Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 14, 1892, Image 4
EROS COMES TO STAY.
Once a fowler, yoong and artless,
To the quiet greenwood came;
Foll of skill was bo and heartless
In pursuit of feathered game;
And betimes he chanced to see
Eros perching in a tree.
"What strange bird is that, 1 wonder?"
Thought the youth,and spread his snare;
Eros, chuckling at tho blunder.
Ga y ly scampered heredad there.
Do his best, tho simple clod
Could not snare the agile god.
Blubbering, to his aged master
Went'the fowler in dismay.
And confided his disaster
With that curious bird that day;
"Master, hast thou over heard
Of so ill disposed a bird?" ^ \y
"Heard of him? Aha, most truly!"
Quoth the master with a smile;
"And.thou, too, shall know him duly.
Thou art young, but bide awhile:
And old Eros will not fly
From thy presence by and by.
"For when thou art somewhat older
That same Eros thou didst see,
Moro familiar grown and bolder.
Shall become acquaint with thee;
And when Eros comes thy way, .
r > Mark my word he comes to stay."
-Engeno Field in Chicago Mews.
CHOOSING A CAEEEB.
A TINSMITH DISCUSSES THE OPPOR
- TCJNITIES OF HIS TRADE.
i Practical Talk That Should Interest
Thoughtful Parents-What a Boy Moy.
Expect in Work and Wages-Details of
the Apprenticeship. - .-. "
Matthew Barr is the. walking dele
gate of the Tin and Sheet Iron Workers'
nnion, and. worked for many years as a
tinsmith in a shop arid in business, for
. himself. "The* .tinsmith trade," said
Mr. Barr to a repair; ^
eral * brawbls^ndVt?" be "able tb' do all'
kinds of vork" in tin and sheet iron re
- quires considerable time spent iri.eacb
. department. - St?eet iron work, as -it is
understood in this city, is carried on in
what are known as. 'furnace shops,'
while the manufacture of tin goods is
restricted to what are called 'assortment
shops.' Apart from these there are the
cornice-makers and slate and metal
roofers, which are included among the
- branches that tinsmiths must know to
round out their knowledge.
"The best age for a boy to begin the
tinsmith trade is about sixteen. He
ought to have picked up sufficient edu
cation from the common schools at this
age to give him a fair start in life. No
boy is bound out as an apprentice to a
tinsmith in this country, but beginners
aro not looked upon as full ?edged
journeymen until they reach tho age of
manhood, no matter how proficient they
may be. In some shops a boy has very
little show, because there is a system of
employment which practically excludes
him.
"This is'the result of a surplus of labor
in other countries. Tinsmiths land here
from other lands with but little knowl
. edge of what the trade requires here,
but with a general knowledge of the
business and the use of tools. They ap
ply for work in shops and they aro taken
on in preference to the native born boys
who desire to learn the trade. These
foreign "mechanics can learn quicker
than a boy generally, and while they are
hired for low wages, they in a short
time are able to do almost as much work
asan expert tinsmith. This system is
against the American boy, but so long
as there is money in it for the bosses it
will be kept up.
"This trade is not such a laborious
ono that it requires an unusual amount
of strength. A tinsmith need not be as
Btrong as a. carpenter, blacksmith or
bricklayer, but he must have plenty of
endurance. He ought to be versatile
intellectually, because he is not a mere
machine, but is often required to make
entirely new things, which can only be
done with a fair degree of inventive
skill, besides an expert knowledge of
the use of tools.
"A boy will never become a .good tin
smith if he is not obedient and "patient.
He will have to do some simple thing
over so many times that life will be
come very weary in the shop before he
is set to work upon something that ap
pears to be important to him. In the
assortment shops a boy will first be
taught how to use the shears. He will
be given a lot of old scraps to cut up,
and before his muscles get used to the
movement he will think that his arm
will drop" off. He will receive about
three dollars a week on the start.
"The foreman watches the boy care
fully, and if he does not ttfte hold of the
shears and other tools handily in a
few days, he will probably remind
him that he has made a mistake in his
calling. Some boys are put at this and
other trades by their parents who would
make good clerks and salesmen, but
never will be good mechanics. To ac
custom the boy to the use of the mallet
and hammer, he is kept straightening
old pipe. When he knows a little about
tools and shows the proper spirit in
doing his work, he is sent to the jour
neyman's bench to hold things for him,
and in this way gets an ideaof the prac
tical use of tools. He may be kept at
this for a long time, and this is the
period that will test his patience.
. "It is always a red letter day for the
beginner when the foreman gives him a
piece of metal and tells him to make a
drinking cup. Ha has seen it done many
times, but when,he comes to cutting out
the tin and getting it into shape his fin
gers seem to be all thumbs.. He wants
tomake a good cup, but his anxiety will
knock it out of shape. When it is all
brightly polished it is taken to the fore
man for inspection. Nine times out of
ten the beginner is told to take it home
as a memento. He feels very happy,
but he would not -think so much of his
work if he knew that the real reason
that it was not taken by the foreman
was that it could not be sold.
