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VOL.73.
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26. 1908.
SOUTH CAROL!!
News of interest Gleaned Frei
Arranged Fer
$12,500,000 A YEAR WASTED. .
What the South Can Save in tho i
Item of Damase to Cotton.
Columbia, S. C.. Special-Co!.
John D. Frost, of Columbia who has
handled thousands of bales of cot ion
annually at Columbia, has written
an open letter that is of exceeding
interest to the cotton glowers of thc
State, it follows:
Hon. B. Harris, president Formers'
Educational and Co-operative Union,
Pendleton, S. C., and Hon. E. D.
Smith, president S. C. Division, Sou
thern Cotton Association, Columbia,
S. C. .
Gentlemen-: The time for picking
cotton bavin?; arrived, has it ever oc
curred to you to look into the question
of damage brought about by a lack of
care for the staple from the time it
is ginned to the time of marketing?
Having lived on a plantation for
twenty-one years, and at . present
owning and operating one, as well as
being in thc cotton business for the
past ten years. I thought possibly
that my observations along this linc,
might tend to show the ^rcat amount
of money lost to this cotton produc
ing country. I desire to impress up
on thc farmer the necessity of caring
for his cotton after laboring hard all
the year to make it, and thereby les
sen friction between-producer, buyer,
and manufacturer. A huge portion
of the farmers, as well as the carriers
treat the staple as though it were
coal, allowing it to lie on tba ground
for months after ginning subj?cf to
climatic condidous, which results
in rot and country damage.
When thc cotton is ready for the
^market it is picked up and ottered
for sale, the damage, as a usual thing,
being diregarded -until subjected to
the buyer's inspection who, iu pro
tecting his interests, will either .dock
for the damage br have ilii cotton
picked, rsulting in great loss to the
fanner. Unqestionably it is to the
fanner's interest to store his .cotton
in a reputable warehouse thereby pro
tecting himself from loss by fire as
well as damage, and in addition he
can secure warehouse receipt for
same which is prime mercantile pam
per, and can be discounted at any
bank, allowing the farmer to sell his
cotton "when he desires tb do so.
My object, however, is to impress
upon the farmers to house their cot-1 :
ton as soon as it is ginned, whether
is be in a warehouse, .or in their
barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing
the element cf damage to a minimum.
To ray mind, one of the most im- ?
portant things the Fanners' -Uni?n
ana -thc emanen? omon Associanon
could handle is the caring; for cotton
after it is ginned, and up to. thc time"
it is marketed. Having personally
handled, during I he past ten years,
about 300.000 bales of cotton of all
grades and staple, this cotton being,
shipped herc from Texas and Okl?
homa on thc West, to North Carolina
on the East. I do think I am in a
veiw fair position to spank intelligent
ly of the item of damage, largely
caused bv carelessness.
In addition to the rotten cotton
on thousands of bales, varying from
five to as much as three hundred
pounds per bale, ail of which ros to
be picked off before settling for and
which is caused by allowina: the cot- .
ton to sit on one end or lie on one
side in the mud and rain for months
before being offered for sale : there
is another element of damage which
is not so easily detected, but which
has a far more reaching effect on the
buyer, as well ^as thc manufacturer:
I refer to what is called country
damage.
When cotton is- allowed to stand
in the weather ofter being ginned
for any length of time, although the
owner may tura it about .from side
to side tc keep, it from rotting, thc
staple of the cotton on the outside
of the bole is affected just iu propor
tion to the time it is allowed to re
main exposed to climatic conditions.
To illustrate, a bale of cotton ginned
and packed December the first and
allowed to remain in the weather un
til the first of March, will hove about
half as much country damage as
the same bale would have if it re
mained in the weather until May
the first, and when the manufacturer
opens this bale, he will find that the
cotton sticking to the bagging and
extending inward ?6 practically with
out any strength of staple, and a?
a result all of this affected cotton
will go in waste or bc found in the
shafting overhead. Should the buyer
detect this country damage the farm
er is thc loser, should the buyer
not detect it. the buyer is the loser;
in any event, dissatisfaction is the
result, all of which could have been
avoided by housing the cotton. The
amount of country damage varies in
proportion to thc time the cotton lies
out in the weather, and will vary
from three to twenty-five pounds per
Urges Relief for Seneca.
