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Edsref ield Aavertiser J. ?. HIMS, - - - EDITOR INFORMATION Subscription Price-S ;nt to any address for one yv". f- 1.50; for MI months. 75c; for three mont ha, 50c, Payable in advance. * Kates for Advertising-One inch first "nsertion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50c. Want Notices, one cent ?ter word, each insertion. Other local .totices, ten cents per line for first m -tion -, live cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Tributas of Bespect, Notices of Thanks, and all personal notices of a political nature, are charged for as regular ad vertisements. Liberal contracts made for thr?, sir, and twelve months WEDNESDAY. AUG. 19, 1903. TALK for and WORK for GREATER EDGEFIELD. The college building which was so long a castle in the air has at last been landed. "Pick the pocket of a pro fessional politician aud you get a bunch or free passes." -Carolina Spartan. ?+-<$>-+? The Kansas woman who has been wearing a bustle with $7,500.00 stored a way in it had more dollars than sense. Any one knowing the whereabouts of a depot that can be bought, begged or borrowed will please notify Edgefield, the depotless town. Her need for such a piece of 1 property is great. Wm. J. Bryan has recently purchased a pair o? very fine horses, paying $1500 therefor. One of them was named Roosevelt, we'll wager,how ever, that the other one will not bg named Cleveland. Three distinct eras : Prior to the building or the railroad it was Old Edgefield, since the coming of the railroad it has been New Edgefield, and now with the building of the college] let it be Greater Edgefield. A Philadelphia alchemist claims to have discovered a process whereby he can con vert silver into gold. If he will invent some means of changiug brass into gold and will come down in these parts he can make a lot of brazen fellows mighty rich. Before cotton has "done half its do" the speculators and manipulators are already . predicting a 12,000,000 bale crop. Granting thai such a crop will be made, when we consider the advance all along the line of manufactured and unmanufactured products the farmers should receive ten cents for every pound of it. That was a singularly un fortunate, and at the same time fortunate, mix-up in North Carolina last week. It was a head-on collision of an excnrsion train loaded with colored people and a freight loaded with watermelons. Being HEAD-on the human freight was uahnrt while thc juicy melons were scattered and battered, provoking many a smile from ear to ear. The farmers are feeling good, the merchants are feel ing good, the bankers are feeling good, and the loafers, too, are feeling good over the prospect. There will be something doing in Edgefield this fall. It is quite probable that a greater volume of bus iness will be done in Edgefield than for many, many years before. Our town is on the eve of a boom, an era of prosperity, the like of which has never been seen before in its histo ry. This, too, not because of the efforts of broad-mind ed, r ide-awake, public-spir ited men but in spite of their indifference. Who could measure the possibilities of Edgefield's future were her citizens to arouse from their lethargy and put their shoul ders to the wheel? In many sections of the cotton belt there are, besides the usual causes, insects that curtail the cotton crop. Tex as usually has her boll weevil and the farmers of Alabama are now spraying to kill worms before the worms kill the cotton. About the only thing that ever causes a short crop in Carolina (Edge field farmers excepted, of course ) are drought and lazi ness-lack of water and lack of work. The colored ministers meet in Columbia on 25th inst, to discuss the ca of lynching and the rem therefor. Everybody km the cause to be the corni tal of certain atrocious crii and everybody knows ? that there is no absolute n edy so long as certain nai less and diabolical crimes committed. ! Col. Geo. Bell Timn man. a prominent yoi member of the Lexington who is associated with So itor Thurmond in the prs ice of law, and a son of ] W. H. Timmerman, is avowed candidate for soli orship of