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?DGEFIELD ADVERTISER Established 1835. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1511. Office, No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Miss Annie Mathis, of Cold Spring, is visiting her sister Mrs. Walter Holston. Mrs. R. A. Cochran of Rehoboth returned last week from a visit to her daughter Mrs. M. J. Green of Lancaster. Mr. Baldwin Carwile who now holds a position in Spartanburg, is ?pending this week with his mother, Mrs.' M. E. Carwile. Miss Mary Fitzmaurice of Co-| lumbia has been the guest of Mrs. J. S. Byrd for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. W. S- Cogburn and the children spent several days last week and this week in Ed gen'eld. Rev. T. P. Burgees preached to his congregation at Sahida on Sun day evening, after conducting ser vices at Edgefield in the morning. We can make you a Miit to order | from $25.00 up write us forsamples, F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. Rev. A. T. Jamison of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Greenwood, will fill the pulpit of the Baptist church on Sunday morning next. For Sale: A number one buggy horse. Works well in wagon and plow and is a good saddler. Apply to R. B. Cain, At the College. There are seven attractive prizes to be awarded the young ladies who J are working so faithfully in our sub scription contest. Probably others will be added. We sell IjlartSchaftners and Marx Clothes the best made write us for a suit, F. G. MERTINS, 'Augusta, Ga. The monthly union service will be held next Sunday evening at the NPresbyterian church, when Dr. Dan iels of Columbia, will conduct the service. , Miss Ora Padgett of Columbia, and Miss Nora Long of Saliida were guests of Miss Pearl Padgett at Mrs. J. H. Cantelou's for the past week. Mrs. Beauregard Timmons left Edge jeld on Sunday morning, ac companied by Dr. J. H. Carmichael to Columbia, where she goes to Knowlton's Infirmary for treatment Have your Umbrella re-covered by. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga., 854 Broad. Mr. R. C. Burts, who has made such a successful principal of the Easly schools for several years, and a brother of Dr. C. E. Burts has been elected head of the Furman Fitting School in Greenville. Mr. J. '?V. Peak has returned from New York, where he purchas-1 ed a large stock of spring merchan dise for his store. In a few days his new goods will arrive and be dis played. We have the best Clothes for the money, write us and we will serve you. F. G. MERTINS the Cloth ier, Augusta, Ga. . The moving picture shows in the | opera house on Friday and Saturday evenings were a great attraction and novelty. It was announced on Saturday evening that the company after spending the coming week in Aiken, would return to Edgefield for the coming Monday and Tues day nights. Mr. S. Cheatham is one of the most enthusiastic entrants in the corn contest. He came Saturday to get a bushel of very fine corn which he ordered for seed, paying five dol lars for it. The man who excels Mr. Cheatham will have to work early and late. Mr. W. S. G. Heath has the con tract for erecting the Woodmen hall at Red Hill and Mr. R. M. Johnston has the contract for sup plying the lumber, most of which has already been placed on the ground. ' The members of the Republican church, so we are informed, have | decided to put some needed repairs on their church, for which they will raise, at an early date, between six ] and seven hundred dollars. This is a worthy enterprise, and is typical of all the congregations to which Rev. J. T. Littlejohn preaches. They do not lag in the procession. We sell all our Winter goods at j reduced price, write us for price. F. G. MERTINS, the Clothier, Au gusta, Ga. Dr. T. M. Bailey filled the pulpit I of the Baptist church on Sunday) morning, preaching from the text, "If any man would be my disciple,' let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me."" The mus ic wa? very beautiful and edifying and Mrs. John R. Tompkins pre sided at the organ. At the close of the service the Lord's ??upper was J observed. Although sorv ices were held in all the other churches, the church was filled with an attentive and appreciative congregation. All who attend the Johnston ceum next Tuesday evening w spend two hours pleasantly. The announcement of addition prizes his