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i TM . PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, QA. Pajt lateratt on Deposita, Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hajne, President. Chas. C. Howard, . Cashier. VOL. LXVIIT. EDGEFIELD, S.C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEB 25, 1903. PE HATIORAL BHMK OF AD60STA L 0. KATHI, Fm't 7. 0.70X7). Canter. Capital, $250,000. I Facilities of our magnlflceat Kev 7ujtl leonteinlng 410 Safety-back Box M.' Dlff?r bat Sixes are offersdSte oar patrons aa4| like public atS&OtiaJl*\0()b>?raB&ufc. NO. 48. THE GENESIS OF TRAGEDY By Rev. MINOT J. SAVAGE of New York -:- -:- -: ^JMMJSJH^N" the past woman's great characteristic has been in the direc^on of the sentimental, the emotional, and her defects and the evils that have resulted from them have almost always been along tj?ese lines. ALL THE TR4GEDIES 0* THE WORLD, I suppose-almost all of them-have been connected with the relations of men and women. The evils, the crimes, the heartaches and heartbreaks, the immoralities of the world are all, or almost all, to be found in this direction. When I am asked for aa opinion concerning the twentieth cen tury woman I can only repeat the substance of whait I have al ready given to the public in my words about the growing independa ence of the sex that used to be considered the dependent one. A CHANGE IS COMING .OVER THE EACE OF THE WORLD. There is a tremendous expansion of modern ideas and modern life in every direction. The universe has grown^arger. Is it to bc ex pected that woman will not be* touched or influenced by these forces that are at- work in -the modern world ? Is it possible to keep her ?from caring, thinking, feeling, asking questions, wanting to have -her part in this altered life ' of man ? Women are claiming the right to share governmental po^v?rs with men, and, step by step, THEY ARE GAINING THE REC OGNITION THAT THEY DESIRE. There are cities whore women vote, at least for members of the school board. They hold office ron these school , boards. There are a few places , ?'"here THERE HAVE BEEX WOMEN MAYORS. There art .es where women have a right to vote for whatever men vote for ney are running for "office. They are securing election to these offices. They are putting'in the claim, at any rate, that instead of indirectly influencing the political life of the world they propose to take their place and share this political life. Is it going to injure the woman, this development, intellectual, industrial? There are certain defects, they tell us, in woman's na ture. I am inclined to think that they are defects if they are over developed. Women are generally too strong on the sentiment side. They are apt to be too conservative. BUT TRAIN ANO DEVELOP WOMAN INTELLECTUALLY, GIVE HER INDEPENDENCE "SO THAT SHE CAN STAND ON HER OWN FEET AND LIVE OUT HER OWN LIFE, AND THESE DEFECTS WILL BE REMEDIED. \ % I would not have woman less in these directions, but I would have other sides of her nature wrought out, so as to balance those that are weaknesses when carried too far. And then THE TWEN TIETH CENTURY WOMAN WILL BE WHAT GOD AND NATURE WTENJXE^^^^ ? 5. - --' -- WHY THE UNITED STATES LEADS By Sir THOMAS LIPTON [HERE is no more loyal Britisher than myself, but I can't close my eyes to one thing, and .that is we are a decaying nation, commercially, as compared to your country, and THE UNITED STATES IS - THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH TODSLY. In England our imports exceed our exports two to one, while over here it is just the other way. Our merchants can't seem to understand that you must supply people of other countries with what they want and not with wh?t the people of England need. Just to illustrate the different business methods of the two peo ple: Over in Egypt they wanted a bridge built, and the government asked for bids from England and the United States. When the bids were'. opened the cost was about the same in each instance, but the English manufacturer could not make delivery for nine months, while THE YANKEE FIRM CONTRACTED TO DO THE SAME WORK IN THREE MONTHS. Naturally the bid of the cAmerican firm was accepted. When a man lands in New York and want3' to do business all he has to do is to go into an office, and in a few moments he can find out ali he wants to know. In London if he went into an office in the same line of business, after a lot of talk he would probably be informed that he might find out what he wanted to know in Manchester. NEW YORK IS IN TOUCH WITH THE WHOLE COUNTRY, WHILE LONDON, THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD, IS NOT. CIVIC ART AS AN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE By WILLIAM ORD WA Y PARTRIDGE, Sculptor T Would seem that the only way to appeal to the purely rich and to the civic authorities