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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06
s .Plasterers Return to Work.

Richmopd; Va. Specialize strik-
ing plasterefs, numbering 100, at the
Jamestown exposition; have returned
to work afterttwo weeks idleness. On
-ly one firm Of contractors was affect
.ed:by the.strike, but this was large
ones The strikers only gained one of
their demands, that of being off on
the scaffold. The, demand for an in
crease of wages from SIS to Sc a day
was not granted them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06
The Rural Guard Of Cuba to be In.
creased.

Washington, Specials a result
Of conference at the White House
between the President, Secretary Taft
and General Bell, chief Of staff, an
order has been issued directing an
increase the rural guard Of Cuba
from 5000 to 10000 men. The pur-
post is to avoid increasing the num-
ber Of American troops in the island
90 originally intended, tho native ,1a
guards being emse acceptable TO the
RsantA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06
il=..-, ~. -: - 4.
so KILLED In EXPLOSION

Fhs Stewart Nine i -Fayettevillsii
County, West Virginia, the Scene q
& Horrible Accident-About 2o6
Men in the Shaft When the Eix--
plosion Occurred and livery Effort
is. Being Made. to- Reach! the en-
tombed Men-At Least 30 or go
s Dead and the Death List May be
sWelled to S5-The. Scene About
Nina q. Pathetic Ore The Mine in
Operation. for ever Three Years.
= But Has Never Been Fully DeveI
sped: -s. ,:.
Chafisst5n, W: Va, sspecial4There
is: at least 50.or SO persons dead as
a result of an explosion in.1he. Stew
fsftmins near. Fayettev5illes iltsFayette
county y Tuesdag,S according ! tS the
last reposts TecsiYsd ana iitSsils expect.
q NJ & &. = : : 49, ~ ~ 80
m more: s. So,
The explosion was caused by dust
.fKs mines Every effort So being
-made7to-set -te-the. -men-#ho--are--en--
tonlbed but there is little hope that
any OF tnem- ersaaliVe. ,res
1sE. at the time cot the explosion there
were about 200 men in, the Shaft
and, there IS grave apprehension That
a; great many Of them were in the
hines wien fha. explosion occurred.
"a elist-of ths dead is now being com
piled and>r#iH.ainc1ude at least the
number mentioned. ORGANIZED. effort
Is being made to- get to the men in
the mine and, volunteers are i;plenrti-
full. The scene .abou. the mine is a
pathetic one. men women and chill
dren crying for their dead ones and
- thair sosens smUse u sne iounu ~ g
:
Location OF the Nine,
The Stewart mine is shaft 56s
feet deep. The development is in
the gSeWall seam, which ranges in
thickness from four to five feet. The
mine is located on the White Oak
Fuel Company IS private line, connect.
ing with the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad at Carlisle: It is located
about four miles from Fayetteville
md seven yoi)oc froy, Thr,,,o, .Tb,,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06
.DOlNGS OF CONGRESS
What Our National Lawmakers Are
Doing From Day to Day
Mr: Lever Warns Up.

Representative Lever, OF South
Carolina, stirred up hornets nest
in the house when he offered to the
agricultural appropriation bill an an
amendment appropriating $3,oOo,ooo
for the purchase Of the Appalachian
and White Mountain forest reserves.
He said twelve States were interest
ed. iii the movement, and many Gov
crnors had personally solicited the
Speaker Of the house, to, permit the
i1iil to come before the body OH its
merits; hut through mysterious in
fluences; he said; tile Speaker was
rci,tuing to hold the bill up and he
wanted the country to know the facts
about the measure:
Mi. .Tawney objected to the per
sonatsst tack. on the Speaker, and said
lie would; object to further eonsldera-
tlOl.- :, .-:.s- -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06
TIE KNEW POP.

Teacher-Can you tell me anything
about the frontier, Tommie?
Tommie-Yes'm. That's where pop
sits when he goes to the theatre
alone. e."-Yonkers Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-02-06

President Roosevelt expects to senG
Congress another message contain
NC additional evidence against the
discharged negro troops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
ON THE RACE TRACK.
Aqueduct Results.

