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Edenfield Advertiser J. JJ. M IMS, - - - EDITOR TERMS: ONE YEAR $150 SIX MONTHS .75 WKDHESDA?, MAR. 4, 1908. ^^Tnehearitneve^ by n.?je; I fear worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one; and a young knave will only be a greater knave as be grows older.-CHESTER- . FIELD. > J May we now pass speedily from the grip of winter into the lap of spring!_ A conundrum: When ie a state not a state ? When it assumes the role'bf liquor dealer. If some hemp rope is not soon needed in Richland and Lexing ton counties, the law providing for capital punishment had as Veli be abolished. If the saying ot the old farmers, that a bad winter is followed by a good crop year, be true, those who till the soil nefid have no fears concerning the yield for 1908. Columbia can boast of some PS good citizens as there are in the state, bnt she also has so.ne of the worst citizens to be found in the catalog of criminals. Among the latter class is the wife-beating husband. For such brutes io hu man form a whipping post and buggy trace are needed. We 'see and bear much about the violations of the eight and nine hour labor lnws. Why, blesB your life, the hustling far-, mer will soon be putting iu "long Heka and steady blows" for twelve hours a day. Tho-ladies are having visions of Easter bonnets, new dresses and "things."-Union Times. Yes, while tba ladies are having "visions" of Easter bonnets, the anticipation of Easter bills is a "nightmare" to husbands and fathers. Wonder how many parents there are in Edgefield who are controll ed by their children? More than you think. The Advertiser would like to see a real census taken, but wou?d not dare publish names. The inevitable result would be another widow in town. Doubtless nearly every town in the state has its Wade Hamp ton Sellers, the open and flagrant violator of the law. It behooves the citizenship of every commu-1 nity afflicted with such notorious characters to check their lawless career before the life of some worthy citizen is sacrificed. .The legislature having, failed to kill the lien law, the farmers ought to be given a whack at it when they cast their ballots next Bummer. Until there is a direct expression from the people, this old law thst should have been relegated to the rear a decade ago will hardly be repealed. There used to be much boasting of "the full dinner pail" by the Republican party, but in next summer's campaign the leaders of the party will be kept busy ex plaining why many jnills are dosing, down and why wages of | the laboring class are being re duced throughout the county. Under the anti-trust law, Texas has fined tb? Waters-Pearce Oil company $1,600,000. But what's the U56 of imposing heavy fineB upon oil companies ? The, United States court fined the Standard Oil company $29,000,000 but if a penny ha3 been paid nobody has overheard of it. - Always spend your money with the people who help you to make it. If you adhere to this rule, you will patronize the home merchants I instead of .tb.6 department etores | and catalog houses. Money that you spend with the Edgefield mer chant will remain here and may come your way again, but the rooney you send away is gone forever. Som?^ of the leading railway Systems have ordered a ten per cent reduction in wages. Wonder if the reduction applies alike to high and low employees? It should BO apply. The official who draws a salary of $10,000 is belter able tabear a ten per cent reduction than the employee who receives only a few hundred dollars The monied aristocracy of the north maintains a morned oligarchy through the intermar riage of the heirs and heiresses of their ? immense fortunes. Miss Sylvia Green, daughter of the richest woman in the world, is goon to marry a groat-grand-son of John Jacob Astor. The only way a poor man shares in the co lossal fortunes of the north through the marriage relation is when a wayward daughter elopes with tho coachman. State's Bights Involved. The principle laid down by Judge Pritchard in his rec? nt de oisiou, to the effect that a state engaging in a busi negs not necessary to "preserve its autono my or sovereignty" waives ite right under the TJuited States con stitution uot to be sued without its consent, is a newly discovered phase of the old "state's rights" queatioo, and the final disposition af lt by the United States su preme court, the highest tribuual in the land, will be awaited with