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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-06-05
Va&abor1d
Jane

BY Dorothy Douglas


Jane was poor as to purse; her
bounty lay in a richness of spirit, an
all-abiding love for her fellow men.
When she drew near the tenement
that was her home her heart contract
ed painfully. A child, not more than
ten, was huddled against the chilling
pillar Of the doorway, seeking shelter
from tho biting November wind. The
child had taken off her cwn rag Of a
coat and It lay cuddled over etill
smaller form in her arms.
The eyes Of hunted animal
cleaned forth from the small, pinched
face when Jane stopped in front OF
her.
What is It, child? No, don't be
afraid"-for the child had made an
involuntary movement as II to flee
"give me the baby and come with me;
you are cold through and through" "
II dasn't go home till get two
Dollars" the child said mechanically
az she followed Jane into the tene.
ment building and up the stone etairs.
Through her apathy. brought on by
numbness and hunger, the child re-
sponded to James sympathy. I'D get
beat If I went home without them
two dollars, and amt got nothin' but
coppers-twenty.fou Of them"
"Poor little dea7,' said Jane, and
pondered the situation while she put
the infant to sseep on her own couch.
She could not afford to make up
the difference in money to the child,
as her own resources were limited,
yet the money must be found, and
that before dusk set In.
She went about preparing food for
the children. Her knowledge as to
correct feeding Of an infant in arms
was more or less vague.
Children of the poor can eat any.
thing and thrive" thought Jane, and
a grim little smile played about her
lips. The milk she warmed seemed
perfectly satisfactory, and when the
infant was again asleep Jane spoke
to the older child.
"I am going out to find some more
pennies for you. You must stay here
until I return" James order was not
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JAPs BORROW FROM TIE WEST
Modern Methods of Fighting Fira
Now In Use in Tokyo and
Yokohama.

Fires used to be regarded as neces
sary evils in Japan. Confagration'
which swept through whole quar-
tiers, licking up the fimsy houses like
waste paper, were mere common
places Of existence there. But thu
increased value Of modern structures
has made it imperative to improve the
fire fighting syntems.
In Yokohama the apparatus II
owned and the f1remen are paid by
the association Of fire insurance com
panies. In Tokyo 1t is owned by the
city. There are AZ watch towers In
Yokohama, each fitted with gona
with which fro alarms are given. Al
night, says Consular and Trade Re
ports, watchmen are kept on two OF
these towers, who give the alarm by
gongs In case FIRE is discovered. In
Tokyo the tower system Is also used
for both fire and police alarms. The
city is divided into seven districts
each having a central alarm station
About 290 machines record the alarms
upon ticker tape at the different tow
ers and police and fire stations.
The water pressure in the lower
portion an in the Japanese quarter
of Yokohama is from 80 to 40 roundf
per square inch, but in the upper resi-
dence section, where there is much
valuable property, the pressure Is al
most nil. In Tokyo the situation IL
much more satisfactory. There are
nearly 5000 water plugs in the city
and the average pressure is "A poundf
to the square inch.
The coolies who assist In time OF
fire in Yokohama are paid an aver
age Of four cents, American curren
cy, an hour. The regular staff OF fro
men and watchmen receive an aver
age of STAT a month. The coolies
in Tokyo receive about IS cents
day, when called for fire duty, and
the regular fremen s6.47 month
In Tokyo there is also a guild that II
subject to being called out for fire
duty. In Yokohama there have been
BAT fires in the past five years, which
destroyed $1,3O0,147 worth Of prop
erty. In Tokyo the number Of fire,
In the same period was 2.717, VIII
loss of s3,5o4,2sS.
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repeated-the girl was only grateful
to have shelter from the cold.
Out in the street James brow puck.
cred. How could she get the neces.
sary money?
A street singers voice caught her
attention. There was an idea! Pen.
MES were being showered down upon
the girl from the high windows, and
Jane believed her own small voice
equal in monetary value to that Of
the street singer.
She walked several blocks in order
10 gain courage to lift up her voice
In song. The neighborhood in which
she found herself was rich; Jane
knew that from the wonderful lace
curtains in those hundreds Of WIN
dows. She found her way timidly to
the back court and there she began
her strange mission.
An unusual emotion took hold Of
Jane when little bundles Of pennies
or pickels or dimes dropped down
from surreptitiously opened windows.
Before long Jane had enough and to
spare for the small children waiting
for her return.
Dusk was coming on slowly, but
Jane made her way to one more build
ing. She had read the word stu.
dos" between the massive portals and
her reason told her that here was a
domicile Of great souls.
The unusual strain had begun to
tell in James voice, and she was not
q little weary when a man came to
the doorway and stood deliberately
watching her. James tones trembled
and the hot color crept into her
cheeks.
When her song was finished she
turned to go. The mans voice stopped
her; it was a gentle voice and full OF
persuasion.
81 will give you SIS il you will pose
for me for an hour" the man said.
The money consideration did not
startle Jane, but the strangeness OF
her experience brought the slow,
whimsical smile to her eyes. While
she was stfll studying the mans face
be spoke again.
"You will be doing me great IA
vpf-H must have model tonight"
IT have never posed-but I believe
I could ait still for an hour Jane
sighed and rather enjoyed the pros
pect OF sitting quietly. She was moro
tired than she had realized.
~You will have reet every Affesa
'nainutos," the artist told her and mar.
v.ea a& tGe Eroaasd. 6veek eharmp@
Ae street hager. ], He lea he veT
10 the elevator and Jane followed IL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-06-05
Citation.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.
May 2sth, 1912.

