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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03

breeder, by a process of elimination
and culling each year, breeds from
only the best layers in his flock. The
small fancier has been more success
full along this line, as he has had only
a few hens and had more time and
cared more for his little flock.
The nest is made in two compart-
ments. The box proper is fifteen
inches square by t~hirty-two to thirty
six inches long. The hole or opening
between the compartments need not
be, round as pictured unless you care
to make it so, but it should be just
large enough for q hen to pass
through easily, and no larger. The
size of the opening will depend upon
whether you are raising a large va
riety or q small variety. A large
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Gamble on Farmers, Product.

Chicago. Special.-An extreme ad-
vance Of 43-4 cents was registered in
the corn market here Monday. The
market was wide and excited on re-
ports CT heavy damage due to the heat
and drought. The December option
was the most violently affected. II
closed at COLA to 603-S cents; and
during the forenoon sold up to 65
cents. September gained 3G-S cents
selling at &c Is. and May 4 cents
Sales at sc IA cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Minor Mention.

Every piece Of ordnance in the
army will be tested and furtner SAFE
ty devices added.
English ard Chinese capital is be-
ing freely invested in mining proper
ties in the Philippines.
Captain Bernier, the Canadian
polar explorer, will attempt to hno
the Northwest Passage by Il ne"
route.
Through assistance called to their
aid by wireless the crew and passen-
gers of the burning Southern Pacific
steamer Momus were saved OLE the
Florida coast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
ohio,s Nominee for Governor.
Columbus, Specialize Republics

Columbus, Special,-The Republican
candidate for governor of Ohio is
Warren G. Harding, of Marion, O..
once lieutenant-governor.
Despite the efforts Of Senator Bur
toa's Cuyahoga county delegation to
stampede the convention for Nicholas
Loagwo-th, and George 3. Cox's every
effort in behalf Of Judge 0. B. Brown,
the Dayton man, a coordination Of the
"progreslves" with the national adj
ministration men broke up the fight
on the third ballot.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
HOW IT CAN BE DONE
Scheme to Pull Maine
From Mud.
WILL REQUIRE THREE MONTHS
If Engineers Plan Successful Ship
Could Leave Urder Own Steam
Hulk Could be Easily Inspected.

Washington, Special.-John F.
0,Rouke, the engineer who bridged
he Hudson at Poughkeepsie and
drove the Pennsylvania railroad tun-
uel under the North river, has laid
before Mr.. Oliver, acting secretary OF
war, his plan for raising the Maine
from the mud Of Habana harbor.
Briefly, this newest plan is based
apon a system of pneumatic caissons,
such as have made possible the build
ing of extremely deep foundations un-
der water and which contributed
largely to the success of the building
at tunnels under the Hudson. No
divers are used and the pontoon sys-
tenn is put completely aside. The
method proposed is to swing the
Maine in a cradle CT powerful cables
and lift her completely out Of the
water, where q complete inspection OF
her hull will be possible.
While the ship is suspended above
water Mr.. O'Rouke declares she can
be repaired as readily as if she were
in dry. dock and after being re-
launched from the cable cradle can
Leave Habana harbor under her own
steam. This is said to be the first
plan yet proposed which would pre-
sent the ship to q naval board in pre-
cisely the same condition as she sank
nm the nicht of February Is, 1898.
First a wharf Of piles would be
built on either side of the submerged
wreck. Then between the wharves
and the hull, u pneumatic caissons
@ould be sunk, six or each side.
Practical tunnel building operations
would be employed Hereafter and
LOO little tunnels would be driven
through the mud under the Names
keel between the opposite caissons.
Through each tunnel q powerful steel
cable would be u and each end
would run up the outside Of the cais-
son to the wharf above, so there
would be a steel cable under the hull
every four feet and the aggregate of
all would be calculated to be capable
Of raising four times the weight OF
the wreck, which is about 1000 tons
Each cable end would then be at
tached to o system of ateel screw Sods
and the screwjack principle would
be employed. In that the war de-
partment would be asked for a thou
rand men bo operate the hand screws.
and by every mar turning a lever at
8 given signal, it is pien-nd to pull
the hulk up in the cradle of cables in
practically the same way as the
pyramids Of Egypt are supposed to
have been built by man-power. Be-
ing swung above the water line, the
gap between the wharves would be
brid9ed and the engineers would
work under and around the hull.
Whsn repaired she could be let down
into the water by a reversal of the
process by which she was raised.
MI. O'Rourke expressed the opinion
to Mr.. Oliver that the job could be
done in three months. Mr.. Oliver and
General Bixby examined the plan in
minute detail. Mr.. O'Rourke was as
sursd as one condition that, should
an army board pass ~favorably upon
the project, his patents in the ap-
paratus would be protected.
Attorney General Wickersham ar
ranged FOR tho protection of the
plans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Hostess Of Three Generals.