intense interest. Mao of Action. Governor Ansel is a maD of few words but he acts, and that too with promptness and firmness whenever the need arises. When two negroes who were in the bands of officers of the law were in dan ger of bei?g lynched in Columbia last week, he had the sheriff of Richland county, the police of the. city and a company of the state militia on the ground in short order to suppress the law lessness. If Kentucky bael such a governor the ''Night Riders" who openly and flagrantly violate the law in that state would be sum marily .dealt with. Should be no Hore Extra Terms. ; With the court machinery of the state increased one-fifth by the creation of two new circuits and the election of two addition al judges, thero ought to be no further need for extra or ppecial terms of court. It behooves the judges to clear the dockets ap nearly as possible at each regular session of court and not grant continuances upon technicalities or upon the flimsiest pretexts. Congested dockets and the need for special sessions arise often from an accumulation of continued cases. The condition of the dock ets in th? forty-two counties, whether-cleared or congested, will depeud largely, if not solely, upon the circuit judges of the state. Paid for the Privilege. It is bad enough when a minis ter must ride many miles over bad roads to officiate r.t a mar riage and receive ouly "Thauk you" from the groom for bis troub le, but when the groom gives the minister a bogus check upon which the latter is forced to pay a protest fee, the limit of forbear ance has been reached. A New Jersey minister married a couple recently and was presented with a check as a fee. A few day after depositing the check in bank the reverend gentleman r-ce'ved a notice to the effect that ne was due the bank $1.24 as protest fee on the bogus check. There may be a certain amount of pleasure de rived from uniting tbe|heaits and lives of two young people in the bonds of matrimony, especially in South Carolina where no divorce courts can put them asunder, but there are doubtless very few min isters who care to pay fir the privilege. Let the Edgetjeld ministers profit by the experience of their New Jersey brother by refusing to receive checks for marriage fees\ A Word of Advice. The Advertiser does not o:L??n pose as! an adviser of the farmers, but there ls just one word of ad vice that we feel constrained to offer at this juncture, and that is to urge the exercise of rigid econo my in making the crop of 1908. After good prices have been realized for one crop, easing up money m&tters by the payiDg of many old debts and having some cash left, nine men out of ten ai-e inclined to extravagance. While we are all hopeful that cotton will command twelve and fifteen cents next fall, there is no guarantee as to the price., lt must be borne in mind that this is, unfortunately, campaign year. The t*o great political par ties of the country will engage in mortal combat, each Btnving for the mastery. What the outcome , will be no hu mau eye can foresee. 1 It is safe to say, however, that an ' era of unusual prosperity or an 1 era of business depression will ' follow the election. If the former, cotton will sell for a good price ; ' if the latter, the speculators will 1 .'bear" the market very low. ( Making the crop economically will prepare the farmers for any } exigency. If high prices prevail next fall thsy will have greater * net profit from the year's, labor, 1 and if low prices are realized they will still be able to "make both euds meet." , The cotton growers of the South ? are becomi?g more and more in- ' d?pendent of the money power of ( the north with each passing year, j By ecouomizing and avoiding < debt they can own their cotton ' next fall, and uot be forced to J market it an unsatisfactory price. ( Through industry aud economy, , to-gether with judicious business E management, the producers of 1 cotton can become the most in- ? dependent people in the world. jasar Appealed.to "UneleSam.