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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04
At THE NEW OGDEN TIEArER.

OGDEN. Feb s-"Bevcrly." dram
,tization of the popular book Beverly
of G Grnustark'' from the brilliant pea
Of Of George Barr Mccutcheon. Will be
,,resented at the new Ogden theater on
saturday evening. Feb. .. by a capaole
company. on Monday night. the man
aremcnt announce william II. crane
and company In George Ade's comeov'
''Father and the Boys
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04

the plant. as important matters of this
nature are handled from the general
Office at Salt Lake.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04
LOGAN.

The News is Delivered by Carrier
In Logan Every Night (Sunday cx,
ceptcd) at 10 Cents Per month. All
payments and complaints regarding
delivery. should be made to j. NJ.
Blair, Agent for Daily. Saturday
and Semi Weekly News. las w.
First North Street Phono S0s-R
Bell Ofnce with Carbon Company,
Real Estate and Loans, liz North
Main Street Phones 90 Bell and 16s
Ind.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04
ui7,rkEr EVENING NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4 1910

and councilman OF Wcllsvillc. and only
advancing years caused him TO give
up public duties. He is indeed a re-
markable old mnn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04

race az an open sewer could not be
used longer than TIL such time as the
city can run a pipe to the lake.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04

ING.
We are the pioneers in Job Print
ing and Book Binding In the state
Our facilities are the best for handl-
ing any class OF work. no matter how
large or how small.
THE DESERET NEWS JOB DEPT
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-04

Good music. Finest floor, good
management, Dance Second Ward hall
tonight. 7th South and 5th East"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Both yirginias File Objections.

Washington, Speeial.-The State
of West Virginia and Virginia Sat
urday filed in the Supreme Court OF
the United States exceptions to the
report Of Charles E. Littlefeld, spec
ial master, to ascertain facts as a
basis of arriving at the proportion
of the debt Of Virginia before the
organization of West Virginia, That
the latter State should pay to the
former.
According to the report West vir-
ginia may be called upon to pay be-
tween $3,0OO,00O and 100000 to
the mother State. The principal OBJ
lection made is that West Virginia,
Directing to the master including in
the aggregate amount of ordinary ex-
penses Of Virginia from 1923 to 1860
the sum of $1s,O0O,O00 as interest on
the public debt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
GOVERNOR SCORED
Patterson Denounced for Par
doning Col. Cooper
SENSE OF DEGtKCY is SHOCKED
Capt. g. T. Fitshugh, Prosecuting
Attorney, Who Made Famous
Speech, Declares That the Law Has
Been Frampled Under Foot.

Memphis, Tenn, Special.-Capt. g.
7. Fitzhugh, assistant counsel for
the prosecution in the Cooper case,
whose speech at the faraous trial at
tracted widespread attention, charac-
terized the pardon Of Col. Duncan B.
Cooper as an outrage. He said:
"The disgraceful haste displayed
by the Governor in pardoning Cooper
before the ink was hardly dry on
the Supreme Court opinion, convicting
him of murder, shocks every sense
Of decency.
"Sworn to execute the laws as con.
strued by the highest Court, the
Governor, without even a petition
from any one, tramples law under
foot and sets aside the Courts de-
cision for the benefit of a cold-blood-
ed murderer. whose influence with
the Governor is, and has been, far
more potent than the interest and
safety of the people of this great
Commonwealth"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
SOUTH CAROLINA r A
The Cream Of News Iteus Gathered
From ALI Over South Carolina
and Boiled Down.
Freight Rates Will be Lowered.

Freight Rates VIII De Lowered.
MI. T. C. Williams, the real estate
man whose various companies have
conducted a number of successful OPP
erations at Columbia and at other
points in the State and at points IN
North Carolina and Virginia, has
completed. all the main details in an
enterprise which promises advan-
tages in point of freight rates to
Columbia, and to the State as a
whole.
Mr.. Williams plan is to put the
boat transportation problem on a
thoroughly practical business basis
by building and putting on the river
between here and Georgetown three
big steel freight boats with a carry.
ing capacity of $50 tons each, build
and operate a railroad system in and
around Columbia, so as to make the
physical connections between the
boat line and the railroad and pri-
cate warehouses, and make traffic ar
rangements with the street car line,
for a central depot.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Aiken Wants S. A. L. Too.

