbieh in good conditio i iered for sale abo yember at a lowe C Verdict Against Southern. C Spartanburg, Special.-In the suit, G against the Southern Railway forj^j -damages in the sum of $50,000 g brought by J. M. Turbyfill, adminis- 1C trator of the estate of Miss B. Hand, T the young school teacher who was ? killed at Duncan last November while ' S crossing the railway tracks, the jury g returned a verdict $5,000 dollars. Miss j Hand was on her way to visit sick ! ? friends, and while crossing the tracks g was struck by No. 37, which was run- ? ning several hours late. The young : Q lady was a sister of Prof. Hand, of ? j South Carolina University. | g Spartanburg May Get Orphanage. Spartanburg, Special.-The com mittee having in charge the matter of j y selecting a location for the Episcopal ! fl Orphanage will visit Spartanburg in sj the near future to further consider'^ the advisability of selecting Spartan burg. Well known citizens here have B, agreed tc give fifty acres of land in p the suburbs for the home. '* C1 Need Money to Build Bridges. - Spartanburg, Special.-The county commissioners have not as yet sue- t< ceeded in raising $100,000 with which o: to rebuild bridges that were washed t] away during the August flood. The a commissioners have had several con- h ferences" and various methods of rais- 0 y ing finances have been discussed. A jv trust company has offered to loan j $100,000 for a period of "thirty years ^ at 5 per eent, but the offer ? has not gi been accepted. More than fifty\brid ges are down, many of them very im portant steel structures. -, |^ Suicide Pact Suspected. . Lincoln, Neb., Special.-B. L. Shep pard, a traveling salesman and "Mrs. j ^ Leona.Bruner, stewardess at the Lin- ^ coln Commercial Club, were found p dead in apartments of the man. Gas was pouring from a jet in the room. The supposition \of the police is that they turned on the gas with suicidal f) intent, though the possibility of acci- j dental death is admitted. Sheppard (] and Mrs. Bruner were well known in ^ Lincoln. Both were divorced. | C) Shot and Killed at Lodge Meeting. Anderson, S. C., Special.-While at- ' tc tending a meeting of a negro lodge G of Odd Fellows near Antreville, in nj Abbeville county, last night, Henry i? Alston, colored, was shot by Major tl Smith, a negro of bad ?eputation. Als- 0 ton died this morning and the coro- g, n?r of Abbeville held an inquest, a e: verdict being returned charging f, Smith with murder. Smith has skip* b; p?d the rountrv. fy is understood ? that the difficulty arose over some t! ??BcufiRicn in the lodge roora, : ?a, i AH Sections of the State and Busy Readers Looks Like Infanticide. Lexington, Special-What seems to be a clear case of infanticide came to light a few days ago, when the body cf an inf?nt^was found uear a branch in the upper part of town. The discovery was made by a negro (vornan, who was attracted . to the scene by the terrible oder. The child was wrapped in .'cotton, and had evi iently been bom a week, as the arms was almost ready to drop off at the shoulders from decomposition. Those tvho saw it, say that it was impossible to discern wLether the child died ?rom natural causes or whether it was rilled by the heartless parent and car nied to the swamp with the hope of lovering up the erime. The supposi on is that the party who placed it where it was found intended throw ing it into the water, so that the dis :overy would never be made. It has ;aused a great deal of talk among the legroes, but they are very eautious jow they speak. It is said that the ?>hild had been moved since it was found as it could not be found later. There has been no official action tnk m in the case, but it is one that should be investigated, and it is very ikely that Coroner Clerk will look in o--.the situation immediately. School Information Wanted. Superintendent of Education Mar in has requested the county superin endents of education to send him a >ricf description of school conditions n their respective counties, and also in outline of the greatest needs of he schools, as they may appear to he county superintendents. Mr. Mar in proposes to incoiporate these ar ides in his last annual report, which rill be the fortieth annual report of he department of education. He be Leves that this collection of short ar ides in addition to the statistical re orts from the county superintendents rill be beneficial, not only to the leg slature, but also to the future stu ents of our educational development. Covers the Field. As a purveyor of reliable news 'he Calumbia State is easily in a lass by itself. With unsurpassed acilities for gathering the world's appenings, added to its own staff of eliable and energetic special corres ondents, both State and general vents are recorded with a degree of xactness and detail that cannot be urpassed. In this campaign year rhen things are^ojisMi^l^i**^*^7^ _r"v Muxwtiug ac mir?rent points: lharlotte. r. ....81-2 Columbia.81-2 alveston. Tew Orleans. 