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THOR. J. ADAMS. PROHflETOR, EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24,1894. vj)KJ[J^N0^39^ Consumption was formerly pronounced incurable. Now it is not. In all of the early stages of the disease Scott's Emulsion will effect a cure quicker than any other known specific. Scott's Emulsion pro motes the making of healthy lung-tissue, relieves inflammation, overcomes the excess ive waste of the disease and gives vital strength. Tor Goughs, Colds, "Weak Langs, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Consumption, Scrofula, Anomia, Loss of riesh and Wasting Diseases of Children. Buy only the genuine with our trade mark on salmon-colored wrapper. Sendfor pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE. Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. 50 cents and $1. SILVER BLOCK, 1207 BROADWAY, AH@UST# 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, ut 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 nothiug bu_t we can guarantee, aud at Rock Bottom Prices. A trial will make you our friends and customers. Remember, Silver Shoe & Hat Co. Leaders in Good Honest Goods, at BOTTOM PRICES. WM. F. SAMPLES, Formerly with E. T. Murphy & Co., now with , Arrington Brothers & Co., Groceries and Plantation Supplies, 621 BROAD STREET, - - AUGUSTA, GA. (North side street, half block above Railroad Crossing.) He cordially invites and would be glad to wait on all his friends and acquaintances. THE MB One of the Largest Organizations Devoted to High Class Cental Practice in the United States. 9 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,).8 00 A Good Set of Teeth for. 5 50 Extracting Teeth. 50c. Crowns and Teeth Without Plates at Same Rates. PERFECT FITTING ARTIFICIAL TEETH and Best Workmanship Guaranteed or Money cheerfully refunded. Only the Best Material Used. 8io Broad Street. [Over Mullarky & Harty.] Augusta, Ga. - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, - AND DEALERS IN - FLOUR, CORN, SUGAR, TEAS, MEAL, OATS, COFFEE, RICE, LARD, HAY, MOLASSES, SPICES, MEAT, BRAN, SYRUPS, . i 'TAN GOODS, Etc ASD 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. KEY & CO., Statesville, - DISTILLERS AND JOBBERS IN - Pure, Old-FasMoned I C. Sand Made Cora aid Rye Whiskies e Apple and Peach Brandies, We make a specialty of pure goods tor private use and medicinal pur poses. Our brands are all recognized as standard, and we sell nothing but high grade goods. We are 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 10 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 surmsh Corn Whiskey in cases of 1, 2. 4, 6, and 8 dozen bottles 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 by age, and espe cially recommend it for private use. WM. SCHWEIGERT The Jeweller, Corner Broad and McIntosh Streets. Augusta, - - Ga Napole?n Wanted to Die. New York Recorder. On one occasion, and on one oc casion oniy, did Napoleon Bona parte attempt to die by his own hand. It' was at the palace of Fontainbleau, while his abdication was pending. He had seen Murat and Bernadotte and Ney desert his cause; he had grieved over the treachery of Marmont ; had learn ed of the occupation of Paris by the Allies' troops; he had been driven to desperation by the fierce revenge of the Emperor Alexander of Russia, who had refused to treat with Napoleon or any member of his famil}', and last, but not least of all, be had been informed that the woman whom he had made his wife, tho mother of his child, after starting from Bois to join him, fiad been dissuaded from doing so, and remained at Orbans. It was then that his mighty spirit gave away to the crushing weight of treason in camp and family. He had with him some poison, which he had secured dur ing the disastrous return from Moscow. The temptation to die the death of the elder Cato or Socrates was too strong for him. In his own chamber he drank the poison and lay down in the full hope that he had ended the storm iest career that mortal ever fol lowed. His hope was deceived. The poison.had lost its strength. .He suffered the agonies of the damned for hours, but death did not come. His private surgeon, Yvau, was panic-stricken, thinking it certain that, should the emperor die in that way, just then, the Allied Powers, fearing the accusation of history, would ma!ce him a scape goat. He mounted his horse and fled, without doing anything to re lieve his master's suffering. But slowly Bonaparte recovered, and it is paid that he always expressed the belief that Fate, having pre vented him from suicide, must have other triumps in store for his genius. He signed the abdication which was so galling to his soul, his son might succeed to his im perial honors, a,nd consented to re tire to Elba, in the full faith that bis star had not set save to rise again. This