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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. -?ii? ?iiiiimiMiMm ii ?mil.m Are You Fortif ied? When you aro in a low state of health, and on the verge of illness, there is no nourishment in the world like Scott's Emulsion to restore strength. Scott's Emulsion nourishes, strength ens, promotes the making of solid flesh, enriches the blood and tones up tho whole system. Por Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Consumption, Scrofula, Anamia, Loss of Flesh, Thin Babies, "Weak Children, and all' conditions of Wasting. Buy only the genuine! It has our trade mark on salmon-colored wrapper. Sendfor pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. FREE. 50 cents and SI. TRAOC MARK. Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists SILVER BLOCK, I207 BROADWAY, AH@HST/I 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 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., 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."". 7oc. up Gold Fillings.*iSJ UP ?est Set of Teeth (either upper or lower set,). S 00 A Good Set of Teeth for. ? 50 Extract in? Teeth.)Uc 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. 810 Broad Street. [Over Mullarky & HartyJ Augusta, Ga. I=LE3IS^ISESI^r db TTJTT, -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, -AND DEALERS Iii - 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 von 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. S43 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GA. ic. ?Ea Y Statesville, - iKT.O,. - DISTILLERS AND JOBBERS IN - Pore KHttnil C. Baili Me Con anil Rye foils 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 l?i*rh ^riKlo goods. Weare sole proprietors of the celebrated Key brand of old-fashioned handmade Corn Whiskey and Apple Brandy, packed incases of one dozen bottles. We quote as follows, in lots 1 to IO gallons : N. C. "Poplar Log" Corn Whiskey, $1.25 to $.'L00,'according to age! Rye Whiskey, $2.00 to $3.00, according to age. Apple Brandy, $2.00 Peach Brandy, $2.75. Extra char jre for ju irs. We ran surnisb Corn Whiskey in cases of 1. 2, 4, C, and 8 dozen1 Domes 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 f<?r private use. WM. SCHWEIGERT Tlie Je weller, Cornel Broad and McIntosh Streets. ? ugxista, - - Ga CORRESPONDENCE [For the ADVERTISED. News Items from White Rock. MR. EDITOR: In a recent issue of your paper we noticed an arti cle condemning the system of edu cation in this State as being avery poor system. Why not as good a system of education in South Caro lina as in any of the Southern States? It has, and we will at tempt to prove that the average man in South Carolina is vory far from ever attaining to that degree which her system of education is capable of giving. We do not know who this negative writer is, but if '.he" will study the history of South Carolina "he" will find that the system of education, since 1710, has been much better than "he" places to its credit at present. South Carolina has an educa tional system suitable for any and all classes; even to the very poor est class the hand of charity was stretched forth to aid them at an early period. Free schools were successfully established in 1710, and in 1712 another act was passed, incorporating certain persons uu der the designation of commission ers, for founding, erecting, govern ing, and visiting a free school for the U6e of the inhabitants of South Carolina, with authority to receive ill gifts and legacies formerly liven to the use of the free school, md to purchase as much land as night be detmed necessary for the ise of the school, and to erect ;hereon suitable buildings. There vas a feeling in favor of popular ?ducation with many of thc lead :rs, and men of learning and ? vealth bequeathed large sums for ? ?stablishing free schools. This i ed to the adoption of the pre6Pnt mblic school system, and since i he people of that section. It seems imposible t*?at the people in this State co*. ! not lave as good a system of educa ron as any State in the Union. From the very fact that in the early history of South Carolina many of tier sons were sent to England to be educated, and to-day their in fluence still lives in our State modelled on the English plan for educating tho young, which is enough to prove to any one what an excellent system of edncation South Carolina has. We beg leave to say that there is nothing wrong with the system, but the energy on the part of parents and their chil dren to reap the full benefit of the system is lacking. They need only to awake out of the cold slumber into which they have heedlessly fallen, quit crying hard times, and