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Edarefield Aavert?ser j J. Lu MIMS, - - - EDITOR. Subscription Prie?-S mt to any Address for one y?,-. Jus 1.60; for .lix months. 76c; for three months, 50c, Payable m advance. ' Ka ?es for Advertising-One inch first "user ti OB, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50c. Want Notices, one cent j ter *ord, each insertion. Other local notices, ten cents per line for first in sertion; ti ve cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect, Notices of Thanks, sad all ?personal notices of a political aature,?are charged for as regular art f ertuemeots. Liberal contracts made for thr?e, six, and twelve months WEDNESDAY. MAR 52, 1903. DISCHARGING firearms for the purpose .of giv ing a fire alarm is dangerous and a positive infraction of thc town's ordinances. What the penalty for violation is we do not know, for, as nosv conducted, it is difficult to keep ?posted on the doings, past and present, of the leg islative department cf our municipal government. We dc know, however, that all such violators should receive the maximum penalty of the law. THE reorganization of the editorial staff of The State newspaper has been of ficially announced. Mr. W. E. Gonzales, formerly news editor, has been assigned to the position of editor. Being a man of decided convictions and a Writer of marked abili ty, Mr. Gonzales will main tain the hi?jh standard set by his lamented brother. He pledges the paper "to its old principles and its old faiths and for them it will stand, by the help of God, beyond this generation". A GAINST the wishes of the citizenship of Char teston and South Carolina; against the better judgment of all right-thinking people of ever)? section, Roosevelt, con trary to the prevailing senti ment of the senate, with whose advice jmjtjL-Consent- ali ^--^-4?tiol?a? appointive offices should be filled, has a third time appointed Crum to the ^?pU?ctorship of Charleston. This Crum of the ginger-cake hue, which with tigs third Dear ADVERTISER: The sun is not shining very much now, but the farmers are at work. We hope we will not havG any mors rain right soon for the farmers ought to be planting. Mr. Ed Christian ie getting on very nicely ceiling the new church. Although the house is not yet completed, still we had a very large congregation present last Sunday. Clark's Hill, Modoc, Republican, Gilgal, Antioch, Red Oak Grove, Rehoboth and Parks villa were reprasented. As usual the pastor Rev. J; T. Littlejohn preached a mott excellent sermon. Wa are glad to see BO many present and hope to see a greatjmany more the next third Sunday. ' Come over Incogoitus and we will show you some of our pretty girls. Wonder why you failed to write last week? Guess your time was taken with the- Clark's Hill beau ties ; you see I know for I have traveled that road myself, and came out O. K. Hope you will do the same We learn that our school which ia now in a flourishing condition under the supervision of Mrs. Es tella Thomas and Miss Julia Cul breath, will close in about three weeks. Misses N jttie and Martha Bell are visiting their aunt and une Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bell. Miss Celia Blackwell of Parks y il le spent last Sunday with Miss Ola Adams. We hear that Mrs. Hugh Watson is very sick, hope she will soon be well. Messrs. Will Middleton and Henry Adams of Clark's Hill spent last Sunday night with Judge Bell tn route to Ed ge field. Little Miss Daisy Gardner is visiting her aunt, Miss Ola Adams. Miss Ethel Bussey of Modoc spent last Sunday with Misses les sie and Maude Holmes. Misses Susie Culbreath and Mary Ann Fuller, the efficient teacher at Re hoboth, spent Sunday with Miss Julia Culbreath. Wonder tv hat has become of School boy ? Suppose bis pen has gotten too hot for him to write any more. SOL. Cold Spring, March 20. One Person In Each Town. Can earn money selling our Family Preparation among tht-ir jjieigJihcrs; send us $1.00 and we "will