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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. WHEN" BILL WAS A BOY He Stood Upon The Piazza And baw The Stars Fall. Shakespeare says. "there are more things in heaven and earth . than are dreamed of in our vphilosopy." The fall of meteors on Wednesday night was quite a wonder to the generation and made the young people serious and solemn. Tornadoes and earth quakes and comets and meteors are . always alarming for they bring home to us our utter helplesbness under the mighty hand of God. From 8 o'clock until near midnight we watched these meteors.. Part of- the time we were, standing out in the freezing air but most of the er-,looked through the uncurtained^w?dowSj and there was hardly a momftfit that-they was not seen somewhere in the heavens. I hoped for another visitation like ?nat of 1833, which I distinctly remember, for my father awaked me and dressed me hurriedly and we all stood in" the piazza and watched and wondered for an hour or moie. They seemed sure enough like falling stars , and came down in myriads as gently as snowflakes.They nearly touched the earth before they went out and I remember hunting around in the potato patoh next morning for some sign of them, but found none If there was any heat in their glittering light there was no sign of it in the tree tops among, the leaves. I remember that Aunt Minty, our good old cook, prayed and exhorted%long and loud and a white woman across the street screamed out: "Come, Lord Jesus : take me, Lord Jerus. God, save us ; God, forgire us,," and she was kneeling on the door with her hands stretched up towards heaven. I remember that Mrs. Lestes, the widowed mother of our late attorney general, lived very near us and came over to our house, stooping as she came for fear the stars would touch her. I remmeber that my fathar was clam and serene and gave us all assurance that there was no danger, for he was a well read man and knew that-*uch hf paatj; century there had been a. falK?? meteors on the same date, the 13th 'of November, but none brillant or that cam? so near tho earth. It was in August 1854 that we were awakened about 2o'clock one night by the crowing,of the cocks for daybreak and our negroes got up and fed the stock and prepared to go to the field when our atten tion was attracted to the clock and en going out to see what was the matter we found it as bright as day and the aurora borealis was flashing a brillant light that illuminated the heavens and the earth. Such things are always alarming to the timid and the ignorant, I heard Profesor Proctor, the great astronomer, deliver three lectures at Lake Weir a fen* years - ago and lifted me up on thought among the starry heavens and made us realize our own insignifi cance as he approached the very confines of eternity and told us of things we had never dreamed of. He was a great and good man and I loved him as much for his humility as his learning. One night he lectured on the birth and growth and maturity and decay of a world, and he proved by the most convincing argument that this world had long since passed its maturity and was in the decline and that the scriptures would be fulfilled and this earth be burned up and pass out of existence. He said that worlds had passed away and that the worlds had came - into existence since the Christain era and that comets had appeared that had no record in the. past that creation was not finished but was changing and this little world of ours was but a speck in the universe. He ?aid that if a straight line from the eye was drawn and extended in any direction' it would sooner or later be stopped by a heavenly body.* We can enjoy this and be amused but when a cyclone comes along or an earthquake begins to rock the little world about, there is no philospy that can make us calm and serene. We don't under stand these systems of nature nor can we fortify against them. I never saw a man or woman but who wag. superstitious about ghosts and it is because of the mystery .that' hangs around the dead ; rohere are. the spirits? Where had Sammuel been when the witch ol Endor called hie spirit up-what kind of virture was in the bones of Elijah that brought to life the dead man who was buried in his tomb? - What kind of spirits were roving about distressing good peo ple until they were sent into the swine and the swine into the sea? j If we knew where we s were-; going we would be less troubled nu matter how^terrible our fate. It is the mystery that hangs around that undiscovered ^country from which no traveler returns. I wish that we all bad the faith of the I little -boy that I-know .