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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
A HORRIBLE DEATH
Young Man Swallowed Alive By a
Hungry Shark
WAS CAUGHT NEAR BEAUFORT, NC.
Sutton Davis, 16 Years Old, Carried
Away by a Large Shark, Which At
tackled the Boy While He Was Wad-
. ling in the Water at Davis Shore.

Beaufort N. c., Special.-.A most
horrible and shocking occurrence took
place at Davis Shore, about ten miles
8 east of Beaufort, Saturday afternoon,
when Sutton Davis, 16-year-old lad,
swhile wading and playing in the water,
was suddenly attacked and eaten by
"a very large shark.
Young Davis was in water about
waist deep when suddenly the shark
approached him, threw him in the air,
kcaught him as he struck the water,
E.pulled him under and disappeared in
the deep water with the boy. Thor
sough search has been made, but no
particle of his body has been found.
Those who we're with the boy were
aterribly frightened and could not help
hif6.
e The occurrence has thrown feel
}ang of horror over Our town. The
citizens and the guests Of the commu-
.hity, particularly the children, have
sEnjoyed the fine dives and invigor-
biting swimming matches which they
aHaily participated in.
"A. large number of sharks have been
shoticed in the waters here for two
lBeeks, but no one felt much anxiety
pn account of the presence OF the ter.
sMb1e monsters. A large quantity Of
sfat.backs have been caught this month
and "a quantity of refuse matter has
sEsens thrown back into the water from
the factories, and sharks have come
Sils to feast on it. 1t is the first time
aaperson has been molested by shark
sinf these waters in nearly SO years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Those ! killed:
Express Office Robbed.

FPalatka, Fla, (Special.)-The safe
OF the Southern Express Company
here was opened by burglars between
3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and
currency to the amount of about $4,000
was taken. Mr.. Graves, the agent, who
sleeps in the Office, was bound hand
and foot BY the robbers and his keys
secured. The safe was opened by COM
The cash drawer was rifled,
Of the keys taken from Graves
& |cking it. Checks, money orders and
ything but the cash were cast
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

New Orleans Fast in the Grip Of That Malignant
Monster Yellow Fever
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The Crop Estimate Board Find Thai
Hyde, with Holmes Prompting Him.
Made the Figures Lower Than the
Facts at Hand Warranted.

uS S'Sp ESliItlaIS ooaiN ''a '''s-
Hyde, with Holmes Prompting Him.
Made the Figures Lower Than the
Facts at Hand Warranted.
Washington, Special.-Assistant Sec
rotary Hays made the following report
t. Secretary Wilson on the acreage of
cotton in the Southern States in 1905,
as compared with that planted in 1904:
The crop estimating board of the De-
partment OF Agriculture has considered
the report issued by the Bureau Of
Statistics on June 2, relative to the
acreage planted in cotton in the South
ern States in 1905, as compared with
that planted in 1904, and has con-
cluded:
First: That a new estimate should
be made on acreage planted, and that
the figures in Mr.. Hyde's hands when
making his estimate should be used as
the basis.
Second: That Mr. Hyde, with Mr..
Holmes at his elbow, prompting him,
made the estimate lower than the facts
at his hand from the reports from the
seven classes Of reporters employed py
the bureau warranted.
Third: The board finds upon careful
consideration of the reports Of all
classes of correspondents and agents,
that the acreage planted in cotton this
year, including the entire season.
should have been estimated at SOL per
cent of that planted last year, equiv
alent to reduction in planted acre
age as compared with last year OF
14.99 per cent. (instead OF 1l.4 per
cent? or 4,731 900 -acres-the estimate
of the total acreage planted this year
being 26,999,000 acres.
The estimated percentage OF the de-
crease in each of the cotton-growlng
States is as follows: Virginia 18; North
Carolina 16; South Carolina IA; Geor-
gia IA; Florida -; Alabama IL; Mis-
sissippi 16; Louisiana II; Texas 16;
Arkansas 10; Tennessee 13; Missouri
Is; Oklahoma Is; Indian Territory II.
The averages were made for each
State by each of the four members OF
the board, and the comparatively small
disagreements were harmonized almost
wholly by averaging, and the above
results are fully agreed to by each and
every member of the board.
Respectfully submitted.
VICTOR OLMSTED,
STEPHEN D. FESSENDEN,
GEORGE K. HOLMES,
W. w. LONG,
Crop Estimating Board.
The above findings and report made
under my supervision have my entire
approval. W. M> Hay 81
Assistant Secretary in Charge Bureau
Statistics. Approved:
JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
When Your Feelings Are Hurt.