Columbia, Special.-Upon petition
from the citizens of Seneca. S. C.,
Capt. Sullivan, bf thc railroad com*'
mission went to that place and inves
tigated thc accommodations at the
railway station and found them lo
be in a very bad way. The force is
not sufficient to give satisfactory ser
vice and the depot is not kept clean,
and Commissioner Sullivan has made
recommendation that the railroad be
required to grant the needed relief.
Candidates Pledge Themselves.
Florence. Special.-Dr. Fi Pi Cov
i Hgt oil, of this city, president of tlx*
Anti-Sab on League, of Florence
count v. has received pledges from
Messrs. Hartwell M. Ayer, Charles A.
Smith, T. A. Clarke, Thomas H. Hur
lee, Jr., T. P. Brown, W. B. Ganse
and E.'J. Davis, candidates for the
legislature from this county, pledging
themselves in favor of a State prohi
bition bill to be submitted to the vot
ers of ?lie State for ratification. This
list includes all candidates for th?
legislature.
m A!? Sections of thc State end
Busy Readers 1
bale. I have carefully .estimated that
cu every U,OO0jOOO bale crop pro
duced, the producer, the carrier, and
the compress together, allow ?250.000
bales to he. destroyced by rot and
fount ry daiiingc, an j when you .teure
tins ct ton eents per pound if
amounts to $12,500,000} ail of winch
could be saved to the producer, the
buyer, and the manu fact urer, should
they ; exercise the proper precaution
agaipst damage. Thr?V years' ago a
funner brought twenty.bales of cot
ton to the,warehouse for storage in
March, which had been out in the
.weather since it was ginned 'in' th?
tall. Some of the bales were so
bailly damaged and water sobbed that
they weighed one thousand pounds
per bale. I,asked him 'why he al
lowed his cotton to get in that con
dition; he replied that he was so
busy making preparation for another
ercp that he had not eared for what
IN had already made. When this
cotton was conditioned for market,
he had about ten hales ot merchant
able cotton left'out of the' twenty.
A bale of cotton ginned dry and
housed iintil marketed will hold out
hotter than one allowed tp; remain
in the weather subject to climatic
conditions, and will not possess thc
element bf damage and will-also re
tain its strength of staple even to
the bauging.
Travel wli^rc you will, and you
will see cotton sitting at * railroad
stations in the mud and rain, or you
will see it lying on the ground around
farra houses, where it will remain
until ready for market, and when
marketed,-the bagging will be so
rotten that you can not handle the
cotton.
.Owing to. the-.seeming negligence
displayed in the care of cotton after
ginning, the buyer,, when purchas
ing a lot of cotton has to fake into
consideration the element ofidamagc,
cr he would rather send his classer
or receive-the cotton, thereby estab
lishing the amount of Carnage before
payment is made. Where you find
a section of- country where great
care is taken with the cotton, ?after
ginning, and"bcfore marketing, then;
you will find cotton sought after hy
thc buyers, and everything, else be
ing equal, a premium -will be paid
for'same. ".
The manufacturer will pay better
prices for cotton 'free' from rot and
country damage, because his percent
age ofifwaste will be decreased.
The "point I desire to impress \s:
Take care of your cojfon, handle it
as thoiigh you thought' something of
it. If you cannot put it--in a ware
house where, it is insured and you
can.;use tji??receipt, put'- it in'your
Kn?*?-?, *?*.?.. ?*K*%J1 -->?-. - ?., . 1 - - - * -
keep it .from eh)stta?i( ?to.Hditions un
t II - yoif market \[, ?uid by doing this
every: pound wilf be spiiniahlc and no
di>>atisfact7im..'betwee^Jjii'idncer, buy
er, and m.tnufacturer'wilhresult.
There' are some places in Sonth
Carolina, where warehouse facilities
are adequate, but are unfortunately
not utilized. My own experience is
that fcur lots of cotton out of every
five shijiped -from places where cot
ton is not Ava rehoused ate badly dam
aged, due to thc fact that it is al
lowed to sit on one end for weeks
and months in thciopen before it is
offered for sale, and as a result,
heavy claims are made, and. yet the
best character of cotton, so far as
body* ar.il staple is concerned, is pro
duced at. these places, and could be
very much sought, were the elements
of dam?go eliminated.
In conclusion, I would strongly
urge that this matter be brought 'to
the attention of all concerned, and
(hereby save twelve and one-half
billion dollars per year to the South
land. .-.;/'. .'
