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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
GHOST JOKE KILLS NEGRO
Barber Shop Porter While Drunk and
Asleep in Chair BARRIERS Powder
Him White and &c Drops Dead
When Awakened.

Omaha, Special.-While q eoroner's
jury has determined that Tom Green,
a negro porter in ~ barber shop, was
scared to death, it remains a fact
that his death was indirectly attri-
butable. to the victory of johnson
over Jeffries. Green had bet all his
money on johnson and had mort
gagged his salary for weeks to come.
Having won, he collected his bets
and celebrated. In the evening, be-
ing considerably intoxicated Green
sat IN a barer chair and was soon
sound asleep.
When the hour for closing; arrived
twogof the BARRIERS concluded to play
a joke upon Green. They powdered
his face and wool until they were as
white as snow and then threw a
white sheet ever him. When Green
awoke and looked in a glass he
shrieked in terror: "Good Lord, l
was always black. Now I am white.
1t is not nae. I am dead, and this is
my ghost" He fell back in the chair
and expired. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
DATES and PLACES FAIRS
Announcement Made For the Holding
of Fairs in the Great Virginia
carolinassG Georgia Circuit Hand
some Prizes offered For Races.

Richmond, Special.-The following
are the places and dates of fairs in
the great Virginia-C Georgia
associations: Galax, Va, August 30,
81, September l, 2; Radford, Va.
September. 6, z, 8, g; Tazewell, Va,
September 10, IA, Is; Roanoke, Va,
September 20, q, q, %; Lynchburg,
Va, September q, %, 20, 80; Win
ston-Salem, N. c., October 4, 5, 6. z;
Greensboro, N. c., October II, IL, l3,
IA; Raleigh, N. c., October II, IS, 10,
20, 81, %; Charlotte, N. C., October
25, 26, 81, IS; Columbia, S. c., De-
tpber p, November /, 2, 3, 4, 5; An
gusta, Ca, November z, 8, 9, 10, IL,
u; Eatonton, Ga, November Is, 16,
II, Is. The total purses offered by
these combined Fair Associations on
horse races, amounts 10 $4,000 or
over. The entry books were closed
on June LIST.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
FIVE MANGLED TO DEATH
Balloon Bursts High in Air and
Aviators Crash to Earth in shud-
dering Death-sunshine Expanded
the Gas.

Leichlingen, Rhenish Prussia, By
Cable.-Oscar Erbsiocb the German
aeronaut. who won the international
balloon race at st. Louis in 1907, and
four companions were killed Wednes-
day when the dirigibla. balloon Erbs-
loeh burst at a height Of several hum
dred, feet and dropped 70 the earth q
crampled, mass.
The craft was Of the non-rigid type,
176 feet in length and 33 feet in
diameter. The motors were Of .l25
horsepower and drove the airship at
a speed of 2s miles an hour.
The War Department recently pur-
chased one of Erbsloeh's, balloons.
The cause Of the accident IS a mat
ter of conjecture but it is believed
that the bursting ofSthe bag was due
to the expansion u gas by the warm
sunshine.
The wreekage fell so heavily that
the gondola was broken into bits and
the motor buried in the ground. The
victims were frightfully torn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
OFFICERS ARE REBUKED.'
Navy Department censures Superior
officers in the Marine corps-5eal-
ousics and Personal Strife.

Washington, Special.-The person
al strife among the officers Of che
United States marine corps Friday
reached a climax when the Navy De-
partment, as q result Of a court of
Inquiry, sent letters Of censure to
nearly all the officers concerned. No
further judicial proceedings are con-
templated. .
!. The censured officers are Major
General George F. Elliott, command
ant Of the corps; Col. Charles H.
lLaunchhefmer, ad%jutant and inspec-
tor; Col! Frank =. Denny, the quar-
.termaster at Washington; Colonel
Charles A. Doyen, commanding the
marine barracks at the naval academy
at Annapolis; Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas C.. Prince, assistant quarter
master at Washington; Lieutenant
Colonel Henry C. Haines, assistant
adiutant and inspector at Washing
ton, and Majors Louis J. Magill and
David D. Porter, assistant adjutants
Iand inspectors at Philadelphia and
Washington, respectively.
The court held that General Elliott
had been profans, irritable and IT.
.ascible at times, indulging moderately
in intoxicating liquors, but never in
itoxicated on duty and sometimes
failed to treat ,subordinates with cour-
tesy, but was usually polite, generous,
truthful, and "pain blunt soldier,
open and frank"
AT the bottom of the d~issension in
the corps is said to have been the
question of the successorship to Gen.
eral Elliott when he r%etires in Octo-
Der, ~the'fght being between officers
Of the line and of the staff.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Stamps by the Billion.