send you an Agent's Outfit consisting of $4.00 worth of goods (which if you are not satisfied with, you may deliver back to us and we will return money.) One out fit only will be sent to the same person, and all future lots will cost you double the above price the first lot being to introduce the goods. Adress?. LEE WADE GANT, Ag*. (0.31) Boston Mass. o ii ol A w li tl hi di Ol in fr fr hi lo hi la wi he H in wi dc flt in pa nc po frc fe? th* wi th: W eec we mi in ki] loi if 1 ] is hoi ?tm ing I ten hoi prc j vis ret? i of wes une of t-ho tho eau B E loUE sal v cuts ver erup Cure atT JOHNSTON. Happening.: of Interest from Our Neighboring Town. Our oil mill improves aud the yield now, within 24 hours,is near ly 1,000 gallons. Improvement in the way of new yard-pailings and plank fences add considerably to Lott's avenue. The air is redolent with the per fume of blossoms from the vari ous nurseries, apple, pear, plum, peach, apricots. Our ladies spend much time in the vegetable and flower gardens, and a common sight is to iee them crossing from one yard to an other dividing seeds, bulbs and plants. Asparagus is being shipped and brings from 65 to 90 cents per bunch. The recent rain aud thunder storm was unexpected, and aa the plows are stopped a large number of our larmers visited towu. The picture agent is abroad and it is a picture or your life if it were possible to be bored into ob livion. The eutertaiumeut on Friday evening, given by the New Centu ry club, for the benefit of their li brary, was largely attended. The Johnston Baptist church has succeeded in selecting a new orgau, and at an early date the al ready good music will be improv ed by a Bweeter toned instrument. Mr. Y. M. May has many, visi tors viewing his pens of pretty chickeni. A letter from Charlotte announ ces the serious illness of Mr. J. M. Smyley. A letter from Texas tells of the very bad roads. As there has beeu a failure in the corn crop, farmer? are suffering for food for their stock. A four-horse tetra can scarcely pull a small load two ra i ley. No farm work has teen done since October and even now much >f the laud is uudor water. We hear much complaint of the bugs on graiu, and rust on wheat tn this section. We used Paris green and lime last year to exter minate bugs on potatoes and late cabbage; nothing oise availed. Auother electric storm, quite summer like, is illuminating the heavens as we write. No plowing for several days. Mr. J*. F. Cullum died on his ivay to Birmingham from New Mexico. He had been at the for mer place for his health. His wife and children here. A few days ago his wife, Miss Bessie Waters and two little children left this place to join him in his home. The sad uewb has reached us that he died on the way. The deepest sympathy is felt for the entire family. CLARK'S HILL Dear ADVERTISES : The weather j continues bad, with plenty of rain WKBTEN? look i ike botanical ardene. Prospects are still good or a fine fruit crop. We had two very fine sermons n last Sunday, one by Rev. P. B. lanham at ll :30 a. m., and the ther by Rev. Mr. Miller at 4:30 i the afternoon. Little John Ada^s, the two-year id son of Mr. a Mrs. H. A. dams, decided 1. .eek that he ould visit his g Smother who ves some two or three miles dis ince. He started out early in the zoning, and got al jog fine until 9 came to a large branch which he id not like to cross, BO he turned it into another road and was lost i the woods. He was found about ve hours later, very muddy and i g h tened. He was takeo home to s terrified mother who had been oking the whole place over for m. I noticed a piece in your paper of st issue about "duck hunting," a ich made me think of a piece I lard not long since from a friend, e said "that there was more ducko Grinnett county Ga, than any lere else, you can look up and iwn the rivers and see them j Dating by like rafts. One morn- j g he was out very early and seed near a pond and heard a i se. Going near he saw that the nd was covered