Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-04-05

"A dimpled brigade Of blue and
Browne yed babies will leave New
York on long journey to homes and
III. .ners. Sixty little foundlings will
make the trip to ill vacant cribs In
as many homes in Texas and Okla
ioma. Two sisters Of charity, an in
sest.gator and four nurses from the
New York foundl;ng hospital viii!
have charge of the cooing cargo.
DR.. D. K. Pearson of Hinsdaie, Ill,
will celebrate his 9ist, birthday on.
April IA by the distribution Of $780,"
coo to schools and religious organ
cations. This will make his total
distributions of recent years nearly
Ave million dollars, most of which
has been given to small colleges.
Two masked men forced entrance
into the hcme of A. T. Rogers, at
Las Vegas, n. NJ, and compelled Mrs:
Rogers to surrender her two-year-old
aaby. The kiGnapers left note for
Mr.. Rogers demanding $4,000 in cash
II the parents wanted their baby back
alive. The money was paid and the
child recovered. One of the kidnap-
ers was partially identified as Dennis
Hart, notorious postoffice and bank
lobbers, who recently broke jail at
Albuquerque.
Supreme Court Justice James Alloy.
sius o German (Dem.) of New York
City, was elected United States sem
ator from New York by the legisla-
Jure after the most protracted strug-
sic over. this position ever held in
the Empire State. On the final bal
lot, the 9th, he received 112 votes
to so cast for Chauncey M. Depew,
whose term expired March A.
A survey Of tae work that is being
done by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
was gwen at the annual conference
of tie association in Boston by Os-
valid Garrison Willard, a New YORK
newspaper publisher, who is chair
man OF the executive committee OF
the association. Mr.. Willard in the
eeginning of his address stated that
the association was organized be-
cause the situation of the negro in
The United States called for strong
militant organization to defend his
rights rld forward his causes. There
can be no doubt that wave Of col
or hysteria is sweeping over the
country
At u great meeting of churcnmcn
and statesmen in London, England,
to celebrate the tercentenary of tne
revision of the English translation OF
the Bible by commission which CON-
pleted the so-called King James ver-
SION in 1911, Premier Asquith and
Whitelaw Reid, the American ambas-
sador, who were the principal speak
ers, seized the opportunity to eulo-
gize the arbitration movement. In
his address Mr.. Asquith said: THE
English Bible belongs not only to the
subject of King George, but to The
whole English-speaking world. One of
the truths which has been slowly real
lZSu, duu WulCu uOW USiiSNS 10 III III
ly rooted in the faith of Christian
men and women on both sides Of the
aAtlantic is that war between English
speaking people would be not only
crime against civilization, but an IN.
forgivable breach Of these few COM
mandments which are enshrined in
the New Testament.
Fire-swept, smoke-stained and water
drenched, New York states magnifi,
cent s27,000,OOO capitol stands par
tfal wreck by flames that started in
the assembly library, burned away the
entire west wing and did damages es-
timated at s7,OOO,OOO before the fire
was declared under control, after rag
ing more than four hours. Five NIL
lion dollars probably could repair the
damage done by fire, but money can
not restore the historical records that
were the pride of the state library.
A merger of % plow manufacturing
companies into one corporation with
capitalization of s50,O00,0O0 was an
nounced at the Offices of Deere & Co.
The name of the consolidation will be
Deere & Co., and its headquarters
will be Moline, Ill.