Washington special.-Ten billion
postage stamps, worth almost $780,
100000, will be used by the people
of the United States in the fiscal year
(, which began July l, 1910, and will
he ended June 80, 1911. These be-
~wildering figures are set down in the
requisition which the Postofice De-
partment has forwarded to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, by whose or
der the stamps will be engraved and
delivered by the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing. The total Of stamps
asked for is 9,SG4,22O,OO0, but that
plumber will rot suffice, tits known,
the requisition being made for "the
sake Of economy" smaller than the
probable needs. Last years first
supply Of s17O,746,sOO worth failed
and more had to be ordered. The
face value Of the first requisition this
year is $7,O36,2OO greater than last
years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Arrests Grandfather Clause,

Guthrie, Okla, Special.-On appli-
cation Of Daniel Sims, an ex-slave
and property owner Of this city, Fed
eral Judge John H. Cotterall has is.
sued a temporary injunction restrain.
ing tbs State Election Board, the
State Board of Affairs and the Secre-
'tary OF State from having printed
the proposed grandfather clause
amendment to the Constitution on the
ballot for the State primary election
on August 2.
In his petition Sims alleges tina,
the proposed amendment would dis
franchise him, as he is unable to read
or write, and that it discriminates
him because Of previous condition Of
servitude.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
RoozeEelt Friend to- All Parties,

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Special.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt said with emphasis
Wednesday that he has taken no
stand as yet in favor of either the in
sursAnts or the regulars in the Repub-
licar. party and he desires. to correct
any impression that he is showing,
favoritism. Of the situation within
the party in New York State he said
he saw only harmony ahead.
~ want you to make it clear" he
said to interviewers, "that I am see-
ing both sides. l wish you would
make that emphatic. My main in
terest is in the State, but no national
issues. I want to see both regulars
and insurgents, party men and in
dependents. / want to saa-Qamocrats
as veil as Republicans.
"But yen don't want to see Dem
ocrats VIM" he was asked.
"Not if the Republicans do the
right thing" he replied.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
WHOSE its FATHER?|
Distinguished Men Disagree as
TO Originator Conservation.
UNCLE JOE ADMITS MISTAKES.
Speaker Cannon and Oxford Piassot
wide Apart on The Question Of tie
Chief Promoter Of the Conservation
Movement-Pinchot's Party.

Kansas City, Special.-Gifford Pm
chot and Speaker JOS. G.. Cannon en-
gaged in an extemporaneous debate
uponi the subject of conservation be
fore the Knife and Fork Club in this
city Friday night. and while each
man gave, expression to the highest
personal regard for the other ami
both agreed that conservation CT TIE
nations natural resources should be
encouraged, they differed on the
whole as to who was the father q
conservation,
Mr., Cannon said that 4 w,
Powell, at one time directly OF the
government geological survey, .desery,
ed the honor, but Mr.. Pinchot assert.
ed that Theodore Roosevelt was the
father Of conservation.
Turning to Mr.. Pinehot, Mr., Can
non said: !.
81 have the greatest personal re.
gard for you, but / understand that
You are now engaged in conservation
work for the organization OF a new
party.
{ tell you, sir, that a party cannot
stand on q single Issue, although our
party did stand on a single issue once
in that great conflict between servlle
and free labor
Speaking Of his record as q public
official, MI. Cannon said:
sfI admit I have hade mistakes.
Great God, / have been mistaken a
score Of tines in the last IS years.
There are other fellows in Congress
who have been wrong just soften,
but they are not honest enough to
admit it.
sTheodore Roosevelt was the faith
er Of conservation in this country"
MI. Pinchot said, "the national con-
seryation association is continuing the
work he started. The last session OF
Congress did great work and our as
ISOLATION was largely responsible fer
it. The withdrawal bill as it passed
was due largely to the efforts of the
association.
ssWe now intend that the people
must be compensated for, what the
private interests get. The old prac-
lice of giving perpetual grants to pr
vate interests now is impossible and
the future is now safe against the
oppression of monopoly.
believe a new school of politics
IS coming in the United States. This
new school viii decide whether the
country shall be governed by money
for profit OF by men for human well
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Must Call for Registry Receipt.