Very trul'v-yours, :
* JOHN D. FROST.
Farmers '.. ; JkiioM formed.
Orangeburg, Special-The . Orange
burg County branch ot' the Farmers'
Union was organized here on Monday,
a number of prominent farmers be
ing in attendance. The State president
Mr. B. Harris, of Pendleton, was pres
ent and presided at the meeting. Pres
ident Harris made an inspiring ad
dress. Mr. h. L. Baker, executive
committeeman for the 7th Conggres
sional district, and Mr. S. F. Parrot^
editor, of the Farmers' Union Sun, the
official organization, were also pres
ont and made interesting talks. Thc
following officers were elected to
serve the county union.: W. S. Barton,
Jr., president ; J. C. Funches, vice
president ; J. F. Jennings, secretary
and treasurer; W. F. Sanford, con
ductor; W. M. Rinches, doorkeeper.
There are already IS local unions in
the county, with a membership of
about 300, composed of the most sub
stantial farmers of the county, and
there is every reason to believe that
thc movement will increase in popu
larity the older k grows.
Drowned in Texas.
Marion, Special.-Mr.' Maxcy Dick
son of this city, received a telegram
last week announcing the death by
drowning of his nephew, Mr. William
Walsh, of Dallas, Texas. A second
message stated that the body would
not be brought f'o Marion, but that
the interment would"- be at Dallas;
where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.'
Walsh, are residing. Mr. Walsh had
just attained" his majority, and was'
a young man of nyjeh promise.
Greenville Court House Damaged.
Greenville, Special.-During an
electric Ftorm the tin roof of the
county court house was partially torn
off, one side being rolled up like a
scroll. The building was empty at the'
time.
Negro Boy Killed by Train.
Anderson. Special.-Henry Moore,
a negro lad of 12 years, while stealing
a ride on a Charlesfon and Western
Carolina .Railroad eugine fell beneath
the trucks of thc engine and received
injuries which proved fatal.
GREAT TIME AT SYDNEY
Busine?S Practically .Suspended
American Fleet Has Taken thc City
-Governor General of Australia
Sends Greeting to thc President.
Sydney, X. S. W., By Cable.-With
he official dinner by the State de
partment, and entertainments free
j n every theatre fur the jackies the
i ?rst day of the festivities in honor
>f the American fleet closed. Sydney
presents an animated scene. Dust
less is practically suspended. Tbous
inds of visitors and citizens throng
:he streets. The illuminations are
nost elaborate.
< The parade of the sailors and ma
rines was one ?rand ovation filled
?villi tho doings of the sailors.
Thousands lined the streets and
sheered the Yankee tars. Thc Sydney
capers are filled with the doings of
:he sailor lads.
Tlie programme includes oxeur
nons. a naval regatta, football games,
exhibitions by the jackies. Dinners
.viii be given aboard the ships in the
Venetian carnival.
A Message to America.
Oyster Bay, Special.-President
Roosevelt received through the liri?
sh charge d'affairs a telegram from
;hc Governor General of Australia ss
follows:
"Australians by hundreds of thous
iuds gathered on the shores of Nvd
?ey to welcome the batlleships. Thc
continent of Australia sends greetings
o President Roosevelt. We rejoice in
'he opportunity afforded by the dem
onstration' of thc fleet."
President Roosevelt sent an appro
priate reply.
Awaiting Minister's Report.
Thc Hague, By Cable.-Holland'?
action against Venezuela and I he text
:?f her note to President Castro, will
depend largely uppu the reports M.
lc Rous, former Dutch minister to
Venezuela, who recently was expelled
by President Castro, makes to the
iovernment. He is expected to arrive
herc next Monday. M. Van Swin
lerne, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
will consult with M. de Reus before
the government takes further steps
in the matter. Thc ex-minister's ar
rival is eagerly awaited here.
The Wigan Mine Disaster.
Wigan. Special.-Clinging to the
theory that the fifty miners entomb
ed in the Maypole Mine by Tuesday's
explosion are still alive, their rela
tives made demands of the officials
who are flooding the mine in order
to prevent the cremation of those
possibly still alive. Thc grief crazed
wives and mothers who stand about
ihe mine shaft made a rush on the
man manning the pump. The ape
several days before the mine is re
entered or the bodies recovered.
