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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT

Both the North and the South Have
Had Season of Unparalleled Ac-
tiyity-Statenent Showing the Pro-
duction and Consumption by the
Mills of the Southern States.
New Orleans, La, Special.-Supplc-
nenting his report on the cotton crop
for 1905 100, as issued on August 81,
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, Tuesday made a
detailed report Of the crops of the
different States as follows:
Alabama ], 1,42S,0O0, against LII 900
last year.
Arkansas 1,o52,ooO, against 787,-
600.
Florida $4,000, against 10000.
Georgia 2,11S,eOO, against 1854
0Oe.
Mississippi 100000, against l.
100000.
Louisiana 4s5,oOO, against $4,000.
North Carolina 7470OO, against
$4,000.
South Carolina 1,29s,ooo, against
1,226,OOO.
Tennessee 426,OoO, against 335,00o.
Texas 3,S19,OOO, against 2,221,00O.
Oklahoma 100000, against 950,00O
Total crop 13,S25,OOO, against H.
$4,000 last year.
He puts the spindles in the South
at l1,255,7S7, including old, idle, and
not complete, against 10,661,3OS last
year, an increase Of 594,479.
Referring to the consumption by
American mills Mr.. Hester says that
North and South they have had a sea,
sen of unparalleled activity. In nc
past year, he states, have they con-
sumed so much cotton, and phenome-
nal as the .axtent Of the business has
been it has not reached the limit OF
their capacity.
The money value of the past com
mercial crop, he states, is in round
figures $6S3,794,O0O, showing that
while the number of bales marketed
was 2,243,0Oo bales more than last
year, the increase in money received
was but $11, 500, 900, equivalent to
s5.11 per bale for the excess, and yet
Mr.. Hester contends that considering
all the circumstances, if ever q crop
was sold at good round price, it was
the one under review.
In the South Mr.. Hester makes the
consumption 366,596 more than last
year, and 12O,765 over the year before
last. Twenty-one new mills are
building in the Southern States, and
including additions to old establish
ments, 10000 new looms and 5l1,2s4
new spindles are under way.
The years consumption has been
divided as follows:
State. Consumption. Increase,
Alabama :. =. 80. 251,971 46,26l
Arkansas =. :. .. 6,03S 2,l9O
rSc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Columbia, S. c., special-Fire at
2:3O O'Clock Wednesday morning
totally destroyed Columbia College,
built by popular subscription from
,Methodists all over this State. The
plant was valued at $250,0OO, and was
insured for $4,000 with $4,000 more
On equipment. The property was
bonded for 100000 and there were
about $4,000 more in floating debts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
SOUTHERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN CONSUMED BY FIRE

A liquidation would leave nothing
but the rock foundation and the
grounds; but arrangements are going
right ahead for rebuilding and the
opening for the present session in the
Colonial hotel property, the former
plant of the college. The fire was
evidently caused by the cross circuit
ing of wires in the northwest dormi-
tory.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

The President has approved the
sentence of, dismissal imposed by
a general court martial appointed by
him at Denver, Col, in the case of
First Lieut.. Clarence S. Nettles, u. S.
A., retired. According to the War De-
partn.ant's. announcement Lieutenant
Nettles was convicted of neglecting
to pay many private debts, making
false statement to the department
commander in regard thereto, and
giving worthless choek.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

So that today it may s;
terror into the heart of its
of the average layman, or
sease known; and yet. to 7
parison to either cancer OF
cause in those afflicted, VIII
sfar more dread of contagfi
rosy Is really a harmless al
From the Medical Recor|
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

volying approxima-
liars in reparation
he Interstate Com
i. It included claims
wn as the Central
ociation territory
sippi and Western
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

ever visit you nowadays?"
Eyes, he and his samily come back
to the neighborhood occasionally. Look
on the trip as sort of Summing ex-
pedition, I think. ."--Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

-..oDama-and involved refundlng
of amounts paid by large number
Of shippers Of yellow pine lumber
from the territory to points in other
States Of which an overcharge of
two cents a hundred pounds was
collected by various railroads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Next year Memphis will try the
commission form of government,
which has been SO Huccessful at Gal
weston and Des Moiies.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Citizens from Norfolk ana New
port News presented Acting Secre-
tary Winthrop with evidence that
health conditions near Hampton
Roads are not a menace to the men
of the battleship feet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
WASHINGTON NOTES

