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Edgef ield Advertiser WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14,1894. LOGAb BREVITIES. A cooking school is a new ac quisition to the city of Greenville. Abbeville is making a move to start a large cotton factory at an early day. It is not the right time of the . moon to plant your potatoes. Wait till she is full. Grand Free Balloon Abcensiou and Parachute Jump, at Edgefield, Tuend v, March 27. Peaches and L^conte pears are in bloom. An abundant fruit crop is one of the great desideratums. The Colet?n plan will sweep the State except about three countries Greenville, Union, and one other. Chas. Bell, king of laugh makers, with Col. Hall's shows, Edgefield, Tuesday, March 27. ??.. Capt. J. W. Bunch, the efficient and handsome treasurer of the South Caroliua penitentiary, was in town last week. Col. Cooper, English giant, tall est man on earth, with Col. Hall's Shows, Museum Menagerie, and Racing Hippodrome, Edgefield, , Tuesday, March 27. , Married, at the residence of the [ bride's parents, on Thnrsdav, the ? 8th of March, 1894, Mr. A. E. . Padgett, cashier of the Farmers : Bank, to Miss Cora Reynolds, daughter of Mr. Edgar Reynolds. The next annual Interdenomi- ! national Sunday-School Conven tion of Edgefield county will con- ( vene with Trinity (Luth.) Church on the 2nd and 3rd days of May. ' Programme will appear later. < There- will be a meeting of the ? county executive committee on the | first Monday in April. See Chair- | mau Timmerman's notice here- | with. The machinery is about to j get in motion. The hosts of reform are beginning to rally. ^ We are inclined to believe thai < "living grace" is more essential < than "dying grace," for if a person \ has "grace" to live within his own < means and pay his honest debts, j he can discount his need of "dying grace" at least 99 per centum. The latest racket is that sweet > potatoe vines make good salad. ( The experiment has been tried at 1 an agricultural experiment station I and the announcement made that i they make the loveliest greens!- j there were not any grass-hoppers ] "settin"' on 'em. The Hon. W. J. Talbert is ex- ? pected to make a visit to his home j at Parksville this week. Jas has j done faithful work in Congress j this session and hi3 constituents appreciate it, and although it's h's first term he never hesitates to jump on the biggest man there when it is necessary. ( "Are you the judge of repro- \ bates?" said an old lady as she ( walked into Judge Holleman's ? office. "lam the Judge of Probate," t was the reply. "Well, that's it," ( quoth the old lady. "You see, my i husband died .letested a::d left me ( several little infidels, and I want ? to be their executioneer." i The Greenville News says: lt. < seems rather curious that to this time no man of the 30,000 who ? voted for Sheppard and Orr in 1892 has been caught violating the < dispensary law. We don't claim ( that our fellows are too good for < that kind of a thing, but they must < be smarter than the others. ' ] "? don't believe in those secret 1 societies," Baid one lady to an- { other. "That's very singular," re plied the other. "Your husband is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and a Knight of Honor, and you will have at least .$10,000 when, he dies." "But what good does all that do me?" was the tearful re- ' spouse, "when he never dies?" and the poor creaton burst into tears. The accounts given iu the New6 and Courier, The Stale, and Reg i-?ter concerning Butler's speech at this place on the 1st Monday in March were very dissimilar. The News and Courier and The State made it appear that the meeting was an enthusiastic one for Butler, while the Register represented it as a kind of frigid zone tempera ture. To commence lying 60 early in the campaign isn,t good form. A young Edgefield gentleman addressed a young Edgefield lady recently, but at the time he said to her "I don't press foran answer now. I will give you three weeks 1 to think about it." Bullo! already many moons have waxed and waned and he has not yet come back for the answer. This young gentleman is very absent-minded, and therefore the young lady need not despair of his ultimate return. See School Commissioner Daven port's notice, in this issue, of the time and place of examination of applicants to teach in our public schools. Under the Tillman regime the standard of requirements for teaching in the public schools has been raised from year to year, so that the fact that a person re ceived a first grade certificate last year is no