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IBaEFIELD ADVER11SER Established 1835. j. i?, muns - . -\ - EDITOR TERMS: , ? ONE YEAR - - - -TIpfc SIX MONTHS - - - - ' .75 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17, 190!? iiiuiiBBBiaHiaaBiMiiiiiinasMtiiiiu ? Nature knows no panse in Z 5 progress and development,and ? ?attaches her curse, on all in S S action.-GOETHE. ?BI?M??iIMBHlliiIiMIIiSHlBliMiSI?? Shame on ?he white gamblers who had to be driven from the negro fair at Batesburg last week! The man who has large hogs and a small pile of corn is "bemoaning the continued ?mild weather. If cotton seed continu? to com mand such fabulons prices, Bur bank, "the plant wizzard," will de velop a lintiess cotton, a variety that will bo planted for .the seed only. All of the dispensaries closed their doors in South Carolina on Mon day except those in the counties of Aiken, Florence, Georgetown, Beau fort, Charleston and Richland, and it is only a matter of time before these six counties will fall in line. Many who visited the Georgia Carolina fair pronounced it the best agricultural fahvfhat they have ever attended. Just -wait andEdgefield will show you a better one in 1910. The stock exhibits of our last one are said to have equalled the Geor gia-Carolina Fair. Notwithstanding the short crop, judging from the way bank depos its bave increased over the state, fourteen cents cotton has put sur plus money in,somebody's pocket. In some instances banks- have pub lished comparative statem ents show ing sn increase in deposits of- .100 per bent within the past twelve months. ' ; Who would have thought fifteen or twenfr years ago that cotton seed would ever command forty eight, cents per bushel on the Edge field market? To our forefathers who dumped their cotton seed in streams to be camed off by high water, such a fabulous price seemed as impossible as communicating with a vessel in mid-ocean, or talk - ing. over a wire a* distance pf 2,500 miles. The Unwise Farmer. Doubtless some farmers are se cretly planning for a larger cotton acreage next year, thinking only of fourteen cents cotton. They 'lose sight of the fact that meal is now one dollar per bushel, flour seven dollars per barrel, bacon and,lard . fifteen and hams nineteen cents per . pound with a- probability of still further advance. Again, ye unwise farmers, how do you ?now what tile price of cotton will be next fall? It may descend to eight cents, while the above .mentioned. products of \ the western farm may continue in the ascending scale. Who knows what a year will bring forth? 1 -7'/ \ Farmers have had an ideal fall for gathering their crops and have realized good prices for the products of their labor. Especially has Ihe cotton market been favorable to tho far mers. Usually speculators, who practically control the market, force a decline in price about the time obligations must be met at the banks, but such, has not been the case this year thc market opened favorably and there has been al most a steady advance since the opening. The heavy receipts and the curtailing by the spinners had no appreciable effect up to the price. North-Soutb-East and West Hart Schaffner and Marx clothing are the best. For sale bv F. G. MERT IN Augusta, Ga Should you need a shoe that will wear well for the boy or girl come to The Corner Store. We sell the interlined collar thlt looks like linen and needs nowashr ing. Price 15c. Try it. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. Shirts made to order by F. G. MERTINS. Augusta, Ga. BROADWATER EVIDENCE. VT. D, A J. Pell Publishes Card, Gives Evidence before Coroner iii Bill Broad water Case. Dear Advertiser: I want io place the evidence of the coroner's jury before the public, so that all may judge as to my contention of a mis carriage of justice in the Broad water case. The jury was not al lowed to have it, but I intend the public shall, so hearken to the evi dence, which is as follows: Bob Broadwater being sworn said: I live on this place. On the 26th of April my wife George Ann. Broadwater was shot, I reckon my father shot her. The gun was out of* doors and we were in the house. My father lives abo >jt two hundred yards off. My father had been to Augusta that day and -came back on the 5 o'clock train. When I first saw him he was coming from his house. He had his gun. I was called to come to his house. I stained and met my father. He asked me if I come there to run over him. He jumped on me and hit me