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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1910
Page
1
A column of witty notes and curious facts favors aeroplanes and speed while lampooning modern life. It cites aerial progress, counterfeit money, and the dangers of aviation alongside jokes about farmers, weather, and everyday habits.
Roosevelt addressed 1,100 National Negro Business League delegates in New York urging white southerners to back stable progress and racial cooperation. He warned against northern meddling, urged training for prosperity, and cited examples from Africa and the Caribbean identifying the path to justice as through citizenship and enterprise. BR. F. D. Carriers Notaries Public notes in Washington: 40,000 notaries public authorized and rural carriers to voucher pension payments at 25 cents per voucher. rural free delivery led to 23,550 post offices closed.
Theodore Roosevelt replies to Charles Hall Davis that he hopes to pass through the South during a California trip in March and suggests a Southern Commercial Congress meeting in a city he can visit. He praises the South’s role in American unity and constructive statesmanship, urging continued pride in Southern heritage and a stronger national cohesion. He notes no political lines in membership and hopes for growth in both the South and the nation.
In Baton Rouge the Senate approved a special tax and bond issue totaling 6.5 million for the Panama Exposition Company of New Orleans. The bill advances to the house where passage is expected next Friday. Public subscriptions in New Orleans push the total beyond the 7.5 million level Congress previously recommended.
Beverly Mass. Special Congressman Longworth declares opposition to re electing Speaker Cannon. He says Cannon’s candidacy makes the Speakership an issue, vows to oppose Cannon in Republican caucus and in the next House. He emphasizes acting on his own responsibility and not at others’ urging.
Lancaster special dispatch reports that Scott Ha maker, superintendent of Susquehanna Iron & Steel Co., was fatally injured at the Columbia mill when a belt knife or protruding key caught his coat, pulling him into a fast turning shaft. His legs were severed as he was dragged toward an iron trough three feet away.
A clever thief at a Asheville hotel took a silver purse containing diamonds valued at $500, three railroad tickets to New Orleans, and about $15 in cash from Mrs. J M Jorcey wife of a New Orleans lumberman. The couple were staying at the hotel when the purse was abandoned on a table and snatched on the porch.
A Boston physician backed by a $2000 wager witnessed Edna Turgenson and Mrs. Smith travel as Mr and Mrs Martinez to New York hotels and venues where the woman, posing as Albert C Martinez from Argentina, won trust, dined, and courted men who believed her to be a man. Now she plans to reveal her true identity.
National Convention of Negroes to cooperate with Republican national and state committees to organize negro voters in close states and districts. Administration Republican Club called a national convention to meet in Washington September 19 and 20 with eight states and the District of Columbia joining the call.
Fifteen people were hurt in a wreck of Southern Railway train No. 30 near Rockton, South Carolina. Four coaches and the tender were overturned while three sleepers derailed but did not overturn. The engine stayed on the rails and officials believe spreading rails caused the crash. Conductor J A Blanton and mail clerk Jake Thompson were among the injured.
Washington Special reports President commuted the five year sentence of George D Harris to three years with allowances for misapplying funds at Hot Springs National Bank South Dakota. Harris, who had served two years, was an employee owed about $2000 by a depositor who later made a large deposit. He deducted the debt from the depositor s total.
Charles Adams of Laporte Indiana was paroled from the Indiana State Prison to travel to England and claim an estate valued at 100000 dollars. Adams, who was sentenced to five years for forgery, sailed from New York for London after attorneys established his claim to the fortune to the satisfaction of prison officials and he promised to return to report.
An official announcement by Gen. Wm. E. Mickle states the 21st reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held May 16, 17 and 18 in Little Rock Arkansas next year.
It is estimated that internal revenues for the current fiscal year will rise by about 8 million dollars due to higher taxes on tobacco and cigarettes.
Southern Flyer derailed near Rock Nest in Columbia South Carolina. Fifteen trains northbound were upset and thrown aside. Three sleepers left the track but did not overturn.
A special Rockefeller reunion is planned for September 9 in Newburgh New York with expected attendance by John D Rockefeller. Invitations have been sent. he has one but cannot confirm his plans. The gathering includes lineal descendants of Johann Peter Rockefeller who arrived in America in 1723.
Washington D. C. Special exhibit by the forest service at the Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville Tennessee from September 12 to October 12. Don Carlos Ellis arrives in Knoxville to arrange and lead the exhibit focusing on forests in the Appalachian region and participation in the Kansas State Fair.
Exhibit note highlights a special exhibit of Appalachian trees at the exposition in Washington and a related display at the Kansas State Fair bringing regional flora into the public showcase.
Nashville special reports Captain Benjamin W. Hooper of Newport Cocke county was nominated for Tennessee governor by the Republican State convention after a first ballot split Hooper 382 9-14 and Alfred A. Taylor 201 5-14. The convention endorsed B A Enloe for railroad commissioner. The platform favors no return to liquor laws and criticizes current districting as larceny of the elective franchise while calling for continued liberal federal funds for soldiers. Hooper, 29, a Cocke County native, Carson and Newman graduate, former state legislator and former U S attorney, is a prominent independent prohibition faction leader within the party.
