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LOCAIa BREVITIES. Miss Sue Sloan, of Johnston, is in Edgefield. . Miss Mary Adams is visiting Miss Mary Lou Lanham. Mr. George Lake in at home again from a trip to Union. .Mrs. Rebecca Jones ia now in Spartanburg visiting relatives. . We regret to announce the seri , ons indeed critical illness of John L. Addison. Esq. Mri- Walter Bland is spending sometime with his sister, Mrs. Motley, at Johnston. Mrs. James Holland; who1- has been quite ill, is, we .ara glad to leam convalescent. Four hundred boys are booked for Clemson College, which opens ' to-morrow, Thursday; How many go from Edgefield? Friend John Lott rides the finr :t wheel in all these parts, a Co ' bia, and he rode home to Joh li sio?, it last Wednesday. . John R. Blake, Jr., of Abbeville, has been invited to address an Alliance meeting at Rehoboth, in -this county, on July 18th. The Abbeville Medium says that several young ladies of that town are riding bicycles, and do so with great skill. Won?t some of our Edgefield 'damsels essay a like task? V ;The case of Tom Butler, charged with the murder of Pettyjohn, came up at Aiken last week, but was continued to the fall term. In the mean time, Mr. Butler is out on a $3,000 bail bond. Sensitive people can purchase Humphreys' Specifics "by simply asking the druggists for the needed number alone, .without disclosing or mentioning the disease for which it is a cure. This is the week to plant snap beans for the first of September. Then if you will prepare a lot and plant a good crop the 10th to 16th of July,you will have an abundance of beans up to the middle of Octo ber. Rev. Mr. Stackhouse, of Aiken, will preach the opening sermon o .the District Conference in our .Methodist Church .to-night, Wed nesday. During the sessions of the conference there will be ser vices every morning at ll o'clock, and every night. All shades of green appear this season in greater variety than ever. Some ol: the new tints are ex-, quisttely delicate and beautiful ^hov?tl combinations ef green h, certain shades of blue, brown, ipse, yellow and Vpneti?h red are 'seen in Paris gowns. Hats and'bonnets are made simpler in their style than they were earlier in the season. The round hat is bent into almost every shape, and the - special feature is a pair of Mercury's wings which stand up in front at a little distance apart. The excursion to Savannah ie assuming grand proportions ; everybody seems to be goinj Messrs. Bell and Cooner; feg made arrangements by *??jfe0J? train returning fion S$ffh&t pas_ reach Edgefieldfa^home ?D? the night of M seagers on&field Oil Mill. A commission has been issued to the Edgefield Oil Company. Re Rehabilated, the corporators stand as, follows: Fred Olliver, D. A Tompkins, and R. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, John Olliver, of Atlanta, and Ellis G. Gravdon, of | j Abbeville. The capital stock is $50,000,- with the privilege of doubling. Yinele&s Yams. A writer in the Southern Culti vator, descanting on the merits of] tho vineless yam, says : "The vines are not only excellent green feed, j but when cooked like turnip greens, are just splendid." We should like to have some of our subscribers who are growers of the | vineless yam to cook some of the vines and report upon their desira bility as greens. . Going to Savannah. The Edgefield Hussars have de cided to go to Savannah with the grand excursion from this place I ' ? on the 10th of July. They will go down to Tybee. and Capt. Sam Mays leading, the boys will jump into the Atlantic ocean at that point, swim - down to the Dry Tortugas off the Florida reefs and 11 return by way of Cape Horn and Honolulu. All luck to the gallant soldier boys and their handsome officers. --" Chance or Date. One of the things of annual oc rence in Edgefield county is the picnic of the Edgefield Light Dra goons at Centre Spring. It has i been announced that their picnic I this year would bo on the 3rd day of August, but the* date has been I changed to the 27th of July. This change of date has been made be ? cause the first date given, the 3rd of August, would haye. conflicted th the Baptist Sunday-school convention. In time of war the Light Dragoons would, if it should be necessary and in the line of duty, ignore the claims of a Bap tist Sunday-school convention, but in time of peace they will pursue the arts of peace and therefore de fer to the status as they find it. SV ea til ? r fOT D'une. We have received the following veather data for the month of [une from C. A. Long, observer at he Tren fondation i jj t 'jj > Montilvvm^n?temperature, 78".3. Maximum temperature, 88, date 26th. Minimum temperature 68. date L3th andl4th. Total rainfall for the month r.26 inches. Greatest