The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, June 15, 1905, Image 1
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Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor.
AIKEN, S. a THU RSDA V
BOYCOTT A MENAGE
Exporters -Appeal to Roose
velt to Pacify China.
HEAVY LOSS THREATENED
Shippers A*k Modification of Exclu
sion Laws Only Means of
Satisfactorily Adjusting
the Matter.
MAYOR STILL SLASHING.
Philadelphia Chief Executive Wields
Ax on Necks of Seventy-Nine
City Employees.
President Roosevelt held a confer
ence at the white house Monday with
about thirty members of the American
Asiatic Association representing the
cotton textile industry and the iron
and steel trade of the United States.
The delegation entered a formal pro
test against such an enforcement o.
the Chinese exclusion laws, as might
Imperil the export trade of /his coun
try with China. It was pointed out
that the commercial organizations of
China were threatening to boycott
American made goods, especially cot
ton and steel products, unless ar
rangements were made whereby Chi
nese merchants, students, literary men
and travelers could enter the United
States without the serious difficulty
which they now encounter. The Chi
nese urge that members of the class
es which, under olir exclusion laws,
are permitted to enter the United
States, are often subjected to incon
venience and humiliation by the im
migration officials and ask for more
rational treatment of the exempted
classes of their countrymen.
The delegation was headed by John
Ford of New York, secretary of the
American Asiatic Association, wu*
made an address, in which he said:
"Mr. President: The American'Asl-
atic Association is an organization
formed to co-operate with this gov
ernment in malntajning and defending
the trade and treaty rights of the Uni
ted States in the countries of East
ern Asia. Individually the members
of this delegation speak for the cot
ton textile industry of the United
Stakes, representing $500,000,000 of in
vested capital and 350,000 wage earn
ers, whose prosperity and welfare are
today absolutely dependent on the re
tention of the market for the products
of that Industry which have been
opened in China; they speak for a*'
least one department of the still great
er iron and steel Industry of the Urf*.-
ed States; they speak for a branch of
our export trade which is growing
more rapidly than any other a
whose value In the current fiscal year
will probably exceed fifty million dol
lars.
^“The. occasion of_this, .visit is to
fcvite your attention to the present
unsatisfactory character of our rela
tions with the Chinese empire and
the conditions growing out of those
which directly threaten the continu
ance of a profitable and highly essen
tial part of our commerce. The
friendly character of these relations
has been of late adversely affected by
the absence of a satisfactory immi
gration treaty between the United
States and China and by the dissao
isfaction of the mercantile class in
China with what they conceive to be
the unjust and oppressive operation of
the rules idopted and enforced by the
immigration officers of the Unlteo
States in dealing with those of their
countrymen whom our laws declare
entitled to visit his country."
DATE OF PAYMENT CHANGED.
Secretary Shaw Issues Notice to Na
tional Banks.
The secretary of the treasury Mon
day announced that the payment of
the second installment of Hie public
deposits called from the depository
banks will not be required on July
1, the date named in the call, but
may be made by the banks at any
time on or before July lo.
The purpose of this ehanga is to
separate the transfer of funds of the
treasury from the heavy payment's
of dividends and Interest failing due
on the 1st of July.
ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW O. K.
New Statute Held to Be Constitution
al by Indiana Judge.
Judge James Leathers of the Mar
ion coqnty superior court in Indian
apolis, Thursday, decided 'in the case
of the state against W. W. Lowry,
Indicted for smoking a cigarette, that
the anti-cigarette law passed by thu
last legislature is constitutional, ex
cept wherein it may conflict with the
interstate commerce law. Smokers
may Import cigarettes. from other
states and smoke them, but it is
held unlawful to sell ’or give them
away. Mr. Lowry is discharged.
A PhiladelpKa special says: The
principal dep^lopnients j n the local
political >^uation Monday was the
jigffiPnon of Samuel Salter, as as
iistunt to the chief clerk in the. office
of the county commissioners and The
Issuing of an order for the dismissal
of sixty-five employees in the bureau
of city property and 14 in the elec
trical bureau.