3-4 j [obile.8.60; avannah. .......8.60 harleston.31-2 Wilmington.8 3-4 rirfolk..^..8 7-8 ^altimore-".. .'. .S few York.9.10 oston.9.10 Charlotte Produce. ora.85 aeon.r.111-2 ard.......12 'hickens.25 to 50 !ggs.28 ?utter.15 to 30 Wright to Speak in Richmond. Washington, Special. - Secretary Wright has received invitations from forfolk ar>d Lynrirburg, Va., to peak on behalf of Judge Taft before ile close of the campaign but has not ecided whether to accept. He will peak at Richmond on the 28th in tant. He said that he did not ex ect to speak in Tennessee during the ampaign. Property Values in Lexington. Lexington, Special.-County Audi >r W. D. Dent completed his abstract f property values in Lexington conn ia on October 1. The figures of the bstract as shown by the auditor's ooks for 1907 give a total valuation f $5,335.729, while for the fiscal ead, 1908, ?he total valuation is $5, 99,709, the decrease being due large j to that portion of the county that oted itself into Calhoun,- and to a light reduction in the taxable valu tion of the railroads. The State ill receive $2,914.40, compared to 2,410.78 for the year 1907. Carneigie Gives Big Amount. New York, Special-The fact that tndrew Carnegie has contributed 20,000 to the campaign fund of the lepubt?can national committee was nnounced by State Chairman Tim thy Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff also nnounced that Mrs. Russell Sage has ontributed $1,000 to the same fund, here have been no other large con courions from individuals, Mr. Woodruff said, but small sums aie arning in from various sources. Newberry, Special.-The corpora ls of the Edgefield, Augusta and reenwood Electric Railrad held a leering in Edgefield on Wednesday of ist week to consider proposals for ie preliminary -survey. A number E bids were submitted and several entlemen w?re present in person to xplain the bids which they had of ?red. No definite action was taken y the corporators, but a special com dttee was appointed to go through, M surveyors', bids cud report to the Mourned meeting* ot the corporators WATERWAY ENDORSED Second Day of the Great Waterway Conference Addressed By Colonel Bryan and Others. Chicago, Special.-Addresses by William J. Bryan and Gifford Pinchot the latter being chairman of the na tional conservation commission, the reading of a letter from% James J. Hill, short addresses by* delegates, and a big" reception at the Coliseum at night were the features of the sec ond day of the convention ; of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke earnestly in favor of deep waterways, not Only from the lakes to the gulf but in all other parts of the country, where increased transportation facil ities were needed, was an enthusiasti cally received, as was William H. Taft when he opened the convention the previous day. Mr. Bryan's Address. In addressing the convention Mr. Bryan said in part: . "You cannot give the people loo good facilities for transportation of their merchandise. If you tell me you want to improve the Mississippi I tell you that is all right, I will help you improve it just as far as you please, and make the canal as wide as you please and as deep as you please, and when you get to improv ing the Mississippi I will start out all alone if necessary to improve every river that empties into the Mississip pi. Water transportation is the nat aral transportation. God made the rivers, man made the railroads. When you finish a river sufficiently deep for commerce, or a canal upon which boats can float, you make it possible for a man with small eapit?i to act .vhile the railroads make it possible for men with large capital to act. Where there is a river any man who can build a boat can engage in trans portation, and if he cannot build a big boat he can build a little boat and. if you have a large number of little boats the big boat will have to meet the rate that the little boat fixes. You will find it much easier to regulate rates on water than on land because competition can be much more active on water than on land. We arc an exporting nation. We send our agri cultural products to foreign markets, and when our_ wheat or our cotton reaches the Londcn market its price is fixed there by the competition which it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells for a dollar in London and it takes fifty cents to get it from the farm to London the farmer gets fifty cents a bushel for his wheat. If you can so improve transportation that the far mer can get his wheat from his farm to Liverpool for twenty-five cents