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Edgefield Advertiser THOS. J. ADAMS, - - - - - EDITOR. THURSDAY, OCT. 13/1892. lije Democratic leif: FOR PRESIDENT: GROVER- CLEVELAND,^.. . OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT : ADLAI E.~STEVEN130N, OF ILLINOIS. - Our Goneral.Election, comes off on the 8th. of November, w Mr. 3fc F. . Tighe, Senator. Irby.? private ' secretary, is- ? ngaged in writing a history of tie Reform, Movement in South 'Carolina?. - j" ll mm mm mmi M John R. Tolbert, of Abbeville county, has. been nominated for Congress by the Republican con vention which met in Anderson last wees. The election held in Georgia last week for Governor and other State officers resulted in a Demo cratic majority of 50,000. In Florida the Democrats carried the State by 20,000 votes, the People's party polling only about 6,000. This year,-1892,-i8 the one. hun dredth anniversary of the Dem ocratic party in the United States. It has survived through good repute and ill repute, ' lt con trolled the nation for sixty -long years and left not a .stain- pn its escutcheon. It took the nation in its swaddling clothes and turned it over to the Republican party in 1861 the gem and the wonder of earth. And sHIll the People's party-that fledgeling-desr troy it? Hardey. ' .. J It is reported from Washington that a large number of United Skates Deputy Marshals and supervisors of election will be appointed for duty on election day in the South. In - Alabama, especially, the number will be great. This is understood to be in response to the request of le?ders of the People's Party movement, who have been playing into the hands of the Republicans by alleging' ?ll 6ort of ridiculous things in connection with the result of the Alabama State election They see no hope of winning themselves, but have determined to do all in their power to assist * enemies of the South to make a force bill appear necessary-E x. _STA TT?.T> A "NTCTSL. ?..:J'?: Of all the, propositions, panaceas, nostrums, platforms, and planks, put forward by either or all of the parties in this country 'for the amelioration of th? condition of the peopkj not one approaches in magnitude or promise that plank in the national Democratic plat form which proposes to repeal the 10 par ceiit. tax oh State banks. In the very humble opinion of the ADVERTISER it is the Aladdin's lamp with which every honest, industrious, and frugal farmer in this broad land may shine his way to peace, prosperity, and piety. UNLESS. Ex-Senator Ingalls, in a speech made at Topeka on the 8th of October, undertook to predict that, as between Cleveland and Harrison "the battle was to be fought in the . Western and Northwestern States and that Cleveland would surely be defeated, unless enough, electors were chosen for Weaver to prevent Harrison's election." That little word unless has a big hope in it for Democracy. Ingalls would not have used it unless he saw danger in certain of the Western and Northwestern States a brewing for Harrison. Should Ingalls' unless bear fruit and Cleveland be elected because Weaver is "in it," then the "third party" will have hurt Republicans more than Dem ocrats^-all of which was prognos ticated in these columns at the birth of the "third party." WHAT THE FIGURES SAY. The figures say that since 1881 the corn crop of the South has in creased 75 per cent, as against 71 per cent, in the rest of the country; the cotton crop within the same period has increased from 5,500,000 bales to 9,000,000 bules-an increase in value, even with the present low price, of $200,000,000. In 1891 there were nearly 50,000 miles of railroad in the South, against less than 24,000 in '81-a gain of 87 per cent, as against a gain of 56 per cent in the rest of the country. The passenger traffic of the same roads increased during the same period 300 par cent. In pig iron manufac ture the South's ontp?t jumped from 451,000 tons in " ?881 to 1914,000 tons in 1891-f^? gain of 223 per cent, against a gain for the rest of the country of 78 per cent. These are the figures as taken from the Forum andjret we are not happy. PROHIBITION. The subject, prohibition, will come up ;in our next Legislature for discussion. The people have passed upon this question and say that they want a law bn th? statute