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No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place In oar columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ??m Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908 i ? Four years more of Republicanism. But the cause of Democracy is not dead by any means, and we have not lost hope. In fact we do not know when we are whipped we guess, and We are ready to keep on fighting. In the meanwhile if the rest of the country can stand it, we suppose we can. The Edgefield Advertiser, always a good newspaper, now comes out as a sheet of eight pages, with seven columns to the page. We congratulate Friend Mims on his increased advertising patronage, which made the l. oniorp'pmpTit necessary. The Adver tiser is no doubt the oldest newspaper in South Carolipa. :/ ? WOOTEN GIVEN PRELIMINARY. Lexington Man Charged With Criminal Assault. Lexington, November 2.?Z. W. Woaten was given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Bachman of New Brookland to-day, who came here for that purpose. After hearing all the testimony in the case Magistrate Bachman promptly bound the 4 defendant over to the higher court, upon the charge of criminal assault. Mrs. Delia Wooten was the principal witness against her husband and she told a horrible story. She told how she had caught her husband in ? the act, and how he had threatened to kill her if she divulged the story. She stated that she had gone out of the house to get a bucket of water; she heard the child screaming and .v ~ rushed in upon her^ husband. She stated that Wooten caught her in the collar with one hand while he held a razor i* the other and declared that he would kill her and the child both . on the spot unless she would promise him never to tell it. * She said that her husband most al+V, V> its I Wciys Slfcjyt Willi ma laiui ucucaui Uia pillow, and she knew that if she did tell it he would kill her. She claims though that she did tell a Mrs. Hutto at Pelion about it and showed her the child after the injury. During her testimony she held the child in her arms and would often kiss it with ; an unusual amount of motherly affection. At one time Wooten displayed his temper He asked his wife if she did not know that she had to die. Mrs. Wooten answered in the affirmative, whereupon her husband told ' her that he was sorry for her. After Mrs. Wooten's testimony, the defendant's attorney asked that two reputable physicians be called to examine the child, and accordingly the magistrate summoned Drs. E. P. Derrick and J. J. Wingard. After an examination they were sworn and each testified to the fact that the child had been injured. The case will be submitted to the grand jury Wednesday morning.v If a true bill is found against the defendant it is likely that the case will be disposed of at this court. Evidence Against Night Riders. . Camp Nemo, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., Oct. 30.?"We know who fired the shot and who put the rope around Rankin's neck," said Gov. Patterson in a statement this afternoon just before his departure for Union City, where a special grand jury is investigating the night rider depredations in this section which culminated recently in the murder of Capt. Quentin Rankin. The governor said: "The proof as thus far developed , is positive as to the guilt of some of the men under arrest and implicates % many others. This will all be pre sented to the court at the proper time and a long step has been taken to dis cover and suppress lawlessness in tnis region. Conditions had been extemely bad, the night riders going from one lawless act to another until the culmination came with the murder of Capt. Rankin and the attempted murder of Col. Taylor. We know who fired the shot and who put the rope around Rankin's neck. The number of men actually at the killing was * probably not more than 10, while some stood guard and others held the horses. The whoie number engaged in the undertaking did not exceed 35. The inquiry will be further prosecuted and the State will have ample evidence to convict." The confessions of Ferriner, Hogg, and Morris substantiate, it is said, that of "Tid" Burton. They will be taken to Memphis for safe keeping. Three more prisoners were brought in to-day. . Use Capitol Stock Remedy. Sold by Peoples Drug Co. HAD NARROW ESCAPE. Mr. James DeHart Chloroformed and Robbed at Old Town. Newberry, Oct. 31.?Mr. James DeHart. of Saluda county, and son of Mr. Dan J. DeHart, of this county, had a most remarkable experience on Saturday, October 17. Mr. DeHart sold cotton at Chappell's, and was given a check on Greenwood and he took the morning train for Greenwood to get his check cashed so that he might pay a bank note which he owed at Ninety-Six. After getting his money, he came to