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y u 0 U s. C. mm T '£ ttWJl w t y*l^ v \ 1 Wflfkn •>KS : -ior - k Bank of Aiken. .V^; : *_ li CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $2C':,000. The Oldest and Strongest Bank -in Aiken County. mmp AIKEN. S. C.. TflURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1907. Established 1881. Price J51.50 a Year, in Advance. ftfYS. EIGHTEEN lOPLE DROWN pi * ^ VJ . i powder magaiin Itleship and o'clock. . and the blew up at a result Cap* commander of the bat* ertlrer, chief of erraoean squad- t« eighty blue- deed. while Hoar Admiral d huulreds of other men froth injuries, fcorne of them horn bio la their extent. Ma,val circles aro aghast, and the public by the appalling cutaa- the lose in met death. re afterpart of the Jena Tb* bodies Strikers in Louisville Re* to Rioting mlB efforts to Op* Linos Are Futilo. A eontmoaflon of the duorders of the tnspension of service at Tuesday afternoon aftor an and Ineffectual service the fin st move towards interven tion by the commercial interests Mj the city S£ere the features ,>f the third, day of the str^e of the on?on em ployees of the Louisville railway com pany at Ldiiibvnie, Ky. Darias the day ha« a dozen per- sons, all policemen, or tTnplojrees of the company,were hurt. ron* of them dangero*itly. however, by stones and fly lug cu few mor day and they made the puticnagu amounted to nothing. All service was abandoned for the day.jat S o’clock in the afternoon. Committees representing the Com mercial Club, board of trade, and the Merchants and Manufacturers’*Asso- President Roosevelt Finally Turns His Attention. ROADS ARE INEFFICIENT Namos CommlMion to IrauBuraU Plans f»r RIV«r Transj:o<-tatton. Writes Letter Explaining Work to Be DP’ie. Is Result of Fire] Flooded T&l Rescue WJ Eighteen pei have lost their lit curretl SaCuiday of the Warwick at Wheeling. W ed In the flooded Fecause of th< the burned rtistr ble for the fire ihe scene, service all thiT [thlch Broke Out In ef Wheeling* [Impossible. are known to in a fire that oc- ruing at ihe plant ottery company, which is locat- strict. ater sun oundlug it was impossl- pparatus to reach iremen pressed into ts that eould be Is "sti ciution called on Mayor Barth to la^r before him reports of inefficiency and? Inadequate force furnlShed by the po lice department for j rotecllon of cars and pasiengenz and suppression of disorders. Mayor Barth gave emphatic Vtrance that U|n‘naen available for Compljing with petitions psesented by numerous commercial orgunlzv tions of the Mississippi valley. Presi dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint an Inland waterways commission whose duty it will be to prepare a comprehensive plan for the Improve ment and control of the river systeihs of the United States. Eight public men have been asked to serve on the commission, and Representative Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, chair man of the rivers and harbors com mittee hi the last congress. Is to be chairman. ; . ■ ; f . In a letter which he has addressed to each of these persons, the president sets out that ne Is influenced in creat ing the commission by considerations of national policy; that the railroads stcured and car a xi the lines of hose to the burning biHMlng by this means. They did heroic I work, and not only fought the flrer I>ut assisted In res- dock for on hoard the rd on the.stone the prims is of expkMionft, •ol U*' v«fcHScores of over- ays and sus- scrious injuries. ‘O fthe accident a torpedo. Whitt not known, :s Aa£ the their con- tlcully do-, sidered one of e French adergone of her hull and machinery, hiving been completely preparatory to joining the erdff was in its full composing the rear twenty-four other o«cera szine had ly and duty hkd done ail possible, but he arc no longer able to move crops and further pledged - himself to see that manufactures rapidlv enough to se en ing many per The crew of a ed across the ing mt««d a ya one huffed Daring the scene was m screams for help irgs could be b steel bridge a thousands of any assistan Had the drt in their have met eiipled by were not tout’, s. •at that was moor- er from the bulld- and rescued aoout ns ss cf the fire the frightful The thoss la the build- rd as far as the He north, where ns unable to lead atched the blaze, ed persons remained one of them would The building! oc- ,unfortunate victims by the flames. HOTEL GENESTA, Augusta, EUROPEAN . . Right in the heart of the retail shopping district. EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST .CLASS. . > Cafe. # & Private Dining Rooms. Every Convenience for Ladies while shopping in Augusta. ELEGANT LADIES’ RESTAURANT UPSTAIRS. Johnson’s Bakery. .it.