Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 16, 1908, Image 2
THE TALL SOLDIER.
Adventure; cf an English Military OfR
c:r !n Warsaw.
tn "Trues- nf My {Cather" Mr. Falls
tells or au advfcuture experienced by
him while vii:;.; : a friend in Warsa\r.
He bad boen walking with the prince
and bad.stepped into a small cafe
At the next table sat a tull Uussian
soldier with one or two conipanious
The soldier tbofc mit a box of i! >iii?ii?>
and challenged nae of his friends t<
a game.
The prince sa id to my father:
"Go ask him to play with you.
know bim. and he is nu interesting mau
tq talk to."
My father crossed over to the table
with the prime, who said something
iu Polish The soldier immediately in
vited my father to sit down and play.
At the end ot* a pimp the soldier re
marked:
"My regiment ls quartered at St Pe
tersburg. If you ever go there call at
the barracks and :isk for Sergeant lt.'*
"If you ever tr<> to London call ar tile
life guards barracks and ask for Cap
tain FI.." returned my father.
The Uussian rose, saying it was not
for him to sit In the presence of his
superior officer, saluted and left thc I
cafe.
"Whoever your friend Is. he is a tal'
man." remarked my father.
"My friend wirb whom yon bav
IKMMI talking and playing d?minos ls
the great czar-the thu perot- Nicholas
Ile has been here fer :i wevk. lt b
his habit to ?0 about disguised and te
mix among the'people. These who
know bim would not lift a Huger te
harm him. He trusts himself to us
and carries his life in his hand. He
is safer in these cafes than in the
gilded halls of the White palace at St
Petersburg."
The next day my father saw the em
peror leave Warsaw, followed by the
muttered curses of the people. With u
wonderful remembrance of faces, he
recognized my father in thc crowd and
bowed to him courteously.
Wellington's Tact.
There was an army of generals as
sembled at Paris in 1S14. and when thc
various Austrian and Prussian gener
als who had been beaten by Napoleon
came crowding round the Duke of Wel
lington and expressing lots of compli
ments to him for having never been
beaten by the French the duke pleas
ed them immensely by saying, "Ah,
but you know I never met Bonaparte,
and I have always looked on him as
being as good as 40.000 men."
How Indians Catch Monkeys.
In South America the Indians take a
cocoanut and cut a hole in each end
just large enough for the monkey's
paws. Then they fill the middle of the
nut with sugar. When a monkey
comes across the shell he thrusts in
one paw and, finding sugar, he pushes
in the other. He closes both paws on
the sugar and then will not remove
either for fear he shall lose the sugar.
Then, while he cannot use either paw.
he ls easily caught.
We I
Ours
Our beautiful ass
Goods is being gre
what is better sti]
price.
SANTA
is already making lr
immense stock of
Lamps, Glassware, (
Pitchers. Water set
A large stock ol
candy, fruit
FIRE WORKS F
T. P. L Y(
A Serious
You make a mistake evei
GR0C]
Without first
ARB IH GTOfl
Leading
S63 Broad Stree
SHORT STORIES.
Luke Superior drains S5.000 square
miles of territory.
Eighty-five per cent of the people
who are lame are affected on the left
side.
An island in Lake Superior has been
j stocked with caribou. Caribou island.
I so named because it formerly was
noted as a home for the animals,
j Thc sale of land reclaimed by the
federal reclamation service is expected
[ to more than repay the $00.000.00) ex
pended to date by the government.
The last herd of antelopes in the
United States has been located near
Hooker, in Oklahoma. This was for
merly a part of the Great American
desert and called No Man's Land.
On the largest tobacco farm In the
world, a 25,000 acre affair near Am
sterdam, Ga., is grown about a third
of all the Sumatra tobacc$ used for
cigar wrappers I"", the United States.
The forestry department has been
conducting experiments with the hope
of finding some commercial manner of
making use of the white fir which Is
found on the Pacific coast in great
quantities. Very, little of it has been
cut
Astronomy.
If there were any money to be made
in astrouomy everybody would be
studying it. About all we can see is
figures, and these are so big that they
stagger the understanding. Every child
In the United States knows how to find
the north star (Old Polaris) from the
pointers of the dipper, but no child
can appreciate thc statement that this
star is distant from the earth 210,000.
000,000,000 miles-two hundred and ten
trillions! The Twentieth Century Lim
ited, traveling at one mile a minute,
would have to run without stopping
for 470,000,000 years in order to trav
erse this distance. If light really
travels 1S7.500 miles a second, a ray
from the north star would be thirty
six years in reaching the earth.-New
York Press.
Would Not Pay Charges. >
Ile was an impecunious nobleman
with air castles in sunny France. Aft
er much deliberation be sent the fol
lowing note to the pretty heiress:
Dear Miss-I love you, but do not know
how to express myself. How would you
advise? COUNT DE BUST.
And the heiress penned the follow
ing:
Dear Count-Express yourself any way
you wish except C. O. D., as you are not
worth the charges.