books'prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in this State. The particular form of this prohibitory statute-is left to the discretion of the Legislature, but it should be of such a nature as to" giveTue"matter a fair test. To" simply pass an act; "Be it enacted that f romean d after the passage of this act ,nb intqxi??tmg liquor shall be sold within the State of South ' Carolina," wpuld'nt be giving prohibition ? fair trial, in" fact it wouldn't [ amount; to a row of pine, which any offender could knock down with impunity. If " a prohibition < statute is enacted let there,, be a ppnishmeht attached for the violation of it ? punishment aosolutely sure to b&? visited ; upon ...the; offender; condign., and s.wift. ,.\^ith a law other' "than-this,"' prohibition certainly will not prohibit. DEMOCRATIC SUPERVISORS The following persons have been appo inted Democratic Super visors of. election for Edgefield country : .. J. W-. Hardy, Johnston. Joseph Ou zts. Edgefield. JVS. Smyley, Meeting Street. J. P. Hagoodj Pleasant Lane. R. P. Holloway; Trapp's Store. J. Coleman. Haltiwanger's Store. A. B. Watson /Holstein's X Road. j. B. Perry, Perry's Crossroads. A. J. Coleman. Jr., Coleman's Crossroads. A. L. Brunuon. Gheatham'e Store. G. W. Medlock, Meriweather Hall. Elbert Moudav, Jr., Landrum's Store. L. J. Willama. Liberty Hill. J. B. Adam B, Red Hill. E. B. Steadmau, Mount Willing. Charles Carson, Richardsonville. S. M. Smith. Trenton. R. H. Cochran. Rehoboth. J. W. Brooks, Modoc. C. W. Mathews, Kinard's Store. J. Freeland, Plum branch. Disastrous Collision at Sea: SEATTLE, WASH, October 6. The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Premier was struck by the steamer . collier Willamette, in a dense fog off Whidby Island, about ten miles south bf Port Townsend, yesterday afternoon. Four persons were killed or drowned and several badly wounded. The steam tug Goliah arrived here this morning with three of the dead, all of the wounded and passengers, after having spent several hours in an attempt to save from the wreck wedged in the wreck. The dead are Johannas Mahe, of Tacoma; Frank C. Wpinkooy, Tacoma ; John Rankin, of Seattle, and the unknow passenger, a man about 40 years of age, whose body is still in the wreck. An unknown passenger jumped overboard and drowned. The casualties were all on the Premier. The latter vessel left Port- Townsed shortly after noon yesterday, bound for Seattle. The fore cabin of the Premier was smashed to splinters and the bow of the Willamette was jammed into the bow of the Premier. The receding tide left both stranded and stili interlocked. Fatal Prize Fight in Memphis. MEW^HIS, October 9.-A rattling eight round mill took place last night at the Amateur Athletic Club in this city between Jack Davis, a professional prize fighter from Tezas, and Dick Barker, who hails from-Louisville, and is at present at work in Memphis as a moulder, which resulted in the j death of the latter at noon to-day. Davis was seconded by Mike Conly, "The Ithaca Giant" and Bob Lee, a local sport. Barker had [behind him Tom Matthews and Jim Ryan. Up to the eighth round the amateur had the best of the fight, Davis being weak and groggy. Towards the end of the eighth round Davis landed a swinging left hand blow on Bar ker's chin, which knocked him out. Nothing.serious was apprehen ded until to-day, when Barker took to his bed. Medical aid was summoned, but to no purpose. Barker died, and the doctors decline to state until after the autopsy, which will be held to morrow, whether death resulted from the force of the blow or from congestion. Davis is in jail pend ing an investigation. The seconds are being arrested and placed un der bond. In his last letter Bill Nye haB this to say of the candidates of the Third Party in North Carolina: "The nominees on the Third Party ticket in North Carolina seem to be having some trouble already, one having been arrested for using profane language in the postoffice, another for carrying cencealed weapons, another charged with eloping with his wife's sister, and another with stealing a hog from a widow woman during our late war. I trust that these grave charges will be refuted at an early date, dast A law was passed in England in 1750 to the effect that at parries "ladies