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EBGEFIELD ADVERTISER Established 1835. J. L. MISES .... EDITOR TERMS: ONE YEAR - - - - - $1.50 SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 WEDNESDAY. MAR. 24, 1909. Mo man can teli whether he ls rich or poor by turning: to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich.He is rich ac cording to. what he is, not ac. cor ding, to what he hau. BEECHER. Better make plenty of corn this year. You can't buy it on a lien next spring:. Yes, The Advertiser's motto for i 909 is, "More corn and less com juice." The Texas legislature has passed an act making it a criminal offense _ to swear over a telephone. No such law is n?eded in Edgefield, the ser vice being first-class. However,.the timid fellow who "pops the ques ' tion" over the phone and receives a "no" in reply may have occasion to use strong language. * Wouldn't it be a good idea to make a county liable for damages in cases where whiskey was sold to a" confirmed drunkard by dispensers and the man. while drunk killed somebody or did some other act . which caused damage or trouble to 'some one?-Bamberg Herald. Yes, that would bo a very good idea; but it would be a far better idea for the county not to sell its citizens liquor, while either sober or drunk. A bill has been introduced in the national House of Representatives providing for "a tax of ?2 on every deadly weapon, such as pistoIs,dirks, knives and brass knuckles manu factured and sold within the United States."' Were this to become* a law ''Uncle Sara" could soon pay off ?the national debt and have ample pocket change left. We would offer only one amendment,?and that is to incjude razors, when they are pur chased to be used at hot suppers." It is said the roads are so rough j in some of the neighboring counties after the mud dries that folks with false teeth, are compelled to take them out of their mouth when they travel along them ia a, wagon. There are no such roads as .that.in -Orangeburg county, but some that resemble them very closely.-Or angeburg Times and Democrat. - We haven't heard of anybody losing their false teeth along Edge field's highways. The fact is, our roads generally are a hundred per cent better than they were several years ago. -- The southern members of Con gress are doing their utmost to se cure the passage of au act prohibit ing telegraph and telephone com panies from transmitting informa tion concerning the buying, selling or dealing in futures, which will practically put an end to Wall Street's gambling on our cotton. Let us hope that the day will yet come when the price of the staple will be controlled by the law of supply and demand, instead of by New York gamblers. During the overflow of the Savannah river last August, the railroads had a large, quantity of freight damaged in cars and in the Augusta depot. At the time the question arose as to who would bear the loss, the shipper, consignee or the railroad that received the mer chandise for transportation? Sever al suits to recover the value of damaged goods have been brought against the railroads recently, re sulting in verdicts for the plaintiffs. The defendant company claimed that the goods were destroyed through an act of providence, and uot through its carelessness. Poor Financiering* V?e certainly hope the convic tions at -.the recent term of court will xlo good. Crime is costing Bam berg county too much money. Often prisoners have to be fed in jail for a long time before being tried, and our criminal courts: co3t about as muchas our roads and bridges. Bamberg Herald. Much of this lawlessness is doubt less attributable directly to whiskey that your county is selling to make money. But where does the net profit come in? You sell the poor devils the liquor and then you use the so-called profits to punish them for the crimes they commit while under the influence of the liquor. When you take into Consideration the degraded manhood, lowered standard of morals and citizenship in the county, is not this very poor financiering? .' Beware of Catalog Houses. A certain Chicago department store has just sent out 6,000,000 catologs through the mails, the ag gregate weight being 430 tons. It required thirty full length mail cars to take them out of Chicago. Wonder how many of thc six mil lion catalogs were addressed to per sons who reside in Edgefield conn .ty? To those who receive them we would say be not deceived by their tempting offers. A cut of the article may be given, accompanied by a seemingly very low price, but you can tell nothing as to the quality of the merchandise offered. The chan ces are, should you place an order, that when the merchandise is re ceiveoSyou will for one reason or another be