Washington, Special.-An interest
ing change in regulations affecting
registration Of postal matter is noted
in an order just issued by the Post
master-General. Whenever request
is made by the sender Of registered
mail matter, receipt showing person
TO whom and time when the matter
was delivered will be taken by post
master at point Of delivery and re-
turned to sender. "Receipt desired"
must be inscribed, however, on the
registered matter from which the
sender wishes such a receipt. For the
present the Postmaster General I'M:
;structs postmasters to ask if return
receipts is desired and, where indicat-
ed, to indorse mail for patrons of the
Office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Lynched a White Man.

Rayville, La, Special.-Aroused BY
the fact that an appeal to the Su.
preme Court had been taken, follow.
ing his condemnation to death here
Friday on the charge of having muir.
dered Town Marshal C. &C. Chenault
a mob battered down the doors Of
the parish jail at Rayville, and drag.
ging j. D. Freeman, a white man.
from his cell, hanged him on the same
spot where he had slain the marshal
The fact that a deep cash was found
in Freeman's throat led to the theory
that he had attempted suicide, prob.
ably with a piece of glass, when he
heard the mob's anprcach.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
AMERICAN VICTORY IN CIR
o MANY.
Prosecutor Finds Oil Company Has
Committed No Wrong.

..#
Berlin, By Cable.-The long and
venomous campaign waged by Ger.
man newspapers and rival industrial
interests against one Of the German
branches of the Standard Oil Com
pany-the Dcutsche Vacuum Oil
Company-has just been brought to
a victorious end for the Americans
involved.
A well known Hamburg newspaper
for months printed such a series of
attacks on the,'sAmerican graft meth
ods'' alleged to- have been practiced
by the vacuum company in the con-
duct of its German business that the
public prosecutor Of Hamburg felt
constrained to make an official inves-
tigation with q view to eventual in
dictments. The prosecutor has now
concluded his Investigation, especially
Of the work of E.. L. Quarles, Ameri-
can manager of the German com-
pany's sales department, and an
nounees that no necessity exists for
pursuing the inquiry further.
No evidence Of anything warrant
ing prosecution was found against
Mr.. Quarles, and the costs of the en-
tire inquiry will be borne by the
State.
The result of the Investigation con-
stitutes a notable triumph for Amer
lean interests in Germany.
1t is not the first time that Ger
mans finding themselves unable to
compete with Americans on ordinary
terms have r%esorted to SANDER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Trade with U. S. $3.50. 100000

Washington, Special. Trade of the
United States with its non-contiguous
territories for the fiscal year just end.
ed aggregated about $190,000,OOO ac.
cording to statistics of the Depart.
ment Of Commerce and Labor. The
department contrasts this with the re.
cord of 1897, when the trade with non
contiguous territories aggregated only
s35,00O,OOO.
Statistics show that for eleven
months Of the last fiscal year the
shipments from the United States to
Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines,
Guam, Midway, Tutuila- and Alaska
amounted to $75, 200, OOGsand the ship
ments therefrom to the United States
$96,750,00O. This trade, both ex-
ports and imports, was larger than
that Of the preceding year. The
largest percentage of gain was in the
Philippines, to which the recent tariff
act extended the privilege of inter-
change of merchandise free of duty.
Imports from the Philippines in the
eleven months ending with May, 1910,
were valued at S15,SS7,41S, against
$8,860,429 in the same months Of 1909.
Exports for the corresponding periods
amounted to $15,14O,445 in 1910 and
$9,e25,0S3 in 1909.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
The Union Sea Island Cotton Go.

Waycross, Ga, Special.-Represen-
tative sea-:cland cotton growers OF
three States met here Monday and
perfected an organization Under the
name Of the. Union Sea Island Cot
ton company, which will have head
quarters at Savannah and which pur-
poses to build q large warehouse there
with branches at various points. The
purpose of the union is to secure for
the producer the best possible price
for both long and short staple cot
ton. Reports on crop conditions by
members Of the company are to the
effect that the Georgia crop will be
Is per cent of normal and that Of
Florida 60 per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Capt. Lyon Not Guilty.