*' Had the bogus liquor houses and grafters kuown in advance that the United states'courts could be invoked in their behalf, they might not even have left 'ho Capi tol for poor, old South Carolina, to say nothing of th? capital with which she embarked in the liquor business. Shame on Charleston Jurie a. lu Columbia last we?k several white mou wore convicted of violating the dispensary law and were heavilv Cued, while in Char leston there were repeated acquit tals under similar indictments. The Columbia jurors regarded their oaths and did their full duty, while the Charleston jurore failed to do theirs. The fact ie that Judge Sydrick became so disgusted with the farcical trials of the Charleston violators of the dispensary law that - after hearing several cases, he refused to call auy more for .trial, continuing th? m until the next sessiou of court. Public Building a Probability. It appears now that Congress man Patterson will land bis $125,000 appropriation for a pub lic building for Edgefield. This special appropriation is included in the bill referred to in the fol lowiug dispatch from Washiugton to the Newe and Courier: "No better Congressional newf could go out to the people of South Carolina than that a dec'sion has been reached by Houss leaders tbat there will be a public build ing bill reported and pissed this y*ar carrying with it a total of about $15,000 000 'For so^e time it has hean ru mored that such a bill would be pasped, but nothing definite wa" obtained concerning it u til to day, wh^n thoB^ in authority wer-3 aeked whether or not the rpport that such a bill would bo oassed this year was true, and they an swered in the affirmative." FARM LIFE. The advantages offered by ag ricultural indus'riee to young men of this age are greater than any other Chi lin g. It takes a real man to be a successful farrar-r, but when he is successful he bas done something and has some thing. It beats clerking in a store or bank, and gives oue freedom, good pure air, health and ability to eat good, healtny food without suffering from dyspepsia aud other troubles caused by the lack af exercise. While farming haft its drawbacks, riEke, disappoint ments aud cares, after all the call ing affords young men better openings now thau ever before, and; there is no existence that should be happier, iu that one san lio"~dpwu at night aud peace fully slumber without fears as to his ability y? please his employer und hold his job. Stick to tho farm, bovs.-rEx. Demoralizing aad Degrading. It is an undisputed fact that whiskey is fearfully demoralizing and degrading in its influence. Not only does it destroy the fioer sensei and sensibilities of the v&at majority of the men who ?ell i?, but it causes many to sink to tho lowest depths of de pravity and degradation. A very striking example of the iamagiug and damning influence of whiskey was revealed in the trial and conviction of a white man in Columbia last week upon the ch argo of illicit cale .of whis key. In order to strengthen his peiy weak defense and rebut the State' s evidence, this unworthy father compelled his daughter of tender years to go upon the stand and testify to statements tbat the jury believed tobe untrue. A more 3ontemptible act on the part of a father could scarcely be conceiv ed, and yet he did not see it in that light because liquor had jeared hie conscience and deaden ed his sensibilities. Solicitor Timmermao very prop erly rebuked this unworthy pareut in no unoertain terms for drag ging his innocent daughter in the ?ourt rojm, and, after commend ing the jury for its verdict, Judge Wilson said to the defendant, in massing sentence: "That child's appearance on the stand sent a mill through me, and decided me :o give you a sentence that you vould not forget." Concerning whiskey, the safest ground is to "Touch not, taste 3of, handle not." No Use i'oDie. "I have found that there is on jse to die of lung trouble as long is you can get Dr. King'* New Discoverv," says Mrs. J P White )f Rushboro, Pa. I would not be ilive to-day only for that wonder ful mediciue. It loosens up a lough quicker than anything else, iud cures luug disease even after :he case is pronounced hopeless, rbis most, reliable remedy for soughs, and colds, lagripp*, aeih nn, bronchitis and hoarseness, is lold under guarantee at W E Liynch ?fe Co. Penn & Holstein, iuccessors to G L Penn ? Son irug stores. 