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Edgefield Advertiser Tl'OS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOR .RATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING. An Act to regulate charges for adver tising legal rfbtices : - SKCTIOX li Be it enacted by the Gen eral, Assembly of the State of South Carolina, t?at State and County offi cials authorized by law to publish ad vertisements in the newspapers of this State, including sales of real and per sonal property by Masters, Clerks of Courts, Judges of Probate, and Sheriffs, citations, notices to creditors and no tices'to creditors and notices of final settlement by executors, administra tors, and guardians, and all other per ?ons acting in a fiduciary capacity, to gether with all other advertising done by any Court, including service ot summons by publication, notices of election ordered by commissioners, re ports of County Treasurers, Supervi sors, Superintendents of Education, notices of County Auditors, proclama tions of the Executive Department, proposals for work and supplies bv the heads of departments or other officials authorized to advertise for competitive bids and all other advertising whatever by State and County officials, shall be charged not exceeding one dollar per inch for the first insertion, and not ex ceeding fiftj cents per inch for each subsequent insertion, the said adver tisement to beset in solid brevier type, including the caption and all other parts of the said advertisement : Pro vided, that newspapers using other than brevier type shall receive com pensation based on brevier measure : Provided further, that when the value of the estate as to which such adver tisement is made is less than $200 only one-half the rate hereinbefore allowed shall be charged or allowed, and when the value of such estate is less than $100, only one-fourth of the rate here inbefore allowed shall be charged or allowed: Provided further, that if the proprietor or manager of a newspaper an any county shall refuse to insert such .advertising in their newspapprs at the rates hereinbefore allowed, the same shall be posted in at least three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the Court House door; and provided further, that the reports of County Treasurers and Supervisors shall not exceod $60 per annum. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26. Allendale has an artesian well.! Aiken proposes to give a build ing Bite to any party or parties who will build'a hotel thereon. A live town this. On Sunday afternoon last seven six-room houses at Langley were burned to the ground. The fire caught from a defective chimney flue. Bob Ingersoll, the great infidel, is dead. It is not our privilege to preach him "into hell and leave him there," and we will not essay the task. . Fighting Joe Wheeler has about reached the Philippines with his four thousand Texas ponies with "which he proposes to run down the Fillipinos. THE DUMPENG GROUND. Judge Sawyer, of Michigan, holds that the Philippine Islands if we ever get them under control, shorfld be used for a penal colony, and that all criminals from thia coun try should be banished there. He says that after the expiration ot their terms "they would mix per fectly with the Philippines and christianize them." Judge Sawyer says that these criminals would do better work the thanmission aries. TOWN KILLERS. This,, from the Aiken Journal and Review, is the most sensible observation on the "town killer" discussion that we have seen : "Some .of our State newspapers are discussing town killers ; but they do not seem to agree on any one variety as being the worst. Every town has its "town killer." The man who sends out of town for groceries, shoes, clothing, print:ig or anything else he can get in his town, is a town-killer. Nothing makes a town so pros perous as keeping money at home. The "town killer" is everywhere The only remedy is to multiply the "town builders" until the "town killer" feels lonely ami joins the majority. In the past Aiken has had its "town killers"-it has some now-but its "town builders" are in the traces as is evident by our substantial progress." THE GEORGIA WHEAT GROWERS' CONTENTION. There was a well attended con vention of the wheat growers of Georgia held at