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?LANT?R*S WAK AW SAVINGS BANK, August*, (?a.. r <*ZfB5r08KS + ACtfQOTTS ? SOLICITED * L C. MAYNE, P&SSXDX2IX. Chas. C, Howard, J CASH isa. OTES SI,OOO,OOO : i s i p a nj i t H-Hn simms VOL. 73. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1907, f?HE NATIONAL BANK ? ff AUGUSTA; QA. ; L. C. Pwcdeai. FS?HK G. FORD, Cashiw. j CAPITAL. :.$250,009 ? Surplus and Profits. 150,000 { 1 bte u?d?r conaervauvo. MdmSS^ ZZtjEST ! I M 11 BJ! Ilili j ?i 01 M i ? NO.l. Wm. SCHWEiGERT, A. S, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Prest. Yice-Pres. Cashier. J.-;.'.'..;. ?_. ;. "...;,. .? . . . . . . IJnion Savings Bank Augusta, Ga .9 Offers the Citzens of Edgefield a SAFE, CONSERVATIVE and CONVENIENT DEPOSITORY. 4'Per Cent Interest? ''Opposite the Monument."" We've had forty-^ix years experience making and selling vehicles, and have yet to see. anything on wheels which for Beauty, Easy Riding, Light;. Run ning and lasting and qualities wouki match Moyer asid Columbia Haig ^txicle"h>a]ke:r 'V^ragrons If Better were made you would i ind them here, A complete line of Harness always on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a SPECIALTY, BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE RIAL. ETNA COAL. Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. W0m SHADE AND OKNAMENTAL No Seale or Disease. Illustrated Catalog Free. ipJ.BER?KM?NS?O.mc. FRI//TLA ND $URS ERIES, AUGUSTA, GA. ESTABLISHED IN 1856 DON'T SELL YOUR S?tetelo ?ottort BUT SHIP TO & Rivers, Cotton Factors, Charlston, S. .C A We can get you the Best'Prices and the highest values for all grades. .Make a trial shipment*cnd see for yourself. "IS <V^--K;'S'^'''S Money Saved OD ever? pu robase that you make from us. We buy our goods io large quantities for cash, consepuentlv we arc in a positon to I nuke very close prices to our patrons. Our large JE^all ?took of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Etc., is ready for the buyers. . See our soperb line of frothing, for Men and Jloyp. Also the strongest line of ^boes ever shown in the city of Augusta. We eau Lt everybody and our prices are right. i Grramd Millinery Display We are sh )wing th3 largest and most beautiful line of Millinery ^ ever shown in this city We invite the ladies especially to call. ??flf you do not believe we can save you money, all we ask is a trial and*we will convince you. Ea ??5 nnd 6i$ dr?fii Street, Augusta, Sn? ? i ti I ? 1111111 H ? i i it i i 111 fi Palmetto The News of South Caro nm I ii I un ii lili i ii i :i i DEATH OP JUDGE CRAWFORD. Distinguished Lawyer and Jurist Dies in Colombia Circuit Court While Examining a witness-Was 59 Years Oold. Columbia, Special.-This communi ty was profoundly shocked -by the sudden death of Judge Andrew Craw-^ ford, the most eloquent member. of the Richland har, who succumbed to: an attack of apoplexy while examin-' lng a -witness in the Circuit Court. He expired in the solicitor's room just behind the judge's stand, within seven minutes after he suffered the stroke aud just as his physician, Dr. James H. McIntosh, was reaching him. The distinguished lawyer was about 59 years' old at the time of his death, but he was in excellent health for a man of his years, and in the morning seemed particularly alert. Only a few da3rs ago he re marked to a friend how well he was feeling, how he always so much more enjoyed life in the fall. He was under no particular strain when he was stricken in the court room. Thc case ho was engaged in was a small damage suit case of. Mrs. Mo rant against the City of Columbia on account of her property being over flowed. He excused himself to his fellow attorney on i he other side, Col. J. Allen Green, and to the pre siding judge, Col. George Johnstone, and-passing by the clerk's desk, said in his usual' gracious manuer and with a smile, that be would be out just a moment. To Sheriff Cole man, who conducted him to a lounge in the solicitor's room, he said he had had a little trouble with his stomach the night hefore, hut that he expected to get relief as soon as some lithia tablets he had sent out for arrived. In a minute or so, however, he complained of his heart, said it did not seem to be working right, and asked that the doctor be sent for. Just as the physician started into the building Judge Crawford crumpled over to one side, gasped and was gone. Judge Crawford wasv' among thc! best of South Carolina's lawyers. Perhaps the most celebrated case he was; in was that against ex-Lieu tenant. Governor James EL Tjllman, at Lexington, for the murder of ' JSdiibr N. G. Gonzales, when ( he as sisted Solicitor Thurmond in the proseen tic .