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How a Farmer Shaves. - c A farmer shaving is one of thejl most pitiable sights ever witnesed c outside of downright butchery. For some reason beyond the press ent depth of knowledge the man i who "beard" in the country always i has a beard like a new hair-brush, and he can nevor learn how to sharpen a razor. He gets on the back porch with his shaving. . utensils, and after rubbing razor oVer the strop in an awfc_ ward fashion until wha^ever trace of edge it may haye'had has been destroyed, he h^ng8 up his iT0^en glass and ta>es a position along side the ditcher door where the old la^y will be sure to jostle his arro when she goes out to empty her dishater. . With a brush that has little but handle remaining he manages to stir up a lot of lather from soap that would raise ablister on the bottom of a boy's foot, and with this he coats his face till noth ing but his eyes and the back of his head are visible. With his thumb dipped in warm water he goes over the stubble again with a vigor that makes his flesh creep, until he feels that all reasonable precautions for comfort in the subsequent operations have been taken. Taking the razor and look ing at it suspiciously over the top of his glasses, he runs his thumb along the edge, fails to draw blood as he had hoped, and then, with a sigh, grabs himself by the nose, shuts his eyes and gives a scrape that makes his hair stand on end as a bunch of bristles seems to come out by jae roots. But, once at it, a ?terrible despera tion seems to nerve him, and with his teeth set, he goes right on with a determination to get the agony over as soon as possible. Howls of woe break from him now and then as an expression that poisons life steals over his face and stops there until the last nerve has been pulled out of socket by that terrible razor and the last bit of stubble has been laid low. Then only then, with a sigh of relief, he strikes up a hymn of thanks giving, and joyfully throws his shaving paper into the ashpit near by. _ Something- New A*btfut Drinking. An American doctor says: "Drinking men are usually fine looking men, physically consid ered. Nothing is the matter with theil stomachs. If would be bet ter for the unfortunates if the disease did attack the digestive or gans, but the truth is that alcohol, considered hs a poison, has, like '.?'her poisons,an elective affinity w.? n particular part of the body, an.l it selects the brain and nerves. Taken into the stomach, in throe s-' c 'nds it reaches the brain, and rap;: upon the fine substance of tho terminal arteries which spread over the convoluted folds of brain matter like a file. This produces congestion of the brain. Drinking, as a habit is due largely to over work, and a need for a stimulant. Liquor's effect is acute or tem porary insanity, while chronic drinking brings on paralysis of tho brain, and destroys the moral character of man. Dipsomania is always accompanied by loss of moral stamina, by cowardice and falsehood. Even the moderate drinker becomes debased* A Candidate's Blunder. Some vears ago a young aspirant for office in Iowa drove up to a hotel, alighted and engaged a room. He desired his trunk taken to his room; and seeing a man passing, whom he supposed to be the porter, he imperiously ordered him to take ? it up. The porter charged him twenty-five cents, which he paid 1 with a plugged quarter, worth ! only twenty cents. He then said, "You know Governor Grimes?" "Oh, yes, sir!" "Well, take my card to him, and tell him, I wish an interviow at his earliest con venience." "I am Governor Grimes," said the supposed porter ; "at your service, sir." "You-I that is, my dear sir, I beg athos ans pardons!" "None needed at all sir," said the Governor. "I wa3 rather favoroble impressed with your letter aud thought you well suited for thc office specified ; bnt, sir, any man who would swindle a working man out of five cents would defrand the public treasury if had oppounity. Good evening, sir." Ignorance and vice go hand in hand." The only salvation for our country and the perpetuation of our republican form of goverment is the proper education of the peo ple. Not only must the education be extended to all, but the qualitj of that educatiou must be of the right kind or few will dominate over tho many. We want to see universal education and universal faeedom. All {men should know the truth. The ?ruth shall, indeed, make you free.