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GOT HIS "SPENDING MONEY" f Humorous Incident in the Early Ca? peer of th? Late Comedian, Sol Smith Russell. ! Wben a boy Sol Smith Russell, who 'later rose to eminence as a comedian and to high material fortune through a combination of large earnings and ingenious frugality, was employed as .a member of the celebrated Peak Family cf Bell Ringers. He was billed as Master Solly. His "turn" was bal lad singing, and it was stipulated that he was to receive no compensation other than board and lodging until ex perience should make him more af firmatively valuable to the organiza tion. When the second season was nearly at an end Master Solly suddenly was struck with an idea that he ought to ;have some kind of remuneration for his work, since he was "featured," and really the best drawing card Peak could boast. So, plucking np courage, he accosted Peak in these words: "Mr. Peak, I have been with you nearly two years and in all that time you have paid me nothing for my work. I don't ask for much, but you can afford to give me a little spending money every week-just enough to get along on." Bill looked at him in sorrow, not to say amazement. "How much do you want, Solly?" he managed to gasp. "Oh, I guess about five dollars a week." The demand almost sent Peak into convulsions; but he rallied, and in a tone of melancholy resignation, he said: "Very well, Solly. I am your friend. I wll? give y?u the five dollars ; but for God's sake don't tell my wife!" HOMES OF THE STRAWBERRY Eight Districts of the Country in Which the. Succulent Fruit Is an Important Crop. A survey of the production and mar keting of strawberries in the United States made by the department of ag- j riculture indicates that the eight most important commercial strawberry dis tricts are central California, Tennes see, Maryland. Delaware, southern Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Virginia and the Ozarks. Great quantities of strawberries, the report says, are also grown in the North in small patches and shipped to market by trolley, express or in the producer's own wagon. The first strawberries of the year come from central Florida, the move ment beginning in December and con tinuing until the end of March. By the first of March the first strawber ries from southern Texas and south ern California find their way to the market. About tie middle of March the Louisiana crop begins to move, continuing about two months or until the middle of May. By that tittie the season of carload shipments is at its height. The greater \ part of the Tennessee and Virginia crop is shipped in May, as well as ! much of the Delaware, Illinois and j Maryland output.-Good Housekeep lng Magazine. , Bright Salesman. The depression in business caused a local jeweler to discharge his ex perienced man, replacing him with a high school graduate-a youth just out of schcol. He appeared very anxious to learn, and the pro prietor at the end of the first week was much pleased with results. One day the merchant was obliged to be away from the store, and upon his return inquired: "Well, Frank, did you sell any thing?" "Yes, sir; I sold five plain band rings." "Fine, my boy!" said the jeweler, enthusiastically. "We'll make an Al salesman out of you one of these days. You got the regular price for them, of course?" "Oh, yes. sir. The price on the in side was 18c, and the man took all that was left, sir."-Harper's Maga zine. My'Smife. Our smile still holds Its wonted j place, due east and west across our face, and sometimes it seems half in clined to reach around and tie behind. We cannot dance, nor can we sing, but we can tote a- smile, by jingi Sometimes we push it from its place, but that is when we shave our face. ! and when we have done shaving, then, our smile is on the job again. Worms may kill our tomato plants, hot irons I may scorch our Palra Beach pants, laundries may spiflicate our shirts and fix our collar so it hurts, a neighbor's dog may kill our cat, but our smile stays right where it's at, and being such a happy cuss makes the old world smile back at us. Misfortune cannot get your goat ff you have, got? a smile to tote.-Judd Mortimer Lew- j is, in Houston Post. Found. Mrs. X. lost her cook and had tele phoned in vain for another. Dinner guests were expected and she wa? des perate. Finally, putting on her things, rjhe went out, and she hadn't gone far when she met a neat-looking col- j ored woman. She explained her j 'dilemma and the colored woman Hs tened in silence, then she said: "Where do yo' live, missus?" Seeing a ray of hope joyfi v, Mrs. X. gave her address, te he met with ; the reply: "Welli '/o' jess go home an' look in ? yo' glass an' yoi! see yo' caok.''