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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
PALMETTO Affairs. (
Occurrences of interest From
All Over South Carolina #
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch Of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range-What ID Going
On In Our State.
Charged With Embezzlement.

Sumter, special.-Mr. E. L. Withef-j
spoon, the general manager Of the
Southern Coffin and Casket company.
swore out warrant before Magistrate.
Wells for the arrest Of Mr.. r. E. Mils
Ter, chief bookkeeper, charging hlrls
with the embezzlement of somethin;,
over $500 of the company's funds
The bookkeepr had the full confidence
Of his employers until few days be='
fore the recent death Of Mr.. M. 3.
Witherspoon, the former general mar
ager. They suspected something
wrong at the time, but the death OF
the general manager, brother to the
present manager, prevented an I'M
mediate investigation being made.
Miller had authority to sign checks,
settle accounts, etc., during the alb
sence of the manager. He had charge
of the check and bank books and dc.
posted the moneys collected for the
company. 1t is alleged in the indict-
ment that he issued and signed checks
which he cashed and appropriated to
his own use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Chile Wants Ambassador.

Washington, Special.-Chile's fail
ure to send minister to Washington
to replace Mr.. Walker-Martinez, who
did not return here after the Pan
American conference at Rio Janeiro
last summer, has caused much com
ment. The neglect of the Chilean
Congress to appoint sufficient
money to maintain the legation has
been given as reason for leaving
the American mission in charge Of
Alberto Yoacham, Secretary to the
Legation. But it has just become
known that the real cause was hid
den deep in Latin-American politics.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Special Election in Laurens.

Laurens, special.--In pursuance Of
an act of the general assembly, passed
at the last session Of the Legislature,
the board of trustees of the town Of
Laurens, Of which Col. j. w. Fergu-
son is chairman, special election
has been ordered to be held on the
18th of April for the purpose of vot-
ing upon the question of whether OF
not the board of trustees of said
school district shall issue bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose of
erecting a new graded school in the
city of Laurens.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Ice Plant For Newberry.

Newberry, Special.-Another new
and important enterprise for Newber-
ry is an up-to-date and fully equip
ped 2O-ton ice plant with everything
in readiness to begin operation Or
April /. The plant has been install
ed bv the Farmers Oil Mill Com
pany. with Mr.. John H. Wicker as
superintendent and manager. The ca
pacity of the plant is 20 tons day
and the company will put on wagons
and deliver the ice throughout the city
to it's customers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Fonr 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 and wife, The men were sales
men for local mercantile houses.
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Greenville Lineman 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, lineman, touched
a live wire and was stunned. he fell
to the ground, 80 feet below, breaking
his right arm and fracturing the skull.
He is still in a unconscious condition
and physicians say he will die.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Two Killed by Derailment Of q Pas
senger Train.

!, Linden, Ala, Special.-Engineer
Fitzgerald was killed and Baggage
Master Gait and one .passeger were
injured in the derailment OF a. west
bound Louisville & Nashville passen-
ger train half a vile west of 'Thorn, !,
aston; 1t is alleged that iron piled
on the. track caused the entire tram
to leave the track.
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Georgetown Banks Do Well.

Georgetown, Special.-Thc Peoples
bank and the Bank of Georgetown Will
nav 6 per cent. and s per cent. re-
spectively to their stockholders this
year, 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
Compromise in Franklin Case.

Greenville, .Special.-When 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 a compromise has been effected.
It 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 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
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 ouieted 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, "
the secret society that led to the
trouble.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
.proniinant Methodist Minister Dead

@ Roanoke, Va, specia1:-Rsv. DR..
j. H. Boyd, prominent minister in tho
Baltimore Methodist Conference for
more, than 80 years, died here, Thurs
day, LAY after an extended illness AT the
time Of his death he was pastor of St.
James NJ. Z. church, this city. He
was for several years editor Of The
Baltimore Methodist, the church
paper. published at Baltimore. He
had filed puipits in many Of the lead
ing churches in the Conference
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

