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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. SILVER BLOCK, I207 BROADWAY, AUSUST? GA. We offer to the Farming and Country People a special line of goods, honest, strictly solid leather Shoes, which cannot be excelled for style and durability, at the lowest possible prices. SILVER SHOE CO. brand Shoes acknowledged the best in the city Our Goods are especially made for us, and we sell nothing but we c in guarantee, and at Rock Bottom Prices. A trial will make you ourl iends and cnstomers. Remember, Silver Shoe & Hat Co. Leaders in Good Honest Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES. WM. F. SAMPLES, Formerly with E. T. Murphy & Co., now with Arrinaton Brothers & Co., Groceries and Plantation Supplies, 621 BROAD STREET, - - AUGUSTA, (iA. (North side street, half block above Railroad Crossing.) He cordially iuvites aud would bs glad to wait on all his friends and acquaintances. THE UNITED STATES fH?BcT? One of the Largest Organizations Devoted to High Class Cental Practice in the United States. Pledged to the Promotion of Scientific Dentistry at Moderate Prices. TEETH WITHOUT PLATES. Almalgam Fillings. 50c. up Platina Fillings.-. 75c. up Gold Fillings.$1 00 up Best Set of Teeth (either upper or lower set,). S 00 A Good Set of Teeth for. 5 50 Extracting Teeth. i. 50c. Crowns and Teeth Without Plates at Same Rates. -PERFECT FITTING ARTIR?!?L--TEETH and Best Workmanship Guaranteed or Money cheerfully refunded. Only the Best Material Used. 8io Broad Street. [Over Mullarky & Harty.] Augusta, Ga. -WHOLESALE AND KKTAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, - AND DEALERS IX - FLOUR, CORN, SUGAR, TEAS, MEAL, OATS, COFFEE, RICE, LARD, HAY, MOLASSES, SPICES, MEAT, BRAN, SYRUPS, CAN GOODS, Etc AND EVERYTHING IN THE GROCERY LINE. We have NEW BAGGING, PIECE BAGGING, and SUGAR BAG CLOTH, NEW ARROW TIES, whole re-bundled TIES, and piece TIES. We make a specialty of these goods and sell them at VERY LOW PRICES. Call to see us when you come to Augusta. We want the TRADE of EDGEFIELD COUNTY and will make it to your in terest to give it to us. Mr. HILLMAN THOMPSON is with us and will be glad to meet his friends. 843 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. Statesville, - JXT.O.. - DISTILLERS AND JOBBERS IN - Pure, Ol?-FasMooed 1 C. Hanfl Made Cora ?nil Eye Ww Apple and Peach Brandies, We make a specialty of pure goods for private use and medicinal pur poses. Our brands are all recognized as standard, and we sell nothing but high grade goods. Weare sole proprietors of the celebrated Key brand of old-fashioned hand made Corn Whiskey and Apple Brandy, packed in cases of one dozen bottles. We quote as follows, in lots 1 to IO gallons : N. C. "Poplar Log" Corn Whiskey, $1.25 to $3.00, according to age Rye Whiskey, $2.00 to $3.00, according to age. Apple Brandy, $2.00 Peach Brandy, $2.75. Extra charge for jugs. We can surnish Corn Whiskey in cases of 1, 2. 4, ?, and 8 dozen Dottles to case, in pints, half pints, and quarts, ready for use, at low prices. Can make special prices on barrel shipments. We have the largest stock in the country of old corn whiskey, ripened and mellowed bv age, and espe cially recommend it for private use. SOMEWHF.RJi LAND. Southern Christian Advocate. [The first four lines of the fol lowing appeared in the Nashvill Advocate several months ago, an suggesced the others to.the author Rev. M. M. Brabham, of the South Carolina Conference.] Somewhere the sorrows vanish, some where the burdens fall, Somewhere there's crown of toiling, somewhere there's love for all; Somewhere this wound hath healing, somewhere we'll understand Somewhere, and somewhere, and some where-0 where is the somewhere land? The "somewhere land" is heaven-'tis there the burdens fall, 'Tis there the soi rows vanish, 'tis there there's love for all; 'Tis there the crown awaits us; 'tis there we'll understand, 'Tis there the wounds have healing for THAT'S the somewhere land. But WHERE'S the somewhere country? the heaven where sorrows cease? The place where Jesus dwelletb, His home of love and peace. He's King of that fair country, and Lord of that bright land ; He banisheth all sorrow, with His dear, loving hand. Then patiently abide thee; the some where laud's not far, 'Tis just above the sunrise, just over the morning star. A few more nights of Badness, a few more days of care, We'li reach the "somewhere country," and rest forever there. [For the ADVERTISER. Au Edgefield Youth at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee, Writes of Matters