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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

way 1acllllIea ul unv
little more than sufficient for meet
ing present demands, and were rela-
4 lively less than those of some other
parts of the country, Mr.. Finley
said:
sit is manifestly to the interest of
this section that the railways, as in
strumentalities of transportation,
should be built up and strengthened.
{ Even a superficial glance at those Sec
tons which are most prosperous will
demonstrate that their prosperity is
largely based upon the perfection Of
their transportation facilities. Those
producing communities which have
the easiest, quickest and most reliable
ways to market can sell quicker and
more certainly, and thus possess
commercial advantages over COM
munities less favored with means Of
transportation.
"It is, therefore, short-sighted in
any community to permit any other
section, by a larger, nor stable, OF
more conservative policy, to stimu-
late and encourage, TO "a greater ex-
tent than it itself does, the develop
mcnt of transportation facilities. To
the extent that any community per-
mits this, it surrenders to its rival the
commercial advantage which differen-
tiates the growing and prosperous
from the laggard and stagnant COM
munity.
"In view Of these general consider
atoms, which are universally accept
ed as sound by thoughtful men, it be-
comes important to inquire what the
public in any locality can do to pro-
mote this important interest.
"Thc fundamental thing to accom-
plish is to make the investment in
transportation facilities in that local
ity attractive TO the honest investor.
~ is in no way difficult to deter
mine what will do this. All any sen.
siblc man has to do is 20 inquire of
himself what would make an invset-
ment for his savings attractive 10 him,
and he may rest assured that the con-
~sidcrations Which, would induce him
to invest lis savings are of the same
general nature, and are based upon
the same principles of human action.
as those which influence and control
other people.
"In the first place, he would ask
himself whether the proposed invest.
ment is safe, and
"Second, whether it would bring in
as large a return as any other invest
ment that might be open to him as an
alternative.
off he could answer both of these
questions in the affirmative. he you'd
not hesitate to make the investment.
| If. however, he should conclude either
that the investment is unsafe, or that
he could not rely upon as good n re-
4 turn from it as from some other in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Cleaning New York Custom House.

Washington, Specialize elimina-
ton from the customs service Of act
ing Deputy Collector James F. Vail,
the abolition of that office i'll the New
York customs house, the dismissal Of
1O4 men and demotion Of 1913 other
men at New York from March 4 up to
Wednesday night with about a score
of other changes included in Collector
Loeb's statement Friday from New
York were announced by Secretary
MIacVeagh Friday night.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Student Poses as Black Hand.

Philadelphia, Special. = Alleging
that he posed as an influential men,
Der of a "Black Hand" gang, the
postal inspectors Wednesday arrest
ed in this city Perry Ralph Minnick,
a student of the Drexe! Institute, OH
q charge of writing threatening letters
to D. T. Walker, q wealthy Philadel-
phian. demanding $3.50 under penalty
Of death. The authorities say Min
nick confessed that he demanded tho
money to pay his way through college.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
PRES. FINLEYTO FARMERS