-Juil^r-eriwfor^ Was'1 the so? of-> Daniel McLaughlin Crawford, a na tive of Ireland. He was 'a graduate of the " law school of the University of Virginia, and served the Con federacy during the latter part of the war in-Col. Artemus Goodwyn's regiment. -_ Cunningham Acquitted. Spartanburg, Special.-D. K. Cun ningham was tried -Friday in the court of general sessions for the mur der of "Babe" Huntsinger. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The killing occured June in this city. Cunningham hit Huntsinger in thc head with a brick, inflicting a wound which caused death some days later. The plea of self-defense was present ed hy defendant's attorneys in the trial and was sustained throughout. Solicitor Sease said that he would be satisfied with a verdict of not guilty and Judge Watts so instructed the jury. Huntsinger and Cunningham were both hard working and highly respected farmers. , Only 68 Votes Were Cast.* Y?rkville, Special-There were 6S votes polled at the election held here Wednesday to decide whether or not thc town should issue bonds to the amount of $25,000 to install a sewer age system. Forty-three votes were. recorded in favor of tbe proposition and Lwenty-five against. Charged With Arson. I Newberry, Special.-On the 10th day of this month the gin house and contents belonging to Mr. A. J. S. Langford of this city on his planta tion, about five miles from town, were burned by an incendiary. Since that time detectives in conjunction with some of the local, officers b*?ve been working up the case. Monaay night Constable J. H. Chappell brought to jail Will Ruff, colored, who is charged with the crime. They have several strong clues which go to show that he is the guilty party. . Abbeville Mill Meeting. Abbeville, Special-The regular annual stockholders' meeting of Ab beville cotton mills was held here at 'he company's o^lce. D. A. Davis of New York was the only out-of town stockholder present. The old board of directors were reelected, ex ?ept Mr. Hatch of New York was elected in the place of B. S. Barn well, deceased. This leaves only four local diiectors. . I Baseball Troubles. Columbia, Special-On account of lie arbitrary conduct of the baseball directors, who stubbonly insist on car-j ving the league diamond to the fair -rounds in the teeth of an almost un mimous protest of the fans. Dick keenan, who has been contributing he old grounds free from rent, ha3 tarted a movement to wrest tho 'rnu?bise from the other crowd op nat Columbia in the State ham m tm w Riswt ?My WW fei?/ Affairs lina in Condensed Perm |j 0??$><8>$><5><S><?><?><^^ M 111111 Iii 1 M t \ M I ?Hi A Newberry Negro- Sentenced to Death. Newberry, Special.- At the recent term of the court for this county three negroes were tried for buming the barn and stock of Mr. P. N. Booz er of the county, the deed having been committed some time last yer|\ At a previous term of the court when the case was called for trial two of the negroes, Lawson Johnson and El-, more Mays, were represented hy at torneys. The other negro, Lewis Bur ton, having no attorney, the court appointed vMessrs. E. S. Biease and Geo. B. Cromer to represent him. For some reason the case was continued and came up at this term of the court The case went to trial, Burton confes sed to the burning and implicated the other two negroes. The jury, convict ed and furnished the testimony to son and Mays to mercy and they were sentenced to ten years in the peniten tiary. Burton, thc one who confess ed and furuishe dthe testimony to convict, the others, was sentenced to bc hanged ?li December 13th. Successful Bald For Stills Made in Greenville's "Dark Corner." Greenville, Special.-A party of revenue officers returned 'Ivom the "Dark ?orn?r^^seetion of the coun ty, bringing with them two while men by the name of Cook and Mas ters, . who were arrested at a still which was destroyed at Douthit Cave, near Caesar's Head. During the raid on the "Dark Corner" section three stills were cut up and about 1,100 gallons of corn mash destroyed. Masters, one of the men arrested, was the postmaster at Clara., in this coun ty. The officers do not know wheth er he was due of the owners of, the still or was present for the purpose of getting something to drink. House Near Newberry Burned. Newberry, Special.-Thc dwelling house in No. 6 township, this county, known as the Jim Davis place, be longing to Mr. I. M. Smith and occu pied by a negro family, was burned Monday night. The older members of the family went away and left a child in the house alone and it is supposed that the fire originated from a coal popped from the fire. The child escapei1. hut the negroes lost _every ' thing "they/Ta'a'd iii the "house. Burglars at Pinewood. Pinewood, Special.