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E?^ef iel d Advertiser J. L. HtaiS. - - - EDITOR TERMS: ~ ONE YEAR $1 50 SIX MONTHS 75 .ar-TTi" . ' ? = WEDNESDAY. SEP. 86. 1906. The question that is uppermost in the minds of the Edgefield people at this juncture is, who will be the successor of the lamont3dj Sheriff Ouzts? Eon. G. L. Toole has aunou need himself a candidate for the state senate from Aiken county to nuc-| oeed the late Senator Johnson. His election, which, owing to his popularity in Aiken county, is highly probable, WOP ld be another blow to the state dispensary, for he opposes that institution very strenuouply. Senator Johnson was j - an able champion of the dispensa ..ryjn the senate. . -. The newspapers are having quite a tit of fuu over cer'aiu lit tle insects that have been found to exist in large numbers in the sleepingEapartmenls of Clemson College.. If' these little pesks whoso name it is not proper to call in polite society-have been brought iuto the limelight without au investigation, what might a] real, live investigation along all | lines reveal? Edgefield and Greenville seem ta have exchanged places. The for mer has had her day in the matter j of appropriating the lion's share of tho best things on the political pie counter, and now the latter's turu has.como. Gieenville has four state officers: Governor, State Superintendent of Education, Ad jutant General, and a Railroad Commissioner. Xbe crop in the region from which cotton is brought to the Edgefield. market is either very much later than last year or the yield is much les3. Probably both, but more probable the letter is the cause for the very light re ceipts up to this date, as compared "with the fame period laBt year. Up to the night of September the 23rd of last year thp public cotton weigher at Edge?eld had weighed ; 1915 bales, for a like period this - year only 803' bales have been weighed. These fgures speak for themselves. . A member of the Executive - Committee remarked to the Ad vertiser's representative on Satur . day that there are two things that . ' the people of Edgefield county are ^'. especially noted for or delight in doing-fighting and voting. Well, I if that be true, thoy will not lack for opportunity this year to gratify their voting proclivities. Two eluc tions have already been held with in the last thirty days, another has been ordered, and still one or two more may become necessary all within sixty days. The marvels of wireless telegra phy become greatar and greater as [ its application aud use become ? more general. Vesstls in distress many miles at sea have by this meaus summoned relief from tbe shore or from other vessels in the same waters. By the .wireless sys tem the Navy Department can keep in constant touch with many of the war vessels. Only recently . two battleships that were cruising j * in different waters received ordorB to proceed in haste to Havana. While en route to Cuban w'aters 'these vessels were in constant communication with each other as ' well as with the government sta- ? tion. The Greenville News has satis-1 factorily explained why certain "ladies" were arrested in that fair city for riding "man fashion." Our contemporary says : "The two j females who were arrested in Greenville were not ladies. They were anything else. They were ar arrested not solely for the reason that they were violating any un written provincial law regulating the style of riding on horseback, but on account of the disorderly manner in which they conducted themselves in the gaze of the pub lic". Let iurther" criticism of Greenville be withheld. Tfie proper place for women who are "any thing else" but ladies is behind the bars, and the eily authorities should be commended for having the. courage to put ?them there. The writer .asked a prominent business man in Augusta a few days ago how the people of that city looked upon the recently en-j acted anti-bucket shop law. He j replied that a great majority heartily approved of the law, but, said he, wbeu the law goes into j effect some of the shops will tfpen for business across the river on tht Carolina sid?. Can we afford foi j South Carolina to thus become a party to the evasion of a Georgi 8 law? If it is good for Georgia to j bay8 bucket-shops driven out,] would it not also be good for South Carolina? When our next legisla ture convenes, cab it afford todo less iu this matter than the Geor gia legislature did? It was Hon. James ?. Boykin, a worthy son of Edgefield, who introduced and se cured the passage of this law in Georgia, now will not some mem ber of the Edgefield delegation to the general assembly iutroduce and secure the passage of a similar law for South Caroliua? Closing Session of The Woman's ' Christian Temperance Union. 