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Edgef ield Advertiser J. Ii. MIAIS, - - - EDITOR - INFOBMATION Subscription Price-S-nt to any address for one y?.. ?- 1.60; for Mx m ont Dr. 76c; for three months, 50c, Pay&Me in advance. Katta for Advertising-One inch first 'iisc-r.ion, $1.00; each subsequent x insertion, 60c. Want Notices, one cent , fier ?or?, each insertion. Other local .lotices, len cents per line for first ?n ..?rtion; five, cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Tributes of Respect,.Not ices of Thanks, and all personal notices of a political nature, are charged for as regular ad : f?rtuemunts. Liberal contracts made tor thf.v, six, and twelve months Write for terms. THE ADVERTISER, \ Edgefleld. S. C. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25,1S?3. Grive thanks on to-morrow to the Great Giver of all good and perfect gifts. The shibboleth of the Demo cratic party for 1904 will be.: "Anything or anybody to beat Roosevelt. " The next annual reunion of the United Confederate Vet erans will be held at Nash 'ville. The time has not yet been decided upon. Saluda county had her usu al weikly homicide on Thurs day last. Lark Glover, color ed, killed'his brother about the foreclosure of a mortgage on a cow? A Georgia town required the Standard Oil company to pay $10 for a lisence to sell its products. The trust planked down the cash and raised the price of oil two cents per gal lon. , .Where is the citizen of Edgefield who, as he stands and gazes upon the beautiful and.imposing college building, does not experience a thrill of delight and pardonable pride ? . Such an individual is- not to be found. The Calhoun county advo cates had ill luck because they counted their chickens before they were hatched-named the baby county before it was born-and there is every rea son to believe that the North Augustans will meet the same, fate. It is announced that ground cultural hall at C1 e m s o n. Wonder if the new building is going to prove a stimulus in j making Clemson more of an agricultural college than it has been heretofore. It is to be hoped so.-Winnsboro Her ald. ' Hon. John Bell To will, a member of the House of Rep resentatives from Lexington and associate editor of the Batesburg Advocate, is an avowed candidate for a posi tion on the board of dispensa ry directors. Is going from the legislature to the dispen sary board real promotion ? Since arriving in London, in speaking of ?ie next presi dential election, 'Bryan said he thought he would not again be a candidate. The why and wherefore of this decision is quite evident-because no body has asked him to become a candidate, and it is no*- like ly that he will be asked. "Uncle Sam" has stood god father for the young republic, Panama, and agrees to main tain its permanent indepen dence. Should not this baby nation present that benevolent old gentleman with a panama hat next spring so he can dis cardthe old stove-pipe hat h* has been wearing so long ? Cotton is not the only one of the south1 s staple crops that is short. The yield of rice this year is far below the average, Texas and Louisiana being 1,000,000 bags short of what the crop was at first es timated. Should the price of this favorite article of food advance in price, submit gracefully just as you exoact those to do who wear cotton goods. Lost her fortune and com mitted suicide : The wife of a wealthy Chicagoan took her own life because her on ce very beautiful face had, through blood poisoning, been made permanently very ugly. Should all ugly women com mit suicide, as did the one above mentioned, the next census would show a con siderable decrease in the num ber of females-not in Edge * field, however, for her women are al! permanently beautiful, of course? Hon. Wm. P. Calhoun, in his second of a series of letters on the new county question, which we publish to-day, pre sents an invincible array of unanswerable facts and fig ures. If you wuT read and ponder them, and can exercise the right of suffrage in the election on December the 15th, you will vote against the new county, which is largely a scheme of the North Au gusta Land and Improvement company.