must not get drunk on any pretext whatever, and gentle man not before 9 o'clock." Young shade trees should be trimmed into shape the first few years after having been set out. The beauty of a shade tree de pends upon the shape given it when young. The Making of Composts. Recent discoveries in regard to the natural production of available nitrogen in the soil go to Confirm the wisden of some practices which have been in vogue for cen turies, though now nearly obsolete except among the old-fashioned farmers. One of these practices is tho making of composts. While no one will underate the value of commercial fertilizers for the growth of crops, there is no reason why the old methods of providing manure should ? become obsolete. There is room for every useful practise still, and as the making of manure is one of the indispens able processes of the farm work it must not be disused because we can purchase more concentrated fertilizers. For if, by mere labor, a large quantity of rioh compost may be made without the expen diture of money, all this' thus gained is so much saved. There is nothing in the best ma nure that does not exist in the common materials that make composts. Vegetable matter, either fresh or decayed, contains all the elements of yard -manure, and it only remains for the farmer to gather whatever he can can and j decompose the mass. It has long been known that a mixture of j vegetable matter with moist earth and lime, if heaped and exposed to the heat of the summer, becomes exceedingly rich in nitric acid, and this acid combining with the lime and forming nitrate of lime, years ago, furnished, the only source from which the saltpetre (nitrate of pott h) for making gunpowder was procured In the compost heap we provide the food tor the germs whose pur pose in nature, as we have learned quite recently, is to change the ammonia of decaying matters into nitrous acid, and then into nitric aoid, which is the special nitro genous food for plants. And this recent knowledge explains! the reason why the composts made by the old farmers were so valuable, and such an economical method of improving the soil. Not under standing this, we have to a large extent, ignored this practice, but how it is necessary to reinstate it as one of the most profitable methods of making manure. Every plant that grows contains J the gathered elements of the fool upon which it has grown. We know that the ashes of trees and plants, for instance, contain most valuable fertilizing properties, and necessarily the tree or plant itself must contain the same ele ments. And more, because some thing is lost in the burning, and this happens to be the very valu able nitrogenous substances. Thus, weeds, decaying wood,, leaves and all such matters, leaf mould, swamp muck, earth from ditches, old barnyards and from fence rows, all heaped, with a small quantity of stable manure to start the action and lime to fix the nitric acid produced, will [ make a richer mauure than that SrlaCvl? ...w.^n Fvu?.-Ovo-ot^Uloc. And just now, when the profit of feeding cattle is small, this fact is worthy of the notice of every far mer. Weeds should be cut be fore the blossom has_matured, so as to avoid seeding the ground again, for it is not true, as is often thought, that the heat of a man ure heap will destory weed seeds, j To make as much manure as posai- j hie in this way, it often becomes ^ desirable to add to these heaps, for the enrichment of the compost, other fertilizers purchased for the purpose, such as superphosphate, plaster and even yard manure, y The compost heap is the farmer's ( savings bank, in which he may f deposit small savings as well as ] larger sums. 3 With good mangement, this work may go on all the winter, for the heate evolved will prevent freezing. Inornate rial s are mixed evenly, so that they are brought into contact as much as possible, j t for it is easily understood that | ] each one has its special work to perform. The heap is made fiat and broad, so that the air can 1 gain access to it and furnish the c nitrogen that the germs use for 8 their special purpose. It must be J kept moist so that the heat will * not kill the usoful ones, at least, to give better opportunity.for the c work of these little helpers. This c is done by beginning at one end of I the heap and turning the * outside ? in and so going through . to the v other end. We now know the truth of what was a common adage for ? years, that l?ge compost heaps are E a measure of the farmer's crops.