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CONCERNING GASOLENE. It isas Safe as Water, But More Dangerous Than Nitro . Glycerine in Careless Hands. Owing to the very general and increasing use of gasolene, l:he fol lowing from an-expert, which ap peared in the New York American, is.timely : "Properly handled, gasolene is as safe as water-carelessly handled, and nitro-glycerine is not one whit less dangerous. Yet ther?'s many a caa: owner "who couldn't be gotten within gunshot of the nitro-glycerine who is daily handling gasolin e in/ a manner that may any moment trans fer his residence from this mundane sphere to one where the oil trust abideth not-as far as we know. .. "Most of us appreciate tha~ gaso line in close proximity to a flame is dangerous. But we do not realize that gasoline used to-day m?iy ex plode a day or so later. Gasoline is . extremely volatile, the vapors which so rapidly pass off are heavier than afr. They . therefore hang to the floor, often collecting in a uorner under a table. Then a flame is brought into proximity and the fire department is kepftbusy. "This vapor will slowly travel ten, twenty or thirty feet, then en counter a flame and float back like a train of powder, igniting the fluid. Result, "Big fire sale of automo biles" "Gasoline should not be handled Tn open buckets, should not be stored tn exposed tanks, and' its use should be confined to either out doors, or, if indoors, where there is a good current of air, and not:' in a close room where the atmosphere is still. "The insurance authorities in most localities recommend storing gasoline underground in galvanized steel, riveted and soldered tanks located a certain distance from the garage. This gasoline may be piped to the building and handled with a long-distance self-measuring pump which,.is so designed that the opera tor can secure' any pre-determined amount, from a drop to a gallon or more. "Do notase gasoline for-cleaning and then throw the rag or waste in to some corner; that's an invitation to a fire. Keep your waste in covered ,buckets as long as it is inside the /building? "if .any gasoline be spilled in the house, or there is a leak from the carbureter, the doors of the house should be thrown open immediately, and no flame used in the building until a reasonable time is allowed for the vapor to escape. In case of gasoline becoming accidentally ignited, it is useless to try to extinguish the flames by means of water, since the gasoline will only float on the water and continue to burn. Dry sand is very effective as an extinguisher, and a supply should be kept constantly on, hand wherever gasoline - is stored or'used." , Wanted-Trustworthy man. or Vornan in each county to advertise, receive orders and manage business for New York Mail Order House: ^18.00 weekly; position permanent, rio investment required. Previous experience not essential to engaging Spare time valuable. Enclose self addressed envelope for full particu lars. Address, CLARKS co., Whole sale Dept.. 103 PARK, AVE., NEW YORK. Cheap Excursion Rates via Southern Railway. Charlottsvil?e, Ya., and Return. . Account Summer School Univer sity of Virginia, June 18-July 31. Tickets on sale June 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, July 5 and 1*2. Final limit re turning 15 days from date of sale. Seattle, Wash., and Return, Ac count Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo sition. Tickets on sale May 24, until September 30th, final limit re turning October 31st, 1909. Diverse rogtes with stop-over privileges. Summer excursion rates in effect May 29th, to September 30th final limit October 31st, 1909. Convenient schedules and superi or train service to .' all points in all directions of the Southern railway. . For detailed information, call on any ticket agent of the Southern Railway, or address, J. L. Meek, ' W. E. McGee A. G. P. A. T. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. When in need of a-buggy try a Chase or Moyer buggy. As to the lasting and easy riding qualities of the Moyer buggies ask T. G. Talbert B L. Jones,A. A. Edmunds,Dr. J. N. Crofton, W. H. Powell, W. R. Swearengen, M. C. Parker or J. . M. Cobb. Edgfield Mercantile Company. Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE jt is the best medicine ever sold * over a druggist's counter. Take up the old matting in your home and put fresh, new matting down. "We have a large assortment to select from. RAMSET & JONES. QI o ney to Lc aa. On improved farm property. James Frank'& Son, Augusta, Ga. Delightful Breakfast Fish Roe, formerly 20 cents, nov 10 cents. Penn fe Holstein. Fresh oat meal and shreded wheat at . B. Timmons. Notice of Election For Public Cotton Weigher. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned County Board of Com missioners will hold ar, election for the purpose of selecting a public cotton weigher for the town of Edgefield, for the ensuing term of two years. Said election will be held at Edgefield on the third Monday in August 1909, being the 16th day of said month. All qualified electors who market cotton at Edgefield and who reside in Edgefield county, will be allowed to vote. The polls will open at 9 o'clock a. m. and * close at 4 o'clock p. m. on said day. R. J. Moultrie, Supt. E. C. J. N. Griffis, C). Cora. E.C. J. O. Herin, Cc. Com. E. C. Attest: " P. W. Cheatham. Clk. Brd. Co. Com. E. C. & C. SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY. Scholarship Examination. One vacant beneficiary scholarship! in the South Carolina Military Acade my exists in Edgefield Ccuntyi Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 20 years of age, physically qualified for military service, df good moral character, and unable to bear their expenses at college. The sub jects for the competitive examination are United ? States history, English Grammar descriptive geography, arith metic, and algebra through quadratic equations. - Applications filled out by parents or guardians must h? forwarded to the Citadel not later tnan July 28th. For blanks or further information, address COL. 0. J. BOND, Superintendent. Citadel, Charleston, S. C. THE PLANTER'S LOAN and SAVINGS BANK AUGUSTA, GA PAYS INTEREST OX DEPOSITS, " ACCOUNTS SC LICITED. L. C. KAYNE, President. CHAS. C. HOWARD, Cashier j RESOURCES OVER $1,000,000 AN ORDINANCE. 1 To Fix Licenses for the Town of Edgefield on Bus ness, Oc cupations and P-olessions From July 15th, 1909 to July 15th, 1910 and to Provide for the Collection of the Same. Be it 'Ordained By The Town Council of Edgefield, K, C., And j By Authority Of Same. Sec. 1 That the folloV/ing licen ses on business, occupation and pro fession to be paid by the person or | persons carrying on or engaged in Bidet business, occupation or profes-1 sion shall be levied and collected for the term ending July '.5th, 1910 payable July 15th, 1909 or within thirty days thereafter, and execu tion with a penalty ten (io) per cent upon the amount of said licen ses shall be issued and enforced for all such licenses unpaid ?t the ex piration ,of that time. Provided; that persons entering into business, occupation or profession prior to July 15th, 1910 shall be required to take out a license as provided for persons who are doing business in the town of Edgefield, S. C., July 15th, 1909 except such persons ap plying for licenses after February 15th, 1910'shall pay one half the license for the remainder of the li cense year, and no license shall be issued for a less period than one half of one year, as follows, to wit: A Agents for or dealers in fertiliz ers xor^ sales of 100 tons or less, $4 00 For each additional .'00 v tons or fraction thereof, 2 00 Auctioneer except exem ?t by stat ute for each sale 1 00 Agents selling or dealing in pat ent rights, whether in store or on street, 25 00 Agents or dealers in sawing ma chines, 5 00 Agents for or dealers in pianos and organs, 5 00 Agents real estate buding, rent ing or selling, 5 00 Agents insurance com]?any, life or fire, where net commis sions, amount to $200 or less 3 001 from $200 to $500 $? and $1 for each additional ?100 or fraction thereof, HSBHH . Agents binders, reapers .mowe and harvesters and other far implements except whe bought and sold as other me chandise, 5 I B Banks, for each $1,000 or fra tion thereof of capit stock, 1 \ Bakers, 1 ( Barbers, first chair, 2 i each additional chair ? 1 ( Billiard and pool tables, whe run for profits each 25 < Blacksmith shop, first forge, ? 2, i each additional forge 1 ( Bottling works, 2 ? Book agents, per day 1 ( Butcher shop or venders of fre? meats, except where the me is offered for sale by the rai er or producer, 5 ( Building and loan association < agents thereof, 10 ( c Circus or menagerie, S10 to $1( in advance, in the discretic of the mayor. Circus, each side show" $2 to $S in the discretion of the may< in advance. Commission merchant and bro! ers 5 C Cotton buyer, 5 C Cotton seed buyer, 5 C Contractor for contract of lei than $100. IC Contractors for over $100 an less than $1,000 5 0 i For each additional $1,000 c fraction thereof, . 2 0 Sub-contractors shall be liabl for a like license tax Cotton Factory and oil mill fe each $1,000 or fraction ther< of capital stock, V 0 Cotton gin 3 0 for each additional gin 2 0 Cannery, ^ 2 " D Dentists, Lawyers, Doctors, an veterinarian, for $1,000 o less, 7 5 For each additional $1,000 o fraction thereof, 2 5 Drays, one horse, . 