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3 PLANTER'S ? LOAN ?ND S SAVINGS 3 BANK, Augusta, Ga., < m * -3 PAYS INTEREST. * ;?N DEPOSIT^ .NTS SOLICITED L. C. H?YNE. Chas. C. Howard, CASHIER. 8ESCVRCES OV?R SI,OOO.OOO JIMBUB iimm mi mm YOI.. 71. , 91 f f I i I I B i I IH ?J jr HE NATIONAL BANK ?f AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. BLAYNE, President. PRANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL. .. .. ..$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 EDGEFIELD, S.C.,.WEDNESDAY, APRIL ll, ?906. We ?hill be pleased to liar? y.-.u open an nefonnt + ?witn tait Battle. Cuitoniersant] corn's. v:tft>-nu as- th ?ured ofCTery cfturttiy and >ic;:oinm?iUt'tm im-M- J* We under con?ervotlve, qiod*rn Uuu?lnir. nitt'.iit?!*. A NO. 21. Wan. Scbweigert, Prent. A. S. Morris? Vice-PreBt. Thoa. S. 6r?y, Os?^ Union Savings Bank? Auguste, Ga?, with resources of over Eight {Hundred Thousand dollars and a ?oard of Directors chosen from the most successful business men in the community, iuvites you to become a depositor, prom ising you every courtesy. VOCKIPER CENT INTEREST paid on savings accounts. Correspondence invited. F. H. BARRETT, J. P. DOUGHTY, JR. W. K. KITCHEN. Special BARRETT & DOUGHTY, COTTON FACTORS. Liberal Advances Made on Prospective Crops and Consignments. FERTILIZERS jfjMf'Personal attention given all details. Correspondence solicited. 744 Reynold Street. Augusta, Ga, Aetna ) Phenix^^e Mutual Benefit, Life? Fidelity & Casualty Co,. Title Guaranty & Trust Co., Bonds, American "Live Stock Insurance Com pany, Horse and Mule Ins. Real - Estate Boug ht & Sold. 'The Insurance .Agency of C. A. GRIFFIN & CO. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accidents. Sickness and Wind Storms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. We have , now on hand 75 head of choice Horses and Mules. Now is the time to make your purcha?s. Our prices are as low as can be made, quality considered. B. L. JONES & SON. Stables in Rear ofCourt House. ETOmilMiMIMMMM^ ||| H||||| PATAPSCO MASTODON GEORGIA CHEMIC Ali WORKS AUGUSTA, GA. Everything in fertilizers, plant foods and agri cultural chemicals. Blood and Bone goods, Fish goods and Cotton Seed Meal Mixtures, These reliable fertilizers have been tried by the trade for over a third of a century, and their increas ing popularity attests their merit. Using them is therefore no experiment. Factories Augusta, Ga., Pon Pon, S, C. Sold exclusively at Edgefield by the EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY. $5f*?aU on them lor further information. Thousands Are Ens Molten Rod LIKE END OF THE WORLD Vesuvius Roars Like a Titan Pos sessed With a Legion of Devils, Vomiting Rivers of Fire on Cities Within the Beach and Terrifying Naples, Across the Bay, .With Violent Earth Shocks, Hot Ashes and Stifling Fames. Naples, By Cable-Thc hope that Mount Vesuvius was becoming calm was dissipated Sunday -when the vol cano became more active than ever. The panic has spread to Naples. Two strong earthquake shocks, which shattered windows and cracked walls pf buildings, were experienced. The entire population rushed to the streets in terror, many persons crying : '1 The Madonna has forsaken us j the end of the world has conic'' No trace remains of Boscatreaz, a commune on the southern declivity of the mountain where up to 18 hours ago 10,000 persons lived; and Tone An-1 nunziata, on the shores of the Gulf, of Naples, one mile to thc southward, ' is almost surrounded hy the invading i lava and has been evacuated by its 30,0t)0 inhabitants. The people were brought to Naples by trains, street cars, military carts and steamships. Similar means of transportation are being employed to bring away the peo ple from Torre del Greco. The police and carbiueers arc guarding thc abandoned houses and several mem bers of the government also are there. Work of Succor Difficult. ? telegram received from the mayor i of San Sebastiano, a village near the observatory on the northwest declivity of 'Vesuvius, says the lava is ap proaching rapidly and the people are terror-stricken.. They have been for nights without sleep, he says, are des titute, and beg that assistance be given them. The work of succor is hampered ow ing to the railway service, which is interrupted by red-hot stones thrown to a height of 3,000 feet falling on the tracks. Lightning Flashes Blinding. As yet it is impossible to count the craters that have opened and from which streams of lava have Hooded the beautiful, prosperous and happy land lying on the southeast shores of the^ Gulf or Naples. The atmosphere is heavily charged with electricity and now and then the flashes of lightning, are blinding, while the detonations from the volcano resembele those of terrible explosions. The churches were open all Satur day night and were crowded with panic stricken people. Members of the clergy are doing their utmost to calm their -fears, but the effects of their arguments for almost naught when renewed earthquake shocks are" experienced. Roaring and Smiting. With the danger and horror of the Swift, the Packer, Dead. Boston, Special.