Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-22
SNAPPY and BRIEF.
Items Gathered and Told While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar
nered From the Fields Of Actioa
et Home and Abroad.

The American Red Cross society in
the flooded districts of Mexico are
sending urgent appeals for more
funds, stating that the worst has not
been told and that great suffering
must follow if relief is not forthcom-
ing.
Extensive joint maneouvers be-
tween the Virginia militia and the
Coast Artillery have begun at Fort
Monroe.
The New York suits against steam
ship companies and railroads appear
to be the result of a general inquiry
into rates and combines on the Allan
tic.
While swimming in Amite river,
near Baton Rouge, La, Saturday,
Charles Rouse, IA years old, took
cramp. His brother, Walter, II years
old, attempted to rescue him but both
went down together.
George R. Cotton, formerly Collec-
tor of Customs at Manila, will be ap-
pointed Governor of Porto Rico by
President Taft in place of Governor
Post, who recently submitted his re-
signation.
Mrs. Isaac Moody, residing near
Pierce City, Mo-, celebrated her 1OOtl
birthday on Tuesday.
A pyramid has quite recently been
discovered in the State Of Mexico,
and it leads to the discovery of q
very ancient buried city.
A Frenchman says he has invented
a flying omnibus, and wants fran
chise to carry freight and passengers
in Paris.
A German expedition has been or
ganized to conduct scientific research
in the polar seas.
An examination of the body OF
Lieutenant Sutton, which was dis
inferred at Arlington Cemetery, show
day before, shot himself dead on
it indicated that he did not shoot
himself.
Cesnus Director Durand has sent
letters to supervisors notifying them
that they must give up all political
activity while the census work is go
ing on.
Paper mills in the United States
are planning to move to Canada, ow-
ing to the prohibition against the ex-
T! portation from the Dominion of pulp
wood.
Five thousand mill operatives at
Fall River, Mass, are out of work
from a shut down Of mills.
Oscar Leisner, of New York,
through abnormal devotion to his
wife, whom death took from him the
day before shot himself dead on
Tuesday. They left one little son
that Leisner tried to find and it is
believed he meant to kill him too.
The budget as made out for run
ming New York City next year is
| $1S3,24S,O0O. 1t is an increase Of
$25OOO,OOO over last year.
: Raymond Lnstonnat, a French
/ scientist, says Cook and Peary may
both be mistaken about having reach
ed the North Pole.
The Chicago subway stock has
dropped S. on the share from the
death of E. H. Hartman.
NJ. Paulham, at Tourney, France,
last Monday, wished to pay visit
to a friend a few miles away. He
simply took his aeroplane and flew
over, landing conveniently near, dis
mounted, chatted while, then mount
ed and flew back to the starting point
as if it were a thing of every day
life.
Mr.. Jarnon Meredith, says the
Wilkesboro, N. C. Chronicle, had an
OK bitten last week by copperhead
snake. The OK beloved as if in great
pain and died in less than half hour.
While cleaning a 45-calibre target
pistol, Orville E. Stockwell, Jr., ac-
cidentally shot himself through the
heart in the apartments of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville T. Stock
well. Sr., Wednesday afternoon at
Nashville, Tenn.
L. W. Bonney, hotel man OF
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, made flight
in a monoplane Of his own design at
5 o'clock Tuesday morning. Its con-
struction is along simpler lines than
any other air craft, and it ascended
readily at the first trial. He in
jured it however in descending.
An effort is being made to secure
new trial in the Breese case at
Asheville, N. c., on the affidavit by
two Of the jurors that Marshall
Ramsey said to jurors that the de-
PENDANTS were as guilty as HI.
Ramsey denies the charge in to to
and has been vindicated by the court.
The late E. H. Hartman will
designates Mrs. Hartman as the sole
legatee of his estate estimated at
from $75,OOO,OOO to $1OO,OOo,OOO.
There is a belief, however, that he
had, before the will was made, set