you have added twenty-five cents to the farmers' price for this wheat. It is a fact that is admitt.ed-thftt-thft^rsTfc* iEoart*f the desee:.t. Coming close fa thc ?arth, however, thc basket smashed into the roof of a house, but the two nen escaped with but slight bruises. The race, in which * twenty-three walloons participated, representing jrreat Britaint, France, Germany^ the United States, Switzerland, Italy/Bel rium and Spain, started at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the presence of it least S0,000 spectators. The;'first jalloon sent away was the "Arneii ;a II," under command of Jamies C. McCoy, who was accompanied^ by lieutenant Yoghmann. The balloon vas decorated with the Stars ...and Stripes and it sailed away to: the southeast at a rapid pace, the oero ?auts waving their hats. Dramatic Occasion. A representative of each of theofk >r nations followed the Ameriean >.%lloon in succession {.t intervals of wo minutes, the national hymn of the espective countries ringing forjth as ho ropes were cast loose. The sreond batch of eight balloons vas led by Forbes in the Conqueror, vhich reached a hi?rh altitud*1 in an r.citdibly short period, the basket ?w:!ying viole":rl}\ T:ien almost in ?lautly a cry of horror arose from Jic crowd who s-aw the silk c>j?apsc :r side. "They are killed," went a a hush id whispei through the crow..', but ihortly the remainder of the em-lope ippeared to take, first, a triangulai ihape and then was transformed into i sort of parachute at the top of the let and- the progress of the wrecked lalloon Avas considerably arrested. It ?ame down slower and slower, mean while being swept by the wind, far to he southeast, and finally disappeared 'rom view behind a block of houses. The suspense among the crowds was errible. But a few minutes later i telephone message was received 'rom Frienenau, which announced hat the men had landed and had not leen seriously injured. The other hal oons were sent up, after a brief de ay, -without further accident. Terrorizing Negroes. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-A spe ial from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: A legro Baptist church and lodge hall ocated at Spring Hill, Ala., were (urned Friday night by unknown ?ersons. A band of horsemen al eged to have been organized with the ntention of driving the negroes out if the community, are said to have et fire tc the church and hall. To Increase Bank Examinations. "Washington, Special.-Comptroller f the Currency Murray has decided o increase the number of national tank examinations, in many cases rom twice to three or four times a .ear. It is not his purpose, he says, o examine all national banks four ir even three times a year, but ll^e lew rule will be made to apply to di national banks that have in the >ast shown a disposition to violate ir evade any provisions of the na ional banking laws or the regulations described by the Comptroller of the Jurrcncy. Two Grades Eliminated. New Orleans, Special.-Directors of he New Orleans cotton exchange au lounced that they had eliminated low aiddling stained and strict low mid lling stained from the list of tender ble grades. So mnch discussion re ulted from the change that the direc ors have called a special meeting of he members of the exchange for next Jonday to get their opinion on the natter. Kills Wife and Suicides. York, Pa., Special-William Ben ington shot and killed his wife and hen committed suicide. Bennington bllowed his wife to a church with a lorse and buggy and fired a load oj hot into her body just as 6he wa* ?bout to enter the church. He ther [rove across the State line into Mary and, where he reloaded the shot gun ilaced the barrel against his stomach ;nd pulled tho trigger. The crim< B said to have been prompted, by jeal j inly, RIOTERS jg rOilffl Abortive Attempt to Lynch al Spartanhurg, S C. MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER Infuriated Mill Operatives Make De termined Effort to Lynch Negrc Who Assaults Young Lady-Depu ties and Officers Exchange Shots and Several Are Wounded. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-In the heart of Spartanburg with its 20.000 population, a mob of infuriated citi zens, at times numbering a thousand or more, fought Saturday and Satur day night with the military and civil authorities for.the possession of John Irby, a negro who is alleged to have attempted to ravish Miss Lillie Demp sey earlier in the day while the youny woman was on her way here from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Four persons were wounded, one of them seriously, and John Sparks, a restaurant keeper, was arrested anti held without bail on the charge of shooting Sheriff Nichols, who was I slightly wounded in the exchange of shots between the mob and thc au thoritin? who were protecting thc prisoner. Beginning about noon the crowd, sullen and bent on vengeance on the negro, roamed about the court house square, approaching at times the very gates of the high wall enclosing the jail. Late at night thc situation be came alarming. The crowd was augmented by 500 people from Green ville. There wa3 some shooting in tho street and the mob moved into the public square. The first shot came from a window of the jail and it was followed by others from thc same quarter. An answering shot was fired from the crowd. This' broke a window in lhe jail and slightly wounded Sheriff Nichols. Sparks was accused of the shooting and immediately taken into custody. His attorneys offered $1.000 bail but this was refused. Girl Identifies Negro. Irby's arrest was effected shortly after the commission of his crime and close to the scene of his attack. He was captured by mill operatives, was taken before the young woman, ^j^"iromf electing the State Superintendent, ind with the two-year tenure of office he entire educational policy of th* state may be reversed inside one -ear. In a recent editorial The News md Courier pertinently says, "In ate years the people have shown a growing improvement in their esti mate of the place of superintendent if education, choosing os a mle. train id teachers for it, * * * but here is no assurance so long as tho ?J iffice is filled by popular vate that ncapable men will not be elected fo t solely because of their ingratiat iig manner, or as a reward for poli ical service. . . . . Th.? ---^-'-Tx-^*r? *,T* ^ tiOB ^JjouM ntendent would avail ?ut little un 2ss the county superintendents were ble, willing and courageous enough o cany these policies to success. In he matter of administration the ounty superintendency is the key to he situation. What do we require f the county superintendent, what 0 we expect, what do we get, and- ; .hat do'we give? Do we require that i he county superintendent shall he n expert or experienced educator? s he required to have any knowledge f. schools or of teaching? Is there ; nything to prohibit at illiterate from olding that office? He is not re uired to be competent to tpa^h, al hough by law he is required to give is teachers instruction in the art nd methods of teaching. ' Does thc ' ounty demand that its superinten ent be at least the equal of the super- j llendent in court house town? Tb be ? erfeclly plain and honest, have we1 ; ot had men elected and re-elected ] ; 3 the office of county superintendent ? ' 3 supervise the whole county, who ; , mid not have been elected to any po- , ition in the best schools of their | ounties? Manv of them would not ; ssay to teach in the best schools of ? leiv counties. They understand full ? -ell that thc public docs not expect ? ach fitness of them. That is our I lult, not theirs. The public mind I oes not think of a county superin- ( mdent as a man of education, ex- , erience, tact, and leadership in ; diool matters. It thinks of him as > man who listens to neighborhood uarrels about district lines, o nd i yout the appointment and removal of ? nistees, and who sits in his office j tie day in the week to sign teachers' i ay warrants. i In speaking thus of incompetent >unty superintendents, I have no in- : ?ntion whatever of being personal. < am happy to count among my best 1 riends in the State many of the '< lunty superintendents. Many of I lem are competent and efficient men, ' icriflcing themselves on the altar of 1 a unappreciative public, for their 1 ?ward is contemptible. We ask for- 1 '-two qualified men to direct over 200 teachers, to act as guardians for ; 14,000 children, and to keep and to s Isburse ncarlv a million and a half } ?llars; we ofter them an average of : 584, an insult to an efficient man ! s he city of Greenville has convinced self that it is economy to pay its ' iperintendent $1.800 a year to sup- ' ?vise the work of 44 teachers; while f reenville county pays its superiten- ( mt $700 to supervise 275 teachers. ' iimter pays its city superintendent ' ?,400 a year to direct 30 teachers, 1 uniter county offers its superinten- 1 ?nt $000 to direct about 150 teach- ! "s. It is a source of wonder why we < ive' ns many efficient county super- ' tendents as we have. All honor to ] ie competent man patriotic enough 1 . serve his county on a contempt:ble lary! But shame upon a people ho compel patriotism to crawl in the ist! 1 know that wc have some people bo claim that our schools are al* ia Savings Department Pays 4^ interest on all accounts in this department, compounded every six months, January and July. Capital and Surplus $5bu}000.00. GO TO SEE HAELING & BYKD Before insuring elsewhere, Wegrepresenf; the Bes! Old Line Companies. HARLlflG & BYRD* At The Farmers Bank of Edgefleld Malee Summer COOKIN? EASY GET A BLUE FIAME OIL Std VE. IVs Guarantee them to Please You* ^ Jones & Son We also sell Fruit Jars, EjaUji^Mgfers, "Extra Tops and Jelly Tumblers. Ct?l o? 