Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 14, 1909, Image 5
EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER
Established 1835. 4
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14, 1909.
Local News.
I The Honor'Roll. I
% To the Fa.rmers of Edgefield V
I " f Ccuntyr *
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% ? i You already know of our ?
. 4? corn contest. The question now .>
* 'is, WfiTyou enter, and thereby aid *
^, the Advertiser in stimulating and ?
.j. increasing corn production in the *
jj county? Whil? we h?ve put $25 +
? into it purely for the .public good, 1
' * it costs you nothing to enter. All. +
.i* a farmer has to do is to forward r?
? his name and address to this office ?
* by May 1st for enrollment as a *
* contestant We are compelled to *
? bave a complete hst of the contest- ?
* ants so as to arrange the commit- .j.
* tees of judges, at the proper time. +
? Notify tie editor in person or for- ?
+ ward a postal to this" office by *
* May 1st asking to be enrolled as *
.j. a contestant. . *
Urge your neighbor to forward 4>
* his name also. We do not even *
V require that the contestants be *?
& subscribers for The Advertiser, *
.? having thrown the contest open T
* to the public without any "string" J"
.> of any kind to it. *
+ Scores have signified their pur- *
? pose to enter. One lady has giv- ?
4? en us her name. Can you afford ?fe
T .to be leas progressive or less pub
' * lie spirited than she? ^
Mrs. J.- S. Byrd spent Easter in
Columbia with her parents, Mn and
Mrs. John Fitzmaurice.
. Mrs. W, _T. Prescott and little |
Wallace are spending a week in
Springfield.
Miss Maggie Reel and Mjss Daisy
Lyon spent several days in Augns
vta last week.
A. S. Tompkins, Esq., * spent Sat
urday at Meeting Street amid the j
scenes of his boyhood days.
Miss Rosa Wyman, of Aiken,
has been the guest of 'Misses Maud
and Gladys Rives during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bailey of the)
Red Oak Grove section were guests j
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Rolston
Satnrdav and Sundav.
Easter is over but new styles in
millinery continue to arrive at
The Corner Store.
Mr.\Luther Bell, the veteran
of Claries Hill strawberry grower,
is not much ahead of The Adverti
ser man this year. . We had straw
berries for dinner Easter fresh'from
the garden.
The voice of'a sweet little girl is
now making merry music afr the
Methodist parsonage. Rev. and Mrs.
Gillespie have been showered with
congratulations by their friends.
Yon cannot be too careful about
the quality of canned goods y?u
buy. Try our Nabob brand of corn
and peas, and be convinced of their
superior quality and excellence.
W. E. Lynch & Co.
Money to Loan.
On improved farm property.
James Frank & Son, Augusta, Ga.
Large assortment of window
shades.
Ramsey tfc Jones.
Freshen and beautify the interi
or of your home by using our cal
cino and alabastine. .
B. Timmons. !
Large stock of handsome iron
and enameled beds to s?lect from,
with springs to fit.
Edgefield Mercantile Co
We solicit your prescription
business. Utmost care is exercised
in compounding prescriptions and
only pure, frjesh drugs are used. Our
prices are "very reasonable.
PENN & HOLSTEIN,
successors to
G. L. Penn & Son.
Doctors
say take Cod Liver Oil-they
undoubtedly mean Scott's
Emulsion.
It v/ould be just as sensible
for them to prescribe Quinine
in its crude form as to pre
scribe Cod Liver CHI in its
natural state. In
ScOttf
Emulsion
the oil is emulsified and made
easy to take-easy to digest
and easy to be absorbed in tc
the body-and is the most
natural and useful fatty food to
f eed and nourish the wasted
body that is known in medicine
today.
Nothing can be found to take
its place. If you are run-down
you should take it
Scad tili? advertisement, ?aether with name
c f paper in which it appcari, your address an J
? >ar cen ti to cover pottage, ?sd we will send
y ?a'.Complete Hiody A las ci the World."
SCOTT* B0WK& 409 Pearl St. New Torie
..Mr. J. H. Reel spent' Saturday
and Sunday in Augusta.
..S. M. Smith, Esq., has moved his
law office to the Parker building.
Miss Ora Rives left Saturday for
Rock Hill to attend Field Day at
Winthrop College.
Mrs. Ella Mundy who resides at'
Belvedere, Aiken county, is visiting
Miss Mellie Russell
Miss May Little, of. Laurens, has
arrived to fill the position of stenog
rapher and typewriter for Mr. W.
S. Cogburn.
Dr. J. T. Pattison has opened an
office in the front rooms of the Par
ker building for the practice of
medicine.