daily rainfall 1.21 inches, date 22nd. Prevailing direction of wind, ??st. , Number of clear days 8, cloudy lays 4. > Fair days 18; number of rainv lays 13. Date of thunderstorm, 12th. Advertised Letters. The following letters are iu the postoffice at this place, addressed as" given: J D Wordeil-, Ned Thomas, E Sarge Gennerly, Felix Dean, Eddy Fames, M G Griffin, Edward Harvin, Ben Moss, P J Ludwig, Dr J D Lockwood, J H Mencinghall, Rev H G Green, Geo Clark, G R Tren holm, , Frank Thomas, Johnny Johnson, Mrs Emily Rayford, Mrs Nancy Walker, Miss Lener JeneDs, Miss Alice Loot, Sarah M Graham, Ellen Wilson. W. H. BRUNSON, P. M. Notes from Faifa. MB. EDITOR: AS our section has failed to report for sometime, I will' endeavor to say a few words in behalf of our "hard at work" farmers, who, since the excessive rains, are all smiles. Farms in our immediate vicinity are reported above the average of last year at this season, also are in a better condition, so you see, readers, if our little "spot" is quiet, we all are successfully su perintending our own business. . On the 19th inst, all our busi ness was laid aside, and many of our citizsns were in attendance at the Red Hill commencement, where they were very: .pleasantly entertained. Miss Willie-Hudson, | the principal, justly merits all the praise and compliments the pub lic have bestowed upon her. Red Hill's loss is another's gain, for Miss Willie's place cannot be easily filled. Shem possesses a na tural faculty for controling . a school which seems to win the affection of both pupils and pa trons. Her unassuming, high toned courtesy seems to have gain^ ed the respect of all with whom | she comes in contact. .';- - -' Mr. Rufus Dorn is BtilLyery ill. MrB. M. Bigham, of Antioch, fcas^ been summoned to the bed side of her sick daughter,. Mrs. John C. Whatley. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hammond were the guests of Mr. * and Mrs. M^Timmerm?n last Saturday, -r Thereis a weekly prayer meet ing 'at Whatley's school house which seems td be accomplishing much good. There have been several?courtiti matches around Faifa re?tfce but there seems to be aj?^mean all at a dash. Wh*^ AARON. Capers Light In fantry. a?* *j ?L, - 5M fi esterday was a gala day| with the people from Clarks Hill to Plum-*Branch. The occasion was one of great interest to tjhejpeopje of the vicinity. At ll o'clock the Capers Light Infantry- were in spected by Adjutant and Inspector Greneral Farley, after which the immense crowd partook of a nicely prepared barbecued dinner. Gen. Farley made a speech in the after noon in which he complimented the men highly for their efficiency in drilling and the good condition in which he found their arms. The people generally were much pleased with the speech and it is likely, if he does not get seriously rounded on his rounds, he will have to make terms here before long, but then the General is well versed in the art of peace as well is war and he himself says he has nade a great many "narrow es japes."" The company roll now shows a | membership of over seventy mem bers and there is more to come. 3ome of our best people are taking | great interest in the boys and are ioing all in their power to help them in maintaining an efficient | Organization. The trustees of the Parksville high school have kindly given them permission to uso the iall of the school building as a place nf meeting. Here's to the Capers Light In fantry; long may they exist and prosper. Clarks Hill, June 25. -fe-: Sews from the Delightful Town of Parksville. MR. EDITOR: Parksville i's sit ?ated on the P. R. & W. C. R. R., ibout thirty-three miles from that loted city, Augusta, Ga., and in he upper part of Edgefield county, 3. C., about one and a half miles from the Savannah river. While >ur town will iio^ average'with lome of the larger ones Tn the "State n population, vet we think that ve have it very pleasant here with ill of the advantages, and many nore, toan some towns that .out number us in population. As for .ailroad facilities, we cannot com plain, "for we hav^e fpur- passenge^ [rains^ ??day, JWJP.. nort? Wer two? ?outh, and by taking the north bound train you will make connec tion at a distance of thirty-five miles, with trains going north, and ilso with trains going north, east, south, and west; and'by trains south, at a distance of "thirty-three miles, you arrive in Augusta, Ga., where you have railroad outlets to all paris south, west, north, and east ; ? hence you see very readily that Parksville should make no complaints in this line, except to the county seat, which is a dis tance of about twenty miles, - but having these benefits in the way of railroad facilities-we will not com plain, but resort to the plan of "jtfbvos ITomo" in