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; v Advertiser Ti'.OS. J. ADAMS, - . . . - EDITOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2,1896. Dan Tompkins was in Edge.field on Monday of this week. We do uot know what he was here for but we do know thal wherever Dan puts his foot th? track remains, and the imprint lasts. -Congressman Talbert haR em ployed Bellinger, Townsend, and O'Bannou, attorneys of Barnwell, to represent him in his contested case against Chatfield. The first of the elections for new counties was held last Tuesday for the new county of Salem, composed of parts of Darlington^Sumterand Kershaw counties and the now county was defeated. Col. Robt. Aldrich has been ap pointed by Governor Evans a dele gate to the Harbor Defence Con vention which will be held in Tampa, Fla., on tke 20th of January next. Charleston is to have a line of steamers to Europe and another to Boston. A company has also been organized in Charleston to import ffee into the city. :A good many amendments to the Dispensary law will be intro duced at tho next session of the Legisture. But what good eau be hoped from amendments to a law the good features of which are not enforced and the bad ones intensi fied in their administration? The powers that be have attempted to carry out the law against blind Xygers but ?uot against Dispensers ivho themselves violated the law as, flagrantly as the blind tiger. Senater Tillman is booked to make a speech at Gaffney City Spartanburg county ou Dec. 5th in rhe interest of cutting that county in two and making a nev: ?ounty with Gaffney ns tho Court Blouse. Whereat the Piedmonf Headlight ,Larry Gant's paper which ie by odds tho highest cock alorum of any of us, declares that if Ben Tillman does this thing, Salt River shall be his portion and habit at henceforth and forever, or words to that effect. Full returns from Xausas show that Palmer and Buckner carried one township iu that Stale. Twelve votes were cast in Dudley town ship, Haskell county. Of these Palmer and Buckner received five, McKinley and Hobart four, Bryan and Sewall two and Bryan arul ?SRj ^jLijOtfuiU^ei?Drated tue vfo^1 tory with a country dance, to which they invited the other seven vo ters and their families.: The court of Common Pleas will adjourn to-day,Tuesday. Themost important cases -heard were the case of Hair against the S. C. & Ga. R. R., in which a verdict was given plaintiff of $0,000. Messrs Croft & Tillman and Sheppard Bros. represented Hair and N. G* Evans and D. S. Henderson of "ken. represented the railroad. In the "Weatherford case the ver dict was $2,000 for plaintiff ; the same attorneys appearing in both cases. The Townes case will be heard at the March term. Judge Buchanan dispatches buei" ness with til possible rapidity. Heavy On the Preachers. The Spartanburg Herald says: '.We truly believe that in America to-day there is more self denial and sacrifice in the honest little edito rial sanctums that form part and parcel of national village life than in the pulpits.'' The Dry Year, 1845. i v The year 1896 has be.-n a re markably dry year but not so dry as ?om& of its predecessors. The year 1839 and 1845 were specially noted for the absense of rain fall. From old copies of the Southern Medical anti Surgical Journal, 1845, published in Augusta, Ga., by P. C. GuitiU and edited by Doc tars Paul F. Eve and I. P. Garvin wo get some very interesting sta tistics of tho weather for certain months of 1845-the dryest year within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. In January of that year at Augusta Vio total rainfall was 4-3-10 inches; the warmest day was the first of the mohth when the thermometer reached 72? ; the coldest day was the last when the register was 29?, The next record we have is for the month of April of this same 7ear. In that month there