Ninety-Six. and finding the bank closed, he says, as it was after banking hours, therefore could not pay his note. He then boarded the night train at NinetySix to return to his home in Saluda county. He left the train at Old Town, and here begins his remarkable experiences and narrow escapes, and the loss of his money and clothes. It seems that that night there was a freight train following the passenger train and the engineer, as he approached Old Town, observed something ahead of his engine across the track. His engine carried a brilliant headlight, and he was thus enabled to stop his train before the engine struck the object across the track. The engineer, whose name has not been learned, got down from his engine to examine this object on the track. He found it to be a white man. The body was square across the track with the feet resting on one rail, and the head, face downward, on the other. There was a cloth under the man's nose saturated with chloroform. His hat, coat and shoes were missing, so our information goes, and the man was unconscious. There was on his finger, however, a Knight of Pythias ring, and the engineer, being a Knight of Pythias, recognizing his obligation to care for a brother in distress, put the body on board his engine, and carried it on to Columbia, but did npt call a physician, or secure medical aid of any kind. The story is that the engineer's home is in Savannah and, as soon as he got off his run in ColumV?^v Vv q C/mi+V? nrrt froir? fnr Uia, ul^ u aiuuu a uvuvuviu u uiu av* Savannah, carrying the unconscious form of his brother Pythian with him. Of all this Mr. DeHart knows nothing. When he gained consciousness he was in Savannah, and it was Sunday, and he discovered that his money was gone. The last thing he remembers from the time he got off the train at Old Town on Saturday night until he came to himself on Sunday in Savannah is that as he got off the train at Old Town some one unknown to him put an arm around his neck and held a cloth under his nose. He remembers having the money for his check when he got off the train, and not having it when he reached Savannah, or rather when he found himself in Savannah. Mr. DeHart was given a ticket or pass by his engineer friend in Savannah back to Newberry, when it was discovered who he was and where his home was. Mr. DeHart says he came back from Columbia and spent Monday night there, coming on to Newberr^ on-Tuesday. Mr. G. M. B. Epting sent him out to Mr. D. J. DeHart's Tuesday, after his arrival in Newberry. In the meantime his wife had become alarmed at his not returning home, and his father, Mr. Dan* DeHart, had gone to Saluda, where they were searching for the lost boy, and it was a relief to them all when he turned up alive. There seems to be no doubt that 'Mr. DeHart was chloroformed by some one who knew in some way that he had this money and that the money was taken away from nim. Schooner Burned at Sea. New York, Nov. 1.?A story of fire at sea and timely rescue was brought to port to-night by the steamer Admiral Schley, from Port Antonio. The Admiral Schley has on board the captain and crew of the four^masted schooner Lulie E. Pollard, which was bound for New York from Fernandina, with a cargo of lumber, and which was burned at sea last night. Capt. J. C. Powell, of the schooner, told the story of the disaster. It was at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, he said, when the 'schooner was in latitude 35.30, longitude 74.10, that the steward struck a match in the engineroom to light the side light. Immediately there was an explosion, which set fire to the entire forward house, containing two tanks of gasoline, which were used to supply the hoisting engine. The mate, who was sitting on the doorstep of the engine room, and the steward were thrown on deck, but both. miraculously escaped unhurt. The fire spread rapidly and the seamen fled to the stern without savine anv of their effects. Had it not been for the timely arrival of the steamer Admiral Schley, which reached them about forty-five minutes after the fire started, they might all have perished, as it would have been impossible for a life boat to live in the high sea. The Pollard was owned in Philadelphia. Toney Case Before Court. Charleston, Xbv. 2.?In the United States Circuit court to-day, Judge Brawley heard arguments on motion to remand the case of William Toney and William Spann Toney against the Southern Railway and Engineer Holland, of the Southern Railway, for trial in the state Circuit court in Edgefield county. It was finally decided to give the plaintiff time to answer contentions of the respondents before taking an order in the case. The suit is for damages for the killing of Mrs. Mark Tonev. Matrimonial Agency Swindle Pittsburg, Oct. 2S.?Charged with conducting the most