Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-06

members in the American Gar associa
ton learned that in admitting william
In. Lewis of Boston to Membership
they had admitted negro. there came
la storm of protest and several threats
| to resign, were made unless Lewis
drops out voluntarily or otherwise
Lewis was recently appointed assist
ant United States attorney general BY
President Taft Lewis declared thai
he would not resign his membership
| in the American Bar association, to
which he was elected, notwithstand
ing certainn Southern members of the
| society expressed themselves strongly
against the admission OF the Boston
negro.
Arbitration of disputes between ma
tons is coming slowly but surely
coming said President Taft in his
address before the American Bar as
sociation in Boston. The president
briefly reviewed the proposed general
arbitration treaties with Great Brit
ain and France, and made it plain that
in his opinion the objections made to
the treaties were invalid. President
Taft declared emphatically that there
is room for improvements in proceed
| ure in the Federal courts.
Chairman Norman E. Mack of the
Democratic national committee pre-
sents Gov. John A. Dix of New oYrk
las Democratic presidential possibil-
ity. Governor Dix is the fifth prom
inent Democrat to be brought forward
by Chairman Mack in a series of ar
ticles on Democratic presidential pos
sibilities. The others are: Governor
Harmon of Ohio, Governor Wilson OF
New Jersey, Governor Marshall Of In
diana and Governor Foss OF Massachu-
sets.
War clouds hover olainously over
continental Europe, and military prep
arations are openly goinng forward
upon a gigantic scale The belliger-
ent attitude of France and Germany
over Morocco has caused intense ner-
vousness among thee other powers.
The warlke preparations started in
Belgium are adding to the pesimistic
hue of international conditions. Con-
versations between France and Berma-
ny were reopened in Berlin.
c. H. Markham, president of the
Illinois Central railroad, took a hand
in the conference with union repre-
sentatives, in which the men seek to
induce the road to recognize the new
ly-organized federation. He was ap-
parently unwilling to recede from the
roads previous stand Of treating only
with the representatives of the unions
involved. The labor men here let it
be known that their future action will
depend upon the instructions they re,
ceiye from their presidents
The two new battleships authorized
by the last naval act probably will be
of $500 tons displacement, or the big.
gest war vessels in the world. The !
largest ships so far designed for the
American navy are the New York and !
Texas, with displacement of 27,006 |
tons each, and it became .xno#n Only
nat the asry department contemplat.
I'd exceeding their size. The new
ships will have q haeyier armor than
aver before put on battleship.
Henry Baker, 81 years cid, OF st.
Mla enty nephew al m
-, can testify that "edu-
cation pays BY the terms OF the
late financier's will Just read In pr.
vate, young Baker viii get s25o,ooO II |
he graduates from college. He Is
given $4,000 with which to pay his
college fees and intends to enter Har-
ward university this fall. According
to the st. Charles legatees OF MT
Gates he left an estate OF about thirty
eight million dollars.
Champ Clark, speaker OF the ma
tional house Of representatives, re-
piled to President Taft's speech de-
liyered at Hamilton, Mass. The speak
er accused the president of not stat
ing facts. He said he did not reply
Tor the Insurgent Republicans, who,
@no doubt, will take up the cudgels
in their own behalf He declared
that if the tariff board is to be used
as pretext for delaying tariff re-
vision downward, the Democrats will
cut off its supplies.
With no dissenting voice Francisco
/. Madero received the nomination OF
the Progressive party for president OF
Mexico.