travelling to that point. Parksville has two stores known as the establishments of our con genial little friend Mr. L. F. Dorn and Messrs. Gilchrist, Hammond & Co., who are also very pleasant in store or out. It has been said that any insti tution will be a paying one if you can get the right men at the helm, and of course when we take into consideration the geography of this upper Edgefield town knowing that the Savannah is so near on the west, also that these gentle men are doing such an extensive business, then we are forced to ac knowledge that the "man makes the business a paying one, and not the business a paying mau. . Again we have a medical prac titioner, who, judging from his general appearance and explana tions of the causes^ of the many pains of the body, is well up with the latest discoveries of medical science, and is an <all-round man in,-1 suppose," every respect, but will not recommend the patroniz ing^ the St?fe'Dispensary, unless it is.absolutely necessary in order to effect a cure of some serious disease. Then we have a very fine insti tution' of'learning for a country -town that haB been presided over for the past two years by the much loved' Mr/G. "B. Toolen, assisted by'his sister and Misses Essie and Anna Jones, but?in the future fora Jtime* by the very popular Miss Willie Hu.lson as principal, who |ijas given such universal satisfac ? tioir^Red Hill Academy. We havb^4go a drug store under the' management^ Mr. T. Whatley, who is -ver^malT-fr stature,... but is a very indusfcjy and accommodating druj|^^ ^ So far as >w is^^ justice, have a very^^; ??8 post of| who>J&?tfp _.see;? that law and] Jjt?ce is meeted out... * One blacksmith and repair shop under the management of Mr. R. Reese, who is ever ready to do your work as good and as cheap as it is possible for it to be doue. There are various other enter prises* wbich^wejWuil not mention in this articlep.but will close for this time* simply stating that here in Parksville we are also blessed with churches,' "one Baptist UL der the pastorate-of th? Rev. Mr. Bus sey, and our:M?tho*dist under the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Berry, who always stand ready to wel come the wayfaying traveller to wards eternity, to membership in the one of his choice. XXX. Parksville, S. C. They Stole a Locomotive. Chicago Ledger. "The most successful, and at the same time, most unique civil service examination I know of, occurred during the war." said S. C. DeLand, of the examining board at the treasury, to a newspa per man. "The Confederacy was very much in need of a railway locomotive in order to operate their supply system,. It was in 1864 and they hajd not the means to buy an engine, so the invaria ble alternative arose-steal one. |] A band of one hundred men was selected from Lee's army and placed under the command of a big six-foot-four Georgian, who j had been m foreman of a stone quarry and was more or less skilled in the use of derricks, etc. 1 He took his men up in Maryland \ and they tore up a section of the j Baltimore and Ohio railway track flagged the next train and with nothing on earth save plenty of tope, those one hundred men carried the locomotive fifty-two miles over hills, across streams, through bogs and woods, until they struck a line the Confederacy had built. Then they ran the engine down to Virginia. When the president of the Baltimore and Ohio heard of the feat he couldn't believe it.-He went out and per sonally inspected the scene; went aver the rout? and declared it the most wonderful feat of engineering aver accomplished. After the war he delegated a man to find the leader of the band. He was located in Georgia. Mr. Garrett sent for bim and on the strength of that single feat made him roadmasler )f. his entire System of Railroads, Lg 'Any man tftat can upi<5k ?up an mgine with fishing lines an'd ?arry it over a mountain has pas 3ed his examination with me,' laid he. ?LOODSHED IN BARNWELL. )ne Man S??ot and Killed and Another Wounded. s . olumbia State. BARNWEEL, July 1.-About mid light last night, S. D. Knopf was hotAndkilled, and R. B. McLe ?ore Blighty wounded by J. Gary )wens,who was temporarily acting j ,s town mashal. *Tt?? coroner's inquest was held n the court house this morning, nd^he. jury rendered the fol owing verdict: "That S. D. Knopf ?ame to his death from the effects >f pistol shot wound, at the hands >f J.