Sees a Great Future For the Farmer
and Pleads Against an Unfriendly
Attitude and Unjust Verdicts
Against Railroads.&c. Railroads,
the Farmer, Manufacturer and
Miner Need to Stand Shoulder to
Shoulder. Z
Salisbury, N. c., special.--In ali
address at a meeting Of farmers in
Salisbury on November II President
Finley, of the Southern Railway Com
pany, took a very optimistic view of
the future of agriculture in the South
ern States. He began by saying:
"No one can look forward into the
future with greater confidence than
can the farmer, and in my opinion
there is no area of equal extent in
the world where the agricultural out
look is better than in our Southern
States"
He directed attention to the de-
pendence of all the peoples of the
earth upon the farmer for food and
clothing, tracing the causes of periods
of low prices for farm products in the
Nineteenth Century in large measure
to the opening up of extensive areas
to agriculture and expressing the be-
lief that such relatively rapid increas-
es in the supply of farm products in
the future we're not probable. Show
ing by comparative statistics the rate
a twhich the demand for cotton goods
is increasing, he expressed the belief
that eve may look forward to a time
in the not distant future when the
world will call on the American cot
ton planters for 2O,000,O 900 bales an
pually," while, at the same time.
there would be an increased demand
OF home and abroad, for cotton seed
products. Yet he did not counsel the
growing of cotton to the neglect of
other crops, but advised that the in
cerased production needed to keep
pace with the demand of the world
should be secured by more intensive
cultivation and by the growing Of 9TH
Ell crops with cotton.
Speaking from the viewpoint Of one
in touch with the relations of supply
and demand affecting different COM
modities in the United States and in
foreign countries, Mr. Finley, with a
view to making suggestions of practi-
cal value, emphasized the opportuni-
ties in the. South for the production
Of grains, hay, fruits, vegetables, live
stock, poultry and dairy products,
giving special attention to the market
opportunities for Suothern grown
cabbages, Irish potatoes, and sweet
potatoes. He showed that farmers in
some localities in the South were
shipping these products both to North
ern and Southern markets and were
finding the business so profitable as
to warrant increased production.
Referring to the dependence of ag-
ricultaral prosperity on supply and
demand, he pointed out that the con
dition most favorable to the farmer
is one in which widespread prosper
ity prevails in our own and other
lands,'' and that ability to reach a
market was equally as important as
the existence of the market. The
farmer, therefore, had a vital interest
in the highways from his farm yard
to the markets of the world. After
referring to the Importance of good
country highways, MI. Finley pointed
out that the interest of the farmer in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Five Bodies Recovered.

Cherry, Ill, Special.-With the fire
nm the ST. Paul mine greatly checked
and five of the three hundred bodies
of men who were killed by last Sat-
urday's fire recovered, it is hoped
that much progress towards cleaning
the mine will be made from now on
Charity has poured aid into the homes
of suffering survivors but this could
not subdue the grief of Cherry's in
habitants when the sight of the dead.
lifted from the tomb, exploded their
hopes of rescring them alive.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
E N LIVE MINERS.
Parties Searching For and Bringing
Cut the Dead Find the Living.

SuC Iue lJedu 1uu Guc Living
Cherry, ILL.,, Specialize gamut
from deepest despair to an hysteria
of hope was run here Saturday when
20 miners, entombed in the st. Paul
mine for a week, almost to the hour,
were brought to the surface alive.
The story of their sufferings and
the heroism of their resourceful lead
ers is one of the most thrilling in all
the black history of mining disasters.
Dawn broke with the bearers of
stretchers moving from the pit mouth
to the tent which served as a morgue
with bodies swollen and scorched al
most beyond human semblance. Forty
Of them had been brought up and
most of them identified when the
marvellous report shot through the
~~"strate community: "They've
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

discussed. The violation Of the agree
ment was committed by General Tole-
do, in command of PRESIDENT Zelaya's
forces, when he invaded Costa Rican
territory in his advance on Greytown,
where practically he is now besieged.
In the threatened trouble between
Nicaragua and Venezuela, only a
short time ago, the United States
stood ready to prevent by force If
necessary, the passage of the bellis.
erents across the neutral territory of
Honduras.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Grace Van Studdiford received
a decree of absolute divorce in st.
Louis.
Mrs. C. C. Kenelly has been APP
pointed probation officer of the New
Orleans Juvenile Court by Judge Viii
son.
Miss Winfred S. Gibbs, of New
York City, has taken up the work OF
teaching the orphans of that city how
to cook.
The Wesleyan Conference of Eng
land recently passed by a large major
ity a motion to admit women as lay
delegates.
Prominent women of st. Louis en-
a Russian laborer upon the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
NOkcluu.

r-.v Inursuay. ~OVcIuUel -
day Of thanksgiving to almighty God
for the good we have received ard the
evil we have escaped. A great and
prosperous people to be happy must
be grateful and charitable. There
fore, let the people throughout the
State assemble on that day in their
accustomed places and worship and
tender thanks unto the Lord for His
manifold blessings and let them con-
tribute to the relief Of the poor and
the needy, the afflicted and the dis
tressed the widow and the orphan"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Prominent Pennsylvania Politician
Kills Himself Accidentally.

franklin, Pa, Special" Aecidcn-
tai, slipped and -" was the con-
tents of a note found Sunday night in
a dense thicket beside the body of l.
B. Borland. aged so years, former
county treasurer and a prominent
politician, who had been missing from
home since Friday. A wound i'll the
left leg caused Borland to bleed to
death, according 10 the coroner The
accident was the result of a hunting
trip. It was evident that Borland
began to write the note but fell e.
haustcd before he could finish it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Sheriff at Cairo Loses His Place Be-
cause of Lynching.

