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e ). Norris,
School Law. Void.

Guthrie, Okla, special.-Judgc A.
II. Houston, in the District Court
here declared unconstitutional the
Oklahoma separate school law pro-
viding separate school boards. and,
separate schools for negroes in the
new State.
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Rig Fire at Bran ne.

8 Branchville was visit!ss a, bistorv
by the greatest fire tbe' store
The fire was discover shont ,nt stolo tmo
Of A. F. H, DuEffi Esffimstsd at ~
O'clock. The loss & sa0 ooo ~.
about -s5O.aao, with = 'gs -
a,,nnnna
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SOU ri fIR Ms
News of laterest Cleaned so of hesfzEe and
AsraE sed Foe Busy Readers
sIS-S--ET,sss Esss.FS Ss e i}tStA ~ e Ssi.
CONDITIONS AFTER TEE FLOOD

SF0NlO1EkGNS Aflhh Ihh thoSe1,
j = esSss z, II ~ E. ~ 10 Jss
Pathetic 'fsstter Addressed to PreEi-
dent pft South Carolina Red Gross.
The Charleston News; and Courier
lgays The following ipathet tics story
fof the appalling destitution that now
prevails IN :fIse: H6od.sWept sections
lsoff, ,shes State; i;sa;aabishad. that the
people; may learn sos .eoad ditions and
cont sriibnfe ia. tie .deHef E5of these
starving human beings. tsWhat; q can
fflH HE Red Cross do99 remarked Nlir:.:
tKaufman.e n.euuniess-yss1.ey.~isssentsns sns
| tto says these lives The recent flood
Ihiarroi ois IS China 81 ) In ikinii, sif ,Sot Mn ma
decree. are beine revived near our
town dors 4, Tbe.:aeeonnt read Tins.
esfand |, 81 4 no.nst e Is 95 4 IGnos
9 2 al lS ffnas fS:- R fsstissaf. si
Senth. earolipa. ReIs4,fSss ,1e5XarIsfs.
RAJ iffotA 81 as, g s. N.s
f:@Dear Sir.f, f,iySant . "a call ;, yonrsaif-
tsntion. ta the se6adit;on Of abanf
forty famil;es-of. colored neonle that
b know personallyS ;nsstb;s, b Econntys
These sbeopie i've in = ths coSgafss
Ysaleys that has, INST ) .ee,,s swents,bv.
most disast lions sS flood eTer eEnoWS:
sbT the Oldest siinhabitanfs and has
DESTROYED .E,thine-but- -the.eabms: !
|not.one of them has y hoo q chicken
ofsceagi oft heir besddines and
furniture was DESTROYED and Sfheay1se-
had Ito take sfo boats for their lsies.
TbeVV hove sbsol,5felv noth;no Iaft.;
and siil lsssufrter ie thew do not apet.
help. None Of them have even esfn
,meal..ssz5a .. ,,s,,saz szs ssSt
@ These eoidi tionss know sc, ofsperson-
.ally, as I tooksa boa atsandsweat down /
tn the fas b eoaaty @atsy dung and a1s hs
sffafEad f,a 10 them since the. waters .bhye-
reeeded. :Theyi.wilis Be clad TO pei
anything. bed J. mattresses. ouiits.
blankets, old clothes. meal, bacon,
"a few dollars to each family wonld
tide them over over for 6 ,' Wv While. AIlT-
thing YOU mightssend them, I willsssei
to ifs sbroDsr brSos distribution.
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rning Others. She Perished a
- Her Post of DntY.

Sainidad, COL, special.-Folsom,
IN .;!s., was 1devasted and isolated by
dbes food in Cimarron Greek, Thurs
DAY night; ;-iast week. Thirteen bodies
have been recovered and only five
persons are missing. At the height
of the flood the water was thirteen
fee deep and mile wide in the
can ION where the town is located. The
force of the water twisted the rail-
road rails like wire. 1t was learned
tlhsaEs lhi.l Mrs. Rookie, the telephone opera
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Governor johnson Issues Anneal 20

