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* . """" * ON DEPOSITS ACCOUNTS J*d SOLICITED LC. H AY NE, ? .IPEcSaiDSMT. Chas. ?. Howard, CAB HTS s. KESOTECES OTEE SI.OOO.OOO ! ; S ! i ! t ! 1 M I M 11 I I 11 B I VOL- 71. HENAflWAtK jf AUGUSTA, GA. I L. C. HAYNS, President. FRANK CL FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 ! Wesh*llbe pleased to h*TS yo? open AB ?Monat Y with t hit Bank. CustocwrssBd correspondants ?*. ? sored or OTC ry coartes; sod aecommodstU? ?0"** + ' bj? andee eaasorrsUT?, modsrn Banking meisods. \ ?HhH-Vji ll 1111111111111 H I l*y EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 5, ?906. NO. 42. lens son Squad LINE mm ISSUES ? r~~7 % J ted by More Then 20,000 Persons [Madison "Square' Garden, While Thousands' Choked Streets side for Blocks, Returned Trav is Given Such a Thunderous leonie as to Bring Tears to His York, 'Special.-Such a wel as seldom in this country's his- ! jhas been accorded to a private j was given to William Jennings at Madison Square Garden in ; [elebration of his return from a I absence, spent . in foreign ' the guest of the Commercial ( ?ers' Anti-Trust League, Mr. was greeted hy more than 20, persons, who filled the great! Iture from floor to upper gallery. same time 'the streets and aes outside the garden were j?d for blocks by other thousands, stood patiently for hours for the j WILLIAM JENIN lege of even a fleeting glance at distinguished visitor. The_inter the garden was a waving sea ?olor. Every person in the audi had been provided with a mina American flag and every cheer _2O,OO0 throats was accentuated waving of 20,000 tiny staffs the Stars and Stripes, len Mr. Bryan entered the hall proceedings, which already bad were brought to a temporary ise while- for, eight minutes volley [er volley of thunderous cheers led through the great building, len Chairman Tora L. Johnson, in introduction of Mr. Bryan? refer to the guest of the "evening as e_ first citizen, if not the first offi ,"of the land-not yet _the first icial," and Mr. Bryan rose, thc Deadly Candy to Prisoner. ?Tort.Worth, Tex., Special-As the suit of eating poisoned candy mail to a prisoner in the county jail by jme unkomvn person, the recipient, S. Fitzgerald, is dead, Henry feake, Louis Weaver, W. H. Norris ad J. T. Cross are dangerously ill, Ind Frank Grundy, who tasted the jnfectionery, is also ill. Fitzgerald, boy of 19 years, was held on a large of burda ry. Au examination I the candy after Fitzgerald's death bowed that it had been sprinkled hth strychnine. Aetna > Phemx; f rire* Mutual Benefit, ^ Fidelity & Casuaft; and Health. Title Guaranty & 1 American Live Stoi an Campaign At Madi *e Garden great gathering brok6 out in unres trained cheering, while the band play , eed "Hail to the Chief." ? I So touched was Mr. Bryan by tho welcome that as he stood waiting for the cheers to subside bis eyes filled with tears and he strode nervonslj from side to side of the narrow plat jfc rm. "How can I thank you for this welcome homet" he said. . i "My heart would be ungrateful if it did not concentrate itself to your service. It was kind to prepare this reception. It was kind of Governor Folk to come here all the way from Missouri. It was kind of Tom John son, that example of the moral cour age we so much need in this country, to lend his presence here. "It was kind in you to fully recom pense me in being absent so long from my native land. I thank you. I re turn to *ne land of my birth more proud of my citizenship than ever before." s Mr. Bryant- was introduced by Mayor Tom L. Johnson. His speech was quite lengthy and here only aro given paragraphs showing the cen tral thoughts. On being introduced Mr. Bryan said : "Like all travelers who have visit ed other lands" I return with delight UNCS BRYAN. to the land of my birth, more proud of its people, with more confidence in its government and grateful to the kind providence that cast my lot in the United States. My national pride has been increased by abundant evi dence I have seen of the altruistic iu terest taken by Americans in the peo ple of other countries. I return more deeply impressed than ever before with the- responsibility which rests upon our nations and more solicit ous that we, avoiding the causes which have led other nations to de cay, many present a higher ideal than has ever before been embodied in a national life and carry human prog ress to a higher plane than it has before reached. Each nation can give lessons to every other, and while our nation Raid American Property. Washington, Special - According to a dispatch received at the State Department from one of the Ameri-' can owners of a Constancia estate, i near Cienfuegas, the Cuban insur-1 gents raided the property four days ago. The State Department did not1 make public the name of the Ameri can who sent the dispatch. This is | the first protest received from thc Americans. Mr. Sleeper, the Ameri- I can in charge