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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
sDIJ TIT CAE2()l "a NEWS ITEMS
e Of Interest Cleaned From All Sections of the State and
Arranged For Busy Readers
Saved the State a vast Amornt.

Saved the State Vast Amount.
Columbia, Speeial.-Dr. w. j. Muir
ray, chairman of the commission to
wind up the affairs Of the old State
dispensary said Monday night that
he is very, very much relieved. When
he accepted service on this commis-
sion it was merely as a business man
accepting a business assignment, aud
he did SO to oblige Gov. Ansel.
AS the commission got further
and further into the work it was dis
covered that there were apparently
fraudulent claims. The first work OF
the commission was to close out the
stock on hand. This was disposed Of
at profit, making the gross assets
something like sso0,OOo. On jan
uary Is, 1908, the commission be-
gan to audit the claims of liquor
houses. One Of the first claims so
presented was found to be full OF
suspicious matter, and the commits
sion, through Attorney General Lyon
and Mr.. Stevenson, was pushing the
claimant so closely on this that some
of the others refused to have their
claims audited and appealed to Judge
Pritchard.
DR.. Murray said Monday night
that in the absence of these persons
the commission had investigated the
several claims in its own way and
had rendered judgments. However,
if these persons wish to come into
the State with their books of record,
it is probable that they will get a
hearing.
As to the claims already adjudi-
Gated and ready for payment except
for the delays occasioned by the
courts, DR.. Murray said that he
thinks creditors should be paid the
same rate of interest that the State
has received. "The. United States
supreme court has given US plenary
power" said DR.. Murray, Hand I
wish to use it judiciously. We will
not coerce, nor will we take dollar
that we think is not honestly the
property Of the State.
"We have been receiving interest
on our deposits at the rate of $4,000
per month for about II months. In
fact, I think the decision has netted
us about 100000" he said.
"You see the lawyers of these
liquor houses must now lock to their
employers for the pay, whereas il
the State had lost the suit we would
have had those enormous fees to pay.
in addition to receivership expenses.
It is quite a feather in the cap Of
Attorney General Lyon, and We are
proud of the fight made by Mr.. Alb
ney and Mr.. Stevenson.
DR.. Murray thinks the net assets
of the State, after all claims are
paid, will be 100000 IN cash and the
dispensary building, valued at $75,-
900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
|. EE::WASHINGIONl NOTES.

!! Wednesday was bad day for the.
Republican organization ssof the
House of Representatives. BY a
coalition between some Republican
s'insurgents;,' and the Democrats,
the WAYS and means committee was
bowled over and the advocates of free
crude Gil and its products for the
Payne bill won signal victory when
an amendment by Mr.. Norris. of Ne
braska, placing the insignificant duty
Of one per centum adj valorem on
those articles, was adopted by SUBJ
stantial majority.
The barley schedule of the Payne
tariff bill again was threshed out.
The pending amendments were one by
Mr.. Miller, Of Kansas, increasing the
Payne rate from 15 to 25 cents
bushel, and the old one by Mr. Alex
ander, Of New York, fixing the rate
at 10 per cent ad valorem.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
approved Of a number of designs sub
mitted for o, special issue Of stamps
commemorative Of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition.
Senator Gallinger has re-introdue-
ed the bill providing for separate
building for the Supreme Court Of
the United States. The structure
would be situated just outside of the
Capitol grounds and Immediately
north of the Congressional Library
Building, to which, it is proposed the
exterior architecture Of the Supreme
Court Building would correspond.
The total cost of the building is fixed
at $S,000,0C0.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Officers May be Indicted

! Sdreenville, S. c. special.-Post.
efice Inspector Gregory, who cams
here early Monday morning and who
IS making an investigation of the
manner I'm which the two notorious
yeggmen, Moore and Barton, escaped
from the Jail Saturday night, saws
that the Federal grand jury next
week will be asked to take some steps
IN the matter. 1t may be, according
to information that is gotten from
the government officials here, thai
an indictment will be returned
against either the guard or the taller
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Anderson Company Rsorgsnized.