Washington. Special.-There are
now nearly 100000 more people In
Contiental United States than there
we're SIX years ago.
The above estimate is based upon
figures compiled by the Census Bu-
reau in a special report issued today.
According 10 its estimates the popu-
lation Of Conte;nental United States
in 1G06>was SJ.94l.51O, this being an
increase over 1900 of 7,94G,935. The
population of tie United States, in.
.lusiss of Alaska and the insular pos
sessions, in 1906, was 93,lS2, ,240. The
growth in ropulation in Continental
United States from 1905 5-to 1906 was
l,367,35.
+ Computed On, the basis Of the esti-
mate, the density If population Of
Continental United States in 1906 was
2S persons per. square mile, as COM
pared with 26 in -1900.s
The five leading cities and their es-
timatedpopulation in 1906 are as fol-
lows; Eew York, 4,113,O43; Chicago,
r2,049,1S5; Philadelphia, 1.441 ,735; st.
735 inls Sp ner shrdl shrdlushrdluu
Louis, 649, 1920, and Boston, 6O2,27S.
The States which took q census in
1905 arc Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Mas
ssachusetts, 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 "4" The population returns
for the States was 26,263;877, an in
crease since 1900 of 1,9O1,572, or rs
per cent For th remaining States and
Territories the population for 1905,
as detesnined by the method of es-
adopted by the Bureau of
the Census, was 56.2s3, ,G59, san in
crease over 1900 Of 4,374.040, or s.A
per cents The population of the a
States making an enumeration if esti-
mated in the same. manner would be
&c, ,2O4, ,762, a difference of only o.
per cent. from the actuafreturns:
,-e Thespepula ton of mental Unit.
ed States ii 1905, MS obtained by sads
ding to the TefaTns Of the @ STAKES
which t5os a scensus id
estimated popula ion $of th renlaD fs,
States and TelTitories. IS 2,574l95.
an incrsase over 19O0sofa 579,62O, or
81 percent.
The rapid growth of urban popula-
ton is noteworthy.
: Theyss cities with an ESTIMATED
population of. $4,000 or-more in l9o6
had total estimated population cot
19,T1le7, an; increase on S166,S65,
or 1853 per cent, over that reported
at the. 18th census. - s-g,g
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Petition for Pardon.

Columbia, Special Gov. Ansel
has received petition for the
pardon of Walter Allen of Gfeenville,
who is serving a life sentence for the
murder of Henry Johnson. The de-
fense put up the plea that Johnson
had insulted Aliens wife, but the
jury returned a 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.
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the party, Jack Reeves, Of Charles
ton, and Douglas Dargan, Of Darling
ton, were suspended for the remail-
der of the season; Lee was suspended
for two weeks for having firearms on
the campus, while Dave Loring, of
Sumter; Biscoe Davis, of Summer
vile; Clyde Franks, of Laurens; VIII
liam H. James, of Chester; John B.
Wardlaw, of Union, and Robert
Holmes. of Newberry. were suspended
for Two weeks. All these returned
to college last week but Reeves and
Dai.an.
The head and front Of Lees Of
fending in the eyes of the students is
that ne violated the honor system by
carrying the matter to the college
authorities. The student body IS
practically a unit against him.
Both the senior and the freshmen
classes adopted resolutions against
him, end a student body mass-meet-
ing was to be held later, when this
committee lost patience at the delay
and acted themselves.
In chapel President Sloan condemn
ed ile action of this committee, and
warned all against any further haz-
ing. lie said that if this committee
we're discovered they would be sum-
marily dealt with. He said that Lee
had stayed out the suspension period,
and had good legal standing and
should be allowed to remain in the
college.
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TROUBLE AT UNIVERSITY

Student g. M. Lee, Waited Upon
81 Committee sPurporting to Repres-
ent the Student Body of South
Carolina University, Is Given a
Limited Time in Which to Leave
Father Has Engaged Lawyer and
Has Expressed His Determination
to See the Matter Trough.
Columbia, Special.-As result of
being waited upon by a committee
:purporting to represent the student
body. giving him till his first train
home to get out of college, young G..
M. Lee, student at the South Caro-
lima University from Timmonsville,
has left the university. But he has
NOT gone home, and his father will
back him in fight to the finish With
lawyers to regain his place at the uni
iversity. The university authorities
have been informed that the father
.isshere. Mr.. Lee arrived on the scene
5Yonday and will take the matter be-
fore -the faculty as soon as his at
torney, Representative C. T. Ker-
shaw, arrives in the city.
81 do not care to say anything fer
publication just yet" said Mr.. Lee,
.Sr,ss want to get the affair before
The faculty as soon as my attorney
arrives. My son is entitled to re-
main in college, to protect his good
name, if to accomplish nothing else.
If he is given justice at the hands
ipfSthe faculty, why the matter will
end there, and Of course, / will have
no necessity for carrying the case to
cours.N,
tfThe students quote your son as
saying you gave him the revolver
which5he fired at the party of hazers
and instructed him to defend himself
against being hazed. Is that true"
sit most emphatically is not true
that ] gave him the revolver or any
such instructions, end l do not think
he made any such statement. I do
think now, however, that he ought to
be allowed to protect himself against
further assaults. My son has been
attacked a dozen times in this way.
He stood it until forbearance ceased
to be q virtue. He could do no work.
Of courselI am sorry that he violated
the rules in carrying revolver, but
1 donots see how he could have been
expected to act otherwise than ne
did. ~;
The first of the trouble occurred
several weeks. ago, when party Of
sophomores attacked Lee in his room
for the purpose, of blacking him. He
resisted and when effort was made 10
fcroesa way, into the room Lee fired
cn thesparty through the door in the
struggle over its being opened. As
lie tieTed the ejloorS Sclosed and the bull,
let entered the edge Of the door just.
aboNs the; lock. His roommate, Hill,l
thenssnterposed and admitted The par
Lee %asSib lacgssasi -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
Veteran of Two Wars Dead.

