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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Escaped From the Gang.

Laurens, Specialize Harris, a
two-year convict, broke his chains
while at the camp alone Tuesday af-
tenoon and, taking one Of the mules
belonging to the county, made his es-
cape from the county chaingang. He
was sick and had been left at the
camp, which is located about five
miles northeast Of The city, securely
chained, as the guard thought. He
was captured six miles below town by
Messrs. Milan and Morris Of Lisbon.
He had Travelled about - or II miles
and when captured had divested him
self of his shackles. He had also
abandoned the mule and was evident
ly making his way back to Grccnvllle
or Edgefeld, whence he came a little
over a year ago. After escaping Tues
day he broke into a negro woman S
house and stole quantity OF meat
and canned fruits, etc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Public Printer Palmer Dismissed.

sa -. &C.,
Oyster Bay, N. Y, special.-Presi:-:
dent Roosevelt took summary action in
the case of Frank w. Palmer, Public
Printer and head of the Government
Printing O..ce at Washington.
Last Monday the President directed
Mr.. Palmer to send him his resignation
to take effect on the 18th instant. At
the same time he directed him not to
take any further action in the case OF
Oscar J. Ricketts,, foreman of printing,
and L. C. Hay, a division forman, in
the Government Printing Office,
whose designations Mr.. Palmer had re-
quested.
In direct disobedience of the Presi-
dents instructions, MT. Palmer on the
5th instant, notified Ricketts, and Hay
that the time which they might have
in which to answer his charges would
be extended until Saturday, the 9th in
stant AS this was violation of the
Presidents specific instructions, and as
the case of Ricketts, and Hay had been
placed in the hands of the Keep COM
mission for investigation. the Presi-
dent felt it was time to take positive
action regarding Mr.. Palmer He there
fore removed him from Office by tele-
graph and directed him to turn over
the Government Printing Office to
Foreman Ricketts,, whom he has desig-
mated as acting Public Printer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Palmetto Items.

Postmaster Wilson says Florence
will soon have free delivery, III fact
before she hardly knows it il receipts
keep running up. The receipts Tor
July were $3.50 more this year than
they were for the same month last
year.
The Union county dispensary and
all the stock on hand i'll the same has
been placed in the hands of the sher-
iff Of the county.
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Fl AZ 'uuound e s!lI!M s1oooeod AZ
.ooD 9qoee1o H 1uu1I :e1e s1o4r1od
100 eVL CoO'e$ 4c pez!rcq!duo Hucd
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eq4 o4 penss! scM uo!ss!mmoo v
's1oq4o pue uox!N 7 AZ
tspu!H IN o 'uoTolno9W qSnH e1e
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-p4!duo 'Gurdmoo qools oAvI S1nq
-smr!ITlM eVl OF uo!ss!lumoo G pons
S! 4eo4 1881 e4v4s 70 61e4e1oes eq4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
FLYING MAKE IN VIRGINIA.
Reptile With Wings, That Fed on
Birds, Killed in King George.

Reptile With wings, That Feo on
Birds, Killed in King George.
a most remarkable and uncommon
flying snake" that was captured and
killed at Berry Plain" the home Of
John S. Dickinson, a few days ago, has
attracted wide attention.
The Curious reptile was first noticed
flying about in the air, presenting the
appearance of an ordinary snake at
tached to a strange looking bird.
AS far as is known, it never once de.
scended to the earth and crawled On
the ground, after the manner OF
snakes, but it would occasionally
alight in trees and catcI such birds as
best suited its fancy.
1t was finally killed and proved to
be five feet long and about one inch
in diameter Of body. 1t had wings Of
good size, covered with feathers.
Berry Plain where the curious
thing made it's advent and met it's I'M
timely end, is one of the finest planta-
tions in King. George, being situated
on the banks Of the Rappahannock. It
is conjectured by some that the flying
snake may! have. come from an i'm
penetra M marsh OF the river or some
neighbd dWg creek.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
NENsY GLEANINGS.
A Yankee circus was reported strand
cd in GronohIo Fronc6