York, Pa, Special.-Mrs. Mary
Weaver, Of Dover, this county, the
woman who had the distinction of
having fed three Southern generals
AZ years ago when par Of the South
ern army hivouaced near her home,
died Sunday. She was IS years old.
Mrs. Weaver supplied General Fitz-
hugh Lee, Wade Hampton and j. e.
B. Stuart with griddle cakes, eggs
and ham when they visited her home
just prior to tie battle Of Gettys-
burg.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Trap Nest For Laying Hens.

The larger illustration shown gives
a fair idea Of a trap nest that anybody
can make in a little while with only
a hammer and a saw for tools. OF
course, if you have many hens you
will have to make several nests to ac-
commodate all, and then all other
nests must be closed or torn up.
The trap nest has been quite an i'm
portant factor in building up strains
of heavy layers among most of the
popular breeds to-day. Using it, the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Man and Woman Tried to Sink.

St. Louis, Speeial.-Bound together
with two steel chains and Is feet Of
rope and weighted with a valise filled
with sand, two revolvers. an axe, an
oil stove and other junk to insure
their sinking, .Brice Womack, a
wealthy farmer of Troy, Mo, AID
Mrs. Mollie Anderson, of ST. LOU,
jumed from a skif into the Missis-
sippi river here Sunday. They were
rescued by people on the bank, and
when brought to land we're revived
and arrested.
Womack is charged with the theft
of the skiff, from which he and the
woman lesped. Mrs. Anderson is in
the city hospital.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Determined to Capture Assassin.

Ridgeway, Va, Speeial.-At a
special meeting of the town council
Tuesday afternoon a reward of $500
was offered by the town for the cap
ture Of the murderer Of ex-Mayor
Bousman. The governor Of the State
and authorities Of Henry county wall
be asked to duplicate the amount. It
Is believed friends Of Bousman will
affer personal rewards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Music Demoralized Girls.

Cleveland, o., S~pecial.-Twenty-
eight girls employed in the hot roll
ers, kneeders and cutters room at
the American Chicle Company's
plant, driven to desperation by the
tantalizing music at a dancing pavil-
ion in a nearby park, went out on
strike here Monday.
The girls have been getting 81 per
day. They want S1.25, the wages
paid the wrappers of chewing gum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grover and Stockman

The other illustration above is a
double nest box for sitting hens; the
method Of fastening the door is
shown by the L-shaped catch. You
will notice that the nest is made quite
deep. but does not have to be as long
as the trap nest.-Indianapolis News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Too Bad, Children.

Nashville, Tenn, Special.--Twenty-
eight hundred ice ream n were
seized and destroyed by Deputy
United States Marshal Shirley. The
cones were shipped by a Birmingham.
Ala, concern to a local firm and
were seized on the ground that they
contained boric acid, which is held
injurious to health and renders the
product subject TO condemnation and
seizure under the pure food and drug
laws.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Pittsburg Official Says Municipal
uenpery is Needed in One Section.

Pittsburg.-Director E. F. Walters
of the department of public health
has diverted his attention from the
smoke nuisance to hens. He says the
negro hill district must have a public
henhouse. He found hundreds OF
families keeping chickens in the eel
lars Of houses. !,
Since they must have chickens, and
cheaply, there is only n solution
according to Mr.. Walters, and that is
a municipal hennery o: poultry STOCK
yard and slaughter house
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Chicago Now HIS Continuous
Water Course to the Ocean

Chicago.-Chicago is now connect
ed with st. Louis and other Missis-
sippi river ports, and therefore with
the ocean, by a continuous water
course deep enough for barges and
other craft Of light draft. The con-
Meeting link between the drainage ca
nal and the old Illinois and Michigan
canal at Lockport was formally
thrown open. -,
1t is estimated that the link will
afford a channel with at least five feet
of water.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Form National Currency Associate,

Form National Currency Association.
Washington, Special.-First Wash
ington and then Atlanta and New
York, with a numbee Of other cities
close in their wake, is the way the
program now APPEARS for the crea-
ton of National Currency Associa-
tions to provide additional currency,
to be issued by the banks whenever it
is deemed best in financial crisis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Shama on Louisiana.