-rThe store of Messrs. D. R. Lide & Co., was broken into some time Thursday night and the outside doors of their safe were broken up, but strange to say, was not entered. Glasses were broken out of the windows of three other small stores and a few goods taken out. The indications are that this was not the work of " experts' ' but a local "gang," but as yet no arrests have been made. Five New Injunctions are Issued. Charleston, Special-Five addition ni alleged violators of the dispensary law were served with injunctions, re straining them from selling liquor and to make the order of still great er effect, in several cases, the owner? and agents of the buildings in which tho violators are said to have occur red are similarly made a party to the proceedings. Divers Fight on Bottom of Gulf. Tampa, Fla., Special-Six miles off Tarpon Springs on gulf's bottom, fif ty-seven feet under surface, Nicholas Andreas and John Bastonis, Greek sponge divers fought desperately wit' sponge hooks for possession of bip sponge. Both received wounds. An dres came to Tampa to institute pro secution against Baston?s only tr learn that no court had jurisdiction Negro Wanted 81,800 For Injured Feelings. Greenville, Special-In the court of Common Pleas a negro sued the Southern Railway for $1,800 for in jured feelings. It seems that one of the trains on the road was ven crowded and a number of white peo ple went into a section of the negrd\ coach. Later the negro came in and sat down by thc white people. The conductor came in and toid him he would have to go into thc section of the coach occupied by negroes. This caused the suit for damages. The jury in the case found for the rail road. House Approves Bill. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-The Carmichall prohibition bill- as it pass ed the Senate Wednesday was ap proved by the House by a vole of 7f lo 4. It will bc sent to the Governor at once. The law is effective 1909, al which time the sale of all liquors ex cept alcohol for medicial purpose must cense in thc State. A State of ficer with a salary of $5,000 a year is to be appointed to enforce the law. Pope Signed Reorganization Decree. Rome, By Cable.-The Pope signed a decree reorganizing thc datary, ai; ecclesiastical department, dealing with grants, dispositions, registration church documents, and thc peniten tiary, which settles the questionjoi conscience, absolution and confession The reorganization is expected to ex pidi?lo thc transaction of business in both departments anti remove nbu?r ' of Wbivb ftJ?r? ImvQ been wmptoiiit W Sill ?lWftfHl W). I?? WWWi GENSUS BIM/flREPORt Figur-is Show 7,30,202 Bales Ginned to November 14th-Th,c Report by States. 'Ii.': Washington, Special.-fThe census bureau issued- its report .on cotton ginned for the growth of ,1907 to No vember 14th showing a toiaTof 7,311r 202 bales, 'counting round as half bales, compared with* 8,502,242 bales for 1906 and 1,501,180 f<^1905. The number of round bales/included is 142,609 for 1907, and J?O,S66 for 1906, and 209,006 for 1903. Sea Is land included 42,70S for 2907, 30,071 for 1906 and 64,103 for|"1905^ " The number of active g-innerifo were 26, 571 for. 1907. Following is the report hy States, giving running hales* counting rounds half bales and excluding linters, and nmnoer of active gmnentis: Alabama 761,138 balef land 3,370 ginneries; Arkansas- 36^,770 bales and 2,042 ginneries; Fijada 35,565 bales, and 237 ginneries ; ."Georgia 1, 375,111 bales, and 4,439;ginneries; Kentucky 766 bales, and ,Sonneries ; Louisiana 349,840 bales^&d 1,729 ginneries; Mississippi 79???'27 " hales and 3,398 ginneries; Mis?buri 15,102 bales and 70 ginneries; T{-ew Mexico 24 bales and 1 ginn?ry; ."North Caro lina 401,852 bales and'2,6^-gH?neries ; Oklahoma 491,274 bales ?;924 gin neries; South Carolina S>7,455 bales, and 3,119 ginneries; .Tennessee" 140, 921 bales and 629 ginneries;' Texas 1,709,583 bales and 3,92?; ginneries ; and Virginia 3,674 baies,|^nd. 83 gin neries. The distribution of-th^'Sea Island cotton for 1907 by State is: . Florida 14,492; Georgia _22,6S1. South Carolina 5,535. " There was ginned ; 6^123,562 bales to November 1st, 1907. ..'Thc statis tics of this report for November 14th arc subject to slight eore???ons when checked against the .individual re turns of the ginners b?iig transmit ted hy mail. ' -~~t~ Attempted Bribery. Norfolk, Va., SpeciaUr^-A great sensation was created in--.the' Ameri can Federation of Laborf^ednesday - afternoon by President. Gompers in his speech replying to the attacks up on him and other officers of- the fer eration by the Manufacturers" As? ciaiicn, when he told-of'an" alleged tempt to bribe him at the "Viet' Hotel in New York, in-October / young newspaper nian?"""v?Y name as Charles Brand?r:h?j latter President Gomperji: ing declared that he r?pV?s??? National Manufacturers-' jt?k and was prepared to offe^r nity from all exposure ian,;' :, financially secure thei?i**aiK??? his life)*f :be; would sign , a :@58t&3? paper and othenrise aid ?A the '.ex posure"", of the other ;leider?