"The boy Will soon find this out when
the foreman keeps him making cups un
til he gets a perfect one. From a cup
he goes to other things of minor impor
tance, which he is kept at until he grad
ually acquires skill. It depends upon
the boy himself how much time he will
waste before he becomes an expert. If
he is civil and obliging the journeymen
will teach him pattern drawing, and in
this way the boy will learn how to block
out the models of every kind of work
and cut out pasterns for himself.
"During the last thirty years there
have been many changes in the tin
smith's trade. Machinery has taken the
place of hand labor in the manufacture
of nearly all utensils, but this has made
no change in the tinsmith's condition.
Organized labor has protected the work
man. The principal machines in the as
sortment shops are presses giving the
general outlines of manufactured goods,
and lathes, which are used to perfect
the lines of spinning. An important
fact in the trade is the wheeling ma
chine, which gives the bright polish and
puts on the finishing touches. The pol
ishing used to be done by hammers on
an anvil, but the wheeling machine can
do better and more work. During the
five years that a boy ought to spend in
learning this trade he ought to become
expert in the use of all the machinery,
if ne has had the proper instruction. A
boy will learn the trade better in a shop
than in a trade school."-New York Re
corder._
Gentlemen, we have the handsomest
line of fine dress Shoes in this market.
Prices low. Give us a call and we will
please you. More new dress goods to
arrive this week. J. M. COBB.
Tho Cobweb os a Styptic
When Bottom was " translated" and
introduced to the attendants of Titania
he endeavored to ingratiate himself with
Good Master Cobweb by saying, "When
I cut my finger -I will make bold with
you." To arrest bleeding the applica
tion of a cobweb to the wound has long
been a rural custom. Experience has
shown that the gossamer of which the
web is composed forms a very useful
styptic, but a very fatal objection to its
use arises from the fact that as an ap
plication to an open wound it can never
bo guaranteed as surgically clean, form
ing as it does a net for insects and at
the same time for the germs of many an
infections disease.
Evidence of this was produced before
the Liverpool coroner recently touching
the death of Martha Roberts, who, fol
lowing the timehonored custom, had
appbed a cobweb.to her wounded hand
to stop the bleeding. Blood, poisoning
followed upon its application, and this
terminated, unhappily, in a fatal issue.
It is notv? sobtary case. The principles
of ascepticism hate not yet become part
of the intellectual equipment of the
people, neither have its lessons succeed
ed in overcoming prejudice.-London
Lancet.
A Matter of Opinion.
She had been having fun with Dude
kins right along and he made up what
mind he had to get even. It took the
form of a brilliant and cogent conun
drum, whose answer Dudekins Thought
was locked bi his manly bosom.
. "I have a conundrum for you, Miss
. Fannie," he said, when he saw her next
"Ah," she replied, "whatTs it' Who
gave it to you?' .
"I made'- it up myself," he a?sorted.
bridling somewhat
"Indeed,!:; What is it?"
*.. "Whyjjxe my clothes like the moon?"
Sha hesitated a moment and Dudekins
began to look-triumphant
- ."You may think," shesaid slowly, and
Dudekins somehow felt the sand slip
ping from under him, "it is because they
have a than in them, and you have a
perfect right to think as you please, but
Mr." Dudekins, opinions differ."-Detroit
Free Press.
Loaves (.Igfil for' I'? pur.
Leaves of trees were used for writing
purposes. very early by the Egyptians,
and probably by the Greeks. The Hin
doos continued the use of this material
until within a few centuries. Even at
the present time books of leaves aro not
uncommon in the south of India and the
island of Ceylon. The leaves of some
Asiatic trees, from their size and smooth
ness, are admirably adapted for books.
If we may judge from the linnie "leaf
being still applied to the paper of books,
we'should imagine these leaves to have
been formerly the principal material in
use.-New York World.
Under tho rule and inspiration or tne
art decorator, a curious confusion and
introversion of ideas has come to pass.
Instead of a-room being the reflection of
the person who mostly lives therein,
(which should make the sight of a room,
even more than that of a person's friends,
be a troe*uidox of character), the room
is now looked upon as the ruling guide.
The owner must live up, dress up, to the
room; she must try to harmonize with
the room instead of her room being
brought into harmony with her. In
fact, she is like a person who has bought
a particular picture frame and must
strive to find some picture that will fill
it fairly well.
A woman's room should be her frame,
which completes and perfects the picture
of her individuahty; but in the schemes
of the art decorator she is a mere acci
dent of no account, and he would design
a pompadour boudoir for Lady Macbeth
or a Greek music room for Becky Sharp,
wherein to sing Yvette Guilbert's latest
successr to the Marquis of. Steyne, with
out a qualm ruffling his serene self sat
isfaction. The genre ateher was one of
the modes of this craze, for domestic
decoration, which was perhaps the most
ludicrous, when estimable souls who
knew no more of painting than a cat
does of a case of pistols thought it neces
sary to estabbsh easels about their rooms,
and even went so far as to hang palettes
ready "set" for painting on their walls.
