Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-08
THE NEWS INFINITELY TOLD
The Heart Of Happenings Carved
From the Whole Country.
The month of May contributed a
record Of 30 suicides in Penn

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picture places in New York are dens
Of iniquity.
In Louisiana, under the present
statutes, the appearance of any child
under 16 years of age in theatres at
night is prohibited.
Cuba willingly authorizes the rails
ing of the wreck Of the battle ship
Maine, and will give every assistance
to the Americans in the work.
The supreme court of the United
States set the corporation tax cases
for reargunent at the beginning of
the next term before q, full bench.
The directors of American Snuff
company, New York, have declared
a quarterly dividend of 5 per cent,
and an extra dividend Of 2 per cent.
The South Atlantic States Corn e1.
position which is to be held in Column
bia, S. c., from December 5 to 8
is attracting attention all over the
South.
Five thousand bales Of Southern
cotton are On their way back to Son.
thern spinners after a journey from
the South to Liverpool and from
Liverpool to New York.
Lack of faith in banks and the
use Of an old vest as q depository
cost Dominick Rosato his life say.
ings Of STAT, at Chicago. His VIII.
threw the vest in the fire.
The output of the government:
smokeless powder factory at Pieatin.
ny, N. j., arsenel is to be trebled
soon. The factory will be able to
turn out 5000 pounds daily.
In an opinion handed down Wed.
nesday, the Interstate Commerce
Commission declined TO issue an or.
der which might disturb the system
of rice rates in the South.
Police records of Gary, Ind, for
May show that one person in every
40 in the city was arrested during
the month. The saloons, which re.
opened May l., number 1875.
Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn ha,
been making a series of lectures in
Newark, N. j., in behalf of the Ma
tional Religious Training School ard
Chautauqua for the Colored Race.
"I'd rather be known as a boodle1
than a liar" said State Senator Dan.
iel Holstlew in an interview al
Iuka, ILL.,, speaking Of his confession
to accepting a bribe of $1,000 as 8
legislator.
Although the New York market re.
ports show hal butter receipts in
May were larger than usual, the price,
of the best grades are higher now
than they have been before at this
tine since the civil war.
By a vote of 81 to Is the senate
refused to challenge the supreme
court Of the United States to another
decision regarding the right of com.
mon carriers to transport commodi.
ties produced by themselves.
The supreme court of the United
-StatesIWednusday advanced tne so.
called government Panama cana
libel suit against the Press Publish.
ing company of New York for hearing
the first Tuesday of next October.
Gov. Hadley and John H. Curran
commissioner of immigration of Mis-.
souri,, have started a fund which is
expected to reach $4,000, to be given
to the aviator who in "a hours shall
fly from St. Louis to Kansas City, 8
distance Of 28s miles.
In a far-reachig decision in the
ease of Monroe Hampton, a negro
boy Of IL, sent up for two years in
county, for burglary, the
Alabama supreme court held that nc
confession Of @ child under IA years
Of age, could be used toward convie
ton. AS a result o new trial was
ordered,
Eighty.ave employees Of the Treas'
ury Department received "~vacatioa
notices" Wednesday, which means
that they were permanently relieved
from duty.
King Victor Emmanuel, Of Italy
highly Of the American Cross
Of Honor Society, and has sent
Thomas Herndon, at Washington, the
president, an autographed photo.
graph Of himself as a token Of his
to the organization.
A collar which a couple Of years
ago became soiled in one day can now
be worn for two days in Chicago.
great have been the strides in
the smoke nuisance, according
to City Smoke Inspector Bird.
Miss Sarah E. Peck, a member of
faculty Of Union College, Lin.
coin, Neb., was fined by United States
District Judge Munger $40, after she
entered her voluntary appear.
ance. Miss Peck was indicted by. n
Federal grand jury on the charge that
wifully refused to give her age
TO the censu enumeration or to an
swer questions as to whether she had
been married or divorced. Her age
has not yet been made public.
Aerial navigation has made such
rapid progress that Secretary of
State Knox and the government of
are negotiating an aviation