quarreling among themselves about politics; and then get every edu cational advantage afforded in the State. What a glorious privilege tobe neglected! Wakeup, boys and girls, and gather within your embrace the fruits of all the labors and struggles of those who have planned and suffered for you in the past. Let our unknown friend call to mind the fact that the sys tem of education in South Caro lina has greatly, if not entirely, prepared him for the position he now holds in college ; and when he has finished his education we hope he will come back to South Caro lina and see if he has not con demned the wrong thing. If he still holds to his opinion, we hope he will suggest a better system. SWARTZ. White Rock, S. C. J W. Marsh & Co., Johnston, have the best $1.10 shoe on earth. The women of New York who organized clubs and went into the campaign may be at a loss, for a few days now, to find something to take the place of their1 politico social functians, which have been set aside by the ending of the cam paign. It is said the women's po litical clubs had become "events" in society hardly less notable than evenings at the grand opera, and that at some cf the meetings held in the Madison Square Concert Hall the show of fashion and fin*1 types of New York womanhood was as good as was ever seen at the horse Bhow. See the very best $1 ?50 shoe in the world at J. W. Marsh & Co.'s, Johnston. DON'T SELL OUT TOO CHEAP. "A Good Name is Rather to be Chosen Than Great Riches." Press and Banner. In hard times like these there are always some misguided people who sell out character and good name very cheaplv. Character put in the balance against a few paltry dollars is like exchanging price less jewels for worthless trash. A bale of cotton is of but little value, but character is sacred, and above price. It takes a life time to build up a good character and it takes years to establish the confidence of one's fellows, and he who has lived a reputable life for ten,* twenty, thirty, or fifty years does an ex ceedingly foolish thing in stealing under the guise bf a contract, thereby forfeiting a good name, which is rather to be chosen than great riches. The educated man generally buys and gets credit on faithful promise to pay, but he sometimes takes ad vantage of his former reputation and past good name to steal under the guise of a contract He be comes a thief in fact, in order to secure a small amount of money, and forfeits that which is above price. There are thousands of honest and honorable men who cannot pay their debts, but there are scoundrels who steal under the guise of a con tract, and it is of this class of sneak thieves that we would speak -the men who come the confidence game on unsuspecting merchants i and others who may be induced to ' Bxteud credit. j i Let every honest man pay h debts, or at least make every POSE r honest talk to steai wuu ma uouu? the goods of another, deserves the : scorn and the contempt of all de cent people. Sneak thieves are of that sort of 1 people who promise anything, and do nothing toward paying. A Story About Sam Jones. Hartwell, Ga., Snn. An amusing incident occurred at the close of Sam Jones's sermon at Pulaski the other day. Stepping down from the pulpit, folding his hands across his breast and looking solemnly over the audience, the great revivalist said: .'I want all the women in the crowd who have not spoken a harsh word or harbored an unkind word towards their husbands for a month past to stand up." One old woman, apparently on the shadv side of 60 stood up. "Come forward and give me your hand," said the ^reacher. The woman did so, whereupon Jones said: "Now turn around and let this audience see the best looking wo man in the country." After takjng her seat the revi valist addressed the men : "Now I want all the men in this crowd who have not spoken a harsh word or harbored an unkind thought towards their wives for a month past to stand up." Twenty-seven great big strapping fellows hopped out of the audience with all the alacity of champagne corks. "Come forward and give me your hands, my dear boys." Jones gave each one a vigorous shake after which he ranged all of them side by side iu front of the pulpit and facing the audience. He looked them over carefully and solemnly, and then, turning around to the audience, he said: .'I want you ali to take a good look at the twenty-seven biggest liars in the State of Tennessee. Don't be fooled by anyone, buy goods at the cheapest place, a dol lar saved is a dollar made, buy from Ramsey & Bland. In Floyd county, twenty miles from Prestonburg, Ky., oil has been struck in great abundance. From one well, which was struck last week, 30,000 gallons