-E. C. Swift, the packer, died early Thursday morning. Mr. Swift was taken ill with pneu monia on March 27 and grew rapidly M on c. The crisis was reached Wed nesday, when he became unconscious, and remained in lhat condition until the end. Mr. Swift's wife, it is thought, is on her way to America from a European trip, v The Berwind Mutineers. Washington, Special-The Supreme Court of the United States took up the case of Robert Sawyer and Ar thur Adams, who are under convic tion on the charge of murder on the high seas. They are two of the mem bers of the schooner Berwind, whose four officer0- were murdered off the North Carolina coast last October. They brought the case to the Supreme Court on writs ol' error alleging ir-j regularities in their trial, which was j conducted at Southport. N. C., byi the United States Circuit Court Taxes in Alexandria. Alexandria, Specih?.*-Tbe City J Council passed the annual tax bill for the municipality. Thc tax on real estate and personal estate is fixed nt $1.90 on the $100 of taxable value and 50 cents an each adult male. It is expected that the oily will collect about $115,000, which will be but little, if any, in excess of the cost of carrying on the city's, affairs. Telegraphic Briefs Overseer Voliva will ask a receiver ship for Zion City and church, and threats are made that John Alexander Dowie will be arrested and charged with misuse of funds if he returns lo j fight thc action taken in deposing j him. Judge Grosscup of Chicago in au address in Boato?, proposed that cor porations having a national field of operations bo incorporated by tho Fedora! InRtead of hy tho State ?my, or n menin, fulfed By Rivers of ( and Earth situation aside, Vesuvius presents one of the most splendid sights imagin able. The mountains of fire, -whose speech is by detonation and whose acts are destruction, seem like an en raged giant determined to make the pigmies of earth feel the might of his' wrath. Here and there on the moun tain side stand the blasted trunks of pine trees, their bare branches out streached as though iii protest against thc devastation the volcano has wrought. y ?he Duchess of Aosta, who always is to bc found where misery exists, is not sparing herself in her efforts to alleviate distress. The people call her an angel of mercy. Sunday she took several children from their weary mothers and in her carriage conveyed them to the royal palace, where they will remain until conditions are bright. Hard to Breathe in Naples. Breathing is momentaiily becoming more difficult because of the poison? ons fumes and smokes, while the hot ashes, which are still falling, tend td make life a* burden. Thc observatory has been destroyed and Signor Matteucci, the director, and thc employes had narrow escapes. They passed last night in the dark ness, save for the frequent flashes of lightning, as the gas works and elec tric lighting plant were destroyed: The restaurant of the funicular rail road, too, has been obliterated. Prisoners iii jails on the mountain side went mad with terror and mu tinied and were only partially quieted by being brought here. But their fears have been communicated to the prisoners here, who may rebel at any moment. The situation is critical, fi Sea Not Yet Affected. Contrary to expectations, the sea has not yet shown signs of being af fected by the phenomena, but fears; are entertained that tidal waves may yet come and many crafts have put to sea. Visitors to Naples are avoiding the hotels on the sea.front and those living there are beginning to leave for; higher altitudes. Though there is much misery, up toi. the. present time there have been Sid'1 fatalities, except at Portici, where an old. woman died, supposedly from fright. To Roast Yellow Magazines. Washington, Special. - President Roosevelt will deliver his Decoration Day address this year before the Ar my and Navy Union at Norfolk, Va. The ceremonies lhere will be held at the navy yard and in the sailor's cem etery. Thc address of the President will be practically a repetition of the address he delivered at the dinner re cently given by Speaker Cannon to thc members of the Gridiron Club and other guet' The text of the speech was ' ' '.The Man With the Muck Rake," in which the President com pared some of the publishers and writers of the present day with the famous character in Pilgrim's Prog ress, and he scored some of the sen sational magazine writers without mercy and expects to repeat his state ments in the Norfolk speech. While the Norfolk speech will contain much that is new, it will follow closely the lines of the original address. English Spinners in Texas. Houston, Special.