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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
c,r;rtian scientizts in Trouble.

Birmingham, Ala, SPselai'-1ne
coroner and city health officials nave
ordered a thorough investigation Of
the death of 9-year-old Roger Howell.
a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Howell
$50 Herring avenue. Tho boy at the
time of his death and for some time
previously had been in the care OF
Mrs. R. q. Kerr. Mrs. E. Fl. Foster
and Miss Hulet Thompson, Christian
Science practitioners. They claimed
Tuesday that death was the result OF
a vaccination performed several
weeks ago.
DR.. R. B. Hardness. city health Of
fc.r states, however, that he can see
nothing that could have brought on
death other than lack of nourishmen4
and medical attention.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
News of Sports.

Leon Morare won four hrst prizes
at the Bournemouth airship meeting.
The H~urlingham Polo Club decided
10 adopt the American system OIL nan
If Jefrries had placed himself in
tho ara of Delaney. Muldoon thinks
the result of tie big fight might have
been different.
A rule has bseI. made at TRINITY
College that q nan must compete lor
his college team in the course Or inc
academic year and mustn't make en-
gagements to appear for organizations
outside.N
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03

stiff wire is bent in the shape indi-
Gated, and the part passing over the
opening is made to work freely up
and down like a lever and under wire
staples. When the hen starts to pass
under the wire to get into the nest
proper she lifts the wire arm up with
her back and thus the other wire arm
back from beneath the door, where it
has been held up under the lid of the
box, letting it drop in place. Blocks
are fastened in front of the door SO
that the door can not be pushed out
and the hen can not escape, no mat
ter how hard she tries. The lid on
top may be made of two separate lids
or as one piece, as you please. With
a little experimenting on your part
you can bend the wire just at n
right angle so that it will work per-
fectly each time. The wire arm over
the opening should be placed high
enough SO that the hen will naturally
want to pass under it instead of try
ing to step owe it.
The first compartment should be
from four to six inches longer than
the drop door is high, so the door will
not strike the hen on the back as it is
released.
Each hen should have an aluminium
or copper leg band on M of her legs
with a number on it. Then as you re-
lease the hen you can put the egg
down to her credit if she has laid one
in the nest. Sometimes the hens will
enter the nest from curiosity, and es-
pecially is this true when the system
is first installed, but, after they be-
come used to 1t they will seldom enter
except to lay. To get the hens ac-
ouainted with the nest the door may
be propped up for several days.
The trap nest is excellent for sit
ting hens-you a release the hen
to get her iced and trap the door, and
then after sic goes back on the nest
she shuts the door after her and other
hens can not enter to bother her or
break her eggs. You cal easily catch
the hen that is an egg eater with the
trap nest, as some of the broken egg
will be found in the nest with her.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
pispensary's Attractive Feature.

Charleston, S. c., Specialize
statement of the ~dispensaries Of
Charleston county for the second
quarter ending June 30 show net pro-
6ts of $47,G16.94 which is about Sl3.-
GOO in excess of the corresponding
quarter of last year, making the pro-
fits of the last half year about $685.
coo. or an annual business, if the
business holds I'D during the next two
quarters. Of S1S0.000 or a net in
crease Of $4,000 over the business of
last year.
The statement is particularly inter
esting for the showing of the revenue
that is possible il the dispensary sys-
tenn for Charleston county, if the law
is strictly enforced and the patron
age is given to the legally establish
ed institutions for the sale of liquor.
Since the Charleston county dispen-
sary system was established, the an
nual business has shown an increase
yearly of from $4,000 to $751; OO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
good BYE BRYAN.
Nebraska Democrats Dethrone
World Renowned Orator.
LEADER FOR TWENTY YEARS
Delegates Silent When sol Call Of
Counties Proceed But a STORM Of
Cheers Follow Result of Vote.