with his hand. I came back home and went in and shut the door I took the knife ?iway from him. He came to the window and asked me to hand him his knife. I hand ed it to him. He poked the gun in the window and shot. ,He shot George Ann. She ran out upon the hill. He said nothing and went off. He tried to use his Knife and cut me on the shoulder. He did not have a gun when I met him coming to my house. He went back then and got his gun. "When- he put the gun in the window I canght hold of it. I had hold of it when he fired. He did not tiy to shoot me after he come out of doors, his (Signed) BOB'x BROADWATER mark Ann Broadwater, Senior, being sworn said: I live on this place. I was at borne. I was at home on the 26th of April. Bill got to fighting me ibout some liquor. He asked me who drank the liquor out of the bottle. I told him he done it. Then he hit me with a chair. I ran out of the house. I come to Bob's aouse. I went in the bouse and fastened the door. He followed me iver here. He went to Josh's house rle came back and , p alled the win low open and poked his gun in the svindow. George Ann was sitting in the bed. I was hiding from lim. Bob grabbed the gun. The run went off in his hand and hit jeorge Ann. Bill' then went off. her [Signed) ANN x'BROADWATER mark 1 Carrie Broadwater being sworn said: I live at my father's, Bill Broad water. I was at home on the 26th )f April. My father there from Augusta that evening. 'He cora nenc?d quarreling with Ma about lome liquor. He told me that if ihe did not get out of there, he vould kill her and throw her out of ;he window. He beat her with a mair. He then come to Bob's louse. I came before he came. \fter he stopped fighting Ma, he vent back to the house after the run and followed us. He pulled ;he window open and put the gun brough. Bob took hold of the gun ind tried to take it away from him. ?e shot and hit George Ann. He hen went away. George Ann ran mt of the house up the road and ell down. We brought her back x> the house. We put her in the jed and sent for the doctor. She lied last night on May the 1st her Signed) CARRY x BRO DWATER mark Josh Broadwater being sworn laid: I live on this place. Bill Broad water is my father. I got here the lame time he did before the shooi ng. When I got here he was do ing nothing 'but standing np. I iskcd him what was the matter. I [ carried him to my house. He said he spoke to mother a.bout some liquor he brought there. He went ip the road and stayed 15 or 20 minutes. Then left and came back' here. I was sitting at the corner of my garden when I heard the gnn shoot. My sister came after me. She said her father had shot George Ann. When I saw George Ann she was lying down. Her arm was shot nearly off. When I was here with him he had his gun with him. I do not remember what he said. (Signed) JOSH BROADWATER. P. C. Middleton being sworn said: It was not more than ten minutes after the shooting before he was at my house. My son proposed to him to let him examine the gun. Both of them daid one shell was empty. He said he had not shot anybody. Then he acknowledged shooting his gun. He then left and said he intended to kill the last G d- one of them the next morning. I saw him was still cursing and threatening. Had his gun with him. I told him to get away. He left (Signed) P. C. MIDDLETON Meriwether, S.C., Nov. 12, 1909. -Certificate of Mrs\ Fannie L. Middleton and children: This certifies that Bill Broad water lives on my place, that the night of the killing of George Ann Broadwater he came to our home and after being advised to keep quiet he swiore that he wa3 not I afraid of the President of the- Unit ed States and tint he intended, to kill the whole damn business next morning, referring to Bob and his own family, (Copy) (Signed) MRS. F. L. MIDDLETON, MISS MATTIE MIDDLETON, MISS MARY MIDDLETON, MR. FRANK MIDDLETON, MISS MARGRET MIDDLETON, MISS PATTIE MIDDLETON, ROBERT MIDDLETON. I (All are :;n w i except Robert, and he is 13 years old.) Modoc, S. C.. Nov. 12, 190.9 - Certificate of Mi*. J. C. Harvley, grand juror for Edge field county for 1909. This is'to certify that I remarked tb Dr. D. A. J. Bell and others* that if the evidence in the Broadwater case that was brought before the grand jury had been brought before petit jury, in my opinion, they could not have done otherwise than to have found a verdict of murder or manslaughter. I ara^ still of the same opinion. (Signed) J.. C. HARTLEY, Grand juror for Edgefield county for 