- v S. Henro, in American Agricul- B turist. t Henry Clews* Forecast. I P NEW YCRK, Oct. 10.-On Sep- 1 tember 16 we issued the following . bulletin to our customers on the cotton market : "The agricultural bureau report to September, inclusive, reduces the acreage and condition of the g crop so as to reach the assumption 0 that this year's product may not a exceed 6,500,090 bales and may \? even be materially lessened in the a event of early frosts. Added to ?] this 1,500,000 bales left over from last year's crop, makes a total of r 8,000,000 bales. The world's con- 0 sumption has now reached 8,500,- p 000 bales, so that the prospects are e that instead of this country having g an excess of cotton this year, as in t the two previous years, there will I not be enough to supply the de- ( mand. When this situation is realized in the cotton market it will soon be found that there will be more buyers for it upon its merits than, as of late, sellers on its supposed demerits. Those that bought at the time advised would have made 83 points, equal to $415 on each 100 bales, as there has been a steady advance from that time up to date. w : Henry Clews." 50 boxes wrapped and unwrap ped Soap. E. J. NORRIS. >R. WHATLEY'S GOOBERS. BB PUBLISHED .BY BEQUEST. Ve hain't got now the things we had, We don't live like we useter; Ve miss the eggs, likewise the ham, And yaller-legged rooster, The watermelon days are gone, And things look kind o' jubus "he only fruit that's left us now, Is Dr. Whatley's goobers. iut they are good-those goober peas- | Sweet, tender, and nutritious;. They're parched to suit the taste of all- | By gum, they are delicious. They're good for each and every ill, That all mankind is heir tp; lo Dr. Jennings recommends, And Whatley says he'll swear to. Iis new pint measure holds a quart; He bought it for the 'casion ; lbw he can heap the glass so high, Hit beats out all Creation ! . Ie sells 'em cheap and gives a heap- j Try, if you've got a mind to; Ul them that's tried are satisfied, And them that hain't 'er gwine to I To prove unto your girl you're not, One of these vain pretenders, )pen your heart and bust your bank Send her a peck of pinders, They'll fill her gentle heart with joy, They'll cure her indigestion, She'll wilt and flop right in your arms, j If then you'll pop the question. Mien I shall get the gal I want, A perfect little Venus ['ll buy a barrel of goober peas, And set it down between us. iVe'll take our ease and eat them peas, j In bliss and hunkydore, Till Gabriel blows his big bazoo, Then climb up into glory. i ever she gets on her ear, And tries her hand at quar'ling J Ice General Grant I then will shout j "Let us have peas," my darling, Ind if she makes a break to use, . The broomstick in the quarrel, 'll make a frantic dash for life And bide behind the barrel. ."alfa, S. 0. J. C. It Costs You Nothing. We are pleased to announce that ve have made arrangements by vhich we are prepared to supply ree to each of our subscribers a rear's fubscription to that well, cnown monthly home and farm Tournai, the American Farmer jublished at Springfield and Cleveland, Ohio. We make this )ffer to each of our subscribers vho will pay up all arrearges on mbscription and one year in ad vance, and to all now subscribers Daying one year in advance. The American Farmer is strictly Na ;ional in its character. It -is a High-class illustrated journal filled yith entertaining and instructive, reading matter, containing each month much information that is invaluable to agriculturists and )f special interest to each member )f every home. It is suited to all localities, being National iu its make and character, thus meeting ?vith favor in all localities. Uris ?trictly non-political ?nd non: SWltLTlfM.