is to prove conclu sively that the cultivation of beauty . in public build ings and statues is AN ECONOMIC PRINCIPLE . and-that European states and-municipalities .regard it aa an essential matter of political economy to beautify their cities. When' the American gets^this thought firmly fastened in his mind he . will surely va. our iron and our granite to much better advantage than at present. There is certainly nothing "wonderful" in a building like the Flatiron, in New York. The mere clamping of ?one girder of steel to another and facing the whole structure with granite is telling an artistic lie in stone. But, on the other hand, a wonderful thing is wrought-aye, a miracle for civilization-whenever an artist, archi tect,or sculptor is allowed to place in a public square a monument, building 'or statue which is a true product of the genius of this American people, and it behooves us to remember ag adage as old as Athens-that THE BEAUTIFUL HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE USEFUL. s ' is better ?quippe? tha TYPE and ] ??@=Seml DON'T WED A TITLE By Mrs." RUSSELL SAGE jHE danger of international marriages-the weddin; of our yoting American girls to titled foreigner?>- j lies not in the possibility of the loveless alliance dic tated by ambition nor in the diverting of American wealth, but in the BELITTLING OF AMERI CAN TRADITIONS. I am not of the opinion that these alliances are purely a matter of barter, as the general belief seems to be. Take two cultivated, inV telligent young people who have seen much the same pleasures, have read the same books and have had the advantages that make for a congeniality of interests, and what is the result? If they see much of each other, unless they are singularly unattractive, THEY- AR-B ALMOST SURE ?0 FALL IN LOVE. Nationality is not very likely to come into the question. Youth, is-after all the main factor, and it was quite as natural that the Duke of Marlborough should fall in love with Miss Consuelo Van derbilt as though there, were no famous title or great fortune conf nected with the affair. I cannot see why bach a marriage wowi be unhappy. v *t * * . . Miss Goelet, who has retained the great charm of simplicity de-, spite the court that has been paid to lier, has no reason to be actuf: ated by any other motive, and we will doubtless have another happy American duchess. , The real danger of the international marriage is in the fact that the bride in her allegiance to another-her husband's-country may ; forget her own. IT IS NOT ONLY A PITY, BUT A RE? PROACH, THAT THE CHILDREN OF THE MF"" WHO HAVE DONE SO 'JOJCH TO MAKE THIS C JNTRY WHAT IT IS SHOULD GROW TO THINK MORE OF ANOTHER LAND. The descendants of the men who fought for the freedom of. this country and those who labored perhaps even more gloriously^ in the ways of peace to build up our national institutions should? feel that they are vitally bound up in its history. They should feeF it to be the greatest country on earth. It is frequently said that the American women who are now | the wives of distinguished Britons have mad'* themselves a power ' and infused new life into the British nobility. Lady Curzon, Lady Randolph Churchill (who is now Mrs. West), Mrs. Chamberlain;' and many others could ? pointed to in verification of this assertion. ! But after all sit is not tue upbuilding of the British empire we are looking for, but the furtherance of our own nation. And if an American woman marries a foreigner, English or any other, to be transplanted to his country, to FORGET HER j OWN or to believe that the older civilization with its many tradi tions is deserving of greater pride and affections than her own, she is casting a slur upon us. If she apes the manners of her adopted land-I mean other than conforming to the customs as any lady or gentleman must instead of retaining her American womanhood, she insults the dig nity of the country of her birth. AND IF SHE FAILS TO MAKE HER CHILDREN HONOR AMER ICA, TO MAKE THEM LOVE THE STORY OF ITS BEGINNINGS, ITS FLAG AND ITS NATIONAL HYMNS SHE IS AT HEART A RENE GADE. * These are evils of the foreign alliances-the decay of American ism in the daughters of our rich men and the complete lack of it in their children. WHEN LABOR STRIKES WILL CEASE ?:. By JOHN MITCHELL, President United Mine Workers, ot America IABOR strikes will never cease until men reach that amiable spirit wherein there can be no dispute about anything. I believe that the majority of the disputes between labor and capital can be settled by what we call the trades agreement-that is, the AGREE MENT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE. They are the parties deeply interested, and if they are reasonable and sensible I cannot see why they cannot settle their differences. I believe that in nine out of ten cases if each party to a