assurance that he will receive one this year. A colored teacher in this county who re ceived a first grade certificate year before last received only a second grade certificate las' year. At this next examination it is possible he will get a third grade certificate or drop out altogether-lag entirely superfluous on the stage. Queen, the big elephant, and her Tiny Baby with Hall's shows, at Edgefield, Tuesday, March 27. Till if? Showers,, the World's Greatest. Infant Equestrian with Col. G. W. Hall's shows, Tuesday, March 27. It is a notorious fact that the re cent sleet and snow melted much sooner around the town of Edge field than auywhere else in the county. Mr. Stan Ryan, of Horns Creek says the dispensary did it. H. 0. Moyer, an estimable young gentleman of Aiken county, has moved into Edgefield county in the Ridge Spring section. Mr. Moyer married a Miss Herrin of that neighborhood. Bills of sale, lieus for rent and advances, mortgages, titles, a new lot, for sale at this office. We have a lien in stock the verbiage of which, dictated by a distin guished lawyer of the Edgefield bar, is guaranteed to hold a nigger, a male, or an eel. There are some who think mixed breeds are better than thorough breds. To accommodate those I have crossed a choice lot of Silver Laced Wyaudott hens, (too light for the show room and the breed ing pen) with Golden Laced Wyan dotts and Barred Plymouth Rock Cocks. Eggs 75 cents per dozen, cash. Address, W. D. Ouzts, Elm wood, S. C. This is worth testing, says au exchange: Ask your friend if he or she were born in the day time or the night., If they cannot tell you, tell them to clasp their hands with their fingers interlaced and yon will tell them. Now some peo ple will do this by bringing the right thumb over the left, and all such were born at night. The same person always doeB the samf way. You will find that th* person who clasps the left thumb over will un nably express surprise that any mc would do it otherwise. Col. Hall's Railroad Shows. This show travels in its own special train. Bring the children JO see the street parade, grand free balloon ascension, and Queen, the )ig elephant, and her tiny bhby, at Edgefield. Tuesday, March 27. Leaves for New York. Mr. Alvin Hart, senior paitner )f the firm of A. Hart & Co., and )f the firm of E. B. Hart & Co., cv-i 11 leave for New York on Tues day of next week to buy spring ind summer goods for both firms. ?Vbner Perriu Camp. There will be a meeting of th? \bner Per in Camp at Edgefield )n the first Monday in April, the purpose being to elect delegates to ;he Birmingham, Ala., reuuion, vhich takes plac^ on the 25th of April. Pedlers, Hide Out! In another column we publish ;he rates fixed by the County Com nissioners for the pedler privi eges in this county. This em baces foot pedlers and horse ped ers, orgau pedlers, and Bowing nachine pedlers, in fact almost my kind of pedler you can im agine. L/'lub Meetings. Wise Township Democratic Club viii meet at Horns Creek on Satur lay, the 24th inst., to elect dele gates to the April conference. Let he other Democratic clubs in the jounty act promptly, call meetings, md s'Mid up their best men. Tin ier the constitution, as we under stand it, each club is entitled to ?ne delegate for every twent}'-fi*'e members and one delegate for ?very majority fraction thereof. Hogs on Horns Creek. Among the returns made to Au ditor HaPiwanger a gentleman of he Horns Creek section returned me hundred hogs as owned by him Dil the 1st day of January. Remom ber this is only the hog item ; we bave HD doubt that at this date he has in addition about eleven hun dred pigs, and when on some windy March afternoon those pigs* and their mothers and fathers, each with a little bush in its mouth begin to squeal, Horus Creek val ley becomes a periect bedlam, a pandemonium. We envy the owner of the pigs, but not the squeals. Advertised Letter*. Remaining in the postofnee at Edgefield CH., Feb. 28th, 1894: Gus Butler, Miss L Brown, Harry Collens, Miss Q Coleman, B A Cheattel, Mrs G H Drem ay M A Edge, Mrs R Delange, Abr'ra Edwards, Bellar Etherage, David Griffin, Mrs M S Gamble, R L Hading, Mrs N Garrett, Hauibal Mathis, Mrs E Hawkins, Israci McFarlin, Mrs Ellen Moore, \V Montgomery, Mary S Parks, W M M:!ller, Miss F Readick, J F Roberts. Miss S Laud. J P Wells, Miss RStrunile, Wilbur Brown, Susie Tanksley, Miss M Busses, Miss M Weis->. Mrs Edua Brown, Thc Fanners Bank. In another column we publish the statement of The Farmere Bank of Edgefield. This state ment shows up an eight per cent dividend for the year ending