-Ex.. An Irishman and a negro agreed to settle tho question of who was the botter man. They also agreed that as soon "as one was satisfied he should indicate tho fact by simply saying "sufficient." After pounding each other * for some time the Irishman sang out, "sufficient," when, much to his disgust, the negro exclaimed: "Sho, I've been trying to think of that word for twenty minutes." "When you^jhave leisure"" said ft j ?aller to the cnty editor j "I would ? ike to speak to* yon." "All it? ?orne after I'm dead/-Cin*?'T ??r Post, _ ? "mnatl Whipper-"Ever- - . architect of hiso-% mau" ber-"AndnK .^.fortane^Snap > .ost of them are try mg t0 Vjnild a million-dollar Ire on a fifty-cent design." nek. / __ "Ye cell a beauty?" said Pat, faith I can see twinty handsomer women on Washington ehtreet ivery day, wid me eyes shut." Bostom Transcript. nicks-"What did you ever see about Ticker to make you think ho was a millionaire?" Dix "C ..cker and cheese crumbs in in his coat pocket"-New York Herald. The extent to which civilization has been carried into Africa ii indicated by the fact that the Zulu singers are now interesting London, -having seventy seven English songs in their repertoire, and are particularly fond of rendering "Bid Me Discourse" and" Annie Laurie." Mrs Van Winkle-"I3 your hus band any better?" Mrs. Van Blumer-"I didn't know the man was ill. What do you mean?" Mrs. Van Winkle-"Why, he told my husband that the other night, while you were away the boys had beaten him out of his shirt." Clothier and Furnisher. "An extraordinary negro," says the Springfield Republican, "has been found in Iowa who decjares that he would rathtr vot*? for Jeff erson Davis, were he alive, than for Benjamin Harrison." Every j intelligent negro who knew both men would make the same choice. Tornodoes originate in the tropics, and are chiefly found in five localit?s-the Wast Indies, Bengal Bay and the Chinese coast north of the equator, and in the South Indian Ocean, off Mada j gasear, and, in the South Pacific, near Samoa. An enormous school of barracuda was sporting in Monterey Bay, California, the other day, when, with a sudden turn, they headed straight for the beach without diminution in their speed, and were soon landed high and dry upon the shore. The belief it that the barracuda were driven ashore by a school of whales. Heart religion is the all in all with God. If that be wanting outward forms are worthless. That I was the matter with the Jews in th time of Christ. Their religion h d degenerated from a real. re obedience to the Lord until i . .3 was nothing left of it but the j forms. To this there is a great proneness in human nature. Strange as it may seem, the less heart there is the greater the de mand, for form.-Christian Instructor. Remember we don't claim to do it all, but we know that our prices and our quality in goods can't be | matched in this market. J. M. COBB. 25 bushels Seed Wheat, 20 bushels Seed Barley, 15 bushels Seed Rye, at E. J. NORRIB'S. It Costs You Nothing. We are pleased to announce that we have made arrangements by which we are prepared to supply free to each of our ^bscr?be?s a year's subscription to that well, known monthly home and farm Journal, the American Farmer published at Springfield-' 1 and j Cleveland, Ohio. We make this offer to each of our subscribers who will pay up all : arrearges on subscription and ?ne-ye&?n' ad vance, and to all new subscribers paying one year in advance. ' The American Farmer is strictly Na tional in its character. It is a high-class illustrated journal filled with entertaining and .'instructive reading matter, containing each month much information that is invaluable to agriculturists and of special interest to each member of every home". It is suited to all localities, being National in its make and character, thus meeting with favor in all localities. It is strictly non-political and non sectarian. It has a trained corps of contributors and is carefully edited. The various departments of Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and Swine, The Home, The Horse and the Dairy, are filled with bright and useful matter. The readers of the American Farmer are uni versal in its praise and look for its monthly visits with keen anticipa tion. The regular subscription price to \the American Farmer is $1.00 a year, but by this arrange ment it costs you nothing to receive I that great