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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Washington.

The Notifications guarding the Cit
les of New York and other important
centers of population on the seaboard
are considered invincible by Maj. Gen.
Leonard WOOD, chief of staff of the
United States army. He believes the
great guns of the Notifications could
destroy any fleets that might be sent
against them. His views have been
submitted to the house committee OF
expenditures in the war department.
In tn eevent of an invasion General
Wood believes the largest cities
would the the scene Of fighting.
That the Insurgent Republican SEN
ators will not be satisfied with the
passage of only the wool revision and
free list bill, after the final disposi-
tion of the Canadian reciprocity bill,
but will demand other tariff leglsla-
ton. was indicated in a statement by
Senator Bristow of Kansas. Mr.. Bris-
tow has had number of conferences
with other Insurgents regarding their
program. He said he would never
consent TO the adjournment of con.
gress until duties are reduced on
trust" controlled products.
It is the belief Of Benton Mcmillan
of Tennessee, for twenty years lead
er among the Democrats in congress.
that the party will sweep the nation
next year and take possession OF ev.
ery branch of the Federal government.
Mr.. Mcmillan has been in Washing
ton for the past week, and has con-
ferred with Democratic leaders in both
the senate and house. Il was an elec.
tor OF the Tilden ticket said Gov
ernor Mcmillan, and l have partici-
mated in every campaign from then till
now. but the party has not been in
better shape for great many years. ;"
According to dispatches from Wash
ington, Father C. S. Rapier, now pres
ident of Marist college in Atlanta, has
been appointed to succeed Father
JOnn T.. Ouuu, dpPOihtSu c4"AoP
Natchez, as pastor of the Sacred
Heart church. Likewise that Father
John E. Guinan, formerly Of Atlanta.
and now president Of the Marist col
lege at Salt Lake City. had been nam
ed as his assistant. Father Rapier,
however. has himself stated publicly
that the report is by no means cer-
tain. In his opinion Father Guinan
will be appointed next pastor.
Former insurrecto soldiers number
President lara or Paraguay, who,
few months ago, seized the presidency
through a bloodless revolution, has
now assumed dictatorship, and de-
Jared martial law throughout the re-
nublic. according to report received
1t the state department at Washing
ton The situation is described in
elegram from Minister Morgan at
Tontevideo, on the authority OF press
,,spatches from Buenos Ayres. Pres
1ent lara is said to have suppressed
= opposition newspapers,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
THIS STATE IN LEAD
THESE INTERESTING STATISTICS
HAVE BEET. PREPARED
BY WATSON.
BRINGS MORE MONEY sOUTR
South Carolina Ranks Second Of All
the States in Value Of Crops Per
Square MiIe-value of Crops of
other States Less Than $4,000.

olumbia.-Some interesting statis-
tics on the agricultural situation in
South Carolina have been prepared by
Commissioner Watson from the re-
cent federal census. AS has been an
nounced this state jumped from Il
to 13 points in rank in agriculture.
The value of the agricultural pro-
ducts of the state increased by 2S.4
per cent in one year. The value of
the crops in 1910 was $140,00O,O00.
which was an increase over 1909 OF
S31 100000; an increase over 1906 OF
S63,2SS,000 and an increase of $685.
6S5, 900 over 1910, all of which shows
that the value of the crops has increas-
ed over 100 pc rcent during the past
decade.
With reference to the value of the
crops per square mile South Carolina
ranked second of all the states with
S4,51S. Other states in comparison:
Illinois, S5,122; Georgia, SS,74S;
Texas, s1,369.
All other southern states snow tne
value of crops per square mile to be
less than $4,000.
The cotton crop of the south ac-
cording to the statistics cleaned for
1910 went on the market for $685..
Isl, 1000. The crop of 1909 was worth
SSH, 100000 and for 1908, S6S1,23O,.
OOO. 1t will be seen that the cotton
crop of 1910 was worth S151,0OO,OOo
more than 1909 There are in the
South 44C,OOO,OOO acres of land
available for cotton and only oae out
of - acres is planted. Of the cot
ton crop 10 per cent was consumed in
the United States; 40 per cent was ex-
ported and 35 per cent remained in
this country up to February, 1911.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
rrustees Are Elected at Meeting.