Louisiana Mob Searching For Negro.
Natchez, Miss., Special.-A po??c
is searching the swamps at Concordia
parish, Louisiana, across the rivei
from the city, an effort to cantine
Henry Walker, a negro who attempt
ed to assassinate Rober! Clayton, a
merchant in his store, at Clayton sta
tion. The negro fired on Mr. Clayton
with a shotgun but thc bullets went
wild and he was not injured. A fighl
between thc negro and the posse is
anticipated should he be found and it
is probable that he will be lynched.
That Lady Smuggler.
Chicago, Special.-A conference i?
to he hisld by local officials of thc
Treasury Department to decide wind
sis?? est ions shall be made to thc
district attorney relative to what cus
toms inspectors term ore attempts tc
smuggle articles of value inte ' th?
country by Mrs. Emily Chadboiirae
It is estimated that the woman passed
$30.000 worth of valuables through
the customs ns household goods.
The Standard Oil Case.
Chicago, Special.-In accordance
with the ruling of the United State*
Circuit Court of Appeals, Chic!
Clerk Small, in the absence of Dis
trict Attorney Sims last week for thc
government filed a petition for a
hearing of the Standard Oil Com
pany case. Karly action in thc mat
ter is expected.
Killed Himself by Throwing Himscli
in Front of Train.
' Wilmington, Special.-George Cox
a middle-aged citizen of Rose Hill
.in Duplin county, was run over and
'killed by an Atlantic Coast Lim
train at that point Wednesday after
noon. According-to witnesses it was
a plain case of suicide. Cox, who wa?
standing in front of th" depot
rushed across thc track just as tl?
train neared thc point where he was
standing. The body was horribly
mangled and portions were scattered
along the track.
News in Brief.
A special from Brandon, Missis
sippi, announces the death of Col
onel William Walker, editoral writei
of the New Orleans Picayune for thc
past thirty years. He was about 6i
years of age and a native of Ala
bama.
The Evansville Indiana Cottor
Mills closed down lately owi? t(
thc inability lo secure raw mut erial
Several hundred employes are idlle
The Hague government has intro
duced in the second chamber a bil
for the ratification of thc treaty of
afhitration between thc United State:
and Holland, which was concluded al
Washington May 2.
At Baloush. Washington, six child
ron were burned to death in a lin
in a farm house in the absence of tl?
father and mother.
Senator Forakcr admitted that IK
felt humiliated by the placo in whicl
he had been put, in ? !g?vd to th<
Republican campaign, bul was willing
to speak if wanted.
Beth Presidential Candidates
w
Make Speeches j
LINES NOW DRAWN FOR BATTLE
0
Taft Speaks in Virginia and Bryan
Starts on Campaign Tour in Ifche
Wost.
Hot Springs, Va., Special.-Ju^ge
Taft oponed the campaign in ^Jie
Soutli Finlay, speaking to the -He
publicans of Virginia. Tu- --. '
took place at the baseball
i&l trains carrying the ero
early. Black Republlican
the majority and the ra.
pany was unable to hand
throngs.
Mr. Taft in large part ? to
the "Solid South" to brea*. _
Democratic column.
Among other things, he
"Every one having the inter?s,
the country at heart would rejo:,
have the Solid South as a Demo.
asset broken tip. The better
States the better the country,
publicans have improved thc wal
ways, conserved the forests and \
ter resources and aro making mt
moves for developments to benefit
Saut!). The growth of many ind
tries in the South is the outcome
Republican l^islation. Many pro:
neut Democrats in the South ag
with the Republicans in the ra,
economic doctrines. I venture to s
that should Jefferson rot urn io life
would not recognize his political
seendanis."
Another portion of Taft's s.-e^
was in tbe nature of a reph
Bryan's speech of acceptance,
Menially I lie "People d onot rv
l?e punted to the majorities of
Kinley and Roosevelt as an exairj
that the people rule. Ile dwelt
length upon Roosevelt's efforts
purge the country of evils of
trusts, efe., claiming that the pel
rule through the Republican part]
Bryan Starts on Tour.