Attention is directed to the new
advertisements of James Frank ct
Son., Rives Bros and the Corner
Store in this issue.
The inimitable Ralph Bingham
will give- an entertainment at Tren
ton Saturday night of this week.
He never fails to attract large au
diences. , .
Mr. J. Davis May is now serving
the Corner Store as salesman. Mr.
May's friends will be pleased to
learn that he has decided to remain
in Edgefield.
Mr. J. L. Eidson, who resides at
the Mathis place on the Long Cane
road, was in town Monday and told
the writer that he had already
planted eleveiuacres in cotton. .
Mr. S/W. Miller had ten acres
of corn bitten down by Jack Frost
Saturday. He is* undecided yet
whether he will have to plow it or
not.
Rev. L. D. Gillespie accompa
nied J)r.% C. E. Burts to Horn's
Creek and preached for him Sun
day afternoon. Mr. James U. Rives
also worshipped at Horn's Creek
Sunday afternoon.
Fast colors 32-inch muslins at'5
cents.
The Corner Store.
The Advertiser has /been request
ed to announce that Rev. Ham
lin Etheredge, of Mt. Pleasant,
S. C., wi?1 preach in the Methodist
church at Trenton Sunday morning
next at 11 o'clock. Being formerly^
&om Trenton., a large congregation
should turn out to" welcome Mr.
Etheredge.
. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dreher
came over from Lexington and
spent Saturday and Sunday-with
Hon. and Mrs. J. Wni. Thurmond.
Phis was Mrs. Dreher's first visit
since her marriage, being known
and beloved in Edgefield as Miss
Bertha Morgan.
Nice line of staple Gingham for
inly 3 7-8 cents.
The Corner Store
Superintendent of Education A.
R. Nicholson has requested us to
urge all schools that desire to secure
state aid for the purpose of lengthen
ing their term to apply at once, be
fore the state appropriation is ex
hausted. Flat Rock, Red Hill, Be
rea and Prescott schools have com
plied with the recent act and are
now receiving state aid.
We solicit and will appreciate
the patronage) of the public. Watson
<fc Rearden at the cafe.
Mrs. E. J. Norris, Mrs. Mamie
N. Tillman, Mrs. Manly Timmons
and Mrs. J. L. Minis went to Ai
ken Tuesday afterooon to hear Mrs.
Armor, Georgia's great temperance
lecturer.
For Sale: Two or three good cheap
milles. Applv at mv stable.
J. A. Weir.
One day Nina ran to meet her
papa, saying, "Papa, \ I ran away
this'morning and mama whipped
rne, and you will just have to put
the latch on the gate higher, so I
can't reach it."-The April Delinea
tor.
Ice cold drinks and ice cream at
Watson ct Rearden's.
Tue young men who planned and
arranged for the entertainment in
the opera house Friday evening,
Messrs. Edward Lynch, Julian
Holstein, Jr., and W. A. Edmunds,
are to be congratulated upon their
success. The attendance was large,
the program ' was well carried out
and, withal, a very pleasant evening
was passed by'the young folks. The
sum of ?16 was netted for the treas
ury of the ball team.
Beautiful assortment, of Ham
mocks. The season has arrived for
hanging one in your home.
Edgefield Mercantile Co.
Large stock of paints, stains, var
nish, oil and brushes. Before you
do any7painting it will pay you.to
get our prices.
B. Timmons.
We sell Studebaker buggy and
wagon harness-nothing better on
the market. Prices very reasons' le.
Edgefield Mercantile Co.
If you have lost your appetite
come and get some of our large fat
mackerel.
Dunovant ct Co.
Easter millinery. Better choose"
your hat early. A beautiful display
of the very newest New York .and
Paris styles 4re now ready at
Rubenstein's Millinery Department.
One hundred and sixty-one voters
lia Ve registered for the municipal
election to he held on Wednesday
of next week.
Mrs.'J. P. Nixon, of Clark's Hill,
is spending this week in Edgefield
with her mother, Mrs. Hattie Lan
ham, and sister, Mrs. W. H. Dorn.
. The Inter-Denominational Sunv
tlay School Convention.of Edgefield
county will convene with the Pres
byterian church at Trenton on Fri
day, April 30th. We will publish
the program in full next week.
We are always up-to-the-minute
in styles. New millinery goods ar
riving by express several times a
week.
J. Rubenstein'.
The Edgefield boys were {defeated
Monday in a game of ball at John
ston, the score being 15 to 7. A bad
beginning makes a good ending.'
Just watch our boys as the season
advances.