-National Review.
Tho Speed of elevators..
With the modern elevator almost any
speed desired can be obtained; it all de
pends on the power used and the dis
tance traveled. In a building which has
a shaft of 250 feet a speed bf from 850 to
1,000 feet a minute can be obtained.. On
a rise of 150 feet it is easy to get a speed
of 750 feet per minute with a weight of
1,000 pounds aboard the elevator. In
New York the fastest elevators are in
the Union Trust company's building on
Broadway, near Wall street. They shoot
up or down, carrying 3,000 pounds, at a
speed of 600 feet a minute. When tested
with lighter weights they have traveled
from 800 to 900 feet in a minuter*-^
But the average speed of elevators in
office buildings in and around New York
is 800 feet a minute. It is best adapted
for work, and experience has demon
strated that more passengers can be car?
ried daily in a car going at that speed in
the ordinary large building than any
other. The increase in the size of ele
vators is in, keeping with improvement
in other directions.-Chicago Journal of
Commerce.
An Incident In an Engineer's Life.
" Far, far down the track is a dark spot,
over which hovers a great cloud. The
engineer sees it, hauls out his watch,
glances at it, then resumes the business
of looking out of.the window, He was to
meet an east bound freight at that point.
He did not know if the switches were in
place; he did not know but the passen
ger train would dash into that freight
and the death of many people follow.
There was no way for him to know ex
cept that it was the duty of his fellow
employees to see that the switches were
right. He did not slacken his speed.
Rapidly the huge mogul on the side
track loomed up. A roar and a dash
and No. 57 flew past the waiting freight,
passing within three feet.-Chicago
Timoa. _
An Electrical Sunrise.
A Twenty-third street theater has
brought out an electrical sunrise. A
curved screen, part of which is made of
gauze, so that the light may shine
through, extends around the stage, and
behind it is an elaborate system of in
candescent lamps. The controlling ap
paratus is so graduated that fifty differ
ent degrees of light and shade can be
produced, thus causing the sunrise to
grow imperceptibly. Another use of
the electric current made at the same
place is in representing the explosion of
a bomb.
A paper Bhell contains just enough
powder to explode and make a flash.
Tim is fired by electricity, while at the
same moment another circuit controlled
by the same key sets off a gun behiud
the scenes, which furnishes the neces
sary noise.-New York World.
A Cunning: Child.
"Oh, Tom, tho baby is so sweet! To
day he took off his shoe and threw it in
the fire, and when I told him that he
was a bad, bad boy he only said 'Nah."'
" ?Nah,' eh? Well, what do you think
Fm made of-money? That's the second
pair, he's lost in a week."
"Oh, no, dear; it was the mate uf the
one he tore to pieces."
"Oh, that's different- -isn't he CHU
ningi"-Harper's Bazar.
Taxable Poll I
In accordance with an Act
the General Assembly, appro
December 22,1891, I hereby p
lish the names of the Taxi
Polls in the several. School ]
tricts of Edgefield county, as
ported to me by the Trustees
said districts :
Sontli Meriwether School I
trict.-No. 18.
WHITES. WHITES.
Thos Lanham, J Thurmond,
. Jno A Horn, Archie Morgai
C M Horn, W H Boulwan
W M Horn, W Cheatham,
Thos Foster, S J Corley,
Elb't Muudy, Jr.,J H Corley,
Jno Curry, W H Hammoi
Lawrence Covar, W S Lanier,
John Boswell, H B Mason,
Sam'l Garner, H D Strom,
Lawt'n Whitlock,Sam'l Whatley
Ben Whitlock, E M Bunch,
Fulton Horn, Edw'd Carpenl
John Horn, T T Hammond
Jas Williams, James Barton,
Wm Williams, D J Mealing,
Pickens Byrd, Eman'l Sande]
S W Gardner, Sr,Jasper Holley,
S W Gardner, Jr,01iver Holley,
W M Byrd, E J Barker,
T H.Roper, Elisha Glover,
John Floyd, Jas Turner,
DM Glover, - TE Harris,
T M Glover, E H Townes,
L. WHeese, H L Bunch,
T Harley, C W Hammom
W T Hudson, G W Medlock,
j W Hudson, " J P Delaughter.
Thos Wright, J T Delaughter
Taylor Wright, J F Bunch,
J High tower, Jr., Monroe Mundy
Geo Briggs, E M Hammond
COLORED. COLORED.
