University of South Carolina Libraries
Oldest Newspaper In So 74. EDGEFI?LD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 7th, 1909. -. ll . ita Grants Franchise to ie Great Power Company on the Savannah River. spite of the doubting Thomas ?e affairs of the great Twin Power Company are being loiously managed and are' being fiecl steadily forward. Some failed to realize what a colos idertaking this is and because I waters; of the Savannah were not leasedN and made to generate ieity in a day or month they fe been disposed to question sther the men behind the enter really meant business or not. ilthough. this great power plant be located on the extreme west |'^|dge Of Edgefield county, yet it j L'benefit every part of the county. ?lone Represents. an investment I J more' than a^ million dollars, [ch will increase to' that extent ?taxable property of the county r liing in a corresponding d? se of taxes. Furthermore, the who are behind this enterprise be interested in establishing ^?enterprises. The business of fin City Company will be that fenerating power, but they can dispose of their power unless is sufficient demand, conse itly if there are not already in mee manufacturing plants fh to?consume the powers those have money invested in the Ipany will take the initiative in Itr neting trolley lines, installing [ting plants,' establishing new| >ries, etc. lt can be seen that f Twin' City Company and its it?rai interests will finally in the regate mean much to the taxpay of the county. :e following from the Augusta ld announces that the Twin Company has finally obtained right from Augusta to make . eity a distributing- point for, its rex: |iTbe franchise committee of City, icil mst Wednesday afternoon among other things, granted a ichiae to the Twin City Power ipany, to come into the city with ?rh voltage electric wires, and es |>lish a distributing point for cur it to be generated at tie power it in course of construction at [ice's Island, 25 miles above the ,'A petition for the franchise was traduced before council several j iths ago, but action in the matter been held in abeyence. At the ?(uest of the officials of the com ly the petition was considered |terday by the finance committee, readily granted, pilr. Thomas O'Connor, president ie Twin City Company, is in the He ia very much pleased with progress made so far on the rk of preparation at the dam site, he states that in a few weeks the ipany will have a force of 500 ids employed at the work." io knows but that the town of afield will yet be lighted with ?tricity generated by the Twin Company and that trolley lines traverse ' the county, using r-er from that source. ce Prof Seymour's "Break." re note that the Marlow (Okla) |view, which is edited by Speere Anthony, of Governor Has h's personal staff, s?ys: 'he man who will willfully and Viciously slander his, fellow man >??d be kicked to death by a don r, and we would like to be the one Jdo.it." (This reminds us somewhat of old }of Seymour, of Yal?, in his cele ited proof that the Pass of lermopylae really was a narrow .feway. 4 It is barely wide lugh for a single ja?kass," said professor, benignly. "I know, I have been through it myself." red One Million Silver Dol lars. I One million silver dollars, divided inte of 65 pounds each and weighing the aggregate 65,000 ' pounds, or 3: \2 ?ons, were rushed across Watei from the United. States' sub f-easury office in the Federal building tiie vaults of the National Shawmui In the record timo of , five hours, j?t took 60 porters, elevator men, i tors and bank- clerics, guarded bj policemen and a number of bani ici als, to do the job, and though th? fer of the cartwheels meant ? tinued hustle from irtart to finish rooney movers relished their tas! it was the first and probably thei chance to Bee and handle $1,000,00 good, solid coin of the realm. I it cost the Shawmut Bank $1,200 fa the moving, but the officials of th were so elated with the clea: in which the money was hand jd sad the record time made that the; to 60 workmen no a dinner a rouug*s Hotel.