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EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER Established 1835. J. L. SUMS . - , - . EDITOR TERMS: ' ONE YEAR.$1.50 SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 ? ?? ? ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1909. !G rief knits two hearts in 1 closer bonds than happiness r eve r can; common sufferings | are for stronger links than . common joys.-LAMARTINE. J ^wwui. ?f?iisipii? 11.? mi The Georgia legislature has pass ed a law prohibiting the use of 'trading stamps o?r other like de * vices" in order to secure trade. It takes something besides money to make the County Fair a success. Begin now to "talk it up" among your-friends and neighbors. . The cotton mill village, so longS deserted, will ,soon be thoroughly alive again. The re-opening of the mill under entirely new ownership and management will mean much to our town. ! The; prospect of the immediate disbursement of thousands, of dol lars ir. repairs and improvements on the mill property has already given a brighter hue to the outlook for fall business. A ecordiriir to the daily papers, a South Carolina youth ran away ^from home last week to escape a "switching." The rod of correction has been withheld too long. That's where th r trouble lies. Teach the boy obedience before he is old enough to rebel against parental authority. , Other counties are clamoring for experiment farms, why should not Edgefield ask for one also? "We can not conceive of anything that wonld stimulate the farmers of"this county more er cause them to adopt new and improved methods faster than to have a centrally located ex periment farm. Some sweeping changes have been made in the faculty or official fami ly of the Virginia Polytechnic In stitute by the board of directors. We t nink it is a good idea to have an occasional pruning and re-organi zation of the faculty of every in stitution of learning, especially state colleges. Sometimes officers and instructors are kept so long that they feel almost as if they had a life tenure, forgetting that holding their position depends upon the character or quality of work (hey do. Very Stinging Rebuke. At a time when lawlessness of almost every form seems to be ram pant in South Carolina it is en couraging to see that a circuit judge had the courage to administer a very stinging rebuke to twelve ju rors for flagrantly violating their oaths. As shown by the following dispatch sent out a few days ago from Yorkville, Judge Memminger summarily discharged an entire panel for ; failure to fend a verdict in a case in which the guilt of the party, as to some of the counts, was not denied: "Judge Memminger this morning j dumfounded a panel of petit jurors by dismissing them on the ground that they were unfit for service in his court. The case was ' one in which the usual count of carrying concealed weapons was tacked on to an indictment for assault and bat tery with intent to kill. The testi mony showed quite a serious fight in which two Russells shot two Robinsons, the bullets being fired from the rear. There was a good deal of conflict in the testimony as to the merits of the fight, but no dispute as to the fact that both of *he Russells had pistols. The jury icc|uitted the Russells on all counts. ' That was last night. When court convened this morning Judge Mem minger had the clerk to call the panel and said to it in effect that if a jury saw proper to accept a plea of self-defence from a man who had shot another in the back it was not within his province to set the ver dict aside, but where men were un able or unwilling to be guided by the plain law and evidence in a case of carrying concealed weapons in the face of the fact that there had been no attempt to deny the charge he was unwilling to go on trying cases with such jurors. He there fore instructed the members of the panel to apply ^to the clerk for their pay and consider themselves dis charged from further attendance. Then turning to the clerk his Honor instructed the drawing of add itu nal jurors to fill out the venire." It will not be denied that the people have not that respect for the courts of the land that they should have* or that they once had; but the action of Judge Memminger in thus dealing with the Yorkville jury will have niuch. to do with restoring the courts to . their pristine plane. Wherever Judge Memminger pre sides hereafter the people will have greater respect for his court. Fur thermore, the effect of this summa ry judiciary action will be whole some and result in lasting good to York county. Ranks Next to West Point The Secretary of War has request ed the Superintendent of the SoutL Carolina Military Academy to name a principal and alternate from the graduates of thc highest standing in this years classes for admission to the United States Army, with the rank of Second Lieutenant. The graduates thus named will be re quired to pass only physical exam inations before the receiving com mission. It is a great thing to have in this State an institution of the standing of the Citadel. It ranks 3Xt to West Point in the thoroughness of its training and in the character of its men.