Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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9> asm* STEDMAN'S LOST BOOK, How the Poet-Banker Paid For an Outburst of Temper. Edmund Clarence Stedmao, the poet banker, had a high temper and was ex ceedingly sensitive. One day, exas .perated by -ie crass stupidity of a servant, he threw a book ar his head. The boy ducked, and the "book sailed out of the window. After it hurried the menial, but he was too late; a passerby had picked it up and walked off with it Stedman began to wonder what book he had thrown away and to his horror discovered that it was a quaint and rare little volume for which he had paid $50. His chagrin was in tense, us the work was almost unique and the prospects of replacing it were remote. Some time afterward when browsing In a second hand bookshop our sple- ! netic poet-banker perceived to his great ? delight a cop;? of the very book be had | lost He asked the price. "It's very ; rare," replied the dealer, "but as you are an old customer I'll let you have it for $40. Nobody else ?could have it for less than ?G0." Stedman gladly j paid the $40. "got home with his treas- j ure as soon as possible and sat down j to gloat over it A card dropped out of the leaves. It was his own. Fur ther examination showed that he had bought back his own property. It cured him of casting books at servants' heads.-New York Press. . THREE DEADLY AGENTS. Peculiar Properties of a Spider, Grain and a Vine. What Is the most terrible form in which death comes? Here are three, but which one of them Is the worst it is hard to say: In. Peru and parts of South Australia there is found a small spider about half as big as a pea. When this insect digs its fangs into its victim it inserts a poison which begins at once to act. It scorches up the blood vessels and spreads through the tissue, causing most dreadful agony. The worst part of it ts that the victim usually suffers for two days, but death in the end is inevitable. Another fearful death results from eating "bhat" a vegetable which .grows in the east of which a few grains cause violent mania, ending iu death. "Bhat" occasionally grows in among the rice crop, from which it is hard to distinguish until dry, when the poisonous grain is of a brick red color. There is a South American.vine call ed the "knotter," which grips any liv lng thing coming in contact with it. Its tentacles twine round the object seized, searing and burning the flesh like redhot wires. Then th? prey is drawn into the heart of the foliage and there crushed to death. The meth od is too horrible to describe in detail. -Pearson's Weekly. A Sporting Judge. After Baron Martin, who possessed a great horror of sporting "prophets," had become partially deaf he was on one occasion trying a racing case, an exercise of his functions he reveled In One of-the counsel engaged in It was named Stammers, a solemn, formal, sententious personage, who seldom made a speech without quoting pas sages from Scripture. In addressing the jury he\ was about to pursue his old habit auld got as far as "as the prophet Says" when the judge inter posed: "Dont trouble the jory, Mr. Stam mers, about the prophets. There is not one of them who would not sell his fa ther sixpenny worth of halfpence." "Bat my lord," said Stammers In a subdued tone, "I was about to quote from the Prophet Jeremiah." "Don't tell me," replied the baron. "I have no doubt your friend Mr. Myer is just as bad. as the rest of them." London Graphic. LIBRARY THIEVES. ; Assorted Into Pour Classes by a Li brary Officia.. * "Library thieves fall into four class es," said the librarian. "The first and most numerous is the umbrella class, gender, I regret to admit feminine. "This lady lounges about your libra ry with an unrolled umbrella in her hand. If she sees a book she wants, a magazine or a newspaper, pop It goes into the umbrella's capacious folds. Her type Is well known. Never carry aa unrolled umbrella into a library if yon would escape the surveillance of the watchers and attendants. "Another class-male-steals week lies. This daring thief rolls a weekly Into a cylinder, slips,his bill through it and works lt np his slot/e. Fancy running such risks for a five or ten cent weekly! "A rare genus, feminine again, is the partitive or installment thief, who steals a book a few'pages at a time. Though this genns is known to libra ries, T have met with bat two speci mens in ten years. Oue stole a Hal) Caine and the other an H. A. Vachel! volume in installments. Both were more or less daft "The most numerous class of rfll Is the open, daring one. These people bluff. They walk out with a stolen book or paper under their anus as if it were their own. And. hang' it, they escape^ too. if they are careful that our label doesn't show. ?