Chicago. Special.- William J.
an arrived in this city Saturday
begin a conference with Demo^
leaders and labor union off)]
which may have an important bej
on the campaign. Mr. Bryan j
in Des Moines, and <onfined hi
marks principally to a discussi]
the tariff. j
During his three days' stay il
cago. Mr.- Bryan will lmeet an/
fer with Chairman Mack and
campaign managers and giv
the benefit of his counsel. Tl
ferencc of national and intern]
{.o eral uili 1 ol E?l_
been called for the same time-and
Mr. Bryan will doubtless meet the la
bor officials and urge upon them the
necessity of giving their whole-souled
support of the Democratic nationall
ticket.
From Ibis city Mr. Bryan will S'
to Indianapolis, where !:e will attend
the Kern notification ceremonies,
scheduled for Tuesday. Upon thrr
occasion the Nebraskan will deai with
the trusts and will deliver a long
speech on the subject of combines
and monopolies.
On the way back to Lincoln from
Indianapolis, where he will attend the
Topeka next Thursday and deliver an
address iu snppori nf the plank in the
Denver platform declaring for Feder
al and State guarantee of bank depos
its. Mr. Bryan will make this one of
the important issues of the campaign,
and will point to the success attend
in? the trial of the plan in Oklahoma
as proof of its practicability.
Among oilier speeches arra need for
by Mr. Bryan are those on the tarin*
at the Minnesota State fair. August
31; on labor at Chicago, September
7, and on "The Srato and Nation,"
at Peoria, September fl.
Bryan Will Speak at Macon F???\
Macon. Ca., Special.-William J.
Bryan has aeepted au invitation from
t?a; Macon Fair Association to ad
dress the fair, under the auspices of
the Georgia Agricultural Society, on
Sepetmbcr 14th. Chairman Norman
E. Mack officially notified Committee
man Clark Howell, of Georgia, of this
scheduled speech.
Lusitania Clips Three Hours From
Record.
New York. Special.-With the best
previous record for a trans-Atlantic
voyage lowered by mon; than three
hours, the Cunard turbine steamship
Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook
lightship at 10 o'clock Thursday
night, having made thc run across
the Atlantic over the short course
in four days, 15 hours and 2:~ min
nies. The Lusitania's former record
which was also the ocean record, was
4 days IS hours and 40 minutes, tho
steamer by her new performance
lowered her former mark and the
record mark by 3 hours and 15
minutes.
A Wireles3 Telephone Plant.
New Yolk. Special.-Contracts
have been signed whereby n wireless
telephone system will be installed in
thc TOO-foot tower of the Metropoli
tan Life insurance Couaoanv by the
DcForest Company. When installed
DcForesI expects to talk with Phila
delphia, Boston and other cities,
Then he hopes to reach Paris, where
a planl will be installed on Eiffel
Tower.
Construction Boss Fires on Strikers,
Wheeling, \V. Ya.. Special.--Thref
Italians were shol and seriously in
jured by a construction Ix ss nt Dan
No. ll. oil the Ohio river below
Wollsbnrg. W. Va. Thc Italians al
work on ihe dam struck for an in
crease in wnge:-. and when their de
mands were refused, it is said, thej
tried to destroy pnr?s of the com
ploted words. One of the construe
lion bosses ooened lire on the striken
with a revolver, driving them awnj
and wounding three of (hem.
A CASE OF]f PROSY
North Carolinian Discovered
With Weil Developed Case
IN HEART OF WASHINGTON CITY
North Carolinian Develops Case of
Leprosy in Washington City and is
Put in Qnarintine.
Washington, Special.-.lohn R.
Early, a leper, is held prisoner in a
test at an isolated spot in the otit
I tit j I? <
I FiUtCM ?n ;
J ing at a
Sai
house on Frida?
fixing
taxai ir
ratio
Nr
j mileage of railroads in tIii- Stale, of
i which thc Norfolk & Southern has 100
milo- increase. The synopsis of valu
aatiens follows: Atlati?ie Coast Line
Railroad, 047.8 miles at $28.434.000
valuation; Seaboard Air Lin", (ilii.71
miles at $12,500.0l?<i valuation; South
ern Railway, LH.-12.7-J milis ni .?.'?.'l.
913.103 valuation; miscellan'-otis
roads, 1,454.28 at $1 i),032,(;3~i. Total
railroad mileaga i:: the State, 4,351.01
valued at $35,780,703. The aggregate
of valuations ot' yt her classes of cor
porations assessed aro: Electric light
and gas companies. $1.100.300; bridge
and canal companies. $107,350: re
frigerator companies. $111.136;
steamboat comp;:! ivs. $131,(,'33; tele
phone companies, $2,100,05.1: wnter
works companies, $445.225; Southern
Express Company, $410.000; tele
graph companies. :-!>]7.i>74. Total,
$7,402,153. Grand total, $03,182,S5().