Frank Geter, Carrol William
Chas Elam, Jim Kilchri6t,
Sam Elam, Ryal Williams,
Henry Elam, Gus Hardy,
Dan Johnston, Gress Walker,
Henry Quiller, John Jackson,
Haul bal Harris, Alfred Cobb,
Gus Johnson, Bill Newsome,
Robert Morton, Joe Samuel,
Gus Holstein. Henry Samuel,
Jas Green, Chigo Johnson,
Johnnie Johnson,John Johnson,
Jim Johnson, John Sullivan,
Raw'n Robinson,Gus LaBorde,
Freem'n Fletcherlsam Wilson,
Milligan ThomaSjBen Cummings,
Lewis Fletcher, Elbert Muck,
Jack Nabrit, Ike Jackson,
Chas Simkins, Chas Berry,
Carrol Simkins, Taylor Whatley
Geo Thomas, Wm Kenner,
Henry Johnson, Chas Timbecke
Peter Thomas, Sydney Hill,
Dennis Nabrit, Ephrian Taylor,
Dave Butler, Handy KcKey,
Wash Holmes, Geo Ware,
Mose Cook, Wade Smith,
Tom Cook, Circus Turner,
Alex Butler, Henry Johnson,
Jake Brown, Tom Key,
Bob Shultz, Coleman Morgai
Frank Nichols, Josh Bland,
Randie Briggs, Wylie Miller,
John Davis, Wm Whitlock,
H?nry Blalock, Ben Thomas, Sr
Kelly Vann,. Ben Thomas, Jr
Absalon Madison Wm Cummings,
C .Cummings, General Butler,
Bob Sullivan, Nick Samuel,
Cook Davis, . Wyle Morgan,
Geo Parkman, Rich Morgan,
Dave Devore, John Petty,
Albert Grant, Bristol Samuel,
Randall Key, Henry Garrett,
John Butler, Lewis Lanham,
Jim Roberson, Jim Micheam,
Mose Wooden, Bill Cook,
John Wooden, Jack Childs,
Ez Blalock, Alfred White,
Ran Baskett, John Pressly,
Mig Elam, Jim Morse,
Jordan Talbert, Tom Bussey,
Geo Pendleton, Phil Cummings,
Geo Thurmond, Harry Blocker,
Car'l Hammond, Nick Samuels,
Si Butler, ' Taylor Mays,
Milledge Mays, Archie Moore,
Taylor Oliver, Warren Glover,
Andrew Walker, Chas Quilla,
Sit "Fanniel, Peter Quilla,
G?n?ral Thomas, Josh Quilla,
Mose Lemmons, John Green,
Harry Williams, John CummingSj
Paul Frazier. Doc Baker,
James Cook, Hamp Sullivan,
Bas Sullivan, Elbert Samuel,
Will Cummings, Mike Kilchrist,
Chas McCain,
Wards School District.
Elijah Bruce, Alonzo S Horn,
P B Bush," Wade Franklin,
F H Bush, Thos Ful mer,
J M Bush, Preston Falmer,
J S Bush,. Bland Jackson,
Wm Bush, J H Johnson,
Sam Bush, Peter Jones,
Isaac Bush, G Jones,
Jos Berry, Levi Jones,
John Boothe, Andrew Glaze,
Marshall Butler, Z M Lee,
Philip" Cullum, FXybrand,
Geo Christie, John Lott,
Henry Coleman, Jesse Lott,
T L Cato, Martin Lott,
John W Coursey, Luther Lott,
John A Claxton, Sif Mobley,
Evans Anderson, Eldred Mundy,
Will Eidson, John Martin,
Thos Daniel, Wm Mathis,
D G Derrick, W H Moyer,
R M Derrick, Peter McKinney,
L B Derrick, L A McGee,
Julius Daniel, Thos Merchant,
John S Derrick, S J Neal,
Benj Day, Sr., . Jas Ouzts,
Benj Day. Jr., Henry Padgett,
P Gomillion. G W Parish,
Samuel Gibson, Dallas Palmer,
Thos Gilmore, Chas Ryan,
Sam Henderson, Wash Ready,
Lewis HammondjA S Rhoden,
Lewis Holmes, E H Rhoden,
Thos Holmes, M Rutland,
Mercer Herrin, John Rutland,
Jos Hinnent, Adam Ripley,
Elbert Howard, Oliver Randall,
Jno Holsenbake, Perry Randall,
R J Holsenbake, John Randall,
R Hamilton, S Randall,
W mammond. Elijah Rhoden,
A M Herrin, Madison Rhoden,
Wm Herrin, C W Spence,
Robert Hair, Mat Simkins, Sr.,
Michael Hair, Mat Simkins, Jr.,
Thos Howard, Dred Simkins,
Zeil Hall, Henry Salters,
A Hom, J A A Williams, ;
E Simkins, L Woodward, <
Henry Simpkins,M Weaver,
B B Swearingen, Tallie Marshall, j
Will Medlock, Fl ass Lewis,
Winfield Scott, Jae Watson,
S W Scott, Jas Weatherford,
J L Scott, J Weatherford,
A Sullivan, Anderson Wyse,
W S Satcher, James Wyse,
W F Satcher, J D Williams,
Chas W Salter, -Waters,
C B Satcher, Ransom Yonce,
Jas Temples, Solomon Yonce,
W A Thompson, Wesley Yonce,
Henry Weaver, Andrew Yonce,
Patrick Wills, Jos Williams,
Cliff B Williams,Tillman Watson,
L G Yonce.