Colorado Springs, Col, Special
Hamlin F. Lee, veteran OF the Mex,
lean and civil wars, and nephew OF
Gen. Robert E.. Lee, died here Thurs:
daysof heart ailure,~aged 81 years
Although closely related to the South
efn General and Virginian by birth
Mr.. Lee fought with the Union army
rpstbe late7O,s Mr. Lee went; toll cad,
vile and was thea discoyerersef the
famouls Robert E. Lee mines.
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-
susta, bought the entire assets of the
Clearwater Bleachery and will trans
form at once the present mill into a
modern and thoroughly equipped cot
ton factory.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
"Wire-Tappers" Caught.

Cleveland, o., special.-1n the or
rest here his Sunday of three men and
a woman giving the names of Ed
ward Weiss and Max Morris, of New
York, and Charles Drucker and
Claudius Carbon, of this city, the po-
lice say they have caught a clique of
clever "wire-tappcrs" wanted in sew
eral cities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
MOB violence Feared.

Bristol, Tenn, Special. = During
Saturday, afternoon rumors were elrcu-
lated of intended mob violence
against Ack Hale, held in the Bristol,
Va, Jail, charged with the killing o.
Lille Davis in East Hill Cemetery
wednesday. night, 1t is thought that
the 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
Contract Let For New Boat.

Georgetown, Special.-Mr. II. +;
Duvall was in town and contracted
with Mr.. Samuel Sparks to build
boat at once for the Cheraw and
GEORGETOWN Steamboat company with
a 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 great thing for this port and
for Cheraw.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03
investigating Common Mosquitoes.

New Orleans, special.-The city
health began an investiga'
ton of common mosquitoes, not ths
kind which transmit yellow fever.
with a view to exterminatipg them
These mosquitoes are a source OF DIS u
scomfort< in New Orleans nearly the
wear rounds The extsrmination Of the
fever mosquitoes was begun aoou't~e
months ago.
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She Census Bureaus Gives Out
Some Interesting Figures
INCREASE A blILLION1.A YEAR


