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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Posse Still Searching For Members
of Secret Society.

Muskogee, I. T., Special.-Excite-
ment over the killing Of three negroes
by United States Marshal Ledbetter
and his posse in a street fight here,
has quieted down. jackson and
Brown, two of the wounded negroes,
and John Cofeld, the white police
man, are not expected to live. The
marshal's posse is hunting for other
members of the "United Socialists, I"
the secret society that led to the
trouble.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

iPittsboro, N. G., Special The cot
ton seed oil mills at this place was
burned down Sunday morning at 8
o'clock. The fire lasted until 7. The
loss of the mills will be $4,000, with
$4,000 insurance.
The iguano warehouse of w. L.
London & Son, A. ]. Bynum & Son,
f C.7Poe and L. N. Womble We're
burned together with about fifteen
hundred sacks of guano, phosphate,
and cotton seed meal. W. L. London
& Sons loss will be about $1,000; F..
C. Poe, $1,000. L. N. Womble, $500,
and A--J.~ Bynim & Sons, $500. By
heroic efforts the Pittsboro coach
was saved; Sit having been pulled by
men up, the track. The outhouses of
Capt.rJ. F. Alston, just across the
track, were burned, and only by con-:
tinual application of water was his
dwelling saved. A box car of hulls
ON the siding was burned, but the two
iron tanks containing 2,7OO gallons Of
oil, ,Were- saved.
| The night superintendent says he
ran the mill until u O'Clock and
when he shut down had only forty.
pounds Of steam. 1t is supposed the
fire caught ii the boiler room. Mr..
Arthur London, the president of the
mill, says that he bad unioaded Sat.
Iurday 1000 bushels of seed and load
Ia ear Of oil, valued at $1,000, which.
was pushed down the track and say.
ed. The mill: gave employment to:
twenty-five! men iand was q great help
to- the community. The fire is a dis
tinct loss to the town.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
ereenville Liaeman Touches Live
Wire.

Greenville, special.-While repair
ing broken insulators on the main
wires Of the Greenville Power COM
pany, at l O'Clock Thursday morning
William Godfrey, a lineman, touched
a live wire and was stunned. He fell
to the ground, 80 feet below, breaking
his right arm and fracturing the skull.
I, He is still in q unconscious condition
; ;and physicians say he will die.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
..Geergetown Banks Do Well.

Georgetown, special.-The Peoples
bank and the Bank of Georgetown will
pay 6 per cent. and 8 per cent. re-
spectively to their stockholders this
year, a good balance being set aside
by each to increase the surplus ac-
count. The annual meetings of the
banks will be held the first week IN
April.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
uompromise in Franklin Case.

Greenville, Special. the case
of Mrs. Sudie Franklin VS.. the South.
ern railway was called in, the court OF
common pleas here Judge Gary an
nounced that at the request of both
sides the case would be taken up.
Later in the day it was announced
that compromise has been effected.
1t is not known what amount was
given to Mrs. Franklin, the attorneys
refusing to make it public. The suit.
was for $4,000. The announcement
of the compromise came as a surprise
as all of the witnesses and attorneys
in the case were here for trial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Hon. Galasha GROW Dead.

Binghamton} NJ y j, Special. For.
mer Congressman Galusha A. Grow
died at his shome in tGlenwood, Pa,
Sunday afternoon as q result OF the
general breakdown, attributed to old
age. MI. Grow was elected to Con-
gress from the Wilmot district Of
Pennsylvania-,as the youngest mem.
ber of that body in !lS5l,, and after
retirement from public life for nearly
wears sals he sle- ntered ! the House Of
eFfese 4 grsssfnan
sSree from ennsyll rania zssaaaSz:
ss.s5s aso he etIred fo1r years:
age, his publ Service in the House
exntending over the longest period,
although not continuous service, OF
any man who ever satin that body. {.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
The Drainage Commissions.

