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Edenfield Advertiser HOS. J. ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,1S94. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church has .sustained Dr. Woodrow and declare him a member of the Presbytery. Newberry democrats have called their county convention for the 23rd of June, which convention will elect delegates to the August State convention. The Republicans are so pleased with Cleveland's administration that the St Louis Globe, the lead ing Republican paper in the Weet, says that ''he is as good as a Re publican." The Rev. T. D. Witt Talmage, the noted Brooklyn divine, who ie making a tour of the world with his son, sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu, on the steamer Alameda, last Thursday. A statue to the momory of the great South Carolina surgeon, Dr. J. Marion Sims, is shortly to be placed in Bryant Park, New York City. This statue is by DuBois, one of the greatest living sculptors in France. It is reported in Columbia that Hon. J. E. Tindal, the present and efficient Secretary of State, may again enter the field as a candidate for Governor. It is said his friends are determined to put. him in the race whether he wants to run or not. Rev. W. D. Kirkland, the editor of the Southern Chirstian Ad vocate, was elected Sunday school editor by the Methodist General Conference at Memphis. This will necessitate his removal to Nash vill, Tenn., and the election of another editor for the Christian Advocate. Congressman Talbert has intro duced a bill "to enjoin the further issue of bonds by the Secretary of th'" Treasury and to coin the seig niorage," which amounts to $55, 40,000. This, Mr Talbert thinks, will solve our financial troubles and no doubt it would go a ways in that direction. An exchange says: There aro many people who are not admirers of Gov. Tillman who will be per fectly satisfied with his election to the Senate, because they think he will haye so much to . occupy his iii not be able to do so much devilment in the State. The Boston Journal of Com merce, which has been watching the southward trend of cotton manufacturing very closely, states that the Southern mills, with few exceptions, are more modern built than those in the North and are filled with the best machinory that could be secured. Most of these mills, says the Journal, have been successful even at the very start, having succeeded in turning out a fine quality of goods at a cost that when sold left a handsome margin for the mills. At a recent meeting of the New berry reformers a resolution was offered and adopted to the effect that no caucus be held this year to bring out candidates for the differ ent offices-that they have a free fight and open held, let run who will and be elected who can. That they will put out no caucus ticket on the reform side of the house. This is a pointer for Edgefield county reformers. Caw-cussing won't meet with any more favor in Edgefield than in Newberry county. The liquor status in this State is very unfortunate in this: Many of those who favored the dispensary are encouraging blind tigers be cause of the great contrast in favor of their preference. On the other hand those who opposed the dis pensary make no effort to prose the blind tigers, for the reason that the very notoriety this gives the present liquor status demonstrates and intensifies the good that was in the dispensary system. So that really both factions are doing all they can to foster the blind tiger iniquity-a very deplorable state of affairs. A practical joker perpetrated a joke by sending to Senator Quay a nicely bound book entitled on the cover "What Congress is doing." Senator Quay opened it, looked through it, smiled and laughed, then he passed it to Vice President Stevenson who did ditto, and then sent it to Senator Pfeffer who did ditto, and thus it passed around the Senate and all the grave, etc, seigniors did ditto. They thought it a good joke. But there are lots of people in this country who would relish the joke more if there wasn't quite so much truth in the jest. The book which so excited Senatorial mirth was filled full of blank pagea STRUNG UP. A Negro Lynched] Near Lancastei S. C., Yesterday. Charleston, S. C., June 3. Hardy GHI, a colored man was taken by force from the jail in Lan caster this morniug,between 1 and 2 o'clock, by a party of twenty-five men and carried away about three miles and lynched. A coroner's inquest was held over his body and the jury re turned a verdict that he was shot to death by parties unknown. Two or three days ago, he without pro vocation assaulted and inflicted, it is feared, mortal wouuds on the wife of Mr. James A. Clark, who is now at the point of death. Mrs Clark resides with her husband about fourteen miles from the city. "While richly meriting .his fate it is greatly to be deplored. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Lancaster. Juue 3.