Keep still. When trouble is brew
ing, keep still. Even when slander Is
getting on its legs, keep still. When
your feelings are hurt, keep still, TILL
you recover from your excitement at
any rate. Things look differently
through an unagitated eye. Doctor
Burton relates how once, in commo-
tion, he wrote letter and sent it,
and wished he had not. "1n my later
years." he said, II had another COM
motion, and wrote a long letter; but
life had rubbed little sense into me,
kept that letter In my pocket against
the day when I could look 1t over
without agitation and without tears.
T was glad lid. Less and less 1t
seemed necessary to send it. l was
not sure it would do any hurt, but
in my doubtfulness leaned to reti-
cence, and eventually it was destroy
ed.
"TIme works wonders. Wait till
you speak calmly, and then you will
not need to speak, maybe. Silence is
the most massive thing conceivable.
sometimes. It Is strength in very
grandeur. It is Like q, regiment order:
Ihattls: ets| ll|sA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
% Killed on Electric Railway.

Liverpool, BY Cable.-An electric
express train, on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railroad, bound from Liver
pool to Southport, collided with an
empty stationary trai at Han ROAD
station, causing the death of twenty
three persons and the injury of many
others.
The. first car Of the express, which
was crowded, was smashed to pieces
and only six Of its occupants escaped.
The road was recently given an cleo
tric equipment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
tion could be held otherwise thanz pur-
suant to the constitution unless there
were unconstitutional provisions, which.

SudQC TO the COuStlLutlOu zuuleSo SASto
were unconstitutional provisions, which.
is not suggested.
The eases in 81 s. G. Of segars IS.
Parrot, p: 1, and State VS.. Moore;
556, III reference to special elections on
the formation Of new counties aadi
Changing county lines are in point and;
sustain this view: -: +; !:
In the case of Hunter VS.. Sem, 81 SS.,
g., p; "A, which Involved the validity OF;
All election upon the question OF dis
pensary" or mo dispensary" in the; ne
town of Prosperity, the supreme court.
held that because the ballots did moi mot
conform to the statutory requirements
as to the size, color, otc., that sudh an
election was not thereby irlvalida5ed. !;
but this conclusion was based mail.
testify upon the fact that this was a,mus
nicipal election to be governedS Dy
the ordinance of the town on that SUD-: d:
ject, for the report Of the referee says: =
fMy attention has not been calledIto
any statute regulating the size, sEape.
or color of ballots in municipal elec-,
tions, general or special and that tne
question as to such was tmmatertali
which was sustained by the court ID.
the following languages: "There is no
law which condemns the course purs-s
sued by the electors at this special mu.. Y.
nicipal election" Had this been sa5
county election then necessarily the law:
governing elections in a county must;
prevail, which is none other than the,
law governing an election; to fill the
general election laws of the>State. This
case fortifies the view expressed
above. .;S9Ss: -. ~:
From an examination of the various;
text books, encyclopedias, Stats res-s:
ports, ETC., there is abundant author Z
ity for the view that where authority.
for a special election fails to provide
the machinery, recourse should be had;
to the general election law accepting
either this view or the interpretations
placed upon our election laws as heree
inbefore expressed the law, the result:
is the same. S
am, therefore, of tho opinion that
the supervisor ordering an electionS
under the 1904 act commonly known
as the "Brice act") should direct 3thes
same to the commissioners OF election.
that the requirements as to the size OF
the bellots, time of opeaing and closing
the polls, eligibility Of voter, and all;
other requirements governing general
election should be complied with.
1t follows from this conclusion that
the expenses of the election are to be
met just as the expenses of a general
election as governed by action 222& of.
the code. If there are no funds avail
able it becomes matter for legisla-j
tive consideration.
Respectfully, ~ ~
u. x. GUNTER, Jr.,
Attorney General {:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
An Error in the Revised Cotton Report

An Error in the Revised Cotton Report
Washington, Special.-In the revised
cotton report issued Thursday by the
Department of Agriculture an error
was committed in the second para
graph which made it appear that the
June estimate by Mr.. Hyde was made
Tower" than the facts at hand war
.ranted, when. in fact, it was made
higher" The erroneous statement
hau been corrected by the department.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
CAUGHT With the Goods on Him.

