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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
To Reimburse Carriers.

The Senate has passed q bill,
which, if passed also by the House,
will mean much for a large number
of letter carriers in different parts
Of the United States. The purpose
Of the bill is to reimburse carriers
for services, found by the Court Of
Appeals to have been performed by
them in excess of eight hours a day
some years ago. Several attempts
have been made to get the House to
take favorable action but without
success up to the present time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Wire to White House.

Pittsburg, Pa, speeial.-A private
telephone wire from the home of
Chas. P. Taft, TO the White House
in Washington is being arranged
with the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. The 725 miles
of wire will be at the service of
Charles P. Taft from 6 p. m. till 6
a. m. No outside hands will ma
nipulate the switchboard plugs and
no outside ear will hear the per-
sonal conversations of the brothers.
The wire, it is said, will cost Mr..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Asks Vast Sum For Jail.

Two hundred and seventy-hvt
thousand dollars for the remodelina
Of the District Jail is an item asked
by Attorney General Wickershau
in the next sundry civil bill. At.
torney General Wickersham plans ts
have the prisoners do the work OF
the Jail and make it a"credit instead
of a disgrace to the District Hall
the expense would be paid by the
District.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Pleaded to be Taxed.

Washington, Specialize novel
spectacle Of a corporation pleading
with the Supreme Court of the Init
ed States to be allowed to be taxed
was presented when counsel for the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Company asked the court to uphold
the constitutionality of the corpora
ton tax. A brief on behalf Of the
company was fled by William N.
Dikeman and Arthur E. Goddard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
The Price of Persistency.

Boston, Mass, Special.-After a
legal battle, which has been dragged
through state and federal courts for
fully twenty years, Mrs. Eva A. In
gersoll has received a certified check
for $195,551.9S, representing a fee
which she claimed was due her hus-
band, the late Robert G. Ingersoll,
for services in breaking the will of
Andrew J. Davis, a millionaire miner
of Montana.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
What a Rumor Did.

Cleveland. Ohio, Special.-With
thousands of panic stricken deposit
tors clamoring at it's doors, the bank
of the Society of Savings faced a
run which apparently had as basis
merely vague rumors. Ninety per
cent of the frightened throng that
surrounded the building were women
and nearly all we're foreigners.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Statue to Calhoun.

In the two houses of Congress.
South Carolina and Massachusetts,
joined hands over the grave Of John
C. Calhoun. The occasion was the
unwilling of the statue of the great
South Carolinian which sixty years
after his long continued struggle for
state rights has been set in statuary
hall. The handsome statue was the
gift of the State of South Carolina,
to the National government.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
White Man Dies Defending Negroes

Pensacola, Fla, SpeclaI.-Koy
Witherspoon of Gallatin, Tenn, died
in a hospital here as the result OF
wounds received last week at the
hands of a mob in Baldwin county,
Alabama, from whom he was attempt
ing to shield some negroes.
Louis Donelson, alleged leader OF
the, mob which is charged with an
attempt to rid Baldwin county of its
negroes, and who is specifically charg:
ed with firing the two shots which
resulted in Witherspoon's death, has
surrendered to the authorities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Naval increase fer year.

The House committee on naval
affairs has voted for the construction
of two battleships, n repair ship!
two fleet GOLFERS and four sub.
marines. This represents the nava
increase for the present year and Ii
practically the same as urged by
President Taft and by Secretary
Meyer. The two battleships will b.
of either 10000 or $4,000 tons dis
placement. Their cost will be about
$1,000 900 each. The repair SHY
will cost something less than ST.
100000. The four submarines are
for the Pacific coast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Is in S%partanburg.

Mrs. Geo. O.. Tenny, Of Richmond,
Va, who is suing her husband for
alimony and legal separation, which
suit has resulted in Mr.. Tenny bring
ing serious charges against his wife
in a counter suit for divorce, is in
Spartanburg for several days, a
guest of Mrs. G.. A. Bunch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
New Record for Pistol Shot.

Spokane, Wash, special.-Frank
Frome, national indoor pistol cham
pion, established a new worlds rec
ord here when he scored SO out OF
a possible 100 at 20 Yards.
The old record was SO. The shoot
ing was done under artificial light,
while the old record was made under
natural light.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Charged With shanghaiing.

Buffalo, N. Y, Specialize Lake
Carriers Association, which controls
a large percentage of shipping on
the T reat Lakes, was indicted by the
Federal grand jury here on a charge
of shanghaiing. The indictments are
against the corporation, the officials
Of which must appear before Judge
Hazel next week to plead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Aiken to Get Free Delivery.