expensive matrimonial agency swindle ever unearthed in Pittsburg. James L. Leclair and Miss Lena Miller are prisoners to-day. More than two thousand letters from men and women have been confiscated. The police say close upon five thousand people from every state in the union pai<? a dollar, after being promised to be introduced and wedded to an affinity. TILLMAN AGAINST PROHIBITION. Senator Thinks Movements to Pass Measure- Will Fail. Senator Tillman, who is in Columbia spending several days with his friend, Dr. J. W. Babcock, who accompanied him on his trip abroad this summer, does not endorse the movement headed by representatives M. L. Smith, C. W. Garris, John G. Richards, Jr., State Senator Earle and others of the old State dispensary leaders to join forces with the prohibition bill through the coming legislature, as was attempted without success in the last legislature when the county option scheme took the place of the State dispensary system. "I can't see that prohibition stands any cnance 01 success m me uuuuug legislature," said the Senator, in ananswer to a question. "With a majority of the counties in the State holding on to the county dispensaries, isn't it natural to suppose that the delegations from those counties will stand by the present system?" The Senator added that so far as he was concerned, it was a matter of indifference whether a prohibition bill was enacted or the present system was continued. "Two hundred years from now folks will be wrangling over this same liquor question," said he, "and it is idle talk of settling the problem. I have been seeing the same old tussle over in Europe. The countries that have been longest at it have reached a solution that seems most satisfactory to them in the adoption of beers and light wines. During all my travels through Italy, France and Germany I never saw a drunken man, but plenty of drinking men. Over in London, where a big fight is on over the matter I saw many drunks. When I was Governor I recommended this same substitute of light alcoholic drinks. I wanted to see beer given a chance. If we could give the beer privilege to a big responsible concern that would be under a heavy bond, say something like a half-million dollars, to sell beer throughout the State under certain definitely stipulated conditions, we would do much for the cause of temperance, and get a big revenue for the State beside." Senator Tillman occupies a unique position in the present situation regarding whiskey in this State. He is not with the State dispensary leaders in their efforts to join forces with the prohibitionists. He is not with the prohibitionists, and he is not an unqualified endorser of the county option scheme. He thinks every county in the State would be better off having dispensaries. "I venture to say," said he, in an swer to a question, "that counties like Orangeburg, Sumter and Florence, which $Te retaining the dispensaries,are in a much better state morally than such counties as Greenville, Spartanburg and others which have voted out their dispensaries and where blind tigers are doing the business." When he was reminded that it appeared to have ^>een proven that the police records of the dry counties had materially improved, the Senator said this only is temporary, that it 1 J - ?^+1 ?v*/\ in o nniin_ WOUiU ULUJ' UC <X S11U1 L umxc 1U a v>KJ u ty going dry before it was in a worse state morally from blind tigerism and other forms of lawlessness than it had been on voting out its dispensaries. On the whole the Senator did not appear to be much interested in the situation and answered questions guardedly. The Wealthy Man. If you had $50,000 stowed comfortably away in a bank, would you shine shoes at 10 cents a clip seven , days, year fn and year out? It is not very likely you would, but that is just what A1 Shartie, one of the most unique financiers of Dayton, is doing, and moreover, he is happy ana can't be induced to quit his job. The only time Shartie gives us his "shine box" is during the autumn, when, accompanied by his brother, he makes the rounds of the county fairs of Ohio. This week he is at the State fair, conducting a restaurant under the grandstand. This is vacation. It gives him a rest from bending over the muddy boot, and at the same time he is adding to his fortune and having a good time, which means something to a fellow who is making thousands of dollars, 10 cents at a time. Shartie began his strange money making career in Dayton in 1867. t when he discovered that there was more money in pollening snoes at iu cents than in cooking meals for which someone else obtained the profit. He had been a cook as a youth. Wtien he changed his trade business was small at first, but gradually he increased it, until at the present time his clientele is sufficient to keep him