-whose mother asked him where he thought j beaven was and he replied pron?ptly f 'why, its over atgran^ma'shouse." 'Ah ! no," she said, "heaven isn't :here .at ail 'What made you think I Jt8??" "Well, it isn't more than" about EL mile from there," he said. Grandma was enough heavtn for | him. This seems to be an off year] anyhow. A year of surprises. Jus a few wteks ago and everything looked lovely for the republicans ind distressing to the-farmers but Mr. Cleveland beat out the ad ministration and all its patronage to the surprise of even the most sanguine democrats. Right on top >f this cotton jumped from 7 to 9 sents the Newi England manufac turers raised- wages of operatives 7 >er cent The republiean party tried | before the election to make the ?ountry believe that wages had ilready been raised under the tfcKinley bill, bnt these operatives cnew it was a lie. Mr. Cleveland's dection or something ha* raised ;hem and the capitalists seem to lave received new confidence in stability of monetary affairs Stocks have advanced and every thing looks lovely. And now comes I mooting.'.stars and the auroral borealis and a comet and I reckon jrovernor Northen will get up an ippropriation for the world's fair indtht legislature will buy for the Soldiers' Home and. we will loon be building more railways ail j )ver4he.south andVour/fplks havo? m ^?^e?y???ng looks lovely and ;he goose hang high. So mote it be. BILL ABP. The Port Boyal Tramway. The most interesting paper \ that j has yet issued from the pen of Gov. Tillman is his message concerning the Port Royal and Augusta Rail Road. This message particular interest to us, as the road in question runs through al fertile portion of Barnwell! County. The Governor very properly calls attention to the fact : that] this road has been gobbled up by the Central, and that the Centrai ha? used its power to freeze ont the minority, stockholders, and. depreciate the property of Port Royal. The Governor-rtcommends that the Attorney General be authorized to institute legal proceedings, and compel the Central to live up to the obligations of itt . charter. We hope that this will be done. Everyone who has ever had the misfortune to be jolted upi and down the ram shackly~road bed of the Port Poyal R. R. joins in the hope. Give Port Royal a flair chance and it will become the natural outlet of Western grain trade. We blame the Chiese* for cruelly, cramping tue feet of their infants. It is equally wrong to crwnp Port Royal. Don't you" think so Bro Rodgers?-Bamberg Herald. The Governor's Message. Governor Tillman kas fully sustained his reputation as a writer of abl State papers, in his recent Mesasge to the Legislature at the opening of session. It is a loug document, but throughout it bears the stamp of the Governor's concise way of putting things and as a whole, is conservative and dignified in tone. He devotes a large space to education^ which although devoid of politics is one of the most important questions being agitated in the State to-day and he reviews the condition oi the various institutions of learning controlled by the State-Journal and Review. Buckinghams Dye for th< Whiskers is the best, handiest, safest, surest, cleanest, mos economical and satisfactory dye ever invented. It is the gautlemen'i favorite. SAMJOHES' FINE LECTURE, Humor and Wisdom to a Large | Audience. Rey. Sam Jones lectured at the Grand Opera House last night Maj Black, in introducing the great preacher, started the bal rolling in a humorous way by re calling an incident in the life of John Randolph of Roanoke when he was confronted-with a man introducing another. - "Who introduced . you?" asked John Randolph of the man who was doing the introducing. Maj Black said he felt the humorous side of introducing Sam Jones. When the preacher began he paid Maj. Black back by saying that though the Major.had refered to him as being aman of some notoriety, he begged the citizens of Augusta to-remember that the Major was somewhat extinguished hinself. The subject which the lecturer took was "Manhood and Money," and from this argument was drawn the conclusion that manhood and womanhood, with all their strength