^- | Ueston Transcript. Ford Cars Have Stood the Test The experience of scores of own ers of the Ford Automobiles has proven that there is nothing better made for the Edgefield roads. Ford cars will carry you safely over any road that a buggy or any other ve hicle can travel. An All-the-Year-Around Car They are light, yet substantially built. They are cheap, yet the best of material is used in their con struction. Are you contemplating purchasing a car? Let us show you a Ford Run-About or Touring Car. G.W.ADAMS Edgefield Auto Repair Shop Next to Court House BRSOHBUK HffiHn&HBBl mm illa Ginning Season Now On Machinery in use just one season. Everything newly overhauled. I have the latest improved Murray Four-Gin Sys tem. I am prepared to handle your ginning in the most up-to-date manner. My last year's work proved entirely satisfactory to every customer. Be sure to give me atrial. I guarantee that you will be highly pleased. I personally oversee all work done. I also buy cotton seed. Always pay highest market price. Am in touch with one of the largest cotton seed concerns in the South. Telehone 2002 Edgefield, S. C. Ginnery Next to Edgefield Graded School . ADAMS & CO Members State Warehouse System All persons storing cotton with us, we think, will have no trouble to bor row money on certificates issued by the WarehousetCommission. We will appreciate any business j given us. . W. ADAMS & COMPANY Edgefield, South Carolina B. B. RUSSELL, Jr. R. E. ALLEN SHIP YOUR COTTON TO -(INCORPORATED) Cotton . Factors . and Commission Merchants Bonded Warehouses. Liberal Advances Made on . . Cotton in Storage. AUGUSTA -.GEORGIA / The Standard Vtsihh Yes, the crownii It is just out-a For makers have striven a lil again, as we scored when we There is truly no other touch so light that the tread 9 Tl . by had the Optional Duplex Shift. ] gers of the rieht and left hands, of any standard typewriter. Thu ber 9" with more speed and grua discovery. For while tho Oliver pense to us. by simplifying constrn spend a dollar for any typewriter, more this one does. If you are u.< 17 Cents a Day! \ matic spacer, 6 1-2-onnce touch-plus new-day features. Yet we have decided to sell it t every user can easily alford to have like print, included FREE if desired. TO-DAY-Write ists, employers, and individuals everj It's a pleasure for us to tell you abou The Oliver T SST1 You can rent the Oliver Typewri FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Harting & Byrd Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the best old line com panies Marling & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Land for Sale Life is too short to go on renting land,?when you can buy a small farm for almost the rent money. I have land in small lots around Mohnston, and near Batesburg, Meeting Street, Celestia, Rocky Creek or Fruit Hill, Ropers and near Edgefield, and lots and stores in the town of Edge field. TERMS EASY Arthur S. Tompkins Edgefield, S. C. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. >Wr?ter BUY IT NO?i? ng typewriter triumph is here! nd comes years before experts expected it! fe-time to attain this ideal machine. And Oliver has won : gave the world its first visible writing. . typewriter on earth like this new Oliver "9." Think of of a kitten will run the keys ! ?e new-day advances that come alone on this machine are all controlled Oliver. Even our own previous models-famous in their day-never [t put the whole control of 84 letters and 'haracters in the little fin Anil it lets you write them all with only 23 keys, the least to operate s writers of all other machines can immediately run the Oliver Num ter ease. This brilliant new Oliver comes at the old-time price. It costs no more than lesser makes-now out-of-date when compared with this 'a splendid new features are costly- -we have eqaulized thc addud ex iction. Resolve right uow to see this great achievement before you If you are usine some other make you will want to see how much iintr an Oliver, it naturally follows that you want the finest model. lemember this brand-new Oliver "9" is the greatest value ever given in a ypewriter. It has all our previous special inventions-visible writing, auto the Optional Duplex Shift. Selective Color Attachment and all these other ,o everyone everywhere on our famous payment plan-17 cents a d >y! Now the world's crack visible writer, with the famous PRINTYPE, that writes ? jr> tl r\ * .! and be among the first to know about this rOT ? Uli JL/KZlUll? marvel of writing machines. See why typ rwhere are flocking to the Oliver, Just mail a postal at once. No obligation, it it ypewriter Co., ?ter three (3) months for $4.00 Oliver Typewriter Bldg., Chicago, Illinois Cofyrigbt 1909. br C. E. Zimmerman Co-No. 44 F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, Vice-President; E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsfo.rd, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen. S9E285SraEESB29!( S. M. Whitney Co. Cotton Factors Augusta ....... Georgia Established 1868 Personal Attention to all Business. Correspond- | ence Invited UBS9