- "Our percentage of thefts? Well, we count to have about two books in every hundred stolen."-Cincinnati Enquirer. A BORN TRADER, He Was a Bit Unlucky, but Then He Had No Dull Times. "One hundred dollars seems an aw ful high price to pay for a typewrit ing machine," said Mr. Jeukinson, win had just bought one. ' "lt may seem so to you," answered his friend, Mr. Hankin son, "but I have one at my house that cost me $750, and I dou'.t suppose it's half as good as yours." ' "You needn't tell me sach a" "It's a fact," broke in the other. "Why, how in the world" "Well, I'll tell you. A year and a half ago I bought an automobile for $G00. After I had paid $150 for re pairs, storage, fines aud other expenses connected with it I traded lt for a suburban lot. "The lot proved to be in the middle of a swamp, and when a real estate man offered me a horse and buggy for it I topk him ug. r "The horse ran away one day and smashed the baggy into kindling wood. 1 traded the horse for a gold watch. "The watch wouldn't-keep good time, and I swapped it for a bicycle. One day I fell from the bicycle and put a finger out of joint "Then I exchanged the machine for a secondhand type writer." ^ "I see." "And I've no use for the typewriter. Do you know of anybody that would give me a good dog for it?'-Y?uth's Companion. Will Surely Slop Thai Cough. ?BM--an--ma FIXED THE PIANO. An Unmusical Variation In One of Goitschalk's Concerts. Gottschalk, the pianist, was noted for his enormous physic.-. 1 strength al most as much.as for his brilliance as a pianist On ono occasion he gave a practical illustration of his strength which, while it did not disp:ay his dis position in the most amiable light, un doubtedly afforded him much satisfac tion. He was in concert playing on a piano that was built on a new model, one of ! the peculiarities of which was that the ; lip of the keyboard cover projected far I ther over the keys than In most pianos I when the instrument was open for [ playing. Gottschalk, whe was accus I tomed to throw up his hand to a eon i siderable height during the perforni ! ance of brilliant passages and was un i used to this new form of keyboard, i constantly hit bis knuckles against the ! projecting lip. ! This repeated rapping of his knuckles i at last began "to have an irritating ef I feet on him, as the audience could ! plainly see. Suddenly after a partie ularly hard rap he stopped short in the middle of his selection, wrenched the offending cover out of tho Instrument by main force and hurled it across the platform with great violence. ' Then with a smile of the greatest satisfac tion, he reseated himself at the piano and continued his playing. - Chlcag Record-Herold. . CIRCUS RIDERS. They Were Kings of tho Show In the Old Ono Ring. Days. Riders at one time were the chief at traction of the circus and were billed as we now bill our "death defying deeds." In the old one ring days the whole performance was practically di vided between the rider and the clown When the rider was not riding the clown had the ring all to himself, even the band ceasing to play until the clown sang or got off his jokes, after which the rider resumed the perform ance. All riders In those days were champions In the show printing, writes Tody Hamilton in the Washington Star. When the late James A. Balley madti his tour of Australia he had Jim Robin son, the great rider, at SHOO a week payable in gold. The showman became ?iick of his bargain and tried to scare Robinson out of 1t l-y dwelling en thc cnhealthfulness of the climate. He told Robinson that it was very risky that few people could stand it. But Robinson waa wise and wouldn't scare and insisted on the terms of the con tract It used to make Eailey eura cold to approach Robinson on thu long voy age every week and hand the champion $500 in gold coin the same as if the rider were at work, but Jim held Bailey to his contract Ko rider before or since has ever received such a saiarv Fasting as a Sacrifice. The origin of the religious practice of fasting is very