the fifth circuit, is a young man of exalt character and, like his ill trious father, will 'not ste to conquer. Col. Timm man has many friends \A would be glad to see h elected. In spite of the hot wea tl the Georgia legislators hf been doing some very effe ive work. A very strihgt vagrancy law has just be passed, which is comprehei ive in its scope. One clai is especially intended to rea the fathers of families who nothing themselves but for their children, some of thc of tender years, to work the cotton mills. These u fortunate children seldom e joy the proceeds of their I bor, it being squandered brutal fathers who should forced to don a prisonei garb. The number of deaths, o curring ^Mefly among tho who livr cities, caused 1 impure d adulterated fo< is becoming alarmingly gre? In some articles of food inj rious chemicals are used preserve them till they can 1 profitably marketed, while others unwholesome adulte ations are used to cheapen tl cost of production so as yield a greater profit to tl seller. Blessed is the mi who can "live at home ar board at the same place, supplying his table with ed bles made by the sweat of h own brow upon his own far and prepared in his ow kitchen. Though uncrownc he lives as a prince. Just as the county an state summer schools fe teachers have increased th interest in the^ cause of edi eaton, so have the farmer! institutes caused the farmei to become more intereste over their work. The insti tute held at Clemson lai week was the largest an most profitable gathering c farmers ever held in this stat? What is most needed now i the organization of a farmer club in every community s the rank and file can come tc gether and discuss such thing as seem to them best. Let' have a club in every town ship in the county. An< cursed be he who attempt to inject politics into them The farmers near Johnstoi have already organized Who'll be next? ???.? Canning factories in man} towns over the state are run ning full time and selling their products of fruits anc vegetables at prices that yield profitable returns. Edgefield could have one too if we had just one citizen who had e nough get-up-and-get about him to undertake it. The soil in this vicinity seems tc be especially adapted to grow ing tomatoes. Then why thould they not be grown in large quantities and canned for the market? The writer purchased several weeks ago some tomatoes of a local merchant that were canned, ii we remember aright, in El lenton, S. C. Why send money to build up other towns when it could be kept al home? Tomatoes can be canned here just as profitably as they can at Ellenton. This is not only true of the canning industry, but of many others. What about the crooked ness and narrowness of the street leading by the Baptist church to the college grove? It is nearly as crooked as is the way of the man who is overloaded with "fuss x" and is almost as narrow as some of Edgefield's public spirited (?) men. Some months ago something was said of the council taking the matter in hand and devising ways and means of straight ening and widening this street which is so narrow in places that two vehicles can 'scarcely pass each other. Would not summer be the best time to do this work so the ground will become firm before the heavy *rains of winter? And the bridge a cross the branch should be widened. It is so narrow that only sweethearts cross it abreast. What say you, gen tlemen of the city council? JOHNSTON. Happenings nf Interest from Our Neighboring Town, Mr. W. T. Walton is better ?nd hopes to be out in a few days. Mrs. Dr. Strother is also improving. Mr. Will Sawyer is quite ?ick. Hr. Edgar Keadys house was struck by lightning on Friday last. The family wi. in the hall and bear ing a noise, Mrs. Eppi opened a bed raom door and found it full of 9raoke. The w?athe* boarding was shattered and tw:> beds, in different rooms, bidly injured. Fortunately none of the family were hurt. The house has rods on it. The "Farmers' Agricultural Club" met at the resideace of Mi. 8. L. Ready's on Saturday last In lieu of the seashore Mr. Yonce's pond affords considerable enjoyment to bathers, several picnics during the past week by several families were Tery much enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburn, Ruth and Carroll are visiting the home folks and friends near here. A very heavy rain fe 1 a mile south I cf Johnston on Friday, and thal night : we were greatly refreshed by a in .ch needed shower. The weather bureau has lost the cy- ; clone that did so much damage in Ja maica. It is tu "be hoped that it is drowned in the Gulf and will never i be found. The New Century club at a called meeting, owing to the w.