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Edgefield Advertiser WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1894. L0GAL2 BREVITIES. Next Sunday is April Fools day. Capt. Geo. B. Lake, we regret to state, is ill with pneumonia. Four or five candidates will make the race for County Supervisor in this county. Hold down the acreage in cotton to reasonable limits. Let this be the shibboleth for 1894. There will be a meeting of Hol lingsworth Alliance next Saturday. See notice in this issue. The McCormick New= has gone down and the McCormick Tele gram has come up in its place. The Edgefield County Alliance will meet on Friday, April 13th. See Secretary Mays's notice here with. Instigated and seduced by the warm, spring-like weather sundry farmers in this community have already planted cotton. If a frost should come now would it clean up the fruit, in cluding blackberries? Later-It came, saw, and conquered. This has been the most pleasant March we have ever experienced. There was little wind and many warm, sunny, delightful days. Clevelaud, the Democrats, and sugarcrats in Congress are playing havoc with the Wilson tariff bill; and playing the d-1 generally. Dr. Gwaltney's school, the small er children, celebrated Easter Eve by an egg hunt in the Academy grove, which they seemed to enjoy hugely. Presiding Elder Hodges will preach at Rehoboth, Leesville cir cuit, March 31 and April 1 ; at Ridge Spring, April 7 and 8; at Vaucluse, April S. Rev. J. N. Booth, of Union, formerly pastor of the Edgefield village Baptist Church, bas started a paper at his present home called "The Little Helper." Plentv of alligators are reported at Crofts on Old Tumblin'. They are raising 'em there to sell to the durn Yankees and to make 'em think they are in Florida. Aiken had a big sensation last week in the closing of the Aiken County Loan and Savings Bank by the United States Court and the appointment of a temporary receiver. The amount of money which will come to Edgefield county by reason of the gaining by the State of the railroad tax cases will amount to somewhere near seven thousand dollars. Dogwoods are in bloom, white oaks are full of leaves, hickory nut trees are budding, and a whip-poor will has hollered-and yet there are people who predict we will have more cold weather, frosts and blizzards. Easter Sunday was so dark and gloomy that Edgefield's fair dames and dcmoisselles were not able or willing to don their Easter at tire, but next Sunday will reveal it all unless that day should also be inclement. To County Commissioner Joe Banks is due it is said, the big license tax on lightning rod ped lers in this county. Joe says if you take the spangles off the top of the lightuing rod you've got the whnli thing. Last Thursday, March 22nd, was the warmest day that has ever oc curred in that month in Edgefield within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. The thermometer registered on that day, as its max imum, 84 degrees. Easter Sunday was entirely un favorable to the display of Easter suits and hats. Yet the rain that disappointed so many feminine hearts was very refreshing to vege tation. The flowers and grass and fruit trees seemed to drink it in with an exuberance of joy, so to speak. The examination of applicants to teach, which will take place on April 20th, will be more thorough and searching than ever before. In accordance with a. recent resolu tion of the State board, Algebra and English literature will be in cluded in the examination, that is for first grade certificates. The Farmers' Mutual Fire In surance Company of Edgefield offers in this issue a reward 0f $100 for the miscreant or mis creants who burned Mr. J. M. Dom's stables and alike amount for the capture and conviction of the party or parties burning Mr. P. W. C. Posey's mill and gin. Bud Russell says that the corn whiskey that you get from the dis pensary tastes like it has ripe mel low apples in it. He says that Gov. Tillman drops a big, ripe, red, mellow apple in every barrel of corn whiskey that he ships to Edgefield. He knows this because once when in Columbia "ho caught him at it." The board of equalization pub lishes in another column the pro ceedings of that body at a recent session. It reads very well, We don't see any objection to these proceedings except the reduction of bank assessments in this count)' to 66ft per cent, of the par value ol their stock. Of course this won't hold water. Thirty-seven of the show pei were billetted at the Edgel Hotel. Miss Irene Mobley, of the Bank section, is