-News knd Courier. A scholarship of four years in this splendid institution is soon to be awarded absolutely free-the equivalent of $1,000 in cash-to a young man in Edgefield county. The date for the examination will be announced later. Not less than a scoie of young men should appear1 before the examining board. Any one contemplating standing this competitive examination should make application to the Superintend dent of The Citadel at once. PAINFUL ACCIDENT. Col. Talbert Gave Delightful Barbecue, Hon. T. G. Tal bert and Mrs- Blackwell Injured. Last Thursday Col. W. Jasper Talbert gave a nice little barbecue to his friends, which was heartilv enjoyed by all present, the meals being prepared by Judge John R. Blackwell, an expert in that line. But for the accident, that be fell his daughter, Mrs. Dr. W. 6. Blackwell, the day would have been a delightful one, which occurred as Mrs. Blackwell was returning from the cue in her buggy. When she got nearly home, driving rapidly the horse made a quick turn, throwing her and her little boy out, dislocat ing her knee, and otherwise severely and painfully bruising her. I am glad to say, however, that although MTS. Blackwell has sufferd excru ciating pains, she is doing nicely at this writing:. ' < A few days before, Hon. T. Gar rett Talbert, drove a wire nail into the knee joint, making a dangerous wound, which is remarkable, that the only remaining children of the Colonel should be both so painfully hurt so near together in the knee. Mr. Garrett is also 'doing well. ' At this writing the little girl, Cornelia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Edmunds, wno has been sick so long is thought to be dying. Our prayere and sympathies go out to our afflicted friends. Little Corne lia will be better off, and will be saved the many trials and tempta tions, the common lot of all, who reach maturity and will no doubt from the portals of her heavenly mansion beckon her loved ones to follow her to the mansions where there shall be no more crying, no more tears pr son ow. God help them to hear it. We are told by a friend and neighbor that Mr. Trav Dorn, of Faifa, has some very remarkable and peculiar corn. We don't know whether Mr. Trav is trying the Williamson plan or not, his neigh bor didn't say, but said, that he vplanted the 14th and 15th day cf February. The corn is now about knee high with a peculiar yellow or golden color, which makes it beautiful to behold. The friend said he passed his farm a few days ago, and Mr. Dorn was planting peas in this corn, three in a hill, and when ever Mr. Dorn by mistake dropped tour, he stooped down and picked up^J??e extra one, as.he only wanted three in a hill. He said Mr. Dorn had a bow-basket i on his arm; out of which he had already dropped 15 acres, and had 25 more to plant. We hope Mr. Dorn will report the results of his experiments to the Edgefield Fair Association. Our annual series of meetings will begin here in the Baptist church the 1st Sunday in August. We have not learned whom Mr. White has secured to help him. The delegates are all aglow in contemplation of 'their visit to Trenton this week to the Sunday school convention. i!Miss Addie Bell leaves Tuesday afternoon. Miss Emily Beall leaves this p. m. for a visit to Rehoboth relatives. We trust she will find John Hugh ey's broken rib better. Say, does a broken rib stop a man - from writ ing? The picnic by Parksville's "four hundred" last week at Parks' mill was a decided success. Some fished, some courted, and all had a fine dinner and a good time. These out ings are delightfnl to Parksville younger set. Mr. W. W. Fowler made a pic ture of the young peoplo which is now on exhibition at the post ofiice and -it would do you good to feast RED HILL NEWS. New Teachers Employed For Red Hili and Prescott Schools. W. O. W. \ Camp Growing. (Written for last week.) Oar B. Y. P. U. was excellent and well attended on Sunday. Sub ject "Believing and Doing;" a well composed paper was road by Miss Lula Quarles and short talks were made hy Messrs. Charlie McDaniel, John Quarles, P. H. Bussey and C. M. Mellichamp. We were especial ly pleased at having the two first mentioned speakers as they ave be ginners. Who knows but that our union will be the means of starting some young man into a broader field of Christian influence. The Children of our Sunbeam so ciety are being trained for a special meeting on the fourth Sunday after noon. It is desired that every par ent in the surrounding country be present together with their children. Songs and speeches of the little ones are inspiring to ali ages. We also expect to hear two or three "sermon ettes" from some of the brethren. Mrs. H. H. Smith is in the hospi tal in Augusta (receiving special ; treatment. We hope to see her ; back among us soon and in good health. We are glad to report that Mr. R. M. Johnson, who has been sick ; for some time,is able to be up again, i We missed him at the B. Y. P. I'. ? and Sunday School during his sick- i ness. i Friends and relatives of Mr. Wal- ] lace Burnett, who has been in