was no rain at all and the statement is raado at the foot of the table for Ap;:il that "we had no rain from the 24th March to the 12th May-a period of 4? days." On the first of this month we find this record "cloudy to 12 rn''" on the loth the same, on the 25th the same "cloudy"-but not a drop of water fell from thc clouds. The coldest weather iu April was on the 9tb 37?, the hottest on the 27th 90? MONTH OF JUNE. The month of May is-omitted but in Juue we find that only 2-6-10 inches rain fell during the whole month and that the quanti ty of rain fer the first six months cf 1845 is "only 14-2-10 inches the last four months of these six less than 7 inches." Twelve days of June the thermometer stood above 90 degrees at 3 p. m. MONTH OF JULY. There were two showers in this month, eight-tenths of au inch on the 3rd and the same quantity again on the 10th and these two showers was all the rain received during the 31 days of Ju:y. The thermometer however had its hands full. On the 22nd it regis tered 92 degrees; 4th, 90; 6th, 90; 7th, 93; 8th, 97; 9th, 94. It re mained in this high eighties un til the 17th when it rose to 90 and above until the end of the month, a period of fourteen days and for two of :hese days, 22ud, and 23rd it* reached 100 in the shade, 131 in the sun. MONTH OF AUGUST. In this month there was of rain fall 3* inches, just ajhttle more than for the prtvious month, and yet there were only 12 fair days, the otber days were put down as ''cloudy'' and''sprinkle" and "light sprinkle." The extreme heat of July was almost repeated in Au gust as there were 15 days wheu the thermometer reached 90 de grees and abow. THREE SIEN Shoot, Stab and Stone a South Carolina Desperado. On Saturday Mi. Joseph Murphy, the well known Ellis street stable man, was an eye witness to a roost horrible killing which occurred at Saluda, S. C., a small town twelve miles from Johnstou. Mr. Mur phy was ever there selling stock and happened to be on the main street of the little town when tho bloody work was done. Three men, a father and bis two sons, shot, cut and with rocks pounded a niau to death, and up to the time Mr. Murphy left Saluda they had not been arrested. The mau who was killed was a noted desperado. He had twice stood before the tribunal of the state charged with murder and on a third occasion was tried for as sault with intent to kill. Twice he escaped the gallows by the mercy of a South Carolina jury, and once the penitentiary. Arising out of this last mention ed case came a difficulty thst on Saturday put an end to the criminal career of Buzzard for all time. Buzzard had been the terror of his SLTtt n n ri i * ?* ? _ *? _i8 end. Buzzard .had ridden, it is said, rough shod over the com munity.. He had kept at bay all persons who would have held him in check. But at last he met his man, who, with the assistance of two others, called him down forever. x Some years ago Buzzard, so say s Mr. Murphy, killed a man by the name of Mose. He was not hung, and then he killed a man named Blaydon. About a year ago Buz zard shoe Will Henderson, a well known farmer. As usual with Buz zard, he got off, and since then Henderson has been worried no little by the man. On all occa sions Buzzard bulied, brushed up against, and in all ways possible endeavored to show to Henderson that he thought him a coward. This went on for a year. Saturday the end came. Henderson, with his father and brother, wa3 at Saluda for the day and Buzzard put in his appearance. Mr. Murphy did not see tho be ginning of the row, but thinks that Buzzard began as usual his bully ing. Will Henderson was armed' In his right hand he had a shot gun and in his left a revolver. Henderson raised the gun in one hand and fired at Buzzard. The shot did not take effect and Buz zard turned and ran. Henderson dropping his gun and catching his