1 "We have learned that if pro hibition does not always prohibit, neither does civilization always civilize, nor education educate, nor christianity christianize.'' Frances E. Willard. Only a partial report of the Woman's Christian Temp?rance Union was given in lasf; week's issue. There were so many good things paid and don?, that euthu siam became epidemic, and the cause of prohibition has never been more stimulated than by the. exercises ol last week in the Metho dist church. One good Methodist brother, au honored member of the local Wo man's Christian Temperance Un ion said, "I thought wo would havo a good tim? but bad no idea of such a time as this." A very intelligent young brother said of Mrs. Burger, "She did me more good in the ad drees of Monday evening than all the sermons I have listened to in a year." One of the ministers said, I felt as if all the meu ought to slip off and cot talk or preach any until people had somewhat forgotten the eloquence of Mrs Burger, and had dropped back to the ordinary. It was to this degree that Mrs. Burger's ch?rms. capti vated the people of Edgefield. The ministers of our town are great and good, and equal to all occasions. The local Woman's Christian Temp?rance Uuiou will never be able to express all they feel in reference to the kinduess and sympathy and good fellow ship which tbey manifested to their distinguished guest. Tuesday afternoon from 2:30 to to 4 o'clock, the business of the convention was resumed. The time and place of tho uext meet ing was left to the decision of the executive board, with invitations from Manning, Newberry, Chap?n, St. Georges, Edg? field and John ston. Mrs. Harris of Crawfordsville, Ga.j made a pertinent and sug gestive talk on Sabbath obser vance, as the superintendent of that department of the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Uuion. Mrs. Burger at 4 o'clock began her address ou "Excuses". "And they all straightway began to make excuse*" This address was for the most part a convincing argument for-prohibition, not founded upon sentiment, or personal opinion, but upon facts."It is said that knowledge of one's subject is the secret of eloqueuce. While this is true of Mrs. Burger, it is not all the secret. Her gifts are legion. She admonished the church of Christ to banish the liquor traffic, the great obstacle in the pathway to progress in spiritual things. She gave some striking facts in regard to the state of Maine. In South Carolina a large majority of the newspapers invite the public to partake of intoxicants iu their advertising columns. In the pro hibition state of Maine there are only seven newspapers which will advertise whiskey. It looks as if sentiment against the sale of liquors, 'is become more crystal ized in Maine than in South Caro lina. There are numbers of men and women in the United States who refuse to subscribe for mag azines or newspapers which carry whiskey advertisements. All horior to them. Our instruction as white ribbonors is-to repudiate all ad vertisers of spirituous liquors. Mrs. Burger stated that she bad recently visited the state prison of Maine, and there found in this much berated prohibition state only 192 prisoners. How does that compare with the dispensary state of South Carolina? Mrs. Burger confessed her Jack of knowledge of the dispensary but avowed that while prohibition does not always prohibit, neither does high/license i or the dispensary prohibit. The state of Maine, she said, had more comfortable homes and more com forts in the homes, than those found in any state of the union, although fifty years ago the poor est state and with the least natu ral advantages. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock the largest audience cf the con vention gathered to bear the gold medal contest. In this seven young ladies participated, as follows: Class Motto: "We Contest for truth." Mies Bessie Corbett, Pax ville, "The Rum Maniac;" Mies Jenet Etheredge, Leesville, ''The Stray Sunbeam ;" Miss Allie Mc Cullough, Scranton, "Tom ;" Miss Ruth Tompkins, lEdgefield, "Tb* Father's Prayer ;" Miss Annio ]>e Williamson, Leesville, "Tbe Re submissiouiBt ;" Miss Cora Whit tle, Edgpfield, '-'The College Oi' Cans;" Miss Deborah Z?igler, Bamberg, "Old Soapy." The judgps on this interesting occasion were Dr. C. E. Burtp, E. H. Folk and B E. Nicholson, E?qs". The medal a very handsome tue with "Oratorical Prize W. C T. U." inscribed thereon was de livered by Dr. Burta to Miss Allie! McCullough of Scranton, S. C. j Durjug the interval in which! ?he judge8 made their decision,! Hrs. Burger gave two humorous! readings which were heartily ap-j jlauded. After the decision of the judg'os was rendered, Mrs. Hurris J >f Georgia moved that the conven ilou adjourn. ' "Blest be #he tie that binds" was sung with feeling by the large coDgregation and uGod be with you till we meet agai;j" was sung by the choir, as the delegates and friends of Edge Held bade each other a sad, sweet, farewell. A notice of the convention would be incomplete without a very complimentary mention of the inspiring music given by the largo, choir.' Mrs. Burgei made frequent mention.of the music and Baid she had oever bad better music in a convention of this k;iud. v A beautiful gold piu was pre sented to Mrs. Burger by the local Woman's Christiau Temperance ?aion at the close of the conven tion. Thirty ?ve new names were added to the ranks of the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union during Mrs. Burger's stay among us, twenty live active mem bers and ten honorary. F. A. M. Teachers Examined. The County Board of Education held tho examination for teachers in the court house on Friday last, the 21st inst. It is a significant aud deplorable fact that there was not a white male applicant. The Ad vertiser does not discount or dis parase the lady teachers. God for bid! They have a mission and are filling it very satisfactorily, very uobly. But mon are needed for teachers as well as women and. uufortunate lv, their number is rapidly di miuisbiug. They are abaudouing the profession of teaching for other lines of work, that are more remu nerative. God bless the women ! But for their work and influence in the horne, in the school, and in the churches, what would become of the country? It would go to the bow-wows in a trice. Besides the twelve colored teachers-some males and some females-who came before the board for certificates, the follow ing young lo.dies applied: Misses Ruby Watson, Rebecca Bell, Rosa Lee Paige, Juliet Bell, Rebie Mor gan, Minnie Ryan and Mattie Powell. Pain From a 15urn Promptly Re lieved hy Chamberlain's Pain Balm. A li>tle child of Michaal Stra uss, of Verri'on, Couu., wasrecpnt ly in gr^at pain from a burn ou i he band, and as cold applications inly increased the incarnation, Mr. Strauss came to Mr. james N. Nichols, a local merchant for (something to stop the pain. Mr. Nichols Bays :''I advised him ta use Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and i he first application drew out the inflammation aTid gave immediate relief. I hnvi! u?pd this liniment myself and can recommend it \*ry often for cuts, burns, strains and lame hock, and haw uover known t to disappoint." for cale by G. 17. Penn & Son PLANTER'S ?LOANANID SAVINGS BANK, Augusta, Ga.. 1 ? KESOUKCJS OTEE SI,OOO,OOO L C. HAYNE, Chas. C, Howard, CASHIER VOL. 71. ???EF?ELD, S. C., WED-NESI?Y, SEPTEMBE? 26, 1906. HE NATIONAL BANK ? AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. HAYNE, President. FEANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$260,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 I Wc abell be pleaaed to har? you open ac account ^ Tr j th thia Bank. Cuatoincraand corr?a i andr nu ea aured of orery courut; and uccomni*Jadoa po* ole under cuuairraUre, uiuU.ru J3*nkln? UK.U jM^Vt-K-l lilli H !? NO. 45. THE WOFFOKD COLLEGE HENRY N. SNIDER, L L D.| President. Two degrees. A. B. and A. M. Four courses leading t > the A. B* Degree. Niue Professors. Library and Librarian. The.W. E. Burnett gymnasium under a competent director. J. B. Cleve land Science Hall. Athletic grounds. Course of lectures by the ablest men on the platform. Next session begins September 19. Board from $12 to $16 a month. For Catalogue or o'.