Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 17, 1897, Image 3

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17,1897. L0GAL2 BREVITIES. Roseola and mumps are both in town. The popularity of the shirt waist continues. The peach and plum trees are now in full bloom. Too great an effort to be agreeable is disagreeable. Blackbirds are eating up the oat crop in sections of Sumter county. Miss Elise Carwile, spent last Sat urday at her home in Ridge Spring. Our sister town of Newberry is to have water works and electric lights. Such continuous rains now, make drougths in the summer almost a cer tainty. Rev. A. Judson Reamy has accepted a call to the Baptist church at John ston. Augusta is to have a new cotton mill with a capacity of twenty thou sand spindles. Rev. Sam Jones is conducting a stirring revival meeting in Moody's Tabernacle i nj At lan ta. The New York Sun says: Cleveland be?an as an Accident, developed as an Ego, and ends as a Destroyer. Mrs. Jas. T. Ovrts of Elmwood is visiting her iN^fhter Mrs. Beulah Hurling over n *? ucombe. Mr. J. W. Peak <t ir popular Racket man, has secured ;K*/ ;t; >' i new clerk, a Mr. Jefferson of Augusta. Richard Timm ons has secured a po sition in the cotton-mill which will soon be in operation in Edgefield. Miss Bessie Ouzts, the attractive daughter of Sheriff Ouzts, ls now a student at the Columbia Female Col lege. A. T. Davis and rattlesnake Bob Gardner are the only constables on the new constabulary, from Edgefield county. Rey. Mr. Reid will preach at the Johnston Presbyterian church on next Sunday morning, and at Edgefield at night. Mrs. Mary Sullivan and little Ma ry-Royal Peak returned last week from a two months visit to Greenwood ard Anderson. Plant a full crop of corn for the year 1897. The reason is it, is going to.be a bad year for corn, for every one who does not make his own. President Fisher of the Ed Cotton Mills, has gone to Ne to purchase the rest of the rc for the factory plant. Mrs. M. A. Taylor, who ha fined to her room for three grartual'y improving, friends are delighted to he& jjxe news_ Mr. 'Birkamph of Chai arrive in Edgefield in? fen take charge of the new drug store. Mr. Birkamph is a pharmaceutist of expe rience and skill. 'Somethingevery lady needs, a shoul der brace, skirt supporter and hose supporter all in one. Mrs. WoDdson is also agent for fine grade of corsets, bicycle goods, children's corset-waists and suspt nders. The highest compliment paid to the late legislature was that of the Clin ton Gazette. It says "they were a good and brainy set." Well they cer tainly did set. Rev. G. W. Bussev is pastor of seven churches, and preaches five sermons a Sunday so says the Baptist Courier of last week. Bro..Bussey is an indefati gable worker. R. A. Tompkins, formerly of Edge field, now at the Port Royal Naval Sta tion, was one of the ushers at the wed ding of Miss Lydie Irby, of Laurens, to T. D.Darlington of Savannah, last week. The Rev. W. T Hutson has returned to Greenville, having given up the pastorate of the Presbyterian church here. Mr. Hutson leaves many friends ' in Edgefield who will long remember him. State Treasurer Timmerman is at his home for a few days. When he returns to Columbia he will carry his family with him, as that city will be his home for the next two years. . The Southern Baptist Convention will meet in Wilmingto n N. C., in the month of May. Delegates and others can secure tickets over the Southern Railway at half rates, that is to say, one fare for the round trip. Mr. E. B. Haltiwanger our local agent, will have such tickets on sale. From the official reports, just pub lished, we gather that the gross salas at the Edgefield Dispensary for the year ending December 31st, 1896 amounted to$22,719.42; the net profits' for the same period were $1,675.10. We have no fault to find with the gross sales, but the net figure) are "peculiar/ Rev. A. C. Wilkins who fora num ber of years was pastor of the Beau fort Baptist church, at present occu pying the pmpit of the first Baptist church of Newberry, has been called to the pastorate of the Batesburg church. Brother Wilkins is one of the foremost preachers in the state, and will be an acquisition to Batesburg. Last week at Greenwood, Frank E. Cheatham, formerly of Edgefield, was married to Miss Mary Carr. The fol lowing is taken from the Greenwood Journal: "Last Thursday evening while Mr. and Mrs. Carr were out en joying a social tea ?with friends, their daughter Miss Mary, and Mz. Frank Cheatham went to the Method ist parsonage and were married by Rev. Marion Dargan. When Mr. and