*' The only thing we like or that appeals to us about the county, of which it is pro posed to make North Augus ta the county seat, is the nam?, "Hammond." This is a name that has always stood for whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are ennoblingand whatsoever things are of good report. A shoe string strip of land bor dered on the south by the muddy waters of the Savan nah and on the north by the remnants of Edgefield and Aiken, and having no easter., or western boundaries, would be un worth}- of the .name, Hammond. Let's not have it. A few days ago the Augus ta Chronicle consumed more than a column felicitating it jself upon the fact that it has a subscriber who has been tak [ ing the paper for fifty years, and expressed a doubt as to whether any other paper could say as much. The AD VERTISER has a subscriber who has been taking the paper for sixty-three( 63 )consecutive years. Only a few days ago we received a letter from a gentleman who has been a subscriber to the ADVERTISER for forty odd years, in which he enclosed five dollars for subscription account, pa; :nto considerably in advance. Wonder what our friends across the river think of the foregoing? Mrs. Carrie Nation called at the "White House" a few days ago and "raised the na tion" because the President of this great nation refused to ?llow her to interview him. She was on her mettle-mak ing ugly faces and saying ugly th?Tf^ai-'fer?cKr'V^nT?rl- ?hlfg?t Teddy's ire up, Mrs. Nation should have exercised a little forethought and sent in a card bearing the name of Mrs. Booker Washington, and then the august President himself would have ushered her into the holy of holies. Suffice it to say that had the erratic Mrs. Nation and the impul siv^ Roosevelt met face to face they would have had a "parrot-and-monkey" time of i*. _ FACTS AND FIGURES. Concerning Hammond County, EDGEFIELD, S. C., I Nov. 20, 1903. i EDITOR THE ADVERTISER : There is a well knowu saying among the negroes when speaking of settle ments betwenn his roes sad the white race which runs as follows : "A nought is a nought, an>* a figer i s a figer." "All for the white man and none for the nigger." That is the way our good friends and neighbors across the Savannah river seem to b? figuring on Ham mond county. That is, all for the North Augusta Land Company and uo*-ie for the the tax-payers who will be incorporated in that new county. In the short space of this article I cannot give every detail, but I will give enough to make my state ments intelligent. First; let us see what the situa tion is in Aiken county. Accord ing to figures furnished by t?e Auditor of that county, the total expenses for running the county amount to $21,460.00. The follow ing are some of the items of that expense. Court expenses $5,500. 00; Poorhouse, $2,100.00; Roads and bridges $4,000.00; Magistrates courts, $2,000.00; Court house and jail, $450.00; Sneriff, $2,000.00; Auditor, $400.00; Treasurer, $400. 00; Clerk of Court, $500.00 ; Coro ner, $250.00; Superintendent of Education, $600.00; County Com missioners and Clerks, $1025.00; Board of Assessors, $400.00 ; Coun ty Physician, $200.00; legal advi ser, $200.00; Books and Stationery, $475.00; Conteugent, $600:00; Re ports, $60.00. . The expenses of Edgefield coun ty, lumped are : Salaries of offi cers, $4,700 00; Court expenses, $3,300.00; County commissioners ?fee, $8,000.00, making about $16, 000.00. A conservative estimate of-tin expenses,, of Hammond county has bein made as follows: Sheri fi, $2,000.00{ Auditor, $400.00; Trea. sureB, $400.60; Clerk of court, 1 $500.00; Coroner. $250.00; Super intendent of education. $?00.00; ' County commissioners and clerk, $1350.00; County physician, $200.- 1 00; Legal adviser, $200.00; Court 1 expenses, $2,500,00; Poor house . $1,00.00; Roads and bridges, $3,- ? J 300.00; Magistrate* courts, $1,000. X); Post mortems, $250.00; Court bouse, und jail. $400.00; Hoard of assessors, $150.00; Booka aud statioiK ry^ $450.00 ; Reports, $60. 