the < saw-mill business, are glad to have i him back again. He will be valua ble assistant to Dr. Prescott in get- ', ting his machinery in readiness for ? fall work. j Prof. J. F. Entzminger and wife j came through our town last- week < canvassing for the S. C. C. I. Wc hope that he was successful in get- i ting some of our citizens interested ] enough to decide to send there next ; session, but when we get our High School here there will bc nu need ul" 1 going off to school so soon. i Mr. W. I). King, of Greenwood < county, came down last week and < took his wife back with him. Mrs. : King had been staying with her ] daughter. Mrs. W. E. Prescott, foi- ' sometime. Mr. E. J. Norris was here on bus- 1 iness Monday. c The trustees, patrons and ?nipi ls i of Red Hill school regret very much to give up one of their teach- : ers, Miss Weinona Strom, but are ( congratulating themselves upon ob- ; taining Miss Mabel Strom of Reho- 1 both who has had considerable ex perience in teaching, to fill her i place next session. Likewise those of Prescott school regret very much to give up Miss Lila Lanham but feel fortunate in securing Miss Rob bie Jones, who is well known and highly esteemed here, to fill the va- ( caney. Miss Robbie has success- j fully taught her home school at An- , tioch for three or four years and j they still want her there. What ] better could be said? There will be "something doing," j in Red Hill next Saturday afternoon the 17th unless it rains, and if it , rains there will be something doing : anyway. At this time the W. O. W.'s and the Woodman Circle will ( meet and both orders expect to have ( candidates to initiate. Among . those expected to travel into the . forests of woodcraft and ride the . mysterious goat are Messrs. George , Quarles and Harry Culbrcath, > enough said to draw a crowd. In addition to all this thc ladies ? of the Woman's Missionary Society will serve ice cream at the school house from three to five o'clock, the proceeds of which will go for mis- 1 sionary work. After working hard for a week until you feel like saying ? "I scream" because I am so tired, just "knock off" at twelve, put on your Sunday-go-to-meeting duds" j and come along and enjoy a pleas ant social occasion. Everybody is invited from farand near. X. Y. Z. Freshen and ^beautify the interj or of your home by using our cal cinoand alabastine. B. Timmons. There is no better buggy on thc market for the money than the Hackney buggy. A car ol' 4U bug gies just received. Ramsev <fc Jones. Attention, Housewives! Fruit Jar Rubbers-the kind that preserve the fruit, .also full supply of Parafine wax. I'se it once and you will always use it. Penn & Holstein. Have you ever tried our "Blue Ribbon" bedsprings? A trial will, satisfy you that there is nothing superior. Edgefield Mercantile Co. We are headquarters for pain is, oil and varnish. See us before buy ing. B. Timmons. your eyes upon it. Mr. Claud Parks got the R. F. D. appointment in the recent R. F. D. examination. MORE ANON. CROPS LOOKING WELL. W. O. W. Picnic at Liberty Hill on My 29th? Rehoboth Scribe Well Again., Dear Advertiser:-Your humble correspondent has been hors de com bat from a fractured rib for a fort night, as was kindly mentioned, by your estimable scribe at Parksvjlle in your last week's issae and in which you. Mr. Editor,1: expressed your sympathy for your bachelor friend, who is now 'fast improvin< and hopes to be able to meet with the great crowd that will gather at Trenton Wednesday and Thurs day of this week for the Sunday School Convention. The Rehoboth Sunday School appointed as dele gates last Sunday to the convention Mr. C. B. Strom, Miss. Weinona Strom and Miss May Bell Strom. The young people are to enjoy a missionary party at home of Mr. C. C. Burkhalter, Friday evening the 30th inst, come one and all, and stand your best, only five c'ents foot. Refreshments will be served free. The proceeds of this fcarty will be used for religious purposes'. The Ladies Missionary Society will meet at Mr. C. Strom's next I Saturday evening. Mrs. J. L. Mims md Mrs. Wates are expected to be present and a very pleasant and in spiring meeting is anticipated. A committee recently appointed by the church has ordered a new church organ which will be a great | addition to the music. The Wood men Picnic at Liberty NHill, which mentioned sometime ago, ivill take place on Thursday the 29th inst.; linner free and everybody is invi ted. \ M. and Mrs. I). I. Morgan left borne last Sunday morning to spend i fortnight at Glenn Springs. Mr. Morgan has been in declining health for some time and we hope this ..bange will be beneficial to him. Mrs. R. D. Seigler and Miss Ma mie Seigler visited Mrs. J. W. Cheat lam of your town last Saturday and Minda v. Miss Emily Heall, of Blythe, Ga., ?eautiful and attractive, accompan ied by Miss Addie Bell, one of Parks ?lle's most channing young ladies, rreatly delighted our community by i recent visit. Miss Emily is to be Miss Julia Strom's guest again this tveek. Miss Wi!moth Jackson, who has jeen visiting friends in this and oth .r com ni un i ties, is spending this