Macon on the 12th. The convention was an aminent success. Hon. J. Pope Brown, of Pulaski, presided with his custom ary grace and abilitj*, and capital speeches were made by a dozen or more of the delegates. The Macon Telegraph, through whose praiseworthy efforts a grow ing interest in wheat culture was aroused, gives a full and interest ing report of the proceedings of the convention ; but we have room only for the following extracts : NameB of the successful com petitors for the three prizes offered, viz: Best yield on 4 acres, $100 in gold, W. P. Walker, of Spalding; 147 bushels and 56 pounds. Second be3t yield on 4 acres, $50 in gold, Mrs. M. E.Wilson of Spalding, 135 bushels and 43 pounds. Third best yield on 4 acres, $25 in gold Jesse M. Tanner of Wash ington country; 132 1-4 pushels. Beat yield on one acie, $25 in gold, Mr. W. P. Walker, of Spalker, of Spalding ; 40 bushels and one pound. In this connection, no matter more entertaining or instructive than the remarks of Mr. Walker, who won the first and the special prize, could be presented : He said he had trouble to cut his wheat. He had raised year before last fifty bushels per acre on seven acres. A Missourian said he never saw such wheat in his state. He made twenty bush els of corn per acre on the same land. He ueed the purple straw wheat, the seed of which his family used fiftyjyears. He did n't get to sow his prize wheat till the 16th of December, on account of rain. He put about fifteen loads of stable manure to the acre, and SOO pounds of acid phosphate and 15 bushels of cotton seed. Broke the land four or five inches with a common plow. He* ran a drag over it in planting it. Sowed the fertilizer and acid phosphate broadcast, and broad casted the seed a little .over two bushels. The land would make a bale of cotton without fertilizer. It was a clay subsoil. He cut the wheat on Juno 3. He likes to sow wheat after the first killing frost. He sprinkles his 8e<?d with bluestone, pulverized The water is to be hot, poured over the seed. He washes the seed in this way every year. He uses a quarter of a pound of bluestone to a half gallon of water. Ho doesn't let the seed soak. He just pours the water over them You can't grow wheat successfully on terraced land, he said. His wheat grows waist high. In selecting seeds get full, round grains. H? said that year he lacked one rain of having a good season. He plowed in his wLeat and manure all together. He likes deep prepara tion of the land" better" than the shallow, but didn't get a chance to do this when planting his prize wheat. Messrs. Moore & Worsham submitted a transcript of the account which they kept ?of their wheat crop as follows : Ten acres of wheat. Cr. 180 bushels wheat at 75c, $135.00 3 tons of straw at $8, 24.00 $159.00 Dr. 10 bushels seed wheat at $1 $ 10.00 125 bus. cotton seed at 12?c 15.62 Preparing land and Bowing 10.00 Harvesting, 10.00 Threshing, 12001 $57.62) Which leaveB a net prot of $101. 38. This land should be be credit ed with net profit on hay of $50, which makes a profit of $151.38 on the product of the land. Quite all the speeches turned on the unprofitableness of 5-cent cot ton and emphasized the necessity which pre8sess upon our farming people tareBort to a diversification of crops as the only safety against the wreek and ruin of all ourj agricultural interests. Along this line, Mr. Willis, of] Walden, gave a pointed talk : He submitted some figures on the profit in oats. He figured on a half bale of cotton per acre at cost of $9.90 for the acre. The total price of the cotton would be $14 if sold at 5 cents pound, leaving a profit of $4.10. The oats would yield twenty bushels, say on the the same land. The profit j would be $4.60, if sold at 25 cents, | or a half dollar more than cotton, and it is a crop of a different season. He said all oats can find a ready sale at about 40c a little more than he figured, and the yield would be a great deal more than he estimated. He thought for home consumption every body should plant wheat. He saw that he couldn't continue to rai?e cotton and keep out of debt. And, on this bub^ect, the Aa gusta Chronicle, of the 14th says : Mr. S. H. McGhee, editor of the Greenwood Index, was in the city yesterday returning from the Wheat Growers' convention, which