rwEH4 j. a.LiHf.
Grand Island, Neb., Special.-Amid
a tumult of cheers from the former
followers Of William j. Bryan, per
manant Chairman Smyth of the Demo
cratic platform convention Tuesday
read the result of a test vote OF the
gathering practically taking from Mr..
Bryan the Democratic leadership OF
Nebraska, which he has maintained
for 20fyears.
The vote cane on a motion made
by Congressman G. AZ. Hitchcock, a
candidate for the senatorial nomina-
ton. and in effect was to eliminate
the idea of platform planks, with
accompanying speeches, unless sub
united as a section of the majority
or minority report of the COMMITTEES
on resolutions.
Mr.. Bryan, seated as n member OF
the Lancaster county delegation, was
upon his feet at once. with a protest
and proffered an amendment that
would modify that intent fof the
original motion. A dozen delegates
made as many motions and heated
speeches on the subject, the Bryan
adherents deuouncing the Hitchcock
motion as "gag' rule" and their OPP
ponents asserting that individual
rule" must not prevail in the. con-
vention.
Chairman Smyth ordered a roll-call
on the amendment and the gathering
was silent as the vote of the coun-
ties was called that would determine
the strength of Mr.. Bryan.
When two-thirds had been called
foes of Mr.. Bryan realized that he
was defeated, and a wave Of cheers
thai drowned the roll-call began. As
Chairman Swyth finally read the re-
suit, 465 against the amendment to
S94 in favor of it, the delegates
sounded a fresh volume of cheers
that seemed to indicate their relief
from the uncertainty that had existed
as to the strength which Mr.. Bryan
might develop in the convention. The
original motion Of Mr. Hitchcocb
then was adopted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
4-11-a4 For Johnson.

Albany, Special.-Jack Johnson
champion pugilist. has an automobile
license from New York State which
ought to tickle every one of his
brethren of color. but most of all
those who years ago were addicted
to policy and the formation of gigs.
The conquerc- Of JefTries was ar.
rested in New York the other dav and
arraigned III court for corresponding
There it was discovered that he had
no license for his big automobile. He
applied for one Immediately and got
it-No. 4-11-44.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
ohio's Nominee for Governor.

Columbus, Spccial.-The Republican
candidate for governor Of Ohio is
Warren G.. Harding, of Marion, O..
once ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Despite the efforts of Senator Bur-
toa's Cryahoga county delegation to
stampede the convention fer Nicholas
Loagworth, and George B. Cox's every
effort in behalf of Judge 0. Is. Brown,
the Dayton man, a coordination of the
'.progressivGs'' 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
Gamble on Farmers, Product.

Chicago. Special.--An extreme adj
vance Of 4 3-4 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. 1t
closed at 60 IA to 60 3-S cents; and
during the forenoon sold up to 65
cents. September gained 35-S cents
selling at sc Is. and May 4 cents
Sales at sc IA cents.
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 part of the South
ern army bivouaced near her home,
died Sunday. She was 73 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 tbs battle Of Gettys-
burg.
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 thirty-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 a small variety. A large
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03

Buckwheat is a good crop to grow
on weedy lanls; it is a nitrogen gath
erer Like clover; it may be sown late
with safety, when the rush Of other
seeding is over, and it is a good
vielder. Whole buckwheat has about
the feeding value of corn, but its
middlings nave a high protein content,
% per cent; oil meal has % per cent,
and the nanure from that feed is rich
in nitrogen. Ground buckwheat made
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Knew His Death Was Hear.