and Things, and Especially of the Public School System iu South Caro lina. DEAR OLD ADVERTISER : To one who sits five hundred miles away from home, and indulges his mind in sceues of the past, nothing is more refreshing than writing to an old familiar paper, which holds its owtr amid wreck and ruin. It was his simplicity of style that immortalized the name of Washington Irving, and which to this day holds their readers of his books spell bound. So I hope that what I have to say on this occasion may in like manner interest your readers. There is no time in life-.when time herself seems to rise as it wei? ^n" p??T?ti s"of gre^ r e srv%lo ci ry as when one is making prepara tion to leave home. Such at least was the case with myself on last Saturday when the time for my departure was drawing neai. After a protracted hand shaking and repeated farewells on last Sun day evening, I set out iii company with Mr. J. R. Rodgers for Wards, where I spent the night with Col. C. Ward. There I had the pleas ure of meeting my friends Mrs. J. T. and Mr. J. H. Lewis, of John ston ; but before I board the train on Monday let us say something about Col. and Mrs. Ward. In the first p!ace, they have one of the most beautiful homes in Edgefield county. If I were a fine writer of romance, I would look for no more appropriate place to get my in spiration than the home of Col. Ward. Situated among a cluster of beautiful trees, 6et off here and there by the most beautiful of hedges, it is a home that extends its hospitality impartially to all.I have never seen a more hospitable cou ple than Col. Ward and wife. The Colonel is a very interesting talker on al must any subject. He knows a great deal about politics. He says he is not certain that he will, bat we think if his friends etil on him he will not refuse to enter the race two years hence, and he would make EdgefieJd a good representa tive goes without saying. Yes, on Mondar morning we took the train and carried it to Augusta, but after we got there, in company with Mr. Clarence Mathis, a young , mau of Red Bank, who was on his way to Marietta, Ga., we left the train to its fate and went to call ? on Mr. Billie Edwards, a son of Mr. Joshua Edwards, of the Red Bauk section. We found Billie way down there on Broad Street, and Billie looked scared. We thought he must have been afraid some of those big high houses might be rent and fall upon him while they dislocated his bones. After we got tired of Augusta we went down to the uuion shed and took another train for Atlanta. Lauding there about 6 P. M., we met several college boys bound for Nashville. After spending two hours in Atlanta, we started for Nashville, which place, we reached next morning about 6 o'clock. When we got here to the old Col lege it looked just like it did last summer when we left it. Many of the old students are here again, and many new ones have come in, making in all over six hundred. Those students come from all the Southern States. Those old feel lings of college friendship whir. ?can be read in the emotions of tl boys and girls, after along al scence are indescrible. If I we] to undertake to tell of the advan ages of this institution, lam afrai my hair would turn gray before could get through. I wish I coul impress the youth of Edgefiel county about this place. It wi cost tbem no more to come hei than it does to attend school tber Here they can attend a universit with but little expense, if the only knew it. . If I had time and space I shoul like to 6ay something about th public school system of Sout Carolina, because it is by no mean what the people need or what the should have. If my countryme: are satisfied with their school syE tem, I beg to differ froinjbem, an differ widely at that. I know o no other State with a school sy? tem so inferior, so inadequate, a that which is in our State. Th people are stirred up and run wilt over politics, but this schoo question, which so individuall; concerns them, they ignore. If ou people hope to make life a succese if they intend lo live that lifi predestined for man, they muBt bi educated. That mau who utterac the words "It is not all of life ti live," knew exactly what he wai saying. We hope our people wil look after the education of thei: children-the elevatiou of the rac? VAN STAR. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 6. The Supreme Court of the Stat? of South Carolina has decided ir favor of the dispensary act. It ii now declared constitutional. Ai such it will be enforced. It is tb? duty of the sworn officers of th? law to see that all laws are properl} executed, and that it is the duty o] the people io submit to the powert that, be, to obe}r the laws, to stanc for law and order, and in the name of peace and good will try to pre vent violations of the law. It maj be, iu the opinion of some people, an obnoxious, law.; it may be_irj the opinion of some unwise legis lation, and bad law; it may come in conflict with the tasteB and prejudices of some people; but let all such remember that it is now law, it is declared by the highest court in the State to be constitu tional, and as good, law abiding citizens, we must see that the law is obeyed and enforced. We hope that it will be enforced with wis dom, prudence, and equity. We hope that, the illicit sale of liquor will cease without the intervention of the officers of .the law. But if people will not obey the laws, if they will persist in carrying on an illegal traffic, knowing as they do the consequences, then we shall expsct the appointed officers to do their duty. Let every officer in the discharge of his duty exercise due caution, patience, moderation. Let Christian people act soberly, discreetly, and always and under all circumstances be found on the side of law and good order.-Bap tist Courier. How to Avoid Premature Old Age. The following advice is given by Dr. Benjamin Ward Richardson: To subsist on light but nutritious diet, with milk as the standard' food, but varied according to the season. To take food in moderate quan tity four times in the day, includ ing a light meal before going to bed. ?To [clothe warmly, but lightl}', so that the body may in all seasons maintain its equal temperature. To keep the body in fair exercise, and the mind active and cheerful. To maintaiu an interest in what is going on in the world, and to take part in reasonable labors and pleasures as though old age were not present. To take pleuty of sleep during sleeping hours. To spend nine hours in bed at least, and to take care during cold weather that the temperature of the bedroom is maintained at sixty degrees Fah renheit. To avoid passion, excitement, luxury. Buy shoes from J. W. Marsh & Co., Johnston. There is a big "drive" in horse men's goode at Ramsey & Bland's. If you are going to nued anything in their line for a year to come, it would be well to consult with them while this sale is in progress. The Old Hickory Wagons, in compaiable forever, still take the lead everywhere. Ramsey & Bland can snpply y nu and send you home happy. RAIDING BLIND TIGERS The Successful Work of Constable Eichelberger and His Associates. Greenville Democrat. The fraternity of "blind tigers' willj yet learn that there is a grea > lt*; deal of danger and very little profi in trying to pursue their unlawful calling in Greenville. Men wh( openly or secretly violate the lav must expect that justice will over take them sooner or later, and th? fact that they are known as formei dealers in liquor only makes it the easier for the authorities to get the evidence against them. No man who ^"h?B kept;a liquor saloon car engage now in the unlawful traffic withou?r?tning a" constant risk ol being caught, and it is useless foi him to buy dud sell liquor without expecting that some one will find it out. . He cannot do any consid erable business without selling to p'ejrsbns who will betray him when it is their interest to do so or when they wish to get reveLge for real or imaginary wrongs. Constable Eichelberger returned to pur city last week, after making a number of successful raids in Spartanburg. He came here to transact a little business in his line, and the outlook was favorable in the extreme. Since the trials of |R. E. Tork and Sol Edel,last mopth, the illegal traffic has been coifducted with more caution, but it was only hidden not suppressed. The rendezvous was not changed, mitthe arrangements for conceal ment were better guarded. Out houses were us?d for the storage of Hquor, and only a email supply was kept in the main buildings. i On Friday last, armed with war rants duly issued, Constable Eichelberger and his assistants made- a successful raid upon the premises of James E. Payne in the >Jest End, wheie a capture waB made that left no doubt as to "tile presence of the blind tiger. A va cant store in the rear of Payne was the receptacle for corn audrye whiskey, beer, and brandy. The quantity seized is enough to justify the opinion that the traffic was carried on, while the beer on 13e shows that customers were not kept waiting. The liquor seized is valued at 8175, and it was duly confiscated by the constables. Another raid was soon inaugu rated, and the