publication for one] year. Do not delay in taking ad vantage of this offer, but call ail once or send in your subscription, j Sern pie copy of the American T :i!er can be seen at the ADVER office, or will he supplied i it by the publishers. ? will pay within ic of the Au gusta market for cotton. E. J. NORRIS. Jas. M. Cobb keeps Charles Hesier and the Rockland Co's, fine Gents' Shoes. Don't buy any. other and you will not regret it. The bestunlaundred shirt in town fori 50 cts. A CARD. From the first of October I will be at tho mammoth dry goods store of J. B. White & Co., Au gusta, Ga., whore I will be pleased to see and serve my friends and the people of Edgefield county generally. W. J. LANHAM late with Alvin Hart Co., Edgefield, S. C. We know that many readers of the ADVERTISER diBtru31 the adver tisement which announces goods at cost ; and suoh distrust is a wise skepticism on tho part of tho pub lic, for no merchant can sell.goods at cost and ,meet his own bills, when presented for payment. And yet we are'going to offer our stock of Shoes*-one thousand dollars worth-at 3 actual cost, less the freight. These Slmea are of all grades and giiea, gents', and chil dren.' We also offer all our Notions, Dry Gooda, and Crockery at cost, less the freight. Our reasons for selling at coBt are, first, we can as well afford to sell at cost as to keep them at cost; and secondly, we propose in the future to do only a grocery business, and must dispose of everything we keep, except gro ceries, in order to get the store room. These two reasons ought to sat isfy the moet skeptical that we moan business. If parties wish it wo.wjjlBh,ow .our.jbiljs. -CHFATHAM & BURNETT. Edgefield C. H., S.C. THE DICKS HOUSE Private & Transient Board. 603 Ellis Street, Corner Washington. AUGUSTA, - - GA Charges Reasonable. GEO. B. LAKE, REAL ESTATE - AND - I INSURANCE A6T, (Mes o?r Bait si fiffleU. BI: coes, Sole Agent for the Celebrated "Elk" land Hats, MTd by C. H. Gardner & Co., Philadelphia. Wo can^y^yoii.the latest styles |^^)^j^^^|y jp.ihe^e goods realizing j&e importance of selling a <3e?od Hat we .will hereafter devote especial ^Siif?1 ^ ?o^<&???menC Call 5n us. i jrm ? J. M. COBB. RidunoM & DasvUle Rairoad Co.' SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION. Condensed Sehe dolo, iii effect January 17, 1893. Trains run by 7S?t Meridian Time. SOUTHBOUND. VesJLim Ne. rt. Daily No. 9. Daily. No. II. Daily. Lv New York .. 4.30PM 12.1601 ? 4J?0PM Ar Charlotte 1 9.85 2;10 3.03 Philadelphia 6.57 !? Baltimore...' 9.45 " " Washington.12.00" & Richmond..v3?0*M " Gr eena boro.. 7.09 Salisbury... 838:" ? Rock Hill... "Chester.. 3.44 " " Wi n nabo r o. 4.40 " ?j<w-w|. ffi." " Johnston. 8.12 " " Trenton. 8.28 " u Graniterille . 8.55 " Ar Augusta. 9.30" |" Charleston", t. 11.20" "Savannah. 6.30" ?59AM 6.57 &50it 9J45 ? 11.10 u1130 " 3.00PM 3.00AM 10.25 "*0;20 12.28AM 12.05PM | 2.00 " 1J3? 1-60 2.43 3.28 4.20 5.50 6.05 7.53 8.08 836 9.15 10.05 630 NORTHBOUND. No. ta. Dally. No. io. Daily. Ve?.Lim. No, 38. Daily. Lv Savannah.. " Charleston. " Augusta.. . " Graniteville " Trenton.... " Johnston... Ar Columbia. 8.00AM 6.00 " 1.00PM 132 " 2.00 " 2.13 " I? I4'00" " Winnsboro. 5.87 " " Chester... " Rock Hill Ar Lv Charlotte. 6.30 " 8.07 " (8.00 " I 8.20 " 9.55 - " Salisbury. " Greensboro. 11.38AM Ar Richmond.. 7.40 ** Washington 10.25 " " Baltimore.. 12.05PM " Philadelphia 2.20AM " New York.. 4.50 " 6.40PM 6.00 " 7.00 " 7.55 " 8.38 " 8.52 " 10.40 " 10.50 " 12.26AM 1.23 " 2.03 " 3.05 7.00 836 "10.34 10,30 "12.00 5.30PM 9.46 " 838AM 11.35 " 10.08 3.00 " 1235PM 6.20" 3.20 9.20PM OUT-DOOfi PHOTOGRAPHY. I will give close attention to all orders for Family Groups, Schools, Buildings, Animals, Machinery, etc. Send in your orders. Prices reasonable. GEO. F. MIMS. TUB Electric Saloon - AND - Al Night Restaurant - IS LOCATED AT - 1102 Broad St., - AUGUSTA, GA' We specially call the attention of our Edgefleld friends totne purity of oar brands-all best Whiskeys con stantly on hand. North Carolina Whiskey at $1.60 per gal lon-good. Give us a call. J. W. SMITH, Prop'r. Save Money by purchasing your trees and plants from us 250 Acres in Fruit Nursery. 1 Acre under Glass. EVERYTHING for the Orchard and Garden. Largest stock in the South. We make a ?specialty of growing trees, plants, etc., especially adapted to the South ern States. Catalogue mailed free. Address, P. J. BERCKMANS, Fruitland Nurseries Established in 1856. ATTG-TTSTA, - - GA - TO GO TO - fes SARAH ZINN'S -- FOR ALL KINDS OF - TOYS - AND - Christmas Goods Candies, and all things Attractive. Stamping and Pinking done at short notice. 