The State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.
BY W. T. K;,naird, Probate Judge:
Wherea B. Hollingsworth
has made su, to me, to grant him
Letters of Administration of the
Estate and effects of Daniel ID.
Brunson, deceased.
These Are Therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and Creditors of the said Dan
iel D. Brunson, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the
Court of Probate, to be held at
Edgefeld, C. H., S. c., on June
18th 1912. next, after publication
hereof at IL clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
Should not be granted.
Given under my hand this, 25th
day of May. Ammo Domini 1912.
w. r. Kinnaird.
Nav %. 10. J. F. E. @.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-06-05
1785-1912.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON.
:. 12sth Year Begins September II.

Entrance examinations at all the
G county seats on Friday July s. at
1t offers courses in Ancient and
Modern languages, Mathematics,
History, Political Science, Deoat-
ing, Chemistry, Physics, Biology
and Engineering.
Courses for B. A., B. S., and b.
S. degree with Engineering.
A free tuition scholarship to each
county of South Carolina. Vacant
Boyce scholarships. giving 500 a
year and free tuition, open to COM
petitive examination in September.
Expenses reasonable. Terms and
catalogue on application. Write to
:; HARRISON RANDOLPH, President,
Charleston, S. c.
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walks, but out in this residential Sec
ton no attack was being made on the

