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Bteefleld Advertiser J. L. Mi MS, - - - EDITOR . I TERMS: ONE YEAR $150 SIX MONTHS .75 W?DNSSDA?, JAN. 8, 1908. Marr few are our real wants'-SOT* easy it ls to satis- g ty thea!-Our imaginary ones 9 are boundless and insatiable*- I JOHNSON. -I Judging from the present out look, there will be very few Tanuary oats this year. Are your New Year's resolutions yet intact? If you can keep them a week* why not make good for the balance of the year? , The Nebraska woman who re cently married her fourteenth hus band, niue of whom are still liv ing!.-must have made leap-year of every year. Ail mail contracts that ere -made hereafter will have a clause prohibiting rural mail carriers from transporting intoxicating li quors frouf one point or place to another. Land is higher, fertilizers are higher, labor is higher, cereals are higher, consequently the wise, pru dent farmer-not knowing what the year 1908 will bring foi th will lay his plaus economically and cautiously. i The legislative mill begins its annual grind of forty days on Tuesday next. Let not the law makers vie with each other as to who can dump the greatest unm be? of new bills in the hopper; cather let them see who can offer the smallest humber. According to the Atlanta Con stitution, during the reign of sa loons Atlanta's city court tried 106 cases on January 2nd, 1907, while on January 2nd, 1908, with saloons cut of business, only thir ty-two cases were tried.. This rec ord is of itself very strong anti whiskey argument. -------- ? ' "-Wrestling with the lien law p, will^be resumed next week, and there are thousands of eager, anx ious farmers over the state who \hope that the "tussle" will not result in a dog-fall this year as it I did in the legislature a year ago. Use every precaution at this season to prevent the burning of || your barn, residence, office, or ether place of business. Scarcely & day passes without some disas trous conflagration being reported in the daily papers. Never take up -ashes in wooden boxes and set them about the premises. Ashes in wooden or paper boxes are like the "unloaded" gun-very dangerous. The boy who Baves his money becomes the banker, the merchant, the professional man. The boy who never saves a cent makes the man who "earns his bread by the .sweat of hie face," who never own6 a home or enjoys the luxuries of life,-Pickens Sentinel. Would that we could impress the truth of the foregoing lines indelibly upon every youngman in the county." Economic habits are among the foundation stones of every successful life. A spend thrift seldom succeeds at any thing. Ia Excellent Spirits. Despite the muddy roads and ovarhanging clouds, a large, jolly' good-natured, orderly crowd gath ered at the county seat on.Mon day, the first Monday of the new year. We have never seen the peo ple of the county of every trade and calling in brighter spirits .over the outlook for the New Year. If there were any croakers in the crowd, they croaked very little on Monday. Charleston's Fire Record. Charleston has an excellent fire department. While it may not be as expensively equipped as trie departments in other cities, yet, for results obtained, it doubtless ly, ranks among the first in the country. There were 204 alarms sent m to the fire fighters of Char leston daring the year just closed, and, barring too - disastrous con flagrations, one a large fertilizer factory, the total loss amounted to only about ten thousand dol lars. High Prices Predicted. Ona of the largest grocers in Augusta who has. made a close study of conditions stated to The Advertiser's represen tat iv? a few days ago that be expects to see the highest priced corn, wheat and oats during tbe year that is before us that he bas seen for very'ruany years. Fortunately for the farmers of Edgefield couuty, should this prediction come true, there is more corn in the cribs of this sec tion now than at any other timf doring the past ten years. Let it be Speedily Closed. ;Tbe North Augusta dispensary will be possessed of more live? than A cat if it survives the war that is being . wageJ against it. Georgia an i Carolina viii join forces in their endeavor to close its