1909. Notice that B ob gets mixed in his evidence. When he went to stop old Bill from beating his moth er was when his father stabbed him in the sho?l?er, -^after which he re tires to his hut, old Bill followin him in a short time with his gun and shooting George Ann. I got there in a short time after the shoot ing and this is what they all with one accord told me. All of 'which is put in evidence. Respectfully, D. A. J. BEL A Hard Struggle. Many an Edgefield Citizen Finds the Struggle Hard. With a back constantly aching, With distressing urinary troubles. Daily existence is but a struggle. No need to keep it up. Doan's kidney pills will cure you. One hundred thousand endorse this claim Here is one case. Geo. B Lee, of Lexington, S. C. says: " I suffered from attack's-of kidney trouble for a good manjr yeats and during that time tried a number of remedies. I received the best of results from Doan's kidney pills and I shall contiiiiu. using them in hope of a Complete cure. It will always give me pleasure to j recommend this remedy to other j sufferers." ? For sale by all dealers. Price 50c Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. The banking by Mail System' of The Germania Savings Bank of Charleston, S. C gives their depositors careful service. Write them. Resources over $2,900,000.00 38 Broad st PO Box 87 Charleston, S. C. Often The Kidneys Are Weakened by Over-Werk, Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood, Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness and suffering, therefore, if kidney trouble is permitted to I continue, serious re sults are most likely to follow. Your other organs may need at tention, but your kid neys most, because they do most and should have attention first. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en tire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or " feel badly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con vince you of its great merit. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy, ? is soon realized. It ?tands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the most distress ing cases. If you need a medicine yon should have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dol lar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also a.; ?amphlet telling you Homooti^mp-Ruot. ow to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis lake, but remember the name, Swamp Root, and don't let a dealer sell yon something in place of Swamp-Root-if you do you will be disappointed. Waterman's Fountain Pens. We carry a full assortment of the celebrated Waterman Fountain Pens, the best that the market affords. Penn <fc Holstein, Large stock of trunks, suit cases and traveling bags. Prices very reasonable. RAMSEY. & JONES. THE PRESIDENCY. A Defect In tha Uaw In the Matter of . Swcccccieft. The ..laii'jnase -of li? ^constitution is generally well: chosen.' hut in the mat ter of the president!.: succession it is defective. Had J?, said the vice presi dent shaII succeed .to the presidency In case of a vacancy in that office tbis would have included all sorts of va cancies and have' left no room for question. . As it enumerates a vacancy from one of four causes-"the death, resignation, inability or removal of the jjresident"-It leaves a doubt whether a vacancy-arising from, another cause viz, the death of the president elect would entitle the vice president elect to succeed. . The death- of both president aud vice president elect would leave the suc cession still more doubtful. An argu ment can be made for a line of suc cession through the holdover members of the cabinet of the retiring president, but it is not absolutely conclusive. It probably would not satisfy eve^rybody and'thereby create a disputed title. It might even cause very serious trouble, and congress should take the necessary action to make the presidential suc cession absolutely clear and certain in every contingency. The late Senator Hoar labored for many " years to get this- matter set at rest ' Senator Bacon has taken it np afresh, admonished'of its necessity, possibly in the very wide discussion of this question since the election. It is a weak spot in our gov ernmental organization which congress should strengthen and make secure without further delay. - Philadelphia Press. N An Obstinate Old Bachelor. , The Right Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, archbishop .designate of York, was one of the late Queen Victoria's favorite preachers., On one occasion when Dr. Lang was visiting Osborne her majesty said to. him: "I hear ex cellent reports of your work at Port sea, and I "find you actually keep a ptaff of twelve curates. You should t?ke to yourself a wife. I believe you would be able to do with two curates less." "Ah, no, madam." he replied. "That would scarcely do. If I have a curate who does not suit I can get rid of him.. but I could not do the same with, a wife." "True." replied the queen, "but take the advice of an. old woman and marry." Dr. Lang, however, has not up to the present followed the kindly counsel.