walks, but out in this residential Sec
tion no attack was being made on the
drifts.
Hester turned from the side street
into wide avenue, lined on each side
by brownstone mansions. Here she's
found the walking better, and shiver-
ing, breathless, she sped on her way.
IF it only wasn't so far" she said
to herself, desperately. She stopped
for moment to fasten her coat more
closely about her. A red Limousine
stood at the curbstone and chauf-
feur in fur cape and gloves waited
for the man who was descending the
steps of an imposing mansion.
Hester gave one look from man to
master, then fed, stumbling, gasping.
1T was Rex" she said to her heart,
wildly. 20, he mustn't see me: He
mustn't see me"
But he had seen her. Hester!
Hester!" he was calling.
She would not turn 6ack. She fell
consumed with shame that he should
see her thus.
But he was beside her, eager, e1'
postulating.
Hester, dear GIRL" he said. with
his hand on her arm, and she stopped
and turned to him, and when she saw
the frankly adoring look in his eyes
she broke down and cried.
"You poor little thing, you poor lit
tie thing" he said. "At last I have
found you"
He made her lean on his arm
I'm going to take you home" said
Rex, briefly, but first we've got to
get something to warm you up. ]
can't invite you in there" with nod
of his head toward the house, "be'
cause It's a mans club. But there's
a tea room at the corner"
Hester ate little. It was enough for
her to bask IN the comfort of Re1'a
presence, and the color came back to
her cheeks and the light into her eyes,
as he talked to her.
"Ive hunted everywhere for you"
he said Nobody seemed to know
your address. They told me you were
In New York and that was all"
Il wouldn't let any one know" said
Hester. II told her to tell you."
"Vera?" he asked, and as she nod
ded she saw his eyes grow hard, but IL
was not until long after that he told
her that her trusted school friend had
tried to win him for herself, and that
she had withheld the address OF hla
former sweetheart.
Kind Mrs. Adams, deep In the mys.
teries of Fridays cleaning, was start
led by the sound Of an automobile
horn at the front door.
Hester came in beaming.
'It's Rex" she said, "and. Rex, this
is dear Mrs. Adams. She has been
so kind to me-
It was a wonderful talk that fol-
lowed. Rex insisted that tired, eco
nomical Mrs. Adams should give pp
her poor old lodging house and come
and be housekeeper for himself and
Hester. He intended to buy a big
country place, he said, and there
would be many servants to manage,
Did Mrs. Adams think she could?
And Mrs. Adams wept tears or JOY
81 told you you should be queen"
Rex said to Hester that night, land
while can't give you a real throne,
dearest, you shall reign in my heart
forever"
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SUMMONS.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.

County of Edgefeld.
Court of Common Pleas.
G. w. Smith, Plaintiff, against
S. w. Wideman, as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Margaret NJ.
Smith, deceased. Lily E. Smith,
Josie May Smith, Ira Z. Smith,
Defendants.
Summons for relief. Complaint
not served.
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action which is filed in the Office
of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, for the said county, and
to serve copy of your answer to
the said complaint on the subscribr
ers at their Office at Edgefeld G. H.
S. c., within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive of the day
of such service; and if you fail to
answer the complaint within the
aforesaid time, the plaintiff in this
action will apply 10 the Court for
the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Sheppard Bros,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Test
w. B. Cogburn u. S.
elk. G. G. P. & G. S.
Edgefeld Co., S. G.
To the nonresident defendant,
Lily E. Smith: You will take no
tice that the original Summons and
Complaint in the above stated ac-
tion, is on file in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions, in and
for the County of Edgeheld, and
State aforesaid.
Sheppard Bros,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
May 2sth, 1912.
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EYE TALK NO. 4
DETAILS

The difference between q peni--
itentiary and a palace is largely a
matter of detail.
Both are designed for human hab-
itation and serve, equally well to
protect the inmates from the efe-
ments.
But one is vastly more comfort
able place of abode than the other.
so 1T IS WITH GLASSES
Crudely fitted glasses MAY help
your vision, but great care in every
detail of adjustment is essential to
safety and comfort.
YOUR EYES ARE WORTH A
CORRECTLY FITTED PA1R
OF GLASSES.
GEO. F. MINIS,
Optician, Edgefield, S. c.
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Great Syoto1i.

"Thig winter air is nice and fresh,'
said the brisk citizen.
That's where you are wrong" 70
pNea the man from Chicago. TITS thu
aslao old air; II only seems fresh bQ
cause-it has been in cold storage.S
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-11
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
 IN DARRoWS CASE.
P. j. cooney Describes His Duties as a
 Paid Investigator"