dopre. (Ju Mouday the cit) council of Augusta passed a very strong resolution appealing to the legislature of South Carolina to sp amend the present Carey-Colh rt> i law that the North Augusta dispensary cm be legally closftd. When the legislature convenes next week, the mayor of Auguita and the three members of the city council will go to Columbia and present ?be memorial in per son. Cau the lawmakers of South Carolina afford to turn a deaf ear to this Macedonian cry from Geor gia? They cannot. Gas Lights for Public Square. Ever since Edgefield has been a town the matter of providing satisfactory street lights with the means at hand has been au un solved and perplexing problem. It is true, that the kerosene-lamps have only been a makeshift, but with the town scattered over such a IcFge area, and with funds in the treasury limited, the kerosene ligh's have been the best that the town authorities c:uld do. The representative of a compa ny that manufactures gas lamps visited our towu last week and gave an cxbibitiou of his lamps. Being impressed with their merit and with the practicability of UghtingaJ, least the business por tion of th9 towu with tlnm, the town ouncil has placed au order for four rrery powerful gas lamps th "it will be plac.d upon bigb polls about the public squire. Should *he experiment with these four lamps prove eatiaftc?tory, others wiirbe added from time to time as the funds' at their com mand will permit. County Farmers' Union Elected Delegates to State Convention. A meeting of the Farmers' Un ion of Edgefield coUD?y wa3 held in the courthouse on Mouday, the president, Hon. W. R. Parks, pre siding. Prayer was offered by the chaplain, Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. The following local unions were represented : Rehoboth: C E Winn, J L Gilchrist, C Strom and John Hughey. Parksvillw : W R Parks, and W N Elkins. Red Hill: J T Littlejohn and J H Bussey. White Town: B D Kitebings and J M Miner. Harmony: R N Broadwater, J P Hoyt, W S Marsh, H W Dobey, and Wm Toney. Thp object of the meeting was to;elect delegates to a convention of all of the unions in the state to be held.in Columbia op January 22nd. The following delegates were elected to represent Edge field county: W R Parks, Wm Toney, J D Hughey, B D Kit ch inga, J H Bussey and J F Payne. The lien law was discussed at some length by W. R. Par^s, Wm. Toney and B. D. Kitchings, and the sense of the meeting was that it should be repealed. The next meeting of the Coun ty Union will be held on the 1st Monday in February. A resolution was adopted en dorsing the following article up on the Parcels Post : The Parcels Post. The time has arrived in the history, of this nation when a par cel post bill is imperatively nec essary. The National Farmers' Union has declared itself in favor of the bill. Third Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock is in favor of the passage of snob, a bill. Presi dent Roosevelt does vp.ot oppose the passage of the bill, but every indication points to the fact that he is in favor of it. The National Rural Mail Carriers' Association is in favor of a parcel post bill. If you should ask who it is op posed to the parcel post bill we would answer : The express com panies and their informed or un informed supporters. " The amusing part of this situa tion is that you will find a faw re tail merchants throughout the country who are fighting the par cels post bill. The argument that it will allow a few mail order houses to impose on the farmers is an absolute farce, and no one make that argument except the. person or persons who are promo ted by the profits to be made out of the great masses of the people by not having a parcel post bill. As a natioLal legislativo com mitbeman, and as the National Farmers' Union has already en dorsed the parcel post bill, I ear nestly ask that every local and county union throughout the I jurisdiction of this great organiza tion pass resolutions asking con gress to give us a parcel post bill. Send a copy of such resolutions to the congressmen from vour district. Send one to your United States senator, and send one to the President of the Uuitcd States. Do this at once and wo will have the parcel