visiting her a' Mrs. 0. Sheppard in Buncomb The reformers will hold tl nominating convention about middle of May, from all accou You will no go blind if you 1 at Ramsey & Bland's splen stock of blind bridles, just recer Big stock Saddles, all prices, j received at Ramsey & Blan Will almost make your pa laugh to ride on one of them. Out in Illinois a wife secu a divorce because her husbi threw the baby at.her when hit him with a coal bucket spitting on the stove. The Aiken Times says : The maud for stone from the Edgefi quarry has become so great t trains are now hauling it over C. 0. G. C. road both day ? night. Yes, and some day wi the government has filled up Atlantic ocean with Edgefield r< the Edgefield rock quarry will come a source of revenue and I means of building our town ci ward, and it might be a good pl to organize an Edgefield Rc Quarry Co., even now, with a vi to making a fulfilment of sud promise. Hampton Club. There will be a meeting of t reform members of Hampton Cl in the court-bouse at 4 P. M. Friday of this week. Bo light Out Mr. Waits. Messrs. J. M. Jones & Son ha purchased of Mr. A. R. Waits Y stock of hardware, etc., and w hold forth at tho same stand-tl Cobb corner. Hafer Drap Him. An old ramracker writes u "One year ago I told Jas wewou hat'er drap the Bub-treasury. Ni I say we will hat'er drap Clevelan They tell me the Columbia Sta has drapped him, and when th paper draps anything, hit ned drappin' powerful bad." Cotton Predictions. The prediction is freely mai that cotton will go up 2 cen within the next sixty days. A Ne York firm is holding 20,000 bal for the rise, but we would not ai vise anyone to plant a big crop < cotton on a New York man's jud ment. Up to the Neck. From conversations with fare ers from different portions of tl county, we gather ihat they a: full of hope and determination I make a spoon or 6poil a horn th year in their farming operation Whether it be the early spring < the fine grain prospects, one ( both, that make them so joyous! anticipant, wo do not know. Bi so it is, they are full up to the nee and running over. The Tightest Wrestle. The tightest wrestle in Edgefiel county as between Butler and Til man will be in old Meriwethe Township, the township in whic both have their legal residence an the most of their property. Thi is the township in which Sheppar and Tillman had the hardest strug gie, Tillman coming out ahea by only eight voles. The indies tions now are that Tillman i slightly ahead of Butler in thi township, and we get this by a accurate count of noses. A Wise Beast. The big elephant belonging t Hall's shows which exhibited her on Tuesday is evidently a judge o good flour. While the deliver wagon of J. M. Jones & Son wa at tho depot on the morning name? being loaded with flour, this hug beast made for it. The negro driv* seeing this mountain of flesh ap proaching with snout up, "lit out to parts unknown. Whereupoi his elephantine majesty deliber at ely went up to the wagon and ea up two fifty-pound sacks of thi famous Obelisk flour. Of any othe brand it is probable that one sacl would have sufficed. However Epps Norris says Bhe would hav< eaten a barrel of it had it beer Omega. Fruits and Vegetables. Fruits and vegetables in Edge field county must have been badly damaged by the freeze of Mondaj night, although the leaves on the peaches and peaiswere some pro tection. Specnl dispatches to the daily papers of Tuesday morning say : "In the fruit sections of mid dle and southern Georgia peaches, plutus, and pears, early vegetables and watermelons have been en tirely destroyed by last night's front. This means a loss of mil lions of dollars to these sections." The worst feature of the business is that the indications are for an other frost to-night. In this con nect ion we quote from an inter view with Mr. *P. J. Berckmans of Fruilland Nurseries: "Mr. Berck mans Baid the fruit trees were so far advanced that he did not any how apprehend that frost could do so much damages as tho leaveB would greatly protect the buds. He stated that if there was a frost the truck Tanners and gardeners would suffer heavy losses, for their early vegetables would be destroy ed. The strawberry growers in the county, admonished by the predic tions and by the chango in the weather, took the precaution yes terday to protect their plants by having "them covered with straw. It ie to be hoped that there was no frost last night of any consequence. The cold wave has been much more severe in the upper part of the 1 State than it has been in this sec 