* in th American^Federation of Labor, with the idea "virtually of destroying the influence of organized labor of thc country. . The paper, President Gompers said purported.to have been-signed whenJ he (Gompers) was ill in 1895. This1 paper, Mr. Gompeis said, he had pre served and, while death-like stillness prevailed in the convention, Presi dent Gompers drew forth the ori, inal document and read it. Mr. Gompers, during his recital of the alleged attempt at bribery, call ed upon different delegates present who were with him at the time of interviews with Bredenburg, lo verify his statements. This the delegations did, rising in their seats. At the close of President Gompers' speech there was a great demonstration, even Vic tor L. Berger, of Milwaukee, the So cialist opponent of Mr. Gompers, ris ing and with uplifted arms declar ^ that- although he had at conven ion after convention, bitterly oppos d the re-election of President Gomp .rs, he would bo the one this year to move to make his election unani mous, with a vote of confidence not iniy to President Gompers hut to all the officers of the American Federa iou of Labor. "There," declared Mi*. Berger, "is thc answer of the Socialistic to the Manufacturers Association." Shoots Wamon and Suicides. Tampa, Fla., Special.-Karl Chris tian, 24 years of age, shot -and in stantly killed Mrs. Florence Williams then turned the revolver on himself inflicting a fatal wound. R. W. Wil liams, the husband, arrived on the scene of the .tragedy in a few min utes and had to he forcibly prevented from killing himself. Mrs. William.! was formerly Miss Florence Simmons, of Summerville, S. C., and Christian has a mother living in Palatka, this State. Foraker Endorsed hy Ohio Republi cans. Columbus, O., Special.-Senatoi Foraker was formally endorsed for re-election to thc Senate and for the Republican nomination for Presiden! at a meeting of the executive and advisory committee of thc Ohio La gue of Republican Clubs. The meet ing was held at the Neil House and about 85 members from all over thc State were present. Five Killed in Explosion Norfolk, Va., Special.-Five men were killed, one fatally injured and a number seriously injured, as the re sult of the explosion of a boiler in planing mill No. 2 at the John L. Roper Lumber Mills at Gilmcrton, Norfolk ppuuty, at 4 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The dead: F, E. Ferrell, carpenter, li, A. Sorrell, plainer. A fltgro firman. / ci Mm flMWW' Made By State Commissioners of Agriculture AT THEIR COLUMBIA MEETING ??Sci. ' .?*-'i. ' ". . ' . ' * ' i.? ' Committee Appointed to Canvass the Returns From the Soutfiern States Makes Its Report to the Columbia Convention of State Commissioners of Agriculture. Columbia, Si C., Special.-Tho third and final day's session of the. Southern States commissioners of ag riculture and agricultaural workers was held, closing,at 3 o'clock. Just prior to thc conclusion of thc meet ing, after two ballots between Atlan ta, Asheville and Nashville, thc lat ter place was chosen as th? next place of meeting. Commissioner T. H. Hudson of At lanta, Ga., was unanimously elected president, with Commissioner Blake slee, of Jackson, Miss., as first vice president, and Hon. R. E. Rose, of Florida, as second vice president. . . Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of North Caro lina, was reelected secretary, and Dr. Maegruder of Virginia, was re elected- assistant secretary and treas urer During the session the special com- . uiittee appointed to canvass the re port received from the several States of the cotton belt estimating the-1907 cotton crop of the South, reported through Commissioner Hudson, of Georgia, who in presenting the report, slated that tho material difference be tween the 1906 and the 19?7 crop rested iu the telegraphic estimate of Commissioner Milner, of Texas, who had reported the Texas crop at a ar ^nm Q? two and one-half million b ^itepi of two and r '^?