post bill without a doubt. Yours for the U.iion, } R. F. DUCKWORTH, Member National Legislative Com -Jasper N^ws. We are showing the prettiest lineo, oak, mahognuy and willow rockers ev?r offnied on this mar ket, ju-t the thing for a holiday gifr. Ramsey & Jones. INTERESTING LETTER About Prominent and Historio Sections of Saluda County. ^Tbo Saluda couuty ia sometimes "thrown <ff on" by other counties of the Btate, there are pome pec tions of Saluda which could vie with any other rural spction in the state in the way of progress and historical connection. When 16ay this I have in mind especial ly that pp"': n which WHS once part ot old Edgffield now known as, Zoar community and which embrace that sretion known as Coleman's Crops Roads. The peo ple of this section are making' rapid strides in' the way of prog ress. The land if? in a high state of cultivation, there are good churches, a daily mail; and the most si rik mg feature, and one in which the interest of entire community in centered, is Zoar High School. This school i*as fouud*d a^vMii years ago by a citi zen of Greenwood county. T. E. Dorn, who still holds the princi palship. It was at that time only a common school, but Prof. Doro seeing that it could be developed, at once adopted a nigh school course which he maintained on his own responsibility up till last year, when he succeeded in hav ing it adopted as one of the state high schools. The people are now erecting a splendid two-story building to meet the demand of tstudents from different sections. Students from this school have entered as high as sophomore class at Woffoid College and rank among the leaders of the class, pome have won pcbolarshipe to the University of South Carolina and the Citadel in Charleston, some have obtained first grade certifi cates and are successfully engaged in teaching, some holding high positions as book-keepers, and otbersare engaged iu other pur suits. In the vicinity oF this school is the burial ground of some of South Carolina's most illustrious statesmen, which is at Rufler Methodist church, the pite of their former home. G? n. Wm. Butler who was Major General iu the Revolution, and who pervid for a long time in the United States senate, and his wife, who was M?j Wm. Moore's sister, are buried here, and a'so five of thi ireons, aird their only daughter who mar ried Gen. Waddy Thompson; on? eon. Gen. M. C. Butl-r's father, being buried out west. Among their sous buriid are Andrew Pickeus Butler who served as circuit j judge, and as Uni ed States sena tor; Col. Pierce M. Butler who served as governor, and as United States senator, and who lost his life in the Mexicau War com manding the Palmetto Regiment which so distinguished itself, and to whose memory the graceful nalmetto monument on theS'ato House grounds in Columbia was erected; and James Butler, who was a major in the Civil War. Here is also buried Gen. Wm. Butler's grandson, Col. Tom But ler of the Civil Wa?, and Col. Z. S. Brooks who married Gen. Wm. Butler's sister and is the grand father of Press aad Hampton iBrooke. Another grave iu this vicinity and oie of especial interest to Baptists is that of Elder Luther Ric? at Pine Pleasant Baptist church. He waB a native of North boro, Mass. It is thought that the first American Foreign Mission, on which he went to India, as sociated with Judson and others originated with him. He was a minister of Carolina 'Baptist de nomination, founder of Colum bian College in District of Co lumbia, and was making a ?our of the lekding cities in eastern Uni ted States endeavoring to arouse his biethren in the cause of mis sions and educatiou, when, while passing thru this section of Sa luda, at that time part of Edge field district, was suddenly taken sick and died in the year 1836, being buried afc the nearest church of his denominatiou . CITIZEN Zoar, S.C., Jan. 3,1908. DO YOI) GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers ls sure to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, j the great kidney, liver ?. and bladder remedy. It is the great medi cal triumph of the nine teenth century; dis covered after years of scientific research by ?'jr- il ( isSj-^a'Dr. Kilmer, the emi li. J4?sT- " nent