1 tion. Mr. Berckmans last night received a telegram from Rome, . Ga., saying That all the early fruit ; and garden crops in that section : had been killed by a heavy frost that had fallen the night before. The Grain Crop. The returns as to the effect of Monday nightrs,freezeon the sniuil grain crop in Edgefield county re no?, all in at tbis writing. But enough has been learned to indi cate that, where wheat was in the boot and oats heading out some damage was done. How much we cannot say. These disasters are always exaggerated, and we are sure no considerable damage has been done as yet to this crop. Bf g Creek Club. The Big Creek Democratic Club met on Saturday, March 24th, and elected the following delegates to attend the County Convention on April 2nd: S. W. Sample, Joe Riddlehoover, R. C. Clary, and L B. Blease. The delegates were instructed to vote for a nominating convention. S. W. SAMPLE, Pres. M. M. PAYNE, Sec'ty. The Railroad Cases. Peoples Advocate. This was a test case, and is the first time the question has come before the courts squarely on its merits, and it is thought it will settle ali the other cases brought, by the other railrods to contest the validity of the increased taxes. This particular case was bought by the South Carolina road, and Judge Simonton directs the receiver to pay up the back taxes'and all costs. If this should end all further litigation it will bring $200,000, the amount of back taxes in dis pute into the State treasury. How do you like it, taxpayers? That's some more of Tillman's blunder ing^) You have been told to look at your tax receipts and see how much higher your taxes aro under Tillman. Now, do you see the reason? $279,000 withheld by the jailrods means 11-5 mills oh $168, 000,000, and if that had been paid into the treasury just as you had to pay yours, it would have meant a reduction of your State levy by just that amount. But 3'our anti newspaper friends (?) in remind ing you of your increased taxes forgot (?) to tell you that you had to make up this tax money that had been unjustly withheld. They forgot (?) to tell you about the $13o,000 that the Tillman admin istration had to pay to refund the State debt because the preceding administration had made no adequate preparation to meet a debt that it knew would soon mature. They forgot (?) to tell you that the Tillman administra tion has been forced by captious litigation at every turn by the cor porations to spend money to make these samecorporations understand that they are no better before the than you are in the matter of taxes. And they forgot ( ?) to tell you that they themselves while posing as the friends of the farmers have patted these corporations on the back, and would neither "hold the bear" uor help Tillman in making your fight, but stood off and chuck led with delight when the cor porations appeared to "down Till man." No other governor in recent years has ever dared to tackle the money power in this State and take it by the throat, but on the con tray, it has had its friends in the high places of the government and its paid attorneys have sat in your legislative halls and filled the lobbies of the State House and had things according to their own sweet will. That is changed and. hence the kicking. A Farmers Experiment. A correspondent of a North Car olina paper gives the following ac count of his experiment in plant ing corn: I wane to give the farmers the benefit of a little experiment that I made with guano last spring on corn. The land was checked 4 feet one way 3$ the other. I used one sack putting it in the check on every other row till it give out. I had 48 rows with guano by the side of 48 rows without. In two weeks after the corn came up the fertil ized rows began to show, and by the first of June they wera a foot higher than the ones by their side. I gathered two rows and weighed one of each. The row no guano weighed 61$ pounds; the one with 86$ pounds, a grain ?of 25 pounds to the row and in 47 rows I made 1,224 pounds or 17$ bushels of corn more by using one sack of guano. Counting the guano at $2.G0 and the corn at 50 cents, I have a clear profit of $6.25. I also tried the difference be tween two stalks in a hill and one. The rows without guano side by side one stalk weighed 611 pounds and the other with two to the hill weighed 53$ pounds. With guano the single row weighed 86$ and with 2 stalks 94$ pounds. You will see that t he rows with two stalks weighed a few pounds the most, but in the single rows I had just half the number of ears and the corn was worth more than the corn in the double rows. It pays to thin well. G. M. GOFORIH. CORRESPONDENCE fFor the ADVERTISER. 