539 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA , * S?joes, t Hats, - AND - (Ms'*Mli*Goeil$. Our Clothing Establishment is full njid com plete with all grades, from a very cheap' ault to the very best custom made .goods. It HI been our'desire to establish a First-class Clothing House in Edgefield. and we are doing it. Our goods have been selected with care and we can make prices to suit the time*. We make Cloth ing, Shoes, Hats, and Gents' Furnishing Good*! specialties, and therefore we can do better for] you than one who sells everything. We buy our goods from the very largest manufacturers and in large quantities, and pay cash for them, thus we are enabled to sell goods cheaper than else where. We can show you a line of fine goods that you can get only in large cities. Men's snits that we sold last season for Sis.50 we now sell for $10. Suits that are worth $18 we are selling at $15. Children's double-breasted suits for $1.55 worth (2, and full line of all the better grades. A large stock of Rubber goods of the very best quality, to be sold cheap. QEINTS' ?? HATS. A full and complete stock of H*t* for boys and wen. All the latest styles at very low prices, ?HOE:?. B We have the largest shoe stock ever shown in Edgefield. We look specially after this de par t meat of our business, and know that we can sat isfy ?'ny one as to style and price. We can sell you a Ladies' Dress'Shoe, nicely nade', buttoned or laced, for %:. Shoes ar* the only goods we have for ladies, and we are always glafl to have the ladies call and look at our shoes, as we'feel confident that we can please them in our immense shoe department. All grades of shoes for children, misses, ladies, and men, very cheap. SHIRTS! SHIRTSI In laundried and unlaundried, in all sizes and perfect fits. A first-class unlaundried shirt, re enforced bask and front, good linen bosom,and made of real good homespun, for joe. Ad im mense stock of Negligee shirts, from very cheap oner to the vcr j best quality. Large quantity of Harris wire buckle Suspend irs, the best that are made, very cheap. Gents' Undervests. Full assortment-very reasonable. A complete assortment of beautiful handker chiefs. Full stock of Hosiery and Gloves. - CRAVATS. We carry a line of these goods that you do not find in small towns. They are made np for us in all the latest shades and styles. Can show iou the prettiest line of these goods ever rought to this town. A very large stock of Trunks, Satchels, Valises and Umbrellas at lew prices. ' It is impossible to give much idea of. our stock in an advertisement, but when you need any thing in our line, come to see us. ' We can show a large, first-class stock, from which to' make your selections, and there is no reason why we o'n't sell you cheaper than Augusta, aha we will do it. IB. H AR/T ac CO. Edgefield, S. C., Sept. 37,1892. H. C. PERKINS, J. A. HAUSER, President. Manager. Saw Mill Machinery, Engines, Boilers, Fiitiisifl 111 Sillies, Founders & Machinists. AUGUSTA, GA. Correspondence Solicited. Subscribe to the Edgefield AD VERTISEB. To School Trustees. Section 1 of an act of the Legi ?la ure, approved Dec. 22, 1891, reads as j "ollows : Be it enacted by the Senate and louse of Representatives of the.State )f South Carolina, now met and sitting n General Assembly, and by the au : h or i ty of the same, That the trustees >f the several school district? in the :oun ty shall report to the County Au - li tor the names of. all. taxable polls in heir respective districts, and aaid Au iitor shall enter the same upen the tax luplicate to be furnished the County [ treasurer. That said names so fur l i sh ed shall be published annuaJlyJin i newspaper published at the county ?eat once a week for - three consecutive weeks, and where there is no paper published at the county seat, then in iome other .paper having general cir culation in the county. Under and by virtue of th? authority conferred by said section call upon School Trustees of all the school districts in Edgefleld county to make to me at once a full and complete list of persons in their respective dis-, :ricts who are liable to poll tax. J. B. DAVIS, Co. Auditor. 