kidney and blad ??.?.??saF~->- . der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric, acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ls not rec ommended for everything buc if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble.lt will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested In so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful In every case thit a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample boitle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how tc find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to < Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing-1 hamton, N. Y. The regular fifty cent and nome ot BwaaqHBMt dollar sizes are K: 'd by all good druggists* Don't make auy mistake, but remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on e"ery bottle. * Fr? sh Queen and stuffed olives All sizes at May ? Prescott. Fresh shipment of evaporated Apples and evaporated t-aliforni: Peachjust received. B. Timmous. FOR ALL CREATION Forait Aches and Pains in Man and Beast USE A Great Hom? Bern edy. Tor tale by o.J aaddea!ori.2ie. Money refunded If it flil?tod?iil I claimed. MOAH RXMSDT Co.,Borton, Mm?.,U.B.A. Age No Bar Everybody in South Carolina is Eligible. Oki people stoop-'d with Suffer ing.; Middle ag?3, courageously fight ing. Youth protesting impatiently; Children, unable to explain; All in misery fr ">m their kidneys. Only a little backache first. Cornea when you catch a cold. Or when you strain the back. Many complications follow. Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bright's disenae. Di-.au'6 Kidney Pills cure back iache. Cure overy form of 1'idney ills. J. W. Powell, proprietor of a general Blore and coai wood and ice dealpr of Waver living ai 2010 islanding street, >lumbia, S. C., says: "My sc aas been efflicted with kidney . urinary I trouble from childhood, teing un ab'e to control Ihh secretions es pecially when asWp. Since using -Doan'? Kidnpy Pills he has en tirply recovered." Far sale hy all dealers. Price 50 cuts. Fo'ter-Milburu Co., Buffalo, N^w York/ Bt.le agents for the United States. Remember ibe u:une-"Doan's and take no other. Notice. To Executors, Guardians, Trustera anj Administrators: Executors, Guardians, Trustees an<l Administrators, appointed "by Will, Deed or Order nf court, are hereby notified that they are requir ed by law to make annual returns to the Judge of Probate, showing thu amounts received and pai l out by th t'ni in their fiduciary capacities; anj jn default to make such returns they are not entitled to any commis sions in the management of their trusts; besides subjecting themselves to a fine for failure to make such re turns. J. D. Allen, J. P. E. C. Jan. 2nd, 1908. See our table linens and towels before you buy. May & Tompkins. A large assortment of choice^ brands of chewing tobacco audr a fine line of cigars. Try them. R. T. Scurry. Fresh Shrimp, Lobsters and Crabs, also crab shells just re ceived, f. G. L. Penn & Son. The Continental has the lar gest Surplus of all the Companies. E. J. Norris, Agt. Fresh shipment of Mince Meat and Gelatiue. G. L. Penn & SOD. Fresh canned Corn, Peas, Okra, and Tomatoes at B. Timmons. WE PAY YOU TO SAVE Bend your savings to this strong, sound, eos* Oervatlve Savings liant. On request we will send ?on FREU, a supply of our "Bank Messengar loner Mailers" for tho snfo transmission of coln or tarrone? In making bank deposits by mall. Too 'lan send small dcpusllR each wuek.and ai m . your savings accumnlato will Issae roi itertlflcates of deposit bearing Interes dt the liberal rale of . . . . . . AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK 34% 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anvon9 sending rt sketch nnd description mai quickly ascertain our opinion free whether ar invention ls probably patentable. Communlca I iou ?HI ri ct ly ci mild oui lui. rTundbookon I'atcuta ?i!:it freo. OMest njreccy for .'locuring patents. ]':itents taken through Munn & Co. receive iperlal ?"tice, without chnruo. lu tho Scientific ?S? A hnnd.m'nniy UtuatrntPd weekly. I.nrccflt cir culation <-f niiv s.'ientlllc Journal. Terms. tZ\ rauf* f uir months, $.L Sold byall newsdealer.