$g&inst over 4, ive annor. He that he considered sary in the Federal laws, nection he said: "? " First and foremost, the Federal law should not only allow absolute freedom for the State selection of immigrants, but should aid and assist, instepd of hamper the work along the lines of a picked immigration. As conceived and demonstrated by the able commissioner of this State, what ever the ultimate effects upon Nev/ York City as an exporting and im porting colton commission specula tion port. In my opinion,, S^ate su pervision is the only plan if thc South, would escape immigration evils from which the North is suffering." Agricultural Betterment. Another feature of the convention was the address of Commissioner Wilkinson, of Alabama, aloug the line of the work not now undertaken by State departments of agriculture for the betterment of the^ agriculture of the several States. Commissioner Wilkinson, urged in the strongest terms co-operation at every pojnl with thc Federal government looking to the improvement of these condi tions. During the afternoon session there was a vigorous debate in regard to the endorsement of the bill pending in Congress as to intermediate agri cultural education proposed by Con gressman Davis, of Minnesota. Fin ally a resolution* urging the passage of this bill by "Congress was adopted. Resolutions were also adopted en dorsing in heartiest terms the Ap palachian forest reserve. The association re-enacted ito hearty endorsement of the policy of selection of immigrants at their own homes, and of the effort being made to open trans-Atlantic service between the cotton belt and Europe for the purpose of putting the agricultural product of the South on direct ex port. These resolutions have been adopted by the association for the last three years. The draft of the uniform pure food laAv was submitted and approved, the association referring such draft to the different States for their consid eration. Uses of Fertilizers. There were numerous addresses re lating principally to uses of fertiliz ers in thc Southern St?tes. Thc association .reached an ad journment sine die,, at 3 p. m., and the balance of the day was devoted to a ride over the City of Columbia and her suburbs; the guests, being en tertained informally at the Country Club by Commissioner Watson, of South Carotina. The estimates for this year's cot ton crop in running bales, by Stales, follows : Alabama, 1,135,000; Arkansas, 300,000; Florida, 45,000; Georgia, 1, 750.000; Indian Territory, 400,000; Kentucky, 3.500; Louisiana, 750,000; Mississippi, 1,500,000; Missouri, 50. [)00; North Carolina, 532,043; Okla homa, 430,077; South Carolina 1,000, 507; Tenneco, 803,500; Toxaa, 2,500,. 500} Virginia, l?,Q?0| toiftl 11,412,? 320, TI? totel-ftr'J0O9-w?'i8,43?l.' rai To The MEN AND BOYS of E?s;efiel<l We would like ?to say that we aim high. in our se lection o'f Merits FalJ and Winter ,Suit s We get the best Suit productions from the shops of the World's best Makers. We aim high in selection of cloths,,linings and trimmings. Get the best possible Tailoring. We sell Suits that make us friends -the profits comeof thems elves, ? The lowest rung on the price ladder is $10. to $30? The greatest strength lies in the assoitment at $12.50 $15, $18 and ? We can give you positively superioi results in Tailoring, Appearance, Style and quality. Anybody can quote prices. It's the Suit at the price that tells the story. 742 Broad Sf. Augusta? Ga. . ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS TIN ROOFING Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylightf, Dealer io Stoves, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grates, Tin Plat?, Galvanized Iron, Copper, Z i no, Solder, Eve Troughs and Conductor Pipes, Roofing and Sheating Papers. kop and Wareroom 1010 JONES ST. PHONE 100 ^pff Promptly Done. SLUSKY * UGUS VA, GA. 3 ad van tafe^ano soli cu ?ST We^PSKpeciaVatt^. pie Cotton, vizT^ALLEN DORA'' and others of this gr? W. W. RAMSEY, G. W. LEGWEN. RAMSEY & LEGWEN C ott o ii Factors .AND LEADERS IN Wagons and Buggies. 835 and 837 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Ga. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Large Shipment's ot 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. GE?. P\ COBB. Johnston, South Carolina. Proverbs and Phrases. Success leads to insolence.-Irish. Sin beginncth pleasantly.-Bible. Tho avarcious man is always in I ?vant.-Horace. The devil tempts all other men, but die men tempt the devil.-Turkish. Don't budge if you sit at ease, ?enuan, A blitho luart sakes e feleog&ig MHlMftft..: . Pert Paragraphs. Live?." babies make submissive p> rents. A man may be a good fellow and Ftill be not half bad. The more mystery there is about C thing mo'more attractive ana scary it looks. 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