-Hardy Gill, a young negro, about thirty years old, was taken from thc jail this morning between 1 and 2 o'clock, by a crowd of men and shot to death, about three miles from town. Gill was in jail for cruelly beating Mrs. James A. Clark, of Cedar Crt ek Township. On Mon day last. Gill went to Mr. Ctark's premises in his absence and com menced raising a disturbance in the yard. Upon being ordered away by Mrs. Clark, he turned on her with an andiron and beat her unmercifully. Pie then picked up Mrs. Clark's baby and threw it across the house. Mrs. Clark's injuries are such that she is not expected to live. The little child.s injuries are also of a serious nature. The negro was immedi ately arrested and lodged in jail. Yesterday he was adjudged insane before Trial Justice Burns. This morning, between thc hours above meutioned, .lailer Montgomery and his assistant, Mr. Smith were waked by voices on the outside of the Jail. On opening the eloor the jailer saw several men. They said they had a prisoner for him and that the papers were all right. They wore admitted. As soon as they keys to the floor above were produced, the supposed prisoner and the others grabbed both Montgomery and Smith, and after disarming them carrieel them both up where the prisoners were. As soon as th ay reached Plardy Gill's cell they brought him out and af ter locking the door securely and offering Montgomery and Smith a isjij ava. -vut-i-, -gop.., j.'.>--.. fche negro. They carried the jailer's pistol away, but told him it would be returned to him. The crowd were heard passing through the town. Search was immediately made for the negro and kept up until 10 o'clock this morning, when he was found about three miles from town in the middle of the road, completely riddled with bul lets. The body was brought to town and the inquest held this afternoon by the coroner. The verdict was that the negro came to his death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. Smith says tbat none of the part ies were disguised and that they were all strangers to Montgomery and himself. He says the crowd was very orderly, but very deter mined. John \. Fail, while, under sentence of deith for thc killing of Brister Baker, was terribly frightened by the visit of the of the lynchers. Ho said he knew they would come back J.o take him out and begged piteously not to be left alone. Lynching In Mississippi, DURANT, Miss, June, 4.-Ready Murdoch, charged with having committed rape at Yazoo City, was brought hero and placed in jail by the deputy sheriff of that city to keep him from being han ged by a mob, but it was learned by them that ho was herc, and yesterday morning at an carly hour the jail was surrounded and he was taken back to thc scone of his crime. Opinion is that he was hanged between this placo and Yazoo City. A man has a perfect right to differ with you and you should not kick. This is a free country and if wc did not differ we would have vcr}- little fun.-Darlen Gazette. Thc average whale is ?from 50 te) G5 feet in length and 85 feet in circumference. Tho jawbones are 20 to 25 feet loug, and a [tongue has been known to yield almost a ton of oil. John Joyce, of Bloomington, 111., left the eloor of his bedroom open, and a stray goat got in and ate #120 in bills and Mrs. Joyce'e new spring bonnet before he was discovered and ejected. They are building a wheel in London which is much larger than the famous Ferris wheel. It will carry 2,000 people in fifty cars. A big balloon will crown the sup porting towers. TAUNTS PROHIBITIONISTS BEARDING THE DOUGLAS IN HIS HALL. Prohibition Does Not Prohibit, He Says-He Thinks the Dispensary is the True Solution. PROHIBITION PARK, Staten Island, June 4.-Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, presented his Stale's position on the liquor ques tion to an audience of 2,000 pro hibitionists at this evening's ses sion of the International Temper ance Congress. The governor's hearers did not agree with him as to the plan, but they listened closely to the end and found some points at which they could applaud without doing violence to their consciences. At other times they loudly expressed their disapproval. Before the arrival of Gov. Till man, Col. Alexander S. Bacon, of Brooklyn, made an appeal for the raising of $20,000. At this point the electric lights went out and the audience was in total darkness. A score of lanterns were brought in and tho guest from South Carolina was led forward in semi-darknes6. He was introduced by the Rev. Dr. H. L. Wayland, of Philadelphia. Gov. Tillman begau by saying that he wished there were more lights so that ho could look the people in the eye and have them look him in the eye and tell whether he was approved. "I have come a long way and left my official duties, for the truth aud the right. I have hoard a great deal at the sessions I have attended of 'sand' and 'backbone.' It has been said that I possess these qual it?s. I will say that I will show here to-night that I am willing to advance my convictions on my au dience, and I am going to contro vert your dearest ideas and firmest beliefs. I am probably the only politician present. I have been elected governor of a State and I am a candidate for the United States Senate, and expect to be elected. The governor then went on to say that he was not exactly a politician in the ordinary ac ceptance of the term. He said that he always spoke his con victions and that was not character istic of politicians. He said that he was a farmer, that his guberna torial position was his first office, rle announced that he proposed to have his say and if any one in the audience wanted to throw rocks at *?