busy all day?every day.?Ohio State Journal. Trade Outlook Promising. New York, Oct. 30.?R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade to-morrow will say: "Decided improvement is noted in trade reports this week, especially in respect to distributive departments. Orders have come to manufacturers more freely in many cases, accompanied by requests for immediate or very early delivery. Evidences of increased confidence are numerous and prices are more firmly held where concessions have been offered recently without attracting business. Many mills have resumed, after months of idleness, sufficient orders having accumulated to assure active capacity during the balance of the year and there is a general belief that contracts will be placed freely during the next few months. "Increased strength is noted in the leading textile industries, a broader market promising to sustain improvement with prospects of further gains in some departments. A few reductions in prices are recorded, but these are exceptions, and manufacturers are assuming a more independent attitude. Jobbing houses report that traveling men send in fairly good orders for cotton goods, but house trade is not yet normal, election uncertainty increasing the feeling of conservatism." ' 'vT*'- - "^r| There Are Still J/ I A FEW BARGAINS QUOTED BELOW i m n 1 1 /^s I M CLOTHING SHOES ! C J M'InSVl CT/ftl V ?-: IKijSj Grey Suits regular price $8.00 American Lady Shoes, regular price fjttg ^ now $6.50 $3.50, now ?3.00 Jagj ! Brown Suits regular price $14.00 American Gentleman Shoe regular ??i Iffl now $11.00 price $5.00, now $4.25 k k |jjs Blue Serge Suits regular price $12.50 American Gentleman Shoe regular ; H Bw) now $10.00 price $4.50 now $3.50 aa 1? j Black Suits regular price $18.00 American Gentleman Shoe regular rws gjjg< now $14.00 price $4.00, now $3.00 gj|i M ! Black Suits regular price $16.00 American Gentleman Shoe regular ?Sj Wa now . $13.00 price $3.50, now $2.75 rigs W : Bla?L Suit3 resular price |}H? Boys, Misses and Children's ' f U if 11 : Black Suits regular price f lO.OO Shoes 5013 at -cost also' V W Si now $8.00 Hrpcc Onnrlc ^ a fid IK\|| i Boys Suits regular price $5.00 during VJUUU& HHRIH 11? feffj th*8 8ale $3.75 Dress Goods that formerly sold for eSsS Boys Suits regular price $4.00 during $1.00 now.... 90c I 1 J ?0 this sale $3.00 Dress Goods that formerly sold for ' gm 1 Boys Suits regular price $3.75 during 75C now OOc gK this sale $2.75 Dress Goods that formerly sold for ^ W Boys Suits regular price $3.00 during 50c now 45c this sale ... $2.00 Dress Goods that formerly sold for Jjfi Boys Suits regular price $2.50 during 25c now .20c jj(u this sale $1.95 Dress Goods that formeriy sold for ^ ' gfa ? Extra Pants sold at a sacrifice. 15C now 12He Uff DAIISI rffcATS Dress Goods that formeriy sold for |8 Iiynti i iug uuw a ov jaw Rain Coats, regular price $15.00, BLANKETS now $12.50 I sjej Rain Coats, regular price $12.50 Blankets, wool or cotton, from $1.50 V m dvis now $10.00 to $4.50. Rain Coats, regular price $10.00, uat?o ^ $fl>l now $8.00 nAlb Ptj ^3 OVER COATS Hats that formerly sold for $3.50 j IbU j l|| now $2.50 Overcoats, regular price $15.00, Hats that formerly sold for $3.00 _ . Eft] .t now $12.50 now $2.25 pHIA W SSI Overcoats, regular price $12.50 dur- Hats that formerly sold" for $2.50 aw ing thi3 sale $10.00 now $1.75 H8| ^ Overcoats, regular price $10.00, dur- Hats that formerly sold- for $2.00 Bp ?? ing this sale $8.00 now $1.50 ' iw) Overcoats, regular price $8.00, dur- Hats that formerly sold for $1.50 ing this sale $6.50 now $1.25 BP Overcoats, regular price $7.50 dur- Hats that formerly sold for $1.25 W*aw ing this sale $5.50 now $1.00 f B J VM * ' I 1 | C. R. Brabham's Sons! |J Bamberg, ------ South Carolina M "J ll Sfrnnd Onenino* ! I Of The Season | Owing to the Tremendous Fall j| The Business I have had, I have been Oar hpi forced to buy the second time , S nnlv this season, and the_new goods Specialties: 3 |v"v are* arriving daily. Therefore in 1 h the middle of the season you ' 1 Store have even newer and later styles Gloves -11 to select from than at the beginning. We are the only store in i Oi the the county that has been able to nBCDlDgS ;| g| furnish you buttons at all times S jVj-4 this season and we intend to con- Collars: 8 1 1 ' - ~ f flVlATTT TTA11 Iunue uus recui u. \jau onuvy juu _ something new in this line most j j1 in everyday. Don't listen to others W. B. CorSfitS | j^lj but come and see for yourself. j n . Seeing is believing?so drop in ? i | Jag Bamberg , and let us showyou the most com-; Underwear .j plete line of Dress Goods, Silks, ij &p County Trimmings, Buttons, Nets, and Buttons ' ' ! i pi in fact anything that is new. : p|p ^ 1 * w 10 /y A ! m | b. A. flooton s Ladies More p | and Dress Making Parlor I