-Boston Post. LIFE ON FARM, For Independence and Freedom From (Competition)Life on Farm is Preferable to All. Sometimes a farmer gets the idea that farming is monotonous and that there is but little to do but toil. This impression is wrong, for the farmer is a man of leisure compared to the man of business and commer cial life who. ever amounts to any thing in the way of a success/ There is no other man under the sun who can enjoy life half so mush as the farmer. The rainy days and the time of rest never come,to any other man but the farmer. The change of seasons and the big crop years are events in the life of those who dwell in the country,, but the man in the city seldom knows when such conditions prevail and it "takes a stout heart to be thankful when each night comes around, an? a brave spirit to face the day's work when.morning comes. iThere is no monotony in the life of the farmer. Every morning in the springtime there is a bird to sing a new song, there is a new held to plow, there is a new task to begin and there is a continual round of the same old thing to comfort one day after day. It is hard1 to think about some of the duties that con front us in this way, but there is no way to shuffle off ,the duties., that rightfullv belong to us in life. And there is one blame to be at tached to the average farmer. It is the lack of habit of thinkin g and planning. Many" of. them go on without giving any thought to what is really best to do. Many a tiller of the soil has a set plan that he pursues with each day's coming and no matter what better judgment would dictate the same old scheme is followed day after day, and when ! at last the course of life is run he is no nearer his earthly goaKhan when he first l>egun. JBut right there is where a great .consolation may ; be gathered by the^average tiller of the soil. The man W^Q. liver? the lifejie.' should, c lose to tie breast of nature, o'ut in God's great realm, there is always [something in his favor. No matter if he does, not accomplish what the world calls great things, still he may become a benefactor to mankind and his reward will be above the price' of rubies and his fame shine on past, the limit of ages and light the years br eternity. But it should be kept in mind that man's duty does not lie in effort alone for achievement is the thing that counts. Still remember that there are hundreds of cases where m?n mismeasure the scale of achieve ment and pf ten it is the little things that count. But the tim?is here when farmers must take up new ideas suited to their own communities and do something to develop their section. The man who depends on the other fellow will come Out without any honor, or profit. But there is one good thing about the man who pre neveres, he will set his own reward. I don't care where I may go, nor longing for a nice country. home, where the breeze of heaven can fioat unpolluted in purity across fields of waving c^orn and growing cotton in summer, and where grain and grass can be seen green in winter's dismal days of gray. ^ Nobody else can enjoy such grand eur at so little cost as the farmer. Home and Farm. _^?_ \ . Reliable Dealers in Pianos and Organs. Kev. John - A Holland, of Green wood, senior member of the firm of Holland Bros., was in Edgefield Friday looking after certain busi ness jaatters. MT. Holland is vy'ell known throughout the major por tion of the county,. haying placed organs and pianos in scores upon scores of homes in this vicinity. When he canvassed in this section before, the firm was doing business in Ninety Six, but several years ago they moved to Greenwood and are now recojrnized as the largest deal ers in musical instruments in this section of the state. They purchase their instruments in car lots direct from nhe factory and are in a posi tion to make very close prices. In this issue will be found the adver tisement of Messrs. Holland Bros., and they will continue to tell our readers of the merits of th^ir pianos and organs from week to J week. Rest assured that this reliable firm never misrepresents anything. Every word they say can be depended upon. For Sale: Nine-horse traction engine, saw mill and yoke of oxen Apply to E. J. Norris. LETTER FROM-?KLAHOMA. ! An Edgef ield Young Man Writes Interestingly of the Fertile Lands of the West. Our thqughful young friend L?ster Broadwater, has written us a very interesting letter from far-away Oklahoma, whither he went ab??f two months agojto spend six months pr longer teaching cotton grading in, one of the colleges. We are some^ what afraid Lester will like Oklaho ma