-!, W?M &Co.36?Dr^Mew Yor?? ?jrmich Oi?ce. Ci? V St.. Washington. D. C. imo CURE THE LU raes ! , .o'JS?ivipnoN FOR H OUGKSand n JOLOS Price EOc&SI.OO Freo Tria!. ) Surest and ftuickest Cure for all \ THROAT and LUNG TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK. ' LES E. J. Norris' Insurance Lo cals. Only 5 Fire Insurance Compa nies (except a few. whose losses were nominal) paid theirlosses in Full wifhout discount, in the Great San Francisco fire. These were the Aetna, Continental, Quern, Royal, ^and London Liver pool & Globe. See Best's Reports. I represent tha two first named. K. J. Norris, Agt. 5 Insurance Lessons:-If you ar iusured alwa)-slet the agent know if you take any other Insurance on the propel ty or if there comes a change in the ownership of th? property, or if the buildings be come vacant, or if you make ex traordinary repairs ou the build ings, or if personal property is moved. Your policy contract re quires ibis. Get Permit. E. j. Norris, Agt. The Aetna has the largest Capi tal Stock of all Companies. 0 E. J. Norris, Agt. I wnle Bond Insurance-, Life Insurance, Accident Insurance, Health Insurance; Tornado In su rauce, Plate Glass laurance and Life Insurance on Horses and Mu'ee. E.J. Norris, Agt. 1,000 Pages. '25th Anniversary Nnmber 1908 World Almanac Wili be the most UUUPUAI edi tion of a reference book since the printing prpss was invented by Benjamin Franklin. In addition to its r gular Li brary of Universal Kuowledge, embracing ten thousand facts and figures indispensable to man or woman, old or young, student, school boy or girl, the farmer oi the merchant, the educator, or the professional mau, it will alsojcon tain a 25-year resume of all impor tant events, historical or other wise. It will tell you, and teU you ac curately, something about every thing and everything about a great many things. 1,000 Pages-25th Anniversary Number-50 per cent increase in size and value but no advance in price. f. Now on sale everywhere, price ;25 cents. Mailed to any address "for 35 cents. > Address the Press Publishing Company, Pulitzer Building New York City. TIMMO/llS & CORLET, SURGEON DENTISTS, Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Crown and Bridge Work a Special ty. i INSURANCE 1 now represent a strong. line of Fire Insurance Companies and can insure your property. IY our patronage will be appreciated. H. A. SMITH. NOTHING in the way ot a New Year gift will give so much pleasure to so many for S J long a time as an EDISON PHONOGRAPH. It is a gift, not for the time being, but for all time, taking; on a new ?merest with every new record, Ilundreds of new Records in stock. _( Souvenir Post Cards. Subscriptions for Papers and Magazines solicited at cut prices. Large Catalogue mailed free. World'? Work, McClure's and Delineator each 1 vear for $3.00. (Regular price $5.50.) Any two bf th" following maga zines one year fur $1.65: American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazar, Metropolitan, Pictorial Rev in w, V Success, Woman's Home Companion, World To-Day. S. IL HANGET, ^RENTON, S. C. Do you like mackerel? Webave just received a barrel of nice, fat, real mackerel, not other kind of fish called mackerel. Try them. G. L. Penu & Son. We have a full assortment of the celebrated Hawkes' Spectacled and Eye-Glasses They have beeu sold iu Edgefi ld for more than twenty years and everybody knows what they are. B. Titnmons. County Auditor's Notice. The offic1 of County Auditor will be open to receive tax re turns from the first day of Janua ry 1908 to the 20th day of Feb ruary 1908. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in am capacity, a* hut-band, guardian, executor, ?administrator or trus tee are required to make return? of the same lo the Auditor under oath within the time above named ; and the Auditor is required b) law to add a penalty of fifty per cent to all property that is not re turned on or before the 20th day of February in any year. All male citizens between the agee of 21 and 60 years, except those exempt by law, are deemed taxable polls. As the law now requires the Au ditor to take charge cf the Treas urer's duplicate on the 1st day of January and count, a penalty of one per cent on all delinquent? and as his office ie also required to be kept opeu on certain daye during the mouths of January and February, for the benefit of th? county pension board, it isa physical impossibili'y for him to do tbis and at the same lime re ceive tax returns iu the various towns!) ip?; *;?d ss but wry f*w take suvautaa?e of the township appointments, I will be found in the Auditor's office during the en tire term for receiving tax returns, and for the 3< uveuience of those who desire to make their own re turns a) home I will be pleased to mail them blanks for that purpose upon their requests. J. B. Haltiwangor, Co. Auditor. INSURANCE When placing your Insur ance give me a call. I rep resent a very strong line ol ?^1J?.EQ - - - Insurance Companies, m Agent for .the larges. ivirrjs - - - Insurance Co. I will ap preciate a share of yourbusi ness. I can be found at ni) oOca-Qifica No. i-ovtr Baak o' Edjcneld. James T MIMSs WANTED-Buyers for Gasoline En gines, Steam.En gines, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Presses etc. E. J. NORRIS JAS. S. BYRD. SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. C. ?fJ^Office over Post-Office. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie M,ills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta ble , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA? QA. THE BANK EDGEFIELD, S C. State and County Depository DIRECTORS. J. C. SHEPPARD, W. W. ADAMS, J. II. BOUKNIGHT, T. H. RAINOFOR J. M. COBB, B. S. HOLLAND, A. S. TOMPKINS, C. C FULIPR. W. E. rRESCOTT. OFFICEBS. J.C. allFPPARD, President. W. W. ADAMS, Vice-Prerdent. E. J. M IMS, Cashier / J. U. ALLEN, Ass't Cashier. Pays interest on deposits by special contract. Money to loan on liberal terni. Prompt ind polite attention to bus acas. YOUR Account Solicited P. j. BERC?MANS CO., qnc) Fnaitvt Mmnu, Ab'GUS TA, OA. <3a OCT*S Trsoc M>1 Bimba Established 13SX 1908 1908 FINDS THE WAN lhat selle Staubopes, Carriages, Wagons, Buggies, eic, in position lo offer you the highest possible grade of goods at' the lowest possible price. > Remember I am known as the best in the business, my material is al ways of the best standard, and those who buy from CoSkery's congratulate tbunfelves. Material the best, prices always the lowest. BABCOCKS THE LEADER. TI. Ho COSKERY, 740 and 751 Broad Street AUGUSTA, GA, PATAPSCO MASTODON Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, Ga. Everything in Fertilizers, Plant Food and Agricultural Chemicals. Blood and Bone Goods, Fi6h Goods and Cotton Se?d Meal Mixtures. These relisb'e Fertilizere^have been tried by the trade for more than a third of a century, and their increasing popu larity attests their merit, Using them is therefore no experiment. Factories, Augusta, Ga., .Pon Pou, S. C. ^T*Sold exclusively at Edgefield by the / Edgefield Mercantile Co. CallTnl?iln7Sr??iformatio7. list itel urned From Kentucky with a car of Standard Bred Horses and Mares: We have several mares that aie registered and have been bred to high class horses, just the kind that those who are looking for brood mares need. All are well I -oken, and some are suitable for family horses. Ages and prices are right. j We can supply the demand for mules-all sizes and prices. . 'You are invited to inspect our stock. Cantelou & Wilson GO TO SEE * - HARLTNG & BYRD Before . insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best Old Line Companies. HARUflG & BYRD* At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield We Can Supply Your Needs Cothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings for men and boys. Although our stock of clothing is somewhat low we can yet fit you in many desisrable patterns. If we have'nt. what you want, we wilj order it foryou. Large shipment of the celebrated CROSSETT Shoes just received. Come inlet us fit you. This is time to buy a good Overcoat or Rain Coat Cheap. Coal Stoves Coal GIT ate? Box heaters, Cook Stove? andStove polish. Oliver Chilled Plows, Middle Bursters and attachments for both, Jones & Son Headquarters Headquarters We are Headquarters for JERSEY BUTTE R, FRUITS, CANDIES, Cl-GARS, TOBACCO, FANCY GROCER IES and GENERAL MERCHANDISE. T. P. Lyon Sc Co.