Cleveland School District.
J C Addy, J B Miller,
Corro? AnhamuerW C Mitchell, .
J C Bedenbough, J C Mitchell,
Jacob Black, Jos D Mitchell,
W D Boland, T C Moore. ?
Thos F Cannon, D W Oswatt,
Jacob Caughman,W M Osv att,
G M Corie), Burt Pope,
D W Cotney, Ben Pope,
Elsey Creed, Hamp Ridgell,
Will Davis, Henry Bidgel!,
John O Ergle, J M Rikard,
A L Ergle, W P Rikard,
HE Ergle, DY Richard,
I P Ergle, John Sandsford,
TFEthridge,. EWShealy,
Alex Ethridge, J E Sbealy,
Mat Ethridge, H S Shealv,
Ben Ethridge, W M Shea?y,
Wesley Ethridge,T AV Sbealy,
M Ethridge, Sr., Press Shealy,
Squire Ethridge, J C Snelgrove, .
Wess Ethridge, M P Snelgrove,
W H Hair, J W Stone,
ElyHayse, ' F W Trotter, :
L Henderson, M P Trotter,
Dr P W Hight, Henry Trotter,
W Simps Jones, Ben Wadkins,
Rich Knight, L E Warren,
Geo Marshall, Geo Watson,
M M Matthews, Henry Wise,
Joe McCarty, Sam Wise,
Pickens Monty, Wesley Wise,
Zoar School District. -
J N Mack, Ed Mobley,
TL Mack, A L Thrall kill,
Jas Dyer, Bill Thrailkill,
Jack Clary, John Yarbrough,
Ralph Grant, Wm Barney,
W W Satcher, A Coleman,
Joe Harris, S Coleman,
Bob Clary, A J Coleman, Jr.,
John L Sample, T F Coleman,
B F Sample, Jr., "Mat Coleman,
Dan Triplin, Tom Pi-rry,
Simoon Rushton, Amos Herlong,
Walter Bush, R P Coleman.
Jas Smith, John Mack,
J A Rushton, andrew Perry,
Benson Rushton, Frank Sybert,
A Anderson, Tillman Dozier,
R Butler, Peter Hill,
A J Gardner, Charlie Butler,
R C Griffith, Fed Washington,.
Pink Wells, R L Ramey,
Jeff Gillion, Edwin Cromley,
Guy Harris, John Griffith,
Ben Coleman, S P Coleman, 1
Lowden Butler, Geo Barnes,
Joseph Triplin, Jas Bledsoe,
Mat Cromley, C E Plunkett,
Walton Mack, Geo Vance,
A B Cromley, Hamp Chapman,
Henry Hazel, Yancy Duffie,
Hil'y Triplin, Jr.jCharlie Harris,
J D Wills, Joseph Edwards,
South Mohlev School District.
WHITE* WHITE.
J G Mobley, Tillman Watson,
Syat Burden, B W Jones,
Robert Bartley, A B Hallinan,
John West, J E Mack,
Willie West, Jno Funderberg,
Geo Weaver, Jake Funderberg,
O Roberson, Stan Funderberg,
Geo Roberson, J D Hadwiu,
Cosar Harris, A R Corley, "
Spencer Bell, J D Corley,
Ben Mobley, Austin Clark,
Wm Turner, Henry Gillaud,
Jas Turner, Robert Gilland,
D A Simons, D W Harris,
Davis Simons, D J Jones,
James Simons, John Boatwright.
J M Smith, W H Woodward,'
Bennie Smith, W L Winn,
J P Rotbn, J W McCreight,
Hence Coleman, J Ridlehoover,
Callie Lagrone, Walter Foy,
Joe Workman, Chesley McGee,
W Williams, S H' Quarles,
H C Watson, W A Holmes,
J G Mobley, Lee Rhoden,
A R Eidson, D P Matheny,
J W Taylor, Love Milton,
D P Bodie, John Kemp,
C W Satcher, Henry Bledsoe,
Eddie Satcher, Rufus Bledsoe,
N N Little, B Rushton, Sr.,
J H Lewis, B Rushton, Jr.,
H S Godman, B F Ru?hton,
M R Wright, Henry Forrest,
D J Bruce, Sam Padgett,
J W Hair, Joe Cocheroft,
E G Pou, Stan Rodgers,
T S Wright, Zed Pudgett,
Jas Denny, -Blue,
M M Wright, J L Martin,
COLOREn. COLOBED.