at Havana, was cabled to demand of the Cuban government j adequate protection for the Constan ena estate and all American property. | : ': ? . . .1 ile. j Co,. Accident 'rust Co., Bonds, ck Insurance Cora d ilule Ins. ought & Sold. ris9 Agt. is iu a position, as I believe to the edu cation of the world, it ought to re main in the attidude of a pupil and be ever ready to profit by the ex perience of others. The first message that I bring from the old world is a message of peace. The cause , of arbitration is making real progress in spite of the fact that the nations most prominent in the establishment of The Heague tribu nal have themselves been engaged in wars since that court was organized. There is a perceptible Towth of the sentiment in favor of the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means. While men ma-" differ aa io the re lative importance* of issues, and whih the next Congress will largely shape the lines upon which the cowing r>res idential campaign will be fought, I think it safe to say that at present the paramount issue in the minds of ? large majority of the people is the trust issue. I congratulate President Roosevelt upon the steps' which he has taken and my gratification is not lessened by the fact that he has fol lowed the Democratic rather than the Republican platform, in every ad vance he has made. The tariff question is very closely allied to the trust question and tbs reduction of tho tariff furnishes an easy meeans of limiting the extortion which the trusts can practice. While free trade would not neces sarily make a trust absolutely im possible, still it is probable that few manufacturing establishments would dare to enter into a trust if the Pres ident were empowered to ?ut upon the free list articles competing with those controlled by a trust. I cannot permit this opportunity to pass with out expressing the opinion that the principles embodied in the protective tariff have been the fruitful source of a great deal of political corruption as well as the support of many of our most iniquitous trusts. It is difficult co condemn the man ufacturers for uniting to take advant age of a high tariff schedule when the schedule is framed on the theory that the industries need all the pro tection given and it is not likely thut the beneficiaries of these schedules will consent to their reduction so long as the public waits for the tariff to be reformed by its friends. Plutocracy is abhorrent as a repub lic; it is more despotic than an archy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It preys upon the nation in time of peace and conspires against it in the hour of its calamity. Conscienceeles? compassionless and devoid of wisdom, it enervates'its votaries while it im poverishes its victims. It is already sapping the strength of the nation, vulgarizing social life and making a mockery of morals. The time is ripe for its overthrow. Let us attack it boldly, making our appeal to*' the awakened conscience of the nation in (the name of the counting room which it .has defiled, in the name of business honor which it has sullied in the name of the ?eonle whom it has oppressed, in the name of the bornes which it.has despoiled, and in the name of religion upon which it has placed the stigma of hypocricy. And, if I may be permitted to sug gest a battle hymn, I propose a staza strongest of the poems of Scotland's but slightly changed from one of the democratic bard: "Columbia! My dear, my native soil! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven is sent! , Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health and "eace and sweet content ! And, 0, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion,.weak and vile; Then, thro' unearned wealth to wick ed ness ue lent, A virtuous populace may risc and stand, A wall of fire,around their much lov ed land." Short Weight Lard. Chicago,, III., Special.-City Sealer Joseph Grein directed that suits be instituted against Armour & Com pany, Nelson Morris & Company, Swift & Company and the Anglo American Provision Company on a charge of selling short weight lard. The city scaler declared that he and one of his inspectors purchased five pound pails of lard at the stock yards and found them to be from three tu twelve ounces short iu weight. National Federation Postoffice Clerks Chicago, Special.-Representative postoffice clerks from six cities of the West met and formed a national union under the auspices of the Am erican Federation of Labor. The or ganization, which will be known as the National Federation of Postof fice Clerks, is the first national labor union to be composed exclusively of government employes. Dead in Pool of Blood. Baltimore, Special.-Lying face downward in a pool of blood' and up on a 38-calibre pistol, the dead body of Gilbert H. Waters was found in Eutaw- Place synagogue, with which he was prominently connected in an official capacity. No one seems able to assign a cause for the deed. The dead man was prominent in insur ance circles. ? The coroner gave a certificate of death by suicide. Pan-American Congress Over. Rio de Janeiro, By Cable.