March 2nd, 1894. Besides this, there are undivided profits of $5,805.15. So that stockholders, in addition to their annual dividends p:tid to them in cash, have still left in the bank to the credit of their stock more than ten per cent. Four an nual dividends of eight per cent each make thirty-two per cent. Add this to the ten per cent above men tioned and you have forty-two per cent made for stockholders since the establishment of this bank and they still own the stock togo on earning dividends. To illustrate : If stock in the Farmers Bank had been pound cake, each stockholder could truth fully say in regard thereto, that he had eaten nearly half of his cake, had as much left 'is he had before he took the first bite, and the more he "chawed" it the gooder it gets. Weather for I ebruary. Weather Observer C. A. Long, of Trenton, sends us the following data of the weather for the month just ended : Monthly mean temperature, 58.S Maximum temperature, 73, date 3rd. Minimum temperature 24. date 25th. Total precipitation 6.61 inches. Greatest daily precipitation 2.40 inches, date 25th. Prevailing direction of wind, south. Number of clear days 5, cloudy days 6, fair days 17. Number of rainv days, 9. Sleet 24th and 25th, 4f inches deep. Dr. B. C. Flowor, of Boston. We publish elsewhere an article regarding Dr. R. C. Flowers won derful and seeming miraculous cures. His patients are numerous in South Carolina as they are through all the Southern States. Dr. Flower recently visited Savan nah and Augusta, Ga., but so great were the crowds that he was unable to see near all who called to. see him, consequently he has arranged to visit again these cities on the following dates: De Soto Hotel, Savannah, Tuesday, March 20th. Arlington Hotel, Augusta, Wed nesday and Thursday, March 21st and 22nd. This will give the sick who ma}' wish to consult him a chance to do so close to their homes. Bargains ! Bargai ns ! Don't forget the millinery open ing at the Racket Store on next Wednesday and Thursday, the 21st and 22nd. Scrim, for window curtains. 6/, worth 12$/. Calicoes, Simpson & Hamilton's best make, at 5/. Dozen lead pencils, 5/. Handkerchiefs, 4/, up. Linen Collars, 7/. Suspenders, 5/ to a magnificent article at 75/. Pins and Needles, ]/. Torchon Lace, 1/ yard up. Baggy whips, 26/ to 50/ for rawhide whips. Splendid Gents' shoes, $1.59. Ladies' tip-top shoe, Cummiug's make, $1.44. $2.09 gets a $3.50 Ladies' shoe. Gents' Cordovan shoes, $1.99, usually at $4.50. Millinery opening at the Racket Store on Wednesday s nd Thurs day next, the 21st and 22nd of March. Miss Lizzie Hickey, of Baltimore, io charge. CORRESPONDENCE [For the ADVERTISER. A FLEET-FOOTED BOY. The Dispensary Law Good Far Better Than the Old Time Methods of Distributing Liquid Damnation. MR. EDITOR: News in this vicin age is like unto Choty's presi dential aspirants, scarce, indeed. Nothing out of the line of the usual routine of life to break the monotony. Not even a little "snake bite remedy" to make us feel that we are "lords of ali we survey." Since the establishment of the dispensary, "snake bite" is quite scarce with us, which 'ie a God send, not only to us, but to the State at large physically and morally. All Christians and right thinking people BO?* and acknowl edge that sixty places of dispensing whiskey with its strict require ments is far better than one thous and bar rooms with their damna ble allurements which bring so many of our young men to poverty, shame, and disgrace. The mantle of whiteness which lately covered '.he earth gave our grain a golden hue, but perhaps destroyed the fly of which some of your subscribers complained. Little Joe Doolittle, a lad of perhaps twelve years, is the hero of the day. On the day of the ar rest of Zack Collier, an ex-convict, and his accomplice, accused of ourglary and larceny, Joe went with a party of men to capture the first named prisoner. The negro, on some false-pretence, asked to be allowed to get something from his house. When inside he made haste to get out of a rear window, and gave the men a race, lt was here that little Joe showed his worth. After running some distance Joe saw that the men were beginning to fag, and set about to overtake the negro, which he did in short order, and as soon as he was near enough grabbed the burly negro by thr -^at-tail and held on until the negro made an attempt to strike when he would let loose and grab again. This was repeated until the negro was completely worried down by the little fellow. The men followed as fast as their tired legs would carry them and at last caught up with Joe and his captive, who coul'' no longer run with the boy swinging from the extremity of his coat. Joe in ono respect remintls us of The little dog whose name was Jack He could run Ave miles and never look back. We therefore recommend little Joe to Gov. Tillman to run down blind tigers. RIP V. WINKLE. Faifa, S. C. FEEE COINAGE OF SILVER. Lei the Democratic Party Carry Out Its Pl ed ge.