Big Fire in Cros?antincp?e.
Coustnntincple, By Cable.- F i ri
broke out Sunday evening in l!;'.
Stamboul quarter and within a very
brief period a terrible conflagration
was raging. A strong wind carried
the flames at great speed, and for si."
hours they swept over thc section de
stroying 1.500 houses and shops. Thc
fire was still bu rn i Dir :;' ? o'clock at
niglit, but the wind had decreased
considerably.
No. 38 Jumps the Track.
Atlanta. Special.-Train 33 on the
Southern Railway, known as the
Southwestern Limited, which left At
lanta shortly after noon Sunday was
wrecked four miles north of Su
wanee. Ga., about 3 o'clock. Thc
colored fireman, Matois Watkins, was
killed instantly and the engineer, B.
F. Dewberry, of Allanta, was so
badly scalded that he died later, both
being pinned underneath thc engine
after it left the track and turned
over. The mail car. bnggaire ear and
combinat'"on car also left thc track
and turned over rolling down a 15
foot embankment.
Rapist Escapes From Sheriff.
Montgomery. Ala.. Special. Mad;
Holland, the neuro rapist, was taken
from Montgomery lo Greenville by
Sherill' Watson, of Butler enmity,
and escaped from Mic sheriff al tho
Greenville di pot. A huge posse is
said to be in pursuit. The negro
attempting lu assault a little daugh
ter of W. V. Wa!-on al Avant, last
Wednesday morning. Sheriff Watson
is an uncle of the girl.
Republican Advisory Committee.
New York. Special.-Chairman
Hitchcock ot' I lie Republican com
mittee, announced I ho appoint menl
of Hie advisory committee: Richard
A. Daliinger, State of Washington;
Cornelius N. Bliss, N>.v York;
Powell Clayton. Arkansas; W. Mur
ray Crane. Massachusetts; William
Nelson Cromwell, New York; John
Mays Hammond, Massathusett-:
Franklin Miuphy, "New Jersey; Cns.
P. Taft, Ohio: Arthur I. Vorys, Ohio.
Thc Government Not Satisfied
V/ifch Rebate Decision
WOULD INVALIDATE WHOLE LAW
Att-orney General Eonaparte and His
Assistant, Frank B. Kellogg? File a
Petition For a Rohearing of the
Case Against the Standard Oil Com
pany.
! ClnVncm, Special. - The govern
tition for a rehearing by the
des Court of Appeals of the
ist the Standard Oil Corn
Indiana, was filed Friday
?cnts, it is authoritatively
administration's . attempt
; Elkins' act and Hie intcr
lerce law from being fui ile.
g of the petit iou marked
.nnce of Attorney General
in the case as well as that
B. Kellogg, who is a spe
lt to the Attorney- General,
se two names thc petition
; Edwin W. Sims, United
riet attorney at Chicago,
Assistant James H. Wilk
of whom presented the
's side of the case in the
ring before Judge Landis, '
stored the famous fine ol
against thc defendant,
ck to Prosecute.
it is not speed ficially
. petition it was agreed by
the government in their
r Lenox, Maes., following
by ilie appeliate court of
s' decision that if the in
of the law given by
scup, Seaman and Baker
10 stand, successful pros
ite cases against corpora
he impossible in the fu
wyers at (hat conference
in expressing the opinion
. nus in rebate matters
11 by the Roosevelt ad
would represent so much
e unless the upper court
need that it is in error
iction of the law.
single noint involved in
o tiie return of the ver
says the petition,
ngs of the trial court
he Court of Appeals. In
liculars his rulings arc
he point on which the
reversed by the Court ot'
(?ii tn...hi.: vuJl.tA?--i-"-"- -
?norance on thc part of
Oil Company of the law
defense. The court of
s opinion has not cor
row thc judge rule'' . ..
.t Lawful Rate Was1.
v uutinmng. the petition declares
that whereas the opinion of the Court
of Appeals states that Judge Landis
refused lu admit evidence to thc
effect that thc Standard Oil Company
did not know what the lawful rate
was. the record of proceedings in the
lower court shows that such evidence
wes admit ted.
