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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. Coughs and Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, General Debility and all forms of Emaciation are speedily cured by Scott's Emulsion Consumptives always find great relief by taking it, and consumption is often cured. No other nourishment restores strength so quickly and effectively. Weak Babies and Thin Children are made strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion when other forms of food seem to do them no good whatever. The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put up in salmon colored wrapper. Befu.se cheap substitutes! Send for pamphlet on Scot? s Emulsion. FREE. Spott St, Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. 50 cents and $1. ?.ii milli.III??!.milli ??!.MW nu 11.niiiii.minim ?. SILVER BLOCK, I207 BROADWAY, AweusT/i 8A. 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 tho city. Our Goods are especially made for us, and we sell nothing but I we can guarantee, and 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 Sunplies, 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. 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.$100 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 j refunded. Only the Best Material Used. 8io Broad Street. [Over Mullarky & Harry.] Augusta, Ga. HEMSEN cfc TUTT, - WHOLESALE 4ND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, - AND DEALERS IN - 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 I his friends. 843 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. KEY & Statesville, 3XT.O,, - DISTILLERS AND JOBBERS IN - Pure, (Hi-Failed 1 C. Hand Made Cora and Rye WMics 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 JO gallons : N. C. "Poplar Log" Corn Whiskey, $1.25 to $3.00, according to age? Rye Whiskey, $2.00 to $3.00, according to agc. Apple Brandy, $2.00 Peach Brandy, $2.75. Extra charge for jugs. "We can surnish Corn Whiskey in eases of 1, 2. 4, C, and 8 dozen Dottles ro 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. Ausruft a, - - O? THE NEW COUNTY GOVERN MENT LAW. I The following are the most im portant provisions of the County Government law passed by the Legislature in 1893: Sec. 4. The County Supervisor shall have general jurisdiction over all public highways, roads, bridgts, and ferries, and over the paupers, and in all matters relating to taxes and disbursements of public funds for county purposes, in their re spective counties, and in any other case that may be necessary for the internal improvement and local concerns of their respective coun ties; said Supervisor shall have power and authority to administer oaths to any person in reference to matters appertaining to his office. Sec. 5. That the Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Senator and members of the House of Representatives from the respective counties, three discreet freeholders in each township in the several ccuuties of the State, who shall bft known as the Board of Township Commissioners, whose term of office dhall be coterminal with that oV the Governor by whom such Commissioner shall have been appointed, and until their succes sors are appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy or in case of the ?efusal of any person so ap pointed to serve as such Commis sioner, the Governor shall fill the same as hereinbefore provided: Provided, That no person shall be required to serve more than once in every four years ; and said Com missioner shall, during the term of his office, be exempt fi om all road and jury duty. Sec. 6. That all the duties, pow ers, and privileges now the same hereby devolved upon the Town ship Boards of Commissioners and Township Boards of Assessors are hereby abolished. Sec. 7. That all the duties, pow ers, and privileges now devolved on the County Boards of "Equaliza tion be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the County Board of Commissioners, and said Board of Equalization is hereby abolish ed. And the members of said Board, while performing the duties now devolved upon the County Board of Equalization, shall re ceive the same compensation as such Boards now receive. Sec. S. That the County Super visor, together with the Chairman of the Township Boards of Com missioners in the several town-1 ships appointed by the Governor, shall constitute the County Board of Commissioners, of which said Board the County Supervisor shall be Chairman. Sec. 9. That immediately after the appointment of the several Boards of Township Commission ers, and the election and qualifica tion of the County Supervisor, or as soon thereafter as may be prac ticable, the said Supervisor shall call a meeting of said Board for the purpose or organization. And the County Board of Commission ers shall meet thereafter on the first Monday in January, April, July, and October of each year at the county court-house, for the transaction of business, and a ma jority of