Free delivery of mail in the city
of Aiken is now assured. The postal
receipts are now far in excess of
what is required by the postofice
department, and city council has de-
cided to have the necessary improve
ments made in order to secure the
service at a very early date. Aiken's
postal receipts are in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 in excess this year
over last. The receipts are far in
excess Of the required $4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
sympathetic Strikes unlawful.

Richmond, Va, Special.-Sympa-
thetie strikes r unlawful, accord
ing to a decision handed down by the
United States circuit court of ap-
peals in which it sustained a recent
judgment Of Judge Dayton, Of West
Virginia. The case was that of the
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
VS.. the United Mine. workers Of
America.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
&1a sbinSfon.
News of the National Capitol Briefly Noted tn
Passing for the Reader.
Not Higher Than Law.

Congressman Not Higher Than Law.
Declaring that the court was en-.
tirely within its authority when it
issued the writ of mandamus order
ing the joint Committee on Printing
of Congress, to show cause why it
should not consider the bid Of the
Valley Paper Company, Of Holyoke,
Mass, Justice Wright, in a decision
in the case declared that to have re-
fused to issue the mandamus be-
cause some of the persons sued oc.
cupied the exalted position of SEN
ators "would have been to betray
the law"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
orangeburg to Keep Cool.

The ice factory plant Of the
Crystal Ice Company was sold at
public auction in Orangeburg by
the trustee in bankruptcy. Joseph
A. Berry Of the Crystal Ice company,
by order of the United States court,
and was bid in for $4,000. Already
a new company has been organized
to take over the plant and to engage
in the manufacture of ice.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Aged Distiller Gives himself Up.

Baltimore, S~pecial-George I.
Gambrell, the aged president of the
Roxbury Bistillery company, want
ed by the police on charges of fradu-
lently issuing. whiskey certificates up
on which he was alleged to have OBJ
tanned loans amounting from $780,
600 to 100000 surrendered himself
to the authorities here. He was
later released in $4,000 bail. Gam
brell, who had been missing since
February "a, returned from Ensley,
Ala. His distilling company is in the
hands Of receivers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Fatally Burned.

Miss Angeline Dufie, who was liv-
ing near Saluda with her brother on
E. A. Perry's place, was burned to
death. She was burning some trash
about the yard when her clothing
caught on fire and despite her own
frantic efforts and the assistance of
her brother and his wife who were
near, the flames could not be ex-
tinguished.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Got That Much?

out 4udt IAuCu9
Have You $34.87 in your pocket
Or in the bank? If you have not,
then you are shy on the per capita
circulation of money in the United
States, as shown by the books of
the treasury department. The de-
partment, in reaching this calcula-
ton, estimates the population at &c.
$4,000, and announces the amount
of money in circulation on March 1
as $3,134,O93,25O, which, if equally
divided, would give evry man, woman
and child in the country $34.S7.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Laughs when Told He is Dead.

Rome, By CABLE. Pierpont Nor
gan enjoyed a hearty laugh when lie
heard for the first time Of the rumor
that he was dead. 81 am accustom-
ed to such tricks. I have never felt
as we'll as | do now
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
New Railway Company.

The secretary of state chartered the
Grcenville, Spartanburg and Ander-
son Railway company with a capital
stock of 100000. The company is
given the right to increase the capital
to $4,000 600. The line will be
operated by electricity and will ex-
tend from the city Of Anderson to
Spartanburg,-a distance Of about IS
miles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Miss Gerald Stands Firm.

Ignoring a letter of dismissal sent
to her by Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
prssident.general of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, Miss
Agnes Gerald reported for work as
usual at the headquarters of the So
ciety in Washington.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
schoolmatas TO Ayenge.

Kansas City, No., Speeial.-Deter-
mihe,i 20 avenge an attempted assault
on Miss Cora Downs, II years old.
by a negro in Kansas City, Fan
so high school classmates of the gin
Joined a sheriff's party in a searcL
for the fugitive.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
First Goyernor's Certificate Received

The certificate of the Governor Of
South Carolina certifying to the ac.
tion of that State in accepting the
income tax amendment to the Con-
stitution has been presented in Wash
ington to the Senate. The document
is the first of the kind to be receiv-
ed by the Senate in compliance with
the tariff law Of the last session.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
100000 900 to Buy Land.

The Senate has passed a bill art
thorizing the expenditure of $40,
100000 for the purchase of land
south of Pennsylvania avenue, in
Washington, as sites for public build
ings. There was no opposition, and
no time except that necessary for tho
reading of the measure was consumed
in its consideration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
After 80. Years.