In Atlanta Georgia the rabbit foot numbers for automobiles are 7 11 23 and 13. Demonstrated by the Secretary of State the demands for these figures rose after a state law required new vehicle registrations.
Road uncover reveals a vast Burlington Railroad fraud in Omaha Nebraska. Officials say thousands of dollars were looted. Five conductors and a train agent on the Oma division were discharged for alleged involvement. Pinkerton detectives aided the secret service in exposing the scheme leading to a wide employee discharge.
General William F. Mickle to lead a planned movement from the University of California to Little Rock on Monday in 1911. The railroad and civic circles anticipate a significant logistical effort and public interest in the expedition.
An estimated eight million dollar increase is reported regarding tobacco in Washington. The note suggests higher revenue or cost implications tied to tobacco sales in the region, reflecting a heavier tax or financial measure under consideration.
Fifty years ago a Connecticut farmer gave his four sons 700 each and sent them to seek success. Thursday the brothers, now multi millionaires, held a Bridgeport reunion each in a distinct city and business. One is Nathan G Miller of New York ex president of the Tron Steamboat Co and former owner of Nickel Plate Railway and President of Eagle Lock Co.
Mrs Peter Lawson wife of the Eagle Manufacturing Company cashier who vanished two weeks ago is charged with misappropriating 4868 dollars. Police say she found 2835 dollars in cash in her husband old coat pocket hanging in a home closet and fainted upon discovery. She later turned the money over to Detective Sergeant Tulte at police headquarters.
Missoula dispatch reports forest fires across western Montana and Idaho driving refugees into Missoula and destroying towns. Firefighters search for missing forestry workers near St. Jo, with 180 men unaccounted and fears of fatalities. Dense smoke darkens Missoula and towns like Taft Saltese Deborgia Vaughan face evacuation while relief trains bring aid to scattered camps and lumber camps across a one hundred mile square area.
Sulphur Oklahoma special committee investigating Indian land affairs and McMurray contracts also probes Gore bribery charges reports unanimous finding that no warrant exists for using Vice President Sherman or Senator Curtis names in any improper Indian contract relation. Lone Woman Beats Fifteen Lawyers in Atlanta railroad dispute Mrs Felton wins restoration of side track at Feltonia after Georgia railroad commission hearing against Louisville and Nashville Railroad and fifteen railroad attorneys.
War Department releases C 23s appropriations for militia funds to Southern states with amounts listed for Alabama Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Mississippi Maryland Texas and Washington D C for the period specified. Figures range from about 19 501 to 70 00 with several states near fifty thousand dollars.
In Culver Indiana a 12 year old Isabel Fuller daughter of E P Fuller of Richmond Virginia saved F Thompson of Atlanta Georgia from drowning at Lake Maxinkuskee. Thompson, an expert swimmer, was seized with cramps but the girl swam to him and kept him afloat until relief arrived.
A Lone Woman battles railroad attorneys over restoration of a track on her property near Weltonia in Cartersville area. Fifteen lawyers argued for and against the com track restoration and access.
Theodore Roosevelt faced rejection from the Republican State committee in New York by a 20 to 15 vote, preventing his renomination for temporary chairman of the State convention at Saratoga. Vice President James Sherman was chosen instead, signaling a split with the old guard and foreshadowing a broader party battle ahead of the September 27 convention. Roosevelt pledged progressive aims but acknowledged the setback as a test of party harmony.
The New Jersey State Board of Health warns of a rising infantile paralysis outbreak across the state. In Trenton alone, 15 deaths occurred in two weeks as officials urge parental isolation of afflicted children while experts study the disease’s infectious nature.
In Olneyville Providence Rhode Island mill activity resumes as Riverside Worsted mill restarts after three weeks idle and National Providence mills bring additional looms into operation. Stronger conditions spread optimism among workers previously leaving the city.
Congress faces a $3,000,000 deficit in the $12,000,000 census appropriation for the thirteenth decennial census. Only about $5.11 million remained on hand as of July 1, with much already spent. Roughly 5,000 of 70,000 enumerators have not yet been paid, and Congress may be asked to supply the missing funds.
In a surgeon general statement several public health and marine hospitals report that over the past two years 908 virus treatments for mad dog bites have been sent nationwide. Alabama leads with 26, North Carolina 285 and South Carolina 122.
About 30 prominent African American leaders gathered in Nashville on Wednesday to form an independent party to assert their rights. They voiced strong dissatisfaction with what they called the cold deal recently given them by white Republican leaders.
In Washington special hearings at the New York custom house the Interstate Commerce Commission studied freight rate increases estimated at 500 million dollars annually for the region north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi. The formal evidence hearing is postponed to September 7.
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