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Elffefield Advertiser TIOS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16. INFORMATION. Subscription Price-Sent to any address for one year for 1.50; for i\x months, 75c; for three months, 50c. Payable in advance. Ratesjfor Advertising^One inch, first insertion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50c. Want Notices, one cent per word, each insertion. Other local notices, ten cents per line for first in sertion; five cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Tributes of Eespect, Notices of Thanks, and all personal notices of a political nature, are charged for as regular ad vertisements. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months "Write for terms. .THE ADVERTISER, Edgefleld, S. C. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. This body met on Tuesday last and at once pitched in to the mid dle of things by electing the HOD. J. C. Sheppard of Edgefleld Presi dent of th? Senate pro tem, and Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield Speaker of the House. The Governor's annual message was received and read. This mes sage shows everything in the State to be all hunky-dory, recommends an appropriation of $50,000, to the Charleston exposition and also a larger one to the public schools of the state.. The first bill introduc ed was'.offered by Senator Marshell of Charleston "to prevent children under twelve years of age from (forking in factories, mines, and other manufacturing establish ments of this State." Edgefleld is represented on the committees of the House as fol lows : W. A. Strom, committee on incorporations, Rainsford com mittee on Rules, P. B. Mayson committee on Mines and Mining, also corporations. On the first day Mr. Strom of Edgefleld intro duced a resolution to extend the time for paying taxes to March 1st. It was defeated however. Senator Sheppard introduced a concurrent resolution, which was adopted, fixing Tuesday, February 15, as the day for ballotting in the two houses for a United States senator to succeed Senator Till man, whose term expires March 4, and fixing tho date for the joint ballotting on Wednesday, the 16th. Senator Sheppard introduced a bill to create a State board of en tomology. The bill provides for the inspection of fruit trees, vine yards and truok farms to prevent contagious diseases, and destroy destructive insects in orchards, vineyards, etc. The board is to consist of the president, the chair man of the board of trustees and the professor of agriculture of Clemson college. The board ie authorized to make such rules and regulations for the prevention of diseases of fruit trees and vegeta bles as it may deem expedient and to - appoint a State entomologist and an assistant if necessary, whose salaries shall be paid out of the funds of Clemson college. When diseases appear in orchards, vineyards, etc, the entomologist is to take proper stepB to prevent the spread of the disease, the expense to be ?aid by the owner, and when trees are condemned they shall be destroyed and no compensation paid the owner. An appeal to the full board from the decisions of the entomologist is provided for, as is also the inspection of frutt trees shipped into this State from other States. > Senator Sheppard introduced a bill providihg for a reapportion ment of Representatives in the Legislature. Mr. Rainsford of Edgefleld in troduced a concurrent resolution to appoint a committee of three representatives and two senators to make a careful examination of facts and conditions and to report at the next session upon the expe diency of keeping or of selling State farms. The resolution was held over until today for consider ation. It provides that witnesses may be called in and evidence taken. On the resolution "that the ser geant at arms furnish pure drink ing water" Mr. H. J. Kinard mov ed to indefinately postpone. Mr. Mayson "tolay tho resolution under the table,"' just where it was laid. The State of Monday says, a great fight is expected over the bill to prohibit chi'd labor in cotton mills. This bill was introduced by the Aiken delegation and was referred to the committee on com merce and manufactures. It is expected that the committee will report favorably on the bill. Another important measure which bas been brought to the attention of the house is Mr. John I. Thom as' bill to provide for a county so licitor. There is some objection to this bill on the part of some who have urged that the number of judicial circuits be increased from eight to ten. The sale of the State farms is another question