pistol in his right! hand followed up the shooting. Three bullets took effect in Buz zard, ono striking him in the leg, causing him to fall to the ground. At this juncture old man Hen derson took a hand. Picking up several large stones he ran to the prostrate man and poun led his face almost into a pulp. Fhen came the younger brother who, with a knife, stabbed Buzzard os he lay upon the ground. Will Hen derson had one more cartridge in his pistol, and, standing over Buz zard, he fired. This ball eutered tbe right arm. Bystanders then in terfered,. Mr. Murphy said that when be left Saluda Buzzard was dying. Augusta Chronicle. THE iHTELLIQErlT g to Ret thc bes va o<jr {n g this section. ?j Doors, Sash and Blinds -{0rUSem'To??buKiid.ngs-and ingS ?r Sranttagthos? articiesot sasses* Send for our r*T1'^/* AUOUSTALUnBESCO;cA ?Buy Stirling Brand._ Some More Registration. Under tho new registration ?av. there is still opportunity for all tc register who have not doue, sc tho following extraet from the law shows when and where: "After the general election in 1896 the books of registration shall be opened on the first Monday of each mouth at the courthouse and kept open for three successive dayt before the election in 1898, when they eba 1 be closed until the said general election shall have taken place. The offices and books must be kept open from 9 o'clock in thc forenoou until 3 o'obek in the af ternoon. "The board of registration is the judge of the qualifications of all applicants for registration up to January 1st, 1S9G." Thc Immortal Soiti. At a dinner given to Victor Hu go in Paris some years ago, he de livered an impromptu address, in which ha gave expression to bis faith in the infinite and in the soul's immortality. His friend, Houssaye, who was present, says : "Hugo a; that time was a man of iteel, witb no sign of old age about him, but with all ihe agility, til? suppleness, the ease and grace of his bast years." He was con tradicting the atheists, and his friend says bis face was blight with the heavenly halo, and hf's eyes shone like burning coals.*' "There are no occult forces," he said; "theie ure only luminous forces. Occ?lt force is chaos; the luminous force is God. Mau i? an infinite little copy of God. This is giory enough for man. In a man, an invisible atom, a drop iii thu ocean, a grain of sand cn the .-hore. Little as I am I can feel the God in me, because I eau also bri: g forth out of my cnaos. 1 man: books, which ar<r creations. 1 feel in myself that future life, i aiu like a forest which bas been more than once cut down ; tho new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. '.I am rising, I know, toward the sky. The sunshine is ou my head. The earth gives me its gen erous sop, but Heaven lints m : with the? reflection of unknown worlds. You say the soui is uotjj ing but the result J bod;iv powerg. Why, then, is my soul morn ju. m i nous when my bodily powers be gin lo fail? Winter ison my uea.| and eternal ?-pring in my heart. There I breathe at this hour t)je fragrance of the lilac?, tho vid*!.., and the roses as nt twenty years ago. The nearer I ^approach toe end. the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite nie. "It is marvelous, yet si mph:, lt is a fairy tale, and it is historic. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose and verse, history, philosophy, drama, romauce, tradition, satire, ode and song. I have tried all but I feel I have not said a thousandth part of what ia in me. When I so down i , n -IL-^m-ffly uujr? work, but I cannot say I hare fin ished my I'.fe. My days will be gin again the next morning. The tomb is not ablind alley; it is r. thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight to open oivthe dawn,"-L' Universe. Tax Payers of Edge field County. Having completed the circuit' both in Saluda and Edgefield Coun ties I am now in the Treasurer's Office at Edgefield for the purpose of collecting taxes. There positive ly will be no extension for the payment of taxes, so the books will close PROMPTLY on the 31st of De cember, after which time, 15 per cent penalty will be added to ALL DELINQUENTS. Let me beseech one and all to come and pay up prompt ly so that I will not have to issue a single execution. Don't wait to be the last to pay your tax. Respectfully, J. C. CAUGHMAN, Deo: 1, ?96. Treas. Jackson's Staple And FANCY GROCERY. *_*_*_* For dainties to serve on Thanksgiv ing, Christmas, and other feast days, go to .Jackson's where you will find them fresh, luscious, and reasonable in price. Raisins, Currants, Citron, Canned fruits and fresh fruits, Evapo rated and dried fruits. Cheese and Macearoni, Candies, &c, ?fcc. Do you wish staple goods? Go to Jackson's. Ile bas Flour, Su gar. Coffee, parched and green, Lard, Meal, Grits, Rice. Try once his Pickles, Spices, Catsups. and you will always buy of him. Tobaccoes and Cigars. These Celebrated Chewing Tobaccoes. "Bonnie 151 ne Fly," "Little Henry,'' -Red Juice,'' P. H., and Billie Butt.' I ii a word * ff?tf Fancy and Staple Groceries of all kinds al living prices. L. E. JA CK SOX, Edgefield, S. C. No* 21. 'OG. VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE. 164 acres of land 7 miles from Edge field C. H., on the Blocker road. On the place are three ti nant houses, an excellent well of water, a good barn with sheds on both sides. There is also a young orchard cf three acres containing apple, pear, and cherries. About 40 acres in woods.. For terms apply to li. h. Di'.\<>VAX r, Edgefield C. il ,S.O. Oct. 6-tf. Wanied-An idea Who caa think of some limpie --thing to insten:'; Protect your Ideas: they miry bring y?'i? wealth. Write JOHN WKDDEKU?RN & CO., Patent Attor ney!. Washington, D. C., for their $1,SU0 prize ofter oad list of two hundred Inventions wanted. - RATf - - S A. L E. - -. MAY BE THOUGHT ?l Some That I Am Out Of BK si neus, So I take this opportunity j?j letting my friends know that lap still in the procession, though I cb not claim to lead everybody in ew en-thing; but as a matter of factfc; am selling goods cheaper than th d| were ever offered at this place b^ fore. 250 Rolls Ribbon at New Yorlj cost. 250 pre. English Lisle an* Balbriggan Hose- assorted coffi ors-for Misses and children, gO|J ing at 15c, 2 prs. mr 25c ; originaj prices from 25c to 65c per pr. Ail Shoes reduced five tey en ty-fi ve cent? per pair. Pants Jeans and Cassimew. to 30 per cent. off. ""^^S . Checked Homespuns, Ticking Sea Island. Shining, Gingham] Check Muslin, Cretonne. Cottony Flannel, Red and White Flanaelyj reduced 10 to 15 per cant. Outing, Cashmeres, Serges,] 5'able Limn, Towels &c, cut 18ter) 20 per cent. Hosiery, Gloves Handkerchiefs, and Under Vests marked dowr. 10^ to 20 per cent. Blankets, Comforts and COUD> terpaine8 10 to 20 per cent. off. Hamburg Edgings, Silks, and ail N'tionsall reduced, and some at New York cost. We are keeping our stock of pta . pie goods tilled in as they sell out,1' but they are all sold at a close margin, in order to move the bal ance if the stock. WSF* Give us a call when you need dry goods and S Ii O 'E Si Verv respectfully, JAMES E. HART, EXECUTOR, Estate of ALVIN HART, dee'd, Nov. 17-4t. LOOK HERB! LOOK HERE ! ! :[ooo] Read this beiore spending Another dollar. A big cut in prices on Dress Goods, Shoes, and Pants [Goods. 