0 M M H We will save you money if you ivill give us your Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, Letter Heads, Cards, all kinds. Estimates onfall kinds of work urnished on application. -.^....^.^ EDGEFIELD, S. C. have finished my house and have arted business again as before, ad will be ready to please my istomers with ras, wmi AND HATS, - ALSO - 7ANCY FAMILY C3-E.OOEE.rBS. lill all Moi FRUIT. I would like to see all my friends, ive me a call and see my new ne of goods. I have also one store to rent and vo roomB for offices. W. T. HOFFMAN. { PHOTOGRAPH f each member of your family .will ist less than heretofore. Prices lately 'doced. gJT'The photographs now. made ill not turn yellow. :R/ H M rJMIS, EDGEFIELD C H. I THE GREAT CHILL and FEVER The River Swamp 18 A CERTAIN CURE FOR Price 50 cents and $1.00 Fer Bottle. Dumb Chills, Chills and Fever, Chronic Chills, Also a PREVENTIVE 'of all the troubles. The remedy is simple and harmless contains no arsenic or poison ous drug. In all cases of debility and loss of appetite from malarial poison ing the use of this wonderful remedy works wonders. Ask for the River Swamp Chill and Fever Cure and take no other. Sold by all country stores. L A. GAfiDELLE, D?Tl??St, Proprietor & Manufr, -A-UG-TJ-ST^, - G-^. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENTLEIAEM. ?nd other tpedalttM ton Gentlemen, Ladle*, Boya and Ulue* ara the. Best in the World. Soe descriptive adrertlse mont which will appear In this paper. Take no Substitute, bot Insist on haring Vt*, lt. DOUGLAS' SHOES,with name and price stamped on bottom. Sold by J" IMC COBB , EDGEFIELD, S. C. Beauty Tells ! Just arrived, one car load of Roll Top, Cylinder -AND Standing: Desks, In Walnut and Oak. Will sell CHEAP and make Easy Terms. Also, an elegant assortment of Secretaries, Book Cases, Cabinets. China* Closets And Cabinets. Good?Goods -AND Low Prices. A full line of Summer Goods, in g eluding Refrigerators,. Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers Hammocks, Mosquito Nets And Canopies. 300 Lawn Settees at$l each. PADGETT, -THE HOUSEFURNISHER, 805 BKOyiX) ST. MANLY TIMMONS DENTAL SURGEON. )ffice over Bank of Edgefield. Hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. VIRGINIA HOUSE; Mvate anil Transient Board. 602 Broad St., Cor. Washington, JRS. A. J. SMITH, PROP'SS urtr.in Poles. We are closing out those lovely bras? rimmed Curtain Poles at 20? each. W. H. Tc KN KR <fc Co. WM. SCHWEIGERT, The Je^relleir, -732 Broad (Under Central Hotel,) Street, Augusta, - - Ga. IMPORTER, MAXUKACTUKKR AND DEALKR IK Gins, Rifles, Revolvers, Cartridges, Mi TacMe, Cutlery, All Kinds of Sporting Goods. Repairing Promptly Done. A full line of Keys always on hand. Express orders solicited. I028 Broad ?t., AUGUSTA, OA. 7-27-92-3m High Prices for Cotton IS MADE POSSIBLE BY INVESTING WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN BEST VALUES FOR LEAST CASH A GOOD TEAM LOWEST PRICES, ~* ( BEST GOODS. Weare headquarters for BLANKETS, CLOAKS,DRESS GOODS UNDERWEAR, and everything in Dry Goods. Come and see us when you come to the city. MULLARKY & H?RTY, 810 Broad St., .Augusta, Ga. SHIP OR HAUL YOUR COTTON -TO CRANSTON & STOVALL, Fireproof Warehousemen. 739 REYNOLDS STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. They have had long experience, are liberal, progressive, active, and guarantee quick sales and prompt returns. We will make full cash advances on all consignments. Cranston & S to vail, AUGUSTA, CEORCIA. Will this bit toe iwH ? We are head quarters for everything in the line of Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blindsand , , Var?ety ?n Ornamen- / / our product is tal wood / /limited only by work. / f wants of our customers. We aim for your orders. Let us send you prices. ??g?sta Lubber Co., AUGUSTA, GA. General ? Repair ? Shops, EDGEFIELD, S. C. G. B, COURTNEY, PR PR. I have opened General Repair Shops at Edgefield, S. C., where I will be pleased to receive the patronage of the public in the line of General Repairs and Overhauling, such as: Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Road Vehicles, of all Kinds. Steam Engines, Mowers, Reapers, Gins, - MANUFACTURER OF - and House Wm lat? In fact anything and all things in the way of Machinery that may need repairs will receive the most careful and conscientious attention at my hands. All work guaranteed and done at short notice. Give me a trial. Prices Low and Strictly Cash. Gr. B. COURTNEY, Near Depot, EDGEFIELD C. H., . - S. C.