Mrs. Carr returned home, the happy couple were there to ask for parental blessings, lt took some time to con vince the unsuspecting parents that the newly made pair were not trying to perpetrate a joke on them, but final ly they succeeded. SPIUNG-TIME. Oh tho very air is tuneful It is like a fairy dream And a prescience of tho spoonful Of the berries and the cream Which in spring-time fondly dimpling All my visions, makes me soar Where the pancakes cease from pim pling And the sausage barks no more. N. J. There was service in only one of our village churches on last Sunday, the Baptist. Col. Geo. W. Croft of Aiken is the only visiting attorney of this session of our court. I O?course the fruit is never all killed in March because it is never all in bloom by that time. Fourteen thousand homioides were committed in the United States du ring the year 1896. The Farmers Bank, at its annual meeting last week, declared a dividend of 8 per cent payable on demand. The privilege on fartilizers for the first two months ?.f this year amount to $40,000. All this goes to Clemson. Solicitor Thurmond certainly won his spurs at our recent court, having secused ll convictions out of 15 trials' Underskirts made to order any size and style, prices to suit the times. Come to Mrs. Wooison's rooms, 27 Addison building and see samples. The inspection of the Edgefieid mili tary companies will take place in our town on the 21st day of April, prux. which comes on Wednesday. Miss Amanda Harrison his re turned home after spending sever al weeks very pleasantly with friends and relatives at Trenton and Leesville. When complete Fox's new drug sfore will oe a thing of beauty. Mr. Fox has an exquisite taste.and in the matterjof gilding refined gold or painting the lily is the man Shakespeare would have taken off his hat to. Mrs. Agatha Woodson is agenc for ladies' guaranteed underskirts, skirt supporters, hose supporters, and belts. See her samples before buying else where. A Mr. Harris of Pendleton received the $50 prize offered by the News and Courier for toe heaviest hog raised du ring the year 1896. Mr. Harri'ss pig weighed 15 lbs. on March 1st, 1896 and 515 lbs. on December 24th, havinggain ed 500 pounds in 300 days. Our Board of County Commissioners will, during the year 1S97, hold its reg ular quarterly* meetings on Tuesdays^ immediately following <he first Mon day in April, July, and October. Two extra meetings, but no more, may bo ? * H ri the year. i < r i grip and was given up ior ueau. A?_ friends sadly prepared him for burial. After several hours the supposed corpse begin to talk. He was hastily undressed and put to bed again and it is now thought he will get well. Spring: Goods at the Racket Store. New varieties coming in every day at the Rackel Store. You can see what ever you want in the way of spring novelties at the Racket Store. Beauti ful lines of dimities, lawns, light wool and percale materials, every color and design. Beautiful lace curtains, at all prioes. Mr. Peak has never brought a handsomer or more attractive line of goods to Edgefieid. You will be disap pointed if you do not examine these, before buying elsewhere. The General Assembly at its recent session passed an act providing for new County Pension Boards, and also for Township Boards. Meetings are to be held in each township to elect Township Boards, at a time and place to be fixed by the County Boards But inasmuch as the County Boards are to be elected by the Township Boards we fan to see how a County Board, un created, not in esse, can fix the date of an election for an j thing. However, we will bet they will do it for we old ''confeds" want our money and must have it or we will shoulder our crutch es and do our battles over again. A Wise Law. Under a law, engineered by Sen ator Gaines in reference to licens ihg distillers, the State Board of Control is not allowed to issue li cense to distill or renew Kuch li censes "except on petition signed in person by a majority of the resident free holders ot the city, town, Or township in which it is proposed to locate the distillery" Hussars. The Edgefieid Hussars will have a meeting, Saturday 27th, at Geo. Evans' Gary place to complete the organization, all members, and all who wish to enlist are request ed to attend. Will have a. barbe cue for the company. L. R. BRUNSON, Capt. Transfer Insurance Agency. Mr. D. R. Durisoe has fransfered his Fire Insurance Agency-em bracing "The Pennsylvania" and "The Manchester" Fire Insurance Companies-to Messrs. Griffin & Padgett. These two companies are old and reliable and justly very