of virtue and will, were greater than all the money in the world. The lecture was good and plea sed a large audience of nearly 500 It abounded in humor and philoso phy, laughable illustrations and homely truths "went right Home," af ter the manner of Mr. Jones'ex pression, each time. A snug sum was deriven by the proceeds of the lecture for the benefit of St. Luke's Methodist Church, Mr. Timmons pastor. The lecture began at 9:20, Mr. Jones arriving on the Georgia fast train at 9:15. He left for home on the midnight Georgia train. He | * came directly here from Galveston Tex., where he says he held one of the most successful meeting? of his life. He therefore had not been to his home although re turned to the State. HUMOROUS EPIGRAMS. I used to sing "I want to be an angel, and;withj^e angels stared,' ?ow X^hav^'b ^fadies stand." $_iet a vgran_* man once. The longer I stood'with him the smaller I got, and the bigger he got. After a while I had to get up and go to have anything to go with. I have met some little fellows whose eyes were so close together that they could see through a keyhole with both at once. I do not believe in evolution, of course I don't. I do not believe we sprang from monkeys. But when I "see a great many people I be lieve they are headed that way and that lhey will get there if they don't stop, Lhave a^great deal more respect for. Nancy Hanks than I have for .Sullivan and Corbett. Nancy is a daisy-She can go in 2:40. God j .made her to go but two old flop esxed mules can stand up in a lot and do as much as Sullivan and Corbett, knocking the filling out of one another. . I never go to horse races-not because I do not like to see them but becau se of the scrubby set that is always there. Some rich mon say when you go :te>them for money for a good causo: Wait until I get fixed I" Fixed 1 Fixed when you are dead ; fixed for the fire ; fixed into a back log for the devil's sitting room 1 "Country facts" are a scriptural animal and you need not be af raid of it. There was an old farmer in North Georgia who said one day: "I am going to save ; I am going ro lay up ; I am not going to be poor when I get old and can't work." And he did save $150,000. One day a neighbor went to see him and said : "Brother, how are you off for meat?" I have got en ough in my smokehouse for this year, and until hog killing next year." he said, "and enough hogs to kill then, and enough pigs to kill the next year, but what I will do after that the Lord only knows," Then he left the old fellow starving on three years' rations. A dude is a kind of wart on the devil's nose. You may sow corn and reap corn, but sow dudes and dudines and you will reap only half a thimble full of calf-foot jelly. Maj. Black says "money per capita," but its "per pockota." I am afraid that we preachers are affected by money. Of course we don't work for money, but you ?top our salaries, and we will quit, Ah, ha! I believe in decision. You Bee these fellows who think th,; and think won't, hut rathe'i|5 they won't-10 cents a ^pze^^ke eggs in warm weather, and,fc|pbe 3*me reason. ' There was a darkey who- ;bax mule, and he said he had toT^hitch him by tying him to a tree-ipy^Ms tail to keep him from:|g^g. through his collar. . ' % You get after a great mai^"j pie and they lay it all on^Aidam) Poor old Adam' rc ai pe se Adam is too far off. : Ytijifi put j two drops of water in the Atlantic Dcean, and the poison gets mighty thin when it gets to tho other side. Adam is too far. It is our lown de vi] me nt that is kicking : up thunder. When the devil got Job/j$ fwife.[ ra his 8 i de he got a trump ,card.. A mule kicked a negro 5?ft f tjie aead, and couldn't put hia|ifoot, lown. I have got a government job, ceeping Sam Jones straight*^ : ~k There are a lot of peopleh-whj* ike to say other people are^soft ?eaded when they are doing They got the impression ;heir own heads. I go into some churches [here ;he preacher looks like/ lom,..' nonuinent and the people^! ike head stones and I go miong them and I say "Sam J'f?fy /ou are among the dead." '?A. PHILOSOPHIC. kif Men and money are two ants pi? ?tic forces in this country. ' I Men and money are each sGr? ng for the mastery with the icjds argely in favor of money. j. There is nothing sublimer ;tifn nan. There is nothing mre lurtful, more dwindling to ma*, lood than the misuse of mone^.j >; David said to Solomon his ? 