Probably the most interesting de
velopment was the resignation of Sal
ter, who, some years ago, after be
ing a fugitive from Justice for about
a jear, returned to the city, and wa’s
acquitted of the charge of stuffing a
ballot box. In his resignation, which
came as a surprise to the citizens 'of
the city, Salter stated that he intend
ed to go mto business.
The election fraud case with which
Salter’s name was linked was one ot
the most sensational in the annals of
ballot box crimes in the city. Sal
ter, who had been a member of the
legislature and who was serving as a
deputy coroner, was arrested in No
vember, 1899, along with six or seven
others, some of whom lived in Wash
ington, D. C., charged with conspir
acy in pacing 215 fraudulent votes
in a ballot box. They entered ball
and then fled. The ball was torfelted
after a long fight in the courts, and,
when execution for the bail was about
to be issued, Salter and some of the
accused men returned.
Mayor Weaver was, at that tim«*,
district attorney, and he prompt*
brought Salter to trial. The jury
rendered a verdict of acquittal. A
curious feature of the case was that
one of the defendants subsequently
indicted with Salter gave himself up,
pleaded guilty to conspiracy and was
sentenced to one year. He was free’d
before the other fugitives returned,
but could not be found when wanted
as a witness.
After Salter’s acquittal city coun
cils created the position of assistant
to the chief clerk of the county com
missioners, and Salter was -appointed
to the place at a salary of $2,000 S
year. One of the duties of the county
commissioners Is to prepare the elcc
tion parapherna ,i *> of toe city. After
the uprising agunist the gas lease sub
sided some of the Philadelphia pa
pers asked the county commissioners
to remove Salter, but they took no
action. Salter’s resignation Monday,
the commissioners say, came to them
voluntarily.
The order for the dismissal of Co
men from the bureau of city properV
was not unexpected. The mayor has
issued ap order that all employees not
reede.i shm.ld—to dJEiw'gcssA-
dismissal will mean a saving to the
city of more than $41,000 a year.
Mayor Weaver has another contest
with councils. This time it is ove.
the granting to the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company of franchises lo op
erate surface cars on an additional
110 miles of streets without the city
receiving any compensation. The
bills granting the franchise were pass
ed and vetoed by the mayor.
B3TH SIDES AGREE
Russia and Japan Will Now
Select Peace Envoys.
PROSPECTS GROW BRIGHTER
Representatives to Be Selected by the
Two Governments May Meet in
Washington—Cza r and Mikado
Announce Willingness to
Discuss Terms t>f
Indemnity.
OFFER FORMALLY ACCEPTED.
Cassini Calls Upon Roosevelt With
Official Message From Czar.
A Washington special says: Official
assurance that the president s effort
to bring Russia and Japan togei
toward petce will be crowned with
success was brought to the white
house Monday by Count Cassini, tT-'e
Russian ambassador, who called by np
pointment and in the name of Em
peror Nicholas, formally accepted the
president’s ••offer of good will.
The following official statement re
garding the conference was issued
at the white house:
‘‘Ambassador Cassini has called to
express the Russian government's as
sent to the president’s proposition and
to state that they would appoint plen
ipotentiaries to meet the plenipoten
tiaries of Japan to discuss the ques
tion of peace. The place of meeting
is at present being discussed. ’
The Associated Press has definite
knowledge that both the. Russian and
Japanese governments have accepted
President Roosevelt’s suggestion and
that a meeting of representatives of
tho two contending powers is assured.
From an authoritative official source
it is also learned that it has been
practically determined that the pleni
potentiaries for the determination of
peace terms will hold their sessions
in Washington.
It was stated at the foreign office
in St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon
that Russia Is ready to appoint rep
resentatives to hear the Japanese pro
posals on being informed that' Japan
is nominating representatives for this
purpose.
Practically, although not formally, an
armistice can be said to exist, Russia
awaits Japan’s notification, the namV
of her plenipotentiary and the place
of meeting, as upon the place will de
pend the appointment of Russia's
representative, with the naming of tiie
plenipotentiaries a limited suspension
of hostilities will be formally declared.
From the conversation of an official
of the foreign office with Mie Associa
ted Press it is not certain whether
Russia will send a formaly reply to
President Roosevelt's appeal, the em
peror’s assurance to Ambassador Mey
er of his willingness to negotiate be
ing deemed sufficiently official.