ob^curj. Herbert Spencer collected a considerable body of evidence to show that fasting may have arisen out of ^_ie custom among savage peoples of providing refresh bents for the dead. These offerings are often made in .so lavish a manner as necessarily to Involve the survivors In temporary starvation, and it is no uncommon thing for a man" to min himself by a funeral feast It is sug gested that the fasting which was at first the inevitable result of such sacri fice on behalf of the dead may eventu ally have come to be regarded as an indispensable part of all sacrifice and so have survived as an established usage long after the original- cause had :e.ased to operate.-New York Ameri :an. Where Politeness Doesn't Pay. "French and German hats,"' said a hatter, "only last half, as !ong as ours. It isn't the* poor quality of the hats, but the fine quality of the manners, that causes this. Lif tingKhe hat in sal utation is the hardest work that fails an the headpiece, and the French and Germans lift it to men and women squally, thus giving it twice as much labor as we do. Naturally, then, it wears out twice as quickly. It goes In the brim in no time over ?he water." Cincinnati Enquirer. But Yet a Man. "I suppose I have about the most thoughtful, kind and considerate hus band in the world," she was saying sadly. "When he comes home at about I of the morning, turns all the lights )n and wakes me out of a Bound sleep, ae always says in the most polite way .ma gin a ble: ".Don't let me disturb you, dear. But will you please help me unfas ten this collar "button?"-New York Press. Different Now. "It's funny how marriage will change i man," said Flogg the other day. There's Mouster, for example. Be 'ore he was married a glance of May raintor would Intoxicate him, so he ised to say. Now when he comos lome late at night and meets Mrs. Houster, nee Taintor, the sight of her ictually sobers him." - Boston Tr?n ier' t Never Worked Before. Mrs. Jones-Your husband locks com detely tired ouf poor mau! Mrs. ?mlth-So he is, my dear. He has lever done any work in his life before, cou know he always had a government ob.-Funny Cuts. * A Popular Book/ She-What would be the most appro* j iriate book, to give a bride? He-A j >ank book.-Illustrated Bits. F?R/?LL CREATION For cr/*l v j Aches arie? Pains m. Man'ana 'T?AD? MARK jr* Ct A Great Home Remedy. For sale by til inggUU I and dealers, ?5c Money refunded if Urdla to do all cUimod. NOJmRmg>TCO.,Borion,Maat.,P.S^. I iJD?Gtingliij&htog t\':zrk Thr.? Was Re quired by Eu; opean Countries. To tho Jews of today it is fairly well known that their ancestors in Europe were forced to put up wit ir a great deal of humiliation. Oue of the most insulting methods was to require the wearing of a badge whlef? would stamp lae wearer as an "infidel ./ow." The wearing, of a badge was made a general order throughout Christendom in the year 1215, bul it must have been required in isolated places before that date. The most usual form of badge veas that of a ring of distinctive color at tached to the upper garment Any one of French-Jewish ancestry will know that his forbears wore a ring of'this sort varying in size and in color-now red, now yellow and white, according to the whims of- municipalities and monarchs. It was generally worn npon the breast, and at one time it was .or dered to be worn likewise upon thc back, so that a Jew might be known "fore and aft." When a Jew was found' without the badge, he was fined Evidence of the wearing of this badge is found as late as 1502 lu France. The forefathers of the Spanish Jews car ried a yellow and red badge-the men on their breasts, the women on their foreheads. The wearing of the badge was not so prevalent in Italy, but the municipalities almost all required lt The badge was known as the "o" from its shape, resembling prob ably the ring in France. English Jews should feel the distinction of haying had a peculiar sort of badge forced upon their ancestors. It was first lu the form of a baud? first white and then yellow.'and later Jews were re quired to wear a badge with the shape of the tables of the law. In Germany yellow badges were wen:, but here the bat was the chief means of identifica tion. In Austria and in Poland there are few traces of the badge, but in HIT-?a ry Jews wore a badge on "their h . r_ast. It is interesting to know t: . x Crete at the present day some _ houses of Jews are marked with the "o."