^er informa tion, address J. A Gamewell, Secretary. Spartauburg, S. C. KILLT COUGH AND CURE THE LUNGS WITH FOB C Or. King's Discovery ONSUMPTION OUGHS and OLDS Prico 60c &$ 1.00 Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNG TBOTJB* B, or MONEY BACK. Woffotfd College Fitting School. Throe new brick buildiugs. Steam heat and electric lights. Head Master, three teachers and Matron live in the buildings. Individual attention to each student. Situated on the \Votford Campus. Students take a regular- course in th" College Gymnasium, and have access to the College Libra-j ry. $125.00 pays for board, tuition, and all fees. Next session begius September 19th. For Catalcgue, etc., address A M a*on Du Pre, Head Master, Spartauburg, S. C. FirstMClass Teams I am now well equipped in the LIVERY BUSINESS. Good Horses and good Vehicles always on hand, ready to respond to all calls, night or day. Can furnish teams on short notice. I so licit your patronage. Will al ways endeavor to please you. W. K F?RSE, Trenton, S. C. CREAM of KENTUCKY Horses We wish to annouuc to the Edgefield public that we have just received a car of tweuty-five thorough thoroughbred young horses and mares that we bought on the farms around Lf-xiugton, Ky. ?Ve have good Saddlers, Family Horses, Roadsters, Combina tion Horses, also Boveral fije Mares that have been bred. Wa can offer you the "Cretin of Kentucky" etock at prices ranging $150. to ?300. ^flT*Call and inspect them. * WILSON & 0ANTEL0U. at Watson's Stables. 4,250 Four Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Babcock Vehicles in Use in Augusta at d sunoundingvicinity. The best vehicles on the market, T li i ty-one Oairload? of vehic'es in the past year, mon: than any otb ?r dea'er in the Southern States ha.? ever achieved and in fact more than double all other houses in thc ciiy of Augusta for the past year. Substantial gen nine and boua fide trades, no consignments .tr transfer agencies in connection with our business For three generations Babcock has been making vehicles known as Babcock, told as Babcock and guaranteed as Babcock gooda. Tested, tried and trtie'Nn infringements and no imitations made by Bib cock. Kor seventeen years told only by PI. K. COSKKRY, 749 and 701 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA. SfiOSi KILL wi COUCH um CURE THE LUNGS -"Dr.Krag's New Discovery CONSUMPTION Pries OUGKSacd 80c & $1.00 OLDS Fm Trial. Sorest ?nd Quickest Our? for all THEOAT ?nd LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK. ANTED-Buyers for Gasoline En gines, Steam En gines, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Presses etc. ?. J NORRIS TIM MO fis & CORLEY, SURGEON -DENTISTS, Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Crown and Bridge Work a Special ty. A car load of LIMB and CEMENT just received. We cat supply] your- need? at the New Depot. Prices reasonable. Jackson & Johnson in?nlH?il?i so boah- ii -r giwrMtw. Crnkf AM, ff. J. BSSCEHAIS ?Mia?.) AUGUSTA. CJL I Ja twas rafi Sk? ba. um .Tust.received a large supply of Hardware and Cftrpeuter'a Tuol uf all kind. Call upon U?. wheu i ueed o? iLese goods. Ramsey & Joncs;. THE FARMERS BANK ' OF EDGEFIELDjS. C. STATE AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST BANK IN EDCE~lELD COUNTY Paid up Capital."? ~$68,000.00 / Surplus and Undivided Profits. 28,00OJ)QJ Liability of Stockholders-. ?SjQ?Q?O Protection to Depositors. $14^000.00 Wa ia vit o attention of those desiring a tafe deaosilorjfor -their money *o mc uu<j?e facta. INTER SST PAID ON DEPOSITS BY SPECIAL CONTRACT. Un ?mr provision of* ita cha rter thia bank ia authorized to act tm.tte, ?cardias dminiatrator and executor, and to icctpt and c xecnte trnsti Rene rally. A. E. PADGETT, Preaideat i\ H RAINbFORD, Vice-Pres. W. H. HARLIN'G, Cashier. W. A. BYRD, Asst. Caahlar. NEW GOODS We are now' showing some Beautiful Fall Merchandise. Drop in and let us show you some of the New Things in Clothing, Shoes Hats and, Men's Furnishings. A portion of our new goods have already arrived and we shall be pleased to show you through them. Fresh arrivals almost daily. DORIN A MIMS October Notice Beautiful Nev/ FALL GOODS are now ready ' for inspection. Complete line of Hamil ton Brown & Co's cele brated Shoes. Elk Brand Hat?. 'BEST goods for the LEAST money. J. M. Cobb HBHMH? I '-have just returned from New York where I purchased a large stock of Fall Goods. New goods are arriving daily Watch this space for my an nouncement next week. ?AS. E. HART JUST RECEIVED. One Car 3Bctgrgriri.gr etnxl Ties, . WE ALSO HAVE COTTON SHEETS COTTON BASKETS SCALE BEAMS. Jones & Son Always Knnember the Full ?am? I ..?xative Rromo Aumin? Corel . Cold in One Day, Grip inTwo