At a special mass meeting of the
tax payers of special district No. 26,
comprising the city of Orangeburg,
the trustees of the graded schools of
this district were elected. Before the
election of trustees, Maj. w. L. Glaze,
chairman of the board, read finan-
cial statement which showed that the
schools were in fair condition fnan-
cially. The total enrolment in the
white schools during the past term
was 712 and in the colored schools,
744, making a total number of LASS
pupils.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
BLUE SERGE ALWAYS USEFl
Every Woman Should Own Such
Gown, if Posaible-Serves So
Many Purposes.

II possible, every woman should
clude in her wardrobe little oI
piece gown of thin blue serge
serves purposes for which blue line
and blue surah are not available.
is not marred By the rain and 1t
not eSsily mussed.
A one-piece blue serge gown ms
sound plain and anything but indi
idual, but its possibilities are unlfr
tied. Silk collars, folds and ban,
may sdorn it, and the skirt may
made with knee deep hem. tt
skirts are slightly raised on the bodic
thus giving an Empire effect. and Il
bodice is loose ansi easy.
The trimming of the bodice is
matter of isdividual taste. Some pr
fer the deep rolling collar of blat
satin, over which small collar
Venetian lace can be turned. as i
black is not so becoming next to 4
neck. Others have deep collar col
ing almost 10 the waist line, mace
all-over lace, dotted net or sheer ey
let embroidery piped with a narrd
fold of black satin.
Some may use a touch of color
the blue serge gown, but this shou
be judiclously applied. A panel lin|
with vivid green or glaring ceri|
is not altogether smart, while crav|
of green, kings blue or light red ST
cannot fail to be good looking. tt
farseeing woman will see to 1t all
that her blue hemp hat is brightenj
with a bit of the chosen color, al
will have also a tailored parasol
carry tn this serEiceable blue OUT
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Council Committee Meeting.

The joint committee on ways and
means and port and harbor improve
ments of City Council met in the
Peoples Office Building for the pur-
pose of considering matters referred
to it at the last meeting of the City
Fathers, the special committee on
water and light. Alderman Pinckney
chairman, met for a. short session
The special committee on city af-
fairs Alderman Pinckney, chairman,
met in the City Hall for the pur-
pose of considering the petition in
.roduced into Council some time ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
The Prettiest Decoration,

Real flowers make a much prettier
decoration for the wedding cake than
the ornamentations that confectioners
delight in making out of sugar. A
beautiful spray Of snow white roses
rested on the top of homemade bride
cake, recently seen at simple coun-
try wedding. 1t was embedded in the
frosting and 1t was a much more artis-
tic decoration than the expensive love
knots and filigree work that are done
In sugar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
THE FEES HAVE INCREASED
Greater for Half of 1911 Than Whole
of 191o-Notary Public Fees
Have Helped.

Columbia.-For the first half @. the
year 1911 the Secretary of States
Office has taken in fees far in excess
of the fees for the whole of the year
1910, thus indicating that the amount
of capitalization invested in enter-
prises in South Carolina for six months
of 1911 is greater than the total
amount invested in the year 1870.
Not only were the fees in excess
through June 80, but through May 81.
or for the first five months OF 1a11
the fees received by the Secretary of
State exceeded tie aggregate fees for
1910 by a small amount.
For the year 1910 the fees at the
Office amounted to S23,122!32.
For the five months of 1911 ending
May 81, the fees were s23,256.37.
For the month of June, 1911, the
fees were S2,957.66.-
This years business has been help
ed a few thousand dollars ky the
notaries public fees.
The actual amount of capital in
vested in new enterprises for the
year 1911 is not yet available for pub
lication as the books have not yet
been gone over to get the figures.
The Piedmont Bonded Warehouse
and Compress Company, capital $780,
900, of Greenville, has been chartered
to do a real estate business. The
officers are: Frank Hammond, pres
ldent; E. o. Porter, secretary and
treasurer.
The Cartecar Distributing Company
Of South Carolina, of Spartanburg, to
do an automobile business, has been
commissioned. The capital is $4,000.
The petitioners are: ]. w. Woodruff,
Z. NJ. Pearson, of Woodruff.
The Helms-Willis Furniture Com
pany, of Rock Hill, capital $4,000,
has. been chartered to do furniture
business. The officers: ]. c. Helms.
president and manager; A. E. Willis,
Jr., secretary and treasurer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Court Defines Drawing of Jury.