'us w3?h?n?> us. ^^?fev THE ?.H:O, E want an engine that runs ?ike a top, smoothly and uninterrupt edly. If an engine balks or stops and you have to fool away your time to find out tb? cause, you don't want that engine because it means a waste of time and energy. -:- -:- -: are so p rac tipij and so simple that when you st?rt them they run until you stop them whether you are watching or not. Naffer qut of repair; don't w^stc fud Caf! op us and we will gladly explain %t good points of the I. H. C eugine. <. -:- -t , - rim' i iE? tMo ready too much supervised. That de pends entirely upon what is meant by supervision. If it means the constant meddling in petty details, or the jealous interference Avith teachers in matters concerning only themselves, or the insistence upon teachers be coming cheap'imitators of a fad fiend superintendent, then perhaps wc have too much. But if supervision means the readiness and ability to assist the teacher, the power to in spire her, the tact to prune and re fine and strengthen her, and the man hood to sustain her (and it nsuallv does), then I dissent vehemently. All over the State we have young men and women who as teachers ought to succeed, but who are failing because they have no one to advi.se them and to support them in the crucial mo ments of trial. This" is especially true in the rural and village schools. Is It any wonder that the young teach ers flock to the towns? The rural schools must have better supervison. Nearly seventy per cent. )f the white school children of this State are in the' rural schools. They ire entitled to as good and as close supervision as are any other children. Proper supervision can not be given ?S long as we multiply the one-teach er schools with fifteen pupils each, ind permit the popular election of supervisors at a salary of $684. On i salary of $684 what can a county superintendent do toward the real supervision of 150 teachers scattcied ill over the county, in perhaps 100 school houses ? . Require that the county superin endpnt be an expert educator, let lira be appointed by a board and re sponsible to that board, keep him in >fT'ce as long as he is efficient and pav .ira an expert's salary. We shall ind the men prepared to do the vork. Then we shall stop frittering iway the schcol fund, increase the fund, and wc shall get results. Soon ?r or later our pepolc are going to .'oiric to look at this matter some what as did Hon. John J. McMahan n his report for 1000. There were In Spain In 1901 only 861 electric power stations, of whlci 651 were for-public lighting and 210 for private lighting. NOTES FROM ACROSS SEAS New South Wales has a surplu uearly $S,500,000 for the year. Turkey imports nearly $2,000, worth of paper of all kinds each y A Polish firm is building the : beet sugar factory in Manchuria, 1 Harbin. Switzerland has voted to pron the manufacture, sale and impo: tion of absinthe. Flour milling in Brazil is stea< ousting the flour of others countries, on which Brazil was formerly de pendent. Rome's Municipal?Council has de cided by a vote of 57 to 3 to abolish all religious teaching in the elemen tary schools. Japan's Government expense for education is $7,000,000 a year. Mu- . nicipalities also spend liberally for this purpose. Experiments are being made with j new machinery on the Chilean.nitrate . acids which are expected to decrease the cost of production fifty per cent. New Zealand's revenue during the financial year just closed was $45, 000,000 and the expenditures reached as $41,000,000, leaving a surplus of $4,- fi 000,000. " ' ~' Great Britain imports about $140, 000,000 worth of timber, wood and manufactures thereof yearly, pf which the United States supples about $22, 000,000 worth. So much dissatisfaction is felt in Germany 'about the Government's aaval Dlans that the seceders from the Navy League of Germany are expect ed'to number 140,000. Since 1895-95 the allowance for the support of the Imperial House hold of Japau has remained at $1, 5 00,000 a year, in spite o? the great progress of the country. THE COW'S INCOME. The average dairy cow costs $30 px?r year to feed. It is easy to figure., out that if the Income from the sale of her nvilk does not exceed this amount, the cow is clearly not pay ing her way. The only satisfactory: method of determining thia quotion is by weighing the milk and testing the per cent, of butter fat lt contain* by the Babcock test A cow that doos not pay takes up just as mut roca an a profitable one. Sell .her for towf,-Farmen Host Journal. 3