dispute arising from labor matters would evince a mutual desire to be fair and seek a reasonable solution of the problem presented there would be fewer strikes. And even if this rule was applied to strikes they would end sooner, and to the credit and advantage of all concerned. BUT WHEN IP COMES TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS NO HOPE OF A SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE DISPUTANTS THEN ARBITRATION IS THE ONLY COURSE. I believe that President Roosevelt acted wisely and for the best interests of all concerned when he appointed the commis sion that undertook thc settlement of the anthracite coal strike. In such a crisis as that such treatment of the subject was a ne cessity. But, as I have heretofore remarked, if my idea of the trades agreement settlement had prevailed at the outset there would have been no necessity for arbitration. Judge Gray says that the solution of the struggle between cap ital and labor is along lines of humanity, common sense and arbi tration. In a general way he is right. But in place of arbitration I should put the trades agreement. SUCH A SYSTEM WILL SETTLE STRIKES UNTIL THE EM PLOYER AND EMPLOYEE REACH THAT CONDITION OF MEN TALITY WHERE THEY WILL REGARD MUTUAL INTERESTS. n ever for turning out Flj STEW SUPPLY OP MATES 1 us your orders. Satisfaction Guaranteed. OUR WORD j OUR NAVY AND THE FADDISTS By Rear Admiral GEORGE W. MELVILLE ? . via ?i 11 Mil ien 1j HEN we consider the great strides made in all thc navies of the world in the last twenty-five years it seems almost an impossibility to predict what will oc cur in the materiel of the navy in the coming twenty five years. Yet WE CANNOT EXPECT GREAT EE, STRIDES than have been made in the last quar ter of a century, for the materiel of all navies from the beginning of time has been of SLOW, THOUGH CONSTANT, GROWTH. No great or sweeping change has been made in any navy in any one year. IT IS THE STRONGHOLD OF THE NAVY DEPART MENT TODAY THAT NO PARTICULAR FADDIST CAN RUIN THE NAVY BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ANY INDIVIDUAL FAD. ?! *S ? The' ship of the hour is a "compromise," as it was in the begin ning and ever will be where wise counsel shall prevail-a com promise with respect to the various elements involved, such as the ''tonnage," "speed," "coal endurance," "armor" and "ordnance," as well as habitability of officers and men. This last, of course,' means not only actual living quarters, but room .for food, clothing and for many of the modern necessities or accessories of our present civ ilization-call them "luxuries" if you will. BUT MEN WILL NOT LIVE EITHER AFLOAT OR ASHORE IN THE MAN NER IN WHICH THEY DID FIFTY-NAY, TWENTY FIVE-YEARS AGO, AND WE MUST NOT EXPECT IT. ? *? m For these reasons our ships have grown in size to leviathans since we find that we cannot get the fight out of 13,000 tons that we can out of 16,000 or 18,000 tons, and this last figure seems to be the limit for readiness in harding, with a fair proportion of length, breadth and depth or draft of water, which is limited to the harbor bars of the nation building and handling the various sized ships. Then, again, tho resources of the nation are a great factor in the game of naval war. IT IS ONLY THE RICH NATIONS OF THE EARTH THAT CAN INDULGE IN THIS GIGAN TIC C?AME. No wonder that poor nations still build small ship3 or try to make the semblance of a naval defense with them or with torpedo boats, though all classes of ships have their SPECIAL SERVICE in all navies. \_J ' ? H ?_ .emt man-the cl)lrr?aT?ve'amffiart?"at"Tre" n'as Been If?nl me D? ginning of time, when he fought his battles or killed his game with a bludgeon-will today do what he can with the weapons which he has at hand, whether such be a battle ship or the grotesque attempt at defense of the "submarine" or of the flying machine, equally in efficacious. FORMS OF LITERARY EXPRESSION By Dr. MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, Literary Critic RENCH literary art dominates the form of expression which, for want of a better name, we call the novel. The march of events and the complexity of modern life have become so sublime and amazing that Mel chior de Vogue expresses a truth we all know when he says of the progress of Germany, "IT WOULD REQUIRE A SHAKESPEARE, DOUBLED BY A MONTES QUIEU, TO DESCRIBE THE LIFE OF THIS COUNTRY DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS." * * * Similarly the life of all civilized countries, as depicted in his tory-which, when notv a mere collection of annals, is as personal as fiction-requires that the author should be SOMETHING MORE THAN A LYRICAL ROMANCER. There must be in him a stronger element than the mere desire to chant or to recite great events. As depicted in the novel, which is not only the history of the mind,' but the