New York. April 16-Notasulga, who had shown splendid form at New Orleans, scored an easy victory in the Rose stakes half mile for two-year-old Allies, at Aqueduct today She won by two lengths in the fast time of :4S Is. Three favor ties won.
 First race. selling, six furlongs-Kil- loehan, 103 (GarneD, 9 to 1, won; Eduar- do, 1O6 (Mosgrove), to l, second Au- tumn Flower, 96 C<eating), to ], third Time, 1;l6.
 Second race, four furlongs-Masks and Faces, 1OS (Miller), to l, won; Maga- zine, 116 Radtke), ? to 1, second; Rosa rio, 1O3 QHorner), 9 to 5, third. Time, :50.
 Third race, mie selling-Jack Me Keon, 1OS (Mountain), 6 to l, won; Mary Morris. 90 (Sumter), to 1, second; Rob ador, 1O4 (Notter), 25 to l, third. Time, 1:4l4-5.
 Fourth race, the Rose stakes. four fur longs-sNotasulga, 1O9 (NicoD, to D., won; Tea Leaf, 104 (BrusseD, 70 to 1, sec ond F'rizette, 104 (Miller), 3 to l. third Time, AS 1-5.
 *An added starter.
 Fifth race, selling, seven furlongs- Lally. 90 Qlnglander), to l, won; Fus- tian, Ill (Preston), to l. second Water Bearer, 109 (Brusesls), 50 to l, third. Time, 1: :2S.
 Sixth race, six furlongs-Pretension 115 (Aubuchon), 9 to 10, won; Cressna, Ill QHornep. to l, second; Pulsus, l25 (Radtke), to 1, third Aqueduct Entries.
 First race selling, four and half fur longs-Elvira -, 109; Sweet Taire 106; Astoria Belle. Cuernavaca, 103; Trey of Spades, Lumberless, Onada, Dramatic Evelyn G., 99; Rustic, 9S; George Degg 9S; Crack Shot, 94.
 Second race, steeplechase, about two miles-Araba, 15l: Drone, Halshot, 146; Cometesse Mountains. 1S2. Third race, handicap, six furlongs- Grapple, 1l6; Workman, Horace Es 105; Claire Russell, 102. Fourth race, Nthe Rockaway, selling, five furlongs-Pater,N1 MI: Juggler, Jacobite, no; Sickaway, 103; Hooray, los: Grapple 107; Ampedo, l01; Claire Russell, 93; Umbrel- la, S6
 Fifth race five furlongs-Suffrage, 10l; Handzarra, 91; Suffice, Diamond Flush 92; Fire Opal. Yankee Bell, S4
 Sixth race. four furlongs-Belle Weath- CT, Colonel Thomas, Master Robert, Bridge Whist. Acredor. lo5: Senator Beckham, Mad Harry, King Thistle, Lady Bell. l5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
ALABAMA BEATEN
 FOR SECOND TIME
SANDERS "PARACHUTED" QUITE NOBLY-GAME RAGGED-HOW VICTORY ONCE LANDED CAN GO TO OTHERS.

Tuscaloosa, April 16--tSpecial. )-For the second time Alabama has tasted the bit ter dose of defeat at the hands of the fast team from the Louisiana State uni- versity. the second game having been won by the visitors this afternoon by the score of to G. The Alabamians had the game well in hand until the seventh inning, being on the heavy side of a 10 2 score. In that inning, however, the visitors annexed four talies. The home team went to pieces and allowed two more talies to be registered the next time Louisiana came to the bat and one additional in the last round.
 Sanders was on the firing line for Ala bama and pitched an excellent game so far as hits go, allowing only four safe bngles, but his wldness, both at the home plate and on the bases. cost his team dearly. Cover did good work in the box for Louisiana, yielding only five hits. The game was characterized by considerable wrangling over the base de- cision of the umpire, and was altogether listless and unenioyabe on account of the large number of errors made by both teams Caffey and Hannon of the home team electrified the spectators by magni- ficent catches, and Kirkwood of the vis- itors snagged one near first base that brought the crowd to it's feet
 The lineup of the visitors was the same as in yesterdays game, with the exception of the pitcher, but several changes were made By Pollard in his team. Caffey was moved over from center field to right. Foster was moved from right to third and Jones went from third to center King was substituted behind the bat for Stevenson, who was disabled in yesterdays contest He caught nice game, in spite of the fact that it was his first time under fire during the season.
 The third and last game of the series will be played tomorrow, after which the visitors will leave for Marion, where series of three games will be played. Bat teries for tomorrows game have not yet been announced.
 Following is the score by innings and summary: Mi .E. Louisiana .0OO plo 42l-S Alabama .0i0 PIP 00-6 6
 Summary: Bases on balls. Sanders 2 Cover 1; hit by pitched ball, Sanders j. Cover ?; double plays, Pope to Hannon to Nooiin; umpire, Prouty; time, 2;W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Should BOO Hitter Eber
 Be Seated On he Bench?