"We cannot select our plenipo'en-
tiarles.’’ the official said, “until Japan
has indicated the place for negotia
tion. In order to avoid delay, in the
event Washington Is selected. Count
Cassini, or possibly Baron Rosen, if
he-could arrive in time, may act for
Russia. If Manchuria is selected, Gen :
eral Llnevltch may be the representa
tive of Russia, but it does not neces
sarily follow that either of them would
conduct the negotlalions to the end,
as the first question to be determined
is whether a basis is had on the prin
cipal terms. If they are considered to
afford a basis for the conclusion ol
peace a regular set of plenipotentia
ries may bS appointed and the nego
tiations may proceed in the custo
mary way.”
The official with whom the corre
spondent of the Associated Press talk
ed was by no means sanguine that Ja
pan couid offer an acceptable basis
for negotiations.
A Toklo special says: Japan has
agreed to President’s Roosevelt’s sug
gestion to appoint plenipotentiaries to
meet Russian plenipotentiaries. No
further details of the Mikado’s inten
tions have, as yet, been given out.
The czar's government would pre
fer that Paris should be the scene of
the Initial step, but it is explained
to the Associated Press that neither
the place nor the personality of the
Russian representatives matters ver>
greatly.
The Russian representative will no?
be a plenipotentiary with full power to
negotiate. His duty will practically be
confined to the reception and trans
mission to his government, whatever
action is taken.
While proffering all aid In his power,
it is well understood here that the
president, having serving to bring the
representatives of the warring coun
tries face to face, believes it would be
to the best interests of all concerneu
that he step aside. The United States,
It Is recognized here, desires to keep
all the powers out of temptation when
the spoils of war come to be divided.
STATISTICIAN ORDERED HOME.
Presence of Mr. Hyde Needed at
Washington Because of the ‘^68^
A Washington dispatch says: The
inquiry into the charges that infor
mation regarding the condition of the
crops has “leaked’’ from the 'depart
ment of agriculture in advance of the
issuance of the reports has been shift
ed from Washington to some of the
larger cities of the country. In those
cities the seerer service agents are
making inquiries that are expected to
occupy several days. It Is not pos
sible to obtain at the department the
names of the firms or persons of
whom the inquiries are being made
or even the cities where they are lo
cated. A complete report of the whole
inquiry is not expected for a week
or ten days.
Secretary Wilson- confirmed the re
port Sunday night that John Hyde, the
statistician of the department of agri
culture, who left this country a few
days ago for Europe, had beeh di
rected to return to the United States
as early as possible.
“There is not the slightest breath
of suspicion against Mr. Hyde,'™ said
Secretary Wilson, “but it is prefera
ble that Mr. Hyde be at his office
at this time.” »
RUSSIAN PRESS BACKSLIDES.
After Howling for Peace Radical
Newspapers Are Now the Reverse.
The radical Russian press, which
hounds the government,- no matter
which way it turns, is promptly seek
ing to take advantage of the new sit
uation created by the possibility of
peace. Although for months It has
been preaching peace and the at>an-
donment of the whole of the Man
churian adventure at any cost, it has
already steered around and pretends
to be horrified at the fact that Russia
can contemplate the possibility of
surrendering her position on the Pa
cific and purchasing peace at the
price of an indemnity after the sacri
fice of millions of the people’s money
and thousands of the people’s lives,
and declares that only the people shall
decide whether the country shall sHU
mit to this humiliation.
SHIPS THEORETICALLY DONE UP.
Furious Blank Fire of Fcrts Too Much
for Maneuvering Squadron.
A Baltimore dispatch says: Admi
ral Dlckins did the unexpected thing
by making an early morning attack
on Fort Howard and the other local
fortifications and the battleship Tex
as, a cruiser and three torpedo de
stroyers were theoretically blown oiN
of the water by the artillerymen sta
tioned at Fort Howard.
TEN YEARS FOR BIGELOW.
AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER.
Three People Drowned ir Dash Thro'
an Open Draw Bridge.
Three persons were drowned and
two others narrowly escaped a like
fate Saturday night at Chicago wiien
an automobile, in which five were rid
ing, plunged into the Chicago river
through a draw of the Rush street
bridge.