Columbia, Special. The counties
are beginning to select their drain
age commissioners to carry on the
work as provided for in the act pass
ed by the last general assembly, which
will result in clearing out the swamps
in the lower part of the State. This
act was passed through the efforts of
Represent ta tive j aines ssosgIoy of
:6aS s. 5f=sils ia a
mission which, isTing his term 9s0ss|
fee, rendered habitable and arabic
thousands Of acres of swamp land.
Gov. Ansel appointed the following to
have charge Of the drainage in
Georgetown: C. P. Aliston, w. IL.
Andrews, j. A. Hemmingway, 0. B.
Skinner and D. N. Bourne.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
[R0uBBI 4 } All UNIVERSITY I

aent M Lee, Waited Upon
ia Committee Purporting 70 Repres-
ent the Student Body Of South
Carolina University, Is Given .
Limited fine Ia which 10 Leave
Eathsrs Has Engaged q Lawyer and
Has Rxpfa fassea Eiss Dissemination
See the Master Trough.
COLUMBIAN Special AS . result Of
beng waited upon By COMMITTEES:
Epur urporting to represent the student.
Bfody living him till his first train
Ihcnle go get out Of college, young @
AE Lee a student at the South Caro-
lima 4 University from Timrnonsyi
has left the university But Aheshass
Enos gone home, and his father will
back him in a fight to the finish With
Elawye to regain his place at the uni,
byersity The university authorities
Ehaye been formed that the father
Eishsrs. Mr. Lee arrived on the scene
zonday and viii take the matter be-
Fore the faculty as soon as his att.
|torney Repre esentatige G. T. Ker-
shaw arriyessin the city.
h rs do not care to say anything for
ablications Just yet, said Mr.. Lee,
Sr want ito get the affair before
Tie faculty as soon as my attorney
arrives son is entitled to re-.
main ID eelege, to protect his good.
name; il il to- accomplish nothing else.
|If !Ilfl he If IS given justice at the hands
pfthe faculty, why the matter will
|end there, and Of course, I will have,
ecessits FOR carrying the case to
y The students quote your son as.
saying you gave him the revolver.
which shes fired at the party Of hazers
anu 1iusaAot1tlStSdSulnat " aclOuu, ui1uSOtl-
against being hazed. Is that true ~
most empha haticaIly is not true
chat ! gave him the revolver or any
such instruct fons, End 4 do not think.
he made any snch statement ] do
think now, however, that he ought to-
be- allowed TO prot tect himself. against
further assaults: MY son has been
attacked a dozen times in this way:
He!ss stood sie antil foEbearance ceased
to be a virtue He nld do no work.
OF fcoursesT am sorry that tshe violated;
theETnls lss Id carrying ID revolver; but
/ dSsnot see how lie could have been
expected ito act otherwise than ne
die. ~ is
The first of the trouble occurred
several weeks ago, when q party of
soph6mores attacked Lee in his roont
for the purpose Of blackIng him. He
resisted and when effort was made ;t5i
ford wa into the room Lee fred
ON the parts Trough the door In the
Estruggl le oger its being opened As,
he tiezed the door closed and the bull
let terlefed the edge Of .She door jhsstl
aboTEs the lock His roomnlats Hill,
tier osed and admitte ea fhe par
e: III, II as III sSo,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
|spTcu;fnsns Methodist FMidiNsrr Dead
81 ENB,Sy A& sFk

spTcnfnsns Methodist FManlstsrr Dead
s--1saS Roanoke, Va, -spsseial:@Rsv: DR..
J;HJBozd, prominent t minister in the
Baltimore Methods Conference for
more. than 80 years, died here Thurs
tS day, after an extended Illness SAT the
time pfhis death. hes gas4pastoE Of St.
James NJ. E. church, this city. He
was for severals years editor Of The
Baltimore Methodist the church
paper; published at Baltimore: He
had flledspuipits itsinemaaysofsthe' lead
ing ,chnrches in the, Conference.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Petition for Pardon.