popular, and we congratulate Messrs. Griffin & Padgett ou this excellent accessiou to their al ready strong line of Fire Insurance Companies. They are now well prepared to give the very best fire insurance protection, and ve be speak for them a liberal patronage. A Remarkable Peach. P. J. Berckmans, Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga., has an everbearing peach. In his cata louge, 1897, he speaks of it as fol lows: "This is one of the most re markable peaches. The original tree, now nine years old, has pro duced fruit during six consecutive years. The first ripening begins the first of July, and successive crops are produced until the bp ginning of September. Fruit of first ripening averages 31^ inches long by 3 broad. The size of the second and following crops dimin ishes gradually until that of the last ripening is ahout 2 inches in diameter. Skin creamy white, mot tled and striped with light purple; flesh white, with red veins near the skin, very juicy, vinous and of excellent flavor; quality very good tobest; of the indian blood type; freestone." Goanty Paper Wanted. I will pay the prevailing price for any and all county claims. W. H. HARLING, Apply at Clerk's Office. To til? Baptists of Edgefield Chiefly to the Members of the Village Baptist Church hut also to all Baptists of Edgefield County. Dr. Tichenor, our general Secre tary, calls upon us, and all Baptists of the South, to give him special aid just now in the work of the Domestic Mission Board. This board has in its employ four hundred and eleven mis sionaries, in the Indian Territory and in Oklahoma; among Ihe Germau population of Baltimore, Washington, Lousisville, St. Louis Kansas City, and the interior towns of Missouri and Texa3; among the French of Louisiana, and anioug the Mexicans of New Mexice-all these our countrymen -helping to shape the destiny of our country, and therefore need ing the gospel that they may help and not hinder our christian civili zation. These men are also at work in Cu , and among the Cubans who have settled in larg? numbers in Key West and Tampa, Florida. Their work among the native white population is in the mountain re gions of Georgia. Tennes3e?" Ken tucky, Virginia, and West Vir ginia, also in parts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mis sissippi. . The Domestic Mission Board is also doing effective work among the negroes of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. The labors of its 411 missionaries has been blessed. Durinp* the current Con . ) .-ttl .T>/o,y27,54. To continue the work ol this Boaid with still greater efficiency, and close the Conventional year May 1st 1897-free of debt;, the Secretary asks for a special con tribution from every Baptist church in the South before the close of this week-an offering which sha'l come from some special self-denial, not to take the place of our regular monthly contributions, not iu the least to diminish these, but an offering in addition lo all previous gifts or existing pledges. It is possible for overy Baptist to practice some self-denial this week and make this offering. Some may be able to give only one nickel or dime. Give that. Send it with prayer and faith as love':? offering. Some may be able to give dollars,two,five,t?n. tweuty, fifty,. How sweet the privilege of doing this, as the result of real self-denial, doing it for the good of mankind, for the salvation of souls, for the honor of Christ, for the sake of Him who gave Him self for us. Let every Baptist respond to the call of the Domestic Mission Board. Mem bers of our church and congrega tion can hand their contribu tions to our Treasurer, Orlando Sheppard, or to Julian Mims. All will be forwarded aa our special "self-denial" gift. There is joy in such self-ileuial. It is Christ-like. His self-sacrificing love led Him to Gethsemane and to the Cross. He became the "Man of Sorrows" the self-denying sufferer for us. With tt irs of grateful joy, as stewards of His manifold grace, we will help to advance His kingdom we will help now, for our Country's sake, for the World's sake, for Christ's sake. "It.is more blessed to give than to receive," not because of the recompense, but because it is more Christ-like yet the re compense will surely como, God's approval. God's blessing. Your brother in Christ, L- R. GWALTNEY Guano, Acid Phosphate, Kain it and Cotton Seed Meal. I am now ready for orders, can fill promptly. My goods are the best, so says the State chemist af.d thousands of others. W. W. ADAMS. Remember the Ad vertiser Job Office is prepared to do all kinds of work. WAMPUM.