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AIKEN. S. C.. TflURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1907.
Established 1881. Price J51.50 a Year, in Advance.
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EIGHTEEN lOPLE DROWN
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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.
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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, •
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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
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A First-Class Retaurantsand Soda Parlor for
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. .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-
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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.
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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,
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