1 L L $ 9 9 fi fi fi We have the largest stock of J these goods ever shown lo this trade. These goods must be sold, and if low prices count for any thingA thfcv will be^ji-^ndjold T^^Yyou^an^by them in "Augusta. SHOES-We can sell you shoeB at bargain prices. Our regular $2.00 ladies button shoes reduced to $150. Our $150 ladies and men's shoes cut down to $125. Our $125 men's cut down to $1.00. PANTS GOODS-Our regular 22Ac jeans now ISAc. Our 27c all wool jeans now 22?e. Our 33?c all-wool jeans now 25c. Our 45c 10 oz. all-wool jeans now 37*c. We positively have cut prices on these goods just as stated above. DRESS GOODS-You never saw such bargains as we are offering in Dress Goods. We have cut our 22?c and 25c all-wool serges and cashmeres down to 18|c. 35c Dress goods cut to 30c. Our 50c Dress goods cut to 33-Jc. Large quantity of fine Boukleys and Serges at prices astonishingly low. Don't fail to see our Dress Goods. SILKS-Velvets, Ribbons, Braids, &c, in all shades and styles at attractive prices. DOMESTICS-We lead in this line of staples. Everybody must have these goods aud we want to sell you. Fruit of Loom bleaching, at 6?c. -4 Gran. C. Shirtings, at 4c yd. } Gran. R. R. Shirtings, at 5c, 4? Sea Island Sheeting, at 4?c. BLANKETS and FLANNELS, etc.,-Blankets worth $6.50 going at $5.00. Blankets worth $3.00 go ing at $2.45. Blankets wortia $1.50 going at $1.00. Our 25c ilanuel is as good as can be bought elsewhere for 30 and 35c. We sell a white Table Linen 70 inches wide for 50c yd. This goods is worth 75c. anywhere. Our goods have been bought j cheap, and our motto is "Under sell" all Competitors. Limited space forbids our quo ting prices on all goods. Call on us and we will save you from 15 to 25 per cent on your winter goods. Very Respectfully, ? HART & MAY, * Successors to Hart May & Co. Nov. 10-tf. We will pay lGicts. for Cotton Seed, L. G. Bell, ' E. J. Norris, M. A. Taylor. Seed Wheat, Seed Barby, Seed Rye, Seed 0:its, Home-MadeSorghum, ni W. W. ADAMS. NEW UNDERTAKER. I -J. E. EMBREE, FUNERAL DIRECTOR ANB EMBALMER, 547Broad St., Augusta, Ga. CHEAPEST TO THE FINEST LOT OF L T?k "Wk EVER PUT ON THE MARKET. r All I ask is to give me a call before buying, and I will make it tP Vie interest of the people. I give polite and prompt attention NIGHT 1*\A rv A V Jd DAY Nov. 24. 1896. t? IS NOW READY WITH THE BEST BARGAINS IN FALL AND WINTER Goods, When you come to town don't buy until y< u see our Pricee. Styles, and Qualit?s. We will Astonish you, 1 PRINTS. PANTS GOODS, DRESS GOODS, are cheaper Xah you have ever bought them. Don't bo caught, by chea;) shoddy stuff when you can buy a genuine article so cheap. Remember this: ?WE BUY FOR SPOT CASH and SELL FOR SPOT CASH. And are iu a position to sell you close and save you Money. You have not seen anything on this Market equal to our DRESS GOODS and TRIMMINGS DEPARTMENT. Shoes ! Shoes ! ! Wo have always lead the Shoe busines and are prepared this season especially to hold our ground. Solid Goods, Giod Wearers, up to tte styles, is our Motto. Clothing and Hats. -TT-r-are omcny-m iri " Remember the Cele brated ELK BRAND HAT and our We will save you Money if you come thia way. Our Stock is New aud Fresh, aud Goods, are too Cheap to Buy Old Stuff. Blankets, Jeans, Domestics, Trunks, SATCHELS, OIL CLOTHS, are Cheaper than ever. To trade intelligently, test tho market, buy where you get the bes qualities for the least money. You waDt Goods, WE want and must have your busines ant will do Business with you on the SQUARE. JAS. M. COBB. Jdgefield, C. H., Sept. 29, 1896--3m. LUGUSTA, ;GA., uthwest corner Broad d Washington, is uow der new management, 3 been thoroughly ren ited and REFURNISHED h all modern improve nts. Table and ser T; equal to any ITEL IN THE CITY. hi anent and Transient jsfs solicited. RAT K s ? li E it A T E. Irs. E. A. SCHWARTZ, No4-tf, PROP. Grinds lenses for all defects of sight. If your eyes trouble you, consult him and he will tell you WITHOUT CHARGE, If you need glasses, medicine or rest. Fits glasses into old frames while you wait. Al j work guaranteed. Prof/P. M. WHITMAN, 739 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. i fentistry. STORE YOUR COTTON. I have the management of the Edgefield Brick Warehouse and wil? sh.re Cotton at 25e. per bale per month. E. J. NORRIS. Riet fully beg my patrons to reineinmy appointments at TREN TON oijdneaday of each and ?'very week fontal work, which will be executi accordance with the latest method No cp for consultation, N'LY TIM MUNS, 1>. I). S. Nov.Hi. Edgelield, .S. C. at 1 WI?, at, S-M d BarVv. SHC I Rye, Seed Oats, )ni"-Ma !