Los Angeles, Cal, June 10.--Warn- ing witnesses to keep out of the state and notifying prospective jurors in time to evade service when thought to be unfavorahle to the defense were part of his duties as an investigator" for the McNamara defense, according to P. J. Cooney, who took the stand in the trial of Clarence s. Darrow for jury bribery.
 Under direct examination Cooney said he had reported to Mir. DarroW that Bert H. Franklin talked too much" that Franklin had said 10 him
 They will never convict J. B. while Bain is on the jury" Darrow is under indictment for brlbing Robert F. Bain, the first juror sworn in the trial of James B. McNamara.
 The defense made a determined but futile effort to prevent Cooney from testifying to facts other than those directly bearing on the Lockwood case, on which Darrow is now being tried. The adverse ruling by Judge Hutton admits any evidence tending to show alleged corruption of witnesses called in the McNamara case.
 Cooney, who testified hat he had been engaged in settlement work in Chicago prior to entering the employ or the McNanlara defense. said that early in October he had been sent out of the state to see Bert Hannerstronne, 3 hrother-in-law of Mr. Darrow. He met him, he said, in Salt Lake City, where he told Hsnnerstrone that Darrow wished him { oremain away until the Diekelman matter blew over" Dakelman was witness for the prosecution in the McNamara case and was said to have been spirited away by agents of the McNamara de- fense
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-11
Banks Troubles
 Due to Perkins
RUN ON TRUST COMPANY
 CHARGED TO HIM
A REPORTER TESTIFIES
Says Steel Maenate Gave Him the ln- formation Which Did the Mischief
 Bank Held T. c. 6 |. Stock.

New York, June 10-The blame for the run on the Trust Company of America during the panic of 1907 was credited today to stories printed in the New York newspapers upon informa- tion obtained from George W. Perkins, according to testimony given at the re- sumption of hearings in the govern ment suit to dissolve the United States Steel Corporation under the Sherman antitrust law. The testi- mony was elicited by Jacob M. Dickin- son, attorney for the government in an attempt to prove that the run on the Trust Company was part of a plan to hammer" the stock of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company in the interest of the United States Steel Corpora tion, which took over the Tennessee company during the panic.
 Perkins Gave the information.
 It was testified by Oakleigh Thorne, formerly president of the Trust Com pany of America that the institution held Tennessee Coal and Iron stock as collateral when the run began. He declared that the run was directly due to an article published in the New York Times referring to his institu- tion as a "sore spot" in the financial situation. His testimony was supple mented by that of Osmund Phillips of the Times staff, who said that he secured from MT. Perkins then a partner in J. P. Morgan and company and a director in the Steel corporation, the information upon which the article In the Times was based.
 Reporter Met Mr. Perkins.
 He met Perkins by appointment at the Union League club, the night be- fore the run, he said, when Perkins told him that 1t had been decided by the bankers handling the financial sit uation to help the Trust Company of America if they would permit their books to be examined.
 Different Case From Knckerbocker.
 Phillips said he had suggested the possibility of the public not accept ing the decision of the bankers in the right way since 1t was known that their decision to help the Knlcker- booker Trust Company had not pre- vented fatal run on that institution, Perkins in reply explained, the wit ness testified that the capital and sur plus of the Knickerbocker had been impaired, that the situation as regards the Trust Company of America was different and that the latter institu- tion would receive different treatment. No Previous Trouble At Trust Com
 pany.
 Mir. Thorn testified that there had been no trouble with his institution up to the time that attention was call ed to it by the publication of the arti- cle
 Counsel for the Steel corporation brought out that other articles tending to direct attention to the Trust Com pany of America had been published the same day as the Times article
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-11

California and Clifford Pinchot of Washington were among the scores to participate in the various councils held sp the interests of the former presi dent. We've got them skinned de- spite the work of the national com mittee," said Garfield, who was sec retary of the interior under Roose- velt. "This committee cannot stop the nomination of Roosevelt. Penrose, Crane and others in that committee do not realize what the people as a body are thinking. There will be an uprising against the action here.
 This nation has been aroused as 1t has not been in a presidential cam paign of recent memory and the yer dict is on the side of the progressives. raw things this committee may put over. Colonel Roosevelts friends are confident of the outcome"
 Reports that presidential electors in states where primaries were carried by Colonel Roosevelt (regardless of the result of the national convention) would refuse to vote for any other candidate when they reach Washing ton after the November election brought smiles from even the Roose- welt leaders.
 Franklin Macveagh. secretary of the treasury, visited the Taft headquar- ters during the day and declared that Taft would be nominated on the first ballot.
 Things are looking better for MT. Teft every day" said MT MacVeagh, The contests which the Roosevelt faction has instituted are Nnot well founded. The action of the committee voting them to President Taft with practical unanimity is clear evidence of thaA,'
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-11