Columbia.-The judgment of the
Lee county court has been affirmed
Ey the supreme court in the case of
the state against Lena Smith. The
opinion is by Associate Justice Woods.
The appeal is from an order OF Judge
Prince, quashing an indictment for as
sault and battery with intent to kill,
on the ground that L. A. Morse, clerk
of the court of common pleas and
general sessions for Lee county, and
ex.officio one of the jury commits
sicaers who had drawn the grand
jury presenting the indictment, was
ar uncle of the wife of the prosecu-
tor. The circuit judge took the po-,
sition that it was in the exercise of
his discretion that he Quashed the in
dictment because of the relationship,
and he is upheld by the supreme
court. i,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Shoot Well at Sumter.

Sumter.-The boys Of the Sumter
light infantry have been doing some
very good shooting at the new rifle
range put up here for the use of the
second regiment of the national guard.
The scores of the five highest in the
practice shoot, under orders from
Capt. A. E. Legare, are: Capt. Warren
179; Lieut.. Brown 1876; Sergt. Owens
1870; Sergt Bradford 122; Private
Martin III. This out of possible
200, at ranges of from 200 and to 600
yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

This pretty dress is of white cotton
,oiie. The skirt is slashed open at
he sida over a panel of hand en-
oroidery, and the edges Of the skirt
are finished with hand embroidered
5callops and dots.
The b-etelles, which cross, and the
cuffs are embroidered to correspond
with the skirt. The little chemisette
Is tucked and trimmed with lace; the
girdle is of white ribbon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Governor Visits Condemned Man.

While in Spartanburg Governor
Blease visited in the county jail Joe
Eates, the former Spartanburg police
officer, under sentence to be hanged
on July -. The governor has recent
ly been asked to commute Bates SEN
tence to life Imprisonment and the
belief is here he will do so. Bates
has been sentenced to hang on three
different occasions, but each time his
attorneys have succeeded in having
the sentence stayed. A commission
was appointed recently to pass upon
Bates sanity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Suit r 1000 Against Railroad.

Su'r + $4,000 damage was filed
In the Office of the county clerk of
C.u.t by Henry G. Rice vs.. the At
lantic Coast Line Railway Company.
Ernest C. Council, engineer, and
James NJ. Lamb, conductor. The pa
pers in the case allege that on March
A, 1911, the plaintiff had his right
hand mashed and mangled while at
tempting to couple an engine to a
freight train and that the injury was
so serious as to necessitate the ampu-
tation of the member. The defendant
company is held negligent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Lexington officer chases Gamblers.

Lexington OFFICER Chases Gamblers.
AS the result of a raid made upon
a party of Columbia gamblers by
Sheriff Corley and Deputy Sheriff
Miller, Lexington county's treasury
is s275 to the good. The men we're
caught on the banks of the Con-
garee river, about one-half mile be-
low the Guignard Brick Works. They
were seven in the party and they
gave their names as follows: Robert
Padgett, John Cassidy, Ed King. Will
Clough, Will Poison, e. F. Sw.2'l and
Monroe Higgins. When the { GERS
came upon the party all OF them "an
but three. These being handcufl :!
and left in charge of Sheriff Corley,
Deputy Sheriff Miller and Special Of
ficer Graham started in pursuit Of the
others. Deputy Sheriff Miller and
Will Poison had 3O0-yard rot race
across a field, the officer fna..v sue
ceeding in out running his man. E?il>n
the race first cegan the deputy called
to Poison to halt, but when he failed
10 do so the officer fired his pistol
intS,.tte air, thinking that it would
cause the man to stop, but instead
he got faster. Poison said that he had
been in foot races before, but he had
never been chased by an officer who
could keep pace with the deputy
sheriff of Lexington. All of the men
pleaded guilty in Magistrate Bluffs
Court and each were sentenced to
pay fine of S35 or serve thirty days,
except Padgett, who was given $50
because of the second offence.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Township Boards Are Restrained.

Judge George W. Gage at Walter
boro issued a temporary injunction
restraining the township commission
ers of Bluffton, Yemassee and Shell
don township from exercising the
functions of their Office. The COM
missioners were ordered to show
cause at Beaufort on September 4
why the injunction should not be
made permanent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Return of the Stud.