50c and $1.00. Trial >ottle free. A CardlFrom Dr. BWii Editor Edgefidd Advertiser: I DOtieed, a few werks ?fio 1 hat you said iii sn appreciated editorial, that "prohibition ia coming," to which I waut to add my amen. I have been severely criticised recently, bec up? .I cannot com prehend politics, nt.d I -jOLfesf that I know about us much about the Eort of politics, that men UP' hs a subterfuge for dodging, as I want to know. This is campaign vear, and I for one am willing ti forget the pas?, but we want men to run for the legislature this year. ? for one, rm opposed to any automatic double-back action, reversible platform up an 'which our legislators are ex pected to get in on. I believe God is on the side, of prubibition and if so, and I am the only man in Edgefield couuty iu favor of it, I un iu the majority. As I said in a report to the Edgefield Baptist association a few years ago: "The curse of God is upon the liquor traflic. Tho prayer0 of Christian women are against it The tears of anguish siled by broken hearted wive? and neglects 1 children rise up in pas sionate protest against i\ The blood of those who have been slain by strong dri.uk cry out against it. "In the name of fathers and mothers whose sons aro being de bauched and ruined by strong iriuk, io the name of the widows who*e husbands have gone down to drunkards graves, in "the name 5f orphan children whose fatherp have bfen slain by the drink hab it, in the name of homes wh:ch bave been reduced from happi ness and prosperity to wretched ness and want, in the name of Dbristiai-itv which seeks to eave men from sin, in the name of God md humanity we call upoTi everv true Christian" of whatevor imme to vote for God,, home and hu manity in the next, election. Aud to this pnd tht? call it to the m^n. Wa want no novice or recent political convert-but MEN ex prespes il. We have enough f >1KB in the county or ppople who d. ubt less would ruu "but for a time like tb?6*' we waut-men-meu with a buckb De, m>u wi o stand for pomethmg to represent us in the legislature. With malice tovard noue aud ?end will to all, I remain Very fr-Iv, D. A. J. Del!, M D. Women as Well au Mein Are Made Miserable by Kidney Troubk. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, <l's ?ouragas and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfu' disappear wi 'neys arc ot or diseased. Kidney ti become so that it is nott for a child t afflicted with neys. If tho < ates too ofh irine scalds the flesh or if, when eaches an age when it should 1 :ontrol the passage, it is yet affli )ed-wetting, depend upon it. thc he difficulty is kidney trouble, an ;tep should be towards the tre: hese important organs. This u rouble is due to a diseased condit cidneys and bladder and not to a nost people suppose. Women as well as men are rr :rable with kidney and bladder md both need the samo great ["he mild and the immediate ? swamp-Root is soon realized. >y druggists, in fifty- " ?~z( :ent and one dollar ?fyjpg?C?T: ;izes. You may have a ?^^^ISHi?; ample bottle by mail "-^SJLfi^ffl ree, also pamphlet tell- Homo of 3? rig all about it, including many housands of testimonial letters rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr ? Qp., Binghamton, N. Y., be : nention this paper. Don't make' any mistad ?emember the Dame, S tloot, Dr. Kilmer's Swam) tod the address, Bingham,^, ip iT., on eTTery bottle. Age No Bar Everybody in South Carolina is Eligible. Old people stooped with suffer-! og. Middle age, courageously fight Youth protestiDg impatiently; Children, unable to explain ; All in misery from their kidneys. Only a little backache first. Comes when you catch a cold. Or when you strain the back. Many complicatious follow. Uriuary disorders, diabetes, Bright's dieease. DoaD's Kidney Pills euro back tche. Cure every form of kidney ills. J. W. Powell, proprietor of a general store and coal, wood and ce dealer of Waverly li vir g ai: 2010 Blanding ?treet, Columbia, 3. C., says: "My aon haa been ifflicted with kidney aud urinary rouble from childhood, being un ible to control the s-?Grotions es tecially wheu aslpep. Since using loun'e Kidney Pills he bas en irely recovered." , For sale by all dealers. Price >0 cents. Fo^ter-Milbu rn Co., buffalo, New York, 8..le agents or tlu> United Sta tes. Remember the name-Doan'B md take no other. Hig!i?sl price paid for comity laim.