Springfield, Ill, Special.-Governor
Charles S. Deneen Thursday declared
the Office of sheriff of Alexander
county vacant because Sharff Frank
E. Davis allowed William James, q
negro murderer. and Henry Salzner.
white, to be taken from his care and
aynched at Cairo by a mob on Novem-
Der II. The Governor acted in OBJ
seryance of c law that provides that
whenever a sheriff s%urrenders a pris-
oner to a mob his Office expires i'm
mcdiateiy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
zelaza slays by Hundreds.

New Orleans. Special.-A cable to
The Picayune from Panama says:
Passengers arriving from Nicaragua
report that a reign of terror exists
throughout the portion of that coun-
try controlled by President Zelaya.
Government troops are rounding up
every person suspected of sympathy
with the revolutionists and executing
them without trial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

All itiivuS".
were alive. It took six hours to BRING
the survivors to the surface. Mean
while a report spread that seventy or
more men were alive in a far reach
of the mine. cut off from escape by
a bank of black damp between their
barricade and the main shaft.
Searching parties on Sunday. how
ever, found no more living and cor
ditions crush all hope of further sue
cess at rescue. Thirty-seven corpses
were removed and buried Sunday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
President Taft at Hampton.

Hampton, Va, Special.-Assuminc
his duties a sa member OF the board
of trustee sand declaring that Inc
wished by that representation to tes'
tifv 10 the interest Of the American
reopIo in the problems icing worked
cut by the school. President Taft
srent all Of Saturday at the Hampton
Normal Institute for Indian and he.
gro boys and GIRLS. lie attended dur
ing the morning 4 meeting of tho
board, inspected tire buildings ane
nun reviewed the students.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
President Finley in Salisbury.

Salisbury, N. C., ~special...Wednes-
dav was Finley day in Salisbury. Had
tie genial president of the Southern
,.ecn the Chief Executive Of the Unit
ed States his welcome could not have
cen mo-c cordial nor his entcrtain-
rent rore complete and satisfying.
'or in Salisbury ~lavicon hospitality
nb,aees the rel who Go things
rom the norcnt lie arrived 10 tn.
nd of the banquet tie city was his.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
vestment, the prudent man would not

vestment, the prudent man would not
venture to make it.
sit is apparent, therefore, that
those communities which want their
transportation to be gradually i'm
proved and perfected, must find some
means of convincing the investor that
his investment in that community will
be safe and that it will bring him as
good returns as an investment in any
other line fo business.
"This is also the thing in regard to
which the railway manager, who
needs funds to develop his system, is
all the time trying to convince lnves-
tors. To aid in this is equally the in
terest and the duty Of the public
which wants and needs increased and
improved transportation facilities.
"In order to make the investor be-
lieve that his investment is safe In
any community, it is necessary to
convince him chat it is protected by a
conservative and just public opinion.
"He cannot feel satisfied if one
measure OF justice is, in that COM
nunity, by juries in litigated eases,
meted out to an individual litigant
and a different and smaller measure
Of justice is melted out to the corpora
ton in which it is sought to induce
him to become an investor. 1t is,
therefore, rot only right, but it is
wise, in any community, to insist
through the medium of an enlighten-
ed unyiclding public sentiment, that
there shall be but n measure of JUS
tice for all l~itigants, and that railway
companies and individual litigants
shall be- treated exactly alike-in 9th
er words, hat there shall be equal
justice to all, and nc excessive OF I'M
Just verdicts against any,.
"I feel, therefore, that I am max
ing a plea, not, only in behalf Of the
railway that 1 especially represent,
but also in behalf of justice and the
public welfare, when I ask that a
public sentiment shall be created
which will discourage the giving Of
excessive and oppressive verdiets
against railroad companies.
"I do not believe that there are two
opinions among candid and consider
ate men as to the injustice that is apt
to be visited upon corporation litl-
giants by large verdicts.
81 have no doubt that frequently
the Jury itself is unconscious of the
injustice Of its action. 1t is difficult
to avoid being influenced by a feeling
Of sympathy for an injured indiyi-
dual. 1t is also difficult to escape the
feeling that a railway company is
great, and powerful, and rich, and is
entitled to no consideration. And vet
railway companies are not great or
powerful, for they have little oppor-
tunity of making friends. In this
Southern country they are not rich,
but are still struggling to equip
themselves adequately for the public
service land to keep pace with the
wonderful commercial development of
our people. They need money for
their development and improvements
which they cannot obtain from their
current earnings, and which canno:
be supplied to them by law. but must
come from voluntary investors. To
get it, they must give assurance of a
constructive ana helpful sentiment
and Of just treatment by juries" and in
the making of laws.
"The fact that verdicts are in
many instances most excessive, and
4h"t there is a growing tendency 60
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Rockefeller Commission to Attend At
lanta Meeting in January.