It is a grave question as to whether or not Meek should be seated on the bench in any game. He is the hardest hitter on the Baron team, and his bingle is all ways needed.
 On the other hand, drawing Meek from behind the bat and re-establishing him on the initial corner considerably weallens the catching department.
 It seems that it all depends on just how hard Lister can hit If Lister pinks the sphere as hard as .25O it might be well to retain him on first. Meek will bat every other day, and he can be used, too,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

Friday night will be a great one with the gymnasium members of the Young Mems Christian association, when the athletic exhibition will be pulled off and the prizes for winter sport awarded.
 All the classes of the institution have been hard at work for more than nine months, three times weekly, and without any special preparation they will be gath cred on the floor at one time and put through the regular drills and exercises for the benefit of the public. There will be more than 100 men on the floor at one time, while the boys will take part in some special features.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

in cases of emergency, batting for pitch CTS, etc.
 There is plenty of time, however, for the race has just started. Manager Vaughn will give Lister a thorough trial, at any rate, and in this determination Vaughn has the approval of all the fans.
 It is pointed out, however, that be- fore final action is taken, and the Barons are stripped for the permanent lineup that Montgomery is a catcher better than the average, and on account of this fact some light in reaching the proper solu- ton may be furnished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Prizes for Successful
 Athletes Awarded Friday

Several interesting contests will also take place after the exhibition in which the Birmingham Athletic club will figure. Immediately following the banner and shield awards for the winners in the h. termediate Basketball league will be awarded while pictures of the first basketball team will be hung on the wall.
 A supper will be given Thursday night at the association building in honor of the Birmingham Ledger team which won the newspaper relay race Representatives of all the papers, in addition to the team, will be present, and J. J. Smith Will act as toastmaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
First Duty of Postal Clerks.

first assistant postmaster general has de- cided that the duty of postal employees to the government is paramount to their duty as members of the state militia, and only in cases when grave emergencies ex- ist can postal employees drop their work without permission of the department. h several instances mail service has been badly crippled by postal employees leav- ing work on account of calls from gov ernor of state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
FELL CITY ANXIOUS
 TO MEET ALL COMERS

G.. w. Pratt, manager of the Pell City Baseball club, amateur champions of the state, authorizes the sporting editor of The Age-Herald to challenge any other amateur aggregation in the state of Ala bama
 Pell City is especially anxious for a game next Saturday. Manager Pratt states that every expense of the visitors Will be paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

pair of bettors cannot decide which has won and which has lost. The wager was that the winner of a certain baseball game would make twice as many scores as the loser.
 The game ended l to Q. Who wins?
 It is said that mathematicians figure 1t that the man who bet that the winner would double the score lost the best. ln- ouiry was made yesterday, and argument
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Baseball HAs Zfs OAvn
 "YOD Ozd s Ann" Problem

to support that decision was slim.
 The sporting editor of The Age-Herald was asked to decide the bet, and the verdict was rendered in favor of the man who wagered that the winner would double the score Nothing is nothing, and twice nothing is nothing. One is more, therefore, more than twice nothing. or course the matter is purely technical. It might develop into another How Oie is Ann" proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Roberts Defeats kiIpatrick.

w. w. Roberts defeated Charles c. Kil- patrick in match race for d side bet of $100 at the skating rink at East Lake Monday night. During the seventh lap Fitzpatrick slipped and fell forfeiting the race and the bet to Roberts. Up to that time the race had been close and excit- ing, Roberts leading in the stretches and lIlpa trick gaining on the turns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.

Columbus. Miss, April 16.--(Speeial) )-To- days game was long drawn out, being stopped several times on account of rain. Brazelle held the visitors without run until the ninth, when a base on balls, a hit batsman, two safe hits and one error scored four runs. This was another hard luck story for the Columbians and a hard game to lose. Darkness towards the close of the game caused annoyance.
 Score: R.H. F. Columbus 900 GOO 100-1 9 8 Mobile OOO GOO 0Oi-1 l
 Batteries: Brazelle and Turner; Ray, Molly and O'Brien; umpire, Brady.
 At Gulfport: Gulfport ?, Meridian 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Johnson Attends Schedule Meetino.

Capt. Jack W. Johnson district pas senger agent of the Seaboard, returned yesterday from Norfolk. where he at tended a schedule meeting of the Seaboard officials. There will be change in sched- ule the latter part of this month over many parts of the system, but the only change affecting Birmingham will be that the train which leaves Birmingham at ? ;25 D. m., will leave a few minutes 1ater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE

Columbia. April 16.-Schwenk was pug gle to Augusta, striking out fifteen and yielding but three hits. Score R.H E.. Columbia . .. .0l0 600 00D-l -O Augusta eco 0e0 oo0-0 3 o
 Batteries: Schwenk and Smith; Com minger and Evers.
 Savannah. April ls-Savannah punched hits in the fourth inning and won out.
 Score: R. E. Savannah 0o 300 e10-3 10 l Jacksonville 900 coo 1eo-1 0
 Batteries: Ford and kahlkoff; Evans and Fuller.
 Macon. April f6.-on wet and soft dia- mond Macon won from Charleston by punching hits in the fifth inning today. ' Score: R.H E. Macon. .00o 24o 00+-6 l Charleston 100 GOO 0o0-1 2
 Batteries: Helm and Harnish; Foster and Fox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
OTHER GAMES.