-The in ternational Pan-American conference closed. General Rio Branco, the for eign minister of Brazil, made a fare well address, expressing the govern ment's appreciation of having lice, the conference here and declaring that the results would be great t( wards world-peace. At a brillia' . ball at the foreign office following t!it session, the officials and the hijjh?.':;i people of societ;; attended. SOUTH THEIR .HOME Booker Washington Addresses Negro Conference DEPLORES CRIMINAL TENDENCY ---? At Convention of Negro Business League, the Race's Leader in This Country Speaks With Candor and Force of Crimes Committed ty Ne gros, irorth and South, and Bemedy Therefor-Criminal Negro Must be Got Bid of aa Curse to Bace-No Worse Enemies to Busi ness Progress Than Lynchers and Those Who Provoke Lynching. Atlanta, Ga., Spacial-The seventh annual session of the National Kegro Business League, of which Booker T. Washington is president, opened :ere with over a thousand negroes m ali parts of the country pr .t. Speeches of welcome were madi :)y Mayor Pro Tem Harwell and Pi ii dent Sam D. Jones, of the chamber of commerce, which were responded to by the more prominent negro business men. The meeting was called to order by W. B. Matthews, president of the local organization, who made the opening address. The regular pro gramme of the convention was then taken up and a number of speecheB on various industries discussed by negro business men. The sessions will continuo three days. The principal feature of the night session was the annual address of the president of the organization, Booker T. Washington. After explaining the objects of the National Negro Business League, Booker T. Washington, in his annual address as president of the league, said in part: "We believe that while the world may pity a crying, whining race, it seldom respects it. We belieye that the influence of one great success in really accomplishing something that the world respects will go farmer in promoting our interests. Let con structive progress be the dominant note among us in every section of America. South Negro's Best Home. "Right here in Georgia we have abundant evidence that the negro is learning this lesson at a rapid rate. It is safe to say that the negro in Georgia owns at least $20,000,000^ worth of taxable proprerty and that our people in other sections of the South have made almost equal progress. Within the past year I have inspected and studied tthe con ditions and progress of our people in the Northern and Western States, and I have no hesitation in reaffirm ing my opinion that the Southern States offer the best permanent abode for the masses of our people. \ "There is much that the brave, in telligent, patriotic white men of America can do for us; there is much we can do for ourselves. The execu tive authorities should se that every law is enforced, regardless of race or color; that the weak are protected against injustice from the strong. We have examples in several South ern States that this is being done in an encouraging degree. Must Get Bid of Criminals. "On the negro's part we have a duty. Our "leaders should see to it that the criminal negro is got rid of whenever possible. Making all al lowance for mistakes, injustice and the influence of racial pride, I have no hesitation in saying that one of the elements in our present situa tion that gives me most concern is the large number of crimes that are being committed by members of oui race. The negro is committing too much crime, North and South. The crime of lynching everywhere and at all times should be condemned and those who commit crime of any na ture should be condemned. Our Southland today has no greater enemy to business progress than lynchers and those who provoke lvrjrthintf. "We cannot be too frank or too strong in discussing the harm that the committing of crime is doing our race. Let nu stand up straight and speak out and act in no uncertain terms in this direction. Let us do our part, and then let us call on the whites to do their part. "Right here in the South there are more things upon which the races agree than upon which they disagree. There is no section of the South where the negro farmer, mechanic, merchant and banker cannot And en couragement, opportunity and pros perity. In this respect let us not overlook the fact that many similar opportunities are at our door." Negroes Threaten to Lynch. Macon, Ga., Special.-A special to The Telegraph from Valdosta, Ga, says: A 5-year-old negro girl was brutally treated by a negro man here. The child is in a dangerous condi tion. #The negro population openly threatens to lynch the assailant. Thc chief of police is exercising his au thority to protect the prisoner from the mob. Shaw's Southern U?mpaign. Washington, Special. -Secretary Shaw will leave Washington on Sep tember 7 for a campaign tour through the South. On September 8 he will speak in one .of the cities in Virginia but winch one has not ben selected.