^ What It Is and How the Indians Tje(i ?o Make lt. When Columbus discovered Anbricn, he found the Indians carrying ontrade from tribe to tribe v. i th wampum. Any thing that has vnluc may be ua,d as money. In ancient Syracuse and Brtain tin was used sis mouey, und we findthat iron was so used at one time in Sprta, pieces of silk in China, cattle in Ibme and Germany, leather among thepar rhaginians, ni...is in Scotland, ieaj in Burma, platinum in Russia, cube, cf pressed tea in Tartary, slaves amonjjtho Anglo-Saxons, salt in Abyssinia, el. Wampum is from an Algonquin ford meaning "white. " Tho Indians ?ave ever been fond of ornaments, parieu larly of beads. They used to make feads of seashells in t he following waj: A fragment of stone was with muchcare "worked down" to the size of a snail nail, having one end quite pointed^nd it was then fastened to a piece of jane or a reed. With this simple tool th^In dian workman chipped off a bit oithe inside of a conch ??hell or a part olthe 6hell of a hard clam and rubbed it dwn to the size desired. This bit of shej he held in his hand, placed the sharpmd of the stone against it and then tuied the stone around and arot nd unt? a hole was drilled entirely through be shell. Tho shell beads thus tediously mau factured were called wampum. Tese beads were either white or of a poole color, the last being valued much luger than the first. It was thievery labonns way of making wampum that g?\ i t val ue. The wampum was artisticly strung upon hempen threads and ted as necklaces, bracelets and rings. Otu it was woven into belts about 3 ku&s in width and 2 feet in length. Tho wampum belt served many pr poses. It was sent from tribe to troe with solemn promises and messages^ was used in making peace, in asking ir aid in time of war, for personal ado* ment and also as a ' 'circulating mei um. " The coast tribe Indians were tr wampum makers. The interior Iudia'j spent their time hunting and exchange game of all kinds for the wampum mac. by the coast tribes. For a long time after white peop had settled in the new world sma coins were scarce and wampum wi used as "change. " Finally the "pah faces" set up lathes by treadles for ti purpose of making wampum quicklj and soon the Indian wampum niakei were, as we say nowadays, ' 'out of : job."-Philadelphia Times. WAS IT FUNNY? A Practical Joke of Whose Humor tin Victim Was Doubtful. "Would you mind telling me some thing?" he asked, with some hesitancy. "Certainly not," tho reporter an swered. ' ' You see a great many newspapers?" "I have to read considerably. " ' 'And you ought to bo able to tell whether a thing is funny or not." "Can't you tell for yourself?" "Ordinarily. But I have a case here that needs an export opinion. Sonic time ago I was employed by a man to loch after his stock in trade, which consisted mainly of beer. Some people came in, and in order tn w?*?r* ' "-T "'-J --.?-c. ??. ?*"< my other thumb over the other hole." "Then what did he do?" "Then he began to treat the crowd tc everything in sight. All I could do wai to reason with them about their conduct. I didn't dare take either of my thumb off, for the result would have been ? geyser that would have ruined the new wall paper. When they had helped themselves to all they wanted they wen! away and left me. It was two boura be fore the proprietor came and plugged nj. the holes and released me." ' 'Does the owner hold you responsi ble?" "I don't know whether he does 01 not. I haven't been back, and the ncxl time I go to work it will be in a dry goods store or a grocery. All I want tc ask you is this: Was that a good joke, or was it a case of false pretenses' Which ought I to do-laugh and bc merry or havo some people arrested?" Washington Star. Lincoln's Grave. About 1 y? miles north of Springfield, Els., Abraham Lincoln lies buried uudei a towering pile of marble, granite and bronze. The height of his monument is 120 feet. The cost was $250,000, the money being collected through popuhu contributions. Several attempts have been made to steal the body. Not uutil the leaden coffin was sunk deep in the crypt and covered with six feet of con crete did the robbers desist.-New York Press. Lots of lt. "Yes," said Luugly as the clcck hands neared the midnight hour, "I think I shall accept the presidency of that gas company. " "I should think yon would be fitted for the position," she replied.