*. f f I f ESTABLISHED A. D. 1848. tectlon would V.TI letits from^ fi6w c. The committees voted him the tbai.Kfr flflrtftetr respective organiza tions ami cent subcommittees to con fer with President Minerary of Ihe y. jhv result of these WW irei%-^trict!y guarded and all concerned refos««< to bay what transpir&d. It waj reported, however, oh good luthorffy that the commercial bodies urged Mr. Micerary to consent up emo tho prompt tr.'v saetlon of busi ness, and. that, there appears but one decision was ar- to an arbitr hut that no defln ri/ed at > Condition* Tuesday denoted some Improvement in the work of police de- nurunent, even with officers on every ear sent out, there were not enough men to quell the disorders that continued at Intervals from the rat car started out until the * heir ^^ complete remedy—(be development of a eoirplementary system of transpor tatlor. by water. The president’s letter, in part, is as follows: •“The White House, Warhlngton, March 14, 1907.—My jpear Sir: ^Num erous commerctgMtfganizations of tho Mississippi vtffley have presented pe titions asking that i appoint a com- Heavy Flood Loss at Pittsburg. After three Hays of business stag nation caused by a renuukably rapid rise in tho hfoiioogahela, Allegheny and Ohio rigeJ-j, which inundaied more «be strike isaue.*:, ■’ihlsslon to prepare and present a cora- prehensivo phm fey, the imptelement and contr-jl of tha wrien.s of .the United Statae. to comply with th pointing an laland sbm, ani gentlem be ' " " ^re: have decided s by ap- ays comVnia- tbp o jl will than ten squ Pa.,- conditi their normal lion of lowla: water has course. \ The loss 1 estimated from up-river age by the vanla at miles of Pittsburg, kve about assumed ^rpth the excep- .ow the city, the d to its natural D ittsburg dUtrlct Is lO.OOO.Opa. Reports Ls increase the dam- In western Pennsyl- r of fatalities cans- r has not yet been ^rday aldltionsl re- tbs were receiv-^l the surrounding the reports have Cleaofiaess tad Parity of MaterUli Are eharacteristies of all tho Broad, Rolls. Cokes, Pies, Etc. mads at JOHNSON’S BAKERY, Park Avenue. The Choicest Confsctloaerles sod Cau dles always aa baad. STONE! STONE!! Estiaiatos given and orders prompt ly filled for street ourbings, and cross- lags, flower bed borders, sidewalks la blocks, hitching posts, door and ter- raoe steps, door anfl window sill cemetery lot copings, rough an dressed ashlers for fronts of bnild- lags, hearth stones, -sto. Lakeview <toae a spscialty. Btons Irem ether U preferred. H. K. OHATFIKLD, • en. R. a John R. Schneider IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Liquors, Fine Wines, Havana Cigars, Mineral Waters, Etc. Agent for VeuVe-CIIcquot Ponsardin, Urbana Wine Company, Anheuser- Fusch Brewing Association. 601 AND 603 BROAD STREET.. AUGUSTA, GA. THE SAVOY ’01 ’*/—v§8 -V- T * ■ '* ' * v o’. -J Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., AUGUSTS GA. ' * A First-Class Retaurantsand Soda Parlor for ’ jSL*»v ' . .w-w. ■,’i First-class People. of the men connected with the Sarture of the war- a large party had to attend a lecture that iven forward, losiou came without warn- | first shock was extremely shook the vessel fere and | followed instantly by other ^reds of men bel ,w deck jarful position. They were smoke, and while they way to the exits, they rey of suffocating fumes, many of them to fall titime, the detonations are frequent, md the of the ship «as vif- [pieces and evughtfire. ?es of explosives in continued to explode, ;tal were hurled into irerv where about the rsenal. These flying the torpedo shed, and pump house tutec^a most ~seri- Jives of those who ranis the battle- rescue. In spite heroic efforts assistance, but vain, the Jena ^ing projectiles^ approach, thirty min- unable to ^ch to open docks and ]*vhen they rihe water |ous came ^se smoke 1 wounded {r decks tents of tile the with id&ghelr windows bro- IWtes plugged, wagons placed icks and In one instance a bar- 6 feet high was erected across tracks at Eighteenth and Chest- streets. The railway company during the morning returned to the postoflice pouches of mail which it was unable to deliver at the substations, because no men could be found who would take the cars to the desired points. In one instance the United States mail sign was torn from a cai. Judge Waller Evans instructed the federal grand jury with respect to the con sideration of cases of this kind if they are brought to their attention. During tho afternoon Mayor Barth Issued a proclamation to the people calling upon them to refrain from congregating on stree*. corners or tak ing any part in the disorders. ASSASSIN AFTER HARGIS. Man Disguised as Woman Attempts ta Take Life cf Feudist. A man, disguised as a woman, en tered the home of Judge James Har gis at Jackson, Ky., Monday night, and attempted to take his life. June Jett, nephew cf Hargis, saw the intruder in tho kitchen and fired a number of shots at him. The man escaped uninjured. MILL MEN AT WHITE HOUSE. Southerners Confer With Roosevelt Regarding New Immigration Law. A Washington dispatch says: The interview at the white house Tuesday night between President Roosevelt and sou-hern mill men and others in terested in the immigration movement to the *:outh, was