-H. W. Mc Alis ter and party of Manchester spinners arrived herc to look into the Texas cotton trade and were cordially re ceived. Asked as to whether it was proposed to invest in Southern con cerns Mr. McAlister stated that there was now under way a study of tue American lien land laws but he could not go further than thav Young Girls Taken in Raid. Richmond, Special.-Ada Gordon, the young girl who was a victim in the notorious Dela Haynes case and who was found in the house of Mollie Perkinson, which was raided by the police, was turned over to the Chil dren's Home Society Tuesday She is a mere slip of a girl, not more than 15 years of age. Effie Goodman, 'le pretty young woman who caused the raid, was not convicted. She left tho courtroom arm in arm with her brother and brother-in-law and will i . . urn to her home. She is 37 years of age. News Items. A memorial in Washington to the late Susan B. Anth6ny was decided upon by the executive board of the National Council of Women. The Italian bark Antonio, ashore near Cape Henry, is said to ho break ing in two. The storehouse and dwelling of J. M. Airhcart at Cave Springs, near Roanoke, were burned. J. L. Crandall of Boston is to erect a shipyard at Norfolk. Larry Rodgers, who iriginated the story that Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst was lo bc killed, was given seven years and six months in Sing Sing' The lockout of thc union men at High Point still continues. Efforts are being made to reach an agiee meut between the employees and ?m ployers, but so far nothing (ia? boen n?ooraplished? both sides remaining" as al tho beginning ?l'Mt?o tl'??blf. STATUS OF 1906 CROY M i Tho Acreage May bc Slightly Increas ed This Year Over Last But Not Over ?9?4. A special lo thd Columbia, (& &) State from ?alti?ndr? s?ys: Summ?riahig ?5 pages of letters or? the eptt?fi acreage outlook from several hundred hankers in t North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Tex as, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory, the States prac tically embracing the cotton belt of the South The Manufacturers ' Record says this week: "The replies indicate a tendency toward a slight increase in aereage .for the cotton belt as a whole, an in crease, however, not overcoming the decrease in 1905 from the acreage of 1904, and a tendency to he restrained by certain natural factors! The re plies show steady' ddv?nd? itt diversifi cation of crops, a firmer purpose thai, ever on the part of bankers and farm ers to stand together for the common good aud a greater degree of comfort among the growers. "There is a general purpose appear ent all along the line for the bankers and growers to continue, even with greater zeal, the policy of cooperation which worked ' so successfully dur ing the past season. This does not,.of course imply l?ss acreage as a whole in 1906 than in 1905, although such ? reduction in promised in a number of localities. Nor does it imply that the acreage in some States will not be in creased. New lands in Texas, Okla homa, Indian Territory and Arkansas, and, indeed, in Buch older States a? Georgia, South Carolina and Missis sippi, are being opened up and are going into cotton, In sections like the delta of Mississippi, where no fertili zer is yet used, or where it is really cheaper to buy supplies than to raise them with cotton at 10 of l'? cents, a moderate increase in acreage may be expected and many individuals will plant from 5 to 10 per cent wider than last year. But in the main the bankers are not encouraging any great expan sion, but, on the other hand, are stand ing by the wisdom of the past 12 months and are receiving from the farmers hearty support. ' Some far mers are still holdiug, not because they expect much better prices, but because they do not need the monty, and those who may not bc satisfied with the price at the time: they gin thc coming crop are assured that they will have no difficulty in obtaining dc comodatious from the banks and mer chants who are backing up the grow ers in legitimate plans to make their crop a paying one. At the same time" a voice of'caution is raised against any combination to get excessive prices,, that being held as censurable as are efforts of Wall street bears to depress prices. Here and there, where experience has not