A Yankee circus was reported strand.
cd in Grenoble, France.
New York has a tenement with 475
persons, 300 of whom are children.
Tie State railroads of Belgium now
have system Of railroad hospitals.
Portsmouth. England, has passed an
ordinance for the suppression of cock
growing.
The debt of France, including 1he
debts of communes, amounts to about
$4,000, 100000
Tile losers in the Provo (Utah) land
drawing seem 10 be the ones who are
getting the land.
Leeds, England, has established a
municipal department. for the mainten-
ance of automobiles.
A vast bed of coal has been discov-
cred at Baron Koff Bay, at the extreme
north end of Kamchatka.
A street sign that amazes American
visitors in Paris reads: "Butchery Of
Horse, Ass and Mule Speciality"
The town of Seward, Alaska, has
just been connected with the outside
world by telegraphic communication.
The japanese have bought thirty
seven steam turbines with electric
generators from works at Schenectady;
N. Y.
Reports from Pougnkeepsie. N. Y,
indicate that the bridge over the Hud-
son River is to be repaired at cost of
$1,3000O0.
Another attempt is to be made to
bore the Rocky Mountain range west
of Denver. Col, for mining and rail-
way tunnel.
A second steamer is about to be
placed upon Lake Titicaca, which Is
10000 feet above sea level in the
Andes of Peru.
The remairs Of big sea reptile, said
to be the first Of its kind known to
scientists. have been dug out Of the
limestone in Humboldt County, Ne
yada, and shipped to the University
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Stranded Vessel Sighted.

Norfolk, Va, special.-The steamer
Aragon, lumber laden from George
town, S. c., to New York via Norfolk,
which stranded two miles south Of
False Cape, on the Virginia coast The
Aragon and the lumbcr-laden. barge
Saxon, which went ashore with the
steamer but was subsequently fl0ated,
arrived here this afternoon apparently
uninjured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
AsheYille Slayer Arrested.

Asheville, N. c., Special.-Floyd D.,
James was arrested Tuesday afternoon
at 1870 o'clock by Patrolman James on
a warrant charging him with the muir
der OF James Dougherty, last Sunday
night, August 81. Mr.. James was placed
under arrest while at work, a short
distance from his residence, and
brought to the city hall. He was in
conference with attorneys relating 20
the conduct of his case and at the con-
cIusion of this conference a prelimi-
nary hearing will be had. When ar
rested Mr.. James declared that he was
an innocent man and that he regretted
the arrest more on his wife's account
than on his own.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Shot by State Senator.

Charleston, S. c., special.-A special
from Saluda, S. c., says that Joe Zen
Coleman, a well-known citizen Of that
town, was shot and it is believed fa-
tally injured, by State Senator e. S.
Biease. The encounter was on the main
street and Coleman received four
wounds. please surrendered to- the
Sheriff. No further particulars are
known here. Mr. Blease is brother
to Senator Cole l., Blease, WHO figures
so prominently in the dispensary in
yestigat' on. t1e is Senator Of New
Try ana the other Senator from Sa.
luda, adNiRipg counties.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Public Printer ousted.

Washington, Special.-Public Printer
F. w. Palmer practically has been
ousted from office. 1t was learned au-
thoritatively that President Roosevelt
has demanded Mr. Palmer's resigna-
tion to take effect on the 18th instant.
The demand Of the President for Mr..
Palmer's resignation was due prima-
rily to the latter's action in trying to
force Oscar ]. Ricketts, and L. c. Hay
out of the Government Printing Office.
ilIr. Palmer a sked for the resignation of
Eocketts and Hay on the ground that
they had been .lsub2rdinate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Millions For Land Act

London, BY Cable.-Waltcr Hume
Long, Chief Secretary of Ireland, an
nounces that the Treasury has agced
to provide additional funds amount
ing to sl,OO0,0O0 before the end of the
year, together with such an amount
Of stock during the year 1906 as will
produce s5O,OOO,OOO cash to facilitate
the operations of the Irish land act
and to remedy the recent stopoage OF
salcs Of land through the inability to
sfi, :.:e the purchase moinney owing
to j1ck Of funds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Women and Debt.

Some wives drift into debt with as
much indifference as if they would
never be required to meet their 90.
legations. Women who are thus
rash and inproyident are certainly
weak-minded, and are laying tie
foundation for domestic trouble.
The tempter tempts; the tradesman
or milliner is quite willing to trust
them to any extent, or, if they will
not, the butcher or baker will, and
the ready money is spent on frivo'
lous trifies. A woman assures her
self by the hattering assurance that
"I shall be sure to make it up some
how" Things go from bad to worse,
until at last the husband has to be
Informed tEEt impatient creditors
will wait no longer for their money.
Then the dainty new bonnets and
dresses, which formerly seemed to
him so pretty, appear only as super
fuous finery. A wife who has once
allowed herself to give way to debt
must exercise great vigilance upon
her actions, so as to avoid a repeti-
.tion. It is so easy to give way, and
in families Of limited income such
extravaganza may mean eIiaassu.iIat.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Suburbs Unsafe.

