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ws of Interest Gleaned Fro. Arranged Fer . Election Returns Canvassed. I Columbia, Special.-According to official, returns as tabulated and blared by the State board ?f cau sers, the total vote, for the Demo- ; itie electoral ticket at the election November 3, .1908, was 62^89;. for fe Republican ticket, 3,847; for the idependence League ticket 43, and )r the Socialist ticket .101, This is total vote of about 67,000, slight more than half the total number votes cast in the Democratic pri electdon in August. The largest Republican 1 vote was st in Orangeburg county, 405, with rleston second, 347; K Beaufort, 272; Richland, fourth, 236; srkeley, fifth, 235. The largest Democratic vote was ^st by Spartanburg, 4,162; with iville secpnd, 2,774; Orangeburg, Std 2,6S7; Lexington fourth, 2,508, ltd Anderson Laurens and.Mari on sh casting over two thousand votes the Democratic ticket. Elsctorial Vote by Counties.' , Dem. Rep. Ind. Soc. jbeville . zen .. . iderson aberg .. iwell ., l?fort .. rkeley .. klhoun .. larleston. lerokee .. lester .. iesterfteld larendon .. plleton .. rliagton. porchester ?gefield .. rairfield ... lorene* .. argetown snville .. greenwood ?pton. .. torry ... lershaw .. lcaster;.. 9 4S ington .. Larion .. larlboro .. ?ewberry ,i. conce .. .. mgeburg ickens .. richland .. fa?nda .. spartanburg . sumter .'. .. Inion .. Williamsburg fork .. .. . .1,481 . .1,990 i . 2,099 .. 843 ..1,407 .. 522 ..' 609 .. 669 . .1,814 . .1,503 ..1,368 . .1.45S . .1,091 ..1,399 ..1,279 833 . .1,097 .. 830 . .1,460 . 544 ..2,774 . 1,765 . .1,138 . .1.247 .. 922 ..1,?29 ..2,160 .. 963 . .2,508 . .2,007 916 ..1,6S1 . .1,126 ..2,687 .1,241 ..^750 . .1.385 . 4,162 -/ 225 ..1,228 175 : .1,339 49 .1,550 180 . .1,606 29 33 SS 272 365 54 3?7 66 37 47 62 91 . 21 103 8 12 28 10S 176 18 56 45 53 61 53 SO 91 16 44 172 405 56 236 8 -1 43 26 28 10 18 1 5 Total .. ..62,2S9 3,847 45 97 Kiding Breaks up Fish Pry. Abbeville. Special.-A negro wo jiaan named Adams was placed in jail lhere charged with killing another ne Jgro -woman named Hall at Monterey, fin this county. The- negro women of a'.church in that section were giving a fish fry for the benefit of the pas tor, and among the attendants on these divihe services was a gaily dressed gentlma? of color, one of the leading society men in a nearby town. The women, quite naturally, had a little difficulty among themselves as to who should show the gentleman into supper and do the honoris." As a result a general fight took place in which the Hall woman was stabbed to death: The-'woman Adams was severely cut and six or eight others more or less severely wounded. The society man escaped during the fes tivities, i Spartanburg Store Bobbed. Spartanburg, Special.-^The cloth ing store of the Floyd L. Liles Com pany on west Main street was enter ed by professional burglars here some time Wednesday night and rob bed of goods amounting in value to several hundred dollars. They en tered a door at the rear of the build ing by removing the lock by use of a brace and bit and lifted from its hinges a second door encountered Breaking up Blind Tigers. Aiken, Special.-Vigilent efforts are being made by the constabulary officers of this comity in an effort to break up the blind tigers that are alleged to infest the Edisto river swamps. The officers,- Cato, Samuels and D. H. Wallace, returned to the .city last;week from Merritt's bridge, where they made ' a successful haul Bringing with them a large copper still that appeared to be new. Sun day night the officers paid a visit to the -vicinity and found a quantity of "mash" but the still was conspic ionsly absent. ? . .. , Fake Pretences - Alleged. Lexington, Special.-F. L. Rich m, a white man, was lodged in jail here upon a warrant sworn out by the Citizens' Bank, of Batesburg, charging him with obtaining money amounting to $1.093 under false-pre tenses. Richardson's brother, an at torney from Greenwood and R. T. Jayncs, cf Walhalla, are here for thc purpose of trying to settle the mat ter amicably to all parties. Bendering is Refused. Columbia, Special.-The supreme court dismissed the petition for a ; rehearing in the case of the State j against Sam Hamilton. The defen f. dant was convicted in Pickens county \and sentenced for burglary and lar ceny and the attorneys asked for a rehearing of the case, already de cided by the court, on thc ground that one cf the charges in the warrant had been dropped and. was afterwards considered by the State. The peti tion was? dismissed, however. ITA NEWS ITEMS n Alf Sections of the State and Busy Readers I Farmers Axe Asked to Meet. Columbi?. Spacial. - Superinten dent of Education Martin has sent to the county superintendents .of education a letter calling attention 'to the request of the .country life commission with regard to the dis cussion of questions sent out by the commission and adding some sugges tions of his own. That meetings be held for tbb consideration of these questions is suggested by the commis sion and Mr. Martin adds that these meetings, if held, might also