greatly increased the i terest and enthusiasm in The A vertiser's subscription contest. j Interesting services were held our Methodist church on Sundi morning, and especially good mue arranged. Mr. Royal V. Bidez a sisted the choir on the trombone. Maj. R. S. Anderson and Mr. S. Smith are at home from Was! ington to remain till the extra se sion convenes on April 4th. We have the Stetson and oth< good makes at reasonable prie Write us for one. F. 6. MEI TINS, Augusta, Ga. Edgefield, Trenton and Harmon should be largely represented at tl lyceum attraction to be given ? Johnston Tuesday night next. TL entertainment by the Eureka GU Club will be strictly first-class. Miss Mattie Lyon came up froi WiUiston and spent Sunday i home. She was accompanied by he friend, Miss Ellen Chandler, who i teaching at Windsor. Attention is directed to the ac vertisement of Mr. J. H. Reel i this issue. He announces that hav ing reduced his expenses to th minimum he is in a position t make very close prices on all kind of merchandise. All varieties of cabbage plant for sale row at Punovant & Cc Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reel have r< turned after a stay of two weeks i: Florida. Mr. Reel is perfectl charmed with Florida. Indeed h has a desperate case of Florid "fever," and as he told us of th many wonderful things he saw w almost became a victim of the sam malady. Mr. A. R. Nicholson hasreturne from a visit to his daughter, Mr? F. E. Johnston who resides nea Georgetown. He is charmed witl that section of the state. Mr. Nich olson's sons-in-law, Mr. ,Waym Darlington and Mr. F. E. Johnston each own very large estates o about 6,000 acres of land each. Plants: Now is the time to plan asparagus crowns. Get them nov at 50c per 100, or $3.00 per 1,000 R. G. Shannonhouse. Congressman James F. Bryn'es ol Aiken, was in town on Monday shaking hands with his friends. Mr. Byrnes was duly enrolled as Con gressman,' Saturday March 4th, al the close of the 61st session. He will enter actively upon his duties at the convening of the extra session on April the 4th. Mr. Byrnes ie very popular in Edgefield county. Pants made to order, $5 up, write for samples to F. G. MER TINS, Augusta, Ga. The time for ordaining deacons at Berea has been changed from the first Sunday in April "to the first Sunday in May. On the same day the ladies' missionary society.will hold its annual meeting. They have invited Rev. C. A. Cowan of Green wood to preach the missionary ser mon, and Rev. G. W. Gardner will preach the ordination sermon. The people of Edgefield will have a great opportunity on next Wednesday evening to see that de lightful story of St. Elmo put upon the stage. Go to the opera house on Wednesday evening and see it. Miss Daisy Lyon spent Saturday and Sunday at home, returning to her school Sunday afternoon with her friend Miss Mary Edwards, who came up for her. For Sale: Four-horse power gasoline engine and threshing ma chine, practically new; also a com plete saw mill, consisting of saw, engine, boiler, carts and cows. Ap ply to H. H. Hill, Edgefield, S. C. This afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Johnson are giving the little folks of the town a delightful treat in honor of their little son, Luther, this being his fourth birthday. A crowd of little folks are enjoying this pleasant birthday party. Found: A portion of a lady's brooch, containing a lock of han1 was found on the streets of Edge field two months or more agov. The owner can obtain same by calling at The Advertiser oflice and paying for this notice. The quarterly conference of the Methodist chmvr? will meet on Sun day morning at Harmony, when Dr. J. W. Daniel will preach. The Harmony church has one of the lar gest and most enthusiastic Sunday schools in Edgefield county with Mr. Walter Marsh as superintend1 ent. Monday of last week little Con nie Cochran, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Cochran of Plum Branch was bitten by a mad dog. Miss Weinona Strom was also bit ten by the same dog, but the skin was not broken. Little Connie was carried to the mad stone in Georgia and the stone adhered for forty eight hours. As a further precau tion, she was carried to the Pasteur Institute in Columbia Saturday. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Coch ran sympathize with them deeply in this trying experience. Mr. Luther G. Bell, who ia young er now than he was twenty years ago, has been in Edgefield for sev eral days,and says that beyond all per adventure Clark's Hill has the pret tiest set of women and the ugliest men of any section of the state. The Advertiser man endorses most hear tily the first portion of the state ment but we think our friend Luther is too severe on the Clark's Hill men. Excellent Charge to The Grand Jury. Judge Sense's charge to the grand jury this morning was able and comprehensive. He first commended them for their prompt response to duty, and for their willingness to serve throughout the year. Not a grand juror was absent when the court was called, nor did any ask to be excused. Judge Sease said, there is a dispo sition on the part of business men to shirk jury duty, which he refer red to as a patriotic duty. He said no one need ever apply to him to be excused upon the ground that his private interests would suffer, for business men, and men of affairs are needed upon the jury to weigh the facts and the law as applied to the c::*e. Judge Sease excuses only in case of sickness of the juror or members of his family. Judge Sease said that a' large number of cases tried in our courts are those involving personal vio lence, and the major portion of those are committed by negroes up on negroes. Cases of assault among white people are growing less, while they are increasing among the ne groes. They are following our ex ample. Immediately after 187.6, but few negroes were tried for assault or murder. Records do not show that negroes committed murder at all during slavery. The white man is becoming more educated along the line of resorting to the law to punish the offender. Of the two hundred and fifty homicides that are annually tried in South Carolina, only about 25 per cent are committed by the white race. Judge Sease said that the remedy for this condition is to punish any man who is guilty. Courts are es tablished to deter thc criminal, and to show to ochers that the one who commits crime will be punished. The certainty of punishment is a greater deterrent than the severity of the punishment. For the record of crime in South Carolina, the white people get the credit before the outside world. In heathen Japan, a percentage of homicides is -aid to be less than in this state, yet we send missionaries to labor among the Japanese. There is much room for missionary work among negroes at our very door, teaching them not to take the lives of their fellow men. Judge Sease called attention to the fact that some negroes go un whipped of justice, because some white men use their influence to bring about their acquittal in order to secure farra labor. He urged jurors not to be influenced by white men in such cases. When a negro has an idea tha t his white boss will stick to him ? in his lawnessness it gives him a license to commit crime against his own race and the white race. In concluding his general charge, Judge Sease urged the grand jurors to keep an eye on the public schools of the county, seeing that efficient teachers are employed. Trustees should not be allowed to employ as teachers relatives who are incompetent, as is done in some cases. Death of Miss Nadine Smith. News reached Edgefield on Sat urday that Miss Nadine Smith who is so well remembered as the inter esting little daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith had died under an operation for appendicitis in the hospital at Sumter on Friday morn ing at one o'clock. Miss Nadine was attending the Catholic convent in Sumter at the time of her death, and her remains were carried to Williston for interment, the funer al being conducted by Rev. W. M. Jones on Sunday morning. Miss Nadine was a student at* the S. C. C. I. several years, and was very popular. Card From Mr. Fuller. The time for the organization of our Boys' Corn Club is near, and, while we have a number of names alread3\ there is room for many more. Enter the contest, boys, and come out with one of the valuable prizes and the distinction that goes with it. We shall have an attract ive and valuable list which will be published very soon. Send your names so that they may be entered. W. W. Fuller, Supt. Ed. E. C. Will Vote on Annexation. The people of the extreme north western corner of the county are greatly elated over the fact that Gov. Blease has ordered an election to be held on