An enormous quantity of French
Junk is to be sold by the United
States to the highest bidder. The
Junk includes I'D locomotives, dump
cars, tanks, boilers, girders, dredges,
sheet iron, parts of old machinery.
and the like which was left on the
isthmus by the French before opera
tions were begun by the Americans.
Among this huge amount of debris
are hundreds of pounds OF copper and
brass, of which great quantity has
been sent to the Philadelphia mint
to be made into Canal medals.
Four torpedo boats, comprising the
second division of the Atlantic tor
pedo fotilla, have left Hampton
Roads, under orders from the navy
department to proceed to st. Louis
and accompany President Taft down
the Mississippi river to New Orleans
as feature of his coming trans-con-
tinental tour. The vessels are the
destroyer Macdonough and the tor
pedo boats Thornton, Tingley and
Wilkes. On their way around to st.
Louis they will make short stops at
Charleston, Key West, New Orleans
and other cities on the Mississippi.
They are scheduled to arrive at St.
Louis October 3.
As preliminary step to a complete
reorganization of the division of Far
Eastern affairs in the State Depart
ment, official announcement of ap-
pointment in that division have been
made as follows: Chief-Ransford S.
Miller, Jr., japanese secretary and
interpreter Of the embassy at Toxic.
Assistant Chief-Edward P. Will
liams, Consul-General at Tientsin and
formerly Chinese secretary of the le-
CATION at Pekin. Assistant-Percival
Heintzleman, Consul at Chungking,
China.
A seasons work in the establish
ment of a Government horse pasture
near Front Royal, Va. by Capt. c.
H. Conrad, Jr., of the Third Cavalry,
has confirmed Quartermaster General
Aleshire's belief that animals suit
able for the military service could be
obtained in that section. The prices
are reasonable and, indeed, lower
than those paid for animals in the
West. They are of fine stock and
are expected to prove valuable ac-
QUESTION to the collection of animals
at the army remount depot at Fort
Reno.
Bolivia's serious dispute with Peru
over the Acre arbitral award may be
settled through the "kindly inter
ed States within the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

sionb betWeen
s. particle OF moisture carries snarse' anu anu w. M
N4lAl tbe nartices coaece their electricity ,
the surfare until he tension becomes enormous "a, @
couds are onnosiev they lombard each other unt
brnm e established between them opposition is between ne
terrific bolt
without resao "
of stands in the way
lightning miles through the ar l. Dee the
discharge between two adjacent particles The next particle
its nearest neighbo and nus us
gng along resistance until the he nath is
stored to equality The crooked way Wnen inc
of the electric charges IN tne u
it.
is unrave hghtnlng sioh u
ranbv can do il to certain degree that ne pam
until tue
reached the breaking point the resistance OF tne ~
no longer restrain the force O gathering charge NOV
structure of ngnnne IoN
vel Prof Henry proved stroke is an alternating
miionths secono willie 'ne
flash fraction of second ~.
in clouds which mug the
great convent in the valley OF the r M anu ta
who CHANGED to be ca'
n above the Even the gded cross on
the convent cloud But 2O9o feet above @ go
and between the two the gntns
onlv il was the lower bombarded the one
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

ence. But experience misiny
to say that we fail to apr
reaching influence Of an VI
failure of making a good Il
ment of the modern spirit 4
are very few generalization
seasoning, and perhaps thif
cles and happily found in 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Three thousand old soldiers at
tended the encampment of the Union
Veteran Legion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
rNsaasa~papssa~9T
5 The Dread of Lepfosy
syL Duncan Eulketey, M d
= .aR.oo,sAsln>-ua.nns
y L. Duacan sulketey M. D.

great dread Of the disease has undoubtedly been fur
thered by many writer's of fiction and such books as
Hur" have had great influence the ether hand, there
has been very said done to check lessen the pop
uar prejudice this direction which has been too often
shared by physicians who not having devoted special at
tention the matter accept thoughessy the general
verdict.
Undoubtedly this popular prejudice against eprosy has
ed by the fact countries it has seemed advisable
al hospitals or asyums epers where ey be better
poor crowded homes and also by means OF which the
Of the spread of the disease by methods far unknown
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