ran out in three hours and six minutes. Ex citement runs high in that section. Of five wells which have been sunk, three of them are paying ones. GaB is also found in paying quan tities. ArRICULTURAL. Rye as a Fertilizer. Arican Agriculturist. ost of our old fields lack humus, anthe cheapest and quickest way tortore it is to plow under green ry Rye may not have the power tobsorb nitrogen from the air, as cl er does, yet it enriches the soil, ort least prevents it from getting parer. Take two bare corn fields i?he fall for example. Sow rye i?De, plow it under in the spring ai it will yield a better crop the fqowing summer than the one on w'.ch nothing was growing. On muy farms there is actually more fsility washed off than is removed frthe crops. Sowing rye in the fi prevents this waste for part of ti year. Even on fields called kel there is a great deal of wash i?. The soil may not altogether b canied off the fields, but the riher, part of it is conveyed to the lcVer spots. pome farmers object to rye as a g?en manure on accouut of the dfficulty of getting into good shape fe planting and after cultivation. If the rye is turned under per ietly lhere is very little trouble, nc more than with timothy sod. Lot May I turned under some rye trat was five feet tall and very hp,vy on the ground-by using a crain and circular cutter. Neither dil I use a four horse team, only an ordinary plow and two horses. On this field I planted nutmeg melons and sugar corn. Never had I ground in better condition for planting and after cultivation, wiich- consisted of shallow level culture ; there was plenty of mois ture in this plot ail summer, while the adjoining fields were literally -wa ojro a farmer is sown in rye. Not only . . , add humus to the soil but it is also a great retainer of mois ture. The more humus a soil con tains the better it can endure' a drouth. The past summer demon strated again, beyond a doubt, that fields where rye was plowed under resisted the drouth to a great ex tent, while those not so treated failed to produce paying crops. The "meanest man" has been lo cated in North Carolina. About twenty-six years ago aman, the head of a family, in that State, deserted that family and went Vest, accompanied by a woman, o;her than she who had been a good wife to him for years. The most o; his effects he left with his wife. Urne passed and the deserted wife s niggled against the buffetings of lfe's waves and reared the family lit by the truant husband. When t!e boys came to be of age, when ditiful children begin to "want to hip mother," it wap agreed that o e of them should take care of br, pay the doctor's bills (she was nw in poor health,) and such ex puses, together with $400 in cash, uon doing which he was to re c;ve the home place for his own. Tis the son did, aud the mother wnted for nothing during her life. Nt until some time after the death o the mother was anything heard othe missing husband and father. Ten one day a letter came to the cintry post office addressed "to ay living children of-." The sa who owned the home received ti letter. He had no recollection obis parent, but the kindly feel i;- for the father caused the son teend him the money to return hue on. The old man came back tthe home he had deserted years bore. He was given a home there, al this kindness he is now trying trepay by endeavoring to secure cttrol of the property. He brought st to recover one stone hammer, rttock, bureau, table, and one (id. This was brought in a mag rate's court, and the justice saw rere justice was in the case. He ge judgment for the defendant, t son, holding that the father's dm was barred by the statute. le beats all the records of mean m up to date. ome of the anti papers thought tv could make John Gary Evans ?ry little man by spelling his oe with small letters, (john g'evaus and Jaggery Evans), V he knocked Samps Pope clear ? cr the Moon.-Marion Farmer. A COTTON PLANTERS TBUST Members of the Exchange in New York and Other Cities Worried. New York World. Members of the Cotton Exchange here and in other citieB are some what excited over the proposition to form a gigantic trust of all the cotton raisers of the South, which is being advocated by John T. Rod dey, a prominent broker of this city. The exchanges are opposed to the scheme. If such a trust is formed the brokers say that their business will be ruined, so far as exercising any control of the market is concerned. The trust would be able to practically dic tate the price of cotton in the open market. Mr. Roddey's plan is for every cotton farmer, no matter how small, to become a shareholder. When the crop is gathered each member shall turn into the trust one bale out of