St. Paul, Mimi, ST.
nor Johnson Sunday is
lowing proclamation:
"a great disaster ha,
northeastern Minnesota.
one Of the splendid cities
aba range, has been total
by destructive forest
swept over a large port
Louis county. Every Lom
mess house of that conn
burned, and 5000 people a
ly rendered homeless, the
loss amounting to millions
Early reports indicate also
destruction Of the mining
of Shcnando, Hartley and
The total number of people
homeless will reach 10000,
tracts of agricultural lands
been devastated.
"Tl disaster is withou
in the historr of Minnesot
view of the appalling calam -.,.,4,sap
peal to the generosity of the people
of Minnesota for liberal aid. and ow:.
ing to the great necessity, ask thai
this assistance be as prompt as pos.
sible."
The loss on the buildings al
Chisholm is estimated at $2,O00,O0D
Chisholm is in the center Of the great;
est iron producing area in the world.
Refuges poured into Hibbing until
the population of 10000 was almost
doubled. Chisholm presents a scene Of
ruin and. desolation. Blackened and
smoking piles of charred wood, little
heaps of gray ashes, scorching gaunt
skeletons of brick and mortar, all
canopied with dense pail ofasmoke;
comprise what was one Of the most
fourishing towns on the great
saba iron range. The only remaining
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South Carolina Dots I;

MrssSJane Scot, sreliets sof Mr..
Joseph Scott, az aged lidy of 81
years, died at the, home Of her son,
Mr., John Nelson Scott, OF WisackY,
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august 81; was partTculaIlg p5te=E
worthy Oh account Of tile amsually
low August temperature during the
latter pcrtion, and the excessive RAIN
fall. in sthe western; ;pa aFtiop that caus-
ed :uApreceae floods. /,
Tie precipitation.swas excessive in
the western portions sand. generally
above normal in 1.-THE central portion,
and norma, or. above. in the eastern
portion. As number osaplaces in the
western counties REPORTED weekly
amounts IN excess, of ten inches, with
maximum Of: 1912 inches at Greepa
vile. lowing to interrupted mail
and telegraph service, reports were
not received from many stations in
the western. division: j The heavy
rainfall earl IN the week closely fol.
lowing excessive precipitation hear
the close. of the spre1ous week, Gauss
ed destructive floods in all the
streams in The WESTERN Raff of the
State. Previous records ofshigh water
were exceeded by from one and a
half feet to six feet, or, more. By
the close of the week the food stages
had reached the lower courses of the
rivers, exceeding previous hight Iva
ter records tby, from qise 8ootfto four
feet. The damage caused by the
yheayy rains and the floods was wide
spread, including the practical de-
struetion Of all bottom land crops,
and damage to uplapds. .2by: erosion!t
State. Weather s Brtedu Director
Bauershas received asfew answers to
inquiries Sent out BIZ him, butt not
enough so far to make up a general
estimate. He does not hope to- be
able, to formulate q general report
under perhaps two weeks. Reports
Efithat have: come IN 50 far Sindicate
that Spartanburg county IS damage
will go over, $4,000. q
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nee of great loss is that

...ut by the washing Of
,s..ss,.. ids, the top soils being com
spletelyi washed away leaving a hard
surface. In some sections Of South
Carolina railroad schedules cannot
be resumed for two or three weeks
ant Heven then trains will have to pass
over temporary bridges.
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y Mai beaches due West.

Due West, Special Many hearts
were made glad at Due(Wests son We'd
nesday last week, .assit is the. drst
time newspapers s.; Sl5 letters We're dis
tributed sat that post schaee Since the
25th sc August. saclil . sssgs. at the
,postofiee has notRbeen .eqaaned. Old
men, boys, girls'and children were
anxiously for the news from
,afar. sss4,gsssss & Essss sfa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-09

One should choose "a wife with the
ears, rather than. with the; eyes
Spanish. g.
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SOUTH CAROLINA PoSTMAS-,
Ss 4 TIERS. ;;sss5 & II 4, -
Animal epayantii6 on 6n sp Be Hslds ii ii