faith did not desert him, even after the final overthrow at Waterloo. He went to St. Helena, believing that he would come back again, as he had come back from Elba. Hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen had more or less sym pathy with thal hope. But "per fidious Aldion" had the arch-foe in her clutches, and from her careful watching he was never to escape. Had Kisses for h. very bo dy. New York Times. A comely, well dressed woman, about 85 years old, spent an hour in Broadway, New York, last Thurs day, hugging and kissing every man who came within reach. She was rather large in stature, and old men, young men, large and small men who came within her clutches bad to submit to her embraces. Some took it good naturedly aud laughed with the crowd that looked ou, while others tore themselves away and rushed off amid the hovfts of spectators. In three blocks which she trav elled she caught no less than a dozen men and hugged and kissed them ail. At the ferry she fell in with a boatload of passengers just pouring into the street. This was her golden opportunity, and auy number of men had to submit to hugs and kisses, while the women passengers looked on with mingled horror and amusement. Finally she boarded a car and left the scene of her osculation, apparently worn out, if not satiated, by her kissing. "China is a silver country. The tael or ounce was worth from $1.30 to $1.35 in our money some years ago. It is now worth less than 70 ce??s in gold. Or, as Brother Tatum writeB, {A Mexican dollar buys 73 tael cents. Two years ago a gold dollar bought 83 tael cents; now 150.' Thus it would seem that a salary of $600 gave the missionary to live on fifteen years ago about 450 taels; two years ago 510 ; at present 900-and this without cor responding decrease, espesially in the interior, of the purchasing power of the tael." * * "Several missionaries propose, of their own motion, special reductions for this year of hard times." Now, the contrast. In the land Silver In China. M. in Hampton Guardian. of heathen China salaries are r duced at the request of the wa? workers; in the United Stat strikes for higher wages. Stuc the figures. In 1870 $600=4! Chinese money ; in 1894 $600=9( Chinese money. And the pu chasing power of the China moue not much decreased. And workei suggesting Balary reduction ! know the purchasing power of oi dollar is greater than ever, but was never so hard to make. Th purchasing power of the Chines is the same as fifteen years ag< yet twice as easy to get as thei The man who owed $100 in th United States fifteen years agc after paying interest for that tim must now give what is equivalen to $200 and that causes the pinch ing times. The above extract is from the Re port on Foreign Missions of th Southern Baptist Convention ; am from it it does look as if we wer behind tho heathen Chinese ii finances. Passing of the Compass. The compasa may disappear fron the sea, says the Philadelphia Re cord. The little needle, by the ai( of which' intrepid mariners havi for centuries chartered the vas ocean developed a sudden fickle ness to the pole as soon as the cora pass was placed aboard the iror and steel ships of this age. Sc erratic have been the needle's de. viation8 that, without frequent comparison with some knowi standard, the helmsman woulc have been afraid to trust the in strument as a nautical guide ovei the trackless waters. For the first time in the histor)* of navigation au appliance has been invented which seems to be absolutely ac curate and trustworthy iii the de termination of the course of ships at sea. Lieutenant W. H. Beecher, of the United States navy, appears to have achieved this triumnb in his delicate and beaut} meter, the telescope c so floated upon succ?s of quicksilver, in a v< upon, ^gimbals,, .that. ..tl sea will evidently be uc turb its dead level. The government deep sea t first North German Lloyd steamer Weimar will decide the fate of the old style'compass. The Washington coi respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says : "It is the intention of the silver leaders to push 'the question of free coinage at the "coming session of Congress. While it mav be true, and probably is, that the President will veto such a bill, it is thought to be the duty of a Democratic Congress to go ahead, and so far as it is concerned fix the responsi bility of the continuance of the gold standard squarely upon the shoulders of the President. This is deemed the more important be cause of a fear, to say the least, that the Republicans may carry the Lower House in the fall elec tions, and control one branch of the National Legislature after the 4th of March next. In such sense the action in Ohio will serve as a powerful stimulant and incentive for the Democracy to make a re cord on the money question now when in control of the