-An Edgefield Farmer Reviews Demo cratic Legislation. Angosta Chronicle. EDGEFIELD, S. C., March 5.-Ed itors Chronicle : My communica tion will be one of inquiry more than anything else, especially as I am a plain backwoods farmer of Edgefield. But when we look at the politi cal and social status of our coun try, verily, "it is a condition aDd not a theory that confronts us." When wheat is selling in the Wes tern markets for oOcts. per bushel, and thousands starving right in the midst of plenty, cotton selling at 7cts. per pound, and the people of the South not able to buy cloth ing, the Secretary of the Treas ury of the United States issuing millions more of debt; is it a wonder that you are so often asked what is the cause of hard times? Previous to Mr. Cleveland's sec ond administration he certainly at tributed it to the tariff (and no doubt it worked its share) for if there was any one measure that he should have called Congress to gether in extraordinary session to consider it was "Tariff Reform," but ere the ides of May were upon us, you could see from the daily pressthat Congress was to bo con vened, and for what purpose? To legislate upon the tariff? No ! No ! ! The President in his message to Congress did not mention tariff reform, or if he did, it was of mi nor importance ; but it, was to leg islate on money. Would the President try and make the average citizen believe that the tight times took place be tween the day of his inaugural and the time he convened Congress in extraordinary session? It cer tainly would look ?o, but Mr. Edi tor, these tight times have been coming for years past, the farmers have felt them for a long time and for something better, the sub treasury plan was advanced, but they were "laughed to scorn." Gradually, however, these tight times kept advancing until they permeated every class of the busi ness world, the pressure was so great that there was the general cry that we needed legislation on the money question, (the very thing the farmers had asked for, but in a different shape) and what was the result? That in less than six months after Mr. Cleveland was inaugurated he had Congress as sembled to legislate on the money question to relieve the "tightness of the times." Unconditional repeal of the Sherman act was the fiat sent forth. This infamous law, they said, was the cause of all of our woes. After about a hundred days of hard Congressional fighting the Sherman act was repealed. Now, they said we would see the country prosper as never before. I was forcibly reminded of the debate of the futures bill in the last Con gress. Just kill the Hatch bill, and you will eoe cotton, wheat, and other farm products go right up, tho bill was killed and cotton went rigbt]dowu. The Sherman act was repealed, but did the easy times come, did money become plentiful? Who would doubt for a moment that the Secretary of the Treasury thought, after the passage of the repeal bill, he would be forced to issue bonds? The resu'.t, sir, proves how wide of the mark they were. From a Southerner's stand point, when the President convened Con gress on the financial question ho struck the right measure but the wrong key, as subsequent events proved. Silver naturally occupies its place as a standard of value in the commercial world. Since the time Abraham weighed out the stipula ted amount of silver to Ephraim to pay for the last resting place of his beloved ?vife, silver has occu pied its place in the commercial world as a measure of value. The Creator of all things deemed it a a fit medium of exchange and we of modern times will try and try tn legislate it out of existence, but like Newton's law of gravitation, (i. e., the rock thrown up will re turn to the earth,) so with silver, The gold influence can legislate, put it in thc background, but of its own inherent strength it will force itself to thc front-like Ban ques ghost. The gold that is mined will not near do the business of tne world. The Earl of Kimberly, who is now President of the Indian Council, without any warning closed the Indian mints to silver, at the very time our Congress was being call ed in extra session, and to the un prejudiced