~ ne s1oiloSfsiisg Grey lett has
been ,isssea 4fron 1T be- otffiie iieAs4af.4the
psssia dent q The South Carolina Il Asso== S
ssiation of masters . s. -as,:,., s Z 6 ].
South srotina sAssoeist stioa os. POST:
s;fls { masters, 81, I ssEs;ss5,
Office Of the President.
z -s-. e,hiarieston. S. G..
10 the Postmasters Of South Caro-,
lima Il : - - > aess = = 1sA {
The ffth annual convention, Of the
Eolth re'arohna Association of Post=
masters is hereby led To- sbes held in
the postoffee bull at C6f6mbia,
81 c., at 10 a. M, ednesday, Oc:
tober %, 1908, 81 & = IS; 81 ss:.s : .
officers efst siiaGishs a g
sedS TO. meet ff6iap Mitl tho execus
{ T'tiye committee at the Office Of the
postmaster at Columbia, IS. Gy Sat1S
sim Tuesday, October 27, 1908.
c1H tution nff the tianal
Assosial bon Seg Postmas sf frst2
class offces PROVIDES that The presi-
dent-er first wee president State
assoeiaho hols of p5stmasters shall sbe
eligible to men bersmp M that Asso-
ciation. Closer affsliation of the Ma
tiona Associs ton with State asso-
cations IS furth actively sought and
will be urged through legislation
foreshadowed at the meeting: of Ma
tional ociations afa Chaftanoo
Tenn, September 15-I, to provide
for-representa atiyes sor delegates TO be
elected by State associations. We
will, = therefore, mt dur fort oming
convention elect represent tatiTes OF
delegates, as may then be Determined,
Postmasters in South Carofma not
enrolled by payment of so cents mem-
bsrship fee and 81 annual dues,
shouid be constitutionally eligible to
participate in Its Sdeliberatons. En4..
roll promptly and aid the rank and
Ella of which you are a part in co.
operating with department officials
that the postoffsee department sus-
tain as efficient and patriotic sdistince
ton IN the; regard of our countrymen,
as is accorded any coordinate de-
paitment Of the National Govern:
. ment None should rest otherwise
satisfied respecting it.
sInformation circular from the
office of the secretary-treasurer will
be male TO yon. RIf you fail to re-
cesgs it, address him at Summerville,
S. G, therefor and Sfai not to be
y,,,eu6,f hio s IN s,,oy,van iinii
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FLOOD LOSS
Power Plants, Etc, ON the
Rivers Greatly Damaged
RAILROADS HEAVY SUFFERERS
Farmers Must Also Bear Enormous
Aosses. Southern Railway and At
lantic Coast Line Damaged to the
Extent of Nearly Three Million
Dollars. Some Crops Totally
Ruined and Industries Also.

Columbia, S. G., special.-While
there is no definite way Of obtain
ing the exact loss sustained by the
railroads and farmers throughout
the Southeast as result of the re-
cent torrential rains and the subse-
.quent4 high waters in the various
rivers and streams in the State, it
is believed by many that the damage
wrought will reach between five and
SIX million dollars. In Richland
County alone the cotton crop has
been cut down by about 1900 bales.
The damage to hay and corn and
live stock has been great, and that
sustained by the railroads has been
enormous. In some counties of the
Stale there are few or no highway
bridges left.
1T is estimated that the damage
Sustained bv the Seoboard Air Line
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down the valley, Over forty resi-
dents seen this morning said they
had received warning from the cen
stral excfaogc cficc and prepared for
the terrible emergency. Apparently
Mrs. Rookie had not finished with
the list of subscribers on the ex-
change when the waters reached her.
The body of the woman was found
twelve miles down the canon. The
head piece worn bv telephone opera
tors, still gripped her ear. The tele-
p'lone cord was broken.
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To Build Another Fig Battlesblp

sT0. Build EIotNer Elg BaHIeshlp.
3 New York, Specialize is likely
that the present month will witness
the laying Of the keel Of the Florida,
the biggest and most powerful Of the
vessels Of Uncle Sans navy. The
.2-00o-ton levithian of the seas will
be constructed at the BROOKLYN navy
yard and when completed will be the
monarch of the United States navy
and the equal in fighting power and
tonnage of any other ship afloat.
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j 81, 100000, while the Sou
/ the Atlantic Coast Line
about $1,OO0.OO0. The Col
,wbcrly & Laurens Rail
also suffered considerably
is no way CT getting at the
es at this time. In Chester
rough which the Catawba
the rains and damage
the greatest known.
lille, Anderson, Spartan
'kce, Union, Greenville,
shaw and other counties
county bridges have
away, country roads
ged and in some in
s have been almost
We counties, a number
lis and power plants,
dustries situated along
,ustained immense loss.
,roo of rreat lose ic that
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Lower Court Sustained in Furnishing
q SUNDAY Meat and Ice Seller.

