Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-17
INTERESTING STATE NEWS
Column Of Current Events Caught
In Every County From Coast to
Mountain Cap.

Mountain Cap.
Tut Hampton in Hall Of Fame"
"The fondest hope OF my life.'s
said Col. U. r. Brooks, clerk Of the
supreme court and distinguished
veteran. "is to see the Statue Of
Wade Hampton placed in the hall Of
fame in Washington. John C. Cal
houn represents the civic side Of
South Carolina and Gen. Hampton
represents the military side.
Col. Brooks thinks the statue
should be placed by the State legis-
lature through an appropriation.
In speaking Of the statue Col.
Brooks said: stLet me say word re-
garding The greatest Of later day
Carolinians. I want toSsee his statue
in the hall of fame at Washington.
While the State has already dis
charged, in part, her debt of graft
tude to him by building a monument
on the State house grounds, there is
vet something more to be done. In
the hall of Fame at Washington each
State is entitled to place statues to
two Of its most distinguished dead.
One of the two inches assigned to
South Carolina has been filled with
the statue of her greatest Statesman.
John C. Calhoun. Now. would sug-
gest, and urge it upon the legislature
of the State that the other niche be
given to Wade Hampton, South Car
olina's most distinguished soldier.
His statue, more than that of any
other, is entitled to the place. His
efigy would be a fit companion piece
to that of Virginia's peerless sol
dier, the immortal Lee.
colored Boys Sister RolDs Him.
John Taylor, a tensyear-old negro
10y from Anderson, who was ar
rested in Atlanta Wednesday morn
ing on charge Of approp1iating a
bicycle, secured the sympathy Of the
court by a marvellous tale of lost
wealth..
John declares that he came from
Anderson to Atlanta on last Thurs
day. He was accompanied by his Sis
ter and they had with them nearly
$1,000, which they had found in a
trunk in their home several months
ago on the death Of their father.
John says that both:his father and
mother worked all their lives and
saved their money. When the. money
was found, SO he claims, his sister
gave him $500, but on their arrival
there, she told him to turn the money
over to her so that she might put it
in the bank.
The sister went to the esbank" and
never returned-sinee that time John
has been sleeping in wagon yards and
vacant lots.
Recorder Pro Tenn Preston ordered
the boy to the Carrie Steel Orphan
home, while Probation Officer Glcer
investigated his story.
100000 Pounds Less Tobacco Sold.
As a result of the heavy rains
which caused a late season in the Pee
Dee section of the State, over 3,OO0,-
600 pounds representst he decrease in
sales for the first month of the to-
bacco market, according to a report
issued for July by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. The total sales
for July on the floors of 26 ware
houses in ID markets were 2,344,7S0
pounds, which was sold for $780,
639.S9. The total sales for July Of
last year We're 5,337,474, which was
valued at $237,876.95.
There are 26 warehouses in the
State, located at Conway, Darling
ton; Dillon, Florence, Kinstree, Lake
City, Latta, Loris, Manning, Marion,
Mullins, Nichols, Timmonsville.
There was a decrease Of two in the
number of warehouses.
The largest number of pounds to
be sold was at Lake City, there being
511,290 pounds placed on the market
for $23l24.60. Although there were
nearly 100000 more, pounds sold at
Lake City than at Timmonsrille, the
value of the Timmonsville sales were
over $4,000 greater.
An Interesting Discussion.
In view of recent arrests on the
authority of the Act of tile General
Assembly, passed at the 1910 session
of the. General Assembly, making it
a m~isdemeanor to issue a check with
no funds in the bank, there has arisen
some interesting discussion among the
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