serve' other good purposes. His letter is as follows: ' November 23, 1908: To the County Superintendents of Education : Allow me to call your attention to {he request of "the com mission on country life" that patrons of schools hold meetings before De cember 5 to discuss the questions named-by said commission. Such meetings will accompish a great amount of good. Whenever the peo ple begin to consider questions which .vitally affect their life and interest, good results will be forthcoming. In addition to discussions suggest ed these meetings might be returned to practical account by starting move ments for new school buildings, local taxes and libraries. Hundreds of libraries should be established or en larged within the next month. Many of the library books treat the sub jects now being considered by the commission. Please urge your teach ers i and trustees to send in their orders for libraries' before the close of the year.7 Orders coming in after January 1 will have to wait for arr other legislative appropriation. If you have not sent in your supple mentary report please do so. at once. ' v Sincerely yours, O. B. MARTIN, State Superintendent of Education. - Aft ir Federal Prisoner. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel telegraphed Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia, requesting him to hold James Boulware. a Federal prisoner rn thc United States prison at At lanta, whose" term is about expired and who is wanted in Fairfield coun ty, this State on the charge of mur der. Thc request is made at the sug gestion of Sheriff Hood, of Fairfield. Boulware was sent to the Federal prison on the charge of robbing: the mails, and it is said that while out on bond in this^case he killed a ne gro in "Fairfield, and'a true , bill has been found against him by the grand jury. Expenses of Election are now Being Filed. Columbia Special;-Practically all of the bills for the November general election have been filed with Comp troller General Jones only one or two counties being out. It is thought that there will bc a": small remsin der after all ! ojf the bills are paid, but, in cluding the ,newspaper advertising, the general election cost about $24, 000. There was an appropriation of $4.000 for advertising the election notices in the newspapers and the gen eral assembly appropriated $20,400 Jfor the election. Monument to Confederates. Edgefield, Special.-The monument erected by the Daughters of the Con federacy to the unknown dead buried here was unveiled Thursday . after noon. Rev. T. P. Burgess opened the exercises with prayer, and introduced Dr. C. E. 'Burris, who delivered an eloquent addressl Mr. .Simkins read an original poem, "Unknown," by -Rev. Mr. Burgess. Four Daughters j then unveiled the shaft. The entire I exercises were beautiful and appro j priate. Five Prisoners Escape. Lexington, Special.-Tuesday morn ing about 8' o'clock thc entire force of hands on the county chain rang, which is located in the Dutch Fork, near Wyse's Ferry, made a dash for .liberty and six out of twenty-six [prisoners succeeded in making their . escape, and up to a late hour at night j had not been captured.' Particulars . are meagre, and nothing definite has been learned. Terrible Tragedy at Winona. Florence, Special.-News has just reached this city of a terrible tragedy which occurred at Winona, in the eastern section of the county. John Haynes, a white farmer, living "on Mr. Nathan Gibson's plantation, made a desperate ajttempt to kill his* wife . and wiole''. family with a shot gun. Henry Moore, who went to their assistance, .was shot in the leg : by Haynes, who then turned the gun upon himself and blew out his brains. Particulars are meagre and only these facts can be obtained. Converse Teacher Accidentally Shot. Spartaribrirg, Special.--Miss Elsie Dorst, of Cincinnati, teacher of vocal culture at* Convers? college in this city, was shot and painfully, though not seriously wounded by a little negro boy who was carelessly handl ing .a small rifle. Miss Dorst with another member of Converse faculty was walking down the suburbs of the city near the home of ex-Gov. John Gary Evans, when the accident oc curred. Annapolis Bi-Centennial. Annapolis, Md., Special.-A street pagent was the spectacular feature of Monday's programme at thc cele bration of the bi-centennial of An napolis. Many marines and 'sailors, Naval Academy and St. John's Col lege cadets, civic organizations and State militia companies, were in line, as wejl as several clabortc floats and bauds. Suspicion is the poison of friend ship.