closed in Macon Weduesdy. He is enthusiastic over what he saw, and of the good results obtained. .ir. McGhee and Mr. N. A. Craig, of the Craig Milling Co., went to the convention with the view of learning how to organize a similar association in his state. So satisfied were they with what they saw that they heve resolved to bring about a wheat growers convention in Greenwood. Mr. McGhee says that it will be held there about the middle of August, and thought the time is short, so universal is the interest felt in this industry, yet in its infancy, in this section, that itjwould be a suc-| cess. Greenwood is SJ well situated as a meeting point of railroads that no more advantageous spot in Carolina could be chosen for such a gather ing," said he. It is bia opinion that the whole south is obliged to plant less cotton and more wheat. The leesons i learned at Macon show that the sooner the farmer comes to v realization of this fact, the sooner would a material benefit iu the way of a bettered condition result. To arouse a Dormant Liver and se cure permanent regularity of the Bow els, use Dr. M. A. Simmon^ Liver Med icine. For sale by G. L. Penn & Son. A?LJD LANG SYNE ! SOME PERSONAL RECOL LECTIONS OF INCIDENTS AND MEN YEARS AGO. BY AN OLD STAGER. Back io the thirties and forties Hamburg was an important cotton market. There was but one rail road in the State, and it ran from Augusta to Charleston. Cotton, from the several districts of Edge field, Abbeville, Newberry, Ander son, Laurens, and Greenville was Hauled in wagons to Hamburg for sale. The public highways were much traveled through the winter season with cotton wagons, inter mixed.at times with those laden with apples and chestnuts or with flour and bacon. The roads as you can well imagine were not, could not be kept in good traveling con dition with these daily processions of market seekers going over them. This was a joyous time with the children, perched upon the yard fences, watching the passing wag ons. It was a more . delightful time with the^emall boy when per mitted to go along with his father's wagon and other neighbor boys with their fathers' wagons (they generally went in groups) to Ham burg, and to camp out, to sit around the camp-fire at night, partake of I their meals partly prepared at[ home and the olher part cooked at the camp-fire, and to listen to the amusing anecdotes and jokes of the older ones, and to witness the jolly good cheer among them. The small boy used to be tjld that he upon his first visit to this notable cotton mart, would-have "to kiss the old blobber-lipped woman.' So he would not infrequently get in io the wagon and cover up to avoid being seen by her. As the wagoue neared the town the drivers would gather up wood by the wayside and throw into their wagons to make fireR with whilst eucamped in the town. It was not au infrequent occur rence to meet cotton buyers on 4he road who had come out to get the promise of an option of the first cut and bid on your cotton, upon arrival in tovn, or would make a bid "on the wing1" and a bargain was 'sometimes struck that way. Among the buyers, we remember, were Dunbar & Burnsides, Cash McDonald, Gentr>*,,Col. Jobi son, Smith, Hammond. Dr. Stokes was president of the Ham bm g Bank,? whose money was good almost anywhere. /The State, banks in those days issued their] own bills, founded upon a gold and silver basis-the issue was in the proportion of three to one, and we do not remember any failure in thia State nnder that system of j bank circulation. Remove the IC i per cent, tax upon State p&nke by the Federal government, and a similar sysiem might be adopted again. But how the little boyB enjoyed eating sugar when they got into town. After the cotton had been sold they were allowed free access to the sugar hogshead at the store where their parents traded, and alpo allowed to fill a little satchel to sweeten their coffee with on their way home. Oh ! thoee days so full of happiness and enjoyment to the boys, we could sigh to live them over again 1 Cotton gins (and they were all run by horse power) wore not nu merous in our section of country in that day. Our father had a pub lic gin and cotton raisers for miles around (farmers did sot raise big] cotton crops like they do now) brought their