! Lower. Court Sustained in Furnishing
Sunday Meat and Ice Seller.
Columbia, Special. the ease of.
William james, a Manning butcher
aud dealer in ice, convicted of selling
ice and fresh meat at Naming Con
Sunday, the State Suprems Court
handed down an opinion of great ins
z-fcs..se the advocates and OPPONENTS
of suads BIne Jaws throughout q the &c
State The decision will be teceiv-
ed with great joyeand satisfaction by
those advocating an air7tight lid be-
Ing. kept on an the cities and towns
Of the State. on Sunday. The con.
yict:on Of ;James is affirmed on the l! g
ground that he. violated the State
law on the Subject, that he could not
escape on the ground that: either ice
/ or fresh meat is necessity I'm astown
the size Of Manning.
Bnder.a strict application OF the
law, which the legislature has stead
fastly refused to alter for over cen
.tury, all train service in the State
could be stopped, as could street ears
and the publication Of newspapers. n
One paragraph in the law goes so far
Six Pardons Refused. I
Governor Ansel Tuesday announced
his decision on six pardon petitions,
marking each .pardon refused. . The
petitioners were vii lam Hartzog, OF
Orangeburg, and Arthur Chisholm OF
BarnwelI, ~four wears :eaehs foE ear;
breaking; General Hagood, of Barn,
well, FIVE years for manslaughter
Thomas J...Yoe.- of. Greenwood. three
months for keeping gaming house
Joe Warren of Cole etonJ ten years
for manslanghter;; William Henry, OF
Fairfield, three months for gambling
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.i5ighifty-seyen Bffages Gone.

Prof. E.. L. Reid. Of the chair of
chemistry in Erskine College, Due
Wesss SCI reports that thirty -serea
Bridges have been washed away IN Il,
AbiNville county as result OF the
recent 6sss rains in piedmont Car; Car;
bins These, he says, cannot be re
plaes At q cost Of lass than 81 GOO
aachs which will amount fp g total
8 s3S. 900 Cor Abbsyille county,
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MIR. Kaufman added::s.-
The magnitude of the suffering ec-s
casioned from J. these floods is not
fully realized. Ins Augusta, s.Ga., TO-
900 peopleeare said ITO be in extrem-
Great destitution prevails lin
many other sections Of onr State be-
ssides that above noted.
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Boy pies with LocSiaw. y

GreenvlIIe, epe6AaI. a 1es.'' = =, 1I1e "
.eleven-year-old son of Policeman j, J.
A. ,aay6eld, of this city, died from!
lockiaw, after ten days of intense
suffering. The little fellows right
Ieg VAS badly crushed by The wheel
oE y heavy iron wagon passlng over
it ten days ago. His leg was samputa,,
ted { a week ago, and it was hored
tiIat this would saye: his iffel but
.eeljaw developed. y : 9 8 :. sos 80 s,ssas' ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-09

The object Of the Associai ion is to-
keep IA touch with the: latest ideas
: and methods of business. and to dis
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
CITY Vs RICE

Ttr application fer writ of man damaz which has been made by Inc city euuurH fae tbe purpose af eam- pslHne Councilman Rice ta. serve uIH probably form ono aC the most inter- .stire Ii mol tho most r1y.a9. hts If i,saI history af thl- municipality.
 Whether tnc attempt ta somrsl a man ta keep place lH H public beds .au he successful ar uut remains .a he seen. and lt would Doe interesting la know the opinion af t.e faxrllssrs as to the pFapriety ef spending municipal funds fer Jh, r8H-~a rf securing tm reluctant and compulsory seryI-es of Mir Rice.
 Naw that the Hattsf k sub -faHfes nothing Hay be said as fs is merits.
 Silence cnn aule be expected a- ta whether Mr Rice ought To b, a1u- rrlIod ta serve. af ae ,a whether fhe action af th, council Is Hu,, auto cratic. but the taxpayers NH prdh. ably see ta lt that tHe IeraH expenses of this proceeding am mot bH more than commensurate W#Ih the triumphant Glorieuz continuation whtrH thr council has in View.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
STEAMSHIP AND FREE LUNCH.

The narrow limits that divide bunk um from buulso find Illustration in the personally conducted tour of states men which started the other day for Europe. with Senator AIdrich for eharerou, "to study The currency question at the expense af Uncle sam The assumption is. of course. thai no information concerning European cur rency systems is available on this ziIe "f the water and SO the only Way tu save the country from the horrors of another panic and the rule nf the clear ing huus" certificate was llat AIdfieh and select band af politicians should spend The silly season chasing the old lady of Threadneedla street to her lair II is proposed to import a win ter's supply nf currency science bv main strength and aWkwarduess. IT is like an expedition into darkest Africa.
 This expedition calls itself bv ta. high sounding title of the national monetary commission" and tho senator who leads the expeditinnary forces was good enough to let his constituents know. by way of encouragement before he started that the makeshift law If last session twill undoubtedly be su- Perseded in time by legislation estab- fishing comprehensive monetary sys- lem" That sounds very well. but it may mean anything or nothing. and f is purpose is to allay suspicion il will not prove effectual The country deep g distrusts any and all measures of currency reform emanatiug from Ald- rich and the Standard oil crowd which he represents in the United States senate, nor Uin that distrust be eIim- mated by putting Senator Aldrich through the process of European junket. But We hope he will not over eat himself in his pursuit of the cur rency science indigenous 10 Europe. The connection between statesmanshfp and free lunch is close and dangerous. -Ex
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
CONSOLATION