*G. Owens ; and so the' jurors iforesaid do say that the aforesaid T. Gi O wen B, in manner ?nd orm?aforesaid, S. D. Knopf then her? feloniously did kill, against ;he ieace and dignity of the Si ate iforesaid." This latter part of the verdie ? is inusual with coroner's juries, but ;he finding Was in accordanc? vkth :he instructions of Coroner H: P. Dyct?es, "ithat if the jury-- deci< ed ?hat the killing was felnous, tfl?y mould say so. The facts as.brought put at the inquest are that about midnight, Knopf was put out of the rear dpor >f^J.?E f urner &Bro's bar. Heswas then under, the. influence of. liqu or, but the.eviderrce is. conflicting as o whether or not he-was creatng any disturbance. At any rate he was arrested by ;Mr. Owens, w io, with the aid.of the night police man, Ii. Br Baxley, attempted to lake him'to the'guadhouse. Agliu the evidence does not agree as j to whether he offered any resistance or not. r y Mr. R. Bl MeLemore, who some say was also intoxicated, offered to put np a money, forfeit forljlr. Knopfs good conduct and Ap pearance before the intendant,this morning.'.'The marshal refused, and succeeded in getting his man to th? guardhouse- door, where ihe shooting occurred. The prisoner was inside the guardhouse YT11 the first shot was fired. One |*?tit ness says this shot was fir^ti jby the deceased, while others assert positively than he did not fire at ail. - .: ' ' j There were three or four fired one of which struck MeLemore just above the temple, inflicting only a wound. Another shot stfuck Knopf in the rightbreast, ragged downward an^odged just j un der thejji^near the left hip.jjBLe n a-few minutes. The ysician that conducted the post rrr-^tf$m% down, or leaning for ward. . - -r' The slayer, the deceased and the wounded man each had pistol. At least two of these were used. The jury seem to think that Owens fired them both. MeLemore asserts that he was shot by his own pistol, Owens having jerked it out of his hip pocket. There was an empty.chamber in Kuopf's pis toi also, but that is said to have been fired yesterday afternoon. Owens gave himself up to the sheriff immediately after the shooting occured. . All of the parties concerned are white. About the only undisputed state ments connected with the affair ire that Knopf is dead, MeLemore is wounded, and that whiskey was it the bottom of the whole trouble-_. _ Let the Rich Bear Their Share of Bardens. >***i Bj A. G. Hajgood, In Indenpendent. One -of the occasions"* of dis content among the masses of corking, people in the United States to-day, say nothing ..of European .countries, 'is the firm conviction poor people have that ;hevery rich do not bear their .hare of the burdens of -govern nent. The General Government derives .ts income from a tariff on im ported goods and the tax, collected Dy the internal revenue depart ment, from certain domestic products, chiefly tobacco and iquors. What proportion of the money ;he tariff laws collect is paid by he laboring class, is more than his writer knows-he suspects ;hey pay most of it ; there are so nany poor people. Experts could jive a rational estimation'if they ;ook the pains. That the laboring )eople pay. most of the internal evenue cannot be questioned; ind this is no honor to them. If he laboring people really knew low much they pay in both forms >f taxation they would at first be tunned; then they would ex )lode. When they do, it will be io small matter for discussion at Linner tables-between courses. When it comes to State, county, ind municipal taxes, workingmen >elieve sincerely and profoundly hat they pay more than their hare. While they believe this their liscontent abides; while they )elieve it every other occasion for nisunderstanding and 'conflict )etween capital and labor is ix?ggarated,Jaud every strife is ex isperated. At such a time as thif ie is silly who is content to leav? inremoved any removable oe ?asion of antagonism1 between la >or and capital. When a very rich man dies and lis will shows his disposition oi nany millions, while the tax listf >nly Bhow that he paid taxes or i hundred thousand or : o, people ;annot be persuade'' ?it he bore lis part of public .dens. Doei my rational ma- ?lieve that he lid? We are told that the very rich is a rule, have their money inves ted in corporations, and that the bead managers return the property of the stockholders and that the tax is paid by the company'* treasurer. Doubtless there is trat! in this statement. But, right or wrong, the massef of the people do not believe thai the great corporations, represen ting millions on millions, dc actually pay into the publie treasury their proportion of the taxes. Does anybody believe it' Do the great corporations believe it themselves If they do pa} their share the men who compose these corporations, of all men iii the world, have reason to make il so plainjhat the people may see it and be sure ot it. For the peo ple do not believe it. They are firmly persuaded that by the arti of bookkeeping and other diplomtic and influential methods the big rich and the great corporation*, pay a great deal less than theil