apparently satisfac tory to the visitors, although uo defi nite conclusions wexe reached. Prac tically nothing new was developed. GEORGIA TROOPS ARE CALLED. Four Batteries of Artillery and Four Infantry Companies Wanted. A Washington dispatch says: The governor of Georgia has been request ed by the war department to desig nate, from among the state militia, four batteries of heavy artillery to act as coast artillery reserves, and four companies of infantry to act as r.Im ports for the court defenses at Sa vannah. These troops are invited to go to Foxt Screven in July and receive in structions. DENOUNCES LYNCHINGS. Governor of Louisiana Writes Caustic Letter an Subject. The lynching of two negroes early t'riday r morning at Monroe, La., caus- Governor Blanchard to call upon district Judge Madison, of Monroe, iumiay to make a special investiga- pm and, if possible, indict the lead ers of the party which did the bang John M acken zie,'' Newell, Gifford Pinchoh, Hon. x Her- beit Knox Smith. “In creating this commission, I am influenced by broad considerations of iintioual policy. The energy of our people has hitherto been largely di rected toward industrial development connected with field and forest, and with coal and iron, and some of thtso sources of material and power are al ready largely depleted; while onr In Lind- waterways as a whole have thus far received scant attention. It Is he coming clear that our streams snould he considered and conserved as great natural resources * “It is common knowledge that the railroads of the Unltqd States are no longer able to move crops and manu factures rapidly enough to secure the prompf transaction cf the. business of the nation, and there is inn all pros pect of immediate relief. Represen tative railroad men point out that ".he products of tho northern interior ptetes have..dout led In ten years, while tho railroads’ facilities have in- ci eased but one-eighth, and there is reason to doubt whether any develop ment of the railrof.us possible In the near future will suffice to keep trans- pcitatlon abreast of production. There appears to be but one complete rem edy—the development of a comple mentary system of transportation by water. “Any plan for utiliving our Inland waterways, to be feasible, should rec ognize the means for executing it al ready in existence both in the federal departments of v ar, interloagricul ture and commerce and labor, and in the states and In their t-ubdivislons; and it must not Involve unduly bur densome expenditures from the na tional treasury. The cost will neces- serlly be large In proportion to the magnitude cf the benefits to be con ferred. but it will be small in com parison with the $17,000,000,000 of capital now invested in steam railways in the United States. Personnel cf Commission. Mr. Bankhead has just finished his tenth term in congress from Alabama; General Mackenzie is chief engineer of the army; Mr. Newell is director of the United States reclamation service; Mr. Pinchot is chief forester of the United States; Herbert Knox Smith Is commissioner of corporations; W. J. Mc Gee is an anthropologist and geolo- gst, formerly in charge of the bureau of American ethnology, and formerly president of the National Geographic Society. tllHg. leaving the city :kage. The debris Is so greaf^fJ^flome sections of the city that it v lll\ be days before the streets can ba usjed. The flood was higher than anticipat ed. and as a result much damage was done. It is estimated that tho dam age sustained in Wheeling alone will be over $3,QW,00U. So great baa tho damage been to local Industrial plants that it will be weeks before they will be able to resume operations There is a great deal of suffering, but prompt steps have been taken to alleviate this. SHELLS WERE EASILY SECURED. One Line of Defense In Brownsville Affair is Smashed. A Washington dispatch says: Evi dence shattering one line of defense of the negro troops accused of shoot ing up Brownsville, Texas, was given before the senate committee uu mili tary affairs by Rowland Osborn, post quartermaster sergeant at Fort Brown, Twenty-sixth Infantry, occupying the barracks whicji were later occupied by the Twenty-fifth (colored). It has been testified that the ne- gre soldiers had no possible way of securing extra ammunition without tho knowledge of their superior of ficers. Sergeant Osborn tcslifled that it Is the simplest thing in the world for soldiers to accumulate ammuni tion for their own use; that it can be done by men saving ammunition they do not use on bunriug trips or at target practice. He said that this is often done. Jt bad been contended that the shooting up of the town by the negro soldiers was highly Improbable be cause they could not have gotten the shells and cartridges. Sergeant Os- tern’s testimony^ contradicts flatly suefi a defense. BUNCOED BY “SALTED” MINE. Brother of John D. Rockefeller Swin dled Out of $265,000. Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, O., a brother of John D. Rockefeller, re sumed the witness stand at St. Louis Tuesday in his .suit against Henry Goss for the restitution of $265,000 spent by Rockefeller for a zinc mine in southwest Missouri. Rockefeller alleges that be was in duced, through misrepresentations, to buy the mine. POSTAL CLERKS APPORTIONED. Six Hundred New Men Assigned to Various Offices Needing Them. The aportionment of 600 additional cleiks at $600 per annum, author ized by the last postoflice appropria tion bill, wa; announced at the post- olflce department in Washington Friday. The amount of increased busi ness and tho overtime showing of tho various offices were given first coirid- •ration. ROOSEVELT BARS JAP. Fulfills His Promise Made to Califor nia Delegation. Complying with the provisions of the immigration last. President R to go to Mcxicc come therefrom, sion to enter th« of tho United Spates. act of February 22, oosevelt Thursday is- cued an exccutivfe order that such citi zens ot Japan or Korea, to-wit: Japan ese cr Korean h.torers skilled or un skilled, who haye received pasiporta Canada or Hawaii, be refused permis- contiuenUl territory ■b n-tf i »wtt. Pursuant to an act of Assembly, approved Feb entitled ‘ An Act to Raise Supplies and Make Appropriations for tae Fiscal Year Commencing January 1, 1906,” I will be ot my office at the Court House in Aiken from 9 o’clock a. m. to 2 o’clock p. m., and from 3 to 5 p. m., from Octcber . 15, 1906, to March 15, 1907 (Sundays and Christ mas excepted), for the purpose of re ceiving tbe taxes for the year 1906; and the commutation road for 1907. Tbe levy for all purposes Is as fol lows: State if paid by December 81, 1906, 5 ^ mills. County tax if paid by December 31, 1906, 3 mills. School tax if paid by December 31, 1906, 3 mills. District No. 1 Special School tax if paid by December 31, 1906, 1 mill. District No. 66, Special 'School tax if paid by December 31, 1906, 4 mills. If the above levy is not paid by December 31.* 1906, then 1 per cent shall be added during January. 1907. Then 2 per cent shall be added dur ing February, 1907. Then 7 per cent shall be added up to March 15, 1907, when executions will be issued. The tax on dogs is 60 cents on each dog. ^ . . ®i n, The commutation road tax Is $l.tM for each person liable (from 18 to 5< years is the limit) and is payable with out penaWY up to February 28, 1907. J. A. M. GARDNER, Treasurer Aiken County. October 3, 1906. ® NOTICE CITY TAXES. AIKEN, S. C. Modern in Construction and Operation HARRY W. DRIEST CO* PROPR8., , Management of J. A. Sherrard. SUMMER HOTELS: v ‘ ^ Hotel Preeton, Beach Bluff, Mass. The Colonial Arms, Gloucester Harbor, Maes. Office of Clerk and Treasurer, City of Aiken, Atken, S. C., Oct. 12, 1906. Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly and the City Ordinance the Tax Duplicate of the said City will be open at my office for the purpose of collecting City Taxes from Oct. 15th, 1906, to March 1st, 1907, for the fiscal year, commencing January 1, 1907. All persons residing within the lim its of the City of Aiken, and who made Tax returns to Mr. D. H. W’ise, County Auditor, for taxation In Jan uary and February last, their names with the x , eturns aforesaid, have been copied on the Tax Duplicate of the said city, and hence they stand charg ed with the City Taxes for the fiscal year aforesaid, as provided by law. Tax levy as follows: For Current Expenses . . .9 mills For Sinking Fund 1 mill Total Tax 10 mills J. L. MoCARTER, (i City Olari* -ind Treasurer. Pine Forest Inn- • * Opened Saturday, December 1st, 1905. High Class Hotel, strictly in the Pmea, catering to a select clientele. Rooms en suit« with Oath. Elevator. Electric lights, ,5t:am heat aud open fires. Pure water and i'erre.^L sanitary conditions. FINEST GOLF LINKS IN THE GCUTH. { Faddllc and harness horses. Fine hunting. H. M. PATTERSON, Manager, or V. vV. WAOK.YKR & Co., Charleston, South Carolina. TuThSISt . n27 -—. • M •;%} Motel Melbourne, Lutafl Ira forts!* BROAD STMET, A agists, 8s* A j 'i 1 . — MRS. P. W. BYA99EE, Proprietress. First class accommodation* for per manent or transient boarders. Thor oughly renovated and newly furnlzh- ~'Ty rr< P~TSM| | undor new management. Table supplied with all the delica cies of the season. Convenient sample room attached. Augusta, Ga. Says the Louisville Courier-Jour nal: “Will the novelist ever write ‘rich but honest?’ ” asks a contem porary. Very likely. At any rate, xit’s good fiction, Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine Toolz, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather ana Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters amd Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power piaau and steel bridges, store fronts. DON’T FAIL TO WRITE US BEFORE BUYINQ. HilB CUTTING anil SHAVING FOB Half Oatting, Shaving and Shampoo g«t« C QEO. W. WALTON. Schneider Building, 208 McIntosh St., Augusta, Ga. Agent. fire, Liie, Cyclone, Accident Insurance, -AND ■ • l l /