Atlanta, Ca. Specialize Rookie
teller commission for the eradication
of the hookworm disease is expected
to attend in a body the first national
conference for the study Of this dis
case, to be held in Atlanta January
is and 10. Already the chairman.
DR.. William H. Wclch, and other
members Of the commission, have
signifed their intention Of attending.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Awful A u Tragedy.

Cuthbert. Ga, Special.-Three Nper-
sons are dead and two probably ia
tally injured as a result Of an automo-
bile accident here late Sunday. Tie
dead:
Curtis Williams, of Port Gaines. Ga.
James Shepard, of Edison. Ga. Hor,
ace Shepard, of Edison, Ga. The III
iured: Miss Helene Mattox. aged %,
Coleman, Ga. Shepard and Miss Mat
ton we're going to be married.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Pell Company Gets Control of West
ern Union.

Boston, Srecial.-A long stride to-
ward the complete control by one
corporation of all wire communication
ia the United States was made Tues
day in the acquisition by the Alneri-
can Telephone g. Telegraph Co. OF
the control of the Western Union
telegraph Company. In order to
make the absorption complete. the in
corporation Of a new billion dollar
company, it is said. will be necessary
.to include the $592,475.400 Of bonds
and stocks of the American Tele-
phone Co. Ipany.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Can't Reach the Dead Miners.

Cherry, ILL.,, Special.-After four
days the st. Paul coal mine in which
are still entombed the bodies of three
hundred or more miners as a result
of last Saturdays fire, Wednesday
refused to yield up the dead. Utter
failure to devise any satisfactory
method of recovering the bodies left
the station the same as it was before.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
The President Reverses His Action.

The President ReVerse5 His Action.
Washington, Special.-Representa-
tive John NJ. Morehead has won out
in his fight at the White House. The
President Wednesday issued an order
revoking the appointment Of Prof. j.
R. Glasson of Trinity College to be
census supervisor in the fifth distric.
and caused to be announced the APP
pointrient of D. H. Blair. the man
recommended by Mr.. Morchead. In
taking this action the President also
found it convenient to make a berth
for Professor Glasson. who is to be
appointed an enumerator of manu-
factu-inr statistics.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
White Man Given a 2o-Year Sentence

White Man GIVen q a SeHstECs.
Savannah, Ga, Special.-Twenty
wears in the penitentiary was the pun
ishment metcd out to James D. De-
cris Tuesday in Chatham superior
court, fer his attack and assault upon
g l4-year-old white CIR, ear the out
skirts of the city several months ago,
after he had lured her from her moth
er's charge by promise of finding
work for her. The girls story on
the witness stand brought tears to
the eyes of hearers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

Hollow Horn Boar, chief OF all the
Sioux, is the first living man to have
his portrait oz the national currency.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
NO HOPE FOR TEE MINERS.
Fire Ranges Within and Nothing Can
Be Done to Secure Even the Bodies
of the Entombed Men