-Phila delphia North American. The Siberian railway will mofure exactly 4,711 1-3 miles from Tch;!ia biusk, on tho eastern side pi (he Urrds, and at the gate of Siberia, to Vladivo stok, the Russian port on the sea of Japan. The total cost is estimated at $175,000,000. At the present rate of production over $SOO,000,000 worth of fresh gold will come from tho mines before another presidential election is held. Wales and thc Indian Chief. The Prince cf Wales receives many peculiar, humorous and pathetic leiten of appeal. One of the oldest of thew ap peals came from the Wahigocn Lake In dian reserve, in Canada, some years ago, when, tiie regulations being less strict than now, n party of whito men, regard less of treaties, were poaching upon the preserves of the Indians. - The red meu resented this, and thc chief dispatched the following cable message: To the Prince of Wales, London, England: Whito mun cutting tinibt-r on Euglo lnkc. Would you kindly como and settle matter? Thia was given to us. Please advise. KAU KIWCASU, Chief. Wabigoon Luko. There is no record of the prince's re ply to this simple appeal by the red men to their future sovereign.-Pearsou'i Weekly. The parish church of Grove, on the border? of Bedfordshire and Bucking hamshire, but situated in tho latter coun ty, is said to bo thc smallest and most curious church in England. The parish contains under 20 inhabitants, ?iud the church will comfortably seat a few more than that number. The first submarine telegraph wire was laid in 1850 from England to France. Two years later Scotland and Iceland were connected. SCHUBERT'S SAD LIFE. "I Shall Eave to Sneak From Door to Door to Beg My Bread." One cf the bitterest; disappointments in Schubert's life was Goethe's indiffer ence. In 1818 he sent a selection of his compositions to the poet's songs to Wei mar. What precious pearls of music were among the collection-the songs cf "Mignon" and "ThcHarpist," these from "Faust," the ead melodics "Long ing," "Nightseug, " "Thc Wanderer's Nightlong," "The Earl King," "Hai dcroslein," "The Fisherman," "The Bard," "The King of Thule" and the music to "Claudine of Villa Bella." Goethe, who had an ear only for the stiff compositions of Zumsteeg and Rein hart, then in fashion in Weimar, took no notice of Schubert's music and left his letter unanswered. Not until 1830 after Schubert's death-did Goethe leam to appreciate tho extraordinary value cf the compositions that lay neglected in his drawer. It was then that Wilhelmine Schroder Devrient sang "The Earl King" to him. It was Schubert's greatest delight to make some 'li:tle excursion with his friends to the picturesquely situated vil lages in the Wilnerwald or on the Kah lenberg, and it was in the arbors of the small inns, with a glass of pure country wine before him, that inspiration came most easily. But even these modest de lights were imbittcred by the malice thr.t T'ictured him as a drunkard who composed his songs -* hen he was full of wine. It is an absolute fact that he did not lose the faculty of artistic work even under the saddest circumstances. He composed the greater part of the "Mil ler Songs" whilo he was lying ill in hospital in 1823. He was quite right when he wrote to his friend Kuppel wieser in March, 1821, "Those of my compositions which have been inspired by pain seem to please people best." And in a letter to Bauern feld he com plained: "What will become of poor me? Like Goethe's harp player, I shall have to sneak from door to door and beg my bread. " The only ray of light that fell into his dark life was when, through the kindness of Count Johann Estcr hazy's manager, Unger, the father of the famous prima donna, Unger-Saba tier, he was appointed music master in the count's household in Zelces, where he spent some happy summers, the hap piest of his life. It was in Castle Zelecs that he is supposed to have fallen in love with Caroline, his patron's beauti ful daughter, who was his pupil, and who probably never learned the secret of the musician's heart, though it is strange that, ene so gifted and so beauti ful should not hav<3 married before she was well into the thirtiea Bitter dis appointment followed this short spell of a lifo free of care.-London Telegraph. "Salting" Alines. "Prospectors ought to be taught," ?' aid Professor B. Sadtler, "that in open ng up a new camp absolute honesty in regard to values is essential. A well de I fined lead may not have values at the mrface and yet be a good property, while all the lying and ether dishonest ,actions possible will net maleo a mine , mt of a barren lead, and such things . king sure to be detected often have the I ;ffect of setting back a district which is ?cally possessed cf merit. A short time i UTICA T wont; nr. the pio*>" *?