Warren Carter, Bill Davis,
Sherman Ross, Ross Jones,
John Butler, Rich Burket,
Mot Padgett, Jim Reams,
Geo Washington, Seaw'd Hopkins,
Butler Simons, Alph Ready,
F Daniel, Jeater Ross,
Mose Berry, Aaron Wilson,
Henry Manuel, Jerry Isaac,
Jim Bledsoe, Paul Mathis,
Chas Simkins, Lem Retherford,
Yancey Oliver, Jo>?n Gomilion,
Mack Daniel, Joe Samuels,
Frank Butler, Chas Powers,
John Daniel, Cape Inabinet,
3im Daniel, Elbert Harris,
Dock Pope, Ed Martin,
Tom Valentine, Henry Moses,
Dan Touey, Brown Johnson;
Wm Banks, Peter Holmes,
Lewis Gooden, Berry Butler,
Joe McCarty, - Ross Anderson,
Eliot Culbreath, Tom Broaduar,
Joe Butler, Henry Lake,
Gen'l Johnson, Malon Gray,
Gr Smallwood, Jim Anderson,
Harry Harris, Balus Harris,
John Johnson, Jim Preston,
Henry Jones, Ross Harris,
Lawrence Jay, Smith Harrison,
Aaron Bausket, Dave Townsend,
Andrew Jay, Jack Williams,
Mose Daniel, Jim Miles,
Milton Andrews, Ab Townsend,
kalvin Watson, Willis Daniel,
Eldred Watson, Jesse Simkins,
Rubin Pou, Ned Herrin,
Arthur Ross, M?nk Williams,
Will Padgett, Pansie Jay,
[Sdgar Padgett, Lawrence Daniel,
lohn Goodwin, Milton Daniel,
simon Goodwin,
In tho above list it is not
inprobable that the School
trustees have omitted some names
All suchomissionsl shall bo glad
to have reported to me or to thc
Trustees, that they may be properly
entered on the tax duplicates.
Names in the oilier School
Districts will be published when
they are handed in.
J. B. DAVIS,
Auditor.
BUYING PICTURES.
I A REPORTER CHATS WITH SEVERAL
WELL KNOWN ARTISTS.
The Painters Pretty Generally AgTee
That One Should Buy tho Paintings
Which Please Him-Judgment Is Ca
pable of Cultivation and Will Improve.
"How do people - buy pictures?" Colin
Campbell Cooper repeated. "Well, I
Buppoee the majority of collectors con
sult the advice of a dealer or some ar
tist, and yet there are those, not pre
tentious connoisseurs, either, that know
a good thing when they see it, and
evince unusual wisdom in their pur
chases. To some, however, self reliance
in investing on a large scale in paint
ings has proved rather a disastrous ex
periment. The other day a collection
made by a man thirty or forty years
ago was sold. There was hardly half
dozen good things in it, simply because
he bought and he did not know what he
was getting. * .
."Art in this country is gradually wak
ing up. Perhaps the Centennial might
be called the American Renaissance.
We know infinitely more about art than
our grandparents did, and with oppor
tunities increasing from, year to year it
is fair to suppose our children will show
a still more marked improvement
laste. ?reater facilities for' traveling >
have done much to bring about a change
in our little world, and the tendency of
our art is rather toward the cosmopoli
tan than provincial. Naturall}', time is
required to educate the public taste
along artistic lines.
"I think people will buy more pictures
when they understand painting is not an
accomplishment merely a pleasure to
the eye, but that it is a part of educa
tion, of civilization. It will require
time to realize this. Exhibitions are
visited and the majority like to look at
pictures with an admiration rathei
ephemeral. When the picture is out of
sight the impression is gone. With
general diffusion of art paintings will
be bought not solely because they ap
peal to tho senses, to personality, but
for their artistic qualities; not simply
because the subject illustrated is rather
pretty idea, but because thc work is
technically a good art production."
Stephen Ferris said: "The world is full
of good pictures to be bought for rea
sonable prices, but unfortunately many
thousands of dollars, many fortunes, are
spent for nonsense, while good work re
mains unsought and uubought. Com
mon sense is happy capital in picture
buying as iii any other business. One
can hardly provide a set number of rules
to be ob"Tved in buying. Many books
have been written on military science,
yet the world has seen comparatively
few fine generals. Judgment rules the
world, and in picture buying one person
is more successful than another because
a spirit of superior intelbgence dictates
his purchases."
Thomas Eakins would like to have
people buy pictures that please them*!
and appeal to their taste. "Themaj<3r*|
ity are afraid to buy what they Rke;
they must have some one else's advice.
Well, if they start with bad art, per
haps before long they will come to the
good. Let people buy what they want."
"I have not thought much about buy
big pictures," said Mr.Frederick Waugh.