Monroe, La, Special.-Unidentiied
mes broke into the city Jail here and
carried off Laura Porter, a negro
woman prisoner, at whose home white
men are reported to have been robbed
on several occasions. 1t is generally
believed that she was thrown into
the Ouxachita river and drowned.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
POPE TO MAKE NEW
AMERICAN BISHOPS
Cardinal Merry Del Val Will Receive
Report on Subject From Mgr.
Kennedy

ROME. April THE Consistory.
which was TO have taken place in the
month OF April, has been postponed
until the autumn. The postponement
| is due To the work of reorganizing the
American dioceses. During the last
few years the immense increase OF the
Catholic population in certain dioceses
| of the United States has caused a
serious discussion at the vatican. II
| finally has been decided that IL Is alb
| solutely necessary TO create many new
lbiShoprics. The complicated work OF
lreorganizing the old dioceses and ad-
vising on new ones 10 be created has
been entrusted to Monsignor Thomas
Kennedy. rector OF the American Col
tlege IN Rome II VIII be some time
before he is able to submit his report
TO Cardinal Merry Del Val. the papal
secretary of state.
Even now it may be said that within
the next year America will have sew
Ierai-ney bishops and probably a new
cardinal. Whether the new cardinal
will be Ireland or Farley is in doubt.
The archbishop of st. Paul is so
1 ISM that his chance seems very
bh6lb. lnuCCu lilo Olu lIlcuQS, bIt
IVanutellis, cannot help him much un.
der the present pope.
| II is an open secret that II Ram
polla had been chosen pope. Mgr. Ire.
land would have been a cardinal long
ago. Archbishop Farley is very popu
lar in vatican circles. Under his ad
ministration the New York diocese has
| flourished as never before. There
would be no question of his having the
red hat IL the vatican did not hesitate
TO have two cardinals in approximate
eastern state while the entire west Is
unrepresented. Another thing Is thai
knights Of Columbus have shown ar
unwise fervor in urging the claims oil
Mgr. Farley, thus injuring him with
the vatican. where political methods
in booming candidates are not ad
mired.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
WILD ANIMALS CALLING
ON NEW HOMESTEADERS
Don't Wait For Invitations and Visits
Are Not Welcomed BY the
Hood River Settlers.

HOOD RIVER. Ore, April 6.-Will
animals are making themselves too
much at home 10 suit the homestead
ers who have recently settled in tho
vicinity of the forks of the lake and
the west branches OF Hood river. A
Young nephew of Raymond Marley
came out from Kansas a few weeks
age to visit his uncle on the home
stead and on his first hunting trip
he encountered bis cougar The iad
fred several shots a the animal and
brought aim down.
Mrs. Clarence Forsberg. wife OF d
homesteader, received a scare last
week when a bea. sought 10 enter the
Forsberg cabin when Mr.. ForsberG
had gone TO town. She was alone
with her children and thinking some
body was knocking she opened the
door TO be confronted by a cub bear
Utmost grown. She slammed the doo'
! Just In time TO keep out the ANNA.
Then she barred the door. Their
3ruin nosed around the house for sev
eral hours, climbed up and looked u
the windows and visited the cellar
where he Toasted on apples. He finally
gave up the siege Just before the &C
turn OF the settler.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
HOT TAR HITS HIM IN FACE.
Accident To Sarnia Lad May Result
In Loss Of Eyesight.

PORT HURON. April 6.-Reggie
Waller. years old. was struck in the
face yesterday with the contents of a
bucketful of hot tar and terribly burn
ed. He will be badly dishgured and
may lose his eyesight.
A laborer on Front-st. was engaged
in baling out a tar tank, throwing the
refuse down the LochieI-st. hill. just
below Front-st. Several children were
playing about and young Waller got
too close. bucketful striking him In
the face. The hot tar dripped down
10 his hands, burning them horribly
The child was carried into nearby
drug store and q doctor called. When
an attempt was made TO remove the
tar the skin peeled off the child's face
and hands. and il is probable that he
will be disfigured for life
He was removed to the hospital, but
later was taken to his home. AL
though the shock was great, IL Is be.
lieved he will recover.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
QUEER SECT SUES FOR
POSSESSION OF A GIRL
Members Of Tongues Of Fire Say De
lty Has Notified Them That
She ls a Prophecies.