veek with AI iss Mary Winn. Misses Jennie and Tillie Gilchrist ire visiting their brother,1 Mr. J. L. Gilchrist, near Augusta. They will tlso visit their sister, Mrs.. Blake, of | .Ninety Six, before returning home. Crops are looking well and,are be-J ng laid bv in good condition. SUBCRIBEK. Life 100,000 Years Ago. Scientists have found in a cave in Switzerland bones of men, who lived 100,000 years ago, when life was iii constant danger from wild beasts.' To-day the danger, as shown by A W Brown, of Alexander, Me., is largely from deadly disease. If it bad not been! for Dr. King's New Discovery, wich cured rae, I could not have lived, he writes, "suffer ing as I did from a severe lung trouble and stubborn cough." Xo cure sore lungs, colds, obstinate coughs and prevent pneumonia, its the best medicine on earth. 50c and ?1.00. Guaranteed by W E Lynch it Co., Penn & Holstein, successors to G L Penn & Son, drug stores. Trial bottle free. For Sale: I will sell cheap a Washington press in good condi tion, roller stand and rollers. Wm. P. Calhoun. Fresh shipment of Nunnally's candies and bon hons just received by express. Penn & Holstein. Women as Well as Men m made Stable by Kidney and Bladder Mle. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discouragesandlessensambition; beauty, vigor and cheerful ness soon disappear ?when the kidneys are out of order or dis eased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncom mon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kidneys. If the child urinates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, wheu the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a'diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men a re made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of 5 wan ip- Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one-dollar size bottles. You may have a sample' bottle by mail free, also a pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root, II-,T ofSw^pjioot. including mauy of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferer.' who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed. In wrii'.ng Dr. Kilniet Si Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address. Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. Buildings to be Erected at Once. The committee appointed by the directors of the County Fair Asso ciation, composed of Dr. J. G. Tompkins and Mr. B. B. Jones, for the purpose of visiting the fair grounds at Batesburg in order to see what buildings, etc., are needed for the fair, made a very encour aging report to a meeting of the executive committee Monday. After hearing this report the executive committee decided to erect two buildings. One is themain building, forty by one hundred and twenty feet, with broad piazzas; and the other is the poultry building, twen ty-five by forty feet. Besides these, the necessary stalls for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs will be pro vided. . If any ha%e been skeptical as to whether the County Fair would be held, they should now lay aside all doubts and put . their shoulders to the wheel. The fair is certainly going to be held at a suitable time in the fall. The work of planning and providing everything necessary for a creditable fair will fall upon the members of the executive com mittee but they are all good busi ness men and will fully measure up to this responsibility. Those who have subscribed for stock should come forward and plank down the cash.- And let every farmer and stock raiser throughout the county begin planning for their exhibits. A Night Rider's Raid. The worst night riders are calo mel, croton oil or aloes pills. They raid your bed to rob you . of rest. Not so with Dr. King's New Life Pills. They never distress or in convenience, but always cleanse the system, curing colds, headache, con stipation, malaria, 25c. at W E Lynch & Co., Penn <fc Holstein, successors to G L Penn & Son, :lrng stores. Five-pound bucket of roasted Mocha and Java coffee-flavor un excelled-only $1.00. B. TimmQns. 100 sets of buggy harness soon to arrive. Full assortment of car riage and Avagon harness. We buy m large quantities and our patrons ?et the benefit of the advantages 'Ams gained. Ramsey & Jones. Our stock of undertaker's supplies is always complete. Can supply ^heap and medium price coflins or rnetalic cases. Our hearse responds promptly to all calls, night or day. Edgefield Mercantile Co. Tortured on a Horse. 'For ten years I couldn't ride a horse without being in torture from piles," writes L S Napier, of Rug less, . Ky., when all doctors and other remedies failed, Buc'gien's Ar nica Salve cured me. InfaM>lev for piles, burns, scalds, cutts^" boils, fever-sores, eczema, salt rheum, corns. 