* On the 10th h? will speak at Winston, N. C., on the 11th at States'ville, N. C., on tho 12th at Asheville, N. C, on the 13th at Knoxville, Tenn., on the 14th at Nashville, Tenn.,, and on the 15th at Memphis. ^_^(. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS -J Condition of South Carolina Gr?ps For Week Ending Monday, Aug. 27, 1906, as Given Out by th? De partment. |r. The weather was partly cloudy to cloudy, and generally sultry, the en tire week, in. the|eastei^i and central counties, but some-days were' clear, early11 - - extreme north' State. Thu T sd about norma northern portia t one de spree" a them and southe e was an unusw ;he daily minimi ing the week. ; um tem perate ?lackville on the" ninimum tempen t Green ville OE * Then ling and thunder of the State, a f places rain fell k. The central j -cceived the hea ly, but some pl ounties received great est local hes at IJlackvili capita tion was -J. W. Bauer, S For ^*iig Week." Columbia State. The Ch amber-of Commerce's com mittee on State fair met to considei the matter of bringing attractions here this year. ^I? has been decided to have an "At?d^Lang Syne" week in connection withlthe State fair, and South Carolinians^from all over the United States are invited to take part in the home-coming;. The railroads have been asked: tojgive reduced rates from all parts-of^the country. The occasion of this home-comin?? celebra tion is tbe 30th?anmversary of the vic tory of Wade ' Hampton and tho Democrats and the $verthBOW of Radi cal misrule. It i?|?uroposed to have a parade showing1 . .in typical manner the devloument Sf South Carolina since that time. JPhe feature of the parade will be a*^critter company" or a band of mot?n ted men in red shirts, the unifopi-iw^icK drove terror to hearts oraven'^viJ^L crime and guilt. It is proposed.;^ hafvthe riders in this parade be "meh^who-t?ok-*part' in- the? actual termoil which-made great the leaders in that campaign. The details ?f this feature of "old home" week are to be worked out and suggestions will be received with pleasure by Mr. E. B. Clark, secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce. Any ideas which will add to the pleasure of fair week will be appreciated. Manager K. G. Barkoot, the carnival man, is here trying to muke a contract for fair week. He says he has new shows engaged and can give a midway ex tending from the postoffice to the State house, down Gervis to the Sea board Air Line passenger station and occupying part of the space in Assembly street. Dollita, the little woman who attracted so much atten tion here last fair week, is a mother. The baby is nearly a year old and weighs 14 pounds. Fair week is just eight weeks hence and preparations will be started at once to make this a great home-coming week for South Carolinians residing in other States. Wounds Prove Fatal. Spartanburg, Special-Charles Rav en, who was shot by his brother-in-law Henry Seay, died at his home near the Arkwright Cotton Mill. The cause of the trouble between the men is attri buted to a misunderstanding relative to family matters. Seay, who is a member of the fire, department is in jail Chester's New Building. Chester, Special.-The work of moulding and manufacturing concrete blocks for the two-story building of Mr. T. L. Eberhardt, corner Main and Wylie streets, began a few days ago. The work will be pushed rapid ly. The building will have a frontage of over 70 feet on Main street and a depth of 100 feet or more on Wylie street. The corner store on the first floor will be occupied by the post office under a five-year contract. The work is to be completed by January 1. Th building will contain desides the uostofflce, two -store rooms an Main street and one on Wylie street. Negro Boy Killed. Spartanburg, Special.-James Pil grim, a young negro boy about 15 years of age, was instantly killed in front of the furniture factory of the Lim Furniture company, while en deavoring to board an outgoing freight train. The boy was in the employ of the factory and shortly after the whistle blew for dinner endeavored to board the freight train. Chile Declines Rothschild Offer. Valparaiso, By Cable.-A state of 6eige continues here and nobody is allowed on the streets after 6 o'clock in the evening. There have been some accidents as the result of thc use of dynamite in blowing up dam aged buildings. President Riesco has replied to an offer of the European banking firm of Rothschild to help sufferers from the earthquake, sayin.2 that he hopes Chil?an resources wil hg sufficient for this purpose, MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Uhf United State* Consul-General at Canton reports that the loss to Am ericans by the Chinese boycott on goods imported from the United States will not exceed $1,250,000. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, in an interview, discusses the possibility that he may not be endorsed by the Ohio Republican Convention because he did not support the President hi all matters .of legislation. There is a suspicion that the revo lution in Cuba has the support of a syndicate well supplied with capital. R. L. Yates, who disappeared from his home in Danville March 13 and had been given up for dead, has writ ten to 'his father from Kentucky. Two wildcats are at large in the vicinity of Chester, W. Va., and are terrorizing the surrounding country. The scaricity of coast guard re cruits for the Virginia and Carolina coasts is said to be a serious menace to commerce. William Jett Lauck, of Keyser, is being, boomed for the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Second West Virginia district. Miss Vinnie Embrick was killed by an electric car in Richmond while studying ber Sunday school lesson on her way to church. Lynchburg authorities report the tobacco crop outlook in that section of Virginia the best in years. The*New York immigration author ities ordered the deportation of the Hebrew orphans who arrived on the Amerika, but an appeal has been taken. The sailing of the nag ship Maine from New York was delayed on ac count of the death of the coxswain. It is stated that the cause of the hard times in the silk business is the adulturation of the fabric, caus ing revolt of the purchasers. The electrification of the line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad means the employment, it is is said, of motermen at $3.50 per day, instead of from $6 to $10. Capt. Nathan Appleton, author, traveler and Panama canal promoter, i who was recently divorced and was to be married again, died in Boston. President Palma and his cabinet are considering a proclamation of amnesty to Cuban insurgents who lay down their arms within 30 days. "" General"Min; commander, .of :: the Semiriovsky Regiment and who was active in putting down the Moscow revolt, was killed at the Peterhof rail way station bv a girl. The death as the result of the bomb explosion in Premier Stolypin's home now number 32. The Chilean Government has drawn up a plan for the reconstruction of Valparaiso. President Rosevelt is the target of the heavy guns of the English press for his spelling reform order. The legislative committee which in vestigated the Williamsburg Insane Asylum failed to agree and will sub mit majority and minority reports. Bids were opened in Washington for sites for Federal buildings in Fair mont and Grafton, W. Va. Mr. Gustavus C. Jacobs, owner of the Riverside plantation in Chester field county, Virginia, was killed by a kick from a horse. The Gould Western Pacific system i* extending its lines into Oregon. Dr. Lee B. Boyers, a physician, and Dr. A. R. Badgely, a dentist, were ar rested in Fairmont, W. Va., charged by Dr. G. W. Keener, an optician, with performing a criminal operation. A report of the chief clerks of the two houses of Congress shows the appropriations of the last session to have totaled $879,589,185.16, an in crease or $59,404,505.20 over the pre vious year's budget. Mr. Lewis P. Nelson, 87 years old, of Culpepper, Va., is dead. The negro troops at Brownville, Texas, have been ordered to a front ier post as a result of the recent shoot ing affray in which they killed one white man and wounded another. The Isthmian Canal Commission has invited bide to furnish 2,500 Chinese coolies to dig the Panama canal, pre scribing almost prohibitive conditions. The Pasiflc Mail Steamship Com pany's steamer Manchuria went aground on a reef at Rabbit Island, one of the Hawaiian group, and all the passengers were taken ashore. - Dispatches from Chile show that the panic resulting from the earth quake has subsided, and Government is active in taking relief measures. In an interview, Alexander Guch off said the Czar's intentions are good but he is in ignorance of the real "onditions. vice-President Fairbanks was given in enthusiastic reception at Fort Ben jamin Harrison, Indiana, where he re yiewed the troops. Stewart Battle, telegraph operator at Collier's Station, un Hie Atlantic Joost Line railroad, was killed by ightning while at work at his key. The Cuban Government is much disturbed over the revolutionary novement directed against President .'alma. William Jennings Bryan sailed for librae from Giberallar. Tunis, By Cable-A violent tornado accompanied by a terrifie hail storm and lightning killed eight farmers md hundreds of head of cattle, UNION SAVINGS BANK Augusta,' Ga., with resources of over Eight "Hundred Thousand dollars and & Board of Direotors chosen from the most successful business men in the community, invites you to become a depositor, prom ising you every courtesy. FOUR'PER CENT INTEREST paid on Savings accounts. 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