PORTLAND. Ore. April Ga fan
atical religious sect organized as the
Tongues OF Fire are fighting In the cir
cult court here for the custody OF Mil
dred Crawford. l3-year-old girl, who
:hcy declare Is prophecies.
They claim that the Deity has made
u special revelation TO the girl and
that she Is anxious 10 take her place
as leader I'm their sect
The suit Is directed against Frank
NJ. Crawford. the girls father. who
some time ago got legal custody OF the
girl from her mother. who is a mem
Der OF the Tongues Of Fire.
The Crawfords In 1907 lived In Los
Angeles, where the father was a realty
dealer. Last year the girls mother
joined the Tongues OF Fire and spirit
ed IN daughter away from Portland to
California on q missionary tour. While
they were away the father obtained
an order giving the girl into his
charge.
Now the mother and her associates
say the Lord has told them 10 secure
the girl fro n, the 'unregenerate' hus-
band.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
GIRL YIELDS HATPIN,
ARRESTS AN INTRUDER
New York Girl Marches Prisoner to
Station House, Where She Makes
Burglary Charge.

NEW YORK. April Miss Rose
Packer, petite. brunette and %, Of
No. 294 Sackmanst.. East New York,
is stenographer in downtown office
in Manhattan; also she is not afraid
OF any man, burglars included.
She lives with her father and
mother In a first floor apartment and
when she got home at half-past six
at night she found William Paul. 10
wears old, a driver. OF No. GAG Stage
ST., Williamsburg Her parents had
gone out.
What are you doing here?" Miss
Packer demanded. You have no busl.
hess In this place. Now you're COINS
to be arrested"
Huh. who's goin to arrest me-"
said Paul Cit out o. the way"
Quickly pulling out a hatpin Miss
Packer presented the point at Paul's
breast and told him II he did not halt
she would stick 1t into him. Paul sur
rendered.
Then Miss Packer using the hatpin
pretty much as a soldier uses a bay
onet marched Paul Up Sackman-st. 20
Pitkin-ave. and down Pitkin-ave. TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
CATCH CATFISH SIX FEET
LONG, WEIGHT 2s7 POUNDS
Left In Shallow Pond or. Farm by
Rapidly Receding Flool OF
the platte River.

VALLEY, Neb., April 5.-Presum-
ably the largest fish ever caught IN
inland. waters was landed here this
week by Willis Orris and John Wixon,
farmers. It was a black catfish and
weighed 2a7 pounds and was almost
nix feet long.
The Platte river has been unusually
high this spring, having flooded the
low lands and bottoms. Now II IS
rapidly recedfng. The other day Orrts
and his hired man, Wixon, were out IN
pasture, repairing fences. In swalo
over which the river and swept and
which was filled with water TO depth
81 couple OF feet they noticed a great
disturbance. Going out there they dis
<covered the monstrous fish. Pitchforks
were secured and then the chase com
5Enmced. The swale was about 100
Dc wide and 800 long and back and
birth the fish few, flashing the water
into foam.
The FISH, finally tired out. was driv-
ZEN into shallow water aud speared 10
death. II Is presumed that it came
Eup out Of the Missouri river. as fifty.
pounder is the largest Ash that has
heretofore been caught out OF the
tPlatte.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
Lakes Free From Ice.

While navigation will not be official
" open until April 10, hull insurance
not being applicable until that date
the lakes are in such condition that
the season could easily be opened
now, Reports from all the ports In
dictate that the lakes are free OF ice
fields OF any size. Inspector Norman
b. Conger. in his last ice report. says
conditions warrant the resumption OF
storm warnings April 10.
There will be sufficient navigation
then TO make this step advisable. The
records show that this is the earliest
disappearance OF ice from the great
lakes since 1903, when the lakes were
clear at the end of March.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
TO STOP sPOON|NG
ON BELLE ISLE
Bicycle Cops, Carrying Searchligh.s,
Will Patrol the City's Big
* Playground.

