Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-10-04

EOur QuuQrSQ IuOuSduu SillHSho VA
the Ottoman empire living in the
United States may be called upon to
furnish an army of fighting men to
take the field against the Italians, ac-
cording to a declaration by Dgeial
Bey. the new Turkish consul general
in New York City. Dgeial Bey said
there were $4,000 Turkish subjects
living in New York City. "Do you
expect to call upon them to aid in
the war which Italy has declared?"'
he was asked. "Such a call is possi-
ble," he replied.
Wenceslao Franco, a wealthy resi-
dent of Acala, a small town in the
state of Chiapas, Mexico, was cruci-
fed by the rebellion Chamula Indians
when they sacked that place, accord
ing to kilograms received by Ell Inn
parcial from Tuxela Gutierrez, the
state capital.
In the arrest at New Orleans OF
Annie Crawford, an alleged drug fiend,
on the charge of poisoning her young
er sister, Elise, pretty stenographer'
the police took their first step in an
avowed effort to reveal the woman as
modern Lucretia Borgia. Three
other members of the Crawford fam
lily have died under mysterious cir
cumstances within the past fifteen
months and Annie Crawford is said
to have been the beneficiary named
in the insurance policies on the lie
of each.
The prosecution Of the so-called
trusts by the United States govern
ment and the present and probable
condition of business in general were
topics touched upon by Franklin w.
Hobbs of Brookline, Mass, president
of the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, when he opened the
semi-annual session of the association
at Manchester, VT. Conditions in
cotton manufacturing during the past
six months have been deplorable,
said Mr.. Hobbs, ''but the outlook Is
much brighter"
Mayor Shank of Indianapolis an
nounced that he was determined to
break the corner formed by commits
sion men on potatoes, which are sell
ing here at s1.60 per bushel, and for
that purpose he has brought in a car
load. which will be placed on the city
markets. He says the potatoes cost
60 cents bushel in Michigan, and
will be sold here at the same price,
with the freight added. The commits
sion men are charged with represent
ing to growers that the market here
is glutted. ~
Another white ,b5pe" went down
to defeat at Troy, n. Y, when "Cy-
clone Larry" Flglish, an ex-member
of the New York police force, dispos-
ed of George Perry of Boston in six
rounds. THE fight was slugging
match from start to finish, and the
Bostsn man, who won recent white
hope" tournament in Ne wYork, was
BADLY beaten, being knocked down
eight times during the fight, which
the referee stopped in the sixth
round.
Senator John L. Bristow practically
served notice that, while he was par-
ticipating freely and gladly in the
welcome to President Taft in Kansas,
there was to be no let-up in the fac
tional fight as soon as he left the Dor
ders of the commonwealth.
AS an outcome of the first state
wide primary in Massachusetts heio,
Gov. Eugene NJ. Foss again will head
the Democratic ticket, and returns In
now indicate Lieut.. Gov. Lewis A.
rockingham will be his Republican
opponent in the November election.
Both are from Boston. There was a
fairly good vote, although the total
fell short of that polled at the last
state election. Governor Foss had op'
position from Thomas L. Hisgen.