'Be thou strong and acquit!, leif a man." l l Nine tenths of the people of; * ! iountry are after money, and >ther tenth are after a good" ti I would not give one gra or all the cotton that w; WPwg job to raise a . utan n. this country. You- 6ay, "Every man has lis irice." I don't believe that. Selfishness is the meanest tjhbg >n earth. Selfishness is ?he fist )orn of Avarice. There is not a good institution >r enterprise born of God to-day mt what is going begging from loor to door. Cussin'- is a very low-down type )f a rascal. . Sin is in the blood like a cancer. A. man may stop cussin' an his tongue, but it will break Jut' on bis hand, and he will ge t tc steal ing. He who can eliminate, self ihness and avarice from himself, is enabled to stand on top of ?very thing that ever ruined a man. The grandest manhood and wo manhood is that which has for gotten self and is consecrated to the service of others. There is the stature of a wanan in New Orleans. She has her hair combed in the sweety good old vay, down over her temples and she is holding out baskets of fruit and children are crowding around nor. She lived working for and helping the poor of New Orleans ?and when she died the bankers and the brok ers and the capitalists all came out in front of their offices and stood in the sun with their hats off while the funeral procession of her. who was one of the grandest women in America went by. Convince a man in the church that he will reap two for one and he will plank down. This country is running on the dollar, and j a st as certain as Rome fell because of a too greatly cen tralized military power, so certain will the United States run into dis traction on silver dollars as wheels, unless the course is changed. It is not how much money have you, but how did you get it? and then which is most important, what are you doing with it? 1 A reckless fellow always wants to fight. But a brave man wants a victory. There is a great deal of difference between the two,. Any dog can get a fight. lean say dispassionstely that my brother Tom Watson in this district seemed at every point to say. "I want to fight." But my brother Black? with noble courage, seemed to say, "I want a victory.' And he got it. There isn't but one way to do i thing and that is to do it. I like to see a man map out hil course md stick to it and go it like-tb train, on the Georgia railroad which, goes on the course mapped out and sticks to it, and has net been to any other town but thise on the rout since the road las been a road. j}|I?e only absolutely unselfish ma; was Jesus Christ.. Of all the ater?s,-of land in the world he; did nof stake off one acre, and say "tUs is mine." ||nien : a; fellow makes up; his B?jadie never gets left. mav tallc ahont a man feng intelligent. I have aeen &eh men failures. ' But. -whenever ftu find him with a will he fefeeds. . : ?he will of man is that which is incommand of a.man. ? always did have contempt: for Dp. of those fellows who is waiting ff andiron to get hot. But I have fppeot for the fellow who pounds a the iron until it i* hot. I al m didyhave a oonlempt for the ?How who is always waiting for ?nething to'turn up, but,! have the rofoundest respect and amiration >r >himwho tuns it up and ?11s it towherthe wants it. Get in a hurry, The obstacles ill get out of your way. I lifre a man who believes in r?siblities. I believe in a liard head and a ?ft heart.-Augusta Chronicle. Right ? - In Gov. Tillman's message we nd the'following sentence: "A ?opie who do not respect their iceitors cannot hope to be ?es icted 'by their posterity, Ind ntiment at last .is the mother of ttroiotism." You are right, overnor. . The editor of The erald skud-^exva^D^^nr^0^^ t? Tabof the pasfceummer, ?ook ^67TszHxie_position^ Among her fegft ^we^laloT ^^aud 'oeafc'^?S ",What.we%.ne?dr/i aeir services and their lives to heir oountry. The sum and sub since of our politics now may be if ted down to but two sentiments -'.somebody forever, and blast v?rybody?' .'There can be nothing but langer to this country when tatesmanship is nothing but a rame for office and the spoils of iffice," ect. We are glad that Gov. Tillman igreeswith us and is on the right ine in this sentiment.