Tangier, special.-samuel r Gum
mere, the American Minister and
number of European inhabitants, have
abandoned their residences in the LIB
urbs and removed to the center Of the
Town at the request of the Moroccan
authorities, who said they were unable
to guarantee their security owing tc
disturbed condition of the surrounding
districts. Severe fighting continue;
between Raisuli's tribe and others.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Colleton Prisoners Try to Break Jail

Walterboro, Special. = Thursday
night there came near being another
successful Jail delivery here. Some
time ago six young white men from
the vicinity of Green Pond and
Young's Island were committed to
jail for breaking into and stealing
from some freight cans near Green
Pond. A report Of this has already
been published, also the report of an
attempt by these six young men to
break out Of Jail. Their escape was
prevented by the timely discovery of
the sheriff.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
The,Inland Waterway.

Washington, Specialize engineer
4;ng hoard. designated by the Secretary
~ War to make a new survey Of the
nronosed inland waterway, will visit
Norfolk and North Carolina points
,n october for the purpose of hold
inc n hearings, so that the best opinions
of the people with reference 10 ms Sc :
lection of a route can be secured: This
zinformation was obtained by Repre-
sentative Small, who called at the War
@nepartment and conferred with loi.
Smith Leach, the president OF tnls
9 shl;;i.3
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
South Carolina Items.

President Harvie Jordan Of the
Southern Cotton Association will be
in Bennettsville on September y,
and will address the cotton growers
Of Marlboro in the court house on
that day. President Smith and
Treasurer Hyatt of the State associa-
ton will also be here at the same
time. Jordan and Smith will address
a big cotton growers rally at Max
ton, N. c., on the 9th.
H. W. Holloway, a special agent
employed by the comptroller general,
went to Leesville recently to inves-
tigate the burning Of the house Of
Henry Montz last March. As re-
suit two white men were arrested their
names being John and William Tay-
lor.
The prospect for large enroll
ment at the fall session of Converse
College, which begins September 10th
are very bright, ard President Pell,
from the information in hand, is sure
that the number OF new students will
be unusually large.
Fire broke out at an early hour
Tuesday in an outbuilding on the
Union county poor house farm. The
barn and stables, three mules, a lot
of corn and a quantity Of provender
we're consumed. The origin Of the
fire is thought to have been acciden-
tai. The value Of the property des-
troved is estimated at $3.50, with in
surance of $3.50.
Adam Wilkes, negro man, was
brought to Spartanburg charged with
the serious crime Of criminally es-
saulting colored girl, Ivy Choice,
aged eight years. His case was in
vestigated in Magistrate Kirby's
court and he was bound over to ses-
sions court. The evidence against
Wilkes was very damaging.
I'll, ;cs No lonrra, on1y n1,action of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
DR.. Rice Named.

Columbia, S. c., Special-The exc
cutive committee of the Columbia
Theological seminary has been in ses-
sion here all day in an effort to elect
a president of the institution. They
did this indirectly only, having recon-
mended to the trustees that DR., Their
on H. Rice, Of Atlanta, be given po-
sition. He was leader in the movement
to have the seminary moved from Co
lumbia and consolidated with the
Clarksville university into big Pres.
byterian university at Atlanta.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Atlanta Patient Dead.

Atlanta Special Atlanta's only
yellow fever case resulted fatally
shortly after noon Tuesday. The pa.
tient, J. C. Caruthers, who arrived
from Pensacola last Friday and who
was sent to the detention hospital
several miles from the city, died after
an attack of yellow fever CT pro-
nounced type No other cases have
reached here and none is expected
with the vigorous precautions that
have been taken to exclude oven sus'
picious cases from outside points.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
1ABor WORLD