The familiar face Of Alonzc
Stewart, who has been an employe
of the Senate. for thirty-two years.
is now missing. The fact that
Stewart is 20 longer an officer of
the Senate was disclosed by Senator
Hale, who introduced a resolution
providing for the payment of six
months salary to him. His resigna-
ton was requested.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Cheek Bone Broken.

S. R. Suber, in Gaffney, while
starting from in front Of his store
on Frederick street, was thrown from
a wagon and sustained severe in
iuries and bruises. Mr.. Suber's
cheek bone was broken
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Change in Railroad Bill.

The committee on interstate and
foreign commerce has made e dras.
tic change in the administration rail-
road bill by striking out the ar-
thorization under which a carrier
which owns fifty per cent of the
stock of another line, may still fur.
Their extend his holdings. This is
one of the provisions inserted in the
bill at the request Of Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, and is a part Oh
the bill as it was reported from thu
Senate committee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
To Build New Depot.

Jamison & Morris, contractors, are
awarded the contract for building
the new passenger and freight depot
of the Charleston & Western Caro-
lima Railway company at GreenTille,
The amount of their bid being. $37,-
1890.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16

Agricultural Bill Passes.
The senate has passed the agricul-
tural appropriation bill, carrying
$13,5OO,OOO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Killed by Trolley Car.

An inquest was held over the re-
mains of Irving McGhee, we'll known
white man of Aiken, who was run
over by an Augusta-Aiken trolley
cal, some distance from the city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
To Abolish Office.

The Southern Express company
has applied to the railroad commits
sion FOR permission to abolish its
agency at CASTOR. The company says
that an agent cannot be secured for
that place.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Brick Wall Falls on Workmen.

Pittsburg, Pa, Special.-Three men
we're killed and seven were seriously
injured here by the collapse of a 80.
foot brick wall, left standing as the
ruins of a fire. Twenty workmea
we're buried in the debris, most OF
whom were foreigners.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
After the G., n. & L.

That the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens Railway Company has no
regular passenger station in ColuIl-
bia has caused the railroad commits
sion to take up the matter of the
sale of tickets by this road.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Confesses Murder.

Ell .Paso, Tex, Special.-Declaring
that he had killed an intruder who
had attempted to rob him, Charles
Phillips, a carpenter, surrendered to
the police here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Connle Form Suicide Pact.

Philadelphia, Pa, Special.-Seated
opposite each other at the beautiful
table in their apartments here Dr..
Charles C.. Benson, 73 years Of age,
and his wife, Isabelle, 67, drained
two glasses containing poison.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
q. s. Will Construct Now Maneuve,

The United States government will
clear 400 to 500 acres Of woodland
in Chickamauga park near Fort
0glethrope, Ca, to provide a new
army maneuver ground. About. SO
army prisoners will do the work,
some 30 being brought here from
other post prisons 1t is planned to
have the work completed for the
army maneuvers in July.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Appointed Judge Advocate.

Firts Lieut.. E. W. Sturdevant, Of
the marine corps, has been appointed
Judge Advocate of a General Court
martial, TO be held at Charleston, and
is detailed there for temporary duty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Confederate Coin Brings Good Price

New York, special.-one OF the
original Confederate h~alf-dollrs
struck off at the United States mint
in New Orleans in 1861, after it fell
into the hands of the Confederate
government, was sold by a local coin
dealer for $3.50. The buyer was a
wealthy New York collector, whose
name is withheld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
This Negro Gets SO Years.

Kansas City, Mo-, Special.-Wil-
liam Jackson, negro ianitor, charg-
ed with attacking six young white
girls, was convicted in the criminal
court and sentenced to 90 yea!e' I'M
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
To Manufacture Automobiles.

John G.. Anderson, president of
the Rock Hill Buggy Co., is about
to embark in the wholesale manufac-
ture of a high class automobile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Bail is Granted.

Bail has been granted to w. F.
Vance who killed Horace Hammond
on the public square in Edgefeld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Reneresentati1e Perkins Dead,

Washington, Special.-Representa.
tive James Beck Perkins, of Roches-
ter, N. Y, died last Friday at Gar:
field Hospital, after an illness OF
ceyeral weeks
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Presidential Nominations.