cotton to his gin to j be ginned. To keep up with the I demand for ginning it was neces-J sary to operate till 9 or 10 o'clock at night. As we were either em ployed in filling the baskets for the ginner or in driving the horses around the circle, whose porer| moved the machinery, the task be came distasteful to us, and we re solved in our mind that if we ever attained to manhood and possessed a ginnery of our own that we would not operate it after night. But these pleasant recollections J of Hamburg trips bad their sad memories also. When quite a small boy, we remember on one of these returns, the horses of Mr. Luke Culbreath and Mr. David Timmerman ran away with the wagon, running over the latter's j body-from the effects of internal injuries received thereby he died in great agony before the following j day. A few years subsequently Malachi Timmerman, his son, let the horse^'hitched to a wagon, ran j away with him aud fearfully Furman U GREBNVII -o Thenext session will begin SEI Full and thorough instruction, Bd. Boarding in private families ra excellent aud cheap. For catalogue the Prejident, Dr. A, P. Montague. bruised and mangled him. f?e ultimately recovered from his wounds and is still liviug. Another melancholy iucident upon these return trips to market, occurred, which you will pardon us for mentioning. It was the case of "Billy" Mitchell, who lived on Mountain Creek. It was a cold rainy disagreeable time. Arriving at home in the night it was found that he was a raying maniac, with demonstrations of vi?leuce to his family. His wife and children left ?he premises for safety. He continued in that state for weeks. His neighbors built a little log cab in and placed him in it for safety. He became a mere skeleton from emaciation. He never slept nor ceased to talk for weeks. During -this period his wife sickened and died and one two of his children. After months of affliction, he grad ually recovered and moved to the State of Alabama. We saw bis oldest son John in Montgomery county, N. C., in 1853 at a public gathering. His father was living then. THREE SCORE. E. F. Kenemur, Pickens,,S. C., writes : Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has for 10 years greatly benefited me and many others. I think it a better medi cine than Black Draught; use it in preference as it is milder, yet more efficient. For sale by G. L. Penn & Son. . That Throbbing Headache. Would quickly leave you, if you? used Dr. King's New Life J?jtlO. Thousands of sufferers have^Jroved their matchless nierit fo/^siek and (Nervous Headach^^??Wrey made pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try th*m. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by all Druggist. To the Teachers of EdgefieJd County. Tt was with much regret that I asked Mr. McMahan to release rn? from*the superintendency of the Summer School for Teachers. I have recently boen travelling exten sively in the lower part of the State .ii the interest of the S. CC. I., aud while doing this work con tracted malarial fever. It is upon the advice of my physician that I recign my position in the summer J school iu order to go to the moun tains to recuperate. It was my intention to open the! doors of the S. C. C. I. and let it.f be used as a moss-ball for the teachers. Since finding out that Mrs. Bailey and I cannot be there this plan is impracticable.. . Good board can be secured in private families at a very reason able cost, and the recitation work will be done at the Academy. ^- _ This isa great work begun in our State, and I hope every teach er of Edgefield county will try to attend. I am personally acquaint ed with one of the instructors, Mr. Matthews, who will be in Edge field, abd eau assure the teachers that his instruction alone willfully repay them for their time and money spent in attending the Summer School. Wishing much success to this groat work, and trnstiug there will be a good attendance of teachers. I am Very sincerely, F. N. K. BAILEY. "Sweet Bells Jangled Out o? Tune and Har*n.'N Shakespeare's description fit? thou sands ot women. They are croas, des pondent, sickly, nervous-a burden to themselves and their families. Their sweet dispositions are gone, ?nd they, like the bells, seem sadly out of tant. Bat there is a remedy. They caa ase