"We artists are more chiefly concerned
in trying to sell them. It is the privi
lege of the artist to paint pictures which
appeal to people; which they understand
and want to have for their own. But
he should have a high standard, and he
cannot succeed if he lower it to cater tc^?
the popular taste. He is fortunate if in
working out his ideas he pleases the
public and yet does not lose his inde
pendence nor forfeit his originality.
His work may be appreciated by large
numbers, but it is always certain that
some few will recognize his endeavor
and will want to buy it.
"In the Old World art is accessible to
all.. The Luxembourg and the Louvre
are filled permanently with the master
pieces of all ages, the best that have
been done. There, too, the ?pirit of
union is strong among artists. They
gather together and talk of everything
pertaining to the art world, consequent
ly they live entirely in a congenial cli
mate and they grow and develop in an
essentially art atmosphere. Impression
ism? Yes, this is the great word nowa
days. Many have an idea that it is a
synonym for vaguely treated and par
tially unfinished pictures. Impression
ism claims to record facts as observed
by the artist. Sincerity to nature is
its aim. After all, there is nothing
BO beautiful as truth, and the nearer
we get to it, as we find it in nature, the
better artists we are."
"Many Americans buy pictures," Mr,
F. de B. Richards responded, "because
they have accumulated money, and
pictures are the proper thing to have.
Generally they know very. little about
it, and a dealer does the work for them.
If people purchase pictures to flatter
their vanity, let them spend big sums
and buy high priced pictures. If they
buy for pleasure, let them buy what in
terests them. I remember meeting Ed
win Forrest after a sale. Tve bought a
picture,' said he. 'They told me not to
do it, because very hkely it is not origi
nal. But it pleases me, and I should
buy it if it were by somebody I never
heard toll of?' A picture pleasing to the
eye is a source of education for the time
being at least Adverse criticism may ,
lead a man to scrutinize it and study it
more closely than if he had bought one
ie did not like half so well."
"I think I should be inclined to buy
what I liked personally," was the opin
ion of Edwin Swift BaJch, "not forget
ting that the pictorial quabties should
not be lost sight of in the desire to get a
pleasing subject. Good handling, the
proper placing of values and meritorious
color, albed to a sympathetic subject,
will tend to keep our interest in a paint
ing alive."-Philadelphia Times.
The oldest mine, which is now worked
as a copper mine, is in the Musashi
province of Japan. It was opened 1,183
years ago.
When Sedan Chulla Wore Introduced.
Sedan chairs were first used in Eng
land by tho Duke of Buckingham din
ing the reign of Janies I. Tho first chair
aroused much indignation amoug the
people, who said that men were being
used to do the work of beasts, but later
on they became very fashionable.-Har
Der's Yonug People._
Do You Appreciate
Tho advantage of buying always
from a clean, fresh stock of goods? If
you do, you can have that advantage
by buying snoes, slippers nuil hats
from Mulherin, Rice & Co., Augusta.
Prices are lower than t he lowest.
Tue Spring is Upon Us,
And we are receiving this week a
nice line of Spring Calicoes, Cing
luims, etc.
Call and examine hiern.
Very truly,
W. II. TURXKR & Co.
Woman's EValnty Underwear.
Just what sort ot* underwear to assam
is ono question that troubles tho average
woman very much. She doesn't wan
to wear so much that it will be bulky
and she doesn't waut to wear too litth
for fear she will catch cold. She trie)
first one and then another shaped gar
..nsnt, and the wise woman is she who
having at last hit upon that which ii
most comfortable, makes it most dainty
and assumes it tor good. Very litth
linen is used nowadays for one's lingerie
tho preference being given to cambric
Victoria lawn, nainsook or percale. Tht
last is noted with tiny dots or wee flow
ers in pink, blue or lavender upon thc
white ground. Then when the garmen
is finished the edges have a triple seal
lop or a sharp point embroidered in cot
ton of the same color as the figure. Thu
material, with its simple finish, is likec
for sack shaped chemises, for night
dresses and for drawers, lt is seldom
if over, used for skirts.
The fancy for silk nightdr-sses stiL
exists, but as there always In*ve beet
women who would wear nothing but tht
clear white lawn or nainsook,/ and ai
these women are many, the makers ol
underwear are specially catering tc
them. Very much more fine work, thal
is, handwork, can bo put upon a nain
sook gown than upon a silk one, and tht
needlewoman can make more fine tucks,
fancy stitches, gatherings, hemstitch'
ing and drawing of threads than evei
would seem possible.-Mrs. Mallon in
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Bayeax Tapestry.
Tapestry was brought into general us
in western Europe, with many othei
elegancies of life, hythe Moors of Spain.
The oldest known specimen is the Bayena
tapestry, an epic in embroidory, careful
ly treasured for centuries in the cathe
dr al of Bayeax, and now preserved in
the hotel de ville of that place. Mist
Strickland saya of this piece of work:
"It is beyond all competition the
most wonderful achievement in the gen
tie craft of needlework that ever wat
executed by fair and royal hands."