Cherry, Ill, special.-When tho
entombed men, or more likely their
bodies, will be brought to the surface
is doubtful. None of the officers be-
lieve that any Of the 300 entolnbed
men are alive, but nothing more IL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
NIGARAGUAN MUSS
zelayaO Orders Two Americans
Summarily Shot.
LOUIS GROGE AND LEROY CANNON
Captured il Revolutionary Army Are
Denied Trial-Gunboats Sent to the
Scere-President Taft Enraged.
News has reached the depart

News has reached the depart
ment that two American citizens,
! Leroy Cannon and Louis Groce
caught by the zelaya forces in
Nicaragua from the insurgent
forces were summarily shot, has
produced a disturbed condition
of things.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Prince George has resigned his
ommission as Admiral of the Grecian
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
FOR
CNCAMPMCNT WEEK

Salt Lake. August "A spectacle
much as though old Ensign peak, un-
der the guidance of a Vulcan, had sud
denly assumed volcanic proportions.
riyaling the famous Vesuyius. will be
seen in the vicinity of the old noun
tain Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday nights Of encampment
week
Tuesday night, when sufficient dark
ness has obtained, the gigantic steel
guns of the Pain Fireworks company
situated on Ensign will hrc the aerial
salute to announce over the city the
commencement Of the program. First
lao great DrIsmatlc fires OF brilliant
Varicolored compound will illuminate
Ensign peak and the surrounding coun-
try. making the hills as light as mid
day. Then will come a long series of
the most up-to-date creations In the
pyrotechnlc line, OF these, the most
unique feature viii be the ascension
OF twelve great fire balloons which
will illuminate the entire valley with
magnesium lights OF great power.
a national shield depicted in an aer-
ial shower of stars Is also promised
as one Of the very latest novelties.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
DESERTERS FROM TIE ARMY
CAPTURED AND RECAPTURED

Priyates Otto Eckland and William
Steincipher who deserted from Fort
Douglas about Z o'clock last evening.
were arrested by Police Captain Brown
and CHIEF of Detectives Pender about
noon today
DR.. Stillman, Of the medical CORPS
at Fort Douglas, came TO ogden in an
effort to locate the runaways He
gave a description to Captain Brown
and Detective Pender and then the
three men commenced a search. They
had not gone far uD Washington ave
nue., however, when they ran across
the men they wanted In front of the
Elite cafe. The soldiers were dress
ed In civilian clothes of the latest
pattern and were apparently getting
ready TO enjoy the pleasure of circus
day
When the men were being taken to
the city jail. they broke away from
the officers at the corner of city hall
square and ran towards town. One
OF them was overtaken by the Fort
physician In the park and the other
was re-captured by the local officers
as he was attempting to hide i'm the
stairway leading TO the second floor
OF tho Carr drug store building. on the
corner OF Grant avenue and Twenty
fourth street. They will be taken TO
Salt Lake by officers from the Fort
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
CEN. SUPT. PARK KNOWS OF
NO CUT-0FFS TO Be BUILT

General Superintendent w. l.. Park
Of the Union Pacific system, accom-
panied by Superintendent w. A. Whit
ncy of the Utah division. arrived from
the east on the fast mail train this
afternoon Mr. Park occupied his prl-
vate car and. after a brief conference
with local officials, he continued west
over the San Pedro route and Will
visit Los Angeles and other coast cit
les during the trip To a Standard
reporter Superintendent Park said:
I'm just out on little vacation
and am taking 4 run over TO Los An
geles after my family who have been
spending a few weeks on the coast.
Everything is running along smooth
~ and nicely on the Union Pacific
system ad business Is icreasing as the
season advances. Improvement work
is being pushed TO completion all
along the line and everything Is I'm
excellent shape for the heavy traffic
OF the fall and winter months
mo. | know OF no new or import
ant work contemplated or mapped out
and the revived stories of new cut
offs here. there and elsewhere, effect
ing radical changes. are simply the
dreams of visionary newspaper writ
ers. | guess. NV attention has been
called to recent stories published in
reference to changes of an importance
nature in this section. but | know
nothing regarding the matter and no
information Of that character Is cur
rent around the general headquarters
Of the system at Omaha