-.*.? 1- ?st 1 ~f- i CTCKo Uactr Then, drawing himself to the full height he said in tones that made the rafters ring : "I am here to-night to tell you that prohibition don't prohibit, and never will prohibit. We have get a plan in South Carolina that completely wipes out saloons and we have done more than you have. Xow, I am a temperance man. (Applause.) I never drank five gallons of whiskey, all told, in my life. (Applause.) I sometimes take a social glass with my friends, but I don't like the stnff:" Tho Goveanor then produced a bottle of whiskey with the South Carolina label on it. He waved it like a fire brand in the faces of the total abstainers and described the State dispensary plan. He said that prior to \he decision of the' Supreme Court of the State there was sixty-sixty dispensaries in operation and the State had paid out $379,000 for liquor : $57, 000 for bottles, and $37,000 for labels and other expenses. From thc total outlay of $475,000 and with $98,000 worth of liquor on hand, t$567,000 worth had been sold and a net profit of $100,000 to the State and $S4,000 to the coun ties had been realized. He said that the quality of* whiskey was chemically pure so that the peo ple quit having a debauch when they got drunk on it. A moment later he said people did not get drunk on dispensary whiskey, they got drunk on blind tiger whiskey which, he said they hid in holes m the ground or "toted" in their boot legs. He stirred up the audience by declaring that prohibition would never be es tablished by votes. "Give us a chance," said a man in the front. Thia brought a volley of applause. When the Governor shouted. "You are not ready to remove the Gov ernment tax on whiskey." "Ves we are," came from all parts of the hall. "Then you are blinder than I thought you were," said the Gov ernor. A moment later ho alluded to prohibition narrow mindedness," ?ind coin plained that thc audience won 1 d only go hal f way with him. Then he said, "Before 'you aroa dozen years older you will see half tin States in the Union following the example ofSouth Carolina." "Never," shouted a woman delegate. "J l yon can't get prohibition will you take the dispensary? asked the Governor. There were a hundred noes and one man in tho back of the hall said yes. That is, assuring, said the Gov ernor. He said that in all the country of South Carolina and nearly all the towns sentiment is in favor of the dispensary law, it will be carried out eventually. He went on "So far as backbone is concerned I have as much as any other man, but when you tackle the liquor trade entrenched behind its hundreds of millions you need to have the backbone of the Statue of Liberty." SAM JONES ON POLITICS. "Why Some Men are Rich and Others are Poor. The Nelasco World. "Third Party, or party of the Third Party, or whatever you call it, may get to Heaven, but they-all never go to Washington. It's not on the way. Washington is the wickedest place on earth. It is the home of the devil. The average Democrat and Republican politi cians are little better than rascals, but the Third Party man is a fool. You can reform a rascal, but did you ever undertake to monkey with a fool? ''They want to borrow money from the Government at 2 per cent when the Government is now bor rowing it at 5. We hear a great deal of fools talk about the rich getting richer and the poor poorer under our present laws. There never was a greater lie, and I'll prove it." He cited the cases of Vanderbilt Stewart, Gould, Carnegie, and others, all of whom had started from humble beginnings. "There's nothing the matter with tho law. It's the man that's at fault. Thers's a lawyer on that side of the House who makes $20,000 a year. Here's a little pettifogger whose family is starv ing. The law is not to blame It's the min himself. Here's a physi cian m eking $10,000 a year There's a little doctor over in the other corner can't make bis salt. The law is not to blame. I preach nearly every day to S,000 people, and there's a little preacher sitting behind me who can't average ,200. The trouble is n >t in the law, brother, it's in your noggin." '.The difference is organic. If all the wealth of the Umted.States were divided out to-day each man would get about $1,160 and iii less than six months some fellows would be riding in palace^ ca.B and the others would be walkie cro9Bties and howling fojfc^A?ther divy." Mistakes About Abstainers, Thc Contemporary Review. I have nev* r asserted anything so wrong and so foolish as that it is a sin to drink wine; nor have I ever been so uncharitable, and gone so far beyond my legitimate