proportion of the taxes necessar) to maintain government and pro tection for the wealthy as well af the poor; and that by bearing lese than their share of public burden* they increase the load of thc "common people" and of the poor who already have more than thej can bear with comfort, who onlj know how to make honest return* of taxable property and pay the amount that comes to them. We are told that many hundred millions are in non-taxable Government bonds. Nobody whe knows what he is talking aboul proposes to tax the bonds issued for the national defense ; but the state ment does not make life's burden less to the poor. All these things aie against the peace we long to see in social or der. They add impulse to the movement that organizes laboj against capital. They are fuel tc the red-hot fire that threaten* social conflagration. ^rn?V^fie'syslem of governmenl and business under whicJ^we~~??ve "makes," by its natural operation "the rich richer and poor poorer,'1 there will be no peace : only a misleading truce now and then as the convenience or neceseitieE of those in conflict may make desirable. It is not in human nature that there should be peace as long as this formula of dis contented labor is true, or as long as the people believe it is true. If it. be true there ought to be no peace till the wrong is righted. When a man goes out of this world owning many millions of dollars up till his last gasp, and the people do not see how and where he pays his proportion of the taxes, so long will discon tented men, so long will just and good men, raise questions that turn the search-lights upon the whole system under which we "do groan, being burdened." \j We may recognize the genius that develops vast industries and wisely handles great properties, and understand full well that such careers add, in an indirect way, to the general' welfare, without so blinding our moral vision as to "call evil good and good evil" against which bad custom ("the fatal Imposture and Force of Words," Rpbert Southey names it) an an?ient prophet thundered as a wrong to mankind ana* an offence to Heaven. Let every man protected by Government pay his share of the expense of government. If A is worth $1,000, and pays one per cent." to government,his tax receipt shows that he paid $10; if B is worth $10,000,000, let his receipt show $100,000. There should be no difficulty about this. A full statement of what B does pay would be interesting and instruc tive readiug. Whether it would be of a pacifying sort would depend upon the text. This discussion does not come within the diameter of the earth's orbit of the Gospel principle that the rich ought to bear a larger , proportion of the cost of civiliza tion than the poor. For some mysterious reason law-makers 3eem to believe that government januot lay one per cent, upon a 3ottage and two per cent, upon a j palace. The principle of ad j valorem se?ms to be considered as a < sort of sacred "ark of the covenant.' 8 But no matter what law-makers believe, or.political economists " teach, the.Gospel law-and this is ] the "law of life, pre-eminently j ivilized life-is plain enough; ?eople should pay in proportion to heir ability to pay*. The Gospel law lays the burden if the percentage of giving on onscience, and guages liberality, tot by what is given, but by what s left ? The poor man with a $1,000 lome and rarely more than $2,000 ncome, paid $10 tax and had ?990 left, pinching all round to ive at-all, and not a dollar for ncrease. And nearly always this >oor man has a houseful of child .en j generally this very rich man rery few. Let an illustration from an ictual case end this paper.. In a Western State is a great land owner -his name could be given if it jerved any useful end-who pays :axea on a hundred thousand acres jf land. It is within a few miles )f a growing and already populous jity. He is allowed-under the prevailing iniquities and rascali ties-to "give this latid in" at $10 per acre ; his selling price for it is ?150 per acre; he is actually ielling twenty acre lots at this rate. When the buyer puts a sabin-costing from $100 to $300 -upon his little twenty-acre home tie is taxed according to the worth af his property ! When the great land-?baron does ?ot actually name the value of his land for taxation, he is practically allowed to dictate "the figure" to the assessor. Why? Because he is rich. This sort of. injustice makes "wise men mad." If one of these poor men took the big man's place and the rich man his? clamors about injustice would rend the skies. St Paul teaches masters to give to their servants that which is "just and eqal." Government should not do less. The inequality of public burdens is at the bottom of the movement towara a "graduated income tax Oxford, Ga. VoungWives Who are for the first time to undergo woman's severest trial we offer "Mothers Friend" A Temedy which, if vsed as directed a few weeks before confinement, robs it of its PAIN, HORROR AND RISK TO LIFE of both mother and child, as thousands ?ho have used it testify. "I used two bottles of MOTHERS FRIEND with marvelous resulte, and wish e^^man who has to pass throng*the ordeal of chi&birth to know if theyw?l use MOTHERS Faianp for a few weeks it w?l rob confinement of finn and Tffj$"?? -^^Bgfe?ffiS?atefi^ Montff?