essentials from which the historian must in the future draw much of his material, LIFE IS NO LONGER A MERE SPECTACLE, with red fire flaming here and there and the torchbearing Hymen at the end. Whether it is well that a form of expression, which was gay at times, more often at least cheerful and always exciting, should have become a vehicle for the consideration of all sorts of problems, is not the question at present. WOMEN VERSUS MEN AS EMPLOYEES By United States Senator M. A. HANNA . ^N taking employment a young man should not be as a machine, working so many hours per day, but if he is to carve out a future for himself he should work as energetically as though the business were his own, for, indeed, if he is on a pay roll HE IS WORKING ATfiTT.T? rYi it je ajafcfrjre to think that the employer is bpreciating his service if he is igs to be taken advantage of; 5)WN OPPORTUNITIES, r development that the young m. Why, if my wife would al unan filling every position of alty, I admire them. OMEN THAN IN THE BOYS. RE EFFICIENT AND A GOOD RK. NEW ed. WA SNAPPY FALL S?iTS AND OVERCOATS. 3 FRESH FROM THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MAKERS: E LIGA NT NEW FALL STYLES. s ? -0- . There is character and dignity in our CLOTH ING. There is the touch of the hand tailored gar ments-a made-for yuu appearance that stands the scrutiny of the most expert tailor MEN'S SUITS single and double breasted the best of all the best from $8.00 to $25.00. MEN'S OVERCOATS. None better for the price we ask for them anywhere $8.00 to $25.00. There are years of Clothing experience behind every garment we sell. / ?j?^-Rernember the GRAND PRIZE DRAW ING FEBRUARY ist. Look into this, it will be worth something to you. Large stock of Boys and Children's Suits and Overcoats. I. C. LEVY S SON & CO AUGUSTA, CA. Correct D?essere for Meu and Boys. Colly tara's Notice. Couuty Treasurer's office. Edgefield, S. C., Sept. 22d, 1903 The tax levy for various pur poses is as foilown: The tax books will be open for collecting State, County and School taxes for 1903 from Oct 15, 1903, to March 1, 1904. No nenalties will be added until Jan uary let, 1904. A penalty of one per cent, will be added on all tax^s unpaid by Jannaray 1st, 1904. A penalty of two per cent, ou all unpaid by Feb. lot, 190i. A penalty of seven per cent will be^ added on all unpaid Mareil 1, 1904. For State - 5 mills "For " ?SCTTO?I---=---- 3~mrrra For Shaw R. R. hoods - 2 milis F' Pickons R. R. bonds 6 mills For Wise R. R. bonds - 3? mills For Edgefield ?chool b'ds 0? mills For Edgefield R. R. b'ds 1? mills For Edgefield school 2 mills For Johnston school - 3 mills All male persons living within corporate limits of cities or towns, students attending any college or school of the State, ministers in charge of regular congregations, teachers employed in public schools, school trustees dubing their term of office, persons per manently disabled aDd those ac tually engaged in the quarantine service of the State are exempt from tho payment of road tax. All other male persons between the ages of 18 and 50 years ara re quired to pay said road tax, or work not less than six days du ring the year. . The poll tax is $1. C. M. WILLIAMS Treas. Edgefield Co. Ml GUNS and REVOLVEKS. KINE REPAIRS. Fishing Goods Tackle. -." AUGUSTA, and Fishing GA. INSURANCE FIRE Insurance,HEALTH Insurance, ACCiDEN Insurance, Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds of all description issued.. Your Business solicited. GRIFFIN & MUS " GRIFFIN. E. J. MIMI Office Over May & May's Store. % PLANTATION SUPPLIES* I am prepared to save you money- on Staple and Fancy GROCERIES. Always get my prices before buying. I represent SITH BROS., of AUGUSTA, GA., and cad supply you with Gro ceries at Augusta Prices. Give me a call. RespectfuUy, Er S. JOHNSON ADVERTISER BUILDING Augusta Bee Hive Has just received a full and complete line of FALL AND WINTER GOODS Consisting of CLOTHING for stout and lean men; Clothing f Youths; Clothing for Men and Boys. Also a full line of Oveicoa tor MPH and Bovs. The finest assortment of Men's and Boys Hats A futl and complete! line of -^FURNISHING GOODS^ My Dress Goods Department consists of everything the ladies ueed in Plain and Fancy Goods. SILKS of all shades abd prices. In Ready-to-wear Skirts aud Shirts, I have the most complete line in 'he city. _ Millinery Department My Millinery Department is complete in every detail. All the dhTereut styles <^f Walking Hats aud Dress Hats, of the finest quality and latest Parisian styles, SUoes. SiLoes. IIIMMIIIIMIIIIIillllHHMIIIimi IIIMIIIIIIImilllllllllllilllUUIilll My stock of Shoes is too well known to need any comments, have for the tiny infants to the No. 14 brogans. All you need ist all at THE AUGUSTA BEE HIVE to be conrinced that this is th ace to get your bargains. . ABE COHEN PRO m