Rev. T. P. Burgess announced
last Sunday that he will resume his
regular Sunday evening appoint
ments, beginning with the service
of Sunday evening next at 8;15
o'clock.
Miss Hettie Sheppard filled a re
sponsible position at Caesar's
Head hotel last summer with entire
satisfaction to the management arid
she has already been engaged for the
coming season, which will open June
1st.
j
Hats trimmed to suit the most
exacting taste on'short notice. Large
assortment of shapes and trimmings
to select from.
J. Rubenstein.
Inmate of County Home.
Mrs. Sarah Jeter, who has been
ari inmate of tjie County Home for
the past ten or twelve years, died
Monday morning. She had been ill
only about a day. Steward Scurry
and the inmates of the Home were
very attentive to her, "but Death
having summoned her nothing
availed to prolong life. Mrs. Jeter
formerly resided some distance be
low Red Hill.
Very Wise Selection.
Col. F. N. K. Kailey has inform
ed the writer, that Hon. M. L.
Smith, of Camden, has accepted the
invitation to deliver the baccalau
reate address during commence
ment. Mr. Smith is one. ofHhe ablest
young men in the 'state. He gradua
ted from the Citadel in 1888 and
has been a member of the House of
Representatives for a number of
years, having twice been elected
speaker of that body. Two years
ago he delivered the baccalaureate
address ?at the Citadel commence
ment.
Baptizing Postponed.
The old colored brother prefaced
his sermon with the following re
nn irks:
/I well knows dat some er you
has traveled fur to see de babtizin'
to-day, but I lifts ter announce dat
'ar won't be no baptizin.' Five big
alligators has ' been seen sunn in'
derselfs on five logs in de millpon,'
bavin' des crawled out furn der long
winter sleep; an' hit stan's ter rea
son dat w'en a alligator sleeps all
winter he's mighty hongry w'en he
wakes up. Hit may be dat Provi
dence will protect de canderdates
for de baptiztn,' but hit's my opin
ion dat ter wade into a millpon' wid
five hongry alligators playin' 'pos
sum on a log, would be .flyin' in de
face er Providence!"
Have you bought your Easter
Suit yet? If you have not, don't
fail to look through our clothing
department. J. Rubenstein.
Fresh fish and oysters at Watson
tfc Rearden's.
. Delightful, fresh rolls and loaf
bread always on hand at Watson
ct Rearden's.
Large assortment of tablets
\ aper, pencils, examination pads
and school supplies of all kinds.
J?. Timmons.
This is the season to give your
chickens a tonic. We can supply
you with Pratt's Poultry Food and
Stock Powders. Nothing better.
B. Ti m mons;
First-class meals served at al
hours at the Watson & Reardon
cafe.
r
[hly refined and healthful
wders. Its constant use
?ry American household,
>ver the world, attest its
opularity and usefulness.
Picnic at Mt Zion School.
The Advertiser has been 'request
ed to announce that a basket picnic
will be held at Mt. Zion school
house on Saturday, April 24th. Rev.
P. B. Lanham is expected to be
present to deliver an- address. Capt.
E. H. Folk,;County, Superintendent
of Education A. R. Nicholson and
others will probably be present. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
The Mt.' Zion school is taught by
Miss Treesa Stokes.
. Notice to Teachers.
. Notice is hereby given that under
the direction of the State Superin
tendent of Education I will hold
the regular spring teachers' exami
nation at Edgefield, C. H., Friday,
May 14th, 1900. Teachers whose
certificates expire this year, as well
as those who purpose becoming
teachers, should be examined on the
above date..
A. R. Nicholson,
Supt. E. E. Co.
Annual Statement.
Elsewhere in this issue will, be
found a statement of the Farmers
Bank, " the annual meeting having
been held on.. Thursday last. The,
affairs of the. bank were found to
be in an exceedingly satisfactory
condition. The fact that the net I
earnings amounted to a little over
sixteen per cent shows that the
bank has had-a veiry prosperous
year. The usual, eight per cent divi
dend was paid "but and the remain
der of the earnings held as undivid
ed profits. As the statement will
show.the surplus profits of the bank;
after .paying the dividend amount j
to over $4 0,000. The officers of the
bank are being very generally com
mended for the splendid statement.
The stockholders acted wisely in
electing Dr. C. P. DeVore as a
director to fill the place made va
cant by the death of Dr. W. H.
TimmermanT k
Thousands Haye, Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect iL
Bow To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
a brick dust sedi
ment, orsettling,
i stringy or milky
appearance often
indicates an un
healthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; too fre
quent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back are also symptoms that tell you
the kidneys and bladder are out of order
and need attention.