-Newberry ?erald and News. A Monster Serpent. The largest serpent of which ac h?rate measurements have been taken and noted was an anaconda nrhich Dr. Gardner found <fead and Busptnded to a fork of a tree dur ing his travels in Mexico. It was dragged out into the open by tw< honso?, and was found to measur< thirty-seven feet in length. Inside of it were found the bones an< flesh of a horse in a half-digeste< state, and there was no doubt tha it hadwallowed the animal whole Dr. Gardner and other travelers ea; that, anacondas, pythons and boa attain a length of over forty feel but there is no recorded installe of one having been encountero' longer than that which has bee: mentioned, though many person have seen serpents alive whic they estimated to be of considen bly larger size. South Carolina Sends a Negro t Congress. The State Board of Canvasse: have declared Murray, negr< elected to Congress over Genen Moise, white, from the Sevenl District. As we understand,.it wi hot denied that the negro receive a majority of the votes. The co] test was made against the negi and in favor of the white man, b cause seme of the ballots ^we three-sixteenths of an inch le than the size prescribed by la1 Otherwise, as we understand it, tl ballot was correct in every partie lar. The board did right in n lending itself to such tricks would, oust a political oppone: upon the . merest -pretext, or e cuse.-Press and Banner. No bettes* preparation for t hair has ever been invented th Ayer's Hair Vigor. It restores t ?rginal to faded and ; .gray ha imparts that natural -gloss ai freshness, everyone so mu admires. Its reputation ts - woi wide. THE DIVISIONOF TEXAS. IA Good Opportunity to Secure Afore Democratic Senator. The time has come when the people of Texas should .favorably consider the division of the State into a number of commonwealths in. accordance .with the purpose entertained at the time of annexa tion. It was clearly seen.at that- Jime jkhat the area of Texas was much too great for _a single-,State,: ?that with increasing population, filling up regions widely separated . and differing in climate, soil and ?pro ductionsj a diyersity of interests must arise inconsistent with, ?that homogeneity of sentiment, j and policy which is supposed to under lie State hood. Accordingly the joint resolution of March ist, 1845, consenting to annexation, stipulated that fnew States of convenient size, not; ex ceeding foqr in number jin addi tion to the said State of Texas, and having sufficiont population, may hereafter, by the consent of < said State, bs formed out of the ) tetritory thereof." , < In brief, it was the intention in 1 admitting Texas to make; five ) States of it. The di vison could not 1 be made then because the territory 1 was not yet sufficiently populated. 3 Now that it is so the original '\ purpose ought to be carried out. i The area of Texas is 275,7$) i square miles. That of New York H is. 49,180. Texas could be divided into . five States each ot which * would be larger than New York by t nearly four thousand square miles, J or about the size of New York and ? Connecticut combined. And the 1 pofyulaliioii of jabout 4bU,UUU cudi "J a population greater thrn that of 1 any of the recently admitted ? States. Division is desirable for many < S&nskThis . great -; empire in 4 m isjenjitled *Qv.a; larger .voice S??gt^ Ste^?:tallowed m M .-aw* Senators. With its rapidly in creasing population, the several parts have varying needs to state law and State policy which can be completely met only by the institution of several State govern ments. The creation of compacter States would .faciliate every wise project.of improvement. The ?best interest of all concerned would be (^promoted, without .question, . by division now. Every consideration that underlies our Federal system every reason that justifies- the separate Statehood of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois, is an argument in favor[of the division of Texas into several States. This desirable end- cannot be accomplished without the cousent of Texas, but i there is no- spund reason either of interest, or senti ment why that consent should be whithheld. It will be the proudest day in the history of the State when it makes to the Union the magnificent present of four- new commonwealhs, represented in the Senate by. eight new Senators, while remaining itself a great State of incalculable, possibilitiefl in the matter of population wealth and influence--New York World. Animal Failings. "Some animals exhibit -a queei lack of sense," says amanwhohai observed them. "Put a buzzard ii a pen about six feet