New York, ~special.-Captain Sam
uel K. Lyon, of the 25th infantry, U.
S. A., recently tried at Fort Myer,
Va, for irregularities growing out
of the Brownsville; Texas, matter,
was found not guilty and h~onorably
acquitted by the court. General Wal
ter Howe, commander Of the depart
ment Of the east, however, acting as
reviewing authority, passed upon the
case and disapproved the finding of
the court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Everythipg Covered in This Policy.

New York, Special.-In addition to
life, accident, health, fire, burglary,
tornado, automobile and yacht insur-
ance policies, Russell F. Hopkins, a
young millionaire of Irvington-on-
the-Hudscn, who formerly lived in
Atlanta, Ca, has taken out a $4,000
policy against assassination, of which
$4,000 is to go to first informant and
$1,000 each to the three others who
may supply information regarding
the deed.
Hopkins first came to New York
as consul for the republic of Panama
and in 1906 married Miss Vera
Siegrist, a niece Of D.. j. ]. Law
renee, a patent medicine proprietor of
st. Louis. He built a magnificent
country place overlooking the Hud-
son, adjoining the place of Miss Helen
Could, and installed upon it a mena-
gerie OPEN 10 the public.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Georgia Bank Cashier Short.

Swainsboro, Ga, Special.-A short.
age of at least $4,000 has been dis
covered in the accounts of the Citi-
zens' bank of this place as a result
Of which Hugh D. Strickland, cash.
Ter, and L. W. Ponder, former book.
keeper, are under bond of $4,000
each, and bank examiners from At.
lanta are still working on the books
of the institution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Gasoline King at Elks, Reunion

Detroit, Mich, Speculative mil
lion dollars worth of autos rolled
through the city in an unbroken line
Of twenty-five miles Friday afternoon.
There were $500 Ears in this monster
procession which took two and a
half hours to pass. Truly sasolene
was king at the Elks' reunion.
While this tremendous automobile
pageant was vending its way through
the streets the Wright brothers air.
ship was soaring and wheeling above
the earth at the State Fair Grounds
in successful speed flights, and on the
river speed launches were cutting
the river at express train speed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Aeroplanes Could Wreck Warships

Atlantic City, N. j., Special
Glenn H. Curtis tossed oranges and
mimic bombs within three feet of the
decks of the yacht John E. Mehere II,
used in place of a battleship during
the sham Battle arranged to demon
strate the utility Of ~aeroplanes in
coast defense. The mock bombs were
dropped from. a height Of about 800
feet and Curtiss purposdy failed to
strike the deck of the yacht for fear
Of injury to the officials and passen-
gers gathered on her decks.
Experts agreed that a fleet Of aero
planes armed with bombs of high e1-
plosives could wreck any warship be-
fore guns could be trained on them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
CAPITAL FACTS
Interesting News Gathered a
the District Of Columbia
THE AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Personal Incidents and Tmpatza
Happenings Of National Import
Published for the Pleasure and IN
formation Of Newspaper Rsadsr1
,nly Is ooafederates Left.

Only Is 0onfederates Left.
The death Of Senator DaneA, oz
Virginia, and Senator McEnery, 81
Louisiana, leaves but IL former Cor
federate soldiers in Congress Thes
are Senators Bankhead and Johnstpat
OF Alabama; Senator Bacon, Of Geor
gia; Senator Money, of MisassippI
and Representatives, Talbot, Of Mary
land; Richardson and Taylor, Of
Alabama; Rucker, of Colorado; Ev-
ingston, Of Georgia; Spight, of Missis.
sippi; Gordon, Of Tennessee, ana
Lamb, of Virginia Senator TaEa-
ferro, of Florida, who has been de-
feated for reelection, was also in;
the Confederate service. Senator TIE
man quit school in July, 1854, to join
the Confederate Army, but was striek
en- with illness which caused the lom
Of his eye and kept him an invalid
for two years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Nice Job For College President

Beverly, Mass, Specialize presi
dent has Offered to President Hadle5
of Yale the craftsmanship of the com
mission authorized by congress to in.
vestigate the subject of railroad
stocks and bonds and to recommend
a plan for bringing the issue of thes;
securities under the supervision Of
the interstate commerce commission
If President Hadloy accepts, tn.
president will consult with him re.
garding the Other members Of til.
commission.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Fell From Beat and Drowned

Darlington, R. l., special.-In at
tempting to climb a bridge abutment
from a leaky boat which was in dam
ger of. sinking, Mrs. Elizabeth Link
Of Abbeville, S. C., fell into the Bar
rington river and was drowned Fri
day. She had been visiting here at
the home Of her sister. Mrs. Fred
erick Buck. She was 80 years old
and the wife Of Frederick C.. Link, q
travelling salesman. 8
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Baptist Preacher Attempts Suicide.