00; Couteugeut, $4?0.00; Total $15,085.00. The estimated value of the tax able property of the LRW county is $2,555,300.00 and the rate of tax ation would be practically: State tax .5 mills. County tax.6 " School tax.8 " Total.14. But that is not all. Hammoid county will have other heavy ex penses to meet that will run her tax rate away up and matte ber pay dearly for the luxury of seced ing from Edgefield and Aiken. There will be a jail, court hou?p and county offices to build. From what I have been told, it seems chat tho North Augusta Land Com pany is trying to convince every one that its three thousand dollar school bouse aud vacant lots to the t'alue of five thousand five hundred dollars will supply every possible need for the purposes named. I s>ive the people credit for better sense than to believe aLy such uonsense. If they are credulous enough to believe any such thing, thay ought to be taxed twica as high KB they will be if they vote for the npw couuty. My information is to the effect that all of the couuty seats estab lished within the past ten years, have furnished a court house, jail aud the like and so far as I can re call tbe expense of so doing has reached the sum,ot about twei ty five thousand dollars. As stated, the North Augusta La nd Company com posed of G ?or g.a and uorthem people princi pally, who have no interest in Hammond county except to in crease the valuj of the steck, off-r A sohool bou?e and five thousand five hundred dollars worth cf use lefs and vacant lots for the purpose o. erecting buildings worth $25, 000.00. That would leave ahou? seventeen thousand dollars for the tax payers who will derive abso lutely no benefit from the estab lishment ot the new couuty, to pay. To raise that amouut wou d re quire a levy of about seven mills. Then there would be the county chain gang oui fit to purchase, cost ing several thousand dollars, or a lax of about three mills more. Then, as the floating iebt of Edgefield is about $8,000.00 Ham mond ?Mild havj to assume her share, which would be about one thousand dollars, all a burden on the tax payer. At every turn we meet with ex pense to the tax payer ai'd in no instance do we run across any benefit that he is to receive. It stands out as bright as day, however, that the North .Augusta Land Company is in for the whole hog aLd will be the greatest bene Ificiary if the new couuty is estab lished. The only possible beuefit tc the tax payer will be that a few neorvta Iisirift^tr^tfrfe%rlfei4???4lr> to reach the court house as tLey have now to ride. From my stand point the fore going is the only benefit to any citizens of the proposed new couu ty. Now to go back again to fhe tax rate and expenses. Say that the county issues bond to the extent of seventeen thousand dollars to help build the court house, jail &c, the interest on that would be at six percent. $1020annually. Then say it will require $3000. 00 for chain gang equipment. That amount would have to be borrowed, at six per ceut. making $180.00. Add that to the $1020.00 and we have $1200.00 to be usued annual ly runuing the levy still higher. It is safe to say that if my figures are correct Hammoud county will have to start life with a tax levy of about seventeen mills. Think over that before you cast your vote for the new county. WM. P. CALHOUN. A VINDICATION Of the Advocates of the New County. POVERBY HILL, S. C., ) Nov. 21st, 1903. j MB, EDITOB: Timed change and sometimes in its changing; develops some rather remarkable things, to say che least of it; for instance, some time since several of the representative j citizens '.iving along the Savannah Vallej held a mass meeting at North Augusta and for purposes of our own convenience and for the furtherance of our own individual, and collective interest, resolved that we would en deavor to form anew county, in full accordance with the law regulating] the formation of new counties. Now, it seems that we make a very grive mistake at the out-set in not oonsulting "Tom, Dick and Harry, re siding at Edge?eld and Aiken. Well we thought we were abiding by the law that gave usa right to do as wei did,and we thought we were twenty one years uld, therefore fully compe tent to manage our own affairs with out asking tnat court bouse citizen or newspaper scribblers act as our guar dians or counsellors in the matter. We are a people down here wno ao some-1 what like the mountain maid said toj