-Chicago News.
More Worry.
"It used to be my ambition," said the
business man. "to accumulate a for
tune and then retire."
"Well," answered the friend, "haven't
you realized It?"
"No. I've got the money, but I don't
dare retire*. I've got to stay awake
night and day to keep somebody from
ta':Ing It away from me."
ortment of Holiday
?atly admired, and
ll is the very low
CLAUS
is selections from our
Toys, Dolls, Vases,
?rockrey, Bowles and
s, etc.
f fresh nuts, raisins
OE EVERYBODY.
ON & CO.
Mistake.
?y time you buy a bill of
ERIES
; seeing us.
BROS & CO.,
Grocers,
?ft, Augusta, Ga*
Nunnnl'.v'p ceVbreled cam?es
fresh hy PYp/pss rvprv week.
PENN & HOLSTEIN,
Successors lo W L Pt iiii Sr. Son.
Honsekpeppra should pep cur
I i ii ? of table lineup, towplp, slippt
itigp, bed spreed?, plc. before
making Iheir purchases.
May & tompkins.
WP iiiVitP thp ladies to PPPOUI
rupp and 1 ton velver arl Fquares
La rge assortment to select from
all beautiful dpsigns.
Ramsay & Jones.
Marked For Death.
"Throe years afro I was marked
for doa til. A grave-yard cough was
tearing my linios to pieces. Doc
tors failed to help me, and hope had
ried, when my husband got Pr.
King's New Discovery,"' says Mrs.
A C Williams, of Bacs Kv- The first
dose helped me and improvement
kept on until T had gained U8
pounds tn weight and my health
was fully restored. This medicine
holds the world's healing record for
coughs and colds and lunjr and
throat diseases. It prevents pneu
monia. Sold under guarantee at W
E Lynch it Co., Penn & Holstein,
successors to G LPenn it Son. drug
stores. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
free.
The handsomest 12-piec?; toilet
6eis ev^r shown in EdgpfHd.
Ramsey ifc Jones.
NOTICE:
On the 12th day ot DfCHmber
1908, in Jh.- . Mien of ibp Judg" of
Probate for Jfidgefield county,
South Carolin?, the undesigned
will makea ii ti a 1 settlement on inc
Hptate of William Wells, dfcetised,
a od wt i he SM nie lin)? application
will I?H niHuV ter a final dis
chnrtiH fn in Inn linst ?8 ariminit?
tra'or cf s?id i'PtHtP AO p* is -ii!
IIHVU g claims naniiipt P?iid ^stut>
?rp keif by lu.t'ifi d lo |>rai?? lil sa?n?
duly a*test"d on <r b? fore said
dale, ? r be d> buried | ?yni"iil.'
L.-E-. Dum.
11-11 4 t
Keystone Traction
Well Drillers Are Mon
ey Makers.
Everybody uses water. A drilled
well is the only; way of obtaining a
pure, cold and unfailing suppi",
Du<r wells and y pring? are^sjjil?^ly
cess pools' collecting" 7Tb*?r?e breed -
85 per cent.
,one-drill -viii .??uetrate:
the bed fockand tap the pure unfail-|
ing streams below. All surface
water is securely cased off. A drill
ed well rarely goes dry in the most
protracted drouth. It is safe.
There is more money in a keystone
Drilling Outfit than in a threshing
machine and you work all the year
round instead of three months out of
twelve. Machine is the most com
plete on the market and is not to bc
confounded with cheap and flimsy
outfits. Drills a six-inch hole
through any formation to any depth
at the rate of 50 -feet a day in
ordinary formations. Costs 85.00
a day to run in fuel and labor.
Will go anywhere under its own
steam andean be setup and put at
work in 30-minutes. Write for
catalog No. 1.
Keystone Driller Company.
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
LL-?* ? S. A <! Il m
PROSPERITY COMES
to thfi man who gives his mind
to his business. You cannot do
that if you spend half of your
time in worrying over how to
guard your cash. No way you
can devise is as safe as deposit
ing it in
THE FARMERS BANK
Open an account to-day and
you can give all your attention
to your business without having
the siigtest worry about the
safety of what you already have.
The Farmers Bank
of Edgefield, S. C.
ERCKims WEES
Kr? SM good aa th? i .-at 60 year? lr
boniness is oar RTUHJ anteo.
Cala .'rr Fnt.
f. J. BERCKMANS CO., (Inc.)
FrvHnd Nvrttntt. AUCUSTA. GA.
fl? itera? ia Tr?? or-? Shrub? Established I SS?
With a
If von do not ni
In replenishing our
Furthermore, we can?
Now we invite you
purchases, as we can i
will give on
tomer buyii
WOOL SHA
????MM
Weare ottering sou
sold in the next two w
we say. What about
a beautiful rug or a vc
tiori but space will not
(1all nt our two
lars*
eal Estate
.1. One of the Best Hotels
MUitry Town iii thc South,
iis and all appurtenances,
already furnished, well established,
well equipped, well patronized.