mind it would look as if it was done to have its influence on Congress soon to meet, and may have done so. What was the re sult? Did India's trade increase? Did her commerce grow? How has it been in the ?uited States? If we are to believe the daily press the trade in Iridia rubber un der the new dispensation became stagnant; the India Council got into deep water with their council draughts, and it looks now that af ter eight month's triai they will be forced to open the mints again. You take China and India vith their countless numbers of popu lations, and the rapid strides to wards civilization ?hey are mak king, irwill take ali the silver and gold too, and more besides, to do the vast business that will be car ried on. England gives silver a black eye whenever she can possibly do so. Why? Why is it that both politi cal parties of England hold the samo financial views? Being the largest creditor power by far on the globe, if she controla the gold andean force gold obligations, it gives her a peculiar trip on the fi nancial reins of the world. Is'it a wonder England wants the United States to measure by her yard stick when she has more than fif teen billions invested in this coun try? If I am correctly informed, about seven-tenths of the civilized world now uses silver as a standard, just suppose now that they were forced to change to the gold stand ard, what would be the result? We would have the greatest revolu tion known to history, or the peo ple would be burdened with obli gations that infinite time would never enabl? them to pay. With all the hostile legislation to silver, Mexico with her silver standard, has wonderfully maintained her credit, and sustained her business relations. Let the gold standard be adopted there, and the people would be up in arms in twenty four hours. Values would tum ble like water falling overa preci pice. Strike down silver, and a the same time, down goes your cotton .and your wheat; we have only to com pare the figures to see how forcibly this is illustrated. I have never known why Secretary Carlisle is sued fifty millions of gold bonds; we hear so much about the de cyse in the gold reserve, was it tojfill up the gap? Suppose anoth er inroad is made in the gold re serve, guesi? another fifty millions will be placed on the people's shoulders. It seems to be the law to give an individual (the Secreta ry of the Treasury), the power to contract obligations without con sulting either bfanch of Congress, or anyone else? This isa great country of ours; her products cannot be equalled in the world, but when we see all of the ??oney concentrated in one section of it, something is obvious ly wrong. You take the two great political parties of thiscountrp, and, on fi nancial questions, they are hand in glove with the East, as opposed to the South and West. There is ple"nty of money, but we must look to them, who can make times easy, or bring on a panic at will, and the recent session of Congres? ma terially aided them. If statistics are true the ratio of money per capita has been great ly reduced in the last twenty years. Let us suppose that we have the free coinage of silver. Could not the law be framed so that all out standing obligations should be paid in gold that the contract call ed for? This would forever put at rest the argument of the gold men that tney would be paid in dishon est money. But all succeeding contracts could be redeemed in either gold or silver. You would certainly see no mere gold bonds issuec as we have just had. Of course with the credit the United States haB, the gold standard could be maintained for a long time, but it would prove an everlasting bur den to the people. The producer will find his products gradually cheapened, his burdens gradually grow heavier, but we cannot tell exactly why it is. Talk about over-production be ing the cause of our evils, when throughout the length and breadth of cur land you hear the cry ot starvation ! During the Exposition in Chicago la?it fall I was forcibly struck with this state of affairs, when I saw congregated on the laka front three or four thousand men demanding bread; no work, no money, starvation. At tho same time wheat was cheaper than ever known. One person tells us we don't work enough, and another that it is over-production, and so it goes. The Democratic party owes it to the people to carry out the free coinage plank in its platform. Let it fulfill its obligations to the peo ple even though the bill meets its death in another quarter. The party will not be handicap ped by it, but if itdoos not, it will go into the campaign with dead weight to carry. R store to silver the place it naturally occupies in the financial world, and wc will see that factories will start up, work shops open, and starvation will pass from among us. A new era will dawn upon us, new life will spring from the old soil and peace, progress and prosperity will reign in our land. T. R. 