with ducks, and )zen over holding them by the ) t. He made a slight noise and ey flew off carrying the pond th them. From that day until is no pond has been back there, hat do you think of that? Mr. W. F. Taylor, of Morgana ;tiou, was in our quiet town last ek. He brings intelligence that id dogs are playing havoc down the fork, sa; 8 "that they are liing hogs and dogs." Not much it in losing the dogs, especially they belong to the negroes. Ur. T. B. Bailey (a bachelor) building, and repairing his old mostead. This looks a little ipicious, wonder whet he is fix 5 to do? tfisB Sadie Meriwether who is at ding school in Millen,Ga., is at ne on the sick list. She is im ?ving rapidly. ii rs. T. M. Butler who has. been iting parents near Charleston urned home last week, after an T J. Lbout twenty five or thirty feet the brick wall enclosing the item side of the oem ?tery was lermit?ed by the very heavy rain Saturday night last. Steps uld be taken to rebuild it before bricks, from some unknown 3?, gradually disappear. UCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. [as world-wide fame for marvel ! cures. It surpasses any other e, lotion, ointment or balm for , cortie, bums, salt rheum, fe sores, chapped hands, skin itious; iofa'lible for piles. 3 guaranteed. Only 25 cents he Penn Drug Store, druggist. co ne E C Fei Cai ant Mai B Fitl ca?! Fou absence of three months. Mr. H. C. Middloten, of Augusta, spent last Sunday at home. Misses Garrie Talbert and Nettie Bell, two charming Park evil le girls spent last Saturday and Sun day in our little town. Misses Caddie Clark and Susie Scott are visiting their cousin, Misses Maggie and Ola Taylor. Mrs. R. H. Scott spent last Sun day with her mother, Mrs. Charity Taylor. 1 think that I'll call on "Sol" soon. He seems to have plenty of girls over his way, and uo bache lors. That's more thau lean say for this place. "Sol'' says that they have about seven girls to the fam ily'. Here we have one girl and seven bachelors to the family, ?i ri s are worth only one mill io?, where he lives, but here they retail from three to rive million each, not because they are so fair and fine. Come again "Sol", and possibly you can get me to go back with you and look at your pretty girls. Whst, was the matter with "School boy" laet week. INCOGNITUS. Thoroughly eradicates the excecs of Uric and Lactic Acids from the system, ?Urta thc kidneyo into healthy action, cures constipation and indigestion. THIS DONE, YOU ARE WELL OF RHE?M?TISM, ANO ANY OTHER DISEASE CAUSEO BY IMPURE BLOOD. De not be discouraged if other remedies have failed. RHEUM ACIDE has nude itt reputation by curing alleged incurable cases. Does not injure thc organs of digestion. Gor-DSBcno, N. C.. Auu. 25,1002. Gentlemen-Som? alz y ea ra ago I began to have sciatica, and also a chronic caso ot muaoular rheumatism. At times I could not work at all (my business Ming baggage master on Southern B. It-). For days and weeks at a time I could not work. My eufferlog was intense. Physicians treated mc, without permanent relief, however. Tried s number of advertised remedies without permanent benefit Finally I tried "RHB?K?OID*.'' It did tho work, and I have had ex cellent health for three years. I can cheerfully say that all rheumatics should tue M BHI?J?AOIDK," for lt ia by far the best remedy. R. A. LOMAX. Price $i.oo prepaid express, or from your Druggist. Bobbitt Chemical Co., * - . Baltimore, rid., U. S. A. K E. Nicholson, ATTORNEY AT LAW. EDGEFIELD, S. C. 