-.rm weather ' and absence of some of its membeis, decided to postpone the banquet until about the middle ol' Octuber. The membership now numbers twenty anda more harmonious band we never knew. A ll see n anxious to begin the course of study We understand two i ew brick stores will be erected by .Mr. I). T. Ouzts al so several dwellings. Mr. C. P. rech inan also speaks of nutting up a store house. We are in great need of dwellings as there are se\ eral instan ces where three families are occupy-! ?rig the : ame house. Quite H number of nice peache* ar.) brui ght .ii town daily from the coun try. I Quite an interesting proti acted meeting at Dry Creek was conducted by Rev. F. I:. Grant during the past week, . i NE \RLY FORFEITS HIS IjlFK. | ! A runaway almost eudiug fatal ly, started a horrible ulcer on the . leg of J. B. Omer, Franklin Grotfe, ' 111. For four ytars it defied all doctors and all remedies. Bul Buckleu'a Arnica Salve had uo trouble to cure him. Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Era j ons and Piles. 25c. at the Penn i^rug Store. You can keep cool these long, bot summer days by drinking at the Loray. THE PENN DRUG STORE. WANTED : To exchauge thou sands Bf old newspapers for the cash. Apply at this office. Thoroughly eradicates the excess of Ur ?tuts the kidneys into healthy action JTH 18 DONC. YOI RHEUM AND ANY OTHER DIS EAS IC C DD not be discouraged if other remcdii made its reputation by curing all injure the orgar Gentlemen-Som? six y oars aro I be OM* of muscular rheumatism. At tlmei being- Daggar. matter on Southern R. R.) network. My suffering was Intens?. Ph: rolle/, howerer. Triad a number of nd boneflt. Finally I tried " RUEDMAOIDE.' oollont health for three years. I can che os* " BHKC1U.0IDK," for lt is by far the b Price $1.00 prepaid expr?s: Bobbitt Chemical Co., YOUR H TIMELY ADV UNTH] DON'T BUY A MOWER-without the han pul 13. DON'T BUY A MOWER-without the blad matical! DON'T BUY A MO WER-without for don'l will tin sides th i on team DON'T BUY A MOWER-with Co? the left i rocks in DON'T BUY A MOWER-without the worl . straight lick as : may hn\ DONT BUY A RAKE-without a cycle sha boxe? in I DON'T BUY A MOWER AND RAI E J NORRIS CHEAP LANDS FOR HOME-SEEKERS* AND COLONIES. The couutry alohg^uie Oontoo Belt Route iu Southeast'Missouri, Arkansas, Northwest Lcuisiaua and Texas offers the greatest op portunities for Homesoekers. Mihi climate, good water,cheap building material, abundance, of fuel, and soil tbat will often in a single sea sou yield enough to pay for the ground. Land can be bought as cheap as $2.54 au acre, prairie laLd at $4 and $5 per acre up, bot tom laud at $5 and $6 per acre up, improved or partly, cleared land at $10 aud $15 per acre up. Some fine propositions for colonies tracts of 2,000 to 8,000 acres at $4 to $10 per acre-big money in this for a good organizer. Fruit and truck lands in the famous peach and tomato belt of Eaj?Texas at j $10 to $20 per acre^p05Vrite us for information about cheap rates, excursions dates, also literature descriptive of this great couutry aud let us help you find .a home that will cost you no more tbau the rent you pay every year. E. W. LABEAUME, G. P. & T. A. Cotton B.eJtJ&sate, St. Louis, Mo. GUARANTEED Wo promptly obtain U. S. and Forcira Patenta and Trad o Markaor return entire attorney* a foo. Special price by commun 1 eating with the publisher ot thia paper. Free search and report on patentability. SWI FT & CO., P'tatLrtyw, Opp. U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C. . st MAG/ A r A W I LY L: V: - li? - Litbi u?wi ?i: ??iTbdi iL CO.