- -- 'Alis piece assayed separuiely. It ran l?verai cunees in gold, and the rest of . (be samples ran about $1 in gold. It j as one of the cheapest cases of au at hmpt to salt that I ever experienced. . !m another occasion the same man t vorked a number of Denver people in a , oberne having for its base an alleged I in deposit. He simply soaked a piece of . re in chloride of tin. He didn't even now how to salt tho ore in such a janner that it could not be detected by ie first assayer who saw it, for every ne who was at all familiar with ore aw at a glance that it was not tin ere. " -Denver Republican. Crossing tho Atlantic ] "Thc best time to cress the Atlantic," ays a woman traveler, "is in winter. Che passenger list is large enough then or company and small enough for com brt. Everybody gets acquainted with verybody else, and though the voyage i apt to be prolonged no one complains, went over in a mob last summer and ras miserable. The contrast with my iturn voyage was very pronounced, ?uother suggestion is to take one of the (ow boats. The few crack speeders are ried, usually, with the rich society set 'ho cross to the other side. They con der the trip a bore and all the persons b board not on their visiting list detri lentals, whom to notice would bc a ame. The atmosphere on the less fash lnable boats, for the smart set affects :s ocean liners as it does its other fads rid fashions, is much more agreeable, 'here is sure to be a genial, delighted tonpany, to which one is made wel fme, and of which one holds ever after ward delightful memories."-St. Louis lepublic. _ The French Press. ; The French press is probably the high it in literary excellence and the lowest i morality and commercial hou^r of ?y of the great civilized nations of the \orld. In this respect it reflects the Qaracrer of tho people-artistic, Lut Icking in depth, caring more for the fhn than for thc substance. Naturally olor printing has been carried to a hgher degree of perfection in Paris than ?y other city, the reproductions of her fjmous paintings and the colored on gavinps in the art supplements of lead ig newspapers, such as Le Figaro, be ig unrivaled.-Chautauquau. - ?See Mrs. Woodson's samples of black aul colored underskirts, made ef best (bal i ty goods and guaranteed to wear jjree years. CITAl'ION. ?TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J COUNTY or EDGEFIKLD. fy J. D. Allen, Est]., Probate Judge. 'j HI ERIC AS, W. li. BRIGGS hath Mr made suit lo me, to grant him fetters of Administration of the es Ate and effects of Jefferson l?riggs. t THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and mmonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Jefferson Ijriggs, deceased, lint they be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro bite, to be held at Kdgelield C. H., fl C., on the 24th March after publica tion thereof, at ll o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have wjiy the said Administration should nbt be granted. Given under my hand, this the 4th day of March Anno )>r^ I Domini ls!>7. Published on <fcl> the luth day of March in the Kdgelield ADVERTISER. J. D. ALLEN, Probate Judge. Now is the time to sub Cribe for th e Advertiser. The Sketch Clnb. The work of the Sketch club, a dis tinct display in the recent exhibit at the Pittsburg School of Design, attracted its own share of attention. The work sub mitted included pen and ink drawings and oil and water color sketches. The work done by the club is entirely inde pendent of the class work done in the school. Members include both graduates and students. The club meets each Fri day afternoon during the winter in one of thc studios of the school and sketches from life. During the summer the club enjoys excursions in tho suburbs of the city and makes studies of landscape and outdoor li* For the indoor sketch ing each mum *>r pledges herself to sit once as a model for the club. Thc club has been in existence for several years. The present officers are Mrs. An nie R. Mahood, president; Mrs. Myra G. Robinson, secretary, and Miss Janey Jenk JS, treasurer. Each year the qual ity of the work grows in importance, while as an incentive to industry the worth of the club is fully established. Pittsburg Dispatch. Great Good Fortune. Good luck is of all kinds, some of it queer. The San Francisco Post, for in stance, tells how a laboring man in that city found himself fortunato in a way most unexpected. ? V7hen the noon whistle blew the other day, he sat down on a box in thc shade, thrust his hand into his overcoat pocket, looked surprised and then remarked: "I've lost my lunch." He pondered over his predicament a moment and then added: "Well, I've got something to drink anyway." And he pulled a bottle of coffee out of his other pocket. He slowly drained the bottle, threw it aside and sat lost in thought for a moment. Suddenly he sprang up, slap ped his thigh and exclaimed: "It's a good job I lost my lunch !" "Why so?" inquired another work man. "Why, I left my teeth at b^e." The Farmers Bank, EDGEFIELD, S. C. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts. $07.321.14 Stocks. 1,800.00 Real estate, h'I'd'g, lixtiires. 4,040.00 Other real estate. 1,654.03 Current expenses. 4,072.71 Cash in other banks. 10,739.12 Cash in vault. 11,40(3.94 $136,033.91 LIABILITIES. Paid-up capital. $57,S4!.0t Surplus. 5,500.00 Undivided profits. 9,767.s?.i Dividends unpaid. ?8.7S Hanks... 8,654.76 Individual, 59,201.44 62,856.20 Deposits $136,088,91 L A. E. I'ADOKTT, Cashier of The Fanners Bank of Edgetield, S. C., do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, A. E. PADGETT, Cashier. Sworn to hpf'*-.' The Cou in y Doaru ui ^v.-* ma lion at its last meeting passed a resolution that the Township Boards of Assessors be instructed to assess all first-class work mules and horses at not less than fifty dollars pnr head, all milk cows at not Iocs than ten dollars per head yearlings and other cattle at five dollars or more each, sheep at on dollar each, goats at fifty cents each, and hogs at one dollar or more each, and that all mercban dise, mills and machinery, and all other property be assessed at its true value, and that this notice be published in all the county papers and that it be a sufficient notice to all who have failed to return all their properly for taxation, an such as the"foregoing with the val?en named. H. Q- TALBERT. Sup. J. B. HALTIWANGEB, Aud'r. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAliCB COMPANY OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY PRESIDENT STATEMENT For tho year ending December 31 1896 According to thc Standard of thc Insurance Department of thc St.->tc of New Vo.-U INCOME. Received Tor Premiums - . $39.593,414 20 From all other Sourced . 10,109,281 07 $40,703,095 27 PTSIU BSE9ESTS. To Policy-holders for Claims br neath ---- $12,500,113 39 To Policy-holden for Endow ments, Dividends cte - 12,842,45011 For nil other Accounts - - 10,7? 1.005 ?4 $30,218,575 14 ASSETS. United Stntes Bonds and other Securities- - - -5110.125,082 15 First lien Loans on ?omi and ." Mort rape - - 71.543,9if ..r. Lo??? on Stock? aar! Bond? - : ! .itiM.-i- o? Kelti Kstat?; ... - 22,7tt<,G0C 0?? Cash in Banka and Trust Com- _"" panics .... 12,080,390 00 Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . - 0,635,565 00 $231,711,HS 42 ncserr" fi* Pftllclea and other Liabilities - . - 205.0IQ.n33 72 garcias - . . . $29,783,514 70 In&jranre and Annuities In Toreo.$91S,C9S,33S 45 I Vive carefully examined ?he forcicinfc State ment and find the same to be corrc.t ; liabilities calculated by thc Insurance Pcpartnicnt CHARLES A. PKELLKR Auditor Fmm the Surplus a divides.!! w:!i bs Lp; onioned as usual ROBERT A. GRANNI5S VIC:-PR?3I?:NT WALTER R. GnxETTB General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD ad vice-President FREDERIC CROMWELL Treasurer EMORY MCCLINTOCK Actuary IF. H , HYATT, G ?NEUAL AGENT. COLUMBIA, - - S. C. ALWAYS AT IT. I aplin oflVr my services te, the people of Ridgefield and Saluda counties in the line of my profession, (hat of Altering Colts, Yearlings, Etc. I will promptly attend all calls. My postofHce address is butler, Saluda County, S. C. LEE MACK. [Wield id. I Living rented the Edge field Hotel, thc Old Saluda House, I am now prepared to entertain travellers, boarders, transient or permanent, at rea sonable rates. Soliciting a share of the patronage of the public, I am yours to please. R. r SCURRY. Edgerield, S. C. Nov. 5, '95. thc kind that works between New York and Chi-! cago. GEO. MTMS, Sel] s Them. ORDERS FILLED Grinds lenses for all defects of sight. If your eyes trouble you, consult him and he will tell you WITHOUT CHARGE, Milling ana Ginning Machinery. The undersigned, denier in all kinds of dinning and Milling Ma chinery, Wat?; Wheels, Steam Engines, Flouring a-d Corn Mills, will furnish estimates for who'e plants and put the n in operation. f?F? Represents the largest Ma chinery Works. ?fflF* Repairs furnished and put in. Especial attention to over hauling and changing from old to new systems. All correspondence promptly an swered. Address, G. D. MIMS, Apr. 21-96. Edgeficld, S. C Patents Wanted. 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