'Prompt and Careful at tention to Business. Office OVER BANK of EDGEFIELD THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, SO? Broad Street. W. B. YOUNG, .... President J. G. WKIGLX.Cashier SAVINGS ACCOUTS SOLICITED Interest Paid on Deposits WE WOULDS To double their Pelf-Re6pec't. For does not the knowledge that she is Well Dressed, in becoming skirt, waist a:id hat, double any woman's self-respect and confidence ? Certainly it does. Come, therefore, ladies, at one ? to the N. Y. RACKET STORE, where thousands of lovely New Spring Goods are clamoring for publicity and f:>r purchasers. Skirt Waist Goods, in many new materials-White aud Colored Wf Silks, Violes, Twine Suitings, Elamines, Lust White and Black Laie Netting fra: Over-Dress* bri with vari! WH: This section of our store is radiantly complete with the choicest weaves in almost endless variety. Con spicuous in this linc are Mercerized Oxfoads, Basket Weaves, Mercerized Madras, Swisses interwoven with lace effects, and huudreds of other charming fa bries the mention of whish is forbidden here by lack of the space. Hats Extremely beautiful Ladies Ready-to-wear Cjme see them. It is impossible to describe tbem. Hals. Unflerwr and Oxfords Gannan Clollii. The largest line of ?J1U?? and Oxfords i Edgefield. Shoes to suit absolutely every age and station in human life. J. W. PEAK. oo??amr?M aoaasBSHsaagsaa amocKsa r. ?assasasasai o-oo BANK EDGEFIELD S. C. tate and Ce ntv Depository DIRECTORS. C. SHEPPARD, W. W.ADAMS, H. BOUKNIGHT, M. COBB, J. A. BENNETT, B. S. HOLLAND, S. TOMPKINS, C. C. FULLER' W. E. PRESCOTT. OFFICERS' C. SHEPPARD, President. W. W. ADAMS, vice-President. E. J. M IMS, Cashier. J. H. ALLEN, Ass't Casino Pays interast on deposits by specia ntract. Honey to loan on liberal terms. Prompt and polite attention to busi* sa. YOUR Account Solicited nginesand Boilers, ai)Q Glos GET OUR PRICES. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and rtilizer Mill Outfits, Gin, Pres? ie Mill,and Shingle Outfits. Building,lrir'fr, Faettry, Fi:ric I Railroad Castings, Railroad, M ll shinists'and Factory Supplies, elting, Packing, Injectors, Pipe tings, SaW8, Files, Oilers, etc. WV ; every day. Work 150 Hands, indry, Machine, Boiler, Press and Gin Work? r Repa is Promptly Dune ftarijhi forts & Supply Co ACASTA, GA? I NSURANC??"?? When placing your insur ance give me a call. I rep resent a very strong line of - Insurance Companies; also Agent for the New York I^IITE: - - . Insurance Co. I will appre preciate a share of your bus iness. 1 can be found at my office-Office No. 2?.over Bank of Edgefield. James T. MIMS E. C. SMITH. Surgeon Dentist^ BIDO-EFIBLJD. S. C. T. eth Extracted without Pain. Fourteen Years Experience.; Office over Post Office YOU WILL FiND! -OUR FRUIT Trees, Vines, Shrubs, Roses Palms etc., per fectly Healthy, well ? grown and true to uame. Write us for Catalogue. P. J. BEKCKMANS CO.,| (Inc.) Fruitland Nur series. Kstablisned 1S5?. AXJG-USTA- OA.. Grove's hos stood the test 25 years, bottles. Does this record of Enclosed with every bott!? 8 oiiiniiiMiwimmim J The firm of Ramsey & Jones now carry a reg ularly equipped jewelry stock, consisting of jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. Also NOVELTIES and STATIONERY. You will find us with this line in the building formerly occupied by R. L. Fox. We shall bc glad to have you call. Respect fully, Ramsey &; Jones, USTIEIKQ: _DQO:R, TO :P. O. Tllllll llllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllll!innillllllllllllllllll|in>iilliiiiiiiiiiii!!|||||||||||||||||ii||||||||||||||||||| Groceries! ? ^ PLANTATION SUPPLIES ?: I am again selling Groceries in the at.ne known aa the S WE A RIM GEN BUILDING and also guarantee my Goods and Pricep. Give me a call before buying. Also Represent Smith Brothels of Augusta, Ga., and guarautee AUGUSTA PRICES. ?|E, S. JOHNSON. I rn?