1 What To Bo.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that. Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of the urinary
ptissage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in' passing it, or bad
effects following use o?t liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
through thc day, and to get up many
times during the nightt. Tue mild and
immediate effect of Swamp-Root is
soon realized. It stands the highest be
cause of its remarkable
health restoring prop
erties. If you need a
medicine you should
have the best. Sold by;
druggists in fifty-cent ;
and one-dollar sizes. "I^TWSM^K^
You may have a sample bottle sent free
by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y., on every bottle.
There is no better buggy on the
market for the money than the
Hackney buggy. A car of 40 bug
gies just received.
Ramsey & Jones.
A good assortment of chewing
gum, chewing tobacco, cigars and
smoking tobacco at Watson & Rear
den's.
How about a pair of oxfords for
yourself? Before buying call and
inspect our stock.
J. Rubenstein.
Do you" not need a cook stove?
We have a large assortment of all
sizes and prices. Come in to see
them.
Edgefield Mercantile Co
'TD Rather Die, Doctor,
than have my feet cut off,." said
M JJ Bingham, of Princeville, 111,
but you'll die from gangrene
(which had eaten away eight toes)
if you don't, said all doctors. In
stead he used Bucklen's Arnica
Salve till wholly cured. Its cure
of eczema, fever sores, boils, burns,
and piles astound the world. 25c at
W E Lynch & Co., Penn & Hol
stein, successors to G L. Penn &
Son.
; Candidate for Mayor.
In view of the fact that Mr. C.
E. May has for business' reasons
handed in his resignation as Mayor
of the town of Edgefield to take
effect April 15th, I hereby announce
that I am a candidate for the posi
tion. My business is such that I
can devote almost my entire time
to the duties of the office and
pledge my services to the best of
my ability.
John R. Tompkins.
Fresh oat meal and shreded
wli eat at
1 B. Timmons. .
Quality counts in coffee as in
everything else. Try our Golden
Rio coffee, and be convinced.
W. E. Lynch & Co.
Have you ever ' tried our "Blue
Ribbon" bedsprings? A trial will,
satisfy you that there is nothing
superior.
Edgefield Mercantile Co.
Death of a Young Mother.
Not a few persons in Edgefield
were deeply pained by the telephone
message th'at was received Sun .ay
afternoon announcing the death of
Mrs. Gordon Boswell at her home
in Modoc. Before her marriage Mrs
Boswell was Miss Carrie Bussey, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V.
Bussey, and a sister of Miss Lillie
May Bussey, a student of the S. C.
C. I. Several years ago Mrs. Bos
well was also a student of this in
stitution and made many warm
friends during her stay in Edgefield.
With the finite eye and mind the
bereaved friends and loved ones are
unable to discern why God has cut
short this beautiful young life, yet
they bow submissively to His will,
knowing that he doeth all things
well. Contact or association with
one so gentle, so amiable, so self
sacrificing, so deeply pious was in
deed a great privilege and blessing.
While the influence of Mrs. Bos
well shall live, her place in th e com
munity will not be easily filled.
May God be tenderly near the be
reaved hearts and the little babe
that will never experience thc bless
ing of a mother's love!
TheB
At the Close
Resources
Loans and Discounts.
Over Drafts.
Real Estate and Bank Building
Safe and Furniture.
Due from Banks.
Cash in Vault_ _
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLL
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD
I, E. J. MIMS, Cashier of th
true and correct, to the best ?/f
Sworn to before me, this !
B. B. JOl
Ni
To show the conserv
strength cf our Bank wi
ative statement of the an
sources in loans and disc
respective years below :
1895. --.
i?99 .-.
1901 .
1903 .
l9?S .
*907.
1909-.
1895
1899
1901
- 1903
i9?5
1907
1909
It may be of interest
our bank we have paid 1
$100 00 of stock amour
With such results we ?
in the future the generoi
If there is virtue in in
all funds deposited with
to us will be faithfully f
J. C. Sheppard
Preside
Carriage paints,^ harness oil and
dressing. ' . . ? .
Ramsey & Jones.
Two-piece suits now going at
?6.50, real value being: $10.00. Cr.ll
earlv as we only have a few suits
left. .
Dunovant & Co.
Beautiful lot of suit cases, travel
ing bags and trunks.
Ramsey & Jones.
Five-pound bucket of roasted
Mocha and Java coffee-flavor un
I excelled-only $1.00.
B. Timmons.
LyceumFor Next Season.