legislative branch of the government. The fight will take shape at once and begin in December next when the Congress meets." In a recent speech ex-Senator Ingaiis paid : UI want to say that I am a bimetallist, pure and sim ple, in favor of the free coinage of American silver' at the ratio of 16 to 1, and I believe that the Repub lican party stands on that plat form, and I go further and say that I believe that a good portion of the industrial difficulties that sur round us, the depression of values, the loss of credit, the stagnation of business, are due to the destruc tion of the money-purchasing power, and business will never be restored until silver is replaced in the full exercise of its functions as one of the money metals of the American people." A cargo of selected girls has be(?n sent from London to Western Australia, where lhere is a great dearth of material for wives for fanners and mechanics. The con signment consisted of fifty young women, sound morally and physi cally and under 20 years of age. A dollar taken to Ramsey & Blands bas wonderful purchaeing power. Buy shoes from J. W. Marsh & Co., Johnston. AGRICULTURAL. Terrace Under Ground. _ The following open letter will be found of interest by all who are interested in farming and will sug gest ;8ome new ideas to many read ers:, GREENVILLE, Sept. 24,1894. Hop. M. L. Donaldson, DEAR SIR : You ask of me for usea^r Clemson College a copy of au article published in the Green ville. News many years ago describ ing a remarkable experiment made by Mr. Cole, of Sckenectady, N. Y., in saving the rain water on the hill feides for use duri-ng the usual summer drouths. I can't find a copy[ of tue paper-the News files havipg been burned several years ago-but will try in a few words to d?scribe the Cole, and its appli cation tO'Our terrace system, as at tempted in the article referred to. Mr. Cole selected five acres of bill side vclay land and dug parallel ditches, which he called reservoir dilciier, 3x3 feet ou a daad level, across the hill side, fifteen feet aparf, all the way down to the base of hill; he filled in these ditches, to within a few inches of the surface, with angular and jag ged rocks and such other material as would give the largest space for the r&in water, which it is intended to. hold ip reserve for the surnraer droujih ; he then put some straw on the rocks to keep the Band and dirt from, filling the crevices in the rocks and then threw back the earth' ,on the ditches and brought to a -sufficient level to be plowed over.v He then dug little ditches whick are called "outlet drains" from one reservoir ditch to the nextjbelow, and so on to the base of the hill. These ontlets are small blind ditches, one foot wide and;two feet deep-half filled with broken rock and covered in with not unaer giass. This system combined drainage and irrigation with eminent suc cess. Now, 3ee how easily the system can be used in connection with our system of terracing. Instead of throwing up a terrace with the plow, dig reservoir ditches 2 feet wide by 3 feet deep (or 2x2 feet) precisely on the plan of ter races, viz : a terrace for every fall of 3 feet on steep land, and 2 feet on gently sloping land. The dirt thrown out below the ditch will make" a permanent terrace from 2 to 3 feet high ; fill up the ditch to the top, and ae high above the top as you have the material, with brush or rocks and stumps, or whatever is at hand ; nothing bet ter than old field pine brush that will hold water like a sponge-then dig the little cutlets, blind ditches, 1 foot wide by 2 feet deep-3 poles at the bottom and the rocks you find at hand thrown in, running as many of these outlet drains as needed from* one reservoir ditch to the next below; cover over and plow across ; and the farmer at a cheap rate (because he can do the work at odd times in the winter) will enhance the value of his cul tivated land 100 per cent, and his laud will never wash. Respectfully, N. H. DAVIS. P. S.-It requiring only a little thought and experiment to find how this system of drainage and irrigation may be improved. The two material points gained are : First", the rain fall is held on the hill side ; and second, the water is covered from the sun and there is no evaporatiou. Tile will not an answer the purpose, becaute tile is used for carrying off superfluous water and not for holding it in re serve against the summer drought. If you must grow something among the young tree, strawberries are a good crop. You will have to manure them heavily in order to get a good yield and the trees will receive some benefit from thai Then when they are through bear ing you can plow the vines under and that will help again. -o Plow the garden plot now, first cutting down all the weeds and grass aud burning them. Apply manure thickly and harrow it in lightly. The frost will pulverize