-St. Augustine. -Seaaon's cleverest carte PfiOSPERITY WAVE FELT II Railroads Plan Gigantic Impn Dollars-National Prospe; \ No More Work t The certain return of prosperil in the news of the past week. . From all over the country have factoi'ies after ten months of cessai the employment of thousands of me ing to do. While only a short while ago m to-day they are rushed with work a who apply. Railroads are feeling the Alude planning to expend millions of dolla been a loosening up of the money ni gigantic projects contemplated are 1 Correspondents send in glowir manufacturing centres. In the No? everywhere there are signs of better One positive evidence of. the inc in the disbandment of the National F Its chairman, E. C. Simmons, exp] swiftly returning, there is no more w News of a Week T Lviden Washington, D. C -Reports re ceived by the International Brother hood of Operative Potters during the week indicated a general opening up of work everywhere in that industry. The force at the Riverside-Pottery at Wheeling, W. Va., has been greatly increased, and the firm ls getting or ders in a Bteady stream. The Dresden Pottery is working at full force. The Klondike Pottery will have no slack time this winter, its employes having all they can do. The Sebring Pottery, at Seorlng, O., has had the busiest November it has known in years. It is expected that the American China Company, of To ronto, will operate steadily to. the year's end. The Union Buffalo Cotton Mills, of Union, S. C., which is said to operate more looms than any other textile corporation in the South, received such a rush of orders that it will be obliged to run all of Its three.im mense plants to their fullest capacity. This sets going 17,000 spindles and SOO looms, which were idle during the summer. The mills employ 2000 men and women. The Fates & Jenks Machine Com pany, of Pawtucket, R. L. employing 400 hands, began working on-a flfty five-hour-a-week schedule. The fac tory had been running on half time. The Easton & Burnham Machine Company, of Pawtucket, R. I., started its factory on full time, after running on short time during the summer. It employs 100 men. Lumbermen of Tifton, Ga., report thafr all the mills are booked with enough or.ders to keep them going full tilt for three mouths. Some are declining orders until March 1. The American Tobacco Company agreed to taka seventy-five per cent of the 60.000,000 pounds of tobacco of the Burley Leaf Tobacco Society, The deal involves $10,000,000. After a shut-down of six months, the Illinois Steel Company reopened four of its plants at South Chicago, 700 men being put to work. Several additional furnaces, requiring 500 men, will be blown at once. Prominent railroad men, including Donald G. Reid, of the Rock Island,; and- E. C. Converse, of the Baldwin Locomotive Work8- and the United States Steel Corporation started the organization of a $2,000,000 corpora tion to manufacture steel. Most of the bonds have been subscribed. The works will be located near Gary, Ind. Contracts were awarded by the Crescent Steel and Wire Company to construct a new plant at New Cor nerstown, Ohio. Invention of Gveat Importance to/ Ironclads Exhibited in Germany. Charlottenbur*':, Germany.-At a j meeting of the League of German Naval Architects, Dr. Anschuetz kaempfe, of Kiel, exhibited a compass without a magnetic needle/which has just been invented.-' It is in*the form of a gyroscope, which, when susnend ed In a certain way, always adjusts itself parallel to the earth's axis. The invention ls regarded as of preat importance to Ironclads, where the compass needle ls frequently de flected by the adjacent metal. ' - The Labor World. Mnoq np ?uuad u jo saScM. ut aou^Apis j nu joj puutnop raspea SA?q sjanjof. puB sj?}uedJU3 (puBiSn^) ESEUH/AS The new liability bill of New Zea- j land provides that every worker who a party to a strike shall bs liable to a 550 fine. By a referendum vote the Poster j Artists' Association of America baa ! decided to affiliate with the American j Federation cf Labor. A iTisuute having n risen ie tb? ? plumbing trj"le at GIPS?"*-. Scotland. | the master plumbers decided to issue i notices of a lockout. ING CONFIDENCE ion by Davenport, in the New York H COUNTRY'S INDUSTRIES. )vements Costing Millions of rlty Association, Having io Do, Disbands. ty is eloquently indicated in items ! come reports of thc reopening of lion. Whirring machinery tells of in and wo m on who have had not h. tills were ranning on half time, ind are giving employment to all lin-I i kc touch of prosperity and are irs upon improvements. There has lai'ket so that funds to carry on the ;o be had readily, ig reports of conditions in all the .tinvest, tlie South, the East . times. ' , iprovement in conditions is given .rosperity Association, of St. Louis, iained that now that prosperity is . ork for the organization to do. hat Shows' ice of Better l imes The United States Steel Corpora tion decided to erect a $3,000,000 plant at Moneasen, Pa., in the Mo nongahela Valley. The Schoen Steel Company, of Pittsburg, announced that it would take'on SOO more men anft spend $1, 500.000 in-improvements. The National Tube Works, of Mc Keesport, Pa., placed its plant on full time. The Westinghouse Electric Company put all its departments on full time. The Republic Iron and Steel Com pany, of Pittsburg, ordered every one of its furnaces run to full capacity. Every spindle in the cotton mills of Midham and New London counties. Conn., has been started up, and the mills are rushed with orders. The American Woolen Company's mills at Moosup. Conni; are prepar ing to run full-.time, after a had pe riod