3Iine Creek Dots. MR. EDITOR: Owing to the wet weather the farmers are somewhat behind, but they are making their time count now. Mr. William Rodgers is very ill at his home near Mr. P. B. Wat son's store. Politics seem not tobe agitating the minds of the people around here at present. I believe that the poor working class of people has about arrived at the conclusion that this contention in politics is going to do them no good. They have to earn their living by the sweat of their brow, and we woald not insist that they lose much time attending political meetings. Mr. James Rodgers had several bushels of corn stolen out of his barn the other night. 'It seem? that the party who did the stealing ? was pretty bold about the matter. They were on horse-back. People should keep their barns locked these hard times. There is a gentleman living near] here who, it is supposed, has sev eral thousand dollars in some place, and no one knows where it is save himself. He has a couple of pretty girls, and there is a young man who says he would marry one of them, but he seems to think the old gentleman might die without] having told them where the money was. We guess everybody has heard that there has been a gold mine found on Mr. Hillery Rodgers's place. We hear that Mr. Rodgers and a couple of his hands have started digging for the gold. The grain crops of our commu nit}* are at the present time look ing fine. We had the pleasure of attend ing the closing exercises of Prof. C. L. Teraples's school at Willow Branch on the- 9th inst. So far as we could see, Prof. Temples has advanced the pupils well accord ing to the time he had been teach ing. Ten of his pupils had a pro hibition contest for a silver medal. Miss Emma McGee was the suc cessful competitor. We thought we would inform the boys that Miss Maud Ro.lgers, who has been teaching school for some time in Newberry, is at home again. She is one of the most charming girls that the country affords. Mr. Perry Barnes, of the Mt. Willing section, has recently moved his turpentine still to Mr. Pick Denny's place. P. J. Mine Creek, S. C. Dying By Inches. BALTIMORE, March 23.-The physicians at the city hospital are puzzled over a strange case which came under their notice two weeks ago. The patient is a young wo man from Washington county, Pa. She has some peculiar ailment al most like leprosy and is literally 'dying alive. Several years ago a small sore appeared on the thumb of her right hand, and soon after the member became as black as ink. Amputation of the thumb was re sorted to in order to save her life, and for a time she was com paratively well. In a few months a finger became sore as the thumb had done, and it, too, was amputated. Since then all of the fingers have decayed the same way and been cut off. Next her hand also became affected, and it was taken off at the wrist. The forearm was next attacked by the strange maledy, and it was ampu tated at the elbow. A few months after the stump of the arm turned black and waa taken off at the shoulder. Now her lefthand and feet are turning dark, and she has been sent to the hospital, in hopee that her life may be saved. Her ailment is regarded as fatal. County Alliance. THE County Alliance will meet on Friday, April 13th. Sub-secretaries will forward their reports promptly. ,S. li. MAYS, Sec. Co. Alliance. it I THE County Board of Equalization for Edgelield met in the Auditor's office, Tuesday, March 13, 1S?4. Capt. E. H. Youngblood was elected chair man of t he same. The Township and School Districts were called, and all, except Ryan and Washington Townships, were repre sented hy the chairmen of the respect ive boards of assessors. The result ol' their work is as follows: L That the assessments of real estate for last year be accepted as returns for this fiscal year as to value, except, 2. That the returns of real estate for Talbert Township be accepted as made by township assessors after deducting fifteen cents per acre so as to bring the assessment tor that township to an average with the assessment of last year. 3. That the standard valuation of mules and horses in the county be sixty-five dollars. ?1. Thal all other persona] property, except bank stock, be accepted as re turned by township boards ol' asses sors. 5. Resolved, That the County Audi tor be instructed to put the assess ments of the banks of the county at two-thirds of their paid up capital stock. E. H. YOUNG