Although the government points emt
what it considers other errors in lhe
opinion of the Appelate Court, the
allegation that the S'indard Oil did
know that it was not paying thc legal
rate is regarded as the vital point. If
with the evidence introduced at tim
trial before Judge Landis it can bc
litlil that the defendant did not have
guilty knowledge of its own acts, then
successful prosecution of similar ?ases
is regarde:! as impossible. All the
years of legislation designed to cor
red rebate abuses would have te be
repealed.
Investigation of Georgia Convict
Lease System Ends.
Atlanta, (?a.. Special.-Inquiry in
to the convict lease system ot
Georgia ended Friday. The legisla
tive committee, which has been opera
ting thc probe, is now engaged in
making np its report, which will be
submitted to a special session of Hie
Legislature, cabed by Governor
Smith to assemble on August 25th.
Editors Select Seattle For Next
Meeting Place.
St. Paul. Minn.. Special-Thurs?
day's session concluded the National
Editorial Association convention.
Selection of the next place of meet
ing developed u spirited contest be
tween Seattle and Toledo the form
er winning out. The meeting was
opened by the presentation td' a reso
lution indorsing the laws ami rules
of the I'osloiiice Department regard
ing second-class matter and endors
ing the enforcement of the laws and
regulations.
Rapist Gets Reprieve While on Way
to Scaffold.
Macon, (ia.. Special.-Neal Ryals,
colored, under sentene*! to be hanged
at Baxley, fla., for rape held in Bibb
county jail for safety, received a re
prieve Friday morning while waiting
for the iain lo take him to Baxley.
Sherill' Branch arrived from Baxley
with indice cu' the reprieve. He left
a mob waiting for I ly als at Baxley
and he returned to Bibb jail. Thc re
prieve is lo September lilli.
. Habeas Corpus For Sailor Boy.
Norfolk, Va., Special.-Alexander
Deal, of Augusta. Ga., sued out a
writ ol hube.';. COI pus in the ITniled
States Court here for the release from
the navy ot his 15-year-old son. Clar
ence Deal, who withoU the consent ol'
his parent, i; ;'- alleged, enlisted in
the naval service here July 7th. lflOS.
Captain Dillingham, commanding the
Norfolk naval training sta'iou. is
commanded lo produce (he sailor be
fore Judge Waddi!!, in Kiehmond.
September 24th.
Railroad ?f^C^lp
AUGUSTA, O-A.
Savings Department
fe %
V*
?o -
Pays 4% interest on all accounts in this department,
compounded every six months, January and July.
Capital and Surplus $550,000.00.
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engines
are so prac
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How Ee Classi?ed lt.
Tho Employe-Please sir, Ixe been
an' gone mr got manned, and I Vt like
you to mist' my wages, si".
The Employer (worrie^ . thoughts
of thc workmen's comnensation :..!)
-Very sty for you Smifl'i I'm
sure, but I can't do ti?;it. ]'v.\ only
responsible for accidents ?!;:'.i happen
in the works, you l< ow.- Sketch.
Fallen By the Wayside.
Never ask pardon before you are
accused.-French.
Thc Interstate Commerce Commis
sion revised fruit rates from Florida.
Thc first flight hi the army airship
?tests is expected this week.
Sailors and negroes indulged in a
ra< riot in Norfolk, in which a large
.number of shots were fired. No one
! was killed.
Left cn 1 ho Porch.
"My!" rxclaimod Mr. Staylate.
"it's li? o'clock*. However, my trstin
doesn't jro until 11:2.") and ii's very
pleasant here <>?i the porch.
"I'm glad v>.;i ike il," saici Misa
Stubbs
"Yes, but-er-perhaps i'm keeping
you up."
"Not at all. I'm going lo lock up
and go to bed now."-Philadelphia
Press.
Calumny is a monstrous vice.
Herodotus.
?"inor Kenlicn.
vitdgc Taft besan rehearsing short
?. i.i - into a phonograph at Hot
Springs for uso i:i the approaching
campaign.
Miss Edith Bono, of Chicago, got a
125.(100 hr-.-jiifst because she smiled
and cheered an invalid woman.
Owing to an outbreak of smallpox
on !!... transport Sherman everybody
on board may be vaccinated and held
? in quarantine. " -

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