-lPUf-r fiovCLf YC.V1;LV MANY SHORT STORIES ?ND Pf. IRS ON TIMELY TOPICS %? JO PER YEAR ; 25 CTS. A COPY NO CONTINUED STORIES EVERY NUMBER COMPLETE IN ITS E. C. SrllTH, Surgeon Dentist, E UG-EFIELD. S. O T eth Extracted without Pain. Fourteen Years Experience. Office over Post Gffee ToCUREA Colo IN ONE DAY Take Laxtive Bromo Quinine Tab tt?. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. W. Grove's signa ture on each box. 25 cents. ic and Lactic Acids from the system, , cures constipation and indigestion. J ARE WELL Or AUS ? D BY IMPURE ? .OOO. t? ha ? failed. RHEUMACIDE has eged incurable cases. Does not is of digestion. OOLOSBOno, K. C., Au;. 26,1903. igan to have sciatica, aud also a chronlo l J could not work at all (my business . y'<r days and weeks at a time 1 could rile luna treated mo, without permanent ye r ti sod remedies without permanent ' It did the work, and I have had ex lorfu.iy say that all rbeumutlos should est remedy. R. A. LOMAX I, or from your Druggist. . Baltimore, /Id., U. 5. A? ??WM?!! MWW^IW^IMBME 10WER ICE TO THE [NKING a Spring tn the Doubletree "turn i jars and jerks into soft springy a Vertical Lift to raise and lower e, from the seat, and which is auto y'out of gear when vertical, a foot lift in rear of the machine, ; you know that one towardthe front t the muscles of right li1? and be ow considerable extra neck weight ?a not enclosed, for don't you know wheel will carry up sand and little to open cogs to grind th*-m out. a lon?; Pitman, because this does lc on aFl Momera and should have a shunt ti? blade mid not a slanting ti short and crooked iron Pitman ;p. , 3 inch fl it Iron AXIP or without bi ped spokes or without removable hubs. KR-to save money on the purchase nt the expi'nsp of several years of dissHtisfiiction or to pletise your uncle or vnur cousin or your aunt. Your uncle or \our cousin or your aunt inipht make a lilli? profit out of the transaction, but yon had fur better give them this ont of your p icket nod buy fl MCCORMICK MOWBR AND KA KR. whieh this yp?r are nh cud of nil y PH rs H head of nil buying machines. Aff't" EIMJKPIKLD. Elixir Of Summer Merchandise, Dry Goods, Shoes and Oxfords now going on at J. M. COBB'S iNSURA NCE 6 FIRE Insurance,HEALTH Insurance, . ACCiDENT Insurance, Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds of all description issued. Your Business solicited. GRIFFIN & MIMS C. A, GRIFFIN. E. J. M rvs Office Over May & May's Store. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiriiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii?iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiitiiiiititnamninrir1im1?tlln11i fjf f JEWELRY. We carry a large assortment o? Abatolles*, Clocks and Silverware. Also a large stock of Jewelry Call at our store and let us show you what we have. Ramsey & Jones, TIIIIIIIllllIlllllllIIIIlU IllIIIII!llliiaiIITTlllIlllllHlllIllIIM>"'iiiia>>Bi*ia*B??:illIlll||IIIIItllIt 11111111111111111117" ON PIANOS \ ORGANS I challenge competition with any house in America Elegant UPRIGHT PIANOS From $155 to $6op, Freight Paid. Sold on TERMS OF EASY PAYMENT J. A. BOLLARD, sTfrc six, ?AB o INSURANCE AGENCY When placing your insur ance give me a call. I rep resent a very strong line if FIRE: Insurance Companies; also Agent for the New York ivim? - - - Insurance Co. I will appre preciate a share of your Ink iness. I can be found ut my oflice-Oflice No 2-.-over Hunk of Edgenelil. James T.IVJIiVX? fl JUST THINK OF IT. over 100 BICYCLES mm . In stock, and must be sold. Will ship any of the follow ing with privilege of examin ing: 40 RAMBLERS, new, at $30 each. 27 EAGLES, n*w, at $-?5.00 each. 2 CRESCENT chaiiilesss $30?nell. 40 slightly shop worn .