- I-triioo- trained oorpK )f contributors and is carefully ?dited.. The various departments )f Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and Swine, The Home, The Horse and ihe Dairy, are filled with bright md useful matter. The readers I >f the American Farmer are uni versal in its praise and look for its ?nonthly visits with keen anticipa :ion. The regular subscription price to the American Farmer is &1.00 a year, but by this arrange ment it costs you nothing to receive :hat great publication for one pear. Do not delay in taking ad vantage of this offer, but call at mee or send in your subscription, Sample copy of the American. Farmer can be seen at the ADVER SER office, or will he supplied | lirect by the publishers. Sunday Selections* With to-morrow we have nothing, o do; only to-day is ours.-Waldo J Emerson. When a church will adjourn a >rayer-meetiug to go to an ice ?ream festival,.it ls a pretty good ign that thn fire is not burning 'ery brightly on its altar.-Ram's, lorn. There are minds which must be onsoled with doubt before they an repose in faith. There are. learts which must be broken with " [isappointment before ih?y cap er rise into hope.-Robertson. How mankind defers from day o day the best it can do and the QOS t beautiful things it can enjoy ?rithout thinking that every dayji nay be the last one and that lost ime is lost eternity.-Max Muller. God sometimes permits His ?eople, by their own improvidence, 0 bring themsslves into distress, hat the wisdom, power and good Less of His providence may- be ;lorified in relief.-Matthew lenry, The World is a looking-glass, and ?ives back every man the reflection 1 his own face. Frown upon it, ,ndit will*, in turn, look sourly ipon you"; laugh at it and with it, ,nd it isa jolly, kind companion. [nackery. A sanctified man will always ?reach the best he can by the aid if the Holy Spirit. After he is done ?reaching he will not run around eeking compliments or give him elf any concern as to what people hought about the sermon. The lighest idea he has is to glorify xod, and be instrumental in the ?alvation of souls. When he has lone his best, he commits the rhole matter to God.-Christian Standard. OBITUARY. Little Pearl has passed through the ?early gate. Fannie Pearl, infant daughter of L. 5. and Mary Lou Lagroon, died Oct. tb, 1895, aged nearly two years. The Saviour said, "Suffer the little ones to ?orne unto Me and forbid them not." A RBLATIVH. Brown Cotton Gins, L Tin Toilet Sets, T?nare o? Every Description. Harr Cultiv Pic OT IT o r Selling the above cheap to make ro w. F. STR: 5,10 AND 15 CENT STORE, 510 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. la tbe place to get Bargains in Crockery, Lamps, Olaasware, Tinware, Iron, j Agate Ware, Wooden Willow Ware, Hardware, ?tc. Notions, Toys, and Jewelry a specialty. I * 1^ X K K - PEALHE IX - Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco. Special Attention Given to the JUG TRADE. 6 Year Old Corn Whiskey at $2 per gallon. 847 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. C. H. SCHNEIDER, -IBIPB TH! CHXiPIIV UV1 Of- . Attotion Good.? - IV THU OITT - Dry Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Shoes. First Class Goods at Second Class Prices. 1140 BBQA?) ST., - A.TJC3-XJSTA, OA. 0. Ai. STONE. W. F. CAVANAUGH. STONE & CAVANAUGH, A-?G-TJST^. G- A. COTTON FAG? Ai MACHINERY DEALERS. Commission on Cotton 50c. Storage, 25c per bale. IvOXJl? COHEN, 206, 208, 210, 212, 213, Washington Street, Corner Broad, AUGUSTA, GA. - DBALHE 117 - DOMESTIC ali IMPORTED WINES. LIQUORS, LAGER BEER. I will sell goods in any quantity at wholesale prices. Finest Old California Wines, $1.26 per gallon. Gire me a trial Edgefield Trains pass my door. GEO. W. CRANE, Cotton Commission Merchant AUGUSTA, GA. 1/ you are not otherwise obligated, I would bag to offer my services for tbe sale of your Cotton this season. Hy commission will be 60? per bale. Tbis covers storage for ten days. After tbis time storage, will be charged 15? per bale by the month. Feeling assured of giving satisfaction, with fair weights and prompt sales at full market prices. Close storage. I remain yours truly GKEO. "W. CTkAJKlE. . Every one is peculiarly blest. It would be a difficult matter for any one to look around him and not see others in more trying circumstances than he. If he has losses, he can find those who have suffered greater losses. If he has had bodily afflictions, he can find those who have been more sorely afflicted. In one way or another he has escaped that to which his neighbor has fallen a victim, the mere thought of which makes him shudder. There never ina man's life ii a time when thanks* giving cannot appropriately be the chief portion of his prayar.