Situated near the business part <>f|
the Town of Edgefield, S. C. This
Hotel is known and patronized by
thc T. P. A.s from all over the
country.
Xo. 102. A comfortable Cottage
on Buncombe Street, in Edgefield,
S. C.
No. 103. A Cozy Cottage near thc
business part of thc Town in Edgft-|
lield,S. C.
No. 104. Residence on Jeter Street
ii. Edgefield, S. C.
Xo. 105. 00-acre Farm between
Edgeficldand Trenton S. C.
Xo. 100. 200-aerc Farm about I"
miles South of Edgefield, S. C.
No. 107. The Cap'- Lewis Jones
place*-70 acres beautifully located
in town of Edgefield. Purchaser
.onld sell almost enough town lots
to pay for the place. ._' 4-room
dwellings.
For Rent.
Two Cottages in Eil geh el il.
I f you have any Kcal Estate,
Houses, Lands for Sale ot to Buy,
or any business in Kcal Estate I beg)
to oller my services in giving same|
prompt attention.
Let nie know of your Wants and
Don't Wants.
E. J. Norris.
Insurace and Real Estate Agent.
City Pressing Club.
I respectfully announce to t IK*
ladies and gentlemen of Edgefield
Ibat I bave opened a Cleaning,
Pressing aud Dyeing bupincs? in
our town, and-herewith solicit
their patronage. Our workmen are
first-class m thf-ir line-. They clemi
HIHI press not only gentlemen's
clothing, but also hals ami IIKI?HS'
skins anil clonks.
All orders will bc alt "iii! (rd toi
prompt ly and wit li gr-n I thor uj?h-|
ii?,FS. Absolute sn 1 ! 5- f MC t lin a li II f
HotHi d. Give UP your work.
| M. Lewis Stevens.
U ar of Gray's B irbcr Shop
3e of court
ajee your friends and 1(
large stock of merchandise, 1
iupply servicable merchandise
i to come and look carefully th
lot only make your selection ca
To everv customer w
$25.00 between HOT/
e pair of all wool ii
[lg $10.00 worth w
WL;
ie jenine bargains along man
'eeks they nr.i-_ be curried ove
a stylish suit or over coat for :
:ry h i^.lso n : A *t Sq i ire. Ta
: permit.
stores and let us mali
; salesforce will take <>T
Cheaper Water.
We are glad to announce to our
patrons th-nt w can now suppl}'
ih^iti wi'h 5 g.nl!nn demijohn
Glenn Springs watt r for $1.70.
Penn & Holstein.
PtlCCf?8P0rf5 tn
G. I,. Penn & P< r.
RUBBER TIRES: i haw ?
machine for resetting your old
tires oi pulling on new ones
Besl rubber tires carried in stool:
All work guaranty!.
\V. H. P .well.
We would be gla.l for th*
housewives to see our larg" stock
of Crockery. We bave plain ami
decorated wur?. nod can svipply
the needs of every boni".
Ramsey & Jone''.
A superb ??HP of pocket knives.
Boker's and Miller Bros: both
ta g BLtl pt-arl bandi -s.
May & Prescott
Soelsette for evening dresses ia
the talk of the town. W e have it
in all of tht- popular shade?.
May & Tompkins.
Large line of stationery, tablets,
paper, envelopes, etc., at
1>. Tinnnons.
OF
EE FIEL
EDGEFIELD, S C.
State and County Depository
DIRECTORS.
.1. C. SHKPPAUD, W. W. ADAMS,
J. il. BO?KMGIIT, T, ?. ItAIXSKClR
J. AI, Coillt, R. ?\ 11 UM. AND,
A. ?S. TOMPKINS, C. C Kv 1.1 KU
IV. K. PjtKSCOTT.
OFFlC.fi.RS.
I C. Sil K PP ARD, President.
\V. W. ADAMS, Vice-Prei dent.
E..?. M I.M.S. Cashier
.J. ll. ALLEN, Ass't Cashier.
Pays interest on deposits by special
toni met.
Mo.II'; lu !?>..!!! uri liberal term.?.
! 'rout pi uni |iolite atti*ti t ion to bus
VOf JR \ coon nt Elicited
UH.KING'S NEW EP?SCOVEL1! ?
Will Surely Sion Thal Cough.
?0R THE
is stock
arge
3ous salesmen. .
>V(M! ones-happy, it will not be ont fault.
u*e purchased many tilings suitable for holiday gifts.
, as well as that which is beautiful,
rough our entire store before you decide upon your
.sy but we can save you monev.
dio buys goods to the amount of
v and December 25th, 1908, we
-4 BLANKETS and to any eus
e will give an extra large all
y lina if, realizing thet unless some heavy goods are
r to another season. Come and let us prove what
i Christinas present? Nothing is more suitable than
tillar J seoro? o? appropriate ?gifts we might men
e ?00(1 everv statement we make. Our
.eat pleasure in serving you.
Vern NTAPH
in Your Home
j y
Hy-'
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