25c. Guaranteed by W E Lynch & Co., Penn & Holstein, scccessors to G L Penn <fc Son, drug stores. Harris and Glenn Springs water in 5-gallon demijohn at low prices. B. Tinimons. Sees Mother Grow Young. "lt would be hard to overstate the wonderful change in my mother since she began to use Electric Bit ters," writes Mr?. W L Gilpatrick, of Danforth, Me. Although past 70 she seems really to be growing young again. She suffered untold misery from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last she could neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her up and all remedies failed till Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health. They invigorate all vital organs, cure liver and kidney troubles, induce sleep, impart strength and appetite. Only 50c at W E Lynch & Co., Penn & Hol stein, successors to G L Penn & Son, drug stores. We can save you money on musi cal instruments. Large stock of stringed instruments to select from. RAMSET <fc JONES. Colgate's Violet and Cashmere Bouquet, Talcum Powder, also full line Colgate's soaps at Penn & Holstein. Large assortment of tablets paper, pencils, examination pad? and Behool supplies of all kinds. B. Tim mons. Large stock of handsome iron mil enameled beds to select from, with springs to fit. Edgefield Mercantile Co Now that spring is here why not take up the worn out matting and cover your floor with new attractive matting. Call and let us show you our beautiful assortment. Ramsey & Jones. Quality (o.ints in coifee as in everything else. Try our Golden Rio coffee, and be convinced. W. E. Lynch & Co. Easter millinery. Better choose your hat early. A beautiful display of the very newest New York and Paris styles are now ready at Rubenstein's Millinery Department Let us supply you with garden seed. We sell both Buist's and Fer ry's seed. Either will 'give perfect satisfaction. B. Timonms. 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. Timmons. Cheaper Mineral Water. We have a large supply of Glenn Springs and Harris Lithia water. We sell the Glenn Springs water at ?1.75 for five gallons and the Har ris Lithia water at $1.50. Penn & Holstein. Carriage paints, harness oil and dressing. Ramsey ?fe .Tones. Cleaning; and Pressing I still have rny cleaning and pressing room on the second floor., of tho Sheppard Building and re spectfully solicit the patronage of the people. I can clean and press men's clothing so as to make them appear brand new, and I also make a specialty of pressing ladies1 skirts. My prices are reasonable, and I guarantee satisfaction on every job sent out. I also clean hats. I respectfully ask for a share of your business. Wallace Harris. Summer Prie Rives Owing to the fact tha a little broken we have up sales in some deparl is too late. All Misses TanC cent off. Ladies Tan and Pumps at cost. Men and Boys $1J One lot to close out One big lot of good slippers and oxford Save monev and bu and Rugs at c?st. Ladies colored tail? Mendal Bros. Linen Tailored Boys 50c Stra Big assortment Envelo; Children Har Ladies Pure Linen Herast Men's Pure Linen Hemsti In our millinery deps the novelties of the sei f?ring special values t FI RST-CLASi A LL work guan done satisfactorily free of charge. La ceivtd any day in t received up to Tues for delivery on the afternoon unless de' Send all package Ees Jai Could Not be Better. No one has eve-* made a.salve, ointment, lotion or b ,1m to compare with Bucklen's Arnie i Salve. Its the one perfect he'aler of cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils, ulcers, eczema, salt rheum. For sore nyes, cold sores, chapped hands its supreme. Infallible for piles/ Only 25c at W ? Lynch & Co.fTenn cfc Holstein, successors to G L Penn ct Son drug stores. For Sale: 7 7 acres of good land lo cated just below Ropers on public road leading from Edgefield to Au gusta; fine bottom land; good build ing site on public road. A*pply to E. J. NORRIS. The new Talcum Powder, Gar wood's pound package of Talcum powder for only 25 cents. Nothing better on the market. Penn & Holstein. For Sale: Nine-horse traction engine, saw mill and yoke of oxen. Apply to E. J. Norris. Full supply of mineral water always on hand. Glenn Springs water $1.75 for 5 gallons and Har ris Lithia water Si.50 for 5 gallons. Penn & Holstein. Large assortment of window' shades. Ramsey & Jones. The newest and best thing on the market in the form of a shaving brush is the Rubberset brush. Try ?ne. Bristles cannot be pulled out. Penn ct Holstein. Do you tdiave yourself? Then, you can't afford to be without one of thos i Rubberset brushes that Messrs Peni, and Holstein sell. They are the newest and best brushes on the market. Williams celebrated shaving soap in sticks for only 10 cents at > Penn ct Holstin's. For Sale: One 12-horse power engine and a 15-horse power boiler for $150. E. J. Norris. mnBBBBH?HBBBHBB ?es Prevail At Bros. ,t some of the stocks are ? started some cleaning tments before the season ixfordsat 25 per Patent Leather 50 and $1.75 Shoes at 99c. styles in children's s at 1-2 price. y yonr Art Squares Dred wash suits cost. Shirt-waists at 25 per cent off. w Hats for 25 c pes at closing out prices, idkerchiefs 2?. itched Handkerchiefs at 5c tched Handkerchiefs at 10c irtment you will find all ison. In this we are of hat will interest you. ;BROS S LAUNDRY. mteed. Work not may be don? over Liindry packages re he week. All work jdays will be ready following Saturday layed by Express Co. s to my store, ipectfmlly, ?. E. Hart