City too well. He writes in part, as follows: . ' "This is without doubt the great est town in the South West. Just think, it is only 20 years of aige and has a population of over 55,000. It has about 80 miles of paved streets and they are hard at work paving more. Real estate in the business section of the city sells for more per front foot than it does in Kansas City. The place is on the hustle all the time. The people subscribed overa half million dollars in one day to secure the Morris packing plant. /These people are the best "Boosters" I ever saw. They cer tainly know how to advertise, and that is half the battle iii business. "The climate here' is very much the same as ours, but the water is not the best in the world. Farm lands are very rich. I have, been told that farmers make two bales per acre without using an ounce of fertilizers, but they have to pay $1.00 per hundred for picking. They don't get as good class of cotton as we do. "I went out to see an -Alfalfa farm a few days ago-thex first I ever saw. It produces about three crops a year, and sometimes four or five in oue season. I want to go and look over some of the cotton farms as soon as I can spare the time. "This state is prohibition but like all the others has its trouble with "blind tigers." They call- them "boot-leggers" out here. The police seems toi>e Ve?y>-strict on them, as scarcely a" day passes without one or more being, pulled,., but the^\ don't mind it. , Drug stores, cigar stores and places of amusement are kept open on the Sabbath. "I like Oklahoma City very much and may make it ray home in the future. Just at present I would like to get back to old South Carolina. I enjoy the Advertiser very much and look forward toits arrival every week." We do not like the idea of having our young friend remain permanent ly in the "wild and woolly west" but if he decides to do so, we wish him every possible success. Lester is a young man of pleasing address, makes friends rapidly, has a good college education, and is therefore well equipped for any line of work that he may undertake. Lester sent us two papers, the Daily Oklahoma and the Cith Daily Painter, which we have perused with a great ?leal of pleasure. The latter is distributed free, being the first paper we ever saw without a sub scription price. We have seen pa pers issued that were not paid for, but we have never before seen a paper printed and sent out where absolutely no charge was made. Nine times out of ten the make-up and general appearance of a news paper reflects the enterprise and progressiveness of the town or city in which it is published. This be ing true, Oklahoma City must be a thoroughly wide-awake, typical western town. Wife-Billy dear, I stitched up the hole in your ' trousers' pocket last night after you had gone to bed. Now, am I not a thoughtful little wife? Husband-H'm! How did you know there was a hole in ray'pock et.-New York Times. . Hicks-My wife never says, "I told you so,'* when my plans go wrong. Wicks-By Jove! She's a treas ure, I wish Hicks-She merely remarks, "Didn't I say so? 7 Boston Trans script. No Deinger. "Yes, she is quite brave enougl to go up in a balloon ?" "But there is no danger in that.' "What ! No danger'in^going UT in a balloon ?" "No. All the danger lie? in corn Lng down." Buist's Turnip Seed. We have just received a fresl shipment of the celebrated Buis ruta baga and turnip seed in all o the popular varieties. Buist's seed always bri?g satisfactory results. Penn & Holstein. JOHNSTON LETTER. Mr. Oxner and Mr. Stevens Ex change Homes, Baptist Sun day SchoolFlourishing. Marriage at P?rsonage. Mr. nntl Mrs,-E. C. Asbell have j returned to their home in Lowndes ville, S. C.. afie'j. a visit to'the for-J mer's father,"M?v L. B. Asbill. Mr. J. L. Oxner and Mr. P. C. Stevens have .made an excellent ex change of homes.; Mr.- Oxner has a | new and improved suburban home, and they will .both' move on August 1st. Mrs. Rans??h Timmermarf; of Batesbnrg, lias been visi tins: Mrs A. P. Lewis! Mrs. Harriet, Kenny has returned from Aiken,-anft 'was accompanied by 3lrs. Liz/.Te Kussell. Mir. Calvin,'.-Glim', who ii with Rev. Pierce.Eaf.ard in his'evar.gelis tic meetings,.and has charge of the singing, madeVvisit to friends here this week. Miss Bitli'i^iaw will return to Johneto?