Knock and fhe world knocks with tuu Boost and you boost alone, When YOU roast good and Iuud You Will find that the crowd
 Has hammer as big as your own. I'uy. and the gang is With snu:
 EeHiE. and the game is all on. For the lad with the thirst WiH see you first
 IT yau don't proceed ta eoughf Be rich and the push will praise you. Be res'r, and ghey'll pass the ice. You're warm young guy When you start To buy
 You're slnb when you lose th,
 price, Re flush and yaur friends are manv.
 Gn broke and thcy1r say Ta taf While yeur bank accouut-burns You WiIl get returns.
 When it's out youu get the Ha ha Be gay and the mob will cheer you.
 They'll shout while your wealth cn
 dures. Show fearful lamp And yaHH See them tramp
 And it's back 10 the woods for yours There's always bunch to boost you While at your money they glance; But yau'll find them all gone con that cold gray dawn
 When the fringe arrives on you
 pants, Exchange
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
LEGAL TEcHNIcALITIEs.

The action ef tHr American Bar in recommending that appeal eases should he tried aH fheir mefit- and that deelz- 4aHs iH =Hea traf< an technical points should he avoided Seems ta thc lay man to b. eommrndahls
 ky taking tgehHieaitie= Into account the ends af justice arc vsry often d. feated. and a man who has ean a eazr fairly and squarsIy often becomes tae victim of his own lawyer Nho makes a slight errnr in the method If appealing
 ITO make such a mistake k. of course. not tu be blamed ta the legal prufes- sion. as it is human to orr. but when the opportunity is given ta extract the danger from such errors t ought To be gfasprd
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
RATE WAR
 IN SEATTLE

VANCOUVER. Aug. = The rate war on the steamers that was started sev- rrai weeks ago between the Inland Navigation Co and the Canadian Pa rife has resulted in a 25 cent fare betWren Seattle and Vancouver. and the steamers are crowded to their ut most capacity al each trip Tourists insist that il is cheaper to travel than To stay at home
 The next move will probably be the making Of the T cent fare applicable from Vancouver to Seattle as well as in tine other direction. Transro.-.f. men say they see no end te the war in sight. and tine prospect of the com panies compromising Is becoming less and less every day. In the meantime the public is reaping the benefit of the low rates, and travel on the train be- tween the two points is almost a. . standstm.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
WOMAN SHIPS
 ORE

On the west coast If Prince If Wales island, little travelled and off the beat en paths nf sea commerce. is cop Der mine which. for several years. has been operated under the management of woman. Il has been a successful venture. made so from careful man agement. and the owner, Tola Wyman is perhaps the only woman in Alaska who is shipping ore out of that terri tory. For two years she has been sending her product to the Tacoma smelter
 Mrs. Wyman is of middle age. and with health enough for half a dozen city women. She keeps as much track of the copper market and the copper situation as any other miner.
 'I want to see copper go to 15 cents. 2 said sine. q can mine copper for less than that, but I want to make more than a small percentage on my in- vestment."
 Mining men in Alaska. especially in the vicinity of Ketehikan. say Mrs wyman has made good and that she has the right idea of the price of cop per.-Ketchikan Miner
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-08-28
HARRlMAN'S UNEXPECTED
 PHILANTHROPY.

some amusement nf half resentful sort is expressed f. the east. where the Hartman genus has been more closely studied than in the west. at the rail Toad maguale's new and unexpected philanthropy as expounded by him self in the case of the unfortunate Mir. Gould. When Mr. Hartman. in the course of his royal progress across the continent. was asked to explain his mo- tises and purpose in coming to George Gould's assistance and his gallant res cue Of the Wheeling s Lake Erie road from the gaping jaws Of a receiver. he said ta the reporters:
 T didn't do these things to make money. but merely to relieve the situa- tion A far as my participation was concerned. il was only that of any one