Columbia, Special Gov. Ansel
has received a petition for the
pardon Of Walter Allen of Gfeenville,
who is serving life sentence for the
murder of Henry Johnson. The de-
fense put up the plea that johnson
had insulted Aliens wife, but the
jnry returned verdict of guilty with
recommendation to mercy. The homi-
eide occurred in 1901. The case will
be referred to the State board of par
dons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
- 81 81 if - - =. q ss,ss s5s
<z5e AZ ese,s
I,1 Brie q
nIlIOR MATTERS or INTEREST,"

y, NJ fsS>s>sys - $
8 Anot6sr Pennsylvania train was RS;
! rsiied by areckers. sis
ANDREW Carnegie; was a guest Of
thss President at luncheon. i
PRINCETON men gave .; loving cup
Ito e1-Isesident Cleveland. !,
s SECRETARY Taft's Presidential boom
WAS laianehed inE Cincinnati: &c - Y
y The Interstate, Commerce, Conmis,
sion issasd e long list q neg. rulings.
Elizabeth City, N. c., suffered dam
saes amounting to nearly $45o, 600 BE-
sre.
Germany holds that at present the
Moroccan situation is France SAT-
,Anglo-SaSon prelates presented
9thaif claims for consideration to .ths
Pope.
i Sighting ccatinuss 81 ins MoldaIyfa,,
Though the Government has announced
reforms.
8 Lille Davis, 20 years old, shot and
fatally wounded herself I'm a cemetery
at Bristol. ~
Gen. Lawrason Riggs was elected >.
wee president of the National Guard
Association. s : 4 :
al strike iofs strainmenton 40sW sWesssl
erns railroads seems more imminent
than before, .,,........,:..,.,,3,.s
sThe New York. stock market rallied
when the aetion-of Secretary -Cortel-.
yon was annoanced.
President Roosevelt accepted the in:
yitation to open the Jamestown Expo-
sition on April 26.
Secretary Gortely yons came sto tie Ssss
lief Of the money market: with Wbont
+ $16,900,000 inscash: =
More revelations of gsafa ID con
lection with the Pennsylvania sCapi-,
FOL were brought out. -. =.
Lieut.. George G. Lawrason gave
his version of the Brownsville ARRAY
50 the Senate committee.
4 Ambassador james Bryce toldsthc.
New York Chamber Of Commerce Id a
speech that trade makes for peace.
Bonilla's Government is reported
I to be at an end in Honduras and the
Termination of; the war is looked for.
Senator Foraker demands that Ohio
- x,,ta
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
], Two : killed sbys ' Dsrailmsnt or . Pas
= sssnger Train. 4

Linden, Ala, SpecLll.-Englnseer
FITZGERALD :7as killed and Baggage
Mestera Galtsand one spasseger were
si;1nihred in the dera 'Iment Of a. west
E,su bound LounisyyilIe' n 81 Nashville passean-
egep frain half d vile west Of Thofn.
aston. : .Itgis alleged that iron piled
on on the. track caused the entire tram
!toSieaye the track % 60 " ii
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
MOB violence Feared.

S5Bristol, Tenn, Special. = During
Saturday, afternoon rumors were circu-
lated Of intended mob violence
against ms Ack Hale, held in the Bristol,
Va, Jail, charged with the killing Of
Lille Davis in East Hill Cemetery
Wednesday, night. 1t is thought that
Tie hundreds Of mountaineers here
FOR Saturdays trading started the
movement. In order to prevent a
raid sheriff. and deputies secretly
hurried the prisoner across the line
and lodged him in. Blountville, Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
rour Killed At crossing.

kansas City, Mo-, Special.-Four
persons in a buggy were killed Sun
day afternoon at the Fifteenth street
crossing of the Chicago 6 Alton Rail-
road by "a passenger train. The
horses escaped injury. The dead:
George Henry and wife; D. P, Mon
ner ana Wife. The men were sales
men for local mercantile houses.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
"wire-Tappers" Caught.