Greenville, special-Constable Alt
ON returned TO the city Monday after
noon from the upper section Of the
county where be appeared before Mag
istrate Southern as witness against
Harve Cox, indicted for violation Of
the dispensary law During the trial
a witness named Jesse Brooks, colored,
was placed on the stand. Constable
Alton noticed a very full hip pocket on
the witness, who was discovered to
have a pint Of blockade liquor on his
person.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
U. S. Marshal Shot.

Roanoke, Va, Special.-At Union
Hall, Franklin county, United States
Marshal q. T. Wade was shot and
killed by negro named Cephas Poin-
dexter, an alleged illicit whiskey dis
tiller. Wade went to arrest Poindex-
ter and the negro fired on him with
shotgun, the load Of shot taking eff
feet in the abdomen. The negro then
made his escape and is being hunted
by posse. Wade has been in the
revenue service for seven years and
was popular, Great excitement pre-
walls in the vicinity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Young Man Drank Poison.

Fredericksburg, Special. = Charlie
Mitchell. young man who came here
recently from Richmond and has been
employed on an ice wagon, attempted
suicide by drinking laudanum. He was
carried to the mayors Office, where
Drs. Barney and Chewing relieved
him. He was then committed to Jail
and is now in a normal condition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Ey Wire and Cable.

English doctors had an unexpected
entertainment when they visited DR..
Prugen in the course of a trip to
Paris. When he had shewn them his
museum he ushered them into his op.
Grating room, where he performed
eight important operations. including
one for appendicitis, in two hours and
a half.
An ice factory for Southern Pines is
projected.
The treaty signed by 12 European
countries intended to suppress the
white slave traffic has gone into ef-
feet.
For attempting to bring a strike to
peaceful ending, George Prescott,
walking delegate for the National
Transfers Union, was shot, probably
fatally
The four men who were thought tc
have been drowned late Saturday by
the sinking Of the yacht Narkeeta In
the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del,
have arrived at Bowers Beach, a few
miles from Lewes.
Thirteen Savannah druggists have
been arrested and bound over to
court for selling cocaine.
Buddy Ryan won from George Peter
son in the twentieth round of their
fight.
Seven persons were killed and 81 in.
jured so far this year by automobiles
in Chicago. Figures show an appalling
increase over last years record of one
killed and seventy-three injured.
Fred. e. Carlton, suspected of mur-
der ard other crimes and held in New
York. has been found to have married
widow in Troy Ala, whom he rob-
bed and deserted
Thomas F. Ryan has made an agree
ment, it is said, to sell the Equitable
Life Assurance Society stock bought
by him within two years for s2,50O,ooO
and per cent. interest.
Mr.. Hilliard Pegeus, son of Major R..
M. Pegeus, Of Cheraw, S. c., killed a
rattlesnake on their plantation. during
the past week. The snake had 19 rat
ties and a button. Mr. Pegeus was
passing through a field and his do
"hayed" the snake, and as Mr.. Pegeu5
came up the snake was coiled ready
for a strike. This is the largest rattle
snake reported from this section for
about twenty years. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

AGED Man Hanged.

Butte, Mont, special.-Miles Fuller
was hanged for the murder Of Henry ].
Callahan, October "a, 1904. Fuller is
over 70 years of age, and he presented
pathetic figure as he walked from the
jail to the gallows. He has attempted
to commit suicide several times, and
three death watches were placed over
him
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Total Dead Now So.

San Diego, CAL, Special.-All men
connected with the United States gun
boat Bennington at the time of the fa-
tai boiler explosion in San Diego har-
Dor have been accounted for. Explo-
ration of the vessels hold continues as
it is rapidly emptied OF water. The
summary of the situation now is:
Dead, So; wounded, 46; uninjured, 80;
deserted, l. Total number Of crew be-
fore accident, 1877. C. A .Mumper was
found alive and uninjured, blotting out
any missing list.
Quarantines Against New Orleans.
Havana, By Cable.-On account OF
the existence of yellow fever at New
Orleans, quarantine has been 'leclar-
ed against that pert. The Southern
Pacific line steamer Excelsior, which
is due here Monday, has sixty young
women students from Texas College
on board. The officials say that they
will be required to remain on the yes.
sci or to undergo the usual five days
detention at the quarantine station.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Give Killed hy Llahtnina.