3 0 Drays, two horses or more 5 0 Drugs or medicines, not .payinj a general merchandise licens each, for'first day, For each additional day, 3 O' Dealers in horses and mules a drovers, for each horse . o mule sold' " 2 0i Wood, coal, etc. 2 51 Dyer and Presser, 5 Ol ? Express companies for busines done in the state, and not in eluding that done without thi x state, and not govern mern business 30 0C V F. Fresh fish and oysters 5 0( Fruit tree agent per day 1 0( per year, . . 3 0( H . Hotels, transient boarders, 5 00 Horses, mules, persons selling al auction, for each horse . or mule 2 00 r Insurance Company, fire life and each insurance company of any kind, or any company or corporation or society having insurance features ??-her than charitable or benevolent 2 50 Ice Realer, ' 2 50 Ice cream peddlers, 2 50 J Job printing and soliciting agent 3 00 L Livery and feed stables, keeping 1 horse and not over 5 10 00 For each additional horse 2 00 Lumber yard 5 00 M Millinery not carried w h gen eral stock 5 00 Map agent's per day 1 00 Mattress and 'feather renovators per day, for each solicitor 2 00 Merchants' licenses shall be as follows: W H Turner, $15, Rives Bros. $15, W E Lynch & Co. $20, JW Peak $12 50, W W Adams & Co $25, Jones & Son $12 50, May & Prescott $15, Ramsey & Jones $35,'jEHart$45, WA Hart $7 50, L E Jackson $7 50, J ^ Hubenstein $25, Edgefield Mercantile Compa ny $50, Dunovant, & Co. $7 50, W LDunovant $15, Penn & Holstein $20, Dorn & Mirna $15, B Tim mons $15, .T L Hart $7 50, Monroe Ouzta $5, C W Watson $5 00, H H Sanders $5 00, W C Jackson $5 00, Stewart & Kernaghan $10 00 N Newspaper > 8 00 O Oculist or optician 3 00 Oculist or optician, traveling per day 3 00 Organ grinders 1 00 P Photographers 3 00 Photographers, itinerant, per week or fractional part there of 3 00 Peddlers per day at the discre tion of mayor $1 to 10 00 Planing'raills 10 00 R Railroad for business done with in the state not including that done without the state, or in terstate commerce and not in cluding that done for the gov ernment 150 00 . Restaurants 2 00 Repair shops, carriage and wagon 5 00 s j ? Soda fountain not eon ?ected with other business 3 00 Sale stables 15 00 Standing of stallion or jackass 5 00 T Telegraph companies, for busi . ness done within the state and not including that done with out the state or for the gov ernment 20 00 Telephone business done within the state and not including that done without the state or for the government 50 00 W Wholesale dealers in kerosene oil, ,$20 00 Watch maker and jeweler, for repairing and selling, or either, 2 00 Warehouse storing cotton 10 00 All licenses shall be issued hy the Clerk as herein provided. If jit be a firm, shall contain the name of -the firm proposing to do busi ness under same, and all the names of individuals composing such firm If it be a corporation, it shall con tain the name of the corporation and the officers of same. Any person or, persons carrying on business or occupation or run ning any establishment named in this or preceding sections, without having taken out license therefor as herein provided, upon conviction shall be fined net/ less, than one dol Jar, nor more than one hundred dollars per day,.or fraction thereof, or to be imprisoned in the county jail, or be sentenced to hard labor on the streets or the public works of the" town for - a period of not less than one. nor more than thirty days for each and every dav, or fraction thereof, such business or profession is carried on without such license. For any business, call ing, occupation or profession , not enumerated in i;he foregoing, a li cense tax of not more than ?2/ shall be paid to rbe clerk by person, firm or corporation engaged or run hing same. ,A11 licenses issued un der this ordinance shall be posted ma-conspicuous place on premises where business, or profession is carried on, and subject to inspection at any and all times by the officers of the town. Any person-or persons failing to post said license shall be subject to a fine of not more than five dollars or imprisonment for not more than ten days. Any firm or ofiicer of any cor poration making any false or fraudu lent returns whe re a return under oath ;i8 by this ordinance required, shaH, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars or be im prisoned nw" more than thirty days nor less than thirty days at the discretion of the mayor. ,. Any person, firm or corporation liable to the.licer.se tax herein be fore set forth, v.'hose said tax is regulated by the amount of busi ness done or the amount of stock carried, is-required to make a return under oath to the clerk of the town council on or before th1 15th day of August, 1909, and,f silure so to do, such person ' or officer or agent of such firm or corporation shall be liable tori fine of \iot ex ceeding one hundred dollars or im prisonment not exceeding thirty days for each and every day or fraction thereof such person, or officer, or agent :?foresaid shall be