^c/ty, Mo. ' -Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt cf prie*. $1.50 per bottle. Soldby all druggists. Book To Mothers malled free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. BicIimoM & Danville BM Co. -i [SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION. Condensed Schedule, in effect January 17,1893. Trains run by 75th Meridian Time. SOUTHBOUND. Veg.Lim No. 27. Daily No. 9. Daily. No. ?I. Daily. Lv New York.. 4.30PM 12.15nt 4.30PM " Philadelphia 6.57 " 3.50AM 6.57 " Baltimore... 9.45 " 6.50" 9.45 " Washington.12.00 " 11.10 " 11.20 " u Richmond... 3.20AM 3.00PM 3.00AM " Greensboro.. 7.09 ? 10.25 "10.20 " " Salisbury... 8.28 ? 12.28AM 12.05PMj ?J Charlotte j 9.35? T>l J$: " Rock Hill. 3.03 " 2.43 " Chester. 3.44 " 3.28 " Winnsboro. 4.40" 4.20 ArColumb?R? 6-07" W0 Lv Columbia j . 6^5u 6 06 " Johnston. 8.12 " 7.53 " Trenton. 8.28 " 8.08 " Graniteville . 8.55 " 8.36 Ar Augusta. 9.30" 9.15 " Charieston. 11.20 " 10.05 "Savannah. 6.30" 6.30 NORTHBOUND. No. 13. Daily. No. io. Daily. Vet.Lim. No. 38. Daily. Lv Savannah.. 8.00AM 6.40PM ... \" Charleston. 6.00" 6.00" ... "Augusta... 1.00PM 7.00" ... " Graniteville 1.32 " 7.55 " ... " Trenton.... 2.00 " 8.38 " ... "Johnston... 2.13" 8.52" ... ArColumbia I4-00" 10A0" ". LvO0iumDia.. J410 " 10 60 " 4 "Winnsboro. 5.37" 12.26AM ... " Chester.... 6.30 u L23 " ... " Rock Hill.. 8.07 " 2.03 " ... ? Charlotte..!; |Jg * *?* ? 9.20PM j " Salisbury... 9.55 u 8.36 "10.34 " " Greensboro. 11.38AM 10.30 "12.00 " Ar Richmond.. 7.40" 5.30PM... .? Washington. 10.25 " 9.46 " 8.38AM " Baltimore.. 12.05PM 11.35 " 10.08" " Philadelphia 2.20AM 3.00 "12.35" ? New York.. 4.50 " 6.20 " 3.20PM iii I have just opened a stock of beautiful Spring and Summer Millinery at the old stand, Mr. W. H. Turner's store, where I will La pleased to see my friends and the public. My stock consists of all kinds of Millinery goods, Pattern Hats and Novelties. The most Beautiful Lawn Wats, IDA COVAR. Liquor, Morphine, Tobacco, Etc. The liquor, morphine, and chloral liabits absolutely .cured under gu?ran le. Particulars given by Jetter or in person at my office, which is open all lours of the day. .There is no use to go away from lome and spend hundreds of dollars 'or treatment, when you can be cured it home for a much smaller amount. J. GLOVER TOMPKINS, M. D. Edgefield, C. H., S. C. Gun Wanted. A DOUBLE barrel, breech-loading | ri gun, No. 12 hore, broken at grip; ?as a piece of tin c?: each side to hold t. Was traded bj ii man riding a bay lorse, between Aiken county and Greenwood, on June 20th or 21st. A (uitable reward will be paid for same. E. M. LIPSCOMB, Ninety Six, S. C. Bills of Sale and Mortgages of lersonal and real estate for sale at ;he ADVERTISER office. THE KEELEY INSTITUTE. Iwelve Years of Established Merit-A Warning. To THE P?BLIC : As a matter of astice to ourselves and to the rep tation of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley's )ouble Chloride of Gold Reme- ' ies, for the cure of the liquor, pium, morphine, and tobacco dis ases, and Neurasthenia, we warn he public that these remedies are ised by no institution or sanita ium in the United States except ? hosr established by our company, j indei ne uniform name of "The ] Ceeley Institute." All others claiming to use Dr. ; keeley's Remedies or formula? are rauds and impostors. The Keeley Institutes establish d in various parts of the United 5 tates now number ninety, with bree in Europe, where the Keeley treatment is administered and the keeley Remedies sold. We, how ler, caution all to examine well ind know that they are dealing nth genuine representatives, au horized by us, before taking treat nent or purchasing remedies. The misleading establishments ise the name of "Bi-Chloride of }old,".or similar titles. The news lapers often fail to discriminate infficiently to know that they are mitators. This is a matter of pub ic welfare, and hence this waru ng, Respectfully, THE LESLIE E. KEELEY Co., CURTIS J. JUDD, Sec. and Treas. Dwight, 111., Dec. 15,1892. For literature or further infor nation regarding the Keeley Treat ment, address ["HE KEELEY INSTITUTE OF S. C., AT COLUMBIA. THE KEELEY INSTUTE. Endorsed By The. S Govern ment. The efficacy of