officers were repaid for their trouble by seizing a quan tity of liquor from E. H. Tork, near the Air Lino depot. The seizure included the usual variety of corn and rve whiskey, brandy, and beer, which was found con cealed in an outhouse on the prem ises, and is valued at $75. This seizure develops the fact that the tiger is hunting a lair wherein he can secrete goods from the public gaze, while keeping a handy place of rendezvous for the thirsty. It also proves that the constables are getting familiar with the habits and propensities of the tiger, which will make it more and more diffi cult to escape their vigilance. These raids are creating uneasi ness in liquor circles, and the in quiry has been made by interested parties whether Gov. Tillman will not declare a general amnesty if the Supreme Court sustains the dispensary law. No one knows what he will do in the premises, but it is the safest for men who are selling liquor under the bogus license of the city council to quit the business without delay. How Old is thc Potato? The potato was introduced in Europe from the Western hemis phere. History has it that Chris topher Columbus was the first Eu ropean who ever tasted a potato. It is doubtful if he ever enjoyed eating our favorite tuber. At all events, the vegetable that he ate at Cuba, in 1492, and brought home to Genoa, was a sweet potato. The first potato grown East of the Atlantic Ocean was planted by Claudius, iu the botanical gardens of Vienna, in 1588. As is well known, Sir Walter Raleigh found the potato iu Virginia, and touk specimens' back to England. The original home of the popular tuber is Chile. It was brought North by the Spaniards. For many years the potato in England was looked upon as being poisonous and unwholesome. This, perhaps is not to be wondered at, as it was commonly eaten raw, the method of cooking it not being known. Gradually it's usefulness as a palatable vegetable became known. A committee of the Royal Society urged, in 1652, that all the fellows who possessed land should "plant potatoes and persuade their friends to do the same in order to alleviate the distress that would accompany a scarcity of food." In 1738 the first field of potatoes wa3 planted in the lowlands of Scot> land. As soon as the people of Ireland knew how to cook the potato it quickly became the one leading vegetable of the land. Its cheap ness of cultivation, large yields, and nutritive qualities made it be come immensely popular, and as it was the chief article of food, it ere long obtained its present com mon name-Irish potato. It is not only of value as a food plant. The Irish were the first to discover that whiskey could be made from it. Starch is made from it for the laundry and for the manufacture of farina. The dried pulp from which the starch has been extract ed is used for making boxes. From the stem and leaves a narcotic is extracted. In some places cakes and puddings are made from the potato flour. "He's er Seben-'JLeben." The correspondent of the At lanta Constitution while in Colum bia the other day accosted an old Edgefield darkey and asked him a few questions about Gov. Tillman's chances of being elected to the Senate. Old Uncle Sambo replied as follows : Lor', young masser, what you ax me sich question dat fer? Don't you know Mars Ben Tillman gwine up yonder to Washington and take Mars Mat Butler's seat in de great senat what we's been hearin' ain't been doin'things j ist to suit Mars President Cleveland? Cose Mars. Ben Tillman gwine to be elected. W'y dat man's jist as slick as ole Brer Rabbit. I done know him since fo' he was born, an' I know his pa," and old Uncle Sambo, . a -noted character^crMhe olden days, a product of Edgefield. who is old and gray now, though as pure a blooded African as was ever landed by a slave ship upon these shores, looked upon me with an expression of pity and regret. Then he went on : "Yes, sar, when Mars Ben Till man was ten years ole he had more sense dan a leetle. An' what a fighter he was? Dar war no boy in Edgefield who could whip 'im. But of cose, he's er lucky man. W'y he's er seben-'leben chile. What's a seben-'leben chile? Now, young boss, don't try to fool dis ole nigger. You know dat seben and 'leben is de two luckiest numbers. Ain't ueber seen de nigger play craps? Now git out, boss. You know dat seben or 'leben wid de bones takeB all the money. An' Mars Ben Tillman-he's de 'lebenth chile of his pa. Yes, sir, Mars Ben Tillman is the 'lebenth chile or de sebenth chile, and dere ain't nothin' dat kin beat dat. Yes, sar, he's a seben-'leben, and dese here 