Aiken is going to make an attempt
to get the Seaboard Railway. At a
meeting of city council the matter
was informally discussed, and the
fact that Springfield, Barnwell and
Orangeburg are alive to the situation
was brought out, and the advantages
of having the Seaboad to pass through
the city were discussed by the gen.
tlemen of the council.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
YARDAMAN AGAIN
Will Have Another Chance at
U.S.. Senate
PRIMARY ELECTION TO BE HELD
Senator Percy's Suggestion That His
Election Be Repudiated or Endors-
ed, Adopted by Legislature-WM
be Held in November.

Jackson, Miss, special.-After en-
dorsing the suggestion Of United
States Senator Leroy Percy that a
primary election be called in effect
to serve as an endorsement or re-
pudiation tc he people Of his election
to Congress, the Mississippi Legis-
lature adjourned sine die Saturday
after probably the most sensational
legislative session in The history OF
the State.
The resolution as to the primary
adopted by the Legislature instructs
the State Democratic executive com
mittee to call the election to select
a party senatorial nominee for the
regular term which will begin in
1913 to be held during the month OF
November of this year. In this prl-
mary Mr.. Percy and Mr.. Vardaman
will both be candidates. Should the
result be unfavorable to Percy ne
agreed, in his address, to tender his
resignation as United States Senator
for the present term to the next ses-
sion of the State Legislature, an ap-
pointment to be made by the Gov
ernor to hold until the nominee Sc
lected at the proposed primary is
seated in 1913. Both Senator Percy
and Mr.. Vardaman have addressed
to Chairman Lomax Of the Demo-
cratic State executive committee
agreeing to this plan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
spartanburg Festival Closes.

Twenty-four hundred people on the
last night of the Sp~artanburg music
festival, sat enthralled and breath
less listening to such music as has
seldom been heard even at a musical
festival in that city. 1t was artists
night, and Madame Jeane Gerville.
Reeche and Signor Nicola. Zerola
were the charmers who held the au-
dience in listening silence or caused
it to break forth in wild outbursts
of enthusiastic applause.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
FOR RIFLE RANGES
Government VIII Buy Land {
The South
INTERESTING TO r!LITARY men
Sites Will be Purchased in North and
South carolins, Tennessee and
eeorgia-Places For Encampments
to Be Selected.

Washington, special.-A bill in
troduced in the House by Congress-
man Byrns, of Tennessee, authorizes
the Secretary Of War, whenever it
may seem expedient for him to do SO,
to acquire lands in the States Of
Tennessee, Georgia, South Caro-
lima, and other States, under the De-
partment Of the Gulf, which may be
suitable for encampments, rifle
ranges, etc. 1t is understood that
this is a step in q general plan Of
action by the war department of
establishing. such ranges in the
States mentioned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Street Gar Strike Settled.

Philadelphia, Specialize COM
mittee Of fourteen, composed of rep
resentatives of the-striking motor
men and conductors from each of the
barns of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company met Friday and
voted in favor of accepting a settle
ment offered by the company through
representatives of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Since the begin
ming of the strike % persons have
been killed by trolley cars. These
accidents, the strikers claimed, were
caused by inexperienced motormen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Football Victim Finally Passes.

Annapolis, Md, Special.-Earl
Wilson, the Navy football player,
died Saturday morning.
Wilson, who was from Covington,
KY, was injured October 16 last, in
the game against Villa Nova College.
1t NASHVILLE making a flying tackle
that the back Of his neck struck
violently against the ground. An ex-
animation revealed q fracture be-
tween the fourth and fifth eervical
vertebrae, and the spinal cord was
severely depressed, causing complete
paralysis from the shoulders down.
An operation was performed by
which the pressure on the spinal cord
was relieved, and physicians felt
that this would bring about his re-
covery, but in vain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
News Notes Of General Interest
From All Parts Of the State.