the soil and render the manure fiie, as well as have the plot in ex cellent condition for spring, when it should be again plowed and har rowed until fine. TBE MOB WAS FIBED OPON. Three People Killed and Ten Wounded. ALL FOR THE LIFE OF A NEGRO RAPIST. The Efforts of tho Militia So Far Are Successful. WASHINGTON C. H., Ohio, Oct. 17. -In the criminal court to-day Jas-* per Dolby, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Mary C. Bird, of Parrotts Station, a week ago, confessed the crime and was sentttnced to the penitentiary for twenty years. There was every prospect of a bloody fight to-night, as a great mob was in town bent on lynching Dolby, and the sheriff had two companies of State militia here to help him protect the prisoner. A special grand jury was called and Dolby was indicted to-day and his trial and sentence followed prompt ly. The county officers hoped by this means to quiet the mob and avert a fight. "LYNCH .HIM! LYNCH HIM!" COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 17.-A special from Washington C. H., says: As darkness came on a crowd of 1,500 people surrounded the court house and jail which are really one building, calling "Lynch him ! Lynch him!" Finally some one threw a stone which struck a sol dier on the breast. Then Col. Coit, whose anger was aroused addressed the people in language which was very forcible. He told them not to repeat the offense. "If you want to injure any one," said he, "hit mn and no* tKnon????:-" stanamg on tue court-nose steps were the soldiers with guns loaded waiting an order to file. The crowd surged closer and closer to the court-house, becoming bolder as the darkness increased. Colonel Coit addressed them again, or rather attempted to do so, but they would not listen to him. He said that he would have to tell the sol diers to fire if they did not fall back, mjt ou they came and finally the order to fire was given. Many were seen to fall and the mob fled like a lot of frightened sheep. THE DEAD ARE. Smith Walsh, 13 years of age, son of a grocery man, shot in the head and abdomen. Jesse July, 25 years old, shot in the breast and abdomen. He was a laborer. Mack Johnson, of Williamsburg. Brown county, shot in the bowels. THE WOUNDED ARE. William Sam, 23 years old, a laborer from Adams county, work ing here. Theodore Amerman, shot in light thigh, serious. Frank Neterhouse, an aged man, shot in the left leg. George Keating, 14 years old, shot in the groin and in both legs ; will die. Frank Smith, flesh wound in foot. Ernest Ellis, shot in the foot. Others were undoubtedly injured but these were the most serious sases. The mob had Becured a battering ram and proceeded to batter down the door. Not a shot was fired by i the soldiers until the door fell in, when the troops fired the volley which resulted so fatally. The re mainder of the soldiers were sta tioned at the south entrance, and - aumindful of the fact that a por- J fcion of the crowd was making an 1 attempt to batter down the door at the north entrance. i The fright of the first volley hav- : ing died away the mob is becoming y more boisterous and bold. They ^ ire gathering about the court house, and though still maintain ng a respectful distance are utter- j ngloud imprecations against the c ioldiers, and fcars are entertained I 'or their safety if reinforcements ire not quickly coming. The crowd t s now making an attempt to se- J cure dynamite, and swear they will blow up the court-house. The wounded and dead are being cared for in the engine house and the stores near by. It looks very evi dent that the prisoner will be se cured before morning. At 9 o'clock to-night Adjt. Gen. Howe ordered out additional force. Battery B, of the First Artillery, at Cincinnati. Sheriff Cook, of Fayette county telegraphed Gen. Howe as follows : "The rumor is correct. Three have been killed, and eight or ten wounded." The first message was received from Col. A. B. Coit, in command of the State troops at Washington C. H., since the report was made at 10 o'clock to-night. It was ad dressed to Gen. J. C. Howe, and was- as follows : "Your telegrams just received. No reinforcements have yet arrived. We can hold the court-house for hours. The doors were broken in and the guards fired. Reported to us that two were killed and three wounded. It is reported to the sheriff that the mob has broken into the powder house and taken the powder. It is the most determined mob I ever saw. The troops used every pre caution. The sheriff and Judge Maynard approved our action. I pleaded and begged of the men to peaceably disperse. Our men are all right now." REINFORCEMENTS. Adjt. Gen. Howe has been un able to get any answer to Col. Coit and Sheriff Cook. He believes that the mob has them surrounded and that they have cut off com munication. He is also having trouble in securing the neceseary communication to move the troops ordered to Col. Coifs aid. At 10 o'clock the troops from Marysville and those to go from here joined them on a special train over the Midland Railway.' It is thirty - -: . . sir?bs* 9'T?