every five or six bales raised by him, or if the crop is a small one, then one bale out of every seven or eight shall go to the trust. The amount of cotton thus placed in the hands of the trust shall be held by the latter as a sort of bal ance wheel to the market. The farmer will market his crop, less the ampuut turned over to the trust, as best suits him. The trust supply will be held until the market price shall be high enough to war rant its sale, and the return of a good profit. Mr. Roddey feels sure that the adoption of his plan and the formation of a trust as pro posed, will at once put the price of cotton up to about S cents from the present price which is about 5 T '-?M v>fian immediate sider the matter, xx* a number of letters from promi nent cotton planters and leading citizens of South Carolina, who heartily indorse the plan. When seen at his office, No. 80 broadway, Saturday, Mr. Roddey said he ex pected active steps towards organ ization would be taken this week. MEMPHIS, TENN.-The Federal Court will to-morrow be asked by the Tate brothers, of Memphis, to enter upon an investigation of charges made against the cotton seed oil mill-men of the Sonth to the effect that they have nearly all entered into a gigantic conspiracy to control the market for cotton seed, and that this combine ex tends all over the Southern cotton States. The specific allegations made in the public prints here refer only to the eight Memphis mills, but they are the largest in the world, and the same owners control mills in Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis sippi, Alabama, and Georgia and the Carolinas. Two years ago cottonseed was worth $25 per ton ; last year it was $1S, while now the market price ie only $9. The mills alleged tobe in the combine decline to purchase at any price except from the pro ducer. The seed soldat the Mem phis market alone during che year is worth in the neighborhood of a million. We carry a larger stock of Bug gies than all the houses in Edge field county combined, conse quently we are ia a position to save you money. Ramsey & Bland. The voters of New York strug gled under au immense load of ballots. It took the printing estab lishment five weeks, working over time, to prepare the 19,500,000 tickets that were needed, and it re quired twelve big vans to handle the boxes of packages when they had been prepared. Sixty-five bal lots were prepared for every indivi dual voter in New York city. Go to J. W. Marsh & Co., John ston, fer best quality of goods. "In this case against m}r client for stealing a pair of pants I move for a nonsuit," said the lawyer, "On what ground?" asked the judge. "On the ground that a whole suit can't be made out of a pair of pants," replied the lawyer. Do not be fooled by anybody who offers you something for noth ing. J. W. Marsh & Co., of John ston, will give you the be6t goods for the least money. The Hygiene of Sorrow. Medical Record. In a recent issue of a New York newspaper an article by Dr. Louise Fiske Bryson formulates some dis tinstly modern views upon the effect of grief. The attempt to act as if nothing had happened after the advent of some misfor tune, and to conduct life exactly as before, is one of the greatest possi ble mistakes. It is an outrage on nature, which she resents sharply in the end. Pay day comes sooner or later ; and the overthrew caused by blinding catastrophe arrives, even if deferred. The nervous system requires complete rest after blows caused by sorrow. Recent medical ob servations (Fere, Bassi, Schule, Zenker) show that the physical results of depressing emotions are similar to those caused by bodily accidents, fatigue, chill, partial starvation and loss of blood. Birds, moles, and dogs which apparently died in consequence of capture, and from conditions that corres pond in human beings to acute nostalgia and "broksn heart," were examined after death as to the con dition of their internal organs. Nutrition of the tissues had been interfered with, and the substance proper of various vital organs had undergone the same kind of degen eration as that brought about by phosphorus or the germs of infec tious disease. Tho poison of grief is more than a rame. To urge work, study, travel, the vain search for amusement, ie both useless and dangerous. For a time the whole organism is overthrown, and tem porary seclusion is imperative for proper readjustment. After some bereavement the custom of wear ing mourning has a distinct moral value. But its period of use must be brief: a few weeks, months. -- w^cu i?ian.co mc WUU.lt world kin. 1 Where there is nearness of re 1 lationship to nature, rambles ii the open air, days alone with the ' sea, alone