in which less than half time waa worked. The Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, of Chicago, which suspend ed because of the financial conditions, started to reorganize, and it is expect ed to resume within a few weeks. Mills of the International Paper Company, at Berlin, N. H., idle for three months, reopened with a re duced force. J. D. Farrell, of Seattle. Wash., representative of E. H. ^Harrlman, in the Pacific Northwest, has been called to New York. Financiers and con tractors say that railroad construc tion work on a scale heretofore un known is atout to be Inaugurated in the Pacific Northwest. The North Coast, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Harriman system are the three factors in the spending of mill ions for a dominant position in Pu get Sound and Northwest ?Coast. Officials of the Lackawanna Rail road announced that improvements costing $25,000,000 will be begun soon. Plans have been drawn for the extension of the road to Chicago. The electrification of the suburban lines is contemplated. Generally, th* shipment of curren cy, gold and silver to financial insti tutions ia.rural districts b?gins to de cline in Novenibj?r, in accord with the slackening of trade and tifie- receipt of money from abroad on grain and cot ton exportations. But confidential re ports of the St. Louis reserve agents show that the shipments to all cen tres in the South and West are al most as large as last month. To the growing trade and invigorating in dustry is attributed the ectivlty. Conditions in the whole South show remarkable improvement. Dancing. Masters Solve Problem of Clingsome Drapery. Paris.-Women are now wearing skirts so tight that old-fashioned dances are impossible, and it became imperative to devise means to meet the crisis. If", the present styles re sulted in stopping dancing they would deprive the dancing masters of a live lihood. < , They met. resolved and forthwith decreed that waltzes, polkas and all c/.her dames be danced with shorter steps un lil fashion gives women frew ute of their lower limbs. i The World of Sport. Yale has thirty-five candidates for positions In the hockey team. W. K. Vanderbilt heads the list of wincing owners on the French turi with a total of S2C3.640. Arthur Curtiss .lames has been named to succeed Cornelius Valider- I Hit as eoTinncdcre of the New York Yacht Club. There is going to bs a bitter fight totrestore racing at Hot Springs. Ark. The business m?n Infra have com bined irv favor of the sport, ard thar Rivy th5>- hope to be successful in their efforis. Postmaster General Makes a Series of Recommendations ALSO POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS Postmaster General Meyer, in His Arnual Report, Recommends . to Congress the Trial of Both Those Features For Many Reasons. Washington, Special.-In his an nual report for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 190S, Postmaster General Meyer gives the total receipts for the year as $191,478,063 and expendi tures as' $208,351,SS6. thereby show ing a deficit of $16,873.222, the larg est in the history of the department, with an additional loss from fire, burglary, etc., of $37,056. The de ficit of 1909, it is estimated, agair vail exceed $16,000,000. Attention is particularly called to a number of improvements in busi ness methods of the department as tending to its advantage and the sav ing of' considerable amoupts. Recom mendation is again made for the crea tion of the position of director of posts, at a high salary, and who shall hold office during good behavior, the object being to have a continuity of policies for the benefit o fthe postai service and the people of the United States. Necessity of Good Roads. The necessity for good roads is pointed out in connection with the development of the rural free deliv ery service. It is suggested that should Congress grant the depart ment authority to utilize rural routes still further by the establishment of a limited parcel post confined entire ly tc rural delivery routes, if would then be possible to earn additional revenue amounting to millions of dol lars and at the same time benefit the farmer by enabling him to have mer chandise delivered when ordered by telephone or postal card, which other wise would not be purchased. "Th? special parcel post,*' says the Post master general "will enable the far mers lo have small parcels delivered at their gates, to live better and to obtain easily thc necessaries of life." Perii'issipn is requested to establish, experimentally a limited parcel pose in not to exceed four counties in or der to demonstrate the practicability of tne plan. Tho Postmaster General again urges legislation permitting the es tablishment of postal savings banks or depositaries in connection with postoffices. Stamp-Vending Machines. Experiments with stamp-vending machines, says the Postmaster Gen eral, are still being conducted, with every prospect that the defects which developed in the preliminary tests will add immeasurably tu the public convenience. The campaign of education in the school houses in matters pertaining