warrant, as to have pronounced a syllable of condemnation against J those who, in the somewhat clumsy nomenclature of this controversy, are called "moderate drinkers." If there arc any who adopt such language I can only say that 1 have never once heard it used at any temperance meeting either of the higher or lower classes. But, granted that many foolish and inconsiderate things are said upon this subject, I ask whetaer there is any controversy which is not discredited by the bearing and methods of some of its partisans? And is no nonsense talked and are no brutalities or vulgarities of abuse resorted to-by those who take the other side? Plow often, for instance, have we been told that total abstainers are poor, weak, unbalanced crea tures, who, being unable to protect themselves from drunkenness, try by all sorts of nonsense, folly, and tyranny to rob their neighbors of a harmless and beneficial in dulgence? Into all these amenities I refuse to enter. If it is foolish and wrong to denouco all uso of fermented liquors as a sin, it is no lese foolish and wiong to speak of total abstinence from them as a Manichean comdemnation of "a good creature of God." "A good creature af God?" I havf- heard Sir Wilfred Lawson say. "Of course it is! So is a tiger. But one does not want a tiger in one's bedroom." No modest-abstainer would claim his abstinence as a virlup, or pharisaically pride himself upon it; bnt it is at least ap equal absurdity to speak of tho use of beer and wine as though the self gratification involved in drinking them were a virtue which entitlep the "moderate drinker" to look down upon his neighbor from an in definite altitude of superiority. And surely a sufficient number of men pre-eminent goodness, learning, and wisdom, in all ages and coun tries-from the days of Pythagoras down to those of John thc Baptist, and through all the Christian ages -have been more or less absolute abstainer?, to prove that the prac tice can neither be injurious nor absurd. FBAU.D AND THE MAILS. Important Conviction in the V. S. District Court at Charleston. An important and interesting case was tried in the United States court atCharlestou, Judge Brawley presiding, on the 17th of Ma}', in volving the suppression, for the presentat le;-st. of a proposed forger who has also served a term in the penitentiary for forgery; and also involving the principle that the United States mail cannot be used for the purpose ' of fraud, even if the perpetrator . may not finally consummate his schemes and become the beneficiary of his fraud, or proposed fraud. One F. A. Blackwood, writing over the fictitious signaturejof W. D. Morris, Sr., addressed the American Bank Note Company at New York asking ?.hem to furnish him with a supply of Southern Express money orders. He alleged that his uncle was an agent of the Southern Express Company, and had lost a lot of money orders, and they were ashamed to acknowledge their carelessness to the company, aud desired to replace them, and wished to have prices quoted by the hundred, the object being to obtain a supply of blank money orders b}' this subterfuge. At the same time, he was negotiating by mail [with the Cole Printing Company of Sanford. N. C" with a view to obtaining checks on sundry banks and letter heads with the name of C. L. Loop,geue rs\ auditor, Southern Express Company printed thereon. The American Bank Note Com pany promptly referred the cor respondence received by them to General Auditor Loop of the Southern Express Company, .who placed the matter in the hands of Route Agent A. M. Itichardsun of the same company, at Colunbia, who succeeded in locating the alleged W. D. Morris as one F. A. Blackwood. Blackwood was arres ted upon a warrant sworn out by F. D. Peer, postoffice inspector, who rendered material service in working up and prosecuting the case. Blackwood, was taken before the United States commissioner in Charleston and committed for trial. The witnesses against Blackwood were T. IT. Lee of the American Bank Note Company of New York, the general auditor of the Southern Express Company, Route Agent Richardion of the same company, deputy United States marshal who made the arrest with search warrant, the postmaster at Barn well; S. C" and others. The guilt of Blackwood was established so clearly that there could be no doubt whatever. Blackwood was prosecuted by United States District Attorney Murphy, and his able assistants, Messrs. Wood and Hughes. A very forcible argument was made in the case by District Attorney Murphy. Blackwood was ably de fended by R. Withers Memminger of the Charleston bar. An able and elaborate charge was delivered by Judge Brawley, in which the law of the case was carefully set forth, and the duty of tne juiy in the consideration of the evidence,and the applicability of the law set forth. The jury, after retiring for a short time, returned averdict of guilty. Blackwood was sentenced by Judge Brawley to imprisonment in the Columbus, 0., penitentiary for a term of one year and one month, and to pay a fine of $500. Senator A.T. Smythe, of Charles ton, has tendered his resignation to Hon. W. H. Timmerman pre sident of the Senate. It is reported that Senator Smythe resigns his seat in the upper House so as to enter the race for Congress with out being hampered in the coming campaign. We see, however, that Senator Smythe denies the soft im peachment-not a candidate. W. N. BURNETT Successor to GEO. B. LAKE, CYCLONE & FIRE INSURANCE Office over bvnk of Edgefield.j GEO. W. CROFT. JAS. H. TILLMAN, Croft & Tillman, ATTORNEYS &; COUNSELLORS, EDGEFIELD, (Norris Building) S. C. g?g~\\"?