C%arolinian. Accountant in Mississippi
A young South C%arolinian has
sprung into prominence in probing
the Mississippi graft, which now is
attracting a great deal of attention
not only in that State but through
out the country, owing to the promi-
nence of the officials said to be con-
nected with graft scandals. This
Carolinian is Charles j. Moore, OF
Columbia, who has been engaged as
expert accountant to look officially
into the graft charges.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Several Charters Granted.

The Seneca Light and Power COM
pany of Seneca has been chartered
by the secretary Of state with a CAPT
tai of $4,000. The company. will
manufacture and sell electric lights
ind electric power and is given the
right to develop water powers.
The Wee. Nee bank of Kingstree
has been commissioned with a cap
ital of $4,000. A general banking
business will be conducted by the
bank.
The Richard Supply company Of
Lexington, was commissioned with a
capital of $4,000 A general mercan-
tile business will be conducted by the
company.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Wages Increased 100000.

New York special.-Substantial
increases in wages by the subsidiary
companies of the United States Steel
Corporation will soon be announced
to become effective May l, it was Of
fciallly stated here Saturday. The
proposed increase will apply to a
large majority of the corporations
225,O 900 employees and in round fig
ures will increase the pay-rolls Of the
steel corporation by about $9,0OO,-
900 annually.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Commander Names staff.

Rome, Ca, Special.-Charles C.
Harper, commander Of the Georgia
division, United Sons of Confederate
Veterans, announced his staff appoint
ments IS follows: Division adjutant,
Phil G. Mullin, Rome; Inspector,
John W. Bale, Lafayette; quarter
master, E. N. Martin, S~ummerville;
commissary, G. E. Maddor, Rome;
Judge advocate, 9. 81. Abrahams, Sa.
vannah; surgeon G u Radicil, Chick.
anuanga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Lady Agent Educational Campaign.

Elise G.. Rudd, a graduate Of Win
throp College and treasurer of the
South Carolina School Improvement
Association, has been elected field
agent Of the educational campaign
and will have headquarters in the Of
fee of State Superintendent of Ed
ucation Swcaringen. Miss Rudd is
from Saluda county and since gradu-
alton has taught in the schools of
the State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Mr.. Burton, "Be Ashamed i"

Washington, special.-Santor Bur-
ton, chairman of the National Water
ways Commission, opposes pending
bill, which would appropriate about
$52,000,0OO for improvement of riv-
ers and harbors. Severely arraigns
piecemeal appropriations and con-
dennis many of the projects named.
His objections lover wide range aud
entire Senate may be involved in the
discussion. Will attack specific
items, among them the Norfolk-B Beau
fort waterway.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Found Dead in Bed.

J.. G. Lindley vas arrested at
Greenville, charged with the murder
of Ben Allen, who was found in bed
at his home Friday with a bullet
hole in his head. There are mys-
ferrous circumstances surrounding the
killing, it first being alleged that AL
len had committed suicide. Later
development disproved this theory,
when it became known to the police
that Dindley had bben intimate with
Aliens wife. All parties are white.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Stamps for Food stuffs.

Stamps to The number of l,800,0 600
were ordered by Commissioner Wat
son, to be used in carrying out the
requirements of the commercial food
stuffs inspection act, which was pass
ed at the last session of the general
assembly. The stamps will be sold
in books of 1000, 1000 and 5000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Red Men Elect Officers.

At their annual convention the Red
Men elected the following officers:
Grand prophet, J.. S. Booth, Chester;
great sachem, Otto Kleetner, New
berry; great senior sycamore, DR..
j. P. Carlisle, Greenville; great Ju-
Nor sycamore, James G. Long, I'm
ion; great chief Of records, B. c:
Wallace, Sumter; great keeper OF
wampum, S. NJ. Clarkson, of Colum-
bia; great representative, Cole L.
Blease, N%ewberry; trustee, d. e.
Summers, of Newberry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Big Salary for Some Farmer.