*> Hs j i .. . beards ? i>->-' . grouua to control the mob when the first soldiers arrive. The mob is so incensed against the soldiers now that a small force would be in danger there. Gen. Howe is afraid the mob in its frenzy over the shooting of the citizens may try to blow up the whole jail and court-house. The command of Col. Coit is now in the jail, and this would result in a terrible lo^s of life. If they can hold the jail against the mob for half au hour longer, said Gen. Howe at 10:30 o'clock to-night, I think the danger will be over. I will have enough troops in Wash ington C. H. by that time to control all the people in the mob. The safety of the little command of Col. Coit, consisting of 75 men, and the inmates of the jail and the officers as well as the wretched prisoner whose beastly crime has caused all the rioting and blood shed depends upon the next half hour. It is Gen. Howe's intention to bring the prisoner Dolby to the State prison to-night under guard of the troops, as soon as the mob that surrounds the jail is dispersed. Little drops of water have ac complished big things. Big drops in the prices of Ramfcey & Bland's practical and artistic furniture make a flood of bargains. W. Thomwell Haynes, who grad uated at Wofford College two or three years ago, and is now profes sor of English aud history in the Leesville High School, has written a book of about fifty pages,, enti tled "The Life of Governor B. R. Tillman." It is being published , by B. C. DuPre, of Columbia, and will make its appearance in a few | days. ! Go to J. W. 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 it Ramsey & Bland's. There is a big "drive" in horse nen's goode at Ramsey & Bland's. [f you are going to need anything n their line for a year to come, it j vould be well to consult with them ? vhile this sale is in progress. j The Old Hickory Wagons, in- S iompaiable forever, still take the ? ead everywhere. Ramsey & Bland 6 ian supply ynu and sond you home ? ?appy. _ c See the very best $1.50 shoe in he world at J. W. Marsh & Co.'s, ohnston. I 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 can now get the two papers a week for the, same old price-$1.00 a year. Think of it! 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. . A quince growor who had been greatly troubled by borers says he has stopped their mischief by washing his trees with two gallons of water in which was a gallon of soft soap, to which, he added while the mixture was boiling a gill of carbolic acid. He applied' this wash in May and renewed it after rains. Perhaps this might have a repellant effect, but wrapping the trees near the ground with wire cloth would be a surer preventive. A lady in Atlanta, two years ago, advertised watermelon seed of a choice variety for sale, and through correspondence relating to this business won a husband. Such are the results of advertising. Ex-President Harrison has en tered the Indian campaign. He will work till the day of the gen eral election. Going to house keeping is en couraged by Ramsey & Bland, as is shown by the prices on Furni ture nf all descriptions. The half has not yet been told about Ramsey & Bland's bargains. Go to them and learn the TAR* ?WCi?. i:. ? Oft' A i Vi.'. ' - - -1 '. CL - .'J" u1. ?J .. . au** ??au? ?vim Ramsey & Bland. None of Ramsey & Blarid's prices on furniture have any terror for even extra-pinched pocket-books. The shades of night are falling fast, but not such Window Shades 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 seam 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 noth ing. J. W. Marsh & Co., of John ston will give you the best goods for the least money. Annual Meeting. THE annual meeting of Coanty Com missioners for this 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. To all Whom it May Con cern! APETITION will be presented to the next Legislature of South Carolina, convening next Novembfr, A. D. 1894, 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 fro n thence to Lybrand's mill, fro ii 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. EDWAFDS, J. 1;. WILLS, ZED CROUCH, A. J. COLEMAN, JOE ATTAWAY, BAILEY MAT rHEWS, MIKE HEMPSON, ?S. M. SMITH, DR. KEVNERDY, B. F. SAMPLE, 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 on States and sub-tropical coun ties. Rare Conifers and Broad jeaved Evergreens; 10,000Came ias; S,000 Azaleas ; 50,000 Palms; i5 acres in Roses; Geeen house md Bedding plants and everything uited to needs of Southern Horti iulturalists. No agents. Send or lers direct to us. Catalogue free. Address P, J. BERCKMANS, i'ruitlandNurseries, AUGUSTA, GA