<. Sorghum, W. W. ADAMS, Seed Wh Mt, Seed Barley, Se??d Ry?, See! O.its, Ii' ma-Made Sorghum, af W. \V. ADAM.-. The Southern Cultivator now come8 i wire ii month instead of OUCH, and ha"* been greatly improved. Any of ou subscribers can get this old reliabl in connection with the AOVERTISK J both one year *2.2R. BIG ADS AND BIG TALK. MAY CATCH THE MINDS OP SOME, BU i' ALL GOOD BUYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE Right Goods and the Right Prices, There have been sorno awful Smash-ups among Ibo Manufac turers and Jobbers which has enabled us to buy Goods Cheaper '.han ever before, consequently can save you from Twenty-five to Fifty Per Cent. On everything in Dry Good?, Clothing, Shoos and Hats. We have done so, are doin^ so to-dav, and will continue *u do so, regardless of what others mav do or suv against us. All the argument iu the world would not "induce yon to trade with us if our prices were not right. A COMPARISON IS ALI WE ASK and we are satisfied we will please you. Everybody respectfully in vited to call and see what we can dc for them. Very respectfully, A. J. BROOM, THE LEADER OF LOW PRICES. Oct. 21-1896. W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO -DEALERS IN BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, BEADY ROOFING, ftC. Corner Washington and Reynolds Street Oct. 20-6m. WM. SeHWEi@ERT & 0o. J e AV e 1 ry Establishment, 702 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Send for our Catalogue. AT 56 Pieces China Tea Pet, - - $8.75 New Watches, Warranted, - - - $2.50 Other Watches as low as - - - $1.50 Jardineers, from - - $1.25 up B. & H. Lamps, finest on earth in Hall, Banquet, and Piano Styles, from - - - $2.00 up. Full Line of the ever Popular links. SEWING MACHINES, on_ea8v-1L'_E-B_3?_S----' CANE IVXHjiILiiS, aili Angosta Coli Gins ii Presses. Largs Steffi of. Enojes, CBeap ans Coori. LOMBARD S kRu0PNeuYwocRoKSpAANNvD AUGUSTA, GA.. Machinery and Supplies.. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. ?0 ' Get our Prices before you buy. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD /. C. LEVY ? CO., TAILOR-FI7 CLOTHIERS, ?UGUSJA, - GEORGI4. Have now in store their entire ; FALL AND WINTER STOCK CF CLOTING fhe largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry ?oods whic 1 are lot only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish .ratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time we aim to lake our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest'customer? 'ohte attention to all. A call will be appreciated I. C. LEVY & CO. TA ILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA TOUR ATTENTION / -IF YOU _N :SEID=rr_ itt Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, Well Bute ZFAHSTCIT GROCERIES, ^oadeci Shells, Canned Goods, Confe?tionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to Order. ?ARCEST COOK STOVE FOR'THE MONEY* Coffee Pots, Milk Buckets, and Covered Buckets made from the best of Tm in the market. Repairs for Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock Call on or address A.. A.TJSTXN" CTOZEiZtSTSTOlSr, S. C. * All Liquors bottled under the Dispensary "Red, White and Blue" label are distilled and guaranteed by us. We have been selling to the South for FORTY YEARS and we know what you want. Ask your Dispensary for " Red, White" and Blue" label liquor and insist on getting it. FREIBERG & WORKUM, Distillers, LYNCHBURG, O. PETERSBURGH, KY. CINCINNATI, O.