This will be sad season for Belle
Isle lovers. Amorous youths and maid
ems who love 10 spoon in the park and
COO sweet nothings 10 each other on
the benches are liable 20 experience
many embarrassing moments. Police
Commissioner Crours fancy for bicy-
Giles has extended 10 the big park and
he plans TO have the whole place
patroled by men on wheels. Each
bicycle will be equipped with "A strong
light, which ought 10 prove very dis.
quoting 10 spooners
The police department now has AZ
meI on wheel, exclusive OF the motor
cycle squad. The commissioner has
had all the old bicycles belonging to
the police department repaired. Every
detective working In the outside pre-
cincts and many OF the special OFF,
GERS now have bicycles.
The department has been allowed
$500 for bicycles and with this sum,
the commissioner feels that he will
be able 10 put number OF the regu-
lar patrolmen on wheels
1T isn't so much question OF
emergency in answering calls, as II Is
a question OF having beats patrolled
more frequently" said the commits
sioner. Some of the beats that lie
at the extremities of the city are long
and II takes an officer long time 10
get over them. IL he were equipped
with bicycle. he could make the dis
lance in no time and thus give the res
idents much better protection"
Commissioner Croul is much encour.
aged by the success attending the ef-
forts Of the flying squadron" He is
anxious that people resort as much as
possible to the use of the telephone
in cases Of emergency. instead of
awaiting the arrival OF the officer on
the beat.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
CAR BEARING CORPSE ~
PLUNGEs THROUGH BRIDGE
Northbound Rapid Railway Express
Fails 80 Feet-conduetor and
Motorman Hurt.

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. April g.
Northbound Rapid railway express
car No. u plunged into the Clinton
river 80 feet on the outskirts OF the
city Tuesday night when a span part
ed. The forward end of the car was
entirely Submerged, but the rear
trucks rested on the bank. Cars will
be run over the shore line until the
bridge is repaired.
Conductor Bingham received a
broken shoulder blade and MOtormSn
Arthur Stoyal was slightly bruised
Both OF the men live in Port liui IN.
A corpse, said by ID. L. X. employees
20 be that of A. Fredericks. OF Marine
City. which was being transported 20
that place. was in the car az the lime.
The track where it approaches the
bridge is the termination Of n sharp
curve. II is thought shat when the
car struck the bridge lis speed caused
toe structure 10 part The writer
where the car landed WAS about seven
feet deep.
The crew was rescued by Sidney
and Jerry Thome, two Mt Clemens
boys, who were standing near the
bridge. Bingham was taken TO the
water works station and later TO St
Jcserh's hospital.
The car, which came from Detroit.
was bound for Port HurUn and was
filed with heavy express. Traffic was
stopped for a time. but by transfer
ring the passengers from one car TO
anr Their by the highway bridge which
runs parallel TO the railroad bridge.
about 100 ;eet awav. 1t was possible
to keep tho cars going.
y. U. r. officials stated Tuesday
hight that IL would be impossible to
get tbs bridge in shape for trafflc be-
f~ro Friday
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06

Stone-ave., where she encountered BIZ
cycle Pat.olman Esau.
I've arrested a burglar" she ex.
planned to the policeman. Come along
with me 20 sec that he does not get
away"
Esau went along. but Miss Packer
kept the man In custody. At the sta
ton house Paul tried to make charge
OF assault against Miss Packer, claim
lag she had stuck the hatpin In him
several times. but Lieut.. Patrick Brady
locked him up ard With Esau congrat'
rlated his captoc.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
SUPREME COURT.

LANSING, Mich, April 6.-The SUI
'preme court met Tuesday for the April
term. A writ of certiorari was grant
ed In the matter of Catherine Miller.
Order to show cause denied in Hudson
Tvs. encouragement. The following
cases were submitted. Chase VS.. Hart;
Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry. Co. VS..
Cheboygan circuit Judge; Cow VS.. Nc
Tarren; Kelley VS.. East Jordan Chem
Zeal Co... Vance VS.. village OF Pewa-
mo; Selling VS.. Berger. Mr. Hoyt
Post presented resolutions of the De-
troit bar on the death OF the late Hon.
Ashley Pond. Call for Wednesday, 8,
10. II, II, 4, Is. 10. 10, 20, %. &c. IS,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-06
FINDS HER LOST HUSBAND.
Fearing Death, Deserter Discloses His
Whereabouts.

PORT ARTHUR, Ont, April 6.--An
.employe OF the Vigars-Shear Lumber
company named Charles Conner. who
had been in the company's service for
four years, instructed his landlady that
IN anything serious happened to him
she should notify a daughter at Bay
City.
Conner was taken sick and the land.
lady wrote as requested Connor's
daughter is dead and the letter was
sent to Connor's wife at Gaylord, Mich.
Mrs. Conner and her son came 10
Port Arthur. ard found her husband
recovered. She had not heard from
the man for l6 years.