Those drowned were: Jerome G.
Kurtzman, Chicago, manager for a
chemical company; Mrs. Jerome G.
Kurtzman; W. S. Hartley, manager of
an automobile house. A man and two
women were rescued.
BAN ON MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
CAMP CHASE MEMORIAL DAY.
Southern Flowers Strewn on the 2,300
Graves of Confederates.
Memorial services were held Satur
day afternoon at the confederate cem
etery at Camp Chase, a few miles
west of Columbus, Ohio, under the
auspices of Robert E. Lee chapter,
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Flowers were sent from many south
ern cities to 1 e strewn upon the 2.300
graves In the cemetery.
WOOD CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Bank Wrecker Pleads Guilty and Will
Don Prison Stripes.
In court at Milwaukee, Wis., Satur- |
day, Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting |
bank president, pleaded guilty to an
Indictment of ten counts, returned, by
the federal grand jury, charging vio
lations of the national bank law, and
was sentenced to ten years at hard ta
bor In the federal penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, the sentence to
date from noon Saturday*.
Grand Jury at Atlanta Indicts Well
Known Merchant.
Carey Wbod, veil known not only
In Atlanta, Ga., but extensively' ac
quainted commercially in the south, is
no longer an occupant of a cell in
the Fulton county jail as a suspect,
but is now being held on the. defined
charge of arson—that charge having
been made in a true bill by the Ful
ton county grand jury during its ses
sion Thursday morning.
Plumbers Object to Outsiders Selling
Material to the Public.
The National Association of Master
Plumbers, in session at Atlanta, pin
its ban on the mail order houses
which sell plumbing material and the
supply houses which furnish them
with material.
No offlolal statement was given oui
to this effect, as the matter was acted
upon in executive session, but the
opinion of those who diti not attend
but ought to know is that the asso-
slation did take such action.
STRIKE IS STILL IN EFFECT.
Once More Peace Plans In Chicago
Fall to Materialize.
Peace negotiations between the
teamsters and the State street mer
chants at Chicago, either individually
or collectively, are at an end, and
hereafter all meetings for the purpose
of bringing the strike lo a close must
be arranged through John W. Farwell,
chairman of the action committee df
the Chicago Employers’ association.
An acceptance In full of what offers
may be made by the employers tor a
pnlflpo- nff -b- ^
ing the Employers, the only avenues
by which the teamsters can get rid of
the fight.
CHINAMEN ARE TOO SLOW.
Contractors Won’t Use Them on the
Roads In Mexico.
Contractors on the Vera Cruz and
Pacific railroad have decided to ex
clude Chinamen from the ranks of
their laborers. They have experi
mented with them and find that, then
work is unsatisfactory.
The road has 3,000 men at work re
ballasting and constructing.
Planters along the line of the road
who used Chinese help also have beeTi
obliged to let them go. While the
Chinese do not shirk work or lay off,
they are very slow.
NOT TO RECOGNIZE NORWAY.
Sweden Determined That Her Di
vorced Partner Shall Suffer.
Aspecial from Stockholm, Sweden,
says: Premier Ramstedt in an inter
view says the Swedish government will
refuse to recognize the revolution In
Norway and will submit to the riks
dag motions conformable to this stand
point.
The premier thinks that the riks
dag will adopt this view and is Con
vinced that no foreign powers will
recognize Norway as an Independent
country against the will of Sweden.
SHOW STAND GOES DOWN.
Sixteen People Injured During Enter-
talnment at "101”’Ranch.
Fifty or more yards of the mile
and a quarter grandstand surround
ing the exhibition arena at the "101”
ranch collapsed In Oklahoma Sunday
evening, sixteen persons being more
or less seriously injured. The acci
dent was witnessed by the 30,000 spec
tators attending the entertainment.
Fiber Plant Destroyed by Fire.
The plant of the Ashland (WIs.)
Fiber company was destroyed by fire
Sunday. Loss $50,000; insurance $2b,
000.
SAD ENDING OF PICNIC.
Parents, at Family Gathering, See
Two Children Go to Watery Grave.
Ethel, the 11-year-old daughter, and
Olden, the 9-year-old son of K, P.