^^ week from Charles ton, wheJB^^Bfcrecently graduat ed from]S|^j?^Tifederate Home, female college there. She will spend the summer at the home of Mrs. T. R. Denny. . ' Mrs. Alice Cconer, of Harris Springs, has beeh;^isiting her broth er, Mr. M. Q. dorris/ 7 M r. Cia i j anean happened to ?" most painful - accident on last Monday af tern ocjii.' He fastened a pair of climber* 'on .'his feet and at tempted to "corrib one. of the.tele phone poles-- to unfasten a wire, when'about. 25'feet up the pole, the books broke,. and';he. fell to the ground-catching on his hands. Both arms were broken near the wrist, and as the; vaccine nt happened in front of 'Dr.'Mobtey's office, he. rer j eeived medical attention immedi ately. Drs.: Rashton and Mobley soon set the "broken limbs, and the young man Di doing, y.ery. well. Dur ing tie pa: ?>Ir^ Duncan has beena.stiident^heU,!C",'C.' I. The report of the Baptist Sunday school on last SundayVwas one to be proud pf, and it was no special oc casion. The number in attendance was 206 with a collection of ?6.24. Miss Bessie Lee Black,? of Bam berg, spent last week with Mrs. C. F. Pechman. , ' Miss Virginia Helmes, of Augus ta, is the guest of i Miss Maud dick erson. Mr. Jerold LaGrone bas gone t o Darlington, for a few days visit. Miss Marion Mobley has returned ? from Chester. Miss Ella Pauline Pechman has gone to Southport, N.. C., for a visit to friends. Misses Kate and Mattie Pattison have returned to Edgefield, after aN visit to Miss Emma Stansell. Dr. Walter ?uzts, of Meeting Street, was in town on last Wedn es day afternoon, with his 10-year son, whom he. was taking to the Colum bia Hospital to be1 operated on foi* appendicitis. Miss Beulah Watson, of Ridge, visited friends here last week. On last Thursday evening Misses) Lucile and Josie Mobley entertain ed in a most charming manner from 9 to 12 o'clock in compliment to Misses Spearman and Langford, of, Newberry. Mrs. Orlando Sheppard and lit-1 tie Mobley arrived this week from Atlanta, Ga., to visit at the home of the former's father, Mr. A. C. Mobley. Mrs. Horace Wright, pf George town, is spending this month with relatives here. Mr. Leroy Wertz, of Belton, spent Saturday7 and Sunday at his home. When Rev. B. J. Guess returned on Sunday evening from service, he found some young people, pf Saluda awaiting him at his home, two of them, Mr. Amaker and Miss Hazel desiring to be united in marriage. S everal who were returning from service carne in to witness the mar riage. After congratulations from the party, they departed for their home near Saluda. Stopped at the Tenth. While a prominent Philadelphia salesman was in Pittsburg on busi ness he received the following tele gram from his wife: "Come home as soon as you can. I ara dying." Of course, the salesman rushed home, but to be greeted at the front dooT by his wife with a face radiant with joy. "Why, I thought you were dying?" he said; Sbeshook her head in reply. tfcWell, why did you send me such a telegram, then?" "It was that crazy old. operator," she said. "I wanted to say: 'Com* home as soon as you can. I arri dying tb see lyon,' but he would only ?let me send ten worda for s quarter. EXCESSIVE BAGGING. Cotton Buyers of Augusta Will Make Deduction For All Over Seven Yards. It will be remembered that in the midst of last season the cotton buy ers of Augusta began to make a de duction for the excess bagging on all cotton that they bought, and notified the interior buyers to that effect, which in turn caused the latter to'make alike deduction. As a large portion of the crop had been ginned and packed with nine and twelve yards of bagging to the bale, the farmers, naturally and very just ly, raised a cry against such action. The result was a discontinuance. The farmers contended that they shonld have been notified of the ob jection to the excess bagging before the cotton was ginned. Now, the buyers of Augusta have entered into an iron-clad agreement for the ap proaching season to deduct 50 cents for every bale that contains more than seven yards of bagging and have notified the interior buyers of their acion, in order that they may protect themselves in purchasing the cotton from the producers. The following is a copy of the agreement which is signed by all of the twen ty buyers of Augusta, in cluding l;he mills in the Horee Creek Valley: "We