Studs, with matching sleeve links,
are in vogue again for the tailored
shirtwaist. They are to be had in i'm
ltation coral, lapis lazuli and jade set
In gold and platinum. A cut glass stud
and sleeve button meets the needs OF
those who do not care for a stone OF
pronounced color.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Had Mo Cases For the Board.

The governor informed the men,
bers of the state board of pardons
that he had no cases for considera-
tion. The board met as required by
law. Immediate adjournment was
taken. The governor is deciding all
pardon cases Independent of the board
and clemency has already been ex-
tended in over 10 cases.
The members of the board of par
dons are W. A. Savage, Walterboro;.
R. Mays Cleveland, Greenville, and
". A. Clark, Columbia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

There is no decrease in the p,
larity of long, V-shaped hoods on s.
coats. They are made Of the mate
itself or of satin or silk in the S;
color as the coat, but they are fs
with vivid silk and held down
thick tassel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Serves 7-Year Sentence, Rearrested.
Spartanburg-James Johnson, alias
Edward Murphy, alias Portland Ned,
who was released from the Federal
penitentiary at Atlanta, where he had
served Z years for robbing post
Office, was brought to Spartanburg
by Sheriff w. J. White and Deputy j.
L. Williams and placed in jail to
await trial on a charge of house
breaking and larceny. 1t is alleged
that on Thanksgiving night, 1902, he
and three confederates cracked the
safe of the Enoree Manufacturing
Company.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Ur able to Save Man From Drowning

UT abTe 70 save Wdn from Drowning.
Charleston.-Hearing a splash il
the water, a group of men who were
standing on the dock in which the
United States steamship Atlanta is
berthed at the Charleston Navy
Yard turned around just in time to
see the body of ]. F. Roberts, a
water-tender at the yard, disappear
into the water at the head of the
dock. The men sprang to boat, but
by the time the boat had been man.
ned and the men had reached Roberts.
the latter had gone down for the last
time
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Il is up to the Governor No..


Columbia.-If the governor carries
cut his announced promise he will
now be forced to pardon every one
of the 800 convicts employed in the
state penitentiary. He has PUT his
foot down on the hosiery mill, so to
speak and has, on several occasions,
made the pardon statement. The
beard of directors have found that it
will be impossible to abolish the
hosiery mill contract Immediately and
it is up to the governor to a''cy out
his announced plan. Should t...e gov
ernor pardon all of the prisoners now
working in the mill it would not ab-te
the contract. Moreover, he has
charged the mill with being death
hole. The records show three deaths
from tuberculosis from the mill last
year, but if all of the prisoners were
released, according to his ideas, the
disease would be spread all over the
state. The situation is interesting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Sumter.-AIr. Perry Moses, Sr., who
has for many years been manager Of
the local plant belonging to the Son.
thern Cotton Oil Company, has re-
signed his position and Mr.. A. Cillon
Fishburne, who has been bookkeeper
and cashier of the company for eight
or nine years, has been appointed to
succeed Mr.. Moses.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

THE military-whether men or
material-possesses charm for
q the average feminine that makes
itself manifest IN variety Of
ways. Especially is this so in the
matter of womanly garb, as for in
stance in the case of the hat shown
In the picture. Here we have the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26
Ner' Dancemk4adeg' ic@aDeadpA Command.

CTAGE dances in which she Is
- surrounded with fire effects
were the attractive specially OF
Miss Ida Fuller in this country and
abroad until her career seemed to
be ended by long and serious i'll
ness. How she suddenly regained
her strength, and at one bound re-
trieved her former position as n
dancer, all at the command OF a
dead genius, makes one OF the
weirdest tales of real life In these
times.
While Miss Fuller was slowly con-
valescing In Western sanitarium
she said one day to visitor:
Yes, feel that | shall yet dance
again. But don't know whether
shall revive any of my old sue
cesses. don't even know what the
world is doing on the stage. l
seem out II it-forgotten. In my
extremity"[-
Here she ceased speaking. seem.
ing like one who had gone into a
trance. But the next day she
showed great Improvement. Inside
Of week she left the sanitarium a
well woman, filed with energy and
ambition.
She went directly to a storage
house, and from an old trunk took a
shabby roll of manuscript, read Il
then and there, and within another
few weeks had produced with great
success her new spectacular pantO-
mime called THE Dance in Hades"
"a sketch pantomime built on the
Old classic OF "Orpheus and Fury.
dice" the episode in which the hero
Inc is followed by the lover within
the gates of the Inferno. Here,
amid the flames, watched by the
three-headed dog that guards the
internal gates, Miss Fuller dances
at her dead authors command.
II was that same commando
voice from the dead--which caused
the break in her speech to her hos
pital visitor.
In my extremity"-and this is
her strange story:
At the height OF Ida Fuller's
European career as a dancer, Rich
ard Wyeth, the gifted son of an
American millionaire, was In the
final stages OF slavery to drugs.
But when the madness induced by
morphine and the frenzy caused by
cocaine were upon him he wrote
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