Wight of Cairo, Ga., were drowned
Wednesday afternoon in the Oclock-
nee river, near \\ alden bridge. The
family were holding their annual pic
nic and reunion. The children wadeu
beyond their depth and were drowned
before their pa rants could reach them.
PLUMBERS CLOSE CONVENTION.
Chicago Man Elected President anu
Atlantic City Gets Next Meeting.
By the unanimous vote of the con
vention of the National Association of
Master Plumbers at their last ses
sion in Atlanta Thursday afternoon,
and amid the liveliest enthusiasm, l .
J. Boyd of Chicago was elected
president for the ensuing year. At
lantic City, N. J., was selected as the
next place of meeting. + f
MONT PELEE BECOMES RESTIVE.
Eruption That Took 40,000 Lives in
1902 May Come Again.
For the past few days Mont Pelee
—on the Island of Martinique—ha§
manifested activity, and, while
stronger than of the month of April
of the pr?sent year, does not seem
to be of an alarming nature.
Some dense clouds of smoke have
been discharged from the volcano and
ha^£ slowly fallen over the iVhite
river valley, disappearing at the sea.
coast
PROSPECT PLEASES JAPAN.
Hope of Mikado’s Government That
Peace Plans May Succeed.
Tokio has calmly received the news
of American intervention and pros
pective peace; While the absence of
assurance that Russia will accept
President Roosevelt’s proposal seems
to create a disposition to await final
results, there is, nevertheless, the
.keenest satisfaction over the prelim
inary step and a feeling of deep
gratefulness over President Roose
velt’s action. * .
WORMING. JUNE 15. 1905
EstaMisliei 1881. Pries $1.50 a Tear, w Afltaece.
GAS AND WATER.
Ip 'ONE AS -NECESSARY AS ^HE
’ ‘ OTHER?
- Cit!s«na ot I.ar^o Cilles Say It la.
ew York, June 13.—In the. recent
agiltation here about the price of gas,
the demand for lower rates was sup*
porjted by the argument that every resi
dent is as dependent upon, a supply of
gad as upon a supply of good water,
i It has come to pass that the day la-
twjer uses gas as his only fuel for
epoking. because of economy, and the
Xloli man uses gas on account of its
convenience. Gas for lighting, with
ttoiSern improvements in burners, is
crejiper, better and more satisfactory
than any oilier kind of light. Gas
si 11s at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet
ii ijarga cities, and from that to as high
a f3.00 in smaller towns.
The consumer of gas in the country
uses Acetylene (pronounced a-set-a*
leuie), and each user makes his own gas
is independent of Gas and Electric
Cotnpanies. Acetylene is a more per
fect llluminant than the gas sold by
hp big gas companies in the cities, and
tb« cost to the smallest user is about
‘ho equivalent of city gas at S3 cents
per’thousand.
Acetylene is the modern artificial
light, the -latest addition to the many
inventions that have become daily ne
cessities.
If 'water and a solid material known as
Undelum Carbide are brought into con
tact, the immediate result is the mak
ing of this wonderful gas. The genera-
tioti of acetylene is so simple that ex
perience or even apparatus is not necos-
fji'y to make it. If It is desired to
make it for practical lighting, and to
ke^p it for Immediate use,.then a small
ichine called an "Acetylene Genera-
Is employed. There are many re-
wsible concerns making acetylene
iterators. In practice this gas is dis-
ited In small pipes throughout
jhJings, grounds or entire cities and
ffjrns in the same manner as ordinary
culv* gas. Acetylene is the only satis-
:tory means of lighting isolated
buildings located in the country or
suburbs at a distance from city gas or
’clfctric plants. 9
DAGO LABOR FOR SOUTH.
Italian Ambassador Talks With Roose
velt on the Subject.
Jilayor ties Planches, ambassador cs
Italy to the United States, has had a
taBc with the president on the sub
ject of Italian immigration to the
ifn'.ted States, particularly .to the
S-Ppthern states. The immigration ol
tftls class of European labor to the
stSuthern states is regarded as likely
(>6 prove to be a solution of the rae*.
i/ jolem and to afford to southern
danters the labor they desire to have.