The Washington Aero Club has
decided to bid for the worlds avia-
ton contests to be held next year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Postmaster General Hitchcock has
set about the big task Of cutting down
the yearly deficit in his department.
and announces that, if he can pre-
vent it there will not be another year
when he will run $16,000,O00 behind
in its expenses. He proposes amors
other means that Of limiting the
franking privileges Of members of
Congress.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
aeAasas>pasae1so es's~sssss
Facts J4bouf Lightning
By Garrett p. SerOiss


LIGHTNING is still more or myster. we ea itic
manifestations in the sky its wonderful Vagarle -
the wsest savants their heads We Know s az tom
rate that lightning is the electric dsccage az n little
narticle ~ moisture in the air charge and "hen
the particles coalesce cloud their electricity coeuS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

"Through cars from Seattle to
Panama" is the report that comes
to the United States Government
from Consul-General Arnold Shank
lin at Mexico. The proposed rail
way is one of the Hartman ideas and
plans to run Pullman cars from
Seattle all the way to Panama.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Shock to Progress of Suth.

is to give the public the best equip.
ment. the best time. the best track. y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
"Giue Me Neither Poverty
! Nor Riches
3y Theodore Roosevelt

3 J ]
to be of those who peacn '"lu
practise gospel of materaism and greed anu Sno
speak wealth by the community vi
IA &4 itself the beaI and emo al Oh ine
widely Oldest OF 's
H0 " teaches that it is well TO nave
n poverty great riches
strong during
past to behalf of the nation boh an
fortunes so lar @
movement aims to replace
preparation or revouon
bottom our troubles
remedy them. 5zasz
The esno ahealh
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

1t is estimated that 100000 people
saw Orville Wright fly at Berlin,
Wednesday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Secretary Of State Knox spent The
day at the State Department. He
came from New England, where re-
Gently he has been in conference with
President Taft. The President in
vited Mr.. Knox to join him on his
trip through the West. He will meet
Mr.. Taft at San Francisco October
5 and accompany him to Ell Paso and
very likely through the rest OF hls
tour.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

The award of the contracts for the
two new American Dreadnaughts of
$4,000 tons each, the battleships
Wyoming and the Arkansas, will be
made to William Cramp & Sons,
Philadelphia, and the New York
Shipbulding Company, Camden, N. ].
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
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Gses,-e,s

@IINGE
business
thepubli.
RESPECTFUL
S4yhe is
very prac
cusation.
grown SO
dogmatic
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

PLY d
to
He they
his is a
b an ac-
i've out
Hon and
i expert
5 unfair
1.-THE far
And the
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Bolivia's serious dispute with Peru
over the Acre arbitral award may be
settled through the "kindly inter-
ed States within the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
ARE GETTING READY FOR WORK
Construction Of Concrete Bridges to
Begin Next Week.

As preliminary to the perma-
nent road work which is soon TO
be inaugurated in the Waxahachie
road district, the construction Of
concrete eulverts and bridges will
be commenced next week. Joe G.
Jarrett, who has charge of this char
acter of work for the county, is NOV
ing his equipment into the district
this week 1t will probably be about
the first of September or little
later before any work is done on
the roads, but it is planned to go
ahead with the building of concrete
bridges The bonds must go through
certain legal formalities before they
are ready for the market and in or
der that no errors may be made,
the court will give the attorneys who
have the matter in charge plenty
of time in which to prepare the or
ders which must be passed upon by
the court.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
SALVATION ARMY WORK.
Some Of the Things Being Done by
This Great Organization.