Steps are being taken TO organize the
workers in Tasmania
The settlement Of the miners strike
in Morris Run, Pa. has been ratified.
The Sydney IN. S. WI Labor Council
has a union label for the State Of New
South Wales.
New South Wales trade unionistS
are dissatisfied with the present State
Arbitration act. I,
Women are rapidly supplanting men
as station agents OH the railroads rum.
ming out Of Chicago
Five men were killed and one se-
riously injured at q mine explosion at
Kesitan (pa.t shaft
The Ipswich tQucensland Municipal
Council has fixed the bricklayers'
wages at eight shillings per day
In Finland the women of the lower
classes perform labor that in OTHER
countries is usually assigned 10 neE.
About sixty men are at present en1-
ployed OH the railway deviation works
a. Alpha, Central Queensland, Austria
lia t
Windows glass workers organiza.
tions of Pittsburg, Pa. reached an
agreement that will insure the consoA-@
dation of the two unions.
Although women are entering into
the industrial field in increasing NUM-
bers. in many industries they are plere-
~ taking the place Of children.
At the closing session of tue Execn-
tive Council OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor, held at Scranton, Pa,
recently, the anthracite miners were
urged to organize.
In pursuing its campaign for the
union label. tile San francisco Labor
Council will issue circular letter to-
every householder urging the patron
age Of union label goods.
The National Train D;spatchers' As
sociation, jn convention sat Denver,
Col, adopted resolutions demanding
the establishment Of the block SYSTEM
on every railway i'll the United States.s.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Cancasns in Wild Panic.

Baku, BY Cable.-Troops under the
direction of the Governor are acting
with the utmost vigor, but they haye
not succeeded in restoring order, al
thought there is rather less firing.
Armed rioters attacked the oil works
in the suburb of Balakhan, and after
q hot fight set fire to them. Iartar
hands are securing the country, muir
dering and pillaging. The country is ID
q state Of wild panic, and houses and
farms are being abandoned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Chester To Vote On the Dispensary.

Chester, special.-This county is to
be canvassed early and thoroughly
for the purpose Of securing sigma
lures to petitions asking for an cleo
ton at as early, day as may be deem
ed best on the question of "dispen-
saryn or "no dispensary.' A COM
mittee of one from each of the eight
townships has the matter in charge.
That committee is composed as fol-
lows: l.. D. ChiIds, Geo. ". Bycrs,
H. T. Boyd, w. S. Durham, T. b.
McKeown, j. NJ. Hollis and J. NJ.
yBoulware.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
Department Observer.

The South Carolina section Of the
climate and crop service Of the De-
partment of Agriculture issues the
following official bulletin Of weather
and crop conditions for the past
week:
The week ending Monday, Septem-
Der 4th began with very cool weather
but the warmth increased to above
normal by its close, making the av-
erage temperature for the week about
normal. The extremes were a max
imum of 9S degrees at Blackville and
Florence on September LIST and End
and a minimum Of 80 degrees at
Greenville on August 29th and Both.
The week was generally clear with
increasing cloudiness during the last
two days. The relative humidity
was uniformly lew.
Over the greater portion OF the
State there was no rain during the
week, and in places the ground IS be-
coming dry and the need Of moisture
is indicated, especially in the coast
truck districts; showers were general,
though mostly light, over the western
half of the State beginning on the
night of the LIST aud continuing to
the close; there were also rains III
the eastern tier Of counties with oc-
cassional heavy showers.
On the whole, the weather was
favorable for general farm work, es-
pecially for hayjng and saving fodder
and for picking cotton. In localities
where the soil has been too wet here
toforc it dried sufficiently to permit
gardening, and plowing. Some oats
have been sown in the central coun-
ties.
+ Cotton continues to deteriorate on
sandy lands owing to rust and ex.
cessive shedding, so that practically
the plants have ceased to grow or
fruit and nearly all the top crop has
dropped off; on clay lands the condl.
tions are better, but rust bas ap-
peared in places. On sandy lands
cotton opened rapidly, and picking
made rapid progress over the eastern
and central counties and will be gen
eral over the western ones during the
coming week. On clay lands it is just
beginning to open freely. Cater pill
lars continue numerous on sea7island
[-cot S.
Tobacco curing is finished. Rice
harvest is underway and some has
been thrashed. Peas and sweet po,
tatoes are doing we'll. Pastures con-
tinue good. strawberrie plants be-
ing set out. Fall truck being planted
extensively in the coast districts but
the soil is too dry for favorable ger
mination.-J. ". Bauer, Section Di-
rector.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
n lAKE SHOCK
Disturb Ainctive and Severe
and Severe:
Have Compiled sea 10 VII
l,oea and wro,s pread Loss
of life and Prom he South
ern tvtromitv nf isula.
Doo,o o., rob1o