Anderson, Special.-The Palmetto
Rihemen here have been fully re-
organized, and the men under the
new officers are turning tut well to
the drills. County Auditor Jas. q.
Craig has been chosen as captain OF
the company, succeeding his brother,
Mr.. S. NJ. Craig; who is a travelling
salesman, and resigned OH this ac-
count. Mr.. Ralph Ten,pleton is the
first, and Mr.. r. A. Gilmer tie Sec
ond lieutenant. All three Of these
men are good officers and will work
lard to keep up the company's
standing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
10000 Witness the Dedication.

Birmingham, Ala, Special.-There
were at least 10000 visitors in the
city Tuesday to witness the dedica-
tion of the new city terminal station
Which cost approximately 100000.
The station occupies two entire city
blocks and has a subway permitting
street cars to go through. President
j. II. Harahan, of the Illinois Cen
tral, and President j. F. Hanson, of
the Central of Georgia, were the prin-
cipal speakers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

said he would rather begin his adj
dress in the morning, promising to
finish by the usual closing time.
That will end the hearing. The court
will take the case under advisement
but it is not expected that decision
will be announced before next fall.
Nintey-fve per cent Of the govern
ment's evidence was incompetent and
if judged by the A B C's of the rules
of evidence would be throwa out, Mr..
Rosenthal declared.
John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia,
followed with the concluding ,arga-
ment for the defense, discussing both
the law and the facts
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

High Point, N. c., Special.--The
people Of High Point were shocked
at noon to learn that Mr.. J. Lindsay
Ferguson, secretary and treasurer of
the Atlantic Furniture Company, had
committed suicide at his Office some
time between IL and IL o'clock Fri
day. The workmcn in the finishing
room nearby heard the report of 8
pistol land on examination found
Mr.. Ferguson lying on the floor, pis-
tol in hand, and bleeding proiusely
from a<wound IN the right temple. He
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Goes After Desperado.

Columbia, Special Henry Haynes,
convicted of manslaughter at
Monks Corner, ten years ago, a
man against whom also there is a
sealed sentence for breach of trust
with fraudulent intent, will be lodged
IN the State Penitentiary in few
days, as Sheriff Causey, of Berkley
left Monday for Jacksonville to
bring Haynes back to serve out his
sentence.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
The Franchise Tax Returns.

Columbia, Special Comptroller
General Jones is preparing a list OF
the firms and corporations that have
made their franchise tax returns un
to April l, on which date the time
for making these returns expired. It
Is estimated that the State will re-
ceive about $S5,00o from this source
and in fact the comptroller based his
report to the ways and means CON-
mittee on these figures. All firms
liable for the franchise tax that have
not made their returns will be penal
lied so per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

had locked the door of his Office, lay
down on the floor and fired the fatal
shot, the bullet from a A calibre
pistol, which he kept in the Office all
the time, passing entirely through the
head and lodging in the wall. Death
was evidently instantaneous.
When the workmen found him his
position showed that he had careful
ly planned the act. Mrs. Ferguson
md the family physician hurried to
the scene, but only TO find life ex-
trict.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Killing at Construction Camp.

spartanburg, Special. Elliotte
Davis, colored, shot and killed Walter
Mccullough, also colored, at j. C..
Dunn's construction camp on the line
of c. C. & 0. railroad, a mile from
Cherokee, Monday morning. The
shooting was the result Of quarrel
over a negro woman. Davis and the
woman escaped.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Oklahoma Indictments ouashed.

Tulsa, Okla, ecial.-Federal in
dictments against Governor Charles
N. Haskell, of Oklahoma. and six
other prominent Oklahomans, charg-
ed with fraud in Muskogee town lots,
were quashed Saturday by Judge
John A. Marshall, Of Utah, of the
United States Circuit Court.
The court quashed the indictments
on technical grounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

ious gossip concerning him had been
circulated. Anderson's mind had
Been affected for some time and when
he appeared with his armament of
bombs and revolvers, he terriorized
the entire square to which he. had an.
nounced his intention of laying waste.
The bombs, he had strapped to his
body. That his already weakened
mind had completely given way was
nhuinnc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
q. g. v. Bancuet.