Ensign H. James OF Dallas, rep
resenting the Salvation Army work
in this part of the state, is in the
city in the interest of their work
in the state, and will call on the
public for donations Monday and
Tuesday. Ensign James said:
''The Army throughout July and
August gives 10 pounds of ice to the
sick ard needy for l cent; also we
give women and children from I to
10 days of fresh air out in the coun-
try Last year we found work for
over G0.aGo men and 1000 women
Last Christmas we fed over 100000
poor people in this country. We
have "a rescue homes and 81 per
cent of the girls who go through
these homes are restored and live
Christian lives Also we have prison
gate homes, and homes where women
can bring their children and we
take care of them while they can
20 in the basement and wash cloth
ing for people. We furnish every
thing for only ; cents 2 day We
have 50 industrial homes for men
and 10 shelters where men can get
bed for ! O. l ; and % cents, break
/ fast included. If they have not
/ the money we give them work TO
earn IT There are many other things
that we do"
! Ensign James will lecture on THE
Rise and Progress Of the Army,
al the NJ. e. church. south, Sunday
night. All are welcome.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
"A Narrowing Tale Is Related in Habeas Corpus Hearing by
Mrs George PistoIe Of Dallas County.
IS RELEASED ON BAIL Of FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
ALLEGES That Father Threatened the Le of Her Sick Babe Causing the
Shooting Woman Declares She Fired Three Shots from
Revolver al Her Father as He Advanced Upon Her

Dallas, Aug. 14.-Mrs. George
Pistole, on habeas corpus hearing,
was yesterday held in $500 bonds
by Judge Seay of the Dallas district
criminal court on a charge of muir
der for having Thursday shot to
death her father. Ransom Ross,
farmer, who lived in the northern
part of Dallas county. The bond
was furnished, with NJ. V. Moore and
w R. Smith of Plano as sureties,
and Mrs. Pistole was released from
custody The defendant was the
only witness placed on the stand.
She detailed a most touching and
unusual story of tragedy Her faith
er Thursday came home, she test
fled, under the influence of liquor
She had her i-year-old sick baby
in her lap. The child was crying.
Her father enraged with anger, or
dered her to make the baby stop
crying She pleaded to him that she
had tried to quiet the sick child, but
nad failed The intoxicated and flu
rious man declared he would kill
the enid and attempted to draw a
large pistol from a bureau or dresser
that stood in the room. In the les
rGratIon OF her situation the mother
fired two shots from 32-caliber
pistol at the advancing form of her
father with his uplifted weapon. The
first bullet hit him in the left side
and ho reeled The second strlck
him in the breast. He fell over onto
a Led ard was dead almost instantly,
still srasping a 45-caliber Colts Ie-
yolver in his right hand.
A number of prominent residents
Iof Collin and Dallas counties who
knew Ross and the members of his
family were in attendance on the
court hearing. They justified the
woman's action but regretted the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14

WaXahachie, Aug, 14.--The board
will meet the third and fourth of
September. All teachers who expect
to teach in the county during the
coming year and have not secured
their certificates should be present
to take the examination, as there
will be no further meeting of the
board till December The eXamin-
alton will begin at 8 O'Clock Friday
morning. 1t is suggested that all be
on time. G. b. WINN,
County Superintendent
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
FARMER KILLED IN GRAVEL PIT
Joe Linville Of Ellis County Crushed
Under Tons Of Weight.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 14-Whils
in the act of driving a wagon loaded
with gravel out of the Walker pit,
just east of the packing house, about
$3.50 o'clock Friday morning, Joe
Linville, an employe of the pit, was
caught under a mass of sand and
gravel and crushed to death, al
though his body was recovered with
in a few minutes by a couple of fell
low workmen who had witnessed the
accident
Upward of twenty tons Of gravel
fell from a height of about twenty
feet on to the unfortunate man. At
the time of the caye-in the other
men working on the gravel were
but a short distance away, and not
ing that the ground was slipping
called to Linville, but he never had
a chance to escape. In an instant
strong arms were shoveling frantic
ally to reach the entombed man.
who was dug out at deptph OF
about six feet He was dead when
they reached him, the body having
been frightfully crushed by the great
weight.
A popularity of the accident was
| that the team by the side of which
Idnville was standing when the cave
( in occurred was practically unin-
jured.
Linville was a prominent farmer
Of Ellis county and had been in Fort
| Worth only about six weeks. He
| owned a fine 400-acre farm near
! Midlothian. In Ellis county, and
came to Fort Worth to find work
| for himself and a number of teams
when his crops failed. He was al
unusually large man. weighing about
1850 pounds. He is survived by 6
wife and three children. and his
father and brother, who reside a.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
WANTS tNTERtkBAN.
4. j. Wolcott of Opinion That Line
VIII BE Built Soon.