2 SOUTH CAROLINA j
? STATE NEWS ITEMS. 5
Fourth Bank at Newberry.
i’rartically all t-ae stock has been
subscribed to the Mercaatlle Ex
change, Newberry’s fourrh banking m
s.ituifon, and it is expected to begin
operations as soon ps beadquartois
can be secured arid fitted up
Only a few iajs' canvas was requir
ed :• raii-c the amount of the capita
stock—$ t u.GbO. J. D. Davenport of
Newberry is the chief pfpmour of the
erPtii»ise *
New South Carolina Industries.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the follov.iug new industries estab! sh
ed m this state during the past wan:
Iva—$200,000 cotton mill.
Timmonsville—$40,090 lumber com
pany.
Sumter—$20,ot»0 rice factory.
Georgetown—$10,000 iard compai,.i
‘Charleston—$10,000 bottling works;
$25 ,000 warehouse and fertilizer'com
pany; $40,000 canning factory.
Rock Hill—Marble works.
Spartanburg Wants Encampment. •
Since the war department has set
tled the matter regarding the encamp
ment of the state militia, providing the
sum of $18,000 for that purpose, Spar
tanburg will endeavor to have the
military authorities of the state se-.
lect their city as the place for tae
gathering of the soldier boys. Charles
ton, Camden, Columbia, Anderson and
Greenville have each in turn been
places in the pest where the soldiers
have encamped and the chamber of.
commerce will take up the matter,
urging the advantages and facilities
which Spartanburg has to offer as an
inducement.
Augusta Man Files Suit.
Suit has been filed in the United
States circuit court at Charleston on
behalf of H. H. Cummings of Augusta,
Ga., asking that the Southern be re
strained from operat ng the South Car
olina & Geoi^la road, and that h re
ceiver for the latter property be ap
pointed and the road sold at pubVc
auction. The suit is based upon al
leged conflict of the Southern ratj-
way’s operation of the South Carol.na
and Georgia with the anti-trust Jaws
of the United States, it being held
that the operation of tiie road is :u
restraint of trade. The case will fe
heard before Judge Pritchard, sitting
at Asheville on June 26.
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SAVANNAH TO ’^GHT RATES.
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C&vncii Appropriates Money to Op
pose Edict of Railroad Commission.
.The Savannah city council has ap
propriated $1,000 to be expended in
fighting the railroad commission’s
rdtes on stoves from Atlanta to oth
er points in Georgia. This makes
the fight of the trade bodies of Sa
vannah that of the city also, with the
city by far the greatest contributor.
BONAPARTE SUCCEEDS MORTON.
President Will Appoint Baltimore Man
Secretary of the Navy.
IPresident Roosevelt Wednesday an-
thjorized the announcement that Chas.
J.;' Bonaparte of Baltimore, Md., would
bei appointed to succeed Paul Morton,
wtio retires July 1 to go to New York
to' take charge of plans for the con
struction of the subway system for
operation in connection with the sur
face lines.
PASSENGER FARE NOT CHANGED
t
Tihe Railroads in Georgia Can Still
( Charge Three Cents a Mile.
iThree cents a mile will continue lo
ba the railroad passenger fare in
Georgia, for the present at least.
tThe railroad commission, in session
at I Atlanta Thursday, passed an order
de)clining to grant the motion of
Cttairman J. Pope Brown for a reduc
tion to two cents a mile.
| WIFE BEATER SQUIRMED.
i
F$rst Infliction of Punishment Unde, j
( Oregon’s New Law.
Charles McGintry, a wife beater, suf- j
feired twenty lashes on the bare back |
Friday, being the first sufferer at Port-
ad under the new Oregon state law.
McGintry was stripped to the waist.;
His manacled hands were tied hign
al iove his head. Blood was drawn at
... e fourth blow. McGintry writhed
an d groaned, and strained at the man- ,
acle binding his wrists.
-—^—rtr.efF.g'.eu 1 in a rTur-ctWay.
P G. McCorklt, a cotton buyer of
Chester, met with a terrible accite.-Ui*.
while cut driving tfith his wife and
Hole sea, and is thought to be fa'aliy
injured.