New York, Specisl.-Conrinced
that he was about to be fatally at
tackled with hydrophobia as the re-
suit Of the bite of a pet cat, James
E. Hardy, 81 years old, of Bayonne,
N. j., a Standard Oil employee. de-
liberately went about making arrange
ments for putting his affairs in order
and arranging for his funeral.
Early Thursday the hydrophobia
developed itself as he believed it
would. Hardy was hurried from his
house OF the hospital but nothing
could be done for him there and af-
ter an hour Of agony he died.
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
HOW IT CAN BE DONE
Practical 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-
oel 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 UNI
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 Of powerful cables
and lift her completely out OF the
water, where a complete inspection OF
her hull will be possible.
While the ship is suspended above
water Mr.. O'Rouke declares she can
he 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 a naval board in pre-
cisely the SANE condition as she sank
on the NIGHT 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 on each side.
Practical tunnel building operations
would be employed thereafter and
LOO little tunnels would be driven
through the mud under the Names
keel between the opposite calssons.
Through each tunnel q powerful steel
cable would be run 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 a system of ateel screw Nds
and the screwjack principle would
be employed. In that the war de-
partment would be asked for a thou
aand men bo operate the hand screws.
and by every mar turning a lever at
. given signal, it is piFnr"d to pull
the hulk up in the craGle 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, HE
gap between the wharves would be
bridged and the engineers would
work under and around the hull.
When repaired she could be let down
into the water by a rev sal of the
process by which she wa raised.
Mr.. O'Rourke expressed the opinion
TO Mr.. Oliver that the job could be
done In thrss months. Mr.. Oliver and
General Bixby examined the plan in
minute detail. Mr.. O'Rourke was as
sured as one condition that, should
an army board pass favorably upon
the project, his patents in the ap-
paratus would be protected.
Attorney General Wiekersham ar
ranged for the protection Of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Too Bad, Children.

Nashville, Tenn, Special.-Twenty-
eight hundred ice cream cones 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 10 condemnation and
seizure under the pure food and drug
laws.
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 yalise filed
with sand, two reviewers, an axe, an
oil stove and other junk to insure
their sinking, .Brice Womack, a
wealthy farmer of Troy, Mo-, ard
Mrs. Mollie Anderson, of st. LOU,
iumed from a skif into the Missis-
sippi river here Sunday. They were
rescued by people on the bank, and
when brought. to land were 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
BUcKWHEAT FOR WEEDY LANDS.

into a thick slop is good for the
brood sow, and its flavor soon IN
duces the little pigs to learn to eat
Horses eat whole buckwheat, and they
seem to do we'll on it and welcome
it to break a monotonous diet. Fowls
like it, and relish it for a long time
continuously. As a crop for home
consumption, as a weed killer and
nitrogen source to land huckwheat
deserves q recognition
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Official Says Municipal
uennery is Needed in One Section.

Pittsburg.-Directpr E. r. Walters
of the department of public health
has diverted his attention from the
smoke nuisance to hens. He says the
negro hill district must nave a PUBIC
henhouse. He found oi
families keeping chickens in the eel
lars Of houses. 800,
Since they must have chickens, and
cheaply, there is only n solution,
according to Mr.. Walters, and That is
a municipal hennery or poultry STOCK
yard and slaughter house
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
nipo,. Mention.

Every piece OF ordnance IN the
army will be tested and further sale
ty devices added.
English aid Chinese capital is be-
ing freely invested in mining proper
ties in the philippines.
Captain Bern Y, the Canadian
polar explorer, will attempt to find
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 Menus were saved of the
Florida coast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Determined to Capture Assassin.

Ridgeway, Va, Special.-At a
special meeting of the town council
Tuesday afternoon u 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 will
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., Special.-Twenty-
eight girls employed in the hot roll
ers, kneeders and cutters roo 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 $1.25, the wages
paid the wrappers Of chewing gum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Shame on Louisiana.

Monroe, La, Special.-Unidentifed
men 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.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Chicago Now Has Continuous
Water Course to the Q;

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 Association.

Washington, special.-First Wash
ington and then Atlanta and New
York, with a number 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 Nm ancial crisis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-03
Modern Farm Methods
As Applied i'm the South.
Notes Of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower 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
Old Scheme svindled Negroes.