Cleveland, %, Special. In the Or,
rest here lei Sunday Of three men and
awoman giving the names Of Ed
ward Weiss and Max Morris, of New
York and Charles Drucker and
Claudius Carldon. of this city, the po-
lice say they have caught a clique Of
clever awire-tappers wanted in sew
eral cities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Contract Let For New Boat.

Georgetown, special.-Mr. II. =;
Duvall was in town and contracted
with Mr.. Samuel Sparks to build q 2
boat at once for the Cheraw and
Georgetown Steamboat company with
capacity of 200 tons, to be ready to
be put on the line by August next.
Another boat will be built and put on
later, and big business is expected
to be done by this line. Georgetown
welcomes this new connection. 1t
will be a great thing for this port and
For Cheraw.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Big Cotton Mill For Aiken County;

Aiken, Special.-Another large and
modern cotton mill will be added to
Aiken county. The Seminole Manu-
featuring company has been organized
and a charter has been applied for.
On Saturday morning this company,
through Mr.. John w. Dickey of Au-
gusta, bought the entire assets of the
Clearwater Bleachery and will trans
form at once the present mill into a
modern and thoroughly equipped cot
son factory.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
) 60 30 Jf'Sa 2 2 AE ESTl.I 40
Veteran Of Two Wars Dead:

!. Colorado Springs, Col, Special
Hamlin F. Lee, a veteran of the Mex.
lean and civil wars, andsa nephew Of
Gen. Robert. E,.Lee, died here Thurs:
dau.of, heart failureasaged 81. years.
Although closely related to the South.
efh essiieral and yirginian by birth:
s,Mr. Lee fougft with the Union army
1niths iats COS .af Zee went u cad
slA .Y;;IlssSaI,a 81 81 Wass thsa dMizeoy M yerarssf the
fa,no;,s Robert E. Lee nines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
investigating Common MOSQUITOES.

New Orleans; speeiatLThe eits
.boafdsof health began an investiga'
tiSn Of, common mosquitos,. not the
kind which transmit. f p 1. & yellow Eoss feNer s
with . view to discriminating in them
These mosquitoes are source of ds
|eomforsS Si6 New Orleans nearly TN
! lvear :rouni VIE exterInination of tn
Fever mosquitoes WAS begun aboutrW'
Mopthszago. -r,.-...-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

Agriculture is the largest industr,
IN the United States and is pursued
by thirty-ave per cent. OF our work
ara
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
BEFORE COMMITTEE
.Broyv rlsNile Affair Thor roughly
Aired in Investigation
LIEUT.. LII RASON5 is EXAMINED. l . D
Officer in Charge of Company 3 on
3 Night Of Brownsville Shooting Cor
roborates Practically All Matrial
s. Points IN Testimony Given by
Members of BIS Command and Of
Cos. @ and D.

Washington, special-Lieut. Geo.
Carson LaWrason, who was in COM
mand Of Company B, Twenty til
Infantry, on the night Of the afray
at Brownsville, Tex, was on the stand
nearly 81 day in the investigation
being conducted by the Senate COM
mittee on military affairs. On prac-
ically all material points his testi-
mony corroborated that given by
the men of his command, and also
by the men Of Companies G anG d.
He was shown bullets taken from the
walls Of houses in Brownsville, but
could not. say whether they had beonI,
fred from the Springfield rifles, with
which the Twenty Infantry was
equipped, or whether they had beenS
discharged from Krag Jorgensen
cartridges by Krag rifles or carbines.
he gave further testimony inferring
that the shells picked up in the
streets may have been discharged on
the range at Fort Niobrara and car
..risd to Fort Brown, and also that
thes was certain that two Of the rifles
identified by expert examination Of
the shells as having been used to fire
a certain lot Of the cartridges had
not been out Of the chests in which
they had been packed at Niobrara.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
POPQL|A|||T|I0N|.R'E|;P|O|(|RlT 4 / 1 !. /; 7 !
sts5stt srtf.. q Z Iit35l ~ s7-I
She Census Bureau Gives Oat
I Some Interesting : e Figures 5
INCREASE q MlIlL.llIQA.,A, MlIl.lIQ YEAR ! 4