Dr. Leslie E. Keeley's Double Choloride of Sold Remedies has- been so pub licly acknowledged ?nd thoroughly recognized throughout the civilized world, that tho recent endorsement by the Government removes all questions of doubt as to their virture and genuineness. On February 13, 1892, General 'Wm. B. Franklin, President of the Board of Managers of the National Military Homes for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, authorized a contract with The Leslie E. Keeley Co -for the use of Dr. Keeley's Remedies in the seven Natinal and twenty-one State Homes in the United Statee. General Franklin, in a letter regarding this contract and Dr. Keeley's Remedies, speaks em phatically of "the great good the future has in store for the un fortunate victims of Alcoholism," giving personal thanks to Dr. Keeley for enabling the Board of Managers to treat veterans under their charge.'. For literature or further in formation regarding The Keeley Treatments for l^uor_^_^jiujn^ ^forp^ii-, ^u<i ToSacco" di?eases, please address. THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, . COLUMBIA^' S. C. THE KEELEY Doifi Cile o Gold, HOME TREATMENT. Acceding to the wishes of many physicians and others, Dr. L. E. Keeley has placed the Double Chloride of Gold in the form of a Home Treatment for the benefit of those who, for any reason, cannot avail themselves of the Sanitarium Treatment. Its merits have been fully tested for more than twelve vears, and we have no hesitation in pronouncing it to be what the press has already named "AN INFALLIBLE CUBE FOR DRUNKENNESS." We are prepared to give all cases Bpecial advice and attention by ?orrespondence throughout the treatment and to look closely after 8ach case from beginning to finish ; the object being to save the victim from the Liquor Habit wherever found, and to certainly make a 3ure in every Case to which the Remedy is sent. Nb additional :harge is made for such services. Report blanks are sent with the Remedy for Home Treatment, one )f which the patient is requested ;o fill out every three days and re ;urn to us, which is answered by a personal letter of advice and in ductions. By this system of Re port blanks we keep a close watch >ver the treatment, taking charge )f it from beginning to finish, and ;hus facilitats the cure. The price of the Remedy is $9.00 >er pair, and, being a liquid, must )e shipped by express. For further information address, The Keeley Institute, COLUMBIA, S. C. HY. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE MP> Do yon wear them? When next la need try ? ptit.] Best In the world. If you want afine DRESS SHOE, made In th? latest fyfes, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or 5 Shoe. They flt equal to custom made and look and ear as welt. If yon wish to economize In your footwear, 9 to by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. Nam? and rice stamped on the bottom, look for lt when you buy IT, I>- DOUGLAS, Brockton, KM?. Sold by CT. JVC. O O 33 33 v EDGEFIELD, S.'C. Essex Pigs. ' HAYE five pairs of Essex pigs that . I will sell for $5 per pair. G. W. CROUCH, Trenton, S. C. PBIg ON PATENTS. How to Get 2,500 Dollars for Nothing/ rhe Winner Has a Clear Gift of a Small Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents that may iJring Them In Still more. Would you like to make twenty-five hundred dollars? If you would, read jarefully what follows and you may see a way to do it. The Press Clams Company devotes much attention to pater ts. It has bandied thousands of applications for inventions, but it would like to handle thousands mere. There is plenty of inventive talent at large in this coun try, needing nothing but encourage ment to produce pratical results. That encourgement the Press Claims Company proposes to give. NOT SO HARD AS IT SERMS. A. patent strikes most people as an appallingly formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or Bell ; that 1 e must devote years to delving in complicated mechancial problems and that he must4 spend a fortune on delicate experiments before he can get a new device to a patentablo de gree of perfection. This delusion the company desires to dispel. It desires to get into the head, of the public a clear comprehension of the fact that it is not the great, complex, and expensive inventions that bring the best returns to their authors, but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the things that seem so absurdly trivial that the average citizen would feel somewhat ashamed of bringing them to the attention cf the PatentlOfflce. - Edison says that the profits he has received from the patents on all his marvelous inventions have not been sufficient to pay the cost of his ex periments. But the man who conceived the idea of