-3. S. Times. J. M. COBB Edgefield, S. C. Notice to Committee. IN compliance with resolutions adopt* ed. by the Union Meeting of the 3rd livision of the Edgefield Association, [ call on my fellow committeemen, Rev. J. P. Healing, J. N. Booth, 8. B. Sf ays, A. S. Tompkins, and stockhold ers and representatives of the Curry :on school property, to meet me at Jurryton Academy, Oct. 19th, 1892, at ll o'clock a. m., to adjust the claims of laid property. G. W. TURNER, Chair. Com. Six Great Leaders ! $2100, $2.50, $3.00 CENTS SHOE. $1.50,. $2.00, $2.50 LADIES SHOES. EYsr; Fi Warranted Sol. JEUEXb?OV3BED I MRS. S.B.GIBSON HAS MOVED TO H Blt KOO VB AT Mr. J. A. Bennett's, Just in rear of Norris's store, Where she will continue to do DRESS MAKING, CUTTING and FITTING, and will be pleased to see tier friends and customers at all times. Of 24 dozen pairs of these goods sold last season-only 2 pairs have been returned for repairs. This record cannot be beaten by any shoe dealer in the State. When you want a GOOD Shoe go to J. M. COBB. BEEF MARKET From and after this date I will be prepared to supply the public with al) kinds of fresh meat, such as : Beef, Pork, IVE litton, Sausage, Etc. Stall in rear of L. E. Jackson's store. W. L. LEWIS. Want 1,000 bushels Seed Oats i6c in trade at. E. J. NORBIS. Stock Servicable Shoes, Hats and Tinware at cost. K. J. NOBBIB. 50 kegs Nails, Full stock Canned Goods, all kinds, at E. J. NOBBIS'S. C. S. THOMAS, - WITH - ARLINGTON HOTEL. I am now in the employ of the Ar lington Hotel, Augusta, Ga., where I will be pleased to see and serve my Edgefield friends. C. S. THOMAS. Notice to Overseers. Owing to the dry weather in Au gust last, all the overseers have not heretofore worked their roads ac cording to orders, theretore those overseers who have not already done so will put their respective divisions in first-class order on or before the 1st of November next. M. A. WHITTLE, J. A. WHITE, G. E. DOBN, C. C. E. C. J. M. Cobb is the Manufacturers' Agent for Tobacco. 1,000 lbs. jnst received. You can buy one box from meas cheap asean be bought at the factory. Try our 35 cts, 40 ots. and, 50 eta. tobacco. ows. ators, ks? roi?, k s ; Table and. Pocket Cutlery, STOVES ALL PRICES. om for fall stock. Come early. [ C K L A N D . - DEALERS IN - VEHICLES of all Kinds. HARNESS AND SADDLES KiTiJxi'n ii i c, fOUSe FUVQlSQlQO Goods, COFFINS. -AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED WORLD RENOWNED MOWERS AND REAPERS. Ramsey db Bland, EDGEFIELD and JOHNSTON. th Augusta Bri aciurinc Co. HAMBURG, S. C. Chis company bas just organized and commenced business. Wt offer Brick at Augusta Prices. ls good and as cbeap as can be found in the country anywhere Carter & Jackson. Vi A7HEMSTREET& BRO., Sporting Goods of [very Description. Highest Grade of Fishing Tackle. 5?I Broad. Street, Augusta, ? Ga. C. B. DOSCHER. CHAS. E. PETTY. R. A. FRAIN. DOSCHER & CO. <506 Broad St., AUGUSTA, G-A. Fancy Groceries. We-keep the best of everything in our line. We invite our Edge ield friends to call and see us when in the city. On hand a full line of Liquors, Cigars, "Wines. SHIP YOUR COTTON TO DAVISON & FARGO, AUGUSTA, - - - GA. QUICKEST SALES. HIGHEST PRICES. BEST WEIGHTS. fHE FARMERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, PAID UP OF EDGEFIELD. DIRECTORS: $62,500 42,2?b L. J. NORRIS, . H. EDWARDS, V.F. ROATH, W. H. FOLK, W. R. PARKS, A. E. PADGETT, W. H. TlMMERMAN, N. A. BATES, * T. A. PITTS, OFFICERS: L J. NORRIS, President. W. H. TIMMERMAN, vice-President. L E. PADGETT, Cashier, FOLK & FOLK, Attorneys. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. SAVIHGS DEPARTMENT": Interest allowed on deposits in the Savings Department at the ate of 5 per cent, per annum-when allowed to remain six months or onger-computed July and January. Any amounts received on de ceit in the Savings Department, from 10 cents upwards. aprlS Gentlemen, we hare the handsomest ?ne of fine dress Shoes in this market, .rices low. Give us a call and we will lease you. More new dress goods to rrive this|week. J. M. COBB. 5,000 lbs. Bacon sides and strips Bacon strips 7?c by hundred, 500 lbs. Kingan Hams, at E. J. NORRIS'S.