in the forest, console a? nothing else can. Quiet, silent drives, or even short journeys by rail, will reveal a new heaven and a new earth to one fatigued and worn by sorrow. Music, when it can be borne, has a soothing power beyond words. Books, too, have their place, those gentle compan ions without speech whose calm so ciety helps annihilate time and space, and who always receive us with the same kindness. The familiar faces of newspapers and journals bring a stray comfort that even the tenderest heart is power less to bestow. The care and com panionship of children is another source of strength. Children are not watching to see how the afflict ed are bearing up under sorrow, nor are they waiting for some ex pression of sentiment or the over throw of self-control. A child is always the best comforter, uttering no word of sympathy, yet rousing interest in life because its nature is sweetness and light. Grief cannot be ignored, neither can it be cheered up. It must be accepted, and allowed to wear itself away. Readjustment comes slowly. Sorrow, grief, and all great mis fortunes should be regarded as conditions similar to acut*; IJ'PC tious diseases, which they resemble in result; and later, as conval escence from such diseases. Seclu sion, rest, sleep, appropriate food, fresh air, sunshine, interests that tax neither mind nor body, these are requirements in this class of illness. The care of the condition following depressing emotion calls for the same treatment in greater or less degree. Window Shades from 25? up. Rugs from 25^ up, at Ramsey & Bland's. It is said that Senator Dolph, of Oregon, never smiles. In the whole course of his service in the Senate, nobody has ever seen his eye light up or his lip quiver. Why it is, nobody has ever had the courage to ask. Less than 100 years ago the Pennsylvania assembly passed this law : "That in the future no mem ber of the House shall come bare foot or eat his bread and cheese on the steps!" Buy shoes from J. W. Marsh & Co., Johnston. ON TO THE WEST. The Reorganization of the South Carolina and Georgia Road. Charleston Evening Post. The stockholders of the South Carolina and Georgia railroad have just closed a pleasant and, from all indications, a profitable meeting iu this city. The new owners of the road have given careful atten tion to the details of their property here and to the management of it. The Messrs. Parsons have been ' very busily engaged since their ar rival, and have been "out" to all callers unless on the line of busi* ness now before them. They have been chary of words, but there is indication of the working out of plans for the improvement of their property in the consultations held with business men. The board- of directors is com posed as follows : Charles Parsons, "Walton Ferguson, William Lum mis, Clarence S. Day, Frank B. Wesson, Goo. A. Wagener, George Parsons, Charles Parsons; Jr., Henry Parsons, Edwin Parsons, 3d, and W. H. Platt, Jr, This is practically the first organization of the new company, it having been the property of tho Messrs. Parsons since the sale. The organization of the company has been looked.for ward to with great interest by the 7 people of Charleston ever since.the sale. It is understood that the new management is looking to securing new western connections, and prob ably the completion of the old Blue Ridge railroad from Anderson 1 to Knoxville, which road has' al ways been regarded as the natural ' solution of the railroad problem for Almost a New York Daily. That Democratic wonder, The 1 New York Weekly World, has just ! changed its weekly into a twice-a 5 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 tho 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. 100 Rugs, all the latest patterns, worth 75/, no duplicate, at Ram sey & Bland's. It would require the genius of a dozen Philadelphia lawyers to dis cover how th? result of the elec tion at large bears u^on the silver question. Our $4.00 Bureaus are the talk of the town, no duplicates, at Ramsey & Bland's. 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 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. Fofest, 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 li; ns from the Abbeville line to the Saluda river, and thence down Sa!mia river to the Lexington line. S. T. EDWARDS, J. D. "WILLS, ZED CROUCH, A. J. COLEMAN*, JOE ATTA WAY, BAILEY MATTHEWS MIKE KEMPSOX, S. M. SMITH, DR. KEVXERDY, 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 Conifera? and Broad Leaved Evergreens; 10,000Came lias ; S,000 Azaleas ; 50,000 Palms ; 25 acres in Roses; 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. BERCKMANS, Fruitland Nurseries, AUGUSTA, GA