.ssss ss9 lJcW York, Special.-During thun.
sless storm Of terrific intensity which
passed over New York Sunday after
noon five persons were struck by
and Instantly killed and
nine Iwere seriously injured at the
Parkway Baths, Coney Island. At the
samel time five men were Killed and
three were Frustrated at Gravesend
Beach
NsThose killed:
Geotge Dunwoodie, Of Buffalo.
sss acok eFrankel, Manhattan.
Rbtert F, ,Tasch,, Bronx Borough.
Charlie gFhnerle, Brooklyn.
iler, Brooklyn.
Ss
sen, l1daIS sss 81
y5Theie Curleyy isaac Raft end
wife, Amel schone VILLAIN Rams
weller, Ohm Apple, Daniel McCauley,
ali of Brooklyn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
Telegraphie Briefs.

All of the dead Of the Bennington
have been identified; they number So.
The Charleston board of health has
decided that the yellow fever situation
is not sufficiently serious to require
Quarantining against any point.
President Castro is extensively for
tifying the Venezuelan coast and may
import Japanese gunners. He contem-
plates visiting his neighbor republics
to propose an allegiance.
v. T.. Sanford, who killed George
Wright, in Rome, Ga, says he will be
able to prove that Wright and Mrs.
Sanford stayed at an Atlantic hotel
several times as man and wife.
The grand jury in Washington in.
vestigating the cotton report scandal
heard six witnesses yesterday, four
Of them being from New York. 1t is
believed that the Investigation will
continue for two weeks.
The boiler Of the Reliance, small
tugboat belonging to Peter Bender &
Son, blew up at the landing on Plan
tation creek, Northampton county, and
was totally destroyed. Mr.. Bender
and his son Fred were painfully burned
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
SAFE.

First Undergraduate-Have you
telegraphed to the old man for
money?
Second Undergraduates.
Got an answer?'
Yes; | telegraphed the old man,
Where is that money | wrote for?'
ard his answer: was, In my inside
pocket. ",-stTft-Bits,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

The Rev. Father Cavanaugh is the
new president of the University of
N0trn Dame
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

An ice factory for Southern Pines is
projected.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

ciples and provisions hereinafter pre-
scribed.''
This is the only general provision
for the conduct of special elections
that I have been able to find, and it
is found in chapter 10, entitled, THE
Manner of Conducting Elections ana
Returning Votes"
That the elections provided for by
the 1904 act are special" seems to me
to be clear, and the suggestion tnat
conducted as "other special elections"
refers to elections under special act
is. I think, without merit, for the term
Especial election" as used here is to
contradistinguish such elections from
general elections, each being a general
class with different application,
while those elections under a special
act are for specified localities and self
limited purpose.
That such an election in question
must be and is held pursuant to the
constitution" as required seems to me
evident, for the constitution in article
8, section 2, directs that in the ex-
ercise of the police power the general
assembly shall have the right to pro-
tibit the sale of alcoholic liquors and
may license persons to sell liquors un-
der such rules as it deems proper, or
may authorize certain public officers
in the name Of the State to handle liq-
uors. In exercising such permis-
sorry right the general assembly can
accept and adopt the expressed will
of the people by an election or other
wise. Hence, the general assembly hav-
ing adopted the result Of an election
for the exercise of its prerogative,
such election clearly falls within the
class "he]d pursuant to the constitu
tion," and is therefore governed by
cur general election laws. In fact, it is
difficult to conceive t such an eloc-:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

Maroczy won first prize in the Os-
tend chess tournament.
Tlverton defeated Nocet Maillie in
the $1,000 trotting match race at Phil
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-08-02

The treaty signed by II European
countries intended to suppress the
white slave traffic has gone into ef-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-04-06
PITTsEIELD