fashion ss to make the contest a far simpler one. The talk of the Taft managers, and even of Mir. Taft him self, the utterances of the great dailies, especially the great metropolitan daiI- les, which are controlled or influenced by Wall street. and the action threat ened by many members of the na- tional committee all combine to show that the packers of Mir Taft realize that they have lost in thu appeal to the people and are now deliberately conspiring to steal the ictory from the people
 Tn a government by spular vote, where under certain definite nmita- tions the majority is supposed to rule, such theft Is quite as great crime against the body polite as any specie of mail obbery-indeed in some ways IL is worse Properly speaking, the national committees only function is honestly to judge what delegates have prima facie the right to a seat and to suggest the name of a temporary chairman who shall call the conven- tiCn to order Practically the attempt is being made by the Taft managers to use the present national committee for the purpose of unseating honestly elected delegates, especially from the states where there is no real republ- can party, to secure the nomination for 1 MT. Taft. Such a nomination would morally stand on precisely the same plane as any election secured in New York state in the old Tweed days by fraudulent voting at the polls.'
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-11
POLICE ON GUARD
 DURING A BANQUET
Picket a Hotel to Prevent Trouble by
 Striking Walters.

> New York. June 10.-A dinner given by Mayor GaynOr tonight to the off, cers Of the visiting German squad ron Is unparalleled in many respects by any similar function in the history Of tho city. While the mayor and a thousand guests were assembling at the WaldOrf-AstoriR, an army of po- hcemens including some of the strong erff squad" picketed the streets in the vicinity to avert trouble on the part of a mob of striking hotel walters and their sympathizers. At times scenes approaching the riotous oc- cured, and in two raids upon the mob the police carted away in patrol wag- ons 125 prisoners many charged with disorderly conduct and others taken on the more technical charge of circu- lating handbills.
 Whatever the plans of tho walters may have been to break up the ban QGet, they were aVerted by the police protection and the unusual co-opera- ton of hotel homogeneous, throughout the city. There had been anticipation of trouble, and intending to take no chances in a cfVio affair of such mag nitude, more than a score of hotel proprietors appeared personally at ths Waldorf with delegations of trusted walters ready to place their battaliens in the field if the Waldorf Astoria forces walked out.
 The grand ball room in which the banquet was held amid a gay display of national colors of the United States and Germany, was guarded at every
 entrance by special policemen. AL though the trouble in the street at times assumed the proportions of a riot. those at the dinner were not greatly disturbed
 As official host of the great gather ing Mayor Gaynor presided and deliv- cred an addres sof hearty welcome to Rear Admiral won Rebur Paschwitz, commander of the squadron, his princely officers and men. Seated on the other side of the mayor was the German rear admiral and the Ger man ambassador, Count Johann Hein- rich von Bernstorff.
 New York, June 10.-The demonstra- tions outside the hotel were such that Police Commissioner Waldo. who had been invited to attend the dinner, had to leave the banquet and personally take charge of the situation. He led his men in several skirmishes among the walters.
 In the mob which first gathered out side the hotel there were probably 300 men. most of whom wore buttons in- scribed T am 8 striking hotel waiter" The union officials had given intima- ton of "something doing tonight" and 1 the police charge that the orgsnisa- tion was directly back of the move meat to break up the banquet When | the police had been mobilized froni
 sev ,ral stations they found the strik- | ing walters. running about e1citedly. app. rently seeking to communicate 1 with the walters In the banquet hall. ] So many arrests were made that As l tor court, to the west of the hotel. was turned into g temporary pen for the detention of the prisoners until
 the patrol wagon reached the scene.