the dude, who asked her if all the girl around there went bare-foot as she did Her reply was that "part of 'em di< and part of 'em minded their owi business." I am glad to see so many lovinu friends are solicitors for our welfare? and are S?. strenuously exerting them-" selves to save us fi om the destructive paws of Mr. Jackson, fn spite of our selves. If Mr. Calhoun ?s.correct, that Mri Jackson lives in Georgia we will nave to own up to the implied charge of in] competency to manage our own affair! and will have to yield to some of ou self-constituted advisers. We weW laboring under the impression that ali this side of the Savannah river was ii South Carolina. Now, if we were mis-, staken in this we will own up, like! good boys, if Mr. Calhoun will spare us that threatened inundation of figures. I suspect we hay as good caleula-! tors within the bounds ot the proposed! new county as are to be found in sonn?! tither places I might mention. Soi when we want'any "ligperlng" dene we will do jt awong ourselyes and to ?uit ourselves. IL ia all b( sh fpr out liers to le e ernally harping'on, 'high taxes" a-id the 'Vost of .court louses" &c. We expect to lessen our ases and il .we do not, one thing is ?crtain, tbo-a will not beany higher ;han we are paying now,?uwithout a row. I might go on, Mr. editor and .?how ?ow exaggerated and absurd many ol ;he tatemen ts, if not all of them, that ire made by the*? far-seeing political prophets; but will beed the Wise man in Prov : 26th chapter. One other point, and I am done, a. Dhe preacher? say; we serve notice in rime ?hat around the new courr, house will be a mighty poor place for specu lators in county claims to get rich al i hat business as they have at some ol .he older couit houses. Aside from all other questions, we would, irom principle, still advocate new counties wherever they could be firmed. This coi.gressiunal district has virtually endorsed this principle in the past when advocated by that far-seeing statesman, George D. Till man. ?jo now, i'll shut up until after the county of Hammond takes her place as one of the brightest stars in th*? State's constellation. (?KO. W. MEDLOCK. Report of the (iirani! Jury. To His Honor, Joseph A. McCul lough, Presiding at Novmnber Term of Court, 1903. vVe the Grand Jury beg io m.nk" the following report and embody the reports ot* our Special Commit tees as follows: Th? C unmittee to examine Coun ty offices and books, consisting ol J. B. Adams, E. /. Norris and N M Jones, report to the Grand Jurg as follows: At the AugustTerm o? Court we reported on all C unity ? ffices exe* pt th it nf County Treaj. From voueuera and figures given us by the Treasurer, we make the following report: For the 12 month. ending Get. 15, .1903, the Treasurer is eharg- d as follows: Total Tax Levy for 1902, .$50,534 9(i Amt. brought over from 1901, 2.144 71 Collection of Cunmuta tation tax, 2,792 5u Amt. collected not on tax t)??oKs 27 97 Amt. borrowed fr. ?rn bu.ks, 13,000 00 Ami. irom Siaie U s pt?usary 2,391 30 Amt. ir on County Oisp., ?.bJt? 70 Amt. from n<-er Dwp, . 259 75 Amt. licenses collected ny Cleric nt Uouri, 230 80 l olled ion poil ext-cu tiuiis tty Magistrales, 15 48 Collections ami Hues ny .Magistrates V. H. Ci ?ira, 127 80 J. K Dobey, 45 Ml N. JLJ. Bruu>on, 42 00 T. E. Miller, 20 00 P. B. vvati-r.s 10 00 L G Beil, . 1000 P. W.Cheathuiu, 9 45 J. H. Tiuimermaii, 0 40 John Bruuson, 4 93 Disbursements : Amt. rn? terror ?Shei t, $758 25, Audi tors total i?*vy corrected: Pawl Jury and Witnesses, 344 20 Pani Hoads, 721 53 Paiil Pist Indohtedne-s, 1,09706 Pai i oi iit'o. Exp.-ii.-ies, 10. -OS 4!) ftVni &.???.c lreue'r, l?,x.td7 pu 1.1 Ordui ry County ? o i-pose--, 27,42S '.a, Jj? ..I quell IK, 0.G ?. Pu il .MI it. ii. Bonds, 2,460 Oti tfi'li.iol BI'dg. B ?nu.-, yo.? 00 Kelli t ied Taxpayers, m 27 7b Ua?ii m Bunk, 4,200 ob io oi.ve con iderable Liue, re sea ?ch a;.d probable error*, ?*? recommend mat too Treasurer Keep one board< in which to ki ep ab receipts ami disbursements. lifeSpecial Committee on Po'?r? ?fVvtt-Tjw-earmg'eir aiidA^.^Tl.ciy report to us. That they visited the Poor House and find 20 inmates, 10 white and 10 colored. There wen two deaths in the County Home thisyear. We also find there abou 500 bus. corn, 10,000 lbs foddrr. 