find it necessary to take some steps relative to the excessive amount of bagging that is now being pat on cotton at the gin. It is getting worse each season, and it is now the' custom of many gins to entire ly cover the bale. The Spinner bills us back with the amount of ex cess bagging, and it has now cach ed the point where we must take steps to protect ourselves against this loss, and endeavor to have this practice of excess bagging discon tinued. All of: the Atlantic Terri tory, outside of Augusta, penalize cotton that carries an excess of bag ging and ties, and we, the under signed, nre~compeHe<r to 3b likewise as a protection to ourselves; there fore, on and after September 1st, 1809, we agree to deduct 50 per cent per bal? on .each and every bale, that carries over 7 yards of bagging and 6 bands to the bale, the penalty to increase according to the amount of bagging and ties in excess of this amount. Any palpa ble addition will be considered un merchantable any rejected. "We further obligate ourselves that on all cotton that we buy out side of Augusta to make the same deduction." We publish this information so as to inform the farmers of the action of the buyers and spinners. Those who put more than seven yards per bale on their cotton when the gin ning season opens do it at the risk of losing the cost of the bagging. Examinations Held Saturday. As advertised, the County Board of Education conducted examina tions in the court honse Saturday morning for the purpose of award ing one scholarship in each, Win throp, Clemson college, South Caro lina University and the Charleston college. A brighter, more promising lot of young ladies and young gen tlemen than the twenty-two con testants, the writer has not seen in a long time. The following young ladies stood the examination for the Winthrop, scholarship: Miss Ellie Mathis, Colliers; Misses Koseva Harrison, Mary Gaines, Sadie Long, George Hatcher, Lola Hunter, Helen Salter, Trenton; Miss Conyer Hardy, John ston; Miss Sophie Rosalind Ouzts, Waycross; Miss Barbary Christian, Parks ville; Miss Pauline White, of the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, Greenwood; Miss Eva L. Moultrie, Plum branch; Miss Beauford Rey nolds, Longmires; Misses Mary Hughes, Mamie Dunovant, Leila McCreary, Edgefitid. The young men who desire to go to Clemson are: Messrs. Frank Salter and Frank Herlong, Trenton; Mr. George J. Sheppard, Longmires; Mr. George Pearce, Johnston. There was only one applicant for the Charleston college scholarship, Mn Joseph Jacobs, of Johnston; also one for the South Carolina University, Mr. St. Pierre Herin, of Johnston. HU Father's Occupation. Teacher: "What is your father's occupation ?" Little Boy: "I can't tell you." Teacher: "But you must." Little Boy: ''My father doesn't want me to tell.". ' Teacher: "I insist on your tell ing me. I have to know." / "Little Boy (tearfully:) "He's he's the fat lady at the dime museum." SHOT WIFE SIX TIMES. Mr. George Bush Shot His Wife Six Times Afterwards Met Death Himself. About nine o'clock Monday morn ing Mr. George Bush shot his wife six times with a 38 calibre, pistol, but at this writing, Tuesday after noon, she is still living. So far as we have been able to learn, the facts connected with the dastardly deed, briefly told, are as follows: On ac count of the cruel treatment of her husband. Mrs. Bush has had to ! leave home'several times and go to live with her relatives. Sunday Mr. Bush went to Parksville, hoping to see her. Mrs. Bush then went to the home of her uncle, Mr. T. P. Doolittle, near Rehoboth. Her hus band followed her, spending the night at a negro house near the home of Mr. Doolittle. Monday morning he concealed himself near the spring, and when Mrs. Bush went to get water he accosted her. On her refusal to again live with him he shot her six times. The citizens were naturally and very justly enraged over the shoot ing of the defenseless woman and began to search for Mr. Bush. As soon as he learned of the trouble, Sheriff Ousts went at once to the scene. A telegram from the latter addressed to the coroner was re ceived in Edgefield late Monday af ternoon, requesting that he come to Plum Branch to hold an inquest over the body of Bush. Whether he committed sucide or met death at the hands of some one else has not been learned up