fastening a bit of rubber cord to a child(s ball, so that it would come back to the hand when thrown made a fortune out of his scheme The modern sewing machine is a miracle of ingenuity-the product of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through a hundred and fifty years, but the whole brilliant result rests upon the simple device of putting the eye of the needle at the point instead of at the other end. THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VALU ABLE.. .?Comparatively rew peoplo \ regard themselves as Inventors, but ?almost everybody has been struck, at one time or another, with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such are ideas dismissed without further thought. "Why don't the railroad company make its car windows so that they can be slid up and down witbout breaking the passengers' backs?" exclaims the traveler. "If I were running the road I would make them in such a way." .'What was the man that made this saucepan thinking of?" grumbles the cook. "He never had to work over a stove, or he would have known how it ought to have been fixed." "Hang such a collar button !" growls the man who is late for breakfast "If I were in the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or gouge put the back of my neck." And then the various,sufferp.r' -gefr*bout their" grievancet and begin to think of something else. If they would sit down at the next convenient bpportuni.y, put their ideas about car windows, saucepana,and collar buttons into practical shape, and then apply for patents, they might find themselves as independently wealthy as the man, who invented the iron umbrella ring or the one who patented^the fifteen puzzle. A TEMPTING OFFER." To induce people to keep track of their bright ideas and see what there is in them, the Press. Claims Company has resolved to offer a prize. To the person whs submits to it the simplest and most promising inven tion, from a commercial point of view, the company will give twenty-five hundred dollars in cash, addition to refunding the fees for securing the patent. zr: ffifl T?!"*.'. It will also ?advertise the invention free of charge. This offer is subject to the following conditions :! Every competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through the company. He must first apply for a preliminary search, tue cost of which will be five dollars. Should this search show his invention to be unpatentable he can withdraw without further ex pense. Otherwise he will be expected to complete his application and take out a patent in the regular way. The total expense, including Government and Bureau fees,will be seventy dollars. For this, whether he secures the prize or not, the inventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The prize will be awarded by a jury consisting of three reputable patent attorneys of Washington. In tending competitors should fill out the following blank, and forward it with their application : "-,-, 1892. "I submit the within described in vention in competition for the Twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company. ?_? NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION. This is a competition of rather an unusual nature. It is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan, all the competitors risking the loss of their labor and the successful one merely [selling his for the amount of the prize. But the Press Claims Company's offer is something entirely different. Each person is asked merely to help himself, and the one who helps himself to the best ad vantage is to be rewarded for doing it. The prize is only a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without it. The architect whose competitive plan fora club house on a certain corner is not accepted has spent his labor on something of very little use to him. But the person who patents a simple and useful device in the Press Claims Company's competi tion' need not worry if he fail to secu-e the prize. He has a substantial result to show for his work-one that will command its value in the market at any time. The plain man who uses any article in his daily work ought to know bet ter how to improve it than the mechanizal expert who studies it only from the theoretical point of view. Get rid of the idea that an improve ment can be too simple to be worth patenting. The simpler the better. The. person who best succeeds in combining" simplicity and popularity, will got tho Press Claims Compay's twenty-five hundred dollars. The responsibility of this company may be judged from the fact that its stock is neld by about three hundred of the leading newspapers of the United States. Address the Press Claims Company, John Wedderburn, managa attorney, 918 F street, N". W. Washington, D. C,