Nominations sent to the Senate
by President Taft include the follow
ing: C~onsuls: Arthur B. Cooke, of
South Carolina, at Patras, Greece.
Philip E. Hollande, of Tennessee, at
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Ralph j. Totten, at Maracaibo, Vene-
auela.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Rev. R. W. Patton Ends Campaign

Rev. R. W. Patton Ends Campaign
Rev. R. W. Patton, Of Atlanta, sec.
rotary of the fourth department OF
missions of the Episcopal church
closed his campaign in Charleston on
Sunday, after conducting many meet
ings and delivering addresses<which
have stirred much enthusiasm and
done the cause much good. AS a
result of the address which he made
before the Churchman's club on the
resolution Of Rt. Rev. Bishop W. A,
Query, it has been decided that the
FIVE Charleston churches will double
their contributions to the mission
fund, making the annual sun this
year $1,000.
Tillman to go Home.
Although the improvement in the
condition of Senator Tillman who
was stricken with paralysis a few
weeks ago, has been very satisfac-
tory to his family, the Senator is not
strong enough to travel but if his
present rate Of c~onvalencence con.
tinues It is expected he will be able
to go to his home at Trenton, S. c..
this week. He is still under the con
slant attention of MS physician. The
Senator is able to sit up in a chair
every day, but he cannot walk and.
while he is able to talk, does not in
dulge much in conversation. His
friends hope that after a years rest
he will be able to return to the Sen
ate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
Bill For Salaries Cut Down.

The Legislative, Executive and Ju.
dietary Appropriation bill, carrying
$33,895, 765, has been reported to the
House by the Committee on Appro-
priations. The bill is a reduction Of
$5S4,l24 from the estimates submit
ted by the various departments and
a decrease of $549,75 from like ap-
preparations for the current fiscal
year. There are 1859 salaries pro-
vided for in the bill, or 112 less than
for the current year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
COL. W. W. LUMpKIN DEAD.
One of South Cardinals Best Known
Public Men Dies at Asheville.

Col. w. w. Lumpkin of Columbia,
S. c., who has been i'll in Asheville
for more than ten days, died Sunday
morning at 7:45 o'clock. His death
was expected; in fact his remark
able vitality kept him alive for two
or three days. Colonel Lumpkm was
an old-time Southern gentleman, and
was boin in Oglethorpe county, Ga,
sixty-one years ago. He was a Con-
federate veteran, leaving the cause
of the Confederacy with the surrend-
err of Lee as a lieutenant colonel on
the staff of General Ward. Colonel
Lumpkin was a lawyer by profession
and was of counsel for the Georgia
Central Railway of Georgia. Colonel
Lumpkin was -acandidate in South
Carolina for United States Senator
last year being defeated by Senator
Smith. He was a Mason of high
standing and was here attending the
reunion Of the Oasis and Omar
Temples of the Shrine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
To Mark Battlefield.

The battlefield of Peachtree Creek
Georgia, will be marked by the gov
eminent. This was practically as
sured by the promise made to Rep
resentative Livingston by Chairman
Hull, of the house committee on
military affairs. The amount to be
authorized for this purpose is ST.
900. Senator Re- ,on feels no doubt
that he will be aole to secure favor
able action in the senate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-03-16
cu;nod . Marriage C~erti6cate.

pWIP0U
Stealing a marriage certificate was
the novel charge OH which a regro
was in the recorders court in Sum-
fer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-29
City in Brief


Col. John w. Carroll, commandant
of the soldiers home at Lisbon, spent
the day in the city with friends.
Judge A. c. Hanson OF the county
court is home from a visit at Valley
City, where he went for brief holiday
outing.
Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 29.-The record
shipment of over twenty cars of Cor
don hats passed here today only one
hour behind schedule.
For Sale-$1,500 cash and balance,
$1,000, on time payments, take cash
business clearing above 800 per week.
Address 500 care Forum.
In the county court this morning
marriage license was issued to Isaac
NJ Anderson of Pontiac township and
Alice ". Rife of Highland township.
There will be supper served this
evening by the Ladies' Aid of the
Broadway Nj. E. church in the parlors
Of the church. After supper there viii
be a social evening.
John Dougherty left last evening for
Minneapolis, where he win visit
short time. Mr.. Dougherty is the di-
rector at the Luger undertaking par
Tors, and has not visited his home for
some time.
The condition of Harry Acton was
reported to be much better today.
Acton had his forearm severely in
jured while working at saw at the
Interior Lumber Co.'S wood yard on
Tuesday afternoon.
There was only one delinquent be-
fore Judge Miller In police court today.
brought in on the charge of yagrancy.
The man was fined $40, which he was
unable to pay. The alternative penalty
Is eight days in the city jail which he
will serve.
Charles Wattam. deputy clerk of the
North Dakota supreme court, was the
guest of Court Reporter w. G. Green
and family Of Tenth avenue SOUTH to-
day. Mr.. Wattam is on his way to
Bismarck from his old home at Ste
phen. Mimi. where he spent Christmas
with his parents.
Later information shows that the
late Warden Boucher passed away
while asleep California Masons took
charge of the remains and conducted
the funeral. The floral emblens were
very numerous. The remains were
taken to Rosedale, Cal, and crenated
in accord with the request Of the de-
ceased