square anc open at the top, and it is as mucl a prisoner as though it was shul up in a box. This is becausi buzzards always begin thei: flight by taking, a short run, an( they either cannot or will no attempt to fly unless they can d< so. Again, take a common bum ble bee, and put it in a goblel It will remain a prisoner for hour trying to escape throngh the sidet without ever thinking of escapin; from the top. So also a bat canno rise from a'perfectly level surface Although it is remarkable nimbi in its flight when once on th wing, and can fly for man hours at a time without takin the least rest, if placed on th floor or flat ground it is absolute} unable to use its wingrf. The onl thing it can do is to shuni helplessly and painfully alon until it reaches some triflir elevation, from which it can thro itself into the air, when at onoe : is off like a- flash. The official voto for Gev. Til man in the recent State electic was 56,673. A TALK ABOUT SNAKES. IIow Rattlers and Other Poi sonous BeptjUes^ttack People My only ratttesntike was caught alive by a young girl who had that, summe:, killed eleven on her farm in California. This snake hag five rattles, which, if we believe they denote the age,; will show that he ia five, years old; Drawin : believed, that the, wittie, besides being uaedas a warning to keep o?r* the snakes' enemies, sometimes ia . employed to call their mates. . The heads of most of j the venomous snakes, including ?.the prattlers," bulge just beyond j the neck. Without exception they have fangs, either always erector raised; and laid' back at will. These fangs ara long, sharp pointed teeth writh a hollow groove running their Bntire length. At the root of each fang is a little bag of poison. When the snake bites the motion presses the poison sac and its contents 3ow down through the hollow in :he ,tooth into the puncture or found. The harmless little forked I ?ngue is eften .rooken of by .the minformed as the snake's stinger." tfow, there is no propriety in; the lame, as the poisonous snakes do \ mt sting, but bite, their victims. There is no creature, even if j >rought from foreign countries vhere "rattlers" do not exist,! but nil halt and tremble at the rfirst raming sound of the rattle. ] Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, with others tas been-making experiments (with < he venom of different serpents, ?e has found that, aside fron* its \ ?oisonous qualities, it contains iving germs, which have j the . Util. CV y VU. nev, n ixuu w?..Tli - >itten, these tiny bits of ?Ufe* ?ntering with the poison, cause larmful action to begin almctet at mee, Dr. Mitchell has found chat the nervous ?enter controling the act of striking seems to be in the spinal cord, for if he cut pff a jjjf?fJfrhfiiiA: and then pinioned ICS ??lTT^n^ yfrgh^ ?geok turned back, and would have struck his hand had he been bold enpugh to hold it still. , When a snake has bitten several times, the poison is quite exhausted for the time being, rendering the animal comparatively harmless. It is said to be this fact .wjhich enables the Indian enak?.chainiers to,-handle their charges without .danger. They tease. them j into anger, when they will readily i bite a stick or bundle of rags, and sp exhaust their venom. There are 4909 Johnsons in Chi ago and only 4200 Smiths. No man is pure in his heart? who is not pure in his politics. " The saloons of London if set side by side would reach a distance of 75 miles. Married couples in Norway , are privileged to ride on railroads at a fare and a half. There are four States, Wisconsin Nevada, Minnesota and California, in wbich a majority of the voten are foreign born. Tommy-'-Pvinay I askryou f question? PaH3ertainly,my,?bild Tomm -Well, where is the wine when it .doesn't blow? Trouble and kin and cats ar< about the only things a man cai have that other people don't tr to get away from him. No other remedy is so reliable in cases of sudden colds, or caughe or for any and all derangement of the throat and lungs, as Ayer' Cherry Pectoral. This wondejfo medicine affords great relief h consumption, even in the advance? stages of that dieases. Maj. Ernest Gary, who hasbeei elected Judge, is a young man, bu a lawyer of sixteen years' practice and we believe will fill the plac with credit to himself and th State. The Herald and New extends its congratulations.