which will g.ve the legislators no lirtle opportuni ty for airing views. Some rode tin's hobby through the campaign. It is one thing to say that the farms should be sold, and another thing to get an individual to buy the land at its proper valuation. For it is reclaimed from the Wa teree by dikes, and convict labor ie valuable in keeping up these em bankments. On the other hand the people of the State are de manding better highways. Just within the past few years has thif been an industry of the State, and the experiments have been so en couraging that some people would employ all convicts except, those sentenced for life terms, in build ing permanent country roads. The convicts who are sentenced for life could be used on nearby farms, under close surveillance, to make just enough to provision the peni tentiary. Th? leasing of convicts to individuals is becoming very objectionable. The arrangement of congression al districts may occasion a big fight at this session. When the late Mr. H. C. Patton pushed his bill, urging that the present "shoe string" districts were unnecessary and inconvenient, it was urged by the opposition that it were best to wait until after the census had been taken. Not only has the census been ta ken, but the lower house of the national congress has passed the Burleigh bill which, although it will not interfere with South Car olina's representation, prescribes that all congressional districts must be compact and of contigu ous territory. The fight will not be on the question of redistricting, but on the shaping of these dis tricts. The seven districts of this State are each formed of contiguous ter ritory, but are not compact, and the people embraced are not hom ogeneous. The people of Chester field, for instance, have not much in common with the people of Cherokee. The people of the Band hills of Richland know little of the people of Glassey Mountain in Greenville. These long "shoe string" districts were formed un der the system of gerrymandering made necessary in order to over come black majorities in the lower tier of counties, but the necessity has passed away under the exist ing suffrage laws and the Burleigh bill says the districts must be compact. It is highly probable, that the matter will be disposed of at this session, for it will then be but lit tle over a year until the next pri mary campaign and aspirants for congressional honors will want time in which to set their sails. The Patton bill, it is Baid, will be the basis upon which the redis tricting will be made. However, although this measure mpets re quirements so far as the grouping of territory and peoples is con cerned, it can be improved upon in getting districts more nearly balanced in population. South Carolina Legislators on Child Labor. The employment of children in cotton mills and in other indus trial enterprises in South Carolina will be one of the chief subjects to be considered by the South Caroli na legislature at its session this month. A great deal of attention has been given the matter, and it is believed that the legislature will endeavor to have a better under standing of the conditions as they exist in this state today. The enormous increase in the cotton manufacturing industry and the employment, of such a large number of operatives have naturally brought many children into the mills, and there is a desire on the part of the lawmakers to see that the children are not put to work too young. Mr. F. H. Mc Master, a membar of the legisla ture from Charleston county, has just returned to that city from an extended tour through the mill sec ion and has gathered a bulk of information which will be pre sented to the assembly when the child labor question is taken up. Mr. McMaster says that he went to the mill district impressed with the idea that legislation ratstrict ing the employment of children in the cotton milla was imperative, but admitted that he returned with his ideas somewhat shaken. He says he is inclined to believe thai if legislation is required it should be more in protection of the mills than against them. He says the condition of the niiP people is ex cellent, and he is unable to see just how ?"his can be improved. At the Pelzer Manufacturing Company's mills, one of the larg est concerns in th?.