H s herse was frightened by a dog
and iriroted to run, breaking pi t of
the mines? upsetting the vehicle ant
kicking Mr McCorkle in the face,
wh'ch v as terribly mangled up tr tr-*
forehead
Wr-‘n the physicians finished oper
ating they had set most of the b-m>
of the face n their right position but
said that did not have any '."pet 5
of bis recovery, although they eo dd
not tell at ti is time. Mis. McCo-k e
was ti row n from the buggy, out was
no: serctsiy hurt, and tbe little boy
escaped -i.-ihurt.
To Consider Chinese Boycott.
President John A. Fant of Monarch
Cotton mills, accompanied by bte
daughters, Misses Lily and Ora Fa’ t,
’eft Union a few days ago for Wash
ington.
Major Fant’s mission north is quite
an important one. He goes to at f er:l
•he ronfeienue of prominent mill men
of the north and south, who meet lo
consider the action that will prob
ably be taken by the Chinese govern-
ir.t-M in excluding from that country
cotton man ifactured goods, owing to
the United States having excelled
Chhiese labor from this country.
A committee of the conference will
•\'il upon President Roosevelt to urge
him to use his influence to bring tb-v t
such rclaCons cetween China-ui d life
I tilted States that will-not prove dis
astrous to cotton manufacturing in
terests.
LAOREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA
• When you buy ft Stove, buy the best, Tiie Great Ex
celsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue.
We have*very pretty calendars left. Write for
one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle
house in Augusta. We invite you to make our place your
headquarters while in our citv.
Successors to C. B. Allen’s Stove House,
S40 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga.
W. j. RUTHERFORD & £0.
DIALERS nr
BRICK. LIME,
PORTLAND AND ROSINDALE CEMENT.
PLASTER HAIR AND LATHa
READY ROOFING ETC.
Corner of WMhlagUs and Royaoldj Stroeta.
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gnUfBY *. DIBBLE; JAMES POWELL. W. W. MUCEENFUSS,
President. President. ussnier.
The Bank of Aiken*
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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FQUTZS
HORSE
AND ’
CATTLE
POWDER
DAVID E.F0UTZ
BALT/MORE. MD.
A medicine which mikes
sick animals well, the diseased
whole, the weak strong and the
thin fat. It will restore lost Appetite,
expel Worms and cure Chronic Cough,,
* .Heaves, Influenza. Distemper,
bound, Indigestion, Constipation, Flat;
k ulency and ail Stomach and Bowel
trouble. ¥
The finest of all animal
vttaliiers and tonics and
the only one which
increases the coeffi
cient of digestibil
ity of protein.
Gst fix Genirtnt or
strvitoui. P^mpMct j
No. Fre*.
VLoUbyAU Dult**. ^
For sale by 'V. J. PTatt & Co.
i, ,
.Agent.
Accident
Insurance,
and
k-: ESTATE.
AIKEN, S. C.
Godin Spectacle Co.
EYE-SIGHT SPECIALISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Spectacles and Eyeglasses
For all defects of the human eye
sight. Eyes scientifically examined
free by graduate doctors. Office aud
Works, 828 Broad street, opposite
Planter’s Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
HUH CUTTING aifl SHAVING
• V . FOB
• v
fUii Cutting, Bhaving and Shampoo
«•. go *0 ;-
t GEO. W. WALTON.. •
Basement bver Bulldim? Augusta^ Ga-
Loiarfl Iron Ms
Si* Co.,
Augusta, Ga.
SHRINER’S INDIAN VERMIFUGE.
The most efficient agent for eradi
cating Worms from human beings.
Mothers should send for pamphlet
"Something About Worms” free on ap
plication. This remedy is guaranteed |
to give satisfaction If used according
to the directions, o« money refunded.
Price, 25c per bottle, or 5 bottles for ;
$1.00.
Ask your dealer for it; but It not
supplied send to David E. Fouls, Sole
Propr., Baltimore, Md.
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RAILROADS IN PHILIPPINES.
In/itations for Proposals Made Public
by Secretary Taft. •
The war department has made pub- ,
He the Invitations by Secretary Taft :
y. ■ proposals of railway construction j
the Philippines under an act
ctingress. An elaborate scheme of 1
tr< msportation Is involved. The gov
er iment agrees to protect all the
gr intees against ladrones, insurgents,
re aels and outlaws.