-American Hebrew. Ar? aa good as tho best 60 business is our rruarantci. Catalog Fne. P. J. EERCK??A?:S CO., l inc.) Fnximd Xerserics. AUGUSTA. GA. i?) lieras ?a ?K>?I aa ; 3 bra bx, Fetefcnsbsd IRV. IM EDGEFIELD, C. >tate and County L'epcrtc" DIRECTORS. J. C. SHKPPAKD, "W. W. ADAMS, J. H. BoUKXIGIiT. T. H. RAINSr?I J. M. COBB, p.. S. HOLLAND, A. S. TOMPKINS, < ." FVLI.JTBU W. E. PRESCOTT. OFFICERS. . . C. SHEPPARD, Pren j-: ni W. W. ADAMS, Vice-Prei lent. E. J. MLMS, Cashier J, H. ALLEN", Ass't ?Cashier. Pays interest on deposits by ipsclal nntract. Mopey to loan o? liberal tern . Promptand polite attention to bas ?es. YOU?> Account Solicited EO YEARS' EXPERIENCE if TWP A:^i^'";' TRADE Pi!ARKS 'W?iot?'* DESIGNS rryff?r* COPYRIGHTS &c. AnTonc sending n. sleet cb nnd description mar qnicklv ascertain onr opinion free whether ar invention ts proc..'"!y patentable. Communier tiensstrlctly confidential. Handbook on Patents teni free. Oldest ncency for aeearioa patents. intents taken throuch Munn .t Co. receive (pedal notice, v. nh.: ut charge. In thc merican. Jdrrcest cir Tcnna. $3^ A handsomely Illustr?t ed weekly, dilation of any soten tifie journal; yenr:_four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. " & Co.3e,Bra"dwa'- Hew York Brunch OtHce. C25 F St, Washington. D. C. AND CURE THE LUMCS : r. -. loa WITH wm unfiOisiy ..-...'/^O-.-Ur ?-r . Price < -l* I - - 1 al. . ?" ,r _-_?W!?11-4.jul '"u::c -t 1 ? : y .. r::. ?--i' XHKO/T ar d ZL'JI?Cr 2BOTJB-8 LBS, or KC3TEJ BAOK. | ll ?gum*. fe* m You want an engine that runs like a top, smoothly and uninterrupt edly. If au engine balks or stops and you have to fool away your time to find out thc cause, you don't want that engine because it means a waste cf time and energy. -:- -:- -:- - IE? J!? Ni Lig**t Saw, Lathe and Shin ' gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta ble , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Fiies, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBABD, AUGUSTA, GA. gi SSL 3 ANTED-Buyer mJ for Gasoline En WB Wt gines/Steam En if; W gines, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins, Presses etc. E. J. NORRIS INSURANCE When placing your Insur-j ance give me a call. I rep-j resent a very strong line of Insurance Companies, am Agent for the largest X^Il^E} ... Insurance Co. I will ap preciate a share of yourbu*' ness. 1 can be found at i oi5ee---Orrtce No. a---over BaD Edgeneld. ' \ . James TT. JVJT;VIS? i now represent a strong line of Fire Insurance I Companies and can insure S ? your property: I i our patronage will.be | I appreciated. 3 t * EJ3. A -... ? / UL-!o A?b ?^?Vt?? iis-s?So] SURGEON DENTISTS, . \ **" rr . ppointments at I renton on \ Wednesday Si Crown and Bridra Work a Sj,?ciH ty. J?3. S. 3)'RD, SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFJELD, S. C. ??7~0ilice over Post-Office. Eleci'.on Notice. r her . .viii be au election held the ci i House i? .bo'own of ?Sdge?iejd, S. C.. on Tuest7?! , Ap :" ]-! !:. 1908, for the purple )f Ci .ling a mrtyor aud six aid" :. r.ar, to serve thc fowo of Edgo ield, S. C., for the uext eneuiug wo years. Polls open from 8 ?'clock, a. m. to 4 o'clock y. m tfauagers, C. P. DeVore, E. J sorrid and J. P. Bales. \V. W. Adams, l\?ayor, V. H. Harli og, Clerk. C -field, S. C , March 9,1908. I represent the following Ameiican Fire Insurance Companies in territory 30 from Edgefield in all direc ions : ' Aetna $14,884,569.00 Continental $16,399,452.00 Hartford $18,920,604,00 Home $20,862,697.00 Ph?nix $ 8,719,795.00 ^otal assets $79,787,117.00 I ask for a continuation of he appreciated business giv n me. -Q ijj O ? V \^y' i_ u? i*. w.. ta <?^> ? EM GIME I. Ii. c. cn gi .:es are so prac tical and so simple that when you start them they run until you stop them whether you are watching or not. Never out of repair; don'twastefuel. Call on us and we will gladly explain the good points of the I. H. C. engine. -:- -:- -:- -: m9 j Largp stock of matting? in many beautiful patterns. A email sum iuvested in pretty matting will add to the beauty aud comfort of home. Ramsey & Jones. Spring Season. My finie black stallion-, MONTE GAIL LO, will stand at the stables in the rear of the court house du ring the spring season. He comes from the beet Ken tucky stock. His sire, Monte Christo, Jr., was a noted saddler and combination horse. He took hundreds of Blue Ribbons at Ken tucky fairs, winning a, $1,000 cup at the