A J. Wolcott of WaXahachie
was in Dallas yesterday aud he eX-
pressed the opinion that an inter
urban line between Dallas and Wax
ahachie within a very short time is
practical certainty.
The people of WaXahachie, said
VT Wolcott, are working hard for
the interurbau, They want it and
realize what it's worth will be to
them. There We're some representa-
tives there the other day of the com
.pany which proposes to construct the
line, and my understanding is that
work will begin Monday week on the
preliminaries. dallas News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14

Portland Me, Aug. l4.-Several
tons of adipoise humanity assembled
in Portland today at the annual
meeting OF the New England Fat
Mems club. A clam bake is the fea-
ture Of the entertainment program
arranged for the hefty ones. eve
are fat and glad of it, is the slogan
of the club. A movement is on foot
to elect President Taft to honorary
membership.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
Polytechnic Heights.

Justice Bratton was called to hold
an inquest and rendered his decision
in accordance with the facts as
stated above. The body was pre-
pared for burial by the North Fort
will be shipped to his old home at
Maypearl for interment
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14
The Official Returns.

The official count made by the
county commissioners of the returns
from the election held in the county
on the third of August showed the
following
For validating school bonds, 9S5;
against, 2S7.
For special town charters, S71;
against 1928.
For formation of school districts.
S79 against, $50.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14

Madrid, Aug. 14.---All vessels of
the SPANISH navy have received or
dcts to concentrate at Melilla, where
the 5 s1aLish force of some $4,000.
undcr tereral Marina, are threat
aned by strong gathering of Moors,
who reset SPANS punitive expedi-
ton for the murder by Moors OF
eight Spanish laborers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14

Salt Lake City, Aug Cardinal
Gibbons and other distinguished pre-
lates viii take part tomorrow in the
dedication of the new Catholic ca
thedral in the Mormon city. The
new structure is one of the finest
in the country
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-14

tragedy. Aside from his periodical
lapses of drinking Ransom Ross bore
the reputation of being quiet man
and a good citizen. His daughter,
AIRS Pistole, had married a Collin
county man but they bad domestic
tror hles and a few weeks ago she
lcrt FER husband AMI went to live
With her parents.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-04
Luy and Sell
Any old thing. Ben Hart.
Homestead Correspondence.

To The Forum: Edward Johnson
was chased by mad bull the other
day. and was compelled to seek refuge
upon .haystaclS5 until people came and
drove the OK away.
Miss Christian Hanson returned
from the Power farm on Dec. %.
The Christmas tree in Sheyenne
school district, which was given Dec.
%, was attended by over 240, people.
the largest number ever attending q
Christmas tree in Sheyenne.
Miss Fossan took a weeks vacation
and visited with Mrs. F. III. Schjoll OF
Helendale.
DIR. Iversop OF Christine was called
TO. Mrs. Einar Hagen's, Dec. 49,. She
was dangerously i'll while giving birth
to baby boy. At tpis writing, how
ever, mother and child are doing well
DR.. Iverson Of Christine was agair
phoned to cpme out here to At,
tend TO Mrs. John Erickson Of Viking
who was taken i'll very suddenly on
Dec. 26.
Rev. Ballestad held church services
| to d YER. good attendance In the school
house III SheyeIne, Dec. %.
Henry M. Johnsrn sisters Lima
fand Annette, returned from Burleigf
county, Dec. "a, where they have beer
during the last summer and .sere ac.
companied by their brother, Andrew
who has home Itead out there.
Miss Serianna : ockstAd Of Dalton
| tfinn., who IL visiting with her sister
Mrs. b. Ulsaker. OF Foreman, called or
/ Mrs Einar Ufeaker during the hoii.
days.
Albert johnson Of Foreman called o.
| your correspondent Dsa.t az. He wa,
told about the great remedy, . worn
powder for horses which Is getting 1
Norld-wide reputation, and returneS
with q package.
Whereas we are now entering upor
la new year, wish The Forum and Iii
read srs a happy and prosperous New
Year Cor III.