Alexandria, La, Special.-Scores of
negroes in this section have been vic
timized within the past 10 days by a
white man who obtained the sum Of
81 from each of them "'as a fee for
having their names enrolled as e1-
slaves in order to secupe pensions"
The swindler has not been appre-
hended.
1000, 900 Couldn't Prevent Death.
New York, Special.-Edward R.
Hartman was worth $71,000,0 600 at
she time of his death.
The records Of the State Comp
troller's Office into which inheritance
taxes are paid, show that Charles
A. Peabody, president of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, who has
acted as Mrs. Hartman IS adviser,
since her husbands death, paid on
March 5, last, $675,000 as the amount
to which the State was entitled .undei
the Transfer Tax law. A little arith.
metic shows to those familiar with
the law that the estate on which this
tax was paid was valued at ST.
o53,737.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-20
,--@T-TY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
rlN AN OLD NURSE

A.. winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
Mis' .,,,,;on of one of the best female
presciip and nurses in the United
ply si'd "a has been used for fifty years
States az -failing success by millions OF
with hese eor their children. 1t relieves
mothers ,I ~ rom pain, cures diarrhoear
the chl' ~ the bowels, and wind oclic'
gripping - aoIth 10 the child 1t rests the
BY giving grHss.enty-fye cents bottles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-20
JAPAN CALLS FOR HELP.

The japanese government, which a
few years ago proudly declined the
proffered aid OF the outside world in
Guiding the United States, at a time
when her people were suffering heavily
from floods and famine, has now made
known her willingness to accept any as
sistance offered in the present flood ca
lamity.
Ambassador O'Brien at Toxic, in a
cablegram to the State Department
yesterday, stated that the seriousness
of the situation continues to grow, that
thousands of homes have been inundat-
ed by water, many lives have been lost
and the burden of sheltering the ref
ugees has grown heavy. So far nearly
200, 900 people have been driven from
their homes. As these are the poorer
classes, they are without food and have
become a government charge. Mr..
O'Brien says the japanese government
will not now hesitate to accept relief
funds collected by the Red Cross So
cieties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-20
FAVORs ANNEXATION.

Annexation OF Canada 10 the United
States by Canada was advocated yester-
day in an address by Henri Bourassa,
NJ. p, the nationalist leader OF
Quebec, before the Summer school OF
Science of st. Francis Xavier Col
lege at Antigonish, n. S. The speak
er dwelt at length with the four pos'
sibIe destinies of Canada, namely:
Remaining in the position in which
she is at present, which he regard
ed as improbable; imperial fedora
ton, which would be an unwield-
" and unworkable condition; annexa-
ton to the United States and independ-
ence. Imperial federation meant an
imperial council with preponderant
British influence" said Mr.. Bourassa.
Conditions today in Canada make for
annexation rather than for imperial
federation. The penetrative influence
Of trade by rail and coastal lines, the
mental propensity Of the two peoples
living under the same or similar con-
ditions. industrial and social, the con
slant intercommunication OF Cana
dians and Americans are all powerful
factors making for annexation. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-08-20

CONDEMNS CHURCH METHODS.

In preaching on the subject ii
Christ Came to Baltimore" recently
Rev. George H. Mock, pastor OF Will
liam Street Independent Methodist
Church. strenuously denounced KID
glove preachers, grating politicians
and soulless manufacturers who hypo-
critically profess Christianity he
said that Christ would disapprove OF
any Sunday school faddists who prldedi
themselves on their systems" and
who induced boys to attend by making
baseball and other sports adJuncts OF
teaching the scriptures. Oyster sup
pers and ice cream festivals to raise
funds for the church were condemned,
and it was intimated that Christ would
class those who conducted such affairs
with ahe moncy-changers in the temple.
Denominational rivalry was classed
as one Of the causes which 0bscurcd
the light of the gospel" " Mr.. Mock
said that Christ would not enter the
churches Of Baltimore, but would stand
on the street corners. II He came
in the garb OF PEASANT, he declared'
HE would be denounced as an impos-
tor, arrested as vagrant and taken to
the nearest police station, Baltimore
is guiltier in the sight OF God than Je-
rusalem was in the days OF Christs
earthly pilgrimage.