Camp Sumter, No. $50, United Con.
feGerate Veterans will celebrate its
anniversary with banquet which is
TO be served at the Gar7nan Artillery
aall on Monday evening, April 10.
! The annual meeting OF the camp will
be held on April IL, and an election
OF officers for the ensuing year will
be- made. It was found isnpracticable
to have the banquet on that date
end 1t was postponed until the Mon
day following.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Liquer Law For Texas.

Austin, Tex, Special. The Legis-
lature Saturday finally passed the
Robcrtson-Fitzhush bill to regulate
liquor traffic in Texas, the House con-
curing in the Senate amendments.
The Senate struck out the provisions
of the bill prohibiting the sale of
liquor to be consumed on the premis-
es, and struck out the uniform high
license provisions and the prohibition
against the sale of liquors by grocers.
Attempt to Blacknail Own Father.
Fairmont, w. Va, Special.-Cur-
tbs Smith, IS years old, of Watson,
near here, confessed having written
letters to his father demanding
money, signing black hand society," IS
name to them. w. E. Smith received
two letters demanding a large sum
of money and threatening if it were
not paid to kill him and destroy his
home by fire. The second letter was
answered by Mr.. Smith asking for
more time. The boy was caught by
detectives as he was mailing ar
answer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Press Association Meeting.

Greenville, special.-Col. E. II.
Aull, of Newberry, president Of the
State Press; ]. R. McGhee, G. W.
Brunson and John Wood met Sat
urday in this city and set July 6,
q, 8 as dates for the meeting of the
Press Association. Greenville's new
hotel, the ottaray, was chosen as the
place Of meeting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

Aurora, ILL.,, Special.-John Ander-
son, a plumber, becoming violently
insane, Thursday armed himself with
two pistols, a shotgun and three
bombs and killed Mrs. John McVick-
er, narrowly missed Staying her hus-
band, wounded Mrs. John Belford,
and then committed suicide, blowing
his head off with shotgun. He start
out to kill the inhabitants of an
entire square in which he said malic-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Abbeville to Issue Bonds.

Abbeville, Specialize election in
Abbeville school district for the pur-
pose of issuing $4,000 in bonds for
building high school was held Tues
day with only two votes against the
issue. The building will be erected
IN time for opening this fall.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
.Farmers, union Formed.

Chesterfield, Special. The Chester
field County Farmers union was or
ganized here Tuesday. Delegates
were present from Is local organiza-
tions. Moore than so delegates were
present. The meeting was presided
over BY Mr.. L. L. Spencer, president
Of the Chesterfield local, who intro
duced President B. Harris as the first
speaker. Mr.. Harris spoke at length
on the raising Of hogs, showing to
those present how pork can be raised
for less than 8 cents pound. He
was listened to with attention.
Deputy Organizer S. 7. Parrot
was then introduced. 1t was through
his efforts that the county organiza-
lion was completed. The meeting was
begun in the court house during the
recess hour, court being in session.
The speaker closed by inviting the
delegates to the Masonic hall, where
the organization was completed.
Mr.. j. N. Stricklin was asked to
act as secretary, while Mr.. Parrott
presided. Cheraw, Chesterfield, Mt.
Groghan, Ruby, Cross Roads Church,
Pageland, Dudley, Plains, Five
Forks, Middendorf, Rocky Branch,
Patrick, Orange Hill, Cross Roads
and Shiloh were represented.
The organization was completed
by the election of the following of
fisers: w. j. Tiller, president; G. w.
Gum, vice president; II. c. Hendrix,
secretary-treasurer; S. T. knight,
chaplain; III. F. King, conductor; A.
j. Srnith, deor keeper; A S. Smith,
C.. Kirkley and R. L. Rivers, execu-
tive committee.
The delegates were among the most
influential farmers in the county and
the union is safe in the hands of its
officials.
r. w. Ruckstuhl Was Selected.
Columbia, Special.-The Woman s
monument commission, recently ap-
pointed by Gov. Ansel in conformity
!, with an act Of the legislature, met
n :he governors Office last week and
was Ill session for three hours. The
commission is composed Of Capt. j.
G. Richards, Jr, Of Kershaw, Gen.
C. Irvine Walker Of Charleston, Capt.
C. A. Reed of Anderson, Col. 7. j.
Moore of Spartanburg and Capt. VIM.
{ Z. Gonzales of Columbia.
The matter Of the selection of an
artist was considered very thorough
", the debate on this point occupy
ing the greater part Of the long ses-
sion. The commission finally deter
mined that it could not do better
than to elect the same sculptor who
had performed such admirable ser
1 vice to the people Of South Carolina
In the production Of the Hampton
equestrian statue, and the marble
statue of Calhoun, which is to go in
Statuary hall in Washington, and the
model for which has recently been
accepted by the Calhoun monument
commission.
Mr.. F. Wellington Ruckstuhl has
impressed all with whom he has come
in contact in his work for South Car
ohna not only with faith in his splen-
did artistic ability but with belief in
his devotion to the South.
1t is probable that Mr.. Ruckstuhl
will have a conference with the COM
mittee about the middle of May. He
will leave in June for Italy to com
plete the work or the Calhoun statue.
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was seated by his bride of few
hours in the chair coach of Texas
& Pacific train, en- route to New
Orleans. Bouvy's attorneys attempt
ed to show that he was decidedly at
tached to Miss Rhorer and that he
smarted under the knowledge of a
great wrong which they attempted to
prove Van Ingen had done Miss
Rhorer before his marriage to her.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