to this time. Mrs. Bush, who was Miss Alice Doolittle before her marriage, is a good woman and her friends are yet hopeful of her recovery. LATEE: Since the above was written, news has reached us that Mrs. Bush died last night about twelve o'clock. -! A Rhode Island farmer set a bantam hen on fourteen turkey eggs, and great was the scandal thereof throughout the neighborhood. Friends from far and near dropped in for to see and for to admire the freakish feat. "Sa-ay, Silas," asked envious Hi ram Haggers, "haow many turkeys d'yew cal'late ter git outer them aigs?" "Oh, shucks!" Silas answered. "I ain't cal'latin' t' git many tur keys. I jest admire t' see that pesky little critter a'spreadin' herself!" Very Small Check. Closing up hie account with an Augusta house, a Brunson, S. C., customer enclosed a check for fif teen cents. In the ordinary course of busi ness the check was deposited, among other checks, with ari Augusta bank. The Augusta bank made the col lection through the Brunson bank. The Brunson bank returned five cents in cash with a charge of ten cents for making the collection. Business men can ponder on it well and long.-Augusta Chronicle. Profit by Edgefield's Example. Edgefield is making relentless war on vagrants. In last weeks Ad vertiser appeared this notice: If yon know of a vagrant, white or colored, anywhere within the town limite, hand his or her name to one of the marshals. There's too much grass on the farms to allow loafers and vagrants in town." It would pay Orangeburg to do the same. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. And how about Newberry? We see a lot of able bodied boys and men doing nothing. But then it is none of our business.-Newberry Herald ? News.' When They Built it During a history recitation i Washington public school the te er put the question, '.When was Rome built?" The first to answer was a ? ster near the front, and his r was, "At night." ''At night!''* repeated the ed instructor. "How in f did you get such an idea "Why, I've often her . say that Rome wasn't day," said the, boy. The Young Man you, sir, for giving ance in persuading marry me. The Old Man ly opposed to t1 The Young Cleveland Pla* J PARKS VILLIS fUSW. Many Fourth cf July Visi Delegates Elected to th Temperance Convention at McCormick. Since my last the general fourt of July has come and gone, ant ! it brought among ns many -welcom ed visitors, among whom^ I may' mention the following: Miss Emily Beall, of Blythe, xGa., daughter of Dr. Josh Beall, formerly of Edge field, is on a visit to friends in Parksville. Miss Beall is a graduate of Bessie Tift of Forsyth, Ga., and withal a very captivating and cul tured woman. We are glad to wel come her because she is cultured, and refined, and because she is tibe daughter of an old friend, and the grand-daughter of Maj. Isaac Boles, ?pf blessed memory. Another visitor that we are de lighted to welcome ia Mrs. Annie Parks, from Orangeburg, the widow of the late Mr. James T. Parks, whose unfortunate death occurred a few years ago. Mrs. Parks brings with her, her two interesting little boys and is met here, by her sweet - step-daughter, Miss Luci^J^?rks, from Greenwood. They came to , visit relatives but especially Mr Parks' aged mother, "Mudder" Parks, as everybody caUs her, who is now going on towards ninety j years, which to me is beautiful in the extreme. Mrs.-Sallie Strom, the widow r the late Mr. Boat Strom, also pa relatives a visit Saturday and S day, accompanied by her beaut daughrer, Martha. Martha is baby, and is not only pretty, 1. getting to be a large one nov we welcome her, but especi she welcomed byParksville'p set. Mrs. Annie M. Bell, Judge L. G. Bell, at Hill, visited her sick Mrs. D. A. J. B urday and Sunday. Mrs fine spirits" over peach _ "and is looking" young a ""~r~ in fact seems to be youth. She is indeed - ing woman to be the . looking man as the i to come again. Most often wh' him, our young BeU, of Augusta, around EdgefK'j in fruit scions, prancing aron* stamping gron and girls of Sunday with f | Let him com < The W. C appointed i McCormick convene tl preparing _J we trust y The : meeting "Thelr well re: "devel which the 1 Park Mr. > part i of all \ I Deat Mr. from called death McMi pnblis his d( "Rc years, the up yestep lian'' oft *? o* r ir**. o ? Pr ?nd VXvrw - daagW