fering from terrible -
cause of the news from uen'
where one of tho worst A :
ever experienced occurred s Z, :,
though the earthquake was
er Calabria and to certa, x
in Sicily, the worst news cal
Pizzo and Monteleone and FRY IS
eighteen villages, which are 81
have been completely destroyctiA
cording to the latest news recoS
370 persons have been Filled aEu}
great number injured. 1t is as W.
impossible to even estimate the PROV
erty losses.
The shock was felt at 2.55 O'clock
Friday morning. It lasted FOR eigl-.
teen seconds at Catanzaro and soon
thereafter was felt at Mcssira, Rem;
gino, Monteleone, Martirano, Stefac:.
oni, Picpio, Triparli, zmararo, Cessan--i
iti, Nadia, Olivani and other points.
Scenes of indescribable terror en-.
sued. Women, aroused from their.
sleep, rushed half clothed into he
streets, screaming with fear. carrying.
their babies and dragging aloag their
other children, and calling for help
on the madonna and the saints. The
men escaped into the open with theii
families, all calling on their favorite.
saints for protection. The cafes were
taken by assault by the strangely
garbed crowd, but as daylight broke.
without a repetition of the earthquake
the crowd gradually melted away un..
til by 8 o'clock the streets had al.
most assumed their normal appear.
ance except in the ruined villages,
where the inhabitants had no homes to.
go to. The general confusion was
added to by dreadful cries from the.
jails, where the prisoners were be-.
side themselves with fright and in;
some cases mutinied, but fortunately
all the prisoners were kept within
bounds. IS rs
Troops, engineers and doctors hayo;
been hurried to the scenes of the dis,
aster to assist in the work of rescue
and salvage. The Ministry Of the In;
terror sent $4,000 for the reliefsof gtha.
destitute, and the Minister Of ssPNb bic
Works left for Calabria I'M the evening
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Charged With BigamY.

Anderson, Special-Will Rowland,
mill operative, has been lodged in
jail on charge Of bigamy. Both of
his alleged wives are living in this
county, and it was upon warrant
taken out by his second mothec-in-law
that he was arrested at Toccoa, Ga,
and brought back to this city. He will
probably be tried for his offense at
the approaching term of the sessions
court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
HISTORICAL PAPERS CONTENTS

Mr.. Witte Signed First and When All
Had Done So Baron Rosen and Ba-
ron Komura Exchanged Compli-
ments For the Two Misssions-
Russian Mission Attends Thanks
giving Service at Christ Episcopal
Church Rulers to Sign Copies
Within so Days.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13

There is no longer any question Of
the Tenn, zsee Normal College, Of the
Baptist denomination, and lis fq-
ture.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
An Atrociou

,ssisso sssiso oHnstull, OPeclal.- 3& c,? q
snnlatto, was arrested W. Chef OF
sPSlice Derrick as the formes. was at
tempting to leave the city ON the ear
train. Padgett is charged with
5aiNasault on a young white gSl who
lives near here. The ASSAULT Aceur-
sreds ION last Monday and PadsiV has
her hiding since. After theS &rest
as Immediately carried to hsge.
feb and tits reported will be carried
sa5s soIamib5 The crime is = -pea55
"a 55alttiriici i e ohg sone. The girl belongs to a
highly respected family. EXPIRES
!sions Of lynching are freely INDUCED
in, and Padgett would suffer violence
if oportunity offered. It is said he
made a similar attempt on another
victim few years ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Charlotte Cotton Market
Dispensary Investigation.

mter, special:-Thc special COM
be to investigate the dispcnsary
kpp the work here last week. The
User at this point was supposed
model Of accuracy and homes
4 hit developed that his admin
is}y has been far from perfect.
Th9 pony went to show that the
laN az 1t been carried out in many
nrraT;ti rri;:t That feature requiring
ttha & he request blanks has been
elniireI I'D kcted and there Seems to
i ,aVes b Ie or less "graft" in the
sfelline sSS les and cases, amount
no. NO sfo sos ZOO to 5000 per year.
earth .sar. anytSH positively startling,
a;nr,oSnieh was U ut out to show that
thee}%iinstitutio been conducted
without proper Ed to the law, and
tllis5 in the face Re tact that both
the5county boar the State board
have been notifd such was the
case. On ThursdV afternoon the
committee tok II A
IL aeA