'ristocrats jist as well leave him go in his way, fer dey can't beat dat. You jist recollect what Sambo tell you-dey mout as well leaye him 'lone." And old Sambo threw his bag over his shoulder and hobbled along. Almost a New York Daily. That Democratic wonder, The New York Weekly World, has just changed its weekly into a twice-a week paper, and you eau now get the two papers a week for the same old price-$1.00 a year. Think of itl The news from New York right at your door fresh every three days-104 papers a year. We have made arrangements by which we can furnish this paper and the twice-a-week New York World all for only $2.25 a year. Here is the opportunity to get your own local paper and The New York World twice every week at extra ordinarily low rates. THE ADVERTISER, Edgefield, S. C. Little drops of water have ac complished big things. Big drops in the prices of Ramsey &'Bland's practical and artistic furniture make a flood of bargains. Go to J. Wt Marsh & Co., John ston, for best quality of goods. Never a better time for buying Furniture and Household Goods. Reason not hard to find. Place is at Ramsey & Bland's. A dollar taken to Ramsey & Blands bas wonderful purchasing power, A pear tree in Salem, Ore., which was planted in 1847, is seven feet in circumference at the base and a limb seven feet from the ground measures four and one-half feet around. It is fifty feet high and is expected this fall to bear about one hundred bushels of fruit. By trials of manuring peach trees in New Jersey it was found that nitrate of soda, at the rate of 150 pounds to the acre, produced no perceptible reBults; 350pounds of super-phosphate to the acre added about 30 per cent., and 150 pounds muriate of potash to the acre doubled the crop. With all these fertilizers applied together the crop was more than doubled. An acre to which twenty two-horse loads of barn manure was applied yielded three times as much as an unmanured acre. If the tomato vines are pulled out of the ground and placed in some she^ or cellar where light frosts will not reach them the fruit will grow and ripen several weeks after the vines out pf doors have been. entirely destroyed. .-. Some times when frost comes early a cloth may be thrown over the to mato plants for one or two nights until the danger is passed. But they can be kept in good condition in a barn basement for several weeks after tomatoes fresh from th.e vine are possible in any other way. It is a good plan to plow the garden after summer crops are off to bury the small weeds that other wise will seed bofore frost destroys them, wisely advises Tho American Cultivator. If the sections devoted to early and late vegetables are kept separate the plowing may be gin early with the removal of peas, beans, and small early truck. It may be nearly November before cabbage, turnips, and other roots are ready to be harTestedi ~~But4n. every case after plowing, whether early or late, sow rye for a winter covering to the soil. It will not prevent soil freezing, but rather make the soil freeze more by keep ing it from forming a crust, and so excluding the rains that fall on it. A California farmer recently wrote : "Mind is more than muscle. A mule has four times the muscle of a man ; use the muscle of the mule. I was in St. Joseph, Mich., and saw asparagus for sale. One lot was roughly put up in boxes to be returned. Another in neat, white boxes, which did not cost half of the other, was put up neatly in bunches, tied by red tape in neat bows, tied, no doubt by a woman, and brought 40 per cent, more and cost less than the other. Curiosity led me to the home of the man. I found him doing leBS hard work and showing more general pros perity than his average neighbors. I also knew a milk dealer who kept an account with his cows, each having a separate account, and the cow that did not show a profit was sold to the farmer who did not keep books. The Chinese tree of heaven, ailanthus glandulosa, was formerly a very popular shade tree in the lighter soils of this State, but ow ing to the anything but paradisical odor given off by some of these trees when in bloom its planting has been nearly discontinued, says Gerald McCarthy, of tho North Carolina experiment station. The odor, though disagreeable, is not poisonous or dangerous. The ailanthus is a deoecious species the male flowers are borne on one tree, the female flowers on another. It is only the male flowers that give off the disagreeable odor. Ignor ance of this fact caused the exten sive planting of the male tree, with the result indicated. Theodor of the female tree is