said Board shall consti tute a quorum: Provided, That the chairman of said board may call an extra meeting at any time, and shall be required to do so upon the written request of three members of the board. That at the first meeting of said board they shall elect one of their number who shall be a member of the State Board of Equalization, and who shall per form all the functions of said office as now provided by law. Sec. lO. That it shall be the duty of the County Supervisor, together with the Chairman of the Board of Township Commissioners, to lay off into convenient sections ihe roads, bridges, and ferries in the several townships in their respect ive counties, which said sectious shall be numbered for the purpose of letting out the same to be work ed and maintained u-nder contract. Sec. ll. That if the County Board of Commissioners conclude to adopt the contract system for working, maintaining, and operat ing the several sections of high ways, roads, bridges, and ferries in the several townships in their re spective counties, the County Su pervisor, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall advertise in a newspaper published in the county once a week for three weeks, and by notices posted in two or more conspicuous places in the several townships, for bids from responsi ble persons for the performance of the work as above set forth. Any and all bids made shall be in in writing, sealed, and addressed to the County Supervisor, and by him opened and submitted to the County Board of Commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said board to accept the lowest bid made by a responsible person .br party: Provided, The County Board of Commissioners shall have power to reject any or all bids. Sec. 12. When any bid shall have been accepted by the County Board of Commipsioners they shall require the person or party whose bid shall have been accepted' to enter into bond double the amount of said bid, and with good and sufficient, surety, payable to said board and their successors in office, for the use of the county, which bond shall specify the natureMrf the work required, conditioned^r the faithful performance of Ipe same. Sec. 13. In rase of the failuraof any contractor to perform the con ditions of his bond, the Board of County Road Commissioners sb&l: declare the same forfeited, and the Circuit Solicitor shall enter suit in the name of said board upon said bond for the penalty thereof, and any sum of money recovered in such action shall be paid irfto the county treasurv and becom'e'a part of the county road fund. Sec. 14. The County Board ,of Commissioners shall have power to remove any and all defaulting contractors and to relet the section or sections of highways, roads, bridges, or ferries so let to hir4fto some other responsible person or party. Sec. 15. The County Treasurers of the several counties are hereby authorized and empowered to 're ceive from any and all persons.|La ble to road duty in the several first day of November and the first day of March in each year for that fiscal year, or when State and county taxes are paid, and that the County Treasurer shall furnish a receipt to the person so paying the same. Sec. 16. The County Treasurer shall furnish the County Super visor a list containing the names of all persons who have paid their commutation tax, and the Chair man of the Township Board of Commissioners shall also prepare and furnish to the Supervisor a list of all persons liable to road duty in their respective townships, and the said Supervisor shall check off the names of all such persons reported on the list of the County Treasurer as having paid their commutation tax, and all persons whose names shall remain on the list so checked shall be re quired to perform road duty, not exceeding in tli3 aggregate of six days ; said persons shall not be re quired to work more than three days in any one week, and shall be assigned to such duty by the County Supervisor under one of the contractors in the township having under control the section or sections nearest the residence of such person or persons : Provided, That in those counties where the contract system is not adopted, said persons shall perform the work under road overseers, to be appointed by the Township Board of Commissioners for each town ship, under the provisions of ex isting laws. Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the contractor of any section to re ceive such person or persons as signed to him, under Section 16, by the County Supervisor, and he shall allow to the County Board of Commissioners a sum uot less than fifty cents per diem for the labor of any such person or persons, and said sum shall be credited upon the amount due or to become due such said contractor by the said board. Sec. 18. In case of the refusal of any person or persons to pay his or their commutation tax, as here in provided, within the time pre scribed by this Act, and upon re fusal to perform tho road duty re quired by Section 16 of this Act, he shall bo doomed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall bc tined ten dollars and costs, or imprisoned in the county jail for thc period of twenty days: Provided, That if persen liable to road duty neglects counties the sum of two dollars!as a commutation tax in Jieu of all . ff ' road duty required by law, andall money so paid- shall be set apart and known as the County Rd?d Fund : Provided, That said co?r? mutation taX"be"paid betweerr"-vrie to pay his commutation tax witl the time prescribad by this A the Couuty Treasurer is hereby ? thorized to receive the same wit] penalty of 50 per cent, of SJ amount added: Provided, 1 same be tendered within fift<= days after the expiration of S? . time. Sec. 19. All accounts, clair and demands of whatever natl existing against the county j opening, constructing, maintai ing, and operating any pub highway, road, bridge, or fei shall, be presented to the Coun Board of Commissioners, duly i tested, and if approved by sa board the County Supervispr shi i draw his warrant upon the Coun Treasurer, under the seal of t County Board of Commissione: for the amount of any such clai or claims, which warrant shall countersigned by the secretary the Board, and the same shall paid by said Treasurer out of tl county road fund. Sec. 20. Any willful neglect duty on the part of any memb of the County Board of Commi siouers shall be deemed a misd meanor, punishable by a fine n exceeding one hundred dollars i imprisonment not exceeding oi year. Sec. 21. The County Board i Commissioners shall, at the la term of the Court of General Se sions in each year, make a repo to the presiding judge, to be t him submitted to the grand jur; of all their actings and doing containing an itemized statemei of all amounts ordered to be pal by them, the condition of the pul lie highways, bridges and ferrie in their respective counties for tl fiscal year, and all matters appe: faining to the same. Sec. 22. The members of th County Board of Commissioner shall have power to administi oaths to all persons appearing b< fore them, and to punish by fin not exceeding ten dollars, or irr prisonment in the county jail nc exceeding twenty hours, any an all persons' guilty of disorder! conduct amounting to an open c direct contempt or willful intel ruption of their proceedings. Sec. 23. That from and after th passage of this Act all the court of this State and municipal an thorities which under existing law have power to sentence; convicts t confinement in prison with han labor shall sentence all able-bodiei male convicts to hard labor upoj the public works of the county ii which said person shall have beei convicted, and in the alternative ti imprisonment in the county jai or State penitentiary at hard labor Provided, That municipal author ities may sentence municipal con victs to work upon the streets anc other public works of the municl pality in which they have beer convicted, and such convicts whee so sentenced shall work under the exclusive direction and control ol the municipal authority imposing sentence : Provided, That no con vict whose sentence snail be for a period longer than two years shall be so sentenced. Sec. 24. That all convicts so sen tenced shall be under the. super vision and control of the County Supervisor andbv him formed into a county chain gang and required to perform hard labor upon the public highways, roads, bridges, and ferries, or public buildings in the county; be shall direct the time, place, and manner of labor to be performed by said chain gang: Provided, That said chain gang shall not bc worked in con nection with or near any road con tractor or overseer. Sec. 25. That the County Board of Commissioners shall diet and provide suitable and efficient guards and appliances for the safe keeping of said convicts. They shall likewise provide all necessary tools, implements, and road ma chines for performing the work re quired of said convicts, all costs and expenses of which shall be paid out of the county road fund in the same manner as other charges against said fund are paid. Sec. 2G. That in case any con vict or convicts so employed by the County Supervisor shall become ungovernable or unfit for the labor required ol' such convict or con victs, the said Supervisor may com mit such convict or convicts to the State penitentiary or county jail. And it shall bc the duty of the Superintendent of the penitentiary, or the Sheriff of the county, as the 'county, as the case may be, to re ceive any such convict or convicts so committed. When said cha gang is not employed, or when co venient and practicable, they shi be confined in the county jail f safe keeping under direction said Supervisor. Sec. 27. That the County Boa: of Commissioners shall be authc ized and required to employ a ph aician or physicians whenever ne essary to render medical aid sick convicts and to preserve tl health of the chain gang. Tl fees and expenses of the same, i well as for