in default of making such returns. All licenses issiiod under the fore going sections are NON TRANS FERABLE AND WILL ONLY PROTECT THOSE TO WHOM THEY ARE ISSUED. Done and ratified in town coun cil assembled this the 1st July 1909. J. R. Tompkins, Mayor W. H. Harling, Town Clerk. [Seal] THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA, - GA. L. C. HAYNE, President. CHAS. R. CLARK, Cashier. CAPITAL $250,000.00. SURPLUS & PROFITS "$200,OOO. 00 The business of our out-of town friends receives the same careful attention as that of our local depositors. The -accounts of careful conservative people solicited, y Beautiful assortment of Ham mocks. The season has arrived for j hanging one in your home. Edgefield Mercantile Co. 0 " Watch and Jewelry Repairing Eyeglasses Fitted AH Work Guaranteed GEO. F. MIMS, Edgefield, S. C. Beautiful iron and enameled beds, just what you need. Ramsey & Jones. We solicit your prescription business. Utmost care is exercised in compounding prescriptions and only pure, fresh drugs are used. Our prices are very reasonable. / PENN & HOLSTEIN, successors to G. L. Penn & Son. Try the new Talcum Powder Williams' Carnation Pink. Penn <fc Holstein. We sell Studebaker buggy and wagon harness-nothing better on the market. Prices very reasonable. V Edgefield Mercantile Co. Insurance I represent a strong line of Fire In surance Companies ami can insure your property. Your patronage will be appreciated. H. A. Smith. James A. Dpbey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. Office over News-Monitor Office. TIMMOfIS & COR LEY, SURGEON DENTISTS, Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Crown and bridge Work a Special ty. JAS. S. BYRD. SURGEON" DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. C. S^ST'i>\Wc.t> over Post-?fllw?" PICTURE FRAMING. I desire tCMnform the public that I am prepared to frame all kinds of pictures, diplo mas, etc, I carry a large as sortment of moulding and guarantee satisfaction on ev ery order. Prices reasonable. A trial is all I ask. W. R. COVAR, - Sheppard Building. THE .BANK EDGE FIELD. EDGEFIELD, S C. State and County Depository DIRECTORS . J, C. SHEPPARD, W. W. ADAMS, J. H. BouKNiGHT, T. H. RAINSFOR, J, M. COBB, B. S. HOLLAND, A. S. TOMPKINS, C. C. FULLER W. E. PRESCOTT. OFFICERS. J. C. SHEPPARD, President. W. W. ADAMS. vice-President, E. J. MIMS, Cashier. J. H. ALLEN, Ass't Cashier. Pays interest on deposits by special contract. Money to loan on liberal terms. Prompt and polite attention to business. YOUR Account Solicited MCCALL PATTERNS Celebrated for style, perfect fit, simplicity and reliability nearly 40 years. Sold in nearly every city and town in the United States and Canada, or by mail direct. More sold than any other make. Send for ircc catalogue. MCCALL'S MAGAZINE More subscribers than any other fashion magazine-million a month. Invaluable. Lat est styles, patterns, dressmaking, milliner)', plain sewing, fancy needlework, hairdressing, etiquette, good stories, etc. Only 50 cents a v year (worth double), including a free pattern. Subscribe today, or-send for sample copy. WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS ? to Agents. Postal brings premium catalogue nnd new cash prize offers. Address THE McCAU CO., 238 to 2?8 W. 371b St., NEW YORK Come to Us FOR Keep Kool Klothing Everybody is striving to keep cool th?s? July days. Let us help you by fitting you up in Oxfords, Underwear, and top Clothing suited to the occasion, Come to see us. Dorn & Hims. I desire to notify my patrons and the public generally that I have mo ved my repair shop into my new buildings in the rear of the Parker and Advertiser Buildings. I carry a large assortment of first class material and having made im provements upon my plant, am better prepared to serve the people than ever. None but first class mechanics em ployed. All work is done under my personal supervision. A trial is all we ask. '. . , ?| W. H. Powell, Laundry Agency. WE now represent the Char lotte Steam Laundry formerly re presented by May & Tompkins, and we solicit the patronage of the public generally and we will ? guarantee satisfaction. Get your laundry in by Tuesday afternoon. Jones & Son ; - ? : jr' Notice to Public. N I am now prepared to fill orders'for all kinds of turned wood work. ? I have a first class lathe and guaran tee all work. ? Am also equipped for setting rubber tires. Give ] me a trial. I solicit your repair work of all kinds. Every j job guaranteed. E. W. SAMUEL. 1908 Banner Year Notwithstanding the panic and pother business drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous year. V\re are bettor prepared than ever to serve }-ou and can give you your money's worth every time. Agents for Sucren? Feed. ARRINGTON BROS &C0. Leading Grocers, 863 Broad St7, iifiusta* Cia.