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X X FOE SALE BT DEUGGIST3. i JACOB'S PHARMACY CO., Wholesale Agents, Atlanta, Ga.,^ A BUGLE BLAST To the Reformers of Edgefield Co.: YOU are requested to hold meetings in your respective oiuo precincts and select the usual number of dele gates to attend a meeting to convene at Edgefield on Monday, April 2nd, at ll o'clock A. M., to consider matters of grave importance to the Eeforin Move ment, and, if thought advisable, to elect one or more delegates to a State Conference under the "Colleton Plan," a member of a State campaign com mittee, etc., etc. In case of failure to hold a meeting at any club pveeinct, representative Reformers from the bounds of said clubs are requested to attend the meet ing aj Edgefield. J. M. Gaines, L. W. Reece, P. B. Waters, B. W. Rushton, C. M. Williams, B. B. Evans, S. B. Mays, J. W. Seigler, D. R. Durisoe, L. V. Claxton, J. W. Edwards, J. II. Edwards, W. L. Stevens, R. B. Watson, P. B. Edwards, W. IL Stall worth,Sr A. D. Timmerman, B. L. Caughman, P. B Lanham, J. G. Mobley, T. G. Lanham, A. D. Bates, N. G. Evans, T. A. Pitts, D. P. Lagrone, J. II. Tillman, J. H. Lagrone, DrWP Timmerman J. B. Adams, P. X, Lott, I). J. Bruce, L. J. Williams, T. IL Rainsford, P. B. Mayson, J. W. Hardy. J. T. Parks. to THU County Commissioners of Edge field county, pursuant to an act of thc General Assembly of South Caro lina made and approved the 20th day ot' December, 1S!>3, have by resolution of said board imposed the following License fees upon pedlers doing busi ness in the county of Edgelield, State of South Carolina, to wit : License for Sewing Machine Pedlers.?.?j io 00 License for Foot Pedlers. 10 00 License for Pedlers with team, (one horse,}. 20 00 License for Pedlers with team, (two horses,). 40 00 Pedlers of Stoves and Ranges.. 100 00 Pedlers of Lightning Rods.... 100 00 Pedlers of Clocks. 50 00 Pedlers of Organs and Pianos.. 50 00 License must be obtained from the Cleric of the Court of Common Pleas for Edirefield county. Said license good until the 31st day of December, 1894. Done this the 0th day of March 1894. J. A. WHITE, D. W. PADGETT, J. W. BANKS, C. C. E. C. J. D. FEASEH, Clerk of Board. ll THE Democratic Executive Commit tee of Edgefield county is hereby ordered to meet at Edgefield on the first Monday in April prox., to take some preliminary steps towards the organization of the Democratic clubs. W. H. TMMERMAN, Chair W. A. STROM, Sec'ty. Teachers Examination SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, EDGEFIELD, S. C., March ll. 1S94. NOTICE is hereby given that there will be an examination of appli cants to teach in the public schools on Friday, the 20th of April, prox. White applicants will be examined in the School Commissioner's office, Parker building. Colored applicants will be examined in the court-house. The standard for the different grades has been raised since the last examina tion, and applicants will do well.to bear this in mind. M. B. DAVENPORT. S. C. E. C. PATEN TS. NOTICE TO INVENTORS. There was never a time in the his tory of our country when the demand for inventions and improvements in the arts and sciences generally was so great as trow. The conveniences of mankind in the factory and work shop, the household, on roe farm, and in official life, require continual ac cessions to the appurtenances and implements of each in order to save labor, time, and expense. The political change in the administration of the government does not affect the progress of the American inventor, wi o being on the alert' and ready to perceive the existing deficiencies, does not permit the affairs of government to deter him from quickly conceivingthe remedy to overcome existingdiscrepencies. Too great care can not be exercised in choos uga competent and skillfully attor ney to prepare and prosecute an ap plication for patent. Valuable intersts have been lost and destroyed in in numerable instances by the employ ment of incompetent counsel, and especially is this advice applicable to those who adopt thc "No patent, no pay*'system. Inventors who entrust their business to this class ol' attorneys do so at imminent risk, as thc breadth and strength of the patent, is never