Ca Basis of aEsstiniats Of Census Bu.
Tsau Density Of Population of Con-
tanentsi United States IN 1905 Was
l2s PeEsons Per Square Mile Against
2s !infslsoo Estima mated, Population
IN Five Leading Cities; New York
|as A1Isp1ss Chicago g,g4s, ,lgs Phi
sdelphia 1.441, ,7S5; st. Louis, y646-
{. s20s ssBosteu, ,gBd2, ,28s Rapid Grow
th Of Urban Population Noteworthy
Iacysase sass Las Pen Gent zShoHl
in s8z- Cities: Having EestimaSed
Population og $4,000. :,
Washington Special.-There ars
now nearly 100000 more people in
Contiental United States than there
vera siy years agoS J.
Ezy The above estimate is based upon
figures compiled by the Census Br-
,Feau ina special report issued today.
According TO its estimates the popu-
.tation ,es Conte;nentaf United States
in 19o6swas, SS,941,5lO, this being ON
increase over 1900 Of 7,946,935. The
population 1.-THE United Stafes, in.
,liisiss Of -Aaska and the insnlar pos
sessions, s,iasl906s wasS93 lS2, 240ssIhe.
,groMth Ia population in Continental
-gnitedStates-esem -l9 905-to -l996-was
l,367,3b.
so eompnlf on basis the sesti-
mate, the density If population Of
Continental United States in 1906 was
% persons per- saeare, mile, as COM
barred With 26AinSE J0.s
.as,Fh ending cities and their eb-
tinateapopulatien in 1906 are as fol
lows: s::Ise& xofkS 4,113,O43; Chicago.
,2,049; 1855 Pmfaaelphia, 1,441,735; St.
735s inE Sp ,ner sshrdl shrdlushrdlun
Louis, Gas, 800, and Boston, Coz, ,27s.S
The States, which took q census in
1905 are Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Mas
.sachusests, Minnesota, New jersey,
New York; North Dekota, Oregon.
Rhode Island, South Dekota, Wiscon-
sin and. Wyoming. In Michigan the
census is taken in the years ending
with al tfs44.''- Thet population returns
for theS States was. &c, ,263;877, an In
crease since 1900 of 1901 ,572, or 7.S
PEI cent? For til remaining States and
Territories the : population for 1905,
as determined BY the method 7of es-.
adopted by the Bureau OF
The Census, was 6,2S3, ,059, IAN in
crease over 1900 Of 4, ,374, ,040, or 81
per- cents The population Eof the 4
States making an enumeration if esti-
mated In; the sanies manner twonld be
26, 6,204, ,762, q difference of only G2
5Sfe,s say,faz f5s6y,Sz Iitpsa psasfyfats4ptrTg3ss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Awakened by Firing.

Lieut.. Lawrason told Of having
been awakened by the firing and of:
his efforts to get the company form
ed among the confusion attending the
call to arms; as well aas a number of
other matters on which al Of the
members Of Company B had been: exs!
samined. He said that he had post
ed his men along the wall IN the rear
soffs the barracks at the order Of Major
sPenTosc:
Senator Foraker asked the witness
if the men could have cleaned their
IS while stationed along the wall.
yEawrason thought this would have
been impossible 4
Aceerding to his story on direct
Eaxamina alton, Lawrason was wit has
company e long the garrison wall for,
about II hoars, when they we're;
dismiss by
Penrose. who Ssas s!..'' q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