Did she not say. to herself: "If
cannot marry Baker, no other
girl shall!"?
She arrived in Tuxedo in time to
drive Mr.. William Hoffman's four
INLAND at the Tuxedo Horse Show.
Mr.. Baker was present, and all at
once his heart bounded and he knew
that no one else could take Miss
Kane's place!
The Kanes made formal announce
ment Of the engagement few
weeks later. The Bakers expressed
themselves delighted, and gave the
happy couple a big dinner and sew
eral valuable gifts.
On October Is Miss Kane and
Mr.. Baker were married in the little
church in Tuxedo. The Bakers
lavished jewels on the bride ami
checks on the bridegroom. Mics
Dorothy, the peacemaker, was maid
OF honor. It was a beautiful wed.
ding, and there was a very jolly re-
ception afterward.
The bride and groom, both look
ing idiotically happy, motored away
from the Park bound for a trip
around the world!
Yes, the bride longed to take the
groom to all the places she had
visited in her previous journey!
Together they will visit Egypt, the
Durbar in India, the Flowery King
dom and more interesting places
than can be mentioned!
For love the happy bridegroom
consents to take this long pilgrim
age! When they return they are to
live in Tuxedo. where they first met
the little but powerful god, Lowell
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

ferent The unfortunate man read
her glance.
You don't believe in it." he said,
''but remember, sometime, in your
extremity, you will produce 1t, and
1t will be the greatest success of
your career" She never saw him
again. Three months later she read
of the sudden death of the doomed
man In his native land. She sent
cable OF sympathy to his wife and
in her busy successful, crowded life
forgot the man with the chalk.
white face and the strange, strained
eyes. The soiled roll of paper lay
in the bottom of an old trunk in the
attic of her London home, forgotten.
Five years later, Elm her ex-
tremity," she remembered it-at
the dead authors command. And
it has done for her all that no
promised Il would.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

1t seems that, having had their
son to themselves for ten years,
Mama and Papa Baker could not
reconcile themselves to a daughter.
in-law. AS Sister Queenie said: IF
George had married a year or two
after his graduation from Harvard
it would have been different"
When Miss Kane realized how
bitterly the Bakers felt she showed
her capability for sacrifice. Did
she not say: Never will / marry
you until your family want me. I
love you too much to cause any
trouble between you alb?
And so, for love, she went around
the world.
While she was away, Sister Doro-
thy. another Kane beauty, played
peacemaker. Every week she wrote
letters to the traveller keeping her
posted as to the behavior of George,
Jr., and the attitude of the Baker
family.
Mr.. Baker was distressed, indeed,
during the first month of Miss
Kane's absence, but toward the end
he began to sit up and take notice.
AS has been already noted, Mr..
Baker was devoted to blondes. One
of the prettiest blondes in seven
kingdoms, Miss Margaret Baxter,
a sister of Mrs. Tevis-McKee,
arrived in Tuxedo.
Mr.. Baker drowned his sorrow in
Miss Bakers company. They even
had their pictures taken together
on the lake in front Of the club
house.
Sister Dorothy sent this picture
to the traveller, and the ftraveler
hastily turned her face homeward.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-26

playlets and pantomimes. embodying
his strange fancies. In his homo
in Philadelphia. In his apartment at
Passy, near Paris, in his house at
Shepherds Bush in London, when
the fiends assailed him he wrote,
and what be wrote was as wild as
those frenZies, as terrible as the
visions wrought by his drug-tor.
tured nerves.
He met Ida Fuller when London
and Paris were marveling at the
embroideries she wrought with hu-
man figures amidst the illusions of
fire. One day the quaking, white
faced man who had lived in the
same apartment house. called upon
her in London.
Il have written a playlet for YOU,
He thrust a roll of soiled white
paper into her hand.
Miss Fuller looked politely ihdif-