- covntry, opera tives employed are made to sigu an agreement that their children between the ages of five and twelve vears will be kept in the schools provided by the company, and af ter passing the age of twelve the children will be put to work in the mill and kept th^re under the di rection of the superintendent. This rule is said to be satisfactory and the Pelzer schools are filled with children who ave given an early education before they are started in for their life work. Others members of the legisla ture are on?ucting quiet investi gations, and it is thought that great attention will be given the question when it is called up by the assembly.-Atlanta News. NEW TALES ABOUT HON. TOM WATSON. The Big Farming Interests He Owns in JIcDuffic County He is a Fiddler and a Good One, Too-Not to Retire From the. At the Appliug Christmas cele bration which was held the other day in Columbia county I hap pened to unusual good luok, in meeting one of Mr. Watson's best and oldest friends, and from him I learned some new tales about the famous Georgian. It was rather a surprise to me to leam that the McDuffie lawyer was a fiddler and a left-handed one, at that. Mr. Watson has a country home near my informant's plantat ioi and one evening there was a "so cial" at Mr. Watson's home, to which all the neighbors bad been invited. After the crowd had tir ed themselves with plays on the lawn they decided to go in and have some music. All went well enough for awhile Then came an interruption and the guests looked up startled to see Mr. Watson enter with a fine violin in his hand. He told them he thought he'd come in and join the fun, and then they listened co some excellent renditions perform ed with the left hand by the big politician. Mr. Watson is a big larmer though bat a few people know it His revenue from his.farm in 1900 waB about $20,000, and by this it will be seen that he knows as much about farming as politics. 1l He owns the following planta tions in McDuffie county. "The Old Watson Homestead," 3,000 acres; "Gold Mine Place," 600 acres; "Cloud Place," 800 acres " Sturgis Place," 1.600 acrep "Hamilton Place," 1,000 acres; " Wilson Place," 300 acres ; "Har ria Place," 800 acres; "Cross Roads," 400 acres; "Hobb's Place," 800 acres, and 2,000 acres in Columbia county, making over 11,000 acres as his landholdings. Mr. Watson has faith in Geor gia lands, and it ie said to be bis ambition to own McDuffie county if money can buy it. He has spent $40,000 buying lands during the last two years. There is some talk to the effect that Mr. Watson expects to quit the law business as soon as he gets through with his present legal en gagements, but I have positive proof that he already haB other big cases in hand and that he is listed with the attorneys for two or three years more at least. Mr. Watson is easily disturbed and some time ago one of the neighbor's children owned a noi sey little "fice" dog, which was eternally interrupting him during |\ his writing hours. Finally one day the the litera teur-lawyer, driven to the last stage of endurance, dashed his pen aside, walked out of his study and over to ?vhere the lad who ^ owned the obnoxious dog was. ^ "I'll give you five dollars for thr.? dog," said Mr. Watson. "All right," said the boy. \ Turning to an idle negro Mr. Watson Baid : "I'll give you a dollar to take 1 that dog out of town and kill it." ' "I think you are dead forever politically," said one of Mr. Wat eon's bosom friends to him a short time ago. "You are wrong," answered the statesman, "I will arise to more glory than ever I've enjoyed. Some people say I am living in seclu sion, but I am coining money eve ry minute and money talks. "No, I am not dead by any means." And there isn't anybody but who will acknowledge that Mr. Watson is four times as rich to day as he was six years ago. The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist? The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work In Els Laboratory. There \s\ disease prevailing In this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by lt-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kidney disease. If kidney trouble ls allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood-the albumen -leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book telling about Swamp Root and Its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer &. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this paper. Wedding Invitations, Visiting Cards, Commercial Cards, Job Work of all kinds at this office. ** We have four children. With the first three I suffered almost unbearable pains from 12 to 14 hours, and had to be placed under the influence of chloroform. I used three bottles of Mother's Friend before our last :hild came, which is a strong, fat and Eiealthy boy, doing ny housework up to within two hours sf birth, and suf fered but a few hard pains. This lini ment is the grand? st remedy ever made." Mother's Friend evil! do for every weman what it did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let er. Not to use it during pregnancy is a THstafcr to be paid for in pain and suffering. Mother's Friend equips the patient with a irong body and clear intellect which in urn are imparted to the child. It relaxes he muscles and allows them to expand. It elieves morning sickness and nervousness, t puts all the organs concerned in perfect audition for the final hour, so that the actual abor is short and practically painless. Dan cer of rising or hard breasts is altogether ivoided, and recovery is merely a matter of i few days. Dniffglcts eell Mottler's Friend for $ l a bottle. [he Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Send tor our free Illustrated book. 3TATB OF SOUTH CAROLINA-County of Edgefleld. To the Hon. W. B. Cogburn, Court of Court Common Pleas. yOU will ploa.se take notice that we, I the County Board of Commission 's of Edgefleld county, have this da> established and fixed, and do hereby .stablish and fix, the following fees for icen8es for hawners and peddlars do ng business in Edgefleld county for ;he year 1901 : 1st. For hawkers and peddlars of iry goods, notions, and shoes, and lawkers and peddlars of these articles isinga one-horse vehicle.$10.00 3nd. Hawkers and peddlars of dr? roods, notions, and shoes using a two ?orse vehicle.$20.00 3rd. Hawkers and peddlars of stoves, anges, docks, lightning rods, sewing nachines, pianos, organs, well fixtures, latent smoothing irons, and patent dows, for each of tr ese articles. .$35.00 JAS. M. BELL, JR. R. A. COCHRAN, A. G. WILLIAMS, nn. 9,1901 Co. B'd Cora. E. C. We the Board of County Com missioners for Edgefleld County lereby offer the following rewards for ny violations of the law as regard to ?cense fees for hawkers and peddlers, s follows: One-half of fines collected Dr violation of this law. JAS M BELL, JK, E C. rHE County Board of Commission ers of Edgefleld ?ounty respectful y call the attention of all citizens l?a le to road duty ;othe Act. of the Leg ?lature (See Acts of 1900, page 290) al swing them to pay a commutation ix of one ($1.00) dollar per annum acb in lieu of performing the six days oad duty. Said tax must be paid to 'reasurer by February 1st in e?ch ear. JAB M BELL, Jr, Sup. SUMMONS. ^??> TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Court of Common Pleas. (Complaint not Served.) V". H. Ouzts as Sheriff-Plaintiff against R. C. Sujette, Defendant. \> the Defendant, R. C. Sujette : You are hereby summoned and equired to answer the complaint n this action which is filed in the iffice of the Clork of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said Coun y, and to serve a copy of your mswer to the said complaint on he subscriber at his office at Edge ield C. H., S. C., within twenty lays after the service hereof, ex ?lvsive of the day of such service ; ind if you fail io answer the com )laint within the time aforesaid, .he plaintiff in this action will ipply to the Court for the relief de nanded in the complaint. Jan. 10th, A.D., 1901. J. W. DEVORE, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the non-resident defendant R. C. Sujette. You are hereby notified that the complaint in this action was filed in my office on Jan. lO-'h, 1901, and s now on file therein. W. B. COGBURN, Jan.16 C C C P. Master's Sale. STATE OF ?SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELO. Court of Common Pleas. Benjamin Graham, against J. H Bussey, et. al. Pursuant to the decree in th;s jause, I will offer for sale at pub ic out cry before the Court House, ;own of Edgefield and State of South Carolina on the first Mon lay in February, 1901, (the Rame seing the 4th day of said month) between the legal Lours of sale, the Allowing described realty, to wit: Ail that trnct or parcel of land n the County of Edgefield and State of South Carolina, coutain ng six hun toad and twenty-five [625) acres, moro or less, and bounded north by Turkey Creek, last by Key public road and landp if estate of James Collins, south jy Rocky Creek and estate of D. D. Bussey, and west by Turkey 3reek. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, mlance on a credit of one year, .redit portion to be secured by )ond of purchaser, and mortgage >i the premises, purchaser to have >ption of paying all cash. Mort gage for credit portion to contain ilause for insurance, and for pay neut of reasonable attorney fee br foreclosure. Purchaser to pay for stamps and mpers. W. F. ROATH, ian. 15, 1901. Master E. C The Advertiser, The Cultivator, and ?fce Constitution, all three for two lollarsand a half, ^iow is the time to ;et a good stock of reading for 1901, Notice to SW Owners i W. LUTHER JONES. -Graduate ot TORONTO, CANADA. VEIEQII) supoi) ann Office and Infirmary at B. L. Jones' stables, rear of Court House, EDG-EFIELD, S. C, I respectfully solicit the patronage of the people. I f/LW Will answer telephone calls promptly. (TRADE MARK REGISTERED NO. 17430.) FROG POND CHILL AND FEVER CURE. THE ORIGINAL NO CURE NO PAY. 50 CENTS A BOTTLE. The old reliable the kind your fathers used to take. Thc one that never fails to cure. Don't waste time and money experimenting with new cures. But go for the best from the jump. Frog1 Pond is the ounce of prevention and pound of cure combined. Ask for it take no substitute, if your merchant does not sell it write to us we will send it direct for 50 cents. DAVENPORT & PHINIZY CO. Wholesale Dra?jristy- Selling A iront* AUGUSTA. GA. PARKER RYE NONE ' :. 2 : NONE .; PURER,-.'MB BETTER. DISPENSARIES. I stabiished HS68. QOS The Standard of Purity in POP-CORN WHISKEY lt Has the Subtle Charm in Flavor to Please Consumen. QUARTS, PINTS AND HALF PINTS. Sold by all Dispensaries in South Carolina, j FRANK G. TULLIDGE & GO., CIncinnatl.Ohlo. Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, EDGKFIKLD, S. C. THIS office will be open to receive returns of personal property lor I taxation from theist day of January I to the 20th day of February following;, j AU transfers of Real Estate made since last yeir's assessment must bc noted on the return-stating- number of acres, from whom bought, or to j whom sold. I The Township assessors are respect fully requested to meet meat the ap pointments for taking tax returns in their respective townships, and they are also required to make tax returns for all {hose who fail to make their own within the time prescribed by law, that the legal 60 per cent, penalty be added for their failure to do so. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 00 years, except ex-Confed erate soldieos over 50 years of age, and those incapable of earning a sup port from being maimed or from any other cause are deemed taxable polls.? All persons own lng properly or hav ing control of such as husband, guar dia"1 executor, administrator, or in any fiduciary capacity are required to return the same for taxation, and upon their failure to do so 50 per cent, pen alty will be added to the valuation of) all such property. For the convenience of tax-payers I will be at the following places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns. Please meet me : Longbrancb... .Saturday.Jun. 12 Trenton.Monday. " U Johnston.Tuesday. " Iii j Elmwood, Wed'day, 10to 1 o'cl'k u 16 Meeting Street,*4 2 to 4 " 14 Ki Pleasant Lane. .Thursday. " 17 8.Cheatbam's Store, Friday.... * IS W Y Quarles'.. ..Saturday. " 19 Longmires.Monday. " 21 Plum Branch - Tuesday. "22 Parksville.Wednesday... " 23 M odoo.Thursday. .* 24 Clark's Hill.Friday. " 26 W Cheatbam's.. .Sa tu rd y. 14 26 Roper's X Roads.. Monday. " 28 Colliers.Tuesdry. " 29 Red Hill....Wednesday.... " 30 Bdjrefleld C. H. from Jan. 31st, 1901, to Feb. 20th inclusive. J, B. H ALT! WANGER, Countv Auditor SOUTHERN RAILWAY. stral Tia? ?4 Jxcksor-Tille tod SaTwmah. Eastern Tim* at Other Points. Schedule is Effect Jua?, 10th. lflOQv Train? 46 and 44 (mixed except Sunday) arrive and depart fruin Hamburg. fDaily except Sunday. Sleeping Car Sorvico. Excellent daily passenger serries betwssa Florida ?nd New York. Nos. as and 34-Kew York and Florida Ex press. Drawing-room sleeping oars betVeen Augusta and New York. Pullman drawing-room sleeping ears 'be tween Port Tampa, Jaoksonvllle, Savannah. Washington aud Now York. Pullman sleeping oars between Charlotte and Richmond. Dining cars between Charlotte and Savannah. Nos. 95 and 86-U. S. F. st Mail. Through Pullman drawing-room buffet sleeping cars M rween Jacksonville and New York and Pull man s'eeriiuK cara between Augusta and Ohar !otle. Dining cars serve all meals enroute. 'ullman sleeping cara between Jacksonville ?tvd Columbia, enrooto daily between Jackson Y\..i* and Cincinnati, via Asheville. FRANK S. GANNON, J. M. CULP, .?.'ivird V-P. <fc ?en. Mgr.. Traffic Mgr., Wew?Bffton, D. G Washington, D. C % A. T L7RK, 6. H. H ARDWICK, Wean, t-'a.ss. Air't.. As't (Jen. Paaw. Ag't.. Washington, D. a Atlanta. Ga. A NEW SUPPLY OF Note Heads, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Envelopes, Card Board, Visiting Cards, Unruled Paper, Etc., Etc. We are prepared to do any and all kinds of Job Printing. 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