*"-jta fe COBB'S $6,000.00 SPRING DISPLAY of Goods are : now ready for the Easter trade. The latest desist?s in Ladin's skirt Goods, ETA SI IXE, Voiles, Koliennes, Beautiful Merceriz ed effects in good5 Mulls anil Tissues. Lad s ?uni Embroi deries, Y\ e have the ?roods to rhow you and j are ?ble to make you prices to your interest. "We sell v hat we advertize and ad vertise only what v.?? have to ell". You are cordi ally inviled to INSPECT OUE GOODS. Dry goods, SHOES, & Slippers Boys & Youths' Celebrated Elk Hats, Straw Goods, and Men's Furnishing Goods ililli? NEW GOODS^rf HART'S 11 Part of my stock has not Bl rived, but an inspections^ i s tb is week's arrivals JJ$Tcon I vince the mostfas^Joyg buy ? I ers that we are ' "Stri ly in It* when it como to . WASH GOODS. both WHITE and COLORED. DRESS C00DS, in 'both Cotton and '?Voolen. See our 36-inch Percales for 10 cts., Pique Corduroy at lO cents per yrd. Mercerized I* ici tx O S from 15c to 40c, Satin striped White Boucle at 15, 20, 25 <fe 40 cts^fe sure fUjjffjJo ??? ou su 'jopop of thiu Colored Goods. All of our friends are most j cordially invited to come an I i look. No trouble to Bhow you | yuods. LAUNDRY. Get your Laundry to my s!ore Tuesday, return Satur ?rdayp. Re spect ful ly, JAMES EX HART & HART * BUILDING, % EoCEFI ELD S. C. &2 SS*. THIS IS THE SEASON FOR FIRES ARE YOU PROTECTED ? If not we can protect you by^ placing your business in some ot the largest and most repu table companies iu the world. We can alsos how you one of the moct desirable Life Insurance contracts written by any company on earth. Soliciting a share of business we are Respectfully, GRIFFIN & MIMS C. A, GRIFFIN. E. J. MIMS Office Over May' ct May's Store. THE ARTISTS FAVORITE, The Matchless KRELL PIANO Unsurpassscd in touch tone, work manship and durability. Sold on TERMS OF EASY f AY ME/if T {Factory and Warcrooms, ) Cincinnati, Ohio. ? I. A. HOLLAHD, Traveling; Agent for bou th Carolina, NINETY-SIX, S. C. totara- linn ii -- NBS, BB niTt milBWMBB sj i ? S a i i ? Tasteless Chill Tonic Average Arawa! Sales over One and a Half Million merit appeal io you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. s is a Ten Cent package of Grove's Black Root Liver Pills. Corn?ri ^ ^ ?a H? ^Corner Store, f SPEED ?Store ONWARD Y TC ? to the Corner Store's Odd. I^o t Sillo. Commencing ^ | J\L^L^ LOT NO. 1, Contains a meritous line of Tafter S?k Ribbons. Values I2| 15 and 19 cents, AT io CENTS. Lot No. 2, Consists ot Men's and Boys laundered and un laundered White and Negligee S H ? RTS Values 25, 35 and 50 cents, ODD LOT PRICE 19 c Each, It af?oids us pleasure to offer our patrons these remarkable values, and hope to be encouraged to a continuance of same. Goods at these prices are for Cash Only. 1 mmmm I Corner! W. H. TURNER, ^Corner Proprietor. Jf Store J^VUday Wfa. wnw JW aimn Hil ^imimumiiimiiiiu 111?I111111111111111 ittiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiifliiiiiiiiiJiHiii iirfiiimiiiiiiisiiiuiifiiiiifiMiitif ?5 i2K 1903 SPRING 1903 ?? Our stock of spring i p All the latest ^ blocks and col A ors are in our . batdftnartj CLOTHING, SHOES Our line of Furu i s h i u g waa never are now complete. |g Suits from $4.50 to $1G.00 in Cassimers, Worsted, Serges, Thibets, Unfiuslied and Fancy Worsteds. These jroods were made by the gi* largest and most reliable manufacturers in tiie country and can ??J?* be depended upon for duality, fit and style. m DORN & M/MS. Wagons, Buggies, FURNITURE. Large shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furni ture, housefurnishing-is complete. Large stock Coffins and Caskets always on hand. All calls for our hearse hearse promptly responded to. All goods sold on a small margin of profit. Gall to see me, I will save you money. G. P. COBB, Muta. SJ. W. J. Rutherford. R. B. Morris. W J, Rutherford & Co., ?nufacturers of Brick, Line, rers Cement Plaster, Ready Roofing J & other material Write us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and A iiArnaf O CXck Washington-Streets, -?-UgUSbd,, UTct. iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiieiiiiiiniiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiitiiiiuiiiiiiiifiiiiii?iiiiiiiiiifltiiiiiitiii The season is approaching for Painting, and MAS?EY'S House Paints Are the best on thc market. Write for our Prices and color cards. Remember we aje Agents for BABCOCK BUGGIES, the best on earth for tee money, Fine Plush and Beaver Robes, for buggy and carriage, at excetionally low prices to close out. ?alJ and see MS. H. H CO SK ERY 733-735 groad St., Augusta, <V I)