medicines prescribe to be paid out of the road fund i other claims are paid against sa: funds. Sec. 28. The County Board . Commissioners shall have gener, supervision over the paupers ar. the Poor House and farm of tl county, and the said board sha provide all necessary buildings f< the accommodation of the poor < the county, with sufficient tillab land to give employment to all pal pers able to work, and said built ings and lands shall be designate as the Poor House and farm of tl county. Sec. 29. That said board shall b empowered to make all necessar rules and regulations for the go^ eminent of the county PoorHous and farm, to appoint a superii: tendent, with such assistants a may be needed, to provide mean for the employment as may be bes suited to the inmates of the Poe House, to see that every paupe able to work is employed, and t appoint one or more physicians t the Poor House, who shall furnis: medical aid to the indigent sick. Sec. 30. The County Board o Commissioners shall have powert demand, sue for, and receive al such gifts, legacies, fines, forfeit ures and all other moneys or thing which may be given or coming ti the use of the poor. Sec. 31. In case any poor chil< or children jhali be, or become chargeable to the county, tbj County Board of Commissioner may bind out any such child o: children as an apprentice to somi person of good moral characte: until such child, if he be male shall arrive al the age of sixteei years, and it be a female until shi arrives at the age of fourteen yean or shall marry. The said boan shall have power to bind out t( service, under some person of gooc moral character, any illegitimate child or children likely to become chargeable to the county, or liable to be demoralized by the immoral conduct or evil example of theil mother or other persons having them in charge, in the manner and for the time prescribed for paupei children, and they shall have powei to issue all necessary writs to en force the provisions of this Section, Secs. 33, 34, 36, and 37 refer to the Poor House. Sec. 37 refers to the adoption of a Heal. Sec. 38. Each county shall pay : 1. The fees of the grand and petit jurors while in attendance upon the circuit court. 2. Witnesses' fees in tho State cases for actual attendance upon the circuit courts as provided by law. 3. Fees of physicians and surgeons testifying as experts before a Coroner's jury or the circuit court. 4. Fees of Sheriffs and Clerks of Court as provided by law. 5. Fees of County Coroners as allowed by law. 6. Fees or salaries of Trial Justices and Constables. 7. The compen sation of Auditors, Treasurers, and County Supervisors as provided by law. Soc. 39. That the fees ali owed jurors, constables and witnesses shall be paid by the Treasurer of the counties, on the presentation to them of certificates signed by the presiding judge and counter signed by the Clerk of the Court, or be received by him in the pay ment of all county taxes when duly approved by the County Su pervisor. Sec. 40. That tho accounts of the Coroners and Sheriffs and Super visor, and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post mortem, shall be ap proved by County Board of Com missioners, and the Supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the County Treasurer for the payment of the same, counter signed by the secretary of the board. Soc.41..Sheriffs, Deputy Sher iffs, Coroners, and Constables shall execute all legal orders to them directed by the boards herein pro vided for, or the chairman thereof, and shall receive therefor the same fees and costs allowed in other cases. Sec. 42. That the reports of the County Treasurer and othor officers now required by law to be made to the board of County Commission ers shall, after the passage of this Act, be made to the County Super visor, and all settlements by any of the county officers now required to be made with the' board of County Commissioners or its chairman shall be made with the County Supervisor. Sec. 43. The County Board of Commissioners shall prepare an estimate of the amount of money necessary to pay the expenses in curred by said boards and for or dinary county expenses, and report the same lo the Comptroller-Gen eral of the State, on or before the 15th day of November of each year, tobe by him submitted to the General Assembly, in order to provide the necessary taxation for county purposes. Sec. 44. In case of the failure of the County Supervisor to faith fully perform the duties of his office or the conditions of his bond, it shall be the duty of the Solicitor of tho circuit in which such Super visor shall reside to bring an ac tion upon the bond of the Super visor in the name of the county, and any amount realized from said suit shall be deposited in the treas ury to the credit of the road fund, and shall receive therefor such fees as the court shall designate. Sec. 45. That the salaries of the Supervisor in the several counties shall be paid quarterly by the County Treasurers out of the