Bristol, Tenn, Special.-The Rev.
Joseph Leonard, a missionary Baptist,
60 years old, attempted suicide at his
home at Wolfrun, Va, 9 miles from
Bristol, by jumping 70 feet from the
too of an oil derrick at 6 o'clock Fri
day evening. Both legs were broken
and his injuries are probably fatal
lie climbed the derrick in the pres
ence Of his wife and children who
pleaded for him to abandon his pur-
pose. His mind is said to have be
come suddenly unbalanced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Dying Boy Calls for Dead Mother.

New Orleans, Special.-With the
realization that death was approach
ing, Clarence Desforges, a 15-year-
old boy, began to call for his mother
to comfort hira as he lay on a cot in
the charity hospital Monday.
He gradually lapsed into uncon-
seriousness, and died late in the after
noon. Death was due to a bullet
fired by his father five days ago. In
n jealous rage, the elder D~esforges
fatally wounded his son, killed his
wife, and then himself.
The boy died without the know
ledge that both parents we're in tho
crave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Big Tobacco Loss in kentucky.

Henderson, KY, Spccial.-Reports
reaching here Saturday from Hender-
son, Union and Webster counties in
dicate that damage approximating
100000 was done by a cloudburst
Friday night. 1t is estimated that
$4,000 acres of pooled tobacco in
Henderson county alone have been
DESTROYED and sone tobacco plantation
of 200. acres is q total loss.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Lynched Boys Father Gets $4,000.

Cleveland, O., Special.-Cleveland
associates of Carl Etherington, the
Annti-Saloon League detective, who
was lynched at Newark Friday night,
say that Hartwell Etherington, hii
father, would head a band of noun.
%taineers from Kentucky that would
invade the Ohio city to seek revenge
for his son s death. The elder Ether.
ingtoI will receive $4,000 from the
Anti-Saloon League, and this. it i.
said, will be offered MS a reward
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Trainmen and colored Man Fight.

Trainmen and colored Man Fight.
Albany, Ga, Special.-Coot Tay-
lor, a negro man, was shot to death
and Baggagemoster Edgar Purmen
was slightly injured in q battle be
tween the rev of a special train on
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
the negro late Friday night. The ne
gro was trying to kill Purmen and
had shot at him three times. Con
ductor w. D. Billiard then took q
hard in the fight, shooting the negro
three times, killing him instantly
The shooting occurred between Thorn.
asville and this place.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Warn Times il Tennessee.

Memphis, Tenn, Special.--In every
town and village and county in Ten
nessce, the States serious political
situation has aroused the most intense
feeling. Regular Democrats and in
surgent Democrats and Republicans
are lining mp their forces for the
struggle which comes in August:
when the State Judiciary and county
elections are held. No candidate to
oppose Governor M. r. Patterson has
been announced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Mayor Gets Big Conscience Fund.

Savannah. Ca, special.-savan-
nah's conscience fund is richer by
$500 as the result of an unknown
mans requests. The money was
handed to Mayor Tiedeman on the
city's" main street by a prominent
minister, who declared it had been
taken from the city by n who wish
ed to keep his name a secret. The
minister was made intermediary altar
giving lis wcra of secrecy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Famous Veteran Passes,

L%ynchburg, Va, special.-Colone
Auguste Forsberg, who commanded
the Forty-Second Virginia Regiment
in the civil war, died here Friday af.
ter a long sickness. He was 70 years
old and a native of Sweden. He was
city engineer for a long time here.
At the breaking out of the civil war,
he was engaged at Columbia, S. c., as
an architect.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
Memorial Accident First Trip.

New York, special.-Twenty per
sons were. injured and one seriously
hurt, in the first commercial trip Sat-
urday Of the new monorail service
between City Island and Barlow, in
the suburbs of the Bronx. Howard
Tunis, the. inventor, who was motor
man, broke a rib, and n passenger
broke q leg.