dissatisfied and would like to make an exchange. But this can't be done without paying the express or freight to and from Chi cago, to say nothing of the incon venience caused by the delay. Even when the? second article is received it may not be entirely as represent ed. Instead of patronizing the cata log house ? thousand miles away, it will be the part of wisdom to supply your needs from the local merchant, where you can examine the goods before paying your mon ?y.. Furthermore, the local mer chant stands squarely behind every piece of merchandise that .passes 3ver his counter, making good all honest complaint?. Exchanges can oe made, errors corrected, misun derstandings adjusted without cost jr any unnecesasy delay. The local merchant makes only i legitimate profit upon his mer-j :handise. Were he disposed to ^?arge unreasonable prices, compo sion would not let him. The cata og houses may, and doubtless do, juote low prices, but taking into .onsideration the cost of transpor :ationand the risks incurred as to Iiiality, safe deliveries, etc., it pays o make the purchase at home. When an order is sent to a e.ita og house the cash must either be eut or tlie goods must be paid for vhen delivered by the express com >any. It matters not how great your leed or how pressed you are ?or unds, these so-called friends of he people, the catalogs houses, will lot credit you for a dollar. How Ufferent it is with your home mer ?hant. When jrour crops are s^iort, ?r sickness and misfortune overtake 'ou, br your cash is exhausted, the j ocal merchant comes to, your res :ue. He will supply your wants and rait one, three, or six months for he money. If the local merchant j ixtends credit when you need it, hould you not feel honor bound to pend your cash with him instead if sending off to Chicago or else rhere? Furthermore, when you pend a dollar on the local market t remains at home and may come rour way again, but when you send t a thousand miles away it is gone orever. Is it not better to contrib ue to the upbuilding of the home own than to the farther enlarge; lent of the congested cities? Do You Get Up With a Lame Back? adney Trouble Blakes You Miserable. Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's >wamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and n_.i ? bladder remedy, be -' Mi cause of its reniark I able health restoring jw properties. Swamp ?'~ Root fulfills almost S every wish in over coming rheumatism, pain in the back, kid neys, liver, bladder *X? and every part of the jyi^-. urinary passage. It S*^*" ' corrects inability to lold water and scalding pain in passing it, ir bad effects following use of liquor, wine ir beer, and overcomes that unpleasant lecessity of being compelled to go often brough the "day, and to get up many ixnes during the night. Swamp-Root i3 not recommended for ?verything but if you have kidney, liver .r bladder trouble, it will be found just he remedy you need. It has been thor mghly tested in private practice, and has >roved so successful that a special ar angement has been made by which all eadeis of this paper, who have not al eady tried it, may have a sample bottle ent free by mail, also a book telling nore about Swamp-Root, and how to ind out if you have kid ley or bladder trouble. AThen writingmention eading this generous >ffer in this paper' and j lend your address to 3r. Kilmer & Co., Homo JU?C?S^K^T ?inghamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent md. one-dollar size bottles are sold by ill druggists. Don't make any mistake yat remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad- j Iress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. Large assortment of tablets >aper, pencils, examination pads knd school supplies of all kinds. E.. Ti m m ons. You cannot be too careful about he quality of canned goods you my. Try our Nabob I rand of corn md peas, and be conviiiv.;-! of their iuperior quality and excellence.' W. E. Lynch & Co. Situation Not so Bad. On our first page will be found a list of the counties that have ap- ? plied for loans from thc state sink ing: fund, Edgefield county being among them. An act filing this ap plication was passed by tho recent legislature. The county board of commissions have not yet taken this matter up, but it is very proba ble that the necessary funds for liquidating the past indebtedness of the county will be obtained from the j sinking fund, rather than resort to a bond issue for raising it.' Un questionably it will be the part of wisdom to adopt this method of paying these outstanding claims. The writer has made some in quiry into the real status of the county's finances, and we are pleas ed to state that the situation is not so deplorable as it