George Nichols was in stockbridge sun
day.
Henry Hovey was in Rochester last
week.
Walter Comes of Hancock was in town
Sunday.
Scott Blossom Of Bethel was in town
recently.
Mrs. Fred Edmunds was in Bethel day
last week
Lineus Whitcomb has been very i'll the
past week.
r. A. Lamb and John Austin were in
Bridgewater the first Of the week.
Harry Lamb. who has been in White
held, y. H., through the winter. is at his
home here for some time.
Mrs. Frank Gray has returned from the
hospital at Whitefield, " H.. and is with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Lamb.
Alden Pinney has rented his farm TO
Mr.. Packard OF Stockbridge Mr.. TAYLOR,
who has been living on the farm the past
wear, has moved hack 10 his house IN the
village.
Mrs. Henry Anthony died Mar 3Dth of
pneumonia, aged p yrs, mos. The fu-
neral was held at the house Sunday after
noon, Rev. W. y. Roberts officiating.
Monday, the remains, accompanied bv
her hus and, were taken to Bridgewater
for burial
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-04-06
Death off. Hamilton Riley.

James Hamilton Eiley, son of James
and Louise Riley of Bethel Gilead, died
| Friday evening Of typhoid fever at Mary
| Fletcher hospital Burlington, after a
weeks illness. Mr.. Riley was attending
/ the medical department of the University
of Vermont, in his second years work.
/ His mother and brothers, John and
Christopher, were with him when he died.
The remains were brought home Satur-
day afternoon and the funeral held there
Tuesday at 2 p. m, Rev. Fraser Metzger
officiating. The remains were placed IN
the tomb at Randolph, and later will be
taken to Rochester for interment
Among those present at the funeral
were Mrs. Will Stewart of New York city,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Marsh OF Hancock
Mrs. Frank Sawyer of Randolph, John
Riley, Misses Estella Cross, Matilda and
Pruda Gillespie, Thomas Gillespie, Mrs.
Horace Whitney, s. f. Thompson of
Gouldsyille, Mrs. w. T. Kerr, Oliver and
VIII Kerr of Mortified; also A. w.
Chapman, class delegate. A. j. Gignere
and r. b. Riley from the f. X. fraternity,
Burlington.
The near relatives are the parents, two
brothers, Christopher and John, and a
half brother, William, two sisters, Mrs.
VIM. Stewart of New York city and Mrs.
Dana Marsh OF Hancock
Mr.. Riley was born in Granville in
1872, educated at the Brandon High
school, graduated at the Northern Illinois
college of Chicago and for some years
made optics his line of work. he taught
school several years. Deciding to become
a physician with the treatment Of the eye,
ear, nose and throat as specialties, he
began course in medicine at Burlington. +
which he was pursuing with marked
success, standing second in his class of
over 100. He applied himself very closely
to study. His habits were exemplary and
he enjoyed sincere popularity among his
fellow students. The entire student body
IF the medical department escorted
he remains to the train, the fol-
owing students acting as bearers:
W. J. Buckley, E. b. Riley, r.. f. Holway.
J. w. Stewart, IL. l.. Pierce, a. w. Presto,
4. b. Haylett and II. A. Whiting
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-04-06
Rebekah Installation.

The officers Of Home Rebekah Lodge.
No. -, were installed Tuesday evening by
the president OF the Rebekah assem- bly,
Mrs. Alice Laundry OF Brattleboro, as
sisted by the assembly secretary, Mrs.
Louise Boyce OF Barre, acting as grand
secretary, Mrs. $. A. Reed Of Windsor as
grand treasurer, the grand conductor of
the Rebekah assembly, KarliBe Hutchin-
son and Mrs. Marcella Bond Of st. Johns
bury, grand warden. Fern Rebekah
Lodge Of Randolph, Mrs. Grace Campbell.
y. g., worked the Rebekah degree on
eleven cane iiates, following the installa-
ton The degree work was very Impress
lively done. Especial mention should be
made of the excellence OF the past grand's
charge, Mrs. n C. Buck. Following the
degree work, refreshments were served by
ladies OF the local Rebekah lodge The
grand officers present were Grand Repre-
sentative 5. A. Reed Of Windsor. Grand
Master 4. b. Morton OF St. Adams. Deputy
Grand Master O. +. Gibson Of Burlington,
Grand Warden +. l.. Jackson Of Barre.
also Mrs. O.M Dmsmore OF Martha Wash
ington Lodge, No. /, Of Boston, past noble
grand, p. ID. ID.