taught wisdom, the all-cotton idea is abroad, and some few planters really favor a permanent S-cent basis for the staplej "The readiness with which the growers favor conservatism in plant ing this year and their determination to work along with the banks are due to the steadily increasing comfort of the many. The day of the old credit system is passing, and now the grow ers are found in various stages of prosperity, from ability to pay off old debts and to lift mortgages to ability to lend money themselves. Their bank accounts are greater then ever before and they are investing their surplus in permanent forms. They are buying more land and bring ing the present holdings to a high state of cultivation. New homes with modern conveniences are being built and old ones are being improved. Up to-date impliments and machinery are being purchased, a better grade of live stock is appearing, some farmers are investing in town property and mov ing in so that their children may enjoy better school facilties. the farms be ing rented, and more bank stock and cotton mill stock and cotton seed oil mill stock are being held by the far mers, while better school buildings and better churches in divers country neighborhoods bear witness to pros perity growing out of better prices for cotton, and to the incresing ability to maintain a policy insuring even greater prosperity in the future. "Necessarily to diversify, to divert some energies from cotton-growing in to the raising of other crops, is giv ing place lo deliberateness in follow ing the policy as this stronger finan cial condition of the farmers permits them to enlarge upon the wisdom of not depending upon one crop. Diver sification, which implies more fertiliz ing and greater attention given to the crops, began primarily for thousands of growers in canying out a "hog and-hominy" campaign-that is, in living on one's own farra, in making supplies at home. The growing- in cer tain favored sections of early vega ta Mes and fruit foi* Northern markets. Don't Buy : o:r Iron JSL or Gr stir eic Until you have thoroughly e We can save you on"each implement. That's, worth FTtEE Our New of the best Seed forth? South. With or more of seed we ?ive FREE one ; EKN RU BA MST-thc best farm ant Catalog tells all about it, When ir. and we will give von a packet of our i sw? etret} ou have ever had a chance j?fy Write at once or call at om ? lex tinder Oil BROAD STREE' the tobacco crop, as much a -staple in some sections of the South as cotton is in others, and r?e and sugar plant ing have, of course, engaged thc atten tion of many persons for year?. New tracts once devoted to cotton, or that ordinarily might havo heen planted in cotton, are being given over to a gre?ter ?m?urit of cane, tobacco and rice, while iii ifiauy' localities more and more attention is beitig given to peaches,* cantaloupes, melons, toma toes,- potatoes, peanuts, alfalfa, corn, wheat, hay. grapes, oates, pears, ap ples and berries more co'tvs chickens and hogs are being raised, more mules and horses and more live stock gener tlly for home use or for the market, as immigration is becoming more needed to meet the demand for labor and as a larger and larger number of farmers are perforce driven to handle crops that they may work themselves. "Everywhere there might be a de sire to depart from the safe and sure policy of last year and to yield to the temptation to plant more cotton, un der the impression that a greater crop would not affect the price, it faces the possibility that the supply of labor will be insufficent to make even a crop equal to that of last season.. From every one of the States comes com plaints of a scarcity of farm laboi-, Oklahoma joining in the chorus. The younger negroes especially are loath to follow in the footsteps of their parents, and are either rendering in ferior service or arc quitting the farms entirely for idleness or disu Itory work iii the towns and cities. Lumber mills, the naval Store indus try, mining, railroad building, dam construction and building" operations generally offer higher wages than the farms, and, in thc case of whites, the demands of the cotton mills arc hav ing somewhat similar crippling effect upon farm operations, in spite of the inclination noted here and there for operations under thc spur of fair prices for cotton to attempt to make a little crop of their own. Indeed, such is the activity in lumbering that not a few farmers, as is reported from Louisiana, are following the field hand to the lumber camp and are turning out their own cotton ecreage for the year. "Another influence against exten sive expansion in acreage is the back wardness of the season in the Carolina and Georgia, as well as in Texas and Oklahoma, the ground behur still wet and cold, or the crop of corn, the suc cess of which will largely determine the acreage of cotton, not being suf ficiently advanced to give a basis for any estimate. In a few spots, too, the boll wedvil is regarded as a deterrent, though one correspondent takes a jocular view of the power of the cot ton boll weavil aeainst the cotton' bear." Edward Everett Hale 84 Tears Old. Washington. Special.