The announcement that the Edge
field Rifles have closed a contract
for a lyceum course for our town
for next season will be pleasing in
formation to many persons in Edge
field. In the first place, were it not
for the lyceum attractions there
would ' e but little public enter
tainment of any kind in Edgefield.
Being a small town and not being
located on a main line of railroad
it is difficult to bring theatricals or
entertainments of any kind here.
In the second place, Edgefield and
every other town of like size needs
the class of entertainments furnished
by the lyceum. Aside from the
pleasure afforded, or the entertain
ment feature, they possess decided
educational value to a community,
Since the first lyceum course of
several years ago the literary and
musical taste of our people has been
developed to a marked degree. At
first the audiences were small and
inappreciative, while now these
high-class attractions are well at
tended and are thoroughly enjoyed.
VVy soon a representative of the
Alkahest Lyceum will come to
Edgefield to complete arrangements
for the coming season. When he
solicits the acceptance of season
tickets wc trust that the people of
the town will respond generously.
Contracting; for season tickets by a
When you need a wagon try a
".White Hickory." They have stood
the lest on the Edgefield roads for
years. A car containing. 40 "Whit?
Hickory" wagons just received.
Ramsey & Jones.
Words to Freeze The Soul.
"Your son has consumption. His
cause is hopeless." These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. E. Ble
vens, a leading merchant of Spring
field, N. C., by two expert doctors
one a lung specialist. Then was
shown the wonderful power of Dr.
King's New Discovery. After three
week's -use, writes Mr. Blevens, "he
was as well as ever. I would not
take all the money in the world for
what it did for my boy." Infallible
for coughs and colds, its the safest
surest cure of desperate lung dis
eases on earth. 50c. and $1.00
Guarantee satisfaction. Trial bootle
free. W E Lynch & Co., Penn & '
Holstein,successors to G. L. Penn
& Son.
Southern Railway Rates to
Southern Baptist Conven
tion, s
Account Southern Baptist Con
vention the Southern Railway an
nounces very low round trip rates
to Louisville, Ky., from ?all points.
Tickets will be sold May 10, ll, 12
and 13, 1909, limited for return
leaving Louisville not later than
midnight-of May 22, 1909. Round
trip rates from principal station as
follows: Abbeville, $15.85, Aiken,
18.70, Anderson, 15.85, Batesburg,
17.95, Blacksburg, 14.95, Blackville,
18.40 Branchville, 19.00, Charleston, .
20.80, Chester, 15.85, Columbia,
16.00, Gaffney, 14.80, Greenville,
15.10, Greenwood, 15.85; Lancas
ter, 17.05-, Newberry, 16.30, Or
angeburg, 18.40, Prosperity, 16.45,
Rock Hill, 15.85, Spartanburg,
large number
costing them no
Edgefield Rifles
enables them to
of citizen . while
more, protects the
against loss and
contract for at
tractions of a higher class.
14.20, Sumter, 18.25, Union, 14.95,
York ville, li. 85.
For tickets, detailed information,
etc., apply to Southern ticket agents
or address,
J. C. Lusk,
Div. Pass. Agt.,
Charleston, S. C.
J. L. Meek.
Asst. Gen'l. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
ement of the Condition of
ank of Edgefield
of Business on March 29th, 1909.
. $222,659 18
513 15
4,508 80
1,596 98
26,822 49
7,817 32
$263,917 92
Liabilities
Capital Stock.$ 57,400 00
Undivided Profits.ITT..... 21,965 26
Deposits. 184,552 66
$263,917 92
STA
e Bank of Edgefield, do solemnly swear that the above statement is
my belief. E. J. MIMS.
30th day of March, 1909. Attest:
"?ES, (L. S.) W. W. ADAMS , )
A. S. TOMPKINS \ Directors
J. C. SHEPPARD )
ot. Pub. S. C.
ative management, the steady growth, and the present
e point with pardonable pride to the following compar
nounts of deposits :>n hand, and the amount of our re
:ounts. at the meetings of our stockholders during the
stated to wit:
Deposits
Loans and Discounts
$40,234.77
73?639-IQ
94,540.41
104,945.23
- 125,764.55
? 167,525.76
184,552.66
$94,127.52
100,779.73
148,295.84
148,692.14
. 191*245.35
205,504.27
.222,659.18
to our friends to know that since the organization of
out to our stockholders in dividends $162 00 for every
?ting in the aggregate to more than $95,000 00,
are justified in assuring our friends that we will deserve
ns patronage that has been accorded us in the past,
tegrity of management, in prompt and polite attention,
us will be sacredly guarded, and all business
idministered.
entrusted
E. J. Mims,
Cashier*,
J. H. Allen,
Asst. Cashier