\\ practice ?ii all Courts of South Carolina ami Georgia Hi, O, EVANS, JOHN GARY EVANS, KKOF.l IKI.n, S. C. AIKEN,S. C. Evans Brothers, Attorneys tit I^a/w., EDGEFIELD, 8. C. Will prautfce in State and Fed eral Courts. Also ir?'CoiiriH o? l-oorgia Norris & Cantelou. ATTOK?OYS AT LAW. EDGEFIELD, S, O. Will practice in all the Courts of the htate. Subscribo to tho Kdgefield AD VERTISER. A "V" IS ALL ITCOSTS! We're for the poor man cv'ry time, And in this 'ere campaign We'll stump old Edgefield county Through the sunshine and the rain, And hold the banner up'ards From a-trailin' in the Jus', And cut loose on monopolies. And cuss and cuss and cuss. House of Representatives. The friends of Co]. R. B. WATSON respectfully present his name as a candidate for thc House of Represen tatives. FRIENDS. The friends and neighbors of THOS. H. RAINSFORD o?Fer his name for the Legislature, House of Representatives. FRIENDS AND .NEIGHBORS. The friends of S. E. FREELAND re spectfully present his name for the House of Representatives. He will abide the result of the primary and support all the nominees. The friends of J. WM. THURMOND, Esq., present his name to the voters of Edgefield county for a seat in the next House of Representatives. Mr. Thur mond has been a consistent Reformer from the very inception of the move ment in this State, and will, if elected, worthily represent all the people of his native county. He will abide the result of the Democratic primary and support all the nominees of the party. REFORMERS. The many friends of B. L. CAUGH man respectfully present his name to the voters of Edgefield county for a seat in the next House of Representa tives. He will aoide the result of the Democratic primary election, and sup port all its nominees. County Supervisor. I announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. M. A. WHITTLE. Gus WHITE is a candidate for the office of County Supervisor. He will abide the result of the Democratic pri mary and support all the nominees of the party. 1 am a candidate for County Super visor, and will abide the result of the Demooratic primary election. J. W. BANKS. I am a candidate for the office of County Supervisor. I will abide the result of the Democratic primary. X. D. TIM MERMAN. County Treasurer. The many friends of JOHN C. CAUGH MAN respectfully present his name to the voters ol' Edgefield county, at the ensuing primary election, for the office of County Treasurer, and pledge him to abide the result of same. The friends of Capt. HILL STEVENS nominate him for the office of County Treasurer, and pledge him to abide the re?ult of the primary and support all the nominees of the party. County Auditor. I hereby respectfully announce my self as a candidate for re-election to the ellice of Auditor for Edgefield county, and pledge myself to abide the result ol' the primary election. J. B. DA LT 1 WANGER. The friends of THEO. DEAN respect fully announce him for the office of County Auditor. He will abide the re sult of the primary and support all the nominees ot the party. FRIENDS. School Commissioner. lam a candidate for re-election to the office of School Commissioner, and will abide the result of the Democratic primary election. M. B. DAVENPORT. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of School Commis sioner, and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary election. ALBERT R. NICHOLSON. Probate Judge. I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge of Edge field county. I will abide the result of the Democratic primary election and support all the nominees of the party. JOSEPH D. ALLEN. te WW W W WW WWW VW*/\/W vw/% MENSTRUATION with a womanof vigorous health passes off in due time without pain or dis comfort ; but when she approaches this crisis MONTHLY with a frail constitu tion and feeble health she endangers both her physical and mental powers. BRADFIELD'S ->3 FEMALES REGULATOR if taken a few days before the monthly si.kness sets in and continued untill nature performs her functions, has no ? equal as a SPECIFIC for Painful, Pro * fuse, Scanty, Suppressed and Irregular \ MENSTRUATION ? Book to " WOMAN " mailed free. < BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, Ga. ( Sold bj/ all Druggists. % THE STANDARD. | I* -. ! ? . DU RAN G'S ? HEUMATIC REMEDY! Has unstained Its reputation for 18 years ? $ ta tuting Ino standard remedy for tbc ? ? <]iiick an 1 permanent cure of Rheuraa tism, (Join.Sciatica, etc.. in all its forras. <y It is c:. torso I by thousands of