-The Rev. Everett Hale, chaplain of the United State Senate is celebrating his eigh ty-fourth birthday in a quiet way. Notwithstanding his age he is still in excellent health and vigorous and i* taking great interest in the affairs o! the Senate. He received hundreds o? letters and telegrams of congratula tion and some of his more intimal* friends called at his house to offc: their best wishes. Russia After a Large Foreign Loan. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-In view of the agreement on Morrocan re forms reached at Algeciras March 31, Russia has opened preliminary nego tiations in Paris for a large foreign loan, of at least $2.000,000 and desires more if possible. The syndicate with which she is negotiating is composed of Dutch, German and British cap italist?, but so far no Americans are connected with it. Mack's Office Burned. Buffalo, Special.-Fire early Tues day morning destroyed the plant of the Evening Times. Thc loss is esti mated at $200,000. The. Times is published by Norman E. Mack, Demo cratic National committeeman. Mr. Mack was on his way to Detroit when the lire broke ont and was notified by telegraph. Nine linotype machines and two new presses installed a few weeks ago were ruined by the heat. Mutuall Trustees' Turn. New York, Special.-Charges simi lar to those recently made against the directors of the New York Life Insu rance Company by Andrew Hamilton were made against the trustees of thc Mutual Lile Insurance Company by Andrew C. Felds. Thc former legislature osent of the Mutual is now in seclusion at his home at Dobbs Ferry. He is said to he seriously ill and bas denied himself lo all callers. The charges against the Mutual trus tees were made in a formal statement which Fields issued thronsh his phy sician.. Planet, ?F:r. sxx Tools sam i ned our large stock. from 81. to $5. thinking about! Come to see us. Catalog FREE every order for one dollar's worth . year's subscription to the SOUTH I garden paper in the South. lakinc inquiry mention tnis paper lew Melon, The Watson. Bestand to grew. r.store when in town. - Seed. Co,, T AUGUSTA, QA. MOPPEY SAVED I? . Money OaiiiedL Consult your own interest. Open Buggy includinsr Harness and Um brella for $50 00, or Top Buggy complete for 40.00. Remember, I Sell Goods Lower than any other house in the South. Chase's Fine Plush robe.-, from $1, np. Theie are now b^ngsold at a sacrifice of 40%, the moet beauti ful Jine ever ?cid in Augusta. 1 am alf o facrificing 'J', un ks, Satchels, Suit Cases, etc., to make room for ^ther ilnes. Sole agent for tue fa mous Babcock vehicles and the I c farm wagons on the maket. H. //. CO SK ERY, The Carriage and Hardware Man of Ga.. 749 and 751 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF ? I III AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material, Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, " Augusta, Georgia. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE. . Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and- buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing? is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS, always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. OEiO. lp COBB. Johnston, South Carolina. THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading Grocers of Augusta Ga.f ABBINGTON BROS. . COMPANY, . 839 Broad {TW. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgefield County are with us and want to see you. For Fire and Life =3=G0 TO SEEgg QAUGHMAN SC H-ARLINQ BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. We represent the best Old Line Companies. ?AUGHMAN Q Bj A?LING A GENTS. ^/AUGHMAN Qt MARLING /\ GENTS. NEW SHOP My Carriage and Repair Shop at the Gray Stables is now well equipped. I invite you to in spect it. Large fcrce of competent workmen-Full supply of the best material always on har d. Can ?uiid you a new wagon or repair your old one on short notice. Tire Setting and Horse Shoeing done in the best pofsibie manner. ?38F"Satis?act?on Guaranteed, (jive me a call. HOLLAR Dealers in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. Also the Ceci, lian Piano Player. SATISFACT ION G UARA NTEED. Call on or write us for prices and terms. NINETY SB, S, Qi