-Nev berry Herald and Nows. This is a great State. A wil bear was killed in Spartanbui County last week, an eagle measu ing 6 feet 5 inches from tip i Laurens County and a pelica measuring 6 feet 3 inches from ti to tip in Greenville County. 5,000 lbs. Bacon sides and stri] Bacon strips 7$c by hundred, 500 lbs. Kingan Hams, at E. J. NOBRIS'S. Remember we don't claim to < it all, but we know that our prie and our quality in goods can't 1 matched in this market. J. M. COBB. TO EXPEL SCROFULA from the system, take Ay CR'S Sarsaparilla the standard blood-purifier and tonic. It Cures Others will cure you. Fair Notice. IF9RBII>" any Person hunting or otherwise trespassing on my ?ands. Any such trespassers will be dealt with according to law. f LUKE CULBBEATH. TB&. Notice. ONJJedneeday, the 30th day of Nov., 1892, at Unlock a. m., one or more County Commissioners will be at Shaw' and McKt?emill for the pur pose of letting-.the contract to keen the ferry at Jbat. place. Contractor required to give.iust?Jed bond of $300, for the faithful performance of his duty. Commissioners, reserv? the right to reject any or all bids. J". A; WHITE. ?P. E. DORN, '-?M. A. WHITTLE, Commissioners. 1 ? Crayon, Pastel* and Oil, PORTRAITS made at prices to suit the times. Childrens' Photographs a specialty. kW The Photographs now mado WILL NOT TURN YELLOW. R...H. MIMS. Edgefield, S. C. ? g Six Creat Leaders ! ? $2.00, $2.50. $3.00 CENTS SHOE. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 LADIES SHOES. Every Pi Warri Of 24 dozen #airs of these goods sold last season-only 2 pairs have been returned for repairs. This record cannot he beaten by any shoe dealer in the State. When you want a GOOD Shoe go to J. M. COBB, Cloting, * S'ljoes, * Hats, -ANn- J *!m hiinii.^iiiiiii :> 'F l WI fl IL Our Clothing Establishment is full andiom plete with all grades, from a very cheap suit to the very best custom made goods. It has 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 times. We make Cloth ing, Shoes, Hats, and Gents' Furnishing Goode .pecialties, and therefore we can do better for rou than one who sells everything. Wc buy our goods from the very largest manufacturers and in Urge 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 ?at yon can get only in large cities. - Men's suits that we nold last season for $12.50, we now sell for $10. Suits that arc worth $iS, wc are selling at $15. Children's double-breasted snits for s 1.25, worth $2, and full line of all the better grades. A lar^e stock of Hubber goods of thc vciy best quality, to be sold cheap. GUNTS'ft HATS. A full and complete stock of Hats for boys and men. AH the latest styles at very low prices. ?HOES. We have the largest shoe stock ever shown in Edgefield. We look specially after this depart ment of our business, and knowtbat we can sat isfy any one as to Style and price. We can sell you a Ladies' Dress Shoe, nicely made, buttoned or laced, for $1. Shoes ar? thc only goods we have for ladies, and we are always glad to have th? ladies call and look at our shoes, as we feel confident that weean please them in our immense .hoe department. All grades of shoes for children, mistes, ladies, and men, very cheap. SHIBTS! SHIRTS I Tr lauadried and nnlaundried, in all sires and pei .?ct fits. A first-class unlaundricd shirt, re enforced bask and front, good linen bosom,and made of real good homespun, for 50c. An im mense stock of Negligee shirts, from very cheap ones to th? very best quality. Large quantity of Harris wire buckle Suspend en, thc best that are made, very cheap. Gents' Undervests. Foll asiortment-very reasonable. A complete assortment of beautiful handker chiefs. Full stoek of Hosiery and Gloves. 0:R,A."V ATS. We carry a line of these goods that you do not find in small towns. They are made up for UH in all the latest shades and styles. Can show ?on the prettiest line of these goods ever ronght to this town. A very large stock of Tran ks, Satchels, Valises aad Umbrellas at low prices. It ii impossible to give much idea of our stock n aa advertisement, but when yon need any thing in onr line, come to see us. We can show a large, first-class stock, from which to make your selections, and there is no reason whv we can't seil you cheaper than Augusta, ana we will do it. IHL 33. HABT & CO. Edgefield, S. C., Sept. rj, 1S93. 25 bushels Seed Wheat, 20 bushels Seed Barley, 15 bushels Seed Rye, at _E. J. NORRIE'S. 1 car Va. Salt, 65c per sack, at E. J, NORRIS'S.