4,000 lbs. hay, 800 lbs. cotton seed hulls, 2,000 Ins. cotton seed meal, 137 bus. Potatoes, 1 horse and 2 mules, 2 wagons, 1 new mower ano rake, 26 hogs, 13 lo kill, 1 cow and 2 heifers, 25 acres oats sown. The County Steward furnished Chain Gang $100.00 worth rougUage. Gen eral expenses tor the year $768 00. Expen.-es next year will be consid erably less. W e are pleased to re p ?rt ail in good order. We com mend the County Steward for aid to tho County in keeping up bridges in that vicinity. He has hauled 21 cords of wood to the jail yard for county purposes. The Special Committee on Chain Gang, J. D. Cornet!, J. J. Garnett and T. P. Morgan, have visited the two Gangs and report to us that they found that Gang No. 1. iu charge of Sergeant Sawyer, was in good order. We find one 4 horse wagon, $50 00 One % wagon, 50 00 4 sets Harness, 20 00 1 road machine, 125 00 8 mules, 1000 00 2 tents io good condition, 3 State convict* at $4.00 per month, 5 coun ty convicts, 1 Sergeant at 30.00 per month, 1 guard at $20 per mouth, 1 machine operator at $15,00 per mouth, cost of provisions and feed per month, $110.00. Boad worked in month of October about 30 miles. "Gang No. 2, Gang in good condi tion, Ser'gt. Lem Curley in charge. 2 four horse wagons, $85 00 4 sets harness, 40 00 1 road machine, 175 00 8 mules, 1200 00 3 new .tents, 7 State prisoners at 4 00 per mouth, 1 county prisoner, 1 Sergeant at $25 00 per month, 1 guard at $15 per month, 1 machine driver at $10.00 per month, post of prisoners and feed $115.00 per mouth, rojad worked about 30 miles io month of October, 1 machine op erated nt $20 per mouth. Total val ue of property $2,745 00, cost of op eration $402.00 per month. - We appreciate the courtesies shown us-by His Honor and also thank the Court officers for atten tions. R espectfully Submitted, N. M. JONES, Foreman. jhpnce in un easterly direction iloiigsHid toad to Fo ir Mile Creek, Barnwell Co mty, seven, and one naif miles; thence a'ong said Four M:?8 Creek to havannah River about seven miles; thence up the havannah River to Scott's Ferry, Edgefield County, the point of be ginning, have been filed with me in iccordance with law, asking that Hid portions of these counties be permitted to vote on the estai) ish ment of a new county. -And whereas the boundaries of the proposed new county, the pro posed name, the number oj iahabi rants, th? ana, the taxable prop erty ; as shown hy the last tax re turns, ?nd that the prop sed Unes do not run nearer than eight miles to any Court House n >w establish ed, are set forth in sai I petition. NoW, therefore, I, D. C. Hey ward, Governor of the State of South Carolina, in compliance with the requirements of Section 575 of Vol ume One, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, do hereby order an election in the territory to be cut off for the new county, on the fif t?enth day of December, 1903. to be held in accordance with the re quirements of law, at which elec tion the electors shall vote "yes" or "no" upon the question of creating a new county and upon the name and ?ounty seat of the proposed county. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caus ed the Great Seal of the [SEAL.]State to be affixed at Co lumbia, this 2nd day of No vember, 1903, and in the 128th year of the indepen dence of the United States. D. C. HEYWARD, Governor. By the Governor: J. T. GANTT, Secretary of State. Edgefield, S. C., Nov. 13, 1903. Pursuant to the foregoing Proc lainntion of his Excellency, Gov ernor Heyward, there will be an election on the question of a new county within the territory desig nated in the foregoing Proclama tion on tht 15:h day of December, 1903. Collier's--J L Miller, H?nry Me Kie, CT Hammond, J B A lams Clerk. . Meriwether Hall--J P DeLaugh ter, John Shaw, G F Townes, H L Bunch, Clerk. Modoc-W S Middleton, P W Waits, W H Nixon, R H Scott, Clerk. J. R. RLOCKER, J. A. LOTT. H. C. SANDERS, Com. Stn te Eh ction Edgefield Co. The Managers at each pncinct ?tre r-qu> sted to delegate one of rhi ir number to provide boxes and binnks lor the election to be held Tu sdav, D-c. loth. 1903. ' D. CH EY WA RD, Gov. J. T. GANTT, sec. State. JO?li?SfbN. JOHNSTON, S. C., ) Nov. 24,1903. j Correspondence to the ADVKRTISKR. Messrs. J. D. Watsou and VV. D Ready received each, a car load of cattle during the past week. The lumber.plant of Mr. James H. Johnsou runs day aud night to supply the great demand for. dress ed lumber, a number of car loadB being shipped from here every week. Ll^Mrfffr?tfeViYI' ?VfliS lumber, and erect a ha?dsome resi dence for Mr. Henry Miller who lives near Trenton. Messrs. J. F.Payne and William Logue passed -through east John ston with a grain separator, drawn by a traction engine. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Posey of Trenton visited relatives in John ston. Mr. J. W, Sawyer is visiting his daughter Mrs. Tom Willis of Elko. Mr. Sawyer is a successful farmer as is evinced by the recent pur chase of a new carriage, the num ber of bales of cotton at his front door, and three large hogs which netted about fifteen hundred pouuds of meat. Mr. Luther Oxner bas the uiceBt garden iu town. He has recently bought Mr. George Pearce's place, a mile from Johnston, aud if the garden is a specimen of his ability, will make a most successful far mer. Mr. J. S. Richardson is at Red Springs North Carolina helpiug put up machinery tor an oil mill, for the D. A. Tompkins Company. The Johnston oil mill can't sup ply the demand for bulls. In dig ging a well uear the mill, at a depth of thirty feet were found pieces of rock that appeared to be petrified wood. Arbor day was not observtd in our town, or by the school. A golden opportunity has been lost. Mr. Wallac3 Tompkins of Edge field spent Thursday night in John ston. Mrs. James White is in Oraoge burg attending the convention of | the Christian churches. Much interest is manifested iu tbe Methodist meeting coudujted by Rev. Leitch. ZP^OCJL^M^TIOIISr. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. WHEREAS information has been received at this Department tha*. on the 22nd day of October A. P. U03. The barn, corn, fod der and. other produce with three mules and ono horse belonging to Mrs. E. N. Blocker, in the Count} of Edgefielr^er ; burned, and ttiPie being reasou to believe that the burning was an act of incendiar ism, I, NOW, THEREFORE, I, D. C. lleyward Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order that jus tice may be done and the majesty of the law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred"! Dollars for the app.ehension and .conviction of the person or persons i?ho committed said act of incen uiarism. I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, |?have hereunto set my hand and Ifused the Great Seal of the State f| be affixed, at Columbia, this ||enty-third day of November A. M 1903, and in the 128tb year of Be Independence of the United Ka'es of America. D. C. HAYWARD, o Governor. T. GA^JT, . Secretary of State. When you can't eat break fast, take Scott's Emulsion. When you can't eat bread and butter, take Scott's Emulsion. When you have been living on a milk diet and want something a little more nourishing, take Scott's Emulsion. To get fat you must eat fat Scott's Emulsion is a great fattener, a great strength giver. Those who have lost flesh want to increase all body tissues, not only fat Scott's Emulsion increases them ail, bone, flesh, blood and nerve. For invalids, for con valescents, for consumptives, for weak children, for all who need flesh, Scott's Emulsion is a rich and com fortable food, and a natural tonic. Scott's Emulsion for bone, flesh, blooifand nerve. We will send you a free sample. B? iure that th!? pieter* In thc form of ? lake) U M thtwrapF ,> of every bettie of Emuui&A yee bey. scon fe BOWNE, CHEMISTS. 409 Pearl St, N. Y, 50c and SI, all tfrafjWfa. Union Meeting.. Programme of the Union Meet ing of 1st division of Edgefield As sociation, which meets with tb* Berea Bi pt i ft Church Saturday be fore. th?1 5th Suuday in November at 1? o'clock. 1st QUERY-Explain the preach ing of Christ to the Spirits in pri son. Speakers-Rev. C E. Burts. R-v. W E. Johnson, Rev. G. H. Burton. 