considered in view of a quickrndcavor to get an allowance and obtain tin fee then due. TUE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn, General Manager, 018 h" street, X. \\\, Wash ington, D. C.. representing a large number of important daily and weekly papers, as well as general periodicals of the country, was instituted to pro tect its patrons from the unsafe methods heretofore emnloyed in this line of business. The said Company is prepared to take charge ol'al I patent business entrusted to it tor reasonable fees, and prepares and prosecutes ap plications generally, including mechanical inventions, design patents trademarks, labels, copyrights, inter ferences, infringements, validity re ports, and gives especial attention to rejected cases. It is also prepared to enter into competition with any firm in securing foreign patents. Write for instructions and advice. Joux WEDDERBURN, 61S F Street, P. O. Box 385. Washington, D. C. Edgefield Hussars! THERE will be a mounted drill of the troop at the pavilion on Satur day, March 17th. By order S. B. MAYS, Captain. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD. /. C. LEVY & CO., TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA.. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING; The largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry groods whic.i are not only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, Style, and f.r.isll, gratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we aim to make our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest customers Polite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO., TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA This is the season that tests the quality of Shoes. If they are made from GOOD material, solid inner soles, and well oiled uppers tney will stand. If paper and "com position'l go to "their make up" it is impossible to hr ve satisfaction in the wear, and your money is worse than wasted in purchasing "shoddy" goods. We are now well equipped to meet the demand For Good Shoes ! Our extra large spring purchase is coming in. Yon can always find a good assortment^ low prices at rs ffeaoprt JOHN R. SCHNEIDER Successor to E. R. SCHNEIDET}, -IMPORTER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IX file Wines, Branfl?es, Mies, Gin, Porter Ale, Mineral Walr, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. All orders for Priyate or Medical use shall have ruy prompt and areful attention. Agent for Veuve-Clicquot Pontardin Urbana Wino Company, An leuser-Bnsch Brewing Association. 601 and 802 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. i O-AJXTES MILLS, Pratt ii Aiosta Coin Gins ni Presses. tarp stocK of Eignes, CQea eeoc oed. IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, G-A.. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Get our Prices before you buy. ;The New York World" One Year, WEEKLY EDITION, The "COLUMBIA" WATCH, AND "The Edgefield Advertiser" ?ALL F0R $3.50. $1,00 $3,00 THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WORLD is the Leading American paper, and is the largest and best weekly printed. THE COLUMBIA WATCH is an ex cellent time-keeper, with clock move ment, spring in a barrel, steel pinion, clean free train and a good timekeeper. It is 2? inches in diameter, i3'2 inches thick, and requires no key to wind. THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER is thc best and strongestJocal paper in this vicinity. We thus furnish thc Time and alloha news up to time for one year for $3.50. Send your order with above price to the ADVER TISER office and the watch and papers will be forward ed at once-_ THIS BEAUTIFUL CLOCK, Oak or Walnut, 8 Day, 1-2 Hour Strike, This Clock is handsomely finished throughout, and is guaranteed strictly first-class in every respect, and a good time keeper. A tcritten guar antee for 12 months goes with every Clock. Sent to any ad dress on receipt of price, lt must be shipped by freight or express, as it is 20 inches high and 12 inches broad. And don't forget that I have the finest line of 1 Jewelry, Silverware, Al OPTICAL GOODS Of every description in this section. PRICE S AT Till; BOTTOM AND QUALITY" AT THE TOP. SOLID SILVER WATCHES, Stem Wind and Set, from $5.00 up. GOLD FILLED WATCHES, Stem Wind and Set, Warranted 15 years, from $8.50 up. SOLID GOLD, according to weight and quality. I seid the genuine and original 1847 ROGERS BROS. SILVER WARE. Call and see me, or write for prices, or anything in my line. H. W. JOHNSON, GREENWOOD, S. C. At Durst & Co.'s Store.