$10 to $25 each, all makes. Write for de scription. Our shop is largest and best equipped shop in state. Built especially for this business. Wt can give you first class work for same you would have to pay for inferior. We pay express omi way ou all work sent ns. Pistol Cart ridges and guns for sale. J. I. CHIPLEY. GREENWOOD, S.O. MFLS. L. S. ADAMS, Of Galveston, Tera*. "Wine of Cardui Is indeed a blessing to tired women. Having suffered for seven years with weakness and bear, ing-down pains, and having tried sev eral doctors and different remedies with no success, your Wine of Cardui was thc only thing which helped me, and eventually cured me itseemedto build up the weak parts, strengthen the system and correct Irregularities." By "tired women" Mrs. Adams means nervous women who have disordered menses, falling of the womb, ovarian troubles or any of these ailments that women haye. You can cure yourself at home with this great women's remedy, Wine of Cardui. Wine of Cardui has cured thousands of cases which doctors have failed to benefit. Why not begin to get well today? AJI druggists have 81.00 bottles. For any stomach, liver or bowel disor der Thedford'g Black-Draught should he used. For ?dvico und llteratnre.addroai. glTlna (yiiiplonis. Thu Ladies' Advisory Depart ment. Thu Chattanooga Medicine Ca ClijittiinooKn, Tenn. J WINEo'CARDUl Grove's Tasteless CL has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales oj bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to yo?? J Enclosed with every bottle b a Ten Cent package of Orwt ? ? We solicit your Steam Laundry Basilicas. We Guarantee All Work, "We make good all shortage if reported tous in time. We will give the lowest possible price* * We will ggt your work back on Saturday if seat to mv atore on Tuesday. Respectfully, JAS. E. HART .G. In order to close out all Summer Gcods, such as Negligee Shirts, Summer Clothing, Underwear, Low Cut Shoes, Straw Hats, Etc. I will sell them Regardless of COST. These goods must be eold in order to make room for the large Fall Stock which I have purchased. ... Call at once and get First Choice. J. RUBENSTEIN; : Advertiser Building. TO BUY Warm Weather Clothing, LOW CUT SHOES, NEGLIGEE SHIRTS; Let us show you our light weight Suits In Cassimeres, Worsted and Serges. A large assortment of Alpacas, Sicilian and Serge Coat??. Just the rhine: for Mid-Summer wear. Serge Coats, guaranteed fust color, from $3 00 up to $500. ter OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. Dorn & Mims ON THC SOUTHERN THE UNE FOR BUSINESS, THE LINE FOR PLEASURE, THE LINE FOR ALL THE BEST SUMMER RESORTS Complet* Summer Resort Folder Mailed Free to Any Address. . Vf. A. TUSK. S. H. HAKDWICMT. W. H. TAYLOH, Pasa. Traffic MIT. Cen'1 Pisa. Agent, Asst. Cen'l Pu?. Aft. WASHJNOTO*. D. C. WASHIMGTOM, D.C ATLANTA, QA. Costs Only 25 cents at Druggists, Cares Gloiera-Mantua,. DUrrhoca,Dyseatcry, anii thc Bowel "Troubles ol - ^Children of Any A g t.. .IfiiPhjution. faut*? the Bowels, Strengt'??* the Child and Mal? TEETHING EAS* lOr ault H esits ts C. ?J. MOFPETT. M. D.f ST. LOUIS. MO. ATLANTA. Ga.. NOT. 19. WOO. Md BO kofama*oroTMe7m7i'ii qoJcidj th? Mable* UcMeaJtoA???lrL,r THK LAMAR ? HAN KIN* BR?Q CO.. Wholuai? Dwrsteta. THE AUGUSTA , SAVINGS BANK. ! SOS Broad Street. W. 8. 'YOUNG, - - - President J. G. WEIGJ.E, - . - . Cashier SAVINGS ACCOUTS SOLICITED nterest JPaid < ii lilts [ THE BANK OF EDGEFIELD, EDCEFIELD S. C. State and County Depository DIRECTORS, J. C. SHEPPARD, W.W.ADAMS, J.H. BOUKN1GHT, J. A. BENNETT, J. M.COBB. B. S.HOLLAND, A. S. TOMPKINS, C. C. FULLER? W. E.PRESCOTT. ana cms GET OUR PRICES. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, On and Fertilizer Mill Outfits, Gin, Press Cane Mill, and Shingle Outfits. IS n i Ul ii.p. Lr ic Lt. Facti ry, Fiiric and Railroad Castn;gs. Railroad, Mil Machinists' and Factory Supplies. Belting-, Packing, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files, Oiler?, etc. We ca>?t every day. Work 150 Hands. Foundry, Machine, Boiler, Press and Gin Works ffmT Repa is Promptly Done Lombard IionWorks & SopplyC AJUSTA, GA Tonic 'er One and e Half MQBon foCra^NoPay?, 50c lock Root UwPtft. OFFICERS J. C. SHEPPARD, President W. W. ADAMS, vice-President. E. J. Mi.vs,Cashier. J. H. ALLEN, Ass't Cashie Pays internst on deposits by specia contract. Money to loan on liberal terms. Prompt and polite attention co busij ness. YOUR Accoun* Solicited. ff mv^ESK I iii? PROF. P. M. WHITMAN, 209 7tb Street, Augusta, Ga., ?IVES FREE EYC TESTS for all defrcts cf i;;lu, ' 111, ii i t;.< proper gl&aaea and WAI'. : IK ta them. Lensby ral ??,u your frame while you wait,. PR!-F tea? if ycu ?ead