Planquemine, La, Special.-At z
o'clock Friday night the jury in the
case of the State against Fabrian F.
Bouvy, charged with the murder of
Prof. Fred Van Ingen, reported that
it was hopelessly disagreed and was
therefore discharged by Judge
Schwing.
The killing of Van Ingen occurred
on October 5 of last wear. while he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14

Seven nations, led by the United
States, have agreed &c bar Castro
from their possessions in the Carrib-
BEEN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-04-14
Senator Simmons made

Senator Simmons made a strong
and vigorous speech favoring the
Gallinger bill, which carried an i'm
portant amendment drawn by him,
and convinced many of the thinking
citizens of the South that his posi-
tion was right.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
They Meant Business.

A Chicago stage manager was tell
ing of amusing incidents Of blHaders
and errors caused by stage fright III
a romantic play recently revived one
of the minor characters, dalr, maid,
comes forward at the end of the re-
cital Of love romance and comments
as follows:
Hope flied their youth and whetted
their love; they plighted their troth.'+
But at one OF the performances the
girl who played the dairymaid was
absent without notice. At the last mo-
ment the manager gave the lines TO a
shepherdess, who had never had lines
to speak before and who was excess
lively nervous when her cue came. This
is what the astonished audience heard:
"Hope filled their trough and blight
ed their love; they whetted their
tooth!"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
Caledonia.

Mr. and Mrs Jack Robinson spent Sun
day at the home of r S Earle.
Miss Inez Murray of Union spent part
of last week at the home of her uncle,
d E Mccarthy.
John Ford and Louie Seep attended
the dance at Indian Ford last Saturday
evening and report good time.
Many from here attended the Irish
picnic at Evansville last Wednesday and
report large crowd and good time.
Lloyd Porter, who went to Chicago
last week to consult specialist in re-
gard to his health, has returned much
improved.
Mr. and Mrs D E Mccarthy, their son
Dennis and daughter Hazel, and Tom
Earle spent Sunday at the home of w
Wright at GAINESVILLE.
The old settlers picnic which was
held at Cooksville last Thursday was
attended by crowd which surpassed
that of any other year. Alex Richard
son gave very appropriate speech. He
spoke many of the pieces that had been
spoken by his schoolmates of years gone
by and to them it was bringing back
school days again.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
Died ON the Operating Table.

An acutely pathetic feature marking
the death of the late Caldwell Pearce,
who died on an operating table in a
Chicago hospital Monday, was the fact
that he was engaged to wed Miss Ma
bel Lee of this city. She is deputy
county clerk to her father, Howard
Lee, and is one of Janesville's leading
young ladies, and had wide and fav-
orable acquaintance here. The mar
riage was to have taken place here in
September.
He was graduate of the Boston In
stitute of Technology and was employ
ed as an engineer by the constructing
firm of Bates & Rogers, who are build
ing an immense dam at Lake Chetek.
He was in this city last Friday on his
way to his home in Chicago, where he
has foster parents living, and he was
accompanied to that city by Miss Lee.
When he was taken to the hospital,
suffering from hardening of the glands
of the neck, his illness was considered
to be slight and it was thought he
would readily recover from the opera
ton performed. His death, because of
these facts, was all the more shocking.
GAINESVILLE Recorder.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
ST. A. PERRYE
Tobacco Notes