Richmond fair. Standard brod on his dam side, with best records. This is Monte Carlo's third season in Edgefield and he ia well known here. Breeders can see him in har ness qi any* time. J. E. MIMS. We -always carry complete as-1 sortmeu* of fresh drugs and give especial attention to all prescrip tions sent us. A share of your patronage solicited. B. Timmous. ERENCH COACP STALLION; Tho Celebratod French Coach Stallion, CALEMBOUR, will make the Spring Season at Edge field at the stables of Messrs. B. L. Joues & Son. The French Coach Horses are iu the front rank of excellence among the carriage breeds of the world. Call and inspect this celebrated horse. . Edgefield French Coach Horse Co. J. P. Nixon, Sec. and Treas Clark's Hill, S. C. x PATAPSCO ' MASTODON Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta, Ga. Everything in Fertilizers, Plant Food and Agricultural Chemicals. Blood aud Bone Goods, Fish Goods and Cotton Seed Meal Mixtures. These reliable Fertilizers" have been tried by the trade for more thau a third of a century, and their increasing popu larity attests their merit, Using them is therefore no expe iment. Factories, Augusta, Ga., Pon Pon, S. C. Jggs^Sold exclusively at Edgefield by the Edgefield Mercantile Co, Cati on them for information. mm m B^^^^I^SM ?\m i SB i 'w ii SI umm i Usc Fertilizers of the Best [Manufacturers, make good crops and build up vour lands. The remedy for the prevailing scarcity of labor is to Ri a lie ?si ?ne Acre what1 Two Acres formerly Produced, The way to do this is to use liberally Fertilizers sold this season by ?roi - ?J H Use Royster's Farmers Bone. Use Armour's ||] Blood and Bone goods. Use Patapsco, Mastodon and Georgia Formula. Use Wilcox, Gibbes & Co's Manipulated Manures. Besides these we can give ]M you the goods of other old and Reliable Manufact urers. Use Kainit, use Nitrate of Soda, Lime, Top Dressing. We appreciate the liberal patronage we have had from our farmers for the past few years, and hope to be able to serve them for 1908. Get our prices. ?-aaa SWIFT'S BLOOD and BONE GUANO. BALDWIN'S AMMONTATED DISSOLVED BONE. BAUGH'S FISH GUANO. ETI WAN PLOW BRAND GUANO. BRADLEY'S SEA FOWL GUANO. CE REALITE, CERE ALITE, CE REA LITE, ACID PHOSPHATE, GERMAN KAINIT, C. S. MEAL. Li GROCERIES and HARDWARE we have a . Full stock of everything thc farmers usc. , We are at your service and trust that you will use us. j Bread and Rolls always on hand. Try our Cannded Hash and Canned Kraut, Fresh lot of amber Cane Seed. T. Pa Lyon o CASH SA 6,000 yards of Embroid eries and Laces to be sold for CASH at special prices. These goods are just in from New York Importers] and j consist of all of the newest designs. Come ?early and bring the CASH, as that is what we need. GET YOUR LAUNDRY IN TUESDAYS GUANO GUANO m\-iiwan-- mum m.-?-ai We handle Southern States Phosphate & Fertilizer Co's Goods. P. & fa A. D. Bone Augusta;High Grade Acid of AH Grades Tb ese goods are now in the warehouse ready for delivery Jones & Son 9 FERTILIZERS. To the Planters of Edgefield: BALDWIN'S Fertilizers have stood the test of eighteen y;ears in our county, its most liberal buyers and best friends of to-day, are the planters that have used it continually since its introduction in our county, which proves the ex ceptional merit of BALDWIN'S FERTILIZERS, the Cotton, Corn and Grain Grower Before making your FERTILIZER deals for 1908 talk with our representative, W. W. AD/{fi! S & CO. who will give you the socret of making a bals to the acre. 1907 SALES Largest in Our History Call on us or write us for prices before placing your orders. ARRI HGT0fi BROS & CO., Whol?sale Grocers, 863 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Use Swif t's Blood Bone Ammoniates FARMERS : Ever farmer s h o a 1 d know the ingredients con stituting the fertilizer be buys. Swift's Reliable fer tilizers are made exclusive ly from DRIED ?LOOD and BONE TANKAGE AMMONIATES, which have lasting qualities and permanently enrich the soil Swift's Fertilizers are the best plant food on the*market. Send UR your name ii r our book let on Cotton and Corn cultiva'ion Itwill tell you how our fertilizers are made. Swift's Ferilizers are suitable for d ig; always uniform in quality. Use Eagle High Grade 10-2.-2 or Golden Harvest or Red Steer 8-2-2. Swift's Fertilizer Works, High Grade Fertilizers, Atlanta. Ga., - - Wilmington, IN. ?. "W\ "W. j?Ld?*:nQ.s db Oo. - Edgefield, S. C.