The Birmingham High school defeated the Richmond team in an exciting game by the score of to 1. The features of the game were the hitting of Brown and the pitching of Thomas for the High school All of Richmond's $ runs resulted from errors. Score: R.HE. B. II. s. ..... s........................5 Q RlcnmOnu ..............f o I
 Batteries: Thomas and Vaughn; Still man, Ploeger and Streit.
 At Charlottesville: University Of Vir- ginia S. George Washington l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
THE DOPE SHEET

[ J. P. at the bat. 'fJ | Montgomery is risen. Victory should dawn today. | Whom did the rain preserve?  Clark will pitch this afternoon.
 Bert Maxwell has evidently returned to
 form.
 oyler may be able to figure in the lineup.
 Billiard, for Meridian, defeated Gulfport
 yesterday
 Manager Smith will pitch Spade. schopp
 or Rowan today. Lister swings his entire body against the ball in a circular manner. It rained yesterday in Birmingham.
 Memphis and Little Rock. Montgomery ' played.
 Sam Apperious found Perdue easy yes | terday, as did Houtz and several others of the Pretzel gang. Mobile won from Columbus yesterday afternoon in the ninth inning, making it's quartette of runs in that round. i The Nashville team is considered hard
 hitting aggregation. trio of binglets was all it got yesterday, however.
 Let's all root for the Barons today.
 and victory will come our way.' This
 'pome' was suggested by Ben Brazeal. | Atlanta is leading the league and Br-
 mingham is practically the bottom.
 gomery.
 l The Picayune, one of the papers pub lished in New Orleans, does not think
 well of the Barons this season. It is to be regretted Sid Smith was on the "sick" yesterday
 afternoon, but the hard-hitting catcher hopes to be able to appear in the game this afternoon. l Schwenk pitched a three-hit game for Columbia in the South Atlantic yesterday afternoon. He will be in higher com- pany next year. 1 A swell dress, suitcase and pair of l shoes were handed Mccormick when he
 knocked the three-bagger that defeated 1 Birmingham last week. I Philadelphia batted Orth from the box yesterday in the second inning and New
 York retaliated by batting Dygert from
 the field in the sixth. But the Athletics 1 got away with the game The Nashville Banner smiled trhe too soon. In it's issue before the game yes- 1 terday it remarked with pleasure that l! Maxwell was weak this season. Yet it was Maxwell who yesterday handed 1 Nashville its first lemon. ] The Nashville Banner asks a conun- drum: 'If Nashville beats Birmingham 1 three games straight. Birmingham beats i Atlanta and Atlanta beats Montgomery ffttfr ,tr~i,t ttfl,o flxa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
WHAT OTHERS SAY.


 Tn the opener in Birmingham the Barons were the victors, but that does not in- -,ly by any means that they have a war rant to make a habit of 1t. In fact. it is pretty well indicated by this time that Atlanta has, if not Il stronger, at least as strong d team as Vaughn. Georgian.
 Birmingham is up against Atlanta to- day. Watch the fur fly. Atlanta wants 10 gret even for that opening game defeat. Montgomery Journal.
 Atlanta did even up for that game defeat.
 The Birmingham fans seem to think that the Barons played in miserable form while in Nashville last week. Not so. They were beaten on their understandable American.
 That is a hard blow, isn't it?
 Atlanta came back at Birmingham with a rush yesterday, taking the opening game handily. You'll have to keep an eve on those Bremen. They are certainly playing good ball just now.-Nashville American.
 Ewing right now is tactly figuring the race between Atlanta and Nashville. It is big jump from bottom to top, Willie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

Summary: Base on balls, Maxwell 2; passed ball, Hardy; double plays. Doobs to Morse, Mccormick to Morse to Hack cit; struck out. Maxwell 4. Perdue 4; sac riiice hit, Ball; stolen bases Houtz, Perry. Time, 1:35. Umpire, Rim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
100000 BROKEN
 MONTGOMERY WINS
MAXWELL, IN GREAT FORM, SETS DOBBERS DOWN WITH THREE
 HITS-PRETZELS FIELDED Ex- CELLENTLY-PER BEATEN.