appeared some months ago. We have been informed semi-officially that all of last year's indebtedness to the banks has been paid except $2,000, which will soon be paid; and that after all taxes levied for the year 1908 shall have been collected there will be five or six thousand dollars to be applied on unpaid county claims. This, to gether with the amount that can be borrowed from the sinking fund, will pay all claims against the county. There remains unpaid butj one of the notes that were given for the steel bridge. Yes, the great throng was but a great organ, and every hearer was but a string tuned and ready to re spond to every touch, and send ouf praise, laughter, sobs, wails, smiles, and approvals. No man ever visited our city and won greater admiration than did Lou J. Beauchamp.-Sun, Pad nea h, Ky. 100 sets of buggy harness soon to arrive. Full assortment of car riage and wagon harness. We buy in large quantities and our patrons get the benefit of the advantages thus gained. Ramsey <fc Jones. Now that spring is here why not take up the worn out matting and cover your floor with now attractive matting^Call and let us show you our beautiful assortment. Ramsev & Jones. I desire to inform tho ladies and the shopping public generally that our new spring goods are now ar riving daily. Wo invito them to call and see our new offerings. Our goods were all purchased before the recent rise and our customers get tho benefit of tho low price. > " J. W. Peak. We extend 1 of Edgefield j a cordial invi it our store on and Thursday 24 and 25th. days we wi] Spring Miliin Wewill haw our pattern 1 the latest HOY millinery line Rives No Land So Rici Cannot Mah You use fertilizers for the pn better the land the more profitably ; Do not imagine because land will pi Virginia FeHil that these fertilizers cannot be profi made only for land too poor to pn will show a normal increase whet show at least double the increase, to increase the quality, as well as 1 will increase the profits from your 1; "I have been using your fertilii Mr. William Fraiser, of Glasburg, 1 io fertilize, but to do plenty of it, had, such as your brands. I have ?. them to be as recommended and to fertilizers that I have ever used." Every planter and farmer sho Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year-Bi fertilizer dealer, or write our nearest Virginia-Carolim - Sales Offices Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. Columbia, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Savannah, Ga. , Memphis, Tenn. In a Stra r je Lzi ?. Two belated disciples of Bacchus staggered arm ~in arm up Walnut street about 3 o'clock the other morning says the Philadelphia Rec ord. The street was dark, except for ar single ground glass globe that blazed in front of an apartment house One of the inebriates,, spying this lone light, observed: "Oh, look at zhe moonsh." The other seriously contradicted him, saying: That ain't monsh, zash sun." This started an argument, which lasted for several . min ates, as to whether the globe was the moon or j the sun. Finally they decided to leave it to the; first passerby, who happened tb' be another "happy" gentleman. They stopped him, and pointing to the globe, asked: "Settle an argument, old pal: is j that the moon or the sun?" The third party stared knowingly at the globe for several minutes be- ] fore he shook his: bead and replied: 'Gentlemen, ? really couldn't tell you I'm a stranger in this town." The celebrated soprano was in the middle of her solo when little John ny said to his mother, referring to the conductor of the orchestra. ' Why. does that man hit at the woman with his stick?" "Heis not hitting at her," replied his mother. "Keep quiet." "Well, then, what is sha boll erin' so for?"-Success. Try our "Morning Glory" roast ed coffee for 25 cents per pound or our celebrated "White Star" coffee at 20. cents. Penn Sc Holstein. Let us supply you* with garden seed. We sell both Buist's'and Fer ry's seed. Either wi 1,1 give perfect satisfaction. B. Ti m cr. m s Near Death in Big Pond. Il was a thrilling experience to Mrs. Ida Soper to face death. "For years a severe lung trouble gave me intense suffering," she writes, and several times , .nearly caused my death. All remedies failed and dot tors said I was incurable. Then Dr, King's New Discovery brought quick relief and a cure so perma nent that. 1 have hot been troubled in tw ?Ive years. Mrs. Soper Jives in B'g P md, Pa. It works wonders in coughs and eolds^ sore lungs, hem-j orrhages, grippe, asthma, croup, whooping cough and all bronchial affections. 