Washington, Specialize inter-.
national Institute of Agriculture, soon
to convene at Rome, meets once a
year and remains in session a month,
and Secretary Knox has urged upon
the House an appropriation Of 3d..
900 as the salary of an American
member Of the permanent committee.
The United States is entitled to FIVE
delegates to the general assembly
Of the institute.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Eyelyu Thaw Gone Co Paris.

New York, Special.-Ambitious to
gain fame as a sculptor, Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw has sailed for Paris to con-
tinue her art work abroad. She will
rent a modest apartment: in Paris
and do her own cooking. She still
receives a monthly allowance from
the Thaw family but her friends say
she is permanently estranged from
Harry z. Thaw, her husband.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Women hiss President Taft.

Washington, Speciaf.-The Presi-
dent of the United States, the first
Chief Executive Of the nation ever
to greet a convention of woman suf.
fragists, braved the danger of fac
ing an army of women who want the
ballot, had the courage to confess his
opinion, and was Kissed. So great
was the throng that sought admis-
sion to the hall that hundreds were
turned away.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Sand Flies in Berry Trees.

The origin Of the insect commonly
called the sand fly may have been
found in the berry of certain trees.
according to Mrs. Harriet Lewis of
Mount Pleasant. Fortifying her posi-
ton with the aid of a microscope in
the examination of these organisms
under the glass, she advises that the
trees Of this section which have the
berries found to contain these or
ganisms should be DESTROYED.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Pensions for Home Soldiers.

AS the result of a resolution pass
ed at the meeting of State Board OF
Pensions, at Columbia, all veterans
at the Confederate Home who receiv-
ed pensions before going to the home
will continue to receive the same
amount.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
New Orleans Port Clear.

New Orleans, Special.-That re-
ports of fraud in the weighing Of
sugar at the port of New Orleans
were without grounds and that the
government had not lost a penny in
this connection was the gist Of the
report which Assistant Attorney
General W. T. Denison placed in the
hands Of the United States grand
jury in this city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Earthquake's Destructive Force.

San Jose, Costa RIGA, By Special
Cable.-A series Of earth shocks,
varying in intensity, Friday swept
over Costa RIGA doing vast damage,
the extent of which can only be es-
timated at more than $l,000,OO0. So
far there has been no report of loss
of life, but people in the cities are
panic-stricken and are abandoning
their homes for the hillsides.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Marion's Handsome Library.

The Marion free public library
is n of the pioneer free libraries
in South Carolina. From small !!e.
ginnings, when it was supported by
a few public spirited citizens, it has
come to be an institution housed in a
brick buildings with an en-
dowment of $4,000 and receiving par
tial support from the town revenues.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
youngest Mother in the World.

Chicago, Special.-Oficials Of the
Juvenile Court investigated the case
of Annie Epps, 10 years old, who
gave birth to a girl baby at the coun-
ty hospital several days ago. "The
young mothers age has been %investi-
gated and it has been found abso-
lutely true that she is just 10 years
DID," a physician at the hospital
said. "She is one of the youngest
mothers known in this part of the
world"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Other Lucky N. & W. Employees.

Roanoke, Va, Specialize train
men and yardmen employed by the
Norfolk & Western Railroad get an
increase of 6 per cent in pay. The
new wage schedule was arranged at
conferences held between the man.
agement Of the road and representa-.
.tiYes of the amploYes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Another Story on the Citadel.

At a meeting Of the Board of Wis
itors Of the Citadel, at Charleston,
the contract for the erection Of the
fourth story Of the Citadel was
awarded to the j. 7. Snelson Co. for
the sum of $26,SO0. There were six
bidders. The work will be begun N
May 6 and it will be completed by
Sept. 18th.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Charged With Breach of Trust.

\ J. Alex. Gordon, formerly teller
of the Germania Savings bank,
Charleston, was arrested OH a war
rant sworn out by State Bank Elk
aminer Giles L Wilson, charging him
with breach of trust to the amount
Of 10,520. He was released from
custody upon furnishing a bond Of
$500, with five substantial citi-
zens as surety.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Record Of Newberry Sheriff.