to the ordinary operation of the pos tal service, so as to emphasize the importance of careful addressing, the placing of the name and address of the sender on envelopes, etc., is rec ommended to be continued, so as to save hundreds of thousands of let ters and packages from going to the dead letter office, each year, as is now thc case. . A marked improvement in the ef ficiency of the service is noted by the Postmaster General which, he says, is due to the policy of retain ing postmasters of all grades whose records have been satisfactory. He believes, however, that the appoint ments of second and third class post masters should lie'with the Postmas ter General, as is now the practice with fourth-class offices. This, he says, would reserve to the President the appointment of postmasters at the more important offices and relieve him of a vast amount of routine work that is a tax upon his time. Remote Stations Advocated. The Postmaster General puts him self on record as being decidedly op posed to the law which prohibits the establishment of postal stations more than five miles beyond the corporate limits of a city, although he says, no such restrictions exists with reference to the extension of the free delivery service. The department, he declares, should not be placed in the position of being able to deliver mail from door to door and at the same time of being forbidden to supply thc district so served with the other usual postal conveniences. Tho repeal of the law complained of is urged. Times-Democrat's Estimate of Crop is 12,800 000 Bales. Njvy Orleans, Special.-The Times Democrat's estimate on the cotton crop of 190S is 12,S00,000 bales. Twenty-Five Bodies Out. Pittsburg, Special.-Twenty-five bodies, all but two of them horribly mutilated, were taken Sunday from the mine of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal company at Marianna, forty miles south of here, where an ex plosion occurred Saturday, killing many men and casting into gloom what was until then considered the model mining town of tho world. Immigration Fund Short. Wcshngton, Special.-Congress- will face a deficit in thc immigration fund by reason of the extraordinary ex penditures by the immigration com mission, which has boen carrying on its work under an indefinite ap propriation. Thc money to defray thc expenses of the commission which has b^en conducting investiga: lions into all phases of the immigra tion question, has been drawn fren thc regular immigration fund. Will Always -be exactly as represented. -have a construction as nearly perfect, as skill ed workmen ofthree generations with "sixty-five years experience can make them, -give that satisfaction and durability which honest construction insures, -have that air of perfection in those minor details which either make or mar a vehicle. -be so built as to insure user of the pleasure, comfort and the service, known and experienced only in the Babcock Vehicles -uphold the Babcock reputation of sixty years for building The Vehicles That Satisfy -be over enthusiastically described -give that endless trouble to the users which arises "XTzitrnv *rom ???r construction y Xl ti V til -look and wear like those built "one every minute' fi -lack proper proportions, completeness of details and ^ good taste -prove excessive in their prices -disappoint you, they are sold as, you have a right to * expect them to be, and they are The Vehicles That * Satiuty. Will JJ. H. Coskery., Augusta? Ga AND READY TO SERVE YOD. Mens Suits and Overcoats, Boys Suits and overcoats. IN ?UE LADIES DEPARTMENT The most complete line of Ladies Tailored I Suits, Shirt Waists, Skirts and Raincoats ever brought South. Call and take advantage of the waiting rooms we have provided for the ladies. Look for the New Store". The J. Willie Levy Co. 822 Broad Street, Augusta, QeorgSa. Cotton is Cheap But our goods are marked very low which also enables you to purchase a large quantity of merchandise with a small sum. Our stock is chock full of CLOTHING! Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions and Millinery Goods. These goods wore bought right and will be sold right. We can clothe and shoe the meo,, aod supply tho ladies with stylish dress goods and hats at very moderate prices. Full stock of stylish millinery. We invite our Edgefield friends to call to see us when in the city. It will be a pleas ure to show you through our stock. Augusta Bee Hive, Abe Cor en, Prprietor. 916-918 Broad St, Augusta. Georgia. ew Low Rates Uri $1000 Insurance J Agent, Edgefseld, S. C. We Carry a Large Stock of Tin, Rubber, Tar Paper Roofing, Hard Wood Mantels, Grates and Tiles, Parian House Paints. Black, and galvanized corrugated iron, tar and rosin sized building paper; Tin Shingles, etc. Estimates cheerfully furnished on tin roofing, gutters, etc, galvanized iron cornices, and skylights. lOCf? Broad St., Augusta, Ga David Slusky, JUST? RECp^ED; Two. car loads of Brick. One car of Lime, One car of Cement,, One car C. S. Meal and Hulls. I have also just received 125 dry call batteries i er Gasoline engines. I solicit your patronage.