county funds in the same manner as other claims against the county are paid. Sec. 46. That it shall be the duty of the County Supervisor to cause a record to be kept of all the proceedings of the board of which he is herein made chairman, as well as a record of all contracts en tered into with said boards, as provided in this Act, which said records shall be open to public in spection, and all necessary books and material for keeping same shall be paid for out of the funds here in.provided for. the respective boards -in-rtfae same manner as-other charges are paid. Sec. 47. That so much of this Act as applies to the working of the public highways by the con tract system, and by convicts in chain gangs, shall not be obliga tory on such County Board of Commissioners as conclude that the present system of working the highwoys in their respective coun ties is more conducive to the wel fare thereof; and in such cases overseers, as now provided by law, shall be appointed in each town ship by the Board of Township Commissioners for such townships, who shall execute the laws now in force in reference to the working of public highways. Killed by Peanuts. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Miss Nellie Farrell, a 20year old Brooklyn girl, had a great fondness for peanuts, and on Tuesday and Wednesday last ate even more than usual. On Thursday she ate a pint more on the street and was taken vio lently ill. She was removed to a doctor's and thence to a hospital, where it waB found necessary to perform an operation. This was done on Friday, and fully a quart of undigested peanuts were found in her stomach. She suffered greatly up to last night, wheu she died of peritonitis. 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 owu local paper and The New York World twice every week at extra ordinarily low rates. THE ADVERTISER, Edgefield, S. C. We hear you are tired of paying three prices for goode, take a rest and trade with Ramsey & Bland. None of Ramsey & Bland'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 pu tup. Their's stay-unless you wish to pull them down. lAGRICULTURAL. SORGHUM INDUSTRY A FAILURE. The report comes from Fort Scott, Kan., that the season of 1894 will mark the total failure of the sorghum industry in Kansas, which was built up by Government ap propropriations of $1,000,000 for experimental purposes in 1886. * 1: * SALT FOR BEES. It is well known that salt is re quired by bees, particularly in spring, before any honey-flow sets in, and it probably acts as a mild purgative on their constitution. It is very desirable that a few smalt wooden troughs filled with brine or, where the atmosphere is not too dry, a few pieces of rock salt be kept at every apiary, to enable the bees to get the necessary sup pl)'- readily and in a clean manner when they feel inclined for it. * * * CHANGING CROPS. Human beings are often likened unto a flock of sheep-where one leads all will follow. "But there is always a stampede in some quar ter. Just at present this is away from wheat and in the direction of pork. This is a great misfortune, as it always results in a shortage of the abandoned crop andan over production of the other. Wheat growers who are now turning aside to raise better-paying crops will probably wish a year hence that they had remained in the business ; the hog-raisers will bewail falling prices and both parties will start off with the crowd in another di rection, oEiy to get left again. It :s very hard for many people to learn that radical changes are in jurious. They should be made gradually, with due thought for the future and a recollecction that the best time to continue in any busi ness is when others are, by leaving it, assisted in diminishing future production. Remember whatever you see ad vertised by Ramsey & Bland in regard to Furniture "it's so." _ Time will not seambard .to. those; who pass the time at home'?n 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. 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. 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. Plac? is at Ramsey & Bland's. A dollar taken to Ramsey & Blands has wonderful purchasing power. Annual Meeting. THE annual meeting of County Com missioners for this county will be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1S94. 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 ?derk of the board on or before the first d:iy ol' 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 November, A. D. 1S94, to lay oil' 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 KEMPSOX, S. M. SMITH, DR. KEVXEHDY, B. F. SAMPLE, DR. BUSTER, Jonx 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 Conifers and Broad Leaved Evergreens; 10,000Came lias; 8,000 Azaleas ; 50,000 Palms; 25 acres in Roses; Geeen house and Bedding plants and everything suited to needs of Southern Horti cultural ists. No agents. Send or ders direct to us. Catalogue free. Address P. J. BERCKMAJS'S, Fruitlaml Nurseries, AUGUSTA, GA