<sasSa - 81 q n 49,. n " Il, ), r..
40 .. c sllls0 oesWeea the y, eolaAes ,.s
: ana IksSs Isse lacslons N tns Yale Sss
y mare S,
s ne g ! q ss.s sfai salTsau
& ssas SRa,cIed 1er y nssaugnteF ~ !Re
second degree us g result ofsfhe sfiiar-
len len wreck.
~ he New York common carriers arc
making g g5eas se1to9s. 9p e smaseHlass asseS.I.
RE- RssSlss;o, Sisss mi S;,I'
sgsa ha,,z 80; - ,,;a,,, =. p.iI.co,,,, a nd
fond a lin In tie Chimney I sS of 4 vacans Va
house enear his yhome in :southanp:
aSiton fohinf iFginia. 30,
The general Education Board an
nonncSa Awards .os universities and
cosleses eseat;nae S625. 600 from the
Biz Rockefeller fund.
4 Norfolk Banker has 6led ciiiarses ii
! aeaiinst A sI,s 81 Sutton. chief Of = exploi-
tafion ;1amestown Exposition. which
are being investigated; -. @
Capt. William SRiftais ON arial be.
fore eourtmartial fof allowing the e.
Datllesa.p s9ns S9nneel,eat.o G,sa sst'As = 1oeA
' - -, 80 =
a. IL rsogs os;s asa ssra 20 : Geosse ssIidpets
eolorsd, lislI being tied soa a sbarssEof
numbering Charles 7. Smith.
mn. D. oltsx.o,or Con foranoo Methn..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
OIL MEE[S BURNED
Destr- >.ss Fire Visits Pitts M
~ asboro.
ADJOINING PROPERTY SUFFERS

The Total Loss Will Reach Over
[ $4,000. 5only Partially Covered BY
j Insnrance-Fire Presumed 70 Have
| Started i'm Boiler Room-Valu.
| able, Buildings. and. Products Near.
by sIsved by Heroic Work on the
Part pf Citizens.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

lsUcY. L.-I
--sTTfr 66pal Unit
led Sta l55, cb5tained hy ass:
diiisle 1e rSis Of The a N afss
III
estimated s popu % lsnsairs5
States md Tesfi tories. Is 80 l95.
an inersass oser 1905 1920, of
81 percent.
The rapid growth Of urban popula-
lion IS noteworthy.
fy There's cities with nrSestimated
.popu alton OF, $4,000 ofsmore in 1906
had total estimated .pepulatio nrof
1gN1l6R lan, sESreaseS on 3766,863,
or 1853 per cent, over that reported
G ths-l5'h census CT VIZ
NEWBERRY FIRE SWEPT
Essoo, 900 LOSS Sustained sby South
- . Carolina Town. 80.
4 ccSSlShmhbIiias, mhbIii s: a. Special at
|;Newberry,a THRIVING little city Of
$4,000 popnlahoa, Friday DESTROYED
E22 residences, 5l0-lstores and two
churches, .entailing 8, loss estimated at
between $I50,0o8sto 100000, which
insurance of about ss5, 600: -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

James Henry Smith, one Of New
York, & Raa1h hest men, died In Japai
while on his wed ddipg toar around the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-05-13
s0X TO CELEBRATE
Over 1000 Ball Players in Chi
cago to See Hosting of
the Pennant.

Associated Press to The Evening Times.
Chicago, May 13.-Nothing but the
cooperation of Old Sol is now needed
to insure the greatest blowout ever
attempted by baseball team when
the great silk pennant awarded to the
worlds champion White SoX is hoist
ed tomorrow as preliminary to the
game with Washington. Preparations
have been completed for a monster
parade, headed by a band of 100 mu-
sicians provided by the national COM
mission, which will march through
the principal streets to the park
shortly after noon tomorrow. All of
the amateur and professional ball
teams of the city, aggregating over
100 clubs and 1000 players. will take
part in the demonstration. Arriving
at the park. Mayor Busse and other
city officials and visiting baseball
magnates will review the parade. The
champion White Sox will march on
the field to the tune of "Conquering
Heroes" while the grand old rag is
hauled up to the top of the high pole.
The pennant isn't any snide affair, the
national commission blowing in $50
simoleons for the thirty-five feet OF
double-thickness of blue silk, which
bears the legend: Chicago Ameri-
can League Baseball Club, Champions
OF the World. 1906"