WATER WHELMS A TOWN.
operty-Valued at $50,000 Destroyed
in a Few Minutes,
ten minutes Friday water do
st 1 oyed $50,000 worth of property at
Li Kingston, Mont. For three hours all
to ? business district was flooded. Riin
fel I like water poured from a bucket.
A wall of water four feet high came
dc vn the narrow valley and when it
re; Iched tbe railway station the stream
vn s 1,000 feet wide and two feet
de sp.
Wanted for Assault.
Warrants were s-worn out before
Magistrate Kirby at Spartanburg
against Joseph MeElrath, who lives
near Clifton, charging him with as- j
sault and battery with intent jo kill 1
and trespass after notice. One war- ,
rant was sworn out by his son-in-law,
Ed OUerson, while the other was
sworn out by John Pcrnson. The .
trouble- is the outcome of the mar
riage of McElrath’s daughter, Isa
bella. to OUerson, which event oc
curred recently at Glendale by Vii-
liam Brown, while McElrath was at
church.
Whert he returned home and .found
that his daughter and OUerson had
been married and learning that the
couple were at the home of Perrisoi,
M»cElrath, with blood in his eye, hur
ried tQ Perrison’s home, while the
head of the family was absent. He
found the young man and woman, and
it is alleged that he seized a stick and
assaulted the bride, his daughter, and
groom. Perrison’s warrant alleges
that in addition to the first named
offenses McElrath assaulted the- for
mer’s wife.
News Notes From Anderson.
At a meeting of the county fair as
sociation at Anderson plans were
made to make the fair in October
one of much importance in the upper
part of the state. The races will ue
the chief attraction, and they expec*.
to get quite a number of fa "A horses,
and the riding and driving will be a
chief feature. j'
The question of voting out the dis
pensary in the county is creating some
interest. According to a statement
made by the city elerk, it sho.vs
that more than $12,000 is received
from this source into the city treas
ury, and if votej out it means an in
crease of from four to five and one-
half mills in taxes. |
This is likely to be the main issue
of the question, not whisky or no '■
whisky—but revenue o r no revenue, j
Although the election has taken place
at Pickens and was overwhelmingly i
in favor of the dispensary being closed |
It remains open, owing to a failure of
sending the returns to the state of- ;
ficials and the state board has never
received a copy of the result.
Engines,
Boilers,
Cotton,
Saw. Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin
ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machitie
Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft
ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and
Rubber Belt ng and Hose, Railroad
an,d Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam
Pumpe, Feed Water Heaters and
Hoisting Engines, Injectors.
Capacity for three hundred hands.
Estimates furnished for power plants,
and steel bridges, store fronts.
DON’T FAIL TO WRITE
US BEFORE BUYING - ..
Johnson’s Bakery.
JAMESON HEADS MERCER.
Landrum Declines and Another At
lanta Divine is Selected.
Rev. S. Y. Jameson, secretary of
the home mission board of the Geor
gia Baptist convention, with ' head
quarters in Atlanta, has been elected
president of Mercer university.
The election of Dr. Jameson fol
lowed the announcement that Dr. W.
W. Landrum, who was previously elec
ted, had declined on account of pasto
ral affiJiation in Atlanta, to accept.
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FOUR DOLLARS SQUARE INCH.
That is Pries Paid for Choice Proper
ty on Broadway, New York.
A New York dispatch says: The ,
sale to the Mercantile Trust company j
of St. Louis of the famous plat -of
real estate at No. 1 Wall street, at
the corner of Broadway, has given
rise to Interesting compilations show- |
ing the great rise In property values
. At the figure named in the trans
action, $700,000,}
about $4.a iq
highest price
history. The
30 feet on ti
has a fr‘*ntag
Cleanliness and Parity of Materials*
Are characteristics of all the
Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, btc.
made at JOHNSON'S BAKERY, •
Park Avenue.
The Choicest Confectionaries and Can
dies always an hand. *
STONE! STONE!!
Estimates given and orders prompt
ly filled for street curbings, and cross
ings, flower bed borders, sidewalks hi
blooks, hitokicj ~