BLOOD, Chair. J. B. HAI.TIWANC.KH, Clerk. Farm bells for sale & Bland. by Ramsey WONDERFUL MAMSCBIPT Alleged History of Christ's Life Between 12 and 30 Years. Louisville Courier Journal. For a month or two there have been hints in the press of a wonder ful manuscript alleged to have been discovered by a Russian travelei in a buddhist monastery in Thibet. Some weeks since Dr. Talmage spoke of his desire to visit this monastery for the purpose of satis fying himself as to the contents ol this great pachment. Other authorities less ortb/>dos bave vagvely hinted that there i? to be a tremendous revelation ol the eources for Christianity. Later advices describe tb.it manuscript as a Life of Christ. The Story is that a Russian traveler Nicolas Notovitch, had the mis fortue to break his leg, and wai carried to the Thibetan monastery for treatment. It was during hit stay here that he heard of the wonderful manuscript, and he sought to purchase it. He found that it was not for sale at any price but an official of the monastery read it to him, and he secured a translation of it. Every one who has given any attention to the Biblical narratives ivith reference to Jesus is aware that the largest part of his life ia untouched. When 12 years of age he disputed with the doctors in the Temple. Then he went with St. Joseph and his mother to Nazareth 'and was subject unto them." In these few words is all the history of His life from the age of 12 to the beginning of His public min istry, when He was about 30 years of age. It is this period of his life that the manuscript in Thibet professes to cover. Jesus is alleged to have gone to India at 13 years of age and to have studied under the Brahmas, but as process of time revolted against some of their teachings he joined the Buddhists. When 29 years of age, or just be fore the beginning of His public ministry, He returned to Palestine. The histor}' of His subsequent career is in some points identical with accepted accounts, but in others very different. The Roman Governor, and not the Sanchdrim. is made primarily responsible foi his death. The priests and wise men refused to sanction His death and washed their hands of the whole transaction. The bearing of th)s alleged dis covery is not far to seek. It is cal culated to bolster up a theory thai has many times been put forward to answer the question, "Whence has this man wisdom?" It hal been often maintained tnat the es sential teachings of Jesus hat been anticipated by Buddha cen turies before our era. Plow Jesui came into possession of thes< teachings has, of course, been i question of much difficulty witl those who maintain this view, bu the Pali manuscript makes thi matter perfectly plain. Jesus, ac corjJjiPg to this theory, was simply the bearer of the wisdom of thi East to the less enlightened West It is the very fact that this man uscript appears to "fill a long fel want" of the enemies of Chris tianity which renders the story o the great discovery suspicious. The manuscript is said to bi written in Pali, one of the Prakri group of Indian languages, whicl succeeded the Sanskrit, but which like the Sanskrit, has long ceasec to be a living language. Of th< sacred books of the Buddhisti some are in Sanskrit, others ii Pali. But both Sanskrit and Pal have been closely studied by Orien tal scholars, and the pioduction ol a work in Pali is no greater feai for them than is the compositior of Latin hexameters by the schol ars of Europe and America. Af yet we know scarcely anything ol this manuscript, except the synop sis of the translation of its con tents. Before it can be regarded as evidence worthy of any atten tion, the original manuscript mus! pass the scrutiny of the best Oriental scholars, and the evidence, internal and external, of its au thenticity must be subjected be a rigid examination. If the manu script itself cannot be obtained, fae similes will answer many pur poses as well. $?ORewarU "PURSUANT to resolution of the Board of Directors of Hie Farm ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Associa Lion of Edgetield, and in the name ol said association, wo the undersigned hereby oiler a reward of One Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and con viction of the party or parties who, or the night of the 2nd day of January 1894, set fire to and burned the gin house belonging to P. W. C. Posey near Trenton in Edgeiield county. And by the same authority, we here by offer a reward of One Nundroo Dollars for the apprehension and con viction of the party or parties who, or the night of thc 16th of February 1894, set fire to and burned the barn ol J. M. Dorn at Dornsville in Edgefieli county. W. II. TIMMERMAN, Pres. L. J. 