April ll for the pur pose of voting upon the question of annexing 38 square miles of this county, known as the Plum Branch section, to Greenwood county. A prominent citizen of Plum Branch stated Mondoy that practi cally all of the 80 votes would be cast in favor of Greenwood. There is only one voting precinct in the 38 square miles of territory and that is located in Plum Blanch. The people favor the annexation purely upon the ground of conven ience. Plum Branch is [about 30 i miles from both Edgefield and Greenwood, but the latter place has I the advantage in that it can be [reached by rail. Mrs. Mosely Entertains U. D. C. The monthly meeting of the I Daughters of .the ' Confederacy was held at the home of Mrs. F. F. Mosely on Tuesday afternoon. The meeting was largely attendeu and an| interesting program carried out. A delightful salad course and a second course of sweets was served. A gavel] was presented to the chapter, the | gift of Mrs. F. F. Mosely. This gavel was made from the spikenard wood taken from the enclosure around the grave of Preston S. Brooks in our village cemetery, and the wood is very rare and valuable. The gavel was the workmanship of I Mr. J. Bean Walker, who did the ! work free of all charge, and express ed himself as being honored to do I so. I The very interesting announce ment was made that Mrs. August | Kohn, president of the state U. D. C. would visit the chapter in April, and a r?ception will be" tendered in honor of Mrs. Kohn at the Presby terian manse. It Pays to Buy at Peak's.] Men's boys' and children's cloth ing, shirts, collars, ties, all in up to-date styles. It pay.-Adv. Very Popular Attraction. In the play of "St. Elmo" which was dramatized from Evans' power ful novel of the same name, all of the favorite characters in the book are represented just as authoress intended them to be. St. Elmo Mur ray, Edna Earl, Allan Hammond, ? Mrs. Murray, Gertrude. Manning] and Gordon Leigh appear as real people and tell Miss Evans' charm ing story much more entertainingly than you can read it The produc tion will be , given in the opera house on Wednesday, March 15th. The price will be 50, 75, and $1.00. It Pays to Buy at Peak's Your wash goods i?' the latest and prettiest patterns, fresh from the manufacturers. Fine gingham', zephyrs, chambry, galatea, linen for spring wear.-Adv. Notice'to Veterans. Veterans desiring Crosses of Hon or are requested to ?pply to Mrs. J. D. Holstein. This will be the last year that crosses will be given. It Pays to Buy From Peak. Fancy and dressy material, the | latest weaves and up-to-date. It pays. -Adv. HAS NO SUBSTITUTE I? Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powdor jyal Qi Cream of Tartar mada from Royal G rapo NO ALUM.HO LIME PHOSPHATE NOTICE. N All members of Harmony Farm ers Union No. 2-22, are requested to meet Friday, March 17th. Business of importance will be transacted. W. S; Marsh, Pres. It Pays to Buy at Peak* Lace curtains, window shades, curtain rods, rugs, window fixtures, picture frames, etc. It pays.-Adv. It Pays to Buy at Peak's. Bangs, switches, - turbans, puffs curls, side and back combs, bar rettes, hair pins, in fact, a general combination to make an attractive I appearance. It pays.-Adv. 11 was never before better able to j take care of your eye glass work tba niara 8tock ^ am herc all the time and can cor rect anything about your glasses that may for any reason be unsat isfactory after the work is done. This fact should appeal to you. GEORGE F. MIMS, Optician Edgefield. - - S. C. It Pays to Buy at Peak's; Ladies',misses, and children's1 ox fords, and strap sandals. The pret tiest shapes and styles from the best manufacturers. Come and see them. The price will catch your eye. It pays.-Adv. Death of Little Rebecca Allen On Thursday afternoon last, at the day's declining, little Rebec ca Allen, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Allen, passed from this vale of tears into the light of eter nal life. Little Rebecca was] one year old, and had only had a few day's battle with pneumonia, the illness which proved too much for her tender years. For those who are left, this is a bitter bereavement, but to her,Hhere is nothing but the joys of the eternal city where Jesus holds the children whom he blessed on earth close to his bosom. Little Rebecca was laid to rest in Willow Brook cemetery, and a wealth o? beautiful spring flowers were laid upon her grave, the only tribute that Empathetic and sorrowing loved ones and friends could present to the sad parents and to the memory of the precious young life. Rev. T. P. Burgess conducted the exercises, and the choir sang that comforting hymn, 'Safe in the arms of Jesus." PENN & HOLSTEIN, Local Dealers It Pays to Buy at Peak's Your tailor made waist and skirt. Skirts, black and colored, panama, mohair, voils and other leading materials.