On Basis Of Eestimate of Census Bu-
reau Density Of Population of Con-
tinentai United States in 1905 Was
80 Persons Per Square Mile Against
26 in 1s00-Estimated Population
in Fivs Leading Cities: New York
Y A11s,o4s; Chicago, 2,o4s,ls5;; Phil
adelphia, 1,441,7S5; st. Louis, y646,-
I, 800; Boston, 602,27S Rapid Grow
tn Of Urban Population Noteworthy
-Increase of. 1853 Per Cent Shown
in S8- Cities. Having ESTIMATED
Population og $4,000.
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Obserxers,rbelieye~ there will be--a
fight to a finish between the Foraker
and Taft factions in the. Ohio pss
mariessa .-, 3 - 80 80
gHe New. York Central Railroad
was indicted Tor manslaugbter in tie
second degree as asesult offthe Har-
lem wreck.
<. The New York common carriers are
making great effort to emasculate
Gosernof Hughes Public Utilities
Regulation bill.
;TheIbody of Thomas De Loatch was
found IN the Chimney of vacant
house snear his home in Southamp-.
ton county, Virginia. sS
The general Education Board an
nounced awards to universities and
colleges-aggregating S625, 600 from tho
big Rockefeller fund.
A Norfolk Banker has fled charges
against A. L. Sutton, chief of explol-
tation, jamestown Exposition, which
are being investigated:
Capt. William Swift is ON trial be.
fore court-martial for allowing the
battleship Connecticut to strike q rock
while off -Culebra, Cnba. 49,
Troops guard the courthouse a:
Alexandria, where George FMidgets,
colored, is. being tied on a, a charge of
numbering Charles T. Smith.
The Baltimore Conference, Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, is hold
ing its one hundred and twenty-thirtt
annual session at -Stappton, Va :,
Former Justice Morgan J. O'Brien
declined to, serve on the: Tbaw. lanaes
commission, and David McClue, 4
prominent lawyer was appointed.
Doctor and Mrs. S. D. Kennedy, Of
Warrenton, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Agnes Gray, to DIR.
William Beverly. Mason, of Washing
ton. rs.ae.--., Y,tas
Justice Fitzgerald appointed for,
mer Judge Morgan J. o'Brien, Peter
Olney and DR.. Leopold Putzel q COM
mission in lunacy to pass upon the
mental condition Of Harry K. Thaw.
.The-.Tuna- Glass Company, of Fair:
mont, W. Va, will establish a plant
at Ciarksburg, w: Va; for The manu-.
facture Of window glass, annual cap
ac;tv to be 100000 boxes. About So,
600 will be invested in the buildings
and equipment. & s.
Seated BY Ackn Hafe"in acemt.
tary at Bristol, Va, Lille Davis, y
years old, sent bullet into her beast
The pirl was as still conscious wher
found and was able to tell the officers
!. that she shot herself with suicidal IN
tent after having told Hale OF hel
;nteption. Hale was arrested. The
presumption isr that he and the glr'
Who had gone to the cemetery cary
in the evening, and quarreled. The AZ
tending physician says the eirs eah
not recover.
Hon. t. c. Pitcher, whose announce
ment as a candidate for the Stats
Senate from the counties Of Loudour
and Fauquier was made public re
Gently. will be opposed by G.. Latham
Fletcher, of Warrentopl!. .
An unknown white man was burnet
70 death ina fire which destroyed tn
!, stable of G. W. King, farmer, nea a
Danyille. Va. his suppoged-the MAJ
,Das q tramn. and set. fire tosthe stable
vile Vii . SMOKING "a Eifn the loft; where
Quantity o. dry feed,was stored,
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.POPULATIONREPORI 0|L MILLS BURNED
Destructive Fire Visits Pitts
bcr0.
ADJOINING FKCFERTY SUFFERS

The Total Loss Will Reach Over
$4,000, Only Partially Covered by
Insurance -Fi-a Presumed TO Have
Started in Boiler Room--Valu.
able Buildings and Products Near.
by s.lved by Heroic Work on the
Part IF Citizens,
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NEwBERRY FIRE SWEPT:
$500 900 Loss Sustained by South
Carolina Town.

! Columbia, s. c. special.-Eire at
Newberry,. a thriving little city Of
5000 population, Friday destroyed
90 residences, 10 stores and two
churches, entailing a loss estimated at
between $l5O,0O6 to 100000, which
insurance of about $4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-04-03

Agriculture is the largest industr.
IN the United States and is pursued
nv thirty-ave per cent. os QUIZ Work
ara
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BEFORE COMMITTEE
Brownsville Affair Thoroughly
Aired in investigation
LIEUT.. LAURASoN is EXAMINED
officer in Charge of Company B on
Night of Brownsville Shooting Cor
roborates Practically AL Matrial
Points in Testimony Given by
Members of His Command and Of
Cos. G and D.

Washington, Special.-Lieut. Geo.
Carson Lawrason, who was in COM
mand Of Company B, Twenty-Fifth
Infantry, on the night Of the ARRAY
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-
tically all material points his testi-
mony corroborated that given by
the men of his command, and also
by the men Of Companies c anG D.
He was shown bullets taken from the
walls Of houses in Brownsville, but
could not say whether they had been
fred from the Springfield rifles, with
which the Twenty-ffth Infantry was
equipped, or whether they had been,
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
ried to Fort Brown, and also that
he. 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.
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 as a number of
other matters on which all Of the
members of Company B had been e1-
amined. He said that he had post
ed his men along the wall in the rear
of the barracks at the order of Major
Penrosc.
Senator Foraker asked the witness
If the men could have cleaned their,
while stationed along The wall.
Lawrason thought this would have
been impossible.
According to his story. on direct
examination, Lawrason was with his
company along the garrison wall for
abSouS 2. IL hours, when they were:
dismissal by E7
sPenrose, lWho ffst ge Z a 's 1osI 7l8''
See s. 81. |s. s