Pink Saunders one of the four
prisoners who have escaped from the
Newberry5 Jail during Sheriff Bu-
ford's long serviee-more than a de-
cade-has been recaptured.
In all Sheriff Buford's career only
these two men, and two negroes, who
escaped about 10 years ago and sub
sequently were recaptured have es-
capped his vigilance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
U..C. N. Maids of Honor.

Miss May Meatze, of Columbia,
has been appointed one Of the two
maids Of honor for the South Caro-
lima Division, U. G. ". Miss Mildred
Patterson, Of Chester, is the sponsor
for the division. Miss Edith C. Rice
Of Denmark, is the other maid of
honor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Lake City Truckers Complain.

w. L. Bass and D. M. Epps, repre-.
senting the Lake City Truck Growers
Association, have made their formal
complaint before the Interstate Com
merce Commission Of rate discrimi-
nations by the Atlantic Coast Line.
The Atlantic Coast Line has made a
small reduction on crates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
High School oratorical Contest.

A. W. Folger of the Easley high
school won first place in the high
school oratorical contest. Allen Nor
ms Of Westminster won second place.
The contest was held in the audi
forum Of the Greenville Female
College.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Women sufragettes BY Thousands.

Women sufragettes by Thousands.
Washington, Spectators than
5000 suffragettes from every State.
and Terrotory in the country are at
the national capital to attend the
forty-third annual convention of the
National American Women Suffrage
Association. They have planned an
assault on the Capitol. This will be
one of the most unusual sights ever
witnessed beneath the dome of that
historic structure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Alabama Editor cowhided.

Florence, Ala, Special.-Much ex-
citement was occasioned on the
streets here when Mayor Walker
publicly horsewhipped H. e. Meeser,
editor Of the Florence Herald, for
editorially attacking the mayors
YeracitY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Electrical Storm in Tennessee.

Memphis, Tenn, Special.-All rail-
road traffic in and out of Memphis
was suspended Friday. The severe
rain and electrical storm which
swept West Tennessee, Arkansas and
Mississippi has caused washouts on
all roads running into Memphis with
the exception Of the Yazoo & Hiss
issippi Valley to New Orleans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Continuation of international Peace.

Chicago, Special.-Lord Kitchener,
of England, who is on a visit to this
country, said in an interview: ~
see no reason why international
peace should not continue from this
very moment. One never knows,
however, when something will stir
NO trouble and war does not often
announce itself far in advance. 1t
always pays to keep ones powder
dry."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
jury Convicts Strike Breaker.

Philadelphia, Specialize first
strike-breaker to be placed on trial
on charges growing out of disturb
ances due to the street car. strike in
this city was convicted by a jury Of
assault and battery with attempt to
kill.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Police Chief and Recorder Fined.

Atlanta, Ca, special.-Recorder
Nash Broyles, Of the Atlanta police
court and Chief johnson of the SAM
tary department, were fined $lO.75
by Mayor Maddox, as the result Of
the fist fight between the two in po-
lice court after the lie had been e1-
changed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Colored Industrial School Burned.

The Walton cottage, used as a boys
dormitory at the industrial school for
destitute negro children al Irmo, was
totally destroyed by fire. The oc-
cupants, several colored boys, had a
narrow. escape from death. Richard
Carroll believes that the fire proba-
bly, originated from a lighted cigar
cite. He does not believe it to have
heen %innendiary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
Cen. Reed will Command.

Gen. j. W. Reed, commanding the
first brigade, S. C. Division, L. C. ",
who by reason of the death of Gen.
Zimmerman Davis and the illness of
Gen. B. II. league, of the SECOND
Brigade, will be lin command of the
division in Mobile at the annual re-
union.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-04-20
st. George After Varmints.

The municipal authorities of St.
George are going to see to it that
the violators of the prohibition law
are properly dealt with. Corpora
ton Council Conner has prepared a
strong law regulating the handling
and sale Of sp;rituous LIQUORS,