Montgomery. April 16.-Maxwell was in- Vlncible and Montgomery fielded brilliant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

The Nashville Banner asks a conun- drum: 'If Nashville beats Birmingham three games straight Birmingham beats Atlanta and Atlanta beats Montgomery four games straight, what ought the answer to be when the Boosters and Pretzels meet today?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

New York. April 16.-Philadelphia beat New York in the opening game of the season at the American League park to- day. orth was batted out of the box in the second and Dysert in the sixth. Hughes, Castleton and Kleinow. Time. o:1O. Umpires. Evans and Hurst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
ERlcAN ASSOCIATION
 OPENS SEASON TODAY.

Columbus, O., April 16,-The Amer . ican association baseball season 70 will open tomorrow with Milwaukee . playing at Columbus St. Paul at . Toledo Minneapolis at Indianapolis, . and Kansas City at Louisville. Thee
 feature of the opening here will be . raising of the second championship . pennant. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

And Birmng han is pacic on of 
 
  be the wv will be of n
  luck folio the of
  in of frs sIon
  Philadelphia did
  the dean of the slab s
 
  pitchers  he has heenn a smlar boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

Attractive ads. are Illustrated. Csa fte Gawk mako your illustrations Aoe-HeraId Building. %H3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
carried away without weakening the good

carried away without weakening the good, od-style construction bit.
 Farmer Wilett another of Detroit's twirling recruits took Rowan out for a walk and showed him the work of the cannon ball
 Jack" said he, they have had some great ball players down here. Look what that man Bob Wallace did last year, Took off the corner of that big rock slick as a whstle, Did it on bet with noth- ing but baseball.
 Rowan secuted the idea, but received unlimited verifcation He returned to the hotel in thoughtful mood and slyly bor- rowed a baseball from Manager Jennings. A few moments later found him at a stone corner just above the one bear ing Sherman s autograph. He put all the strength of his gigantic frame into the heaves but without avail. The perspira- ton dropped off him in torrents.
 cinally, the bunch that had been hid ing behind the Wade Hampton monu- ment could no longer hold in. They gave a concerted yell. and when he saw ther.l. Rowan admitted that he had found the first throwing feat which he was not able to equal. He thinks so yet"
 What the Rain Spoiled.
 The rain did spoil what promised to be very pretty game. Clark was sched- uled to twirl for the Barons and Rowan was the probable pitcher for the Atlanta outfit. OLeary was slated to work be- hind the bat, while Meek was to per- from this duty for Birmingham. This programme would have removed Smith and Jordan from the Atlanta lineup and as Clark was reported in excellent form it is very probable that the Barons would have won.
 However. there will be an opportunity this afternoon for the fans to see if Carlos Smiths deduction concerning the "butting In" of Jupiter Pluvius was accurate The game will be called at 3:SO clock as usual. and the fans are extended a hearty invitation to call and see the sport for themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Boston, April 16.-Boston defeated Washington, making all it's runs off Gra- ham in the first inning. Score: R.H. E. Boston ...... ......... 400 900 0o*--4 10 1 Washington .... ....... .l0o utl Uc0-2
 Batteries: Young and Criger; Graham, FaIl1enberg and Hayden. Time 1:S7. Cm- pire, Connolly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Br00klyn, Apfll 1O.--iHe NdllOHdl league season was opened here today with game between the New York and the local teams. The visitors won. All their runs were made in the first three in- nngs. Score R.HE. New York .. ............121 GOO 000-4 "A Brooklyn .. .............. 100 GOO 000--l ,
 Batteries: McGinnty and Bresnahan; Mcintyre and Ritter. Time, :2S. Umpire, Rigler.
 Cincinnati, April Reliability to hit Karger after getting men on the bases was responsible for the defeat of Gin cinnat at the hands of the St. Louis team today. Score: R.H E. Cincinnati .. .. .........0 900 900 000-O St. Louis .. ..............0 .001 oil 000-3 10 0
 Batteries: Coakley, Ewing and Sche; Karger and Marshall. Time hours Um- pires. Carpenter and Johnstone.
 Philadelphia, April 16.-Boston and Philadelphia opened the National league season in this city today. Hard hitting an the fourth inning gave the locals a lead, which Boston could not overcome. Score: R.H. E. Boston .. .020 900 300-5 Philadelphia :. .......0 900 401 10+--6 s 1
 Batteries: Flaherty and Needham; Cor rigan and Jaelxlitsch Time, 1:40 Empires, Emslie and Klem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Pointers 70 FAndOm

 
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