-Adv. jf? coffee fathers M ^dust and stored sweepings: Paper ba^s leak\stren$th, freshness and] aroma. 1 i>. ir ?? aaa 1? *\ LUZIANNE COFFEE irr Its air-ti^ht can ls dost-free, strong, fresh and of j>er Km? ?<THE REILY-TAYLOR CO.^ \NZYi ORLE?KS.U.S.A. It r*ays to Buy at Peak's Your fine lawn, batiste, flaxon linen lawn, and every material for white dresses. It pays.-Adv. It Pays to Buy at Peak's Your embroidery, cambric, nain sook, and swiss edging and inser tion. We have some great special ties at I and 10 cents. It pays to see our lace before buying. Val lace, round thread, baby irish, cluny, torchon and linen torchon. We have some at 12 cents to a dollar a dozen yards.-Adv. CORP To see a little further inte To dig a little deeper for i To be never satisfied unti This season the most superV Qu Dr ma C. littl ? as 1 for men and boys. The abc to the front with the best ar plan of satisfaction always TH STANDING OF CONTESTANTS TO MARCH 8th. Votes Winona Mathis 76,900 Robbie Jones - 23,090 Louise Lyon 23,540 Fannie Joe Strom 39,825 Martha Dorn 69,550 Lucile Whatley 34,000 Mary Emma Byrd 53,740 Alma. Hammond 29,920 Addie Stephens 81,850 Lila DeLaughter 56,000 Lena Lanham 34,175 Sarah Waters . 1000 Maggie McDaniel 30,525 Mrs. Claud A. Parks . 59,375 Olive Jackson 2000 Mattie E. Cheatham 42,100 Eva Moultrie 1070 Nellie Bodie 5600 Respectfully, American Music Co., Contert Mgrs. By Royal V. Bidez, resident Mgr. Kansas Man Gives William O McFarland, a well known resident of Wichita, Kansas, living at 607 North stret, that city, is a strong believer in the efficacy of Cooper's New Discovery. In a re cent statement Mr. McFarland says: As an after effect of typhoid fe ver and the grip, I have suffered with stomach trouble for the past three years. I had no appetite, and Strong Testimony did not get the proper nourishment from my food. As a result I was very weak, and felt tired and worn out, having no energy nor ambition. I experienced a feeling of heaviness in my stomach and belched a great deal of gas. I tried a number of remedies that were recommended to me and took treatment from several physicians, without any permanent benefit. "I finally decided to try Cooper's New Discovery, after notioing a number/- of advertisements in the newspapers regarding it. I found it all that it was claimed to be. With in a few weeks the belching had ceased entirely, and the feeling of heaviness and distress disappeared. I began to relish my meals, and soon gained in strength and weight. I was greatly surprised with the prompt action of the medicine, and gratified with the resal ts I obtained from its use." Persons afflicted with worn-out stomachs should try Cooper's New Discovery. There is a heavy demand for the Cooper remedies, for which we are agents in this community. (Penn & Holstein.) YOU NEED NOT You need not envy your neigh bor's figtne. No, not all. Prob ably she is wearing an American Lady Corset and you can too Just see to it that you get the right model for your individua figure iu American Lady CORSETS and the correct foundation for your gown is assured. Do this and your figure will take care of itself and some one else in turn will probably be envying you. Among American Lady Cor sets there is "a model for every figure." There is a model for your figure. At our corset department be fitted to that model. It is here. Rives Bros. Agents for Edgefield tIER STORE'S ?HOE MOTTON ? fashion's future quality production. I we could give our customers the best has brought to us. ? lines ot footwear. Such as the famous een quality, E. P. Reeds^rvino ew for the ladies. H. W. Merri tt for the misses and children, E. Meade's soft soles for Ihe le tots Uso the celebrated shoes, known he A?ways Wear Well >ve lines are second to none, You find them always to id we back them up with the Corner Store's progressive Respectfully, E CORNER STORE, W. H. TURNER, Proprietor