2nd:-Will the Heathen be lost without the Gospel. Speakers RHV. C. E. Burts, Rev. P. P. Bla lock. 3rd:-Ts the pulpit losing its power. Speakers-W. A. Strom, 0. Sheppard, Jas. P. Beau, F. N. K. Bailey. 4th:-Why is there so much apathy among church members. Speakers-Rev. j. H. Burton, A. S. Tompkins. F. N. K. Bailey. Alb*-To it tho Hnt.v nf Church members to come to sunday school and bring their children. Speak ers-R. T. Strom, J. J. Griffie. 6l h :-What qualifications f hould th? Sup' rir.teudent of the Sunday school poss'es. Speaker0- F. N. K. Bailey, S. N. Timmerman, F. P. Walker. ll O'CLOCK A. M. 9UNDAY Missionary sermon-Rev. C. E. Burts, alternate Rev. G. H. Bur ton. M. B. HAMILTON, Church Clerk. Union" Meeting 2nd Division. The Union Meeting nf the 2nd di vision of the .Edgefield Association will convene with the Rehoboth Bap tist church of (. hrist on Saturday be fore the ftth Sunday in November A. D., 1903. 10 a. m. QUERIES. (1st. True Gospel discipline for our churches and how enforced now ? Speakers-J. C. Morgan, P. B, Waits. Dr. P. A. J. Bell. ' 2nd. When anyone becomes a Chris tian wh it ought they earnestly to seek I for ? Speaker?-P. H. Busey, H. W. Dobey, Rev. J. P. Mealing. .'{rd. What is the duty of the church j to her young members ? Speasers-J. D Tiraoierman, L. F. Dorn, Marshall Morgan. SUNDAY BEBVICR8. Missionary sermon at ll :?0 o'ciock | |jjy Rev. P. B. Lanham. Afternoon services to be-provrdetj t^,j the Union . W. H. Nixon. For Committee. A STARTLING TEST. To save a life,Dr.T.'0;'a*fera?tt, ! of No. Mehoopauy, Pa., made a startling test resultiug ia a won derful cure. - He writes, 4*a patient was attacked with violent hemor rhages, caused by ulceration ol the stomach. I had often found Elec tric Bitters excellent for acute stomach and liver troubles so 1 Described them. The patientgaiu ed from the first, and has not had an attack iu 14 months." Electric Bitters are positively guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Con stipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Only 50c at THE PENN DRUG STORE. r 1 THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK. 805 Broad Street. W. ?. YOUNG, - - - President I. G. W" El OLK, - C?,ht?r SA VINOS ACCOUTS SOLICITED Interest Paid on Deposits, u ..J has stood the test 25 years bottles. Does this record c Kndoted with evvy kc Iii ??? III ii ii.Mmmjmmmm To-morrow THE CORNER STORE'S Will inaugurate the most LIBERAL prices known to modern merchandising on SILK WAISTING. Your choice of everything in Fancy Stripes, Plaids and small Checks, at J the mar ket price. [J^TPl-ase remember tis a pleasure to right all wrongs. W. H. TURNER, Proprietor. FALL MILLINERY. I am now displaying the most beautiful line of MILLI NERY ever shown in Edgefield. INFANTS CAPS, MISSES HATS and a large assortment of LADIES UNTRIMMED HATS, READY-TO-WEAR HATS, PATERN HATS are now DISPLAYED. I invite the ladies of Edgefield to call and let me show them. MISS MARY BUFORD In AIR, C. E. MAY'S STORE, EDGF.FIELD, 8. C. ?WT pr?iee S/ILE it m& mm tm For the next ten days we will offer the greatest bargains ever given irf Edgefield. Our entire STOCK of CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, UNDERWEAR, DRESS GOODS, and full ?inc of I3:ry Goods ctncl IXTo* "ti^>XXS b* Put uPon the Bargain Counter at greatly reduced prices. 7 Bales of Homespun 200 Dozen Hose, 300 Pair of Pants, 3000 Pairs Shoes, 300 Boy's aud Men's Suits, 200 Ladies' Skirts and Jackets, 100 Dozen Ladies' Gents' and Childrens Un der vests, 1 Pieces Outings and Flannelets. A large assortment of the latest Weaves and Patterns of fi,ne X>X?eS!tS GrOOdS) Waistings, Laces, Embroideries and Trimmings can be fonnd in our Stock. *ALL of the above and many other Articles will be includ ed in this Bargain Sale J. W. PEAK, Proprietor. DIXIE BI^lNfKICTS Our November Shipment of Elkin Blankets is here. They are made in the South, of Southern Wool by honorable Southern men for SOUTHERN PEOPLE. Th6y aie good for Rich People better for Poor People and beat for our Edgefield People. Como to see them. We are opening NEW GOODS in all lines this week. Yours Truly, dAS. C. HART. Get y oar aundry in Tuesdays^ I Tasteless Chi* Tome i. Average Annual Stiel ever One a Half MffiSoo ?fneritattpetStoyoQ? No Core, No Pay* 50c