Mr.. G. w. Spitzner returned to New
York Saturday morning.
Messrs. j. A. Block and VIM. M.
Tiernan, of Block Bros, Wheeling, w.
Va, were in this market for short
time the latter part of the week to
consult with T. B. Earle who has pur-
chased considerable Wisconsin leaf for
the firm. The design is to stem their
holdings before shipment to the factory.
The York, Pa, Dispatch announces
that Otto Eisenlohr & Bro, of Phila-
delphia, one of the largest cigar manu-
featuring firms in the country, will open
branch factory in York about July /,
with more than 200 workmen.
Einer Peterson left Boscobel on Sat-
urday noon for Westby, where he spent
Sunday with the family of M. H. Bek-
kedal. On Monday he and Mr.. Bekke-
dial left for a trip of three months to
their old-time home in Norway. Einer's
home was in the southwest of Norway,
whereAhe has father and mother still
living. He has been in this country 22
years and has not been back in all that
time. Mr.. Bekkehal's mother lives
near Christiania, on a fine farm he
bought for her few years ago at a
cost of SIS, 900. -Boscobel Dial-Enter-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
New England.

Thus far this season we have had a
good time to transplant the tobacco
crop. Hardly plant has died from
the effects of being removed from the
plant bed to the fields. But since the
time of the first setting we have had
but very little of what we could call
good growing weather, and the plants
have yellowish hue. They do not
take on the look of or the color of a
fast growing plant, and whether hoeing
will accomplish much in the direction
of starting them is quite puzzle to
some of the growers.
| think that the area set to tobacco
will be nearly normal, for some have
been obliged to harrow up parts of their
onion land on account of the onion mag
got, and as a rule where the onion
ground is narrowed it will be planted to
tobacco.
Some of the growers in the Connect
cut valley complain of rotted tobacco
beds, but there are very few who have
really suffered to any serious extent
from the rot. Reports from Hartford
show that a greater acreage than ever
before has been set out, and every here
and there new sheds are being putAup
or prepared for. Albert N. Graves of
Suffield will this year raise 100 acres,
half Connecticut seed and half Havana.
J. E. Shepard will be the largest indi-
vidual grower in the valley this season.
His recent purchase of the Newton
farm brings his tobacco land up to 10
acres.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
The Hourclass.

Instead of being obsolete and simply
an interesting relic, the hourgiass in
various forms is a twentieth century
necessity, A machinist authority
points out that for such purposes as
timing hardening and tempering heats
onds or minutes must be gagged accu-
rately, nothing serves like the hour
glass with the right amount of sand.
Accuracy to fractions of second can
be had much more easily than by
watching the hands Of a watch
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-06-25
July Forecasts.

While Rev. Hicks does not look for
heavy general rainfall in July, he fig
ures out that the 4th promises rain and
thunder storms for many localities as
the elimination of a storm period is
central on that date. Then reaction
airy storm period is central about the
9Th promising some severe electrical
and atmospheric unrest. Another reg
ular storm extending from the 18th to
18th will bring very high temperature
and threatening storms. This period
promises the heaviest rains of the
ing two or three days before and after
the 18th. The next reactionary storm
period, central on the 18th, falls in the
Venus period that will be noticeable in
severe electrical storms and local cloud
bursts. A regular storm period is CEN
trail on the 18th, extending from the
oath to the 18th. 1t will not be sur
prising if threatening conditions last
for several days before and after the
center of the Venus period, the 22nd.
Heavy electrical storms and violent
summer gusts are very probable about
the 23rd, and from that date on through
the period oath to 18th. Look fer much
the same general results at this, - at
other July periods, remembering that
extremes of one kind or another are
almost certain to attend the Venus in
fuence. Spells of the most oppressive
summer heat are among results to be
expected, ending in fierce lightning,
thunder, hail and supden drop in tenn
perature. The elimination of this per-
iod will come, in central and eastern
parts of the country, on and touching
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
18th, 9th and 18th.