It was done by Matilda of Flanders
wif e of William the Conqueror, and the
ladies of her court. It is a coarse linen
cloth, 214 feet long and 20 inches wide,
on which is worked in woolen thread ol
various colors a representation of the
invasion and conquest of England by the
Nonn ans.
It contains the figures of about ?25
men, 200 horses, fifty-five dogs, forty
ships and boats, besides a quantity ot
quadrupeds, birds, trees, houses, eastlea
and churches, all executed in the propel
colors, with names and inscriptions ovei
them- to elucidate the story, lt is a
valuable historic document, as it gives a
correct and minute portraiture of the
Norman costumes and their manners
and customs.-Woman's Work.
Why He Deslreu a cannon.
It is related that an Indian chief onco
approached General Crook and wanted
to borrow a cannon. "Do you expect
me to loan you a cannou with which to
kill my soldiers?" the old veteran in
quired. "No," the chief replied; "kill
soldiers with a club; want cannon to kill
cowboys."-Cor. Topeka Capital.
To Seliool Trustees.
Section 1 of an act of the Legisla
ture, approved Dec. 22, 1891; reads as
Follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
>f'South Carolina, now met and sitting
n General Assembly, and by the au
;hority of the same, That the trustees
)f the several school districts in the
;ounty shall report to the County Au
litor the names of all taxable polls in
;heir respective districts, and said Au
litor shall enter the same upon the tax
luplicate to be'fiirnished the County
Treasurer. That said names so fur
lished shall be published annuallyjin
i newspaper published at the county
?eat once a week for three consecutive
?veeks, and where there is no paper
jublishell at the county seat, then in
some other paper having general cir
mlation in the county.
Under and by virtue of thc authority
inferred by^ said section
?all upon School Trustees of all the
?chool districts in Edgefield county to
nake to me at once a full and complete
ist of persons in their respective dis
ricts who are liable to poll tax.
J. B. DAVIS,
Co. Auditor.
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?dgefield people about paints and
L?o?t How to Pain! The?' Property
) the best advantage. Write or
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bout it. I carrv a large line of
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Satisfaction in a Shave ?nd a
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urta i u Poles.
We are closing out those lovely brass
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SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION.
Condensed Schedule, in affect January 17,1S93.
Train? run by 75th Meridian Time.
SOUTHBOUND.
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No. 27.
Daily
No. 9.
Daily.
No. ri.
Daily.
LV New York.. 4.30PM 12.15nt 4.30PM
" Philadelphia 6.57 " 3.50AM 6.67 "
.* Baltimore... 9.45 " 6.50w 9.45 "
" Washington.12.00 ? 11.10 ? 11.20 "
*. Richmond... 3.20AM 3.00PM 3.00AM
" Greensboro^ 7.09 u 10.25 " 10.20 u
" Salisbury..-. 8.28 " 12.28AM 12.05PM
?J Charlotte j 9.35? ^ Jg I
" Rock Hill. 3.03 " 2.43 "
" Chester. 3.44 ? 3.28 "
" Winnsboro. 4.40" 4.20"
Ar prt,"mv{a ? 6.07 M 5.50 "
Lv Columbia j . fjj? 6.05 ?
" Johnston. 8.12 " 7.53 "
" Trenton. 8.2S " 8.08 u
" Graniteville . 8.55 " 8.36 "
Ar Augusta. 9.30" 9.15"
" Charieston. 11.20 " i0.05 "
"Savannah. 6.30" 6.30"
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Daily.
No. io.
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No. 3S.
Daily.
Lv Savannah.. 8.00AM
" Charleston. 6.00 "
" Augusta.. . 1.00PM
" Graniteville 1.32 ?
"Trenton.... 2.00"
" Johnston... 2.13 "
?JColumbia..
" Winnsboro. 5.37 "
"Chester.... 6.30"
"Rock Hill.. 8.07"
?JCharlotte.. \
" Salisbury... 9.55 -
" Greensboro. 11.38AM
Ar Richmond.. 7.40 "
u Washington 10.26 "
" Baltimore.. 12.05PM
" Philadelphia 2.20AM
" New York.. 4.50 u
6.40PM
6.00 "
7.00 "
7.55 "
8.38 "
8.52 ?
10.40 "
1050 "
12.26AM
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3.05 "
7.00 "
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10.30 "12.00 "
5.30PM .
9.46 " 8.38AM
11.35 " 10.08 "
3.00 " 12.35PM
6.20 " 3.20 "
Notice.
ACONFERENCE of friends of the
Reform or Tillman party will be
held at Edgetield on the second Mon
day, July ll, at 10 o'clock a. m., to con
sider matters of importance pertain
ing to the campaign.
It is desired that one or two repre
sentative reformers from the bounds of
each club in the county shall attend
this conference.
J. M. OAINKS,
W. H. TKLDKLL,
R. B. WATSON,
W. H. TIMMKKMAN,