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To the Reformers of Edgefield Co.: YOU are requested to hold meetings in your respective club 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 Reform Move ment, and, if thought advisable, to elect one or moi e 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 preeinct, representative Reformers from the bounds of said clubs are requested to attend the meet ing aj Edgelield. J. M. Gaines, L. W. Reece, P. B. "Waters, B. W. Rushton, G. M. "Williams, B. B. Evans, S. B. Mays, J. W. Seigler, D. R. Durisoe, L. V. Claxton, J. W. Edwards, J. H. Edwards, W. h. Stevens, R. B. Watso ), P. B. Edwards, W. H.Stallworth,Sr | A. D. Timmerman, B. L. Caughman, P. B. Lanham, J. G. Mobley, T. G. Lanham, A. D. Bates, X. G. Evans, T. A. Pitts, D. P. Lagrone, J. H. Tillman, J, TT. Lagrone, DrWP Timmerman J. B. Adams, P. N, Lott, D. J. Bruce, L. J. Williams, T. H. Rainsford, P. B. Mayson, J. W. Hardy._J. T. Parks. Notice to Peilers aid Aleuts. TUVJ County Commissioners of Edge held county, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of South Caro lina made and approved the 20th day Of Dt'cember, ISM, have by resolution of said board imposed the following License feos upon pedlers doing busi ness in the county of Edgelield, State of South Carolina, to wit: License for Sewing Machine Pedlers.$ 10 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 ol' Clocks. f>0 00 Pedlers of Organs and Pianos.. 50 00 License must be obtained from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Edffelield county. Said license good until the 31st day of December, 1894. Done this the 0th day of March 1894. J. A. wniTE, D. W. PADGETT, J. W. BANKS, C. C. E. C. J. D. FBASBV, Clerk of Board. 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, ) EDGKFIELD, S. C., March ll. 1S94. J ATOTICE is hereby given that there IN 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 ollice. 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. DAVEXPOR'l. S. C. E. C. PATEN T S. 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 now. The conveniences of mankind in the factory and work shop, the household, on the farm, and in ofiicial 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 all'ect 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 conceiving the remedy to overcome existingdiscrepencies. Too great care cannot 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 incompelent counsel, and especially is this advice applicable to those who adopt the "Xo patent, no pay" system. Inventors who entrust their business to this class ol'attorneys do so at imminent risk, as the breadth and strength of the patent is never considered in view ol'a quick endeavor to get an allowance and obtain tin fee then due. THE PKKSS CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn, General Manager, (?IS I-1 street, X. W., Wash ington, D. C.. representing a large number of important daily and weekly papers, as well as general peoiodicals ol'the country, was instituted to pro tect its patrons from the unsafe methods heretofore eninloyed in this line of business. The said Company is prepared to take charge of all patent business entrusted to it for reasonable lees, 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 linn in securing foreign patents, Write for instructions and advice. JOHN WEDDERBURN, GIS F Street, P. O. Box 385. Washington, D. C. The Red Cross Society has an nouced that no more money or rations aro needed for the relief of the sufferers on the sea islands. The only need now is for reliable seeds for planting. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD, TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, - GEORGI Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING; The largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods whic.i are not only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, gratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the .?ame 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 innersoles, and well oiled uppers they will stand. If paper and "com position" go to "their make up" it is impossible to have 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 <Slxoe?! Our extra large spring purchase is coining in. You can always find a good assortment_at low prices at JOHN R. SCHNEIDER Successor to E. R. 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