50c and $1.00. Trial bot tle free. Guaranteed by W E Lynch & Co., Penn & Holstein, successors to G L Penn & 'Son, drug stores. to the ladies md vicinity tation to vis Wednesday i March the 5 On these ll have our ery Opening. i on display lats and aU elties in the Bros. i That Fertilizer e It Better )fit you get out of them-and the a good fertilizer can be used on it. roduce a fair crop without Carolina lizers tably used on it, or that they were >duce without them. If poor land 1 fertilizer is used, good land will Use Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers the quantity of the crop-and you md. :ers for a number of years" says -a., "andfind that it not only pays and use the 'best fertilizers to de ised a number of them and found give better results than any other .'s . .1 uld have a copy of the new 1909 Dok. Get a free copy, from your : sales office. / ? i . 2 Chemical Co. \ Sales1 Offices Durham* N. C. Charleston, S. C. Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Shreveport, La. Honor Roll Edgefield Graded School. For month ending March 19th. 6th grade: Adelia Britt. 5th grade: Blondelle Hart, Guy Broadwater, Ida McManns, Ada McManus. Blondelle Hart made highest average. High Seventh: William Ouzts, Nell' Jones, Georgia May Wales, May . Tompkins, June Rainsford, Kathe- ? ri?e Mims, Wallace Roper. Geor- , gia-May Wates made the highest av- j erage. Low Seventh; Gill Dunovant, Florence Peak, Thelma Bailey, Hel en Tillman. Helen Tillman made the highest average. Fresh shipment of' Nun milly's candies and bon bons just received by express. Penn & Holstein. Insurance I now represent a strong line of Fire In sur ance Companies and can insure your property. Your patronage will be appreciated. H. A. Smith. . Candidate for Mayor. In view of the fact that Mr. C. E. May has for business reasons handed in his rcsiffnation as Mayor of the town ol' Edgeiickl to take effect April lath, I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the posi tion. My business is such that I can devote almost my entire time to the duties of the office and pledge my services to the best of my ability. John R. Tompkins. Cotton Seed Meal and I Hulls. I take this m eans of notifying my friends and the public that I keep a large supply of fresh Cotton ton Seed Meal, and Hulls constantly on hand and can fill their orders at reasonable prices. Warehouse near site of old depot. Your patronage solicited. A. M. Timmer mar. DON'T BACK AWAY. We have something to sell. Drop in aud let us spill a little chat ter about a good thing; you can take it or leave it according as it (hits you and no expense bili either way. I am the Carriage Dealer, took it up long ago. I have sold enough 'nice work each succeeding year to qualify as the Leader in my Li. ne I Now you can hear about me One-Hundred and Fifty Miles from my buggy shack in any direction you go, and when it comes to what is what in anything you hitch a horse to;-pardon me for starting the I applause,-hut I'm the greatest noise in the country. Remember the quartette-BACCOCK. CHASE FRAZIER AND * j Coskery, ,' J At 749 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia . ? ^ ores Wearables We pegin with' the niervo and boys 4 in-hand ties. They are baautiful, yfts, they are cheap-yes, their values from 25c and up are; we vii! say, with the boldest modesty we can muster, tli.it they arc hebest values and form the loveliest designs ever shown by a store of our size. They do credit to a full fledged^ city store. See them as you enter the store to you right in the first case. SECOND, We are delighted to tell jon our new Spring Ankle Ties are just here, in Tans, Browns and Patents. . i : We want you to come and glance through, as cold type, fixed by the adept print er in most fetching terms can never express their real beauty. THIRD, but by no means all, we name a few specials in .27 inch Yoils, Pongees, Bajas, Dotted Swiss. Seco Silks, and on to the dainty wearbles at 5c yard. THE CORNER STORE, ^W. PI. Turner,Proprietor. We Sell the Following Reliable Brands of o CD ci ci X co ci a w ns TS o cn a a . S 2 0) O 2 Baldwin's Bradley's Baugh's Etiwan Palmetto Peruvian Swift's Nitrate Soda Muriate Potash Cerealite German Kainit C. S. Meal Dried Blood. > .o TL .< co a. ? 3 CL Ci a i 9 3 > ET 3 3 OT ?S SP i-, o 2 ? a Ul G % S < CD OT which we can sell you for less than mill price. ?moy jo s{9JJBg OOS 9ABll ^ ?^q 'i?poqjfufc \\?% IUOQ SAVOJJBH 90f SMOJJBH 9?uoy SMOOCH Suiqiooras st?jaAy SMOJJBH OSia S^JOAV J9JUB?J UOXJ?9 MBT MOO j9ddoja paasuowco UBUIIJJBH jo;nqij;si(i ouBn*) WUB*) ?i8;iii3y U0TJ03 WUB$ ,> . ; J9}UBIJ U0?J03 ^Od JO 0%%9U1[B? SJ9}UBIj UJOQ PUB uo;;o3 08 '?N 9J99fl ullor sjo^nqujsiQ ouBn*) 9103 SJ9;UBIJ U?03 pUB UOWO3 9J03 si u ania [dui} |Bjn;mouSy SuiMono^ oqj, Nothing; too email Nothing too Large For us to buy for you if you only command us ?/. W. ADAMS & CO.