McELREE'S Wine of Cardui It brings health to the womanly organism, and health there means well poised nerves, calmness, strength. It restores womanly vigor and power. It tones up the nerves which suffer ing and disease have shattered. It is the most perfect remedy ever devised to restore weak women to perfect health, and to make them attractive and happy. $i.oo at all druggists. For advice in cases requiring spec ial directions, address, giving symp toms, g " The Ladies'. Advisory De partment," The Chattanooga Medi cine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. BJJV, J. TV. SMITH, CAindoa, 8. saysf-^Mf wife used Wine of Cardui at hume for fulling o? UK) womb and it entirely cured her." GEO. T, SHARPTON. DENTIST, EDG-EFIBLD, S. O? Front Room in Chronicle B'ld'g. I jespectfully solicit the patronage ol ' be people, niversity, ?LE, S. C. 3T. 27, 1899. leading to si-vera) t??giup, is cfT?i loderate; in the mess, the fare is s cr farther particulars, ppply to The Dicks House HASJ KEMOVEDJTO..,. -806 BROAD STREEtT" Atfil would be pleased to have the sap port of their friends, and will continue to-give'first class meals and rooms at reasonable rates. DINNERS A SPECIALTY. GROCERIES, Staple and . Fancy. A full line of Heavy and Staple Gro ceries, inclnding Country Hams which, although better, I sell for less money than, the sngar and canvass bams. WJifcnjLjay heavy and staple grooeries iU??an meat and b: ead and lard and sugar and coffee and such like, every : thing eatable. However, I am making j a Special Spread this season in Ch.?ice Faficy Groceries and Delicacies, in cluding in part in canned goods, English Peas, Green Corn, Blackberries, Peaches, . Columbia River Salmon, etc, CRACKERS-The finest and best in flflV variety, and something really "dellci&is, mouth watering in Wafers, Pineapple, Chocolate, Tokay fiavoi 4. tongay lot hing of Iced Jumbles. TA?fe SYRUPS-I have some-1 thing herWpever brought to Edgefleld before. ToWtogflt table syrnps, clear as crystal, in selPRMi^gfia^ansjrif h I alKbe lia vor, Pine Apple, LaMWUfiWui ni?ra, Strawberry, Orange, Honey, Su? gar.iDrip, etc., only 10c a quart. Also just received all kinds of .fel lies and Preserves. Ask for what you want, if we haven't got it we will or derer. Yours truly, i E. JACKSON. ie Manufacturer, Importer Jand Dealer in 9 ts AND STATUARY, Headstones, Coping, Iron anfl Wire PEUOES. BUILDING! STONE Of Every Description. WRITE OR CALL AND SEE ME Cor..WR5bington and Ellis Sts. AUGUSTA, GA. A-large stock of finished work al-| ways on hand ready for lettering. M/tF" Prices always right. JuMERICA'S REPRESENTATIVE FASHION MAGAZINE tm DESIGNER Published flonthly WITH HANDSOME ; COLORED PLATES.' .. ALSO ILLUSTRATES Thc Celebrated_ STANDARD PATTERNS The only reliable patterns, because they allow seams. Subscription Price : $1.00 a year. ' IO cents for single copies. CANVASSERS WANTED FOR THIS 1J3LICATI0M. Uber.-! each CC.T..-.?: ,ion. Write for sarri,.!c ?cr? ^nd (?riba to Subscription Departnit.t, Vt:I': f c5!GNER, : j West j ; !;? i' ;- - . -, Saw \ c? k City. Insurance Agency -OB B??NETT k GRIFFIN. We respectfully solicit the patron age of the insuring public. Only tbs most reputable and Solvent Compa nied represented? Among them being jEtna Ins. Co., of Hartford, Home Ins. Co., New York, Hartford Ins. Co., Hartford, Phoenix Ins. Co., Hartford, Underwriters of New York, Hamburg-Bremen of Germany, Northern of London. All outside business receive our prompt and person al attention, OFFICE : BURNETT BUILDING j3ee Our Life Insurance Contract before you Injure. . DIVIDENDS PAYABLE ANNUALLY LAND SURVEYOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. Terms ; $4 per day, $2 for plat. ||f. Al ways h?ve deeds and mort gages on the lb'ld from which to fi d ucjent landmarks, EDGEFIELD REAL ESTATE AGENCY. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY. THE TOWN BOOM" WILL SOON BE UPON US. We already have ou sale, at reasoiable prices, and on ac comraodatiug terms, considerable valuable Town property ia the way of Dwellings, Building Lots, Farming" Lands, etc.t which we are authorized to dispose of at bargain figures. VA IN TOWN. One handsome new two story 8-room Dwelling and 20 acres of land, on northeast side of town. One single story 5-room Dwelling,'with two acres attached, {Jjj adjoining the above place. Five desirable Building Lots, on Addison Avenue. FourxJesirable Building' Lots on Buncombe Street. Two small Dwellings, with half acre lots, in South Edge field. . One Lot and Tenant House thereon, adjoining Oil Mill. One House and Lot on Norris Street, opposite Cotton Mill. \A list of other dwellings and building lots will be given next week. IN COUNTRY We have some bargains in Farms and Farming Lands, which we will describe in detail very SOOD. IF YOU HAVE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE CALL ON US. We will advertise same free of cost. When a sale is effected our commissions will be moderate and satisfactory. ; DURISOE & CO., REAL ESTATE AGENTS. WHAT IS THE USE OF PAYING $2.00 TO $3.00 PER DAY FOR HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS WHEN YOU CAN GET THE BEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE ROOMS FOR 50 OR 75 CENTS PER DAY AND TAKE YOUR MEALS WHERE YOU PLEASE. GET THE BEST. ' PAY FOR ONLY WHAT YOU GET AND NO MORE. THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Is the only European Plan Hotel in Augusta, Ga. Your patronage is solicited. S. C. & Ga. trains pass the door. I . L. P. PETTYJOHN, PROPRIETOR. House Cleaning Time has its troubles, but none of them are worse than having your furni ture fall apart when you try to move it. Buy well-made and high grade furniture if you want it to last, Buchas you will find in our superior stock. We are showing new designs in bedroom suites and all the latest styles in furniture, at prices that will attract the eco nomical. W. H. TURNER, 913 BR0AD1STREET, - AUGUSTA, GA This splendid h'?h ?rpi Sewing M?chine, with all the attachments, guaranteed for ten y ears, worth 155; our price StB, .nd your monty bacpt if it js not ft? represented. This pretty five piece Parlor Suit, ?Uk plush, as sorted color*; m a hogan 7 finished fr? worth &40; oar price ?25. This elegant Decorate Chamber let, ten pico**' T Dr? larg wno pat i ??at 19i; Tbl? *60 STEEL RANQB, top cooking surface. 30x34; oven 17 x jiK, 15gallon hot water reservo??, and X> pieces of ware for S29.?O. This offer ls mide solely M JPfrp duce our Hanges,'as weil as tc- advert?s, our business. Send for circulars of the greatest bar gains in Furniture, bookine Stoves, Baby Car riage}, Sewing Machines, and anything that yon nee? in yon? home " W? carry a full stpcfpf Friture, Cooking Stoves, S gurtains, Crockery, Baby ?arriages,&c, Please write i?\ you want. Address the PADOETT FURF IIIO A lita Broai 559 Broad St; AUGUSTA, - GA Keeps ONE of the best and tidiest. Boarding1 - Houses IN AUGUSTA.] Country friends andotrangers' patron age respectfully solicited. fH FlRMBtTB?] OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. * . # State aid County Depositary. * * * Paid-up Capital, $58,000 g * * * Similis and UM?Y?deu Proflts,;$10,000.00. ? *- * s A. E. PADGETT, President. W. H. TIMMERMAN, V-Pres. J L. CAUGHMAN, Cashier. W. H. HAULING, Ass't Cash'r. ? ..#** Pays Eight per ce?t. annual divi dends. Does a General Banking Business, i Acts as Guardian, Administrator fi and Trustee for Estates. ' Pays Interest on Deposits by spe cial contraot. J Money to Lend on Approved Se curity. -X YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED M rai ORDERS FILLED" REMOVAL. PP. P. 01. HAS REMOLD TO 207 7TH ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Whftre he will still continue to give his FEME EYE TESTS For all defects of sight. "Grind any shape and style of lenas while you wait. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Tells if you need glasses, rest or he oculist. f. LUTHER JONES. -Graduate of Ontario Wm Cote, TORONTO, CANAD AL. SDPOQ 9I)D DEI)?. Office and Infirmary at B. L. Jones' stables, rear ol Court House. EDQ-EJJ'XJUT.I D, 3. C. I respectfully solicit the patronage of the people. |V Will answer telephone calle promptly. Sand M ?6.78 sad we will ahlpyo? t&ta No. ? Cook in ff Stove and 15 piec-'?fw?*? ft b'rj fe ur 7 rm?li pot solea, szft s sois, top; .|K * I iX ??. .?.?>: *. *> %Jpfij ta pooi( a stoTc aa TOO usually pct forSjtk Send for circulars of Stoves, FtraKu*,' >?rr??p Madbfoes, Bafejr Carriages, ote.' N?at?ngs, Carpets, Shades^ r ?ir?u/lars ancj sia^c wfct WTURB CO. d Stroot, Augusta, Go.