I'hysl > cia:is. Publisher* and Patients. It is purely vegetable and builds up from thc lint dose. It never fails to cure. Prie is one dollar a bottle, or six k- bottles for fire dollars. Our lO-pagel'am ? phlet ?cut Free by Mail. Address, ? I D?iang's Rheumatic Remedy Co, ? ?31G L S?reet.Wasli?ngton, D. C. ? Duratig'9 TAvrr Pi/fonts thc best on carl li. They act nit li au ease that makes j. them a household blessing. % PRICE 20 CT8 PER BOX. or ? BOXES POR $1. % X TOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. ? JACOB'S PHARMACY CO., Wholesale Agents, Atlanta, Ga. Altering Colts. To the <jood people of Edgefield Co., I offer my services. I have had large experience, and out of SOO op?rations, I have lost only ono, and this one I don't consider mj fault. Ido not say these things to boast, but every man ought to have something upon which to baso his judgment in employing a person to do work for him. LEE MACK, Bato P. 0.. Edgefield Op., S. C. P. S.-Will go anywhere m the pounty upon application. It would delight you to view and review the beautiful linos of harness which Ramsey Sc Bland, received this week. Magnificent is the word. NATURE'S REMED?!. -TBT HARRIS * LITHIA * WATER. Ask your physicians what they say of this grand MINERAL WATER. If properly and freely used, if you do not derive benefit from this MINERAL WATER, I will refund the money. For furl her particulars, address me at Columbia, S. C. BRANCH OFFICE: COLUMBIA, - S.C. SHIPPING PLACE : HARRIS SPRINGS, S. C. C. C. HABEN?CHT, PROPRIETOR. Pratt ai Alia Cotton Gins arni lerne SfocB of Engines, crjeep no Goos. I AyPADH 5 IRON WORKS. AND L. VJ I VI DM ri U ?SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, GA. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc./ Quickly Made. $ff* Get our Prices before you buy. JOHN R. SCHNEIDER Successor.?to E. R. SCHNEIDER, -IMPORTER. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IX Gin, Porter Ale, Mineral later, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. All orders for Private or Medical use shall have my prompt and careful attention. Agent for Veuve-Clicquot Ponsardin Urbana Wine Company, An heueer-Bnsch Brewing Association. 601 and 3JX hoad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. This is the season that tests the quality of Shoes. JBH*. * they are made from GOOD material, solid inner soles, and well oiled uppers tney 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 Shoes! Our extra large spring purchase is coming in. You can always find a good assortment.at low prices at ALWAYS IN THE LEAD. /. C. LEVY & TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, - GEORGI % Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHTO> 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 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., PR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA An Unexcelled Timepiece ? ?SHIM Including Chain and Charm. PKICE, 31.50. This watch is made on the lever principle the move ments being the same as that in other American watches so popular at present. The watch combines in a small move mennt all the advantages of a first-class chronometor. It has the best movements, with spring in a barrel, steel pinion, clean, full train, and is an Ai time-keeper. It is guaranteed by the company for one year. This watch is just what thousands of boys all over the country have been aching to possess. It is just such a watch as a working man has been wishing for. It is just such a watch as the farmer has been needing to take to the fields. It is handy to hang by the bedside, to have in the kitchen or elsewhere when an inexpensive timekeeper is needed. It is sent to subscribers to the ADVERTISER for the price named., PRICE, [Postage Prepaid,] $1.50. Or with THE ADVERTISER one year, $3.00. Address EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. Wbnt u wonderful thing lu a live Hecate Immature, olil or dead lt may ion* I ho suma How to know T Old gardeners) bay thut fi Tb bi !s thoproefofllfb. When prown wc nive i n our word voa wm be Mtisfled-your seceos.-? | S ta ours. ntTUFBfi'rf VMCM ANNUM, rt ? for IS!>4, 172 pane?, tvllS nil ai.out thc B*U >? S? Bred* Viat crow. Thc newspapers call li the r. X landing American Red Oilalofiift Yours st free for the nr.kini If yuu plant Reeds. S W.ATLEEBURF.FE&CO..PhUadc!phia. $ CS>??O<^Q30eOOCOS>O2<>O?39^W S?aitfs o?) Ifs Flerits. APREPARATION that is guaran teed certainly stands on its merits. A?.LMAN:6 RHEUMATISM DOCTOR and AIRMAN'S PEVEK DOCTOR, are both guaranteed cures. Anyone suffering with either of these complaints should give these remedies a trial. For sale by ip. G. BA?J.R, Ridge Spring, S. C. Farm bells for sale & Bland. by Ramsey Notice. ONE or more County Commissioners of Kdgelield county will beat Oufr feetown Creek, near P. B. Kemps, for the purpose of letting the contract to build a bridge at that place, on Satur day. May 98th, 189-1. Time, 8 P. M. J. A. WHITE, " D. W. PADGETT, J. W, BANKS, ' _ ?, C, E. 0, A big lot of Collar Pads at 35 each, at Ramsey & Bland's,