scarcely per ceptible This is one of the most graceful and peculiar of our orna mental trees. It thrives remarka bly well on the poorest and driest soils; it is of rapid growth and is not subject to any disease or insect attack, so far as known. The tree deserves a p:ace upon all lawns of considerable extent, but should not be planted too near the house nor bordering a walk. It appears best when seen from a little dis tance. Trees should be bought from reliable nurserymen only, and the female tree alone should be planted. OKAMES FOE THE FACE. Their Peculiar Virtue in Preserv ing the Fresh Color of Youth. Philadelphia Inquirer. In order to be healthy and beau tiful women should make their habitual beverage of water into which a little lemon juice has been mixed, and they should eat plenty of fruit in all seasons. Oranges are especially recommended, this fruit possessing, it appears, extra ordinary virtue. The Marquise de Crequy, who died at the end of the last century at the age of' 98, and was still then a most attractive old lady with an apple blossom complexion, an abundance of snow-white, silky hair and all her teeth unimpaired, lived during the last forty years of her life almost exclusively on oranges. She was wont to eat a dozen of them for her breakfast aud the same number for luncheon and dinner, accompanied each time by a few thin slices of rye bread and a howl of chicken broth. A growing pumpkin or. melon vine will reach a pail of water left near it in a few days.-The Ohio Farmer. The wealth of the United States is estimated at $60,475,000,000. The Statist. The wind bloweth, the farmer soweto, and the customers oweth, and tho Lord knoweth that Ramsey & Bland are in need of their dues. So come a-runnin', this thing of dunning gives them the blues. See the very best $1.50 shoe in the world ai J. W. Marsh & Co.'s, Johnston. We hear you are tired of paying three prices for goods, take a rest and trade with Ramsey ? Bland. None of Ramsey & Bland's prices on furniture have any terror for even extra-pinched pocket-bcoks. The shades of night are falling fast, but not such Window Shird?s* as Ramsey & Bland put up. Their's stay-unless you wish to.pull them down. Remember whatever you see,ad vertised by Ramsey & Bland in ' regard to Furniture "it's so." Time will not sesm hard to those who pass the time at home in one of Ramsey & Bland's easy chairs. Do not be fooled by anybody who offers you something for nothr ing. J. W. Marsh & Co., of John ston will give you the best goods for the least money. Annual Meeting THE annual meeting of County Com missioners for tins county will be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1894. All per sons holding bills, accounts, or de mands of any kind against the county, which have not been before presented to the board at special meetings held during the year, are required to deposit the same with the clerk of the board on or before the first day of November, 1894, so that they may be examined and ordered to be paid at the annual meet ing. JAS. D. FRASER, Cl'k B'd C. C. E. C. Bridge Letting. ONE or more County Commissioners will be at Stone's Mill on Stevens Creek on the ISth day of October, 1S94, at ll a. m., for the purpose of letting the contract to repair the old bridge at place. J. A. WHITE, D. W. PADOETE, J. W. BANKS. To all Whom it May Con cern ! APETITION will be presented to the next Legislature of South Carolina, convening next Novembfr, A. D. 1S94, to lay off a new county out of the northern or Saluda portion Edgefield county, S. C. As more fully shown by a certified survey of James M. Forrest, giving the boundary lines as follows: Commencing at Saluda river and running the Lexington line to the Aiken line, and from thence to Lybrand's mill, from thence to Lotts, from thence to the Abbeville line, from the Abbeville line to the Saluda river, and thence down Saluda river to the Lexington line. S. T. EDWARDS, J. D. WILLS, ZED CROUCH, A. J. COLEMAN, JOE ATTAWAY, BAILEY MATTHEWS, MIKE KEMTSON, S. M. SMITH, DR. KEVNERDY, B. F. SAMTLE, DR. BUSTER, JOHN RAUCH, DR. KIRKSEY, LUTHER DEAN, JAMES BLACK, and others. 250 Acres in Nurseries. 37th Year. 1 Acre Under Glass. Fruit Trees & Plants, Specially adapted to the South ern States and sub-tropical coun tries. Rare Conifero and Broad Leaved Evergreens; 10,000Came lias ; 8,000 Azaleas ; 50,000 Palms ; 25 acres in Rosee; Geeen house and Bedding plants and everything suited to needs of Southern Horti culturalists. No agents. Send or ders direct to us. Catalogue free. Address P, J. BEBCKMANS, Fruitland Nurseries, AUGUSTA, GA