-i. Present them to Mr. N. ri. Jonos at the store of M 'SPrs. ones A Son. F. N. K. Bailey. Barred Plymouth Rocks. I have a lol of fine Cocker els from $1 to $2 each. E?gs $1 for 15. My fowls are strictly pure breed. J. P. BATES, Edgefield, S. C. T in EG I FC AI I$F THE C0Rl ELs\sr\ %JbJLLi season has of Completeness in the New Twen We name a few-- Striped Linens fo for dainty street wear, Chiffon Gingh dard Gingham for house wear, Veiling Cream Mohair, Cream Serges and Bri gees for any old wear. ' . Shoe Def Wc would ask you specially to rema in the graceful conception of Reed's For Men, try our T'lex Felt for f lasting durability and comfort Our ]%/Tilliiier ls beaming full of artistic patterns, and hi designs* We have them from $1?. to $ i, rcouncement. We will tell you more from time to time urnei We sell Waterman's Ideal mutain Pens, which represent e highest standard of excellence, very pen guaranteed to give tisfaction. W. E. Lynch & Co. The Public: vV*e are ready tb store your cot I ana make liberal advances on ae-Sell you your wagons, and 7 your cotton seed. We solicit r business. Adams Warebouse^Co. W. E. Lott, Mauager. arge assortment of stationery writing material of all kinds received. W. E. Lynch & Co. Send roar sarings to this strong, noami, COB? Dervatlvo Barings Bank. On request ire will Bend rou FRHB, a supply of our "Bank Messenger il oner Mailers" for the safe-transmission of coln or barrener in making bank deposits br mau. Toa lian send small deposits each week.and as Jc-ur Barings accumulate will Issne rou serttflcatos of deposit bearing inter?s" U the liberal rate of. r mall. Toa ^A?CUSTA SAVINCS BANK FOR SALE: 100,000 feet of Rjugh Lumber at- the late home of Col. T. C. Megan. Apply to N. C. Long, Cleora,' S. C., or W. H. Morgan, Johnston, S. C. We 'sell the ' Hackney" and 'Old Hickory" wagons, which have stood the severest tept in this sec tiou for raauy years. Two cars now on the road. Ramsej & Jones. When you need a bugg.v try a Rock Hill, or Hackney, or Colum bus, or a Tyson-and Jones. No stronger line of buggies can be lound ip this scction. Lar?e as sortment to select from. Rnm?pv <fe Jon PA. Registration Notice. The books for the registration of the voters of the towu of Edgp field, S. Ct, are now open in the store of MfSPrs. May & Tompkins, and will be kept opeu until Tues day, April the seventh, 190S, six o'clock p. m. CE. May, Supervisor of Registration. Large stock of mattings in many beautiful patterns. A small sum invested in pretty matting will add to the beauty and comfort of home. Ramsey & Jones. pecia 1 ties: SWIFT'S BLOO?) and BONE GUANO. BALDWIN'S AM MO NI ATE D D?SSOLVED BONE. BAUGH'S FISH GUANO. tf ETI WAN PLOW BRAND GUANO. BRADLEY'S SEA FOWL GUANO. CE REALITE, CERE ALITE, CE RE ALITE, ACID PHOSPHATE, GERMAN KAINIT, C. S. MEAL. Li GROCERIES and HARDWARE we have a full stock of everything the farmers use. We are at your service and trust that you will use us. rade PIEL WER STORE'S Merchandise this reached the high water mark of tieth CenturyUltra-Fashionahles. >r washable Suits, Striped Boulevards am for the little miasqs^ wear, Stand es, Printed Mouselines, Filet Nets, lliantines, Chiffon, Panama, and Pon ^artment. mber our line of Footwear, for Ladies and Queen Quality. bot ease, our Adams freak last for y Department ive that distinct individuality of Exclusive . per hat. Watch for our opening an why it pays to trade in Edge field and at r9 Proprietor. i We always carry complete as sortment of fresh drugs and give especial attention to all prescrip tions sent us. A share of your patronage solicited. B. Timmons. wwv??!?i VWWWVVWVVVWWNA The i>?ie of cost 'on Dwellings and Barns in the country is $1.20 per huudred or if three years, 80 cts per hundred. E. J. Norris, Agt. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin ? gie Mills, 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, GA. EBENCH COACP STALLION. The Celebrated French Coach Stallion. CALEMBOUR, will raak*1 theSoring Seasobiat-Edge?^ field at flreetables of "Messrs. IB. L. Joues & Son. The French Coach Horses are in the front rank of excellons among the carriage breeds of th9 world. Call and inspect thiscel-ibrit?M horse. Edg^field French Coach Horas Co. J. P. Nixon, Sec. and Treas Clark's Hill, S. C. KILLTHB COUGH AND CURE THE LUNGS wmi Dr. King's New Discovery FOR C ONSUMPTfON Price OUGHSand 50c & St.00 OLDS Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all B THEO AT and LOTTO TROTTS- fl LES, or MONEY BACK. J New Arrivals at Special BARGAIN PRICES 25 all wool ART SQUARES. LOO BEAUTIFUL RUGS. These goods are new and will be sold very low. 36 Cases of . : " SHOES & for early Spring business. All solid and reliable. We waut your ? business and will give you honest merchandise aud the closest prices cousist'ut with good quality. WEAR REGAL CORSETS. J. M GUANO GUANO We handle Southern States Phosphate & Fertilizer Co's Goods, P. & Fm A. D. Bone Augusta High Grade Acid of All Grades 'ihesp goode are now in the warehouse ready for deliver/. Jones & Son