-London Tit-Bits. Lord's Prayer on a Pin Head. Mr. William L. Stuart, a young man engaged In business in New York city, bas performed the seemingly impossi ble feat of engraving the entire Lord's Prayer on ^he head of an ordinary pin, to which he has added bis name and the year, making altogether 27(5 letters ind figures. Mr. Strfart did the work it edd times during his regular em ployment and with very ordinary tools, which seemingly are not adapted to ?uch fine engraving. The pin was set In a block of. wood, and a common en graver's tool was used. A simple mi croscope, costing only about 25 cents md known as a 'ifcen tester." fur lished the necessary magnifying.-St Nicholas:" Restrictions In New York Society. The lines drawn by the .different ;ets are more rigid in New York than ?ver before. There is a rush of new je?ple to get -'Into society, and old amilies who have stayed away for a lecade or a generation are coming )ack and trying to assume their old daces. Sometimes victories have to )e accomplished with the aid of the ?ouveau riche, and the results are luite confusing and yet laughable. Localities do not count as much as :hey once did, and gradually New iork is getting away from the Phil tdelphia idea of fencing in a small erritory and condemning every one vho lives outside of lt-Vogue A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of mak ng odd experiments, the following be ng reported from Duisburg, In West ralia. At a children's party recently ?eld in that town there was exhibited md afterward cut up and distributed imong the youngsters present a bread wist which for size at least has surely .arely been equaled. Weighing no ess than ISO pounds, it had a breadth )f 1.70 meters and a length of 3.20 neters and was thus found sufficient :o supply a satisfactory afternoon eol ation to as many as 500 boys and jlrls.-Bakers' Weekly. World's Busiest Railway Station. Which .is the busiest railway sta ion in the world? One would natural y expect to find lt in the world's me ropolis, but it is located in a city hat has only a tenth of the popula lon of London. Every day 150.000 )assengers pass through the Flinders street station In Melbourne. Our own Liverpool street station, according to tn Australian statistician, corned next, vlth 12S.000.-Loudon Chronicle. Royal and Presidential Wages. The great white czar gets a salary )f $25.000 a day; the sultan .of Turkey, ?18.000; the emperor of Austria. $12. XX); the kaiser, $11,200; the king of Italy, about $7.200; the king of Eng- j and, $0.270; Leopold of Belgium. $1.- j lOO, and President Roosevelt, $137. ? Napoleon's salary was about $15.000 a i lay. The president of France gets j ibout $017 a day.-Chicago Journal. Estate Notice All persons having claims against he estate of L. F. Dorn, deceased, ire hereby notified to file the same lilly verified, with the undersigned, md those indebted to said estate viii likewise make payment to MRS. SALLIE N. DORN. Executrix. Parksville, S. C. Nov. 1, 1909. ^^^^^^^^^^^ Let ns have your orders for Crepe Paper, Tissue Paper, Paper Flow irs, etc., for the Chrysanthemum ?air. We carry Dennison's paper, he only paper with which satis 'actory results in decorating can be )btained. W. E. Lynch & Co. The Red Cross shoe "for ladies is the-shoe to wear with tender feet and "if the. ladies that attend the Edgefold County' Tair.want to' be comfortable all day on the fair grounds, must go by Rives bros. and be sure to get a pair to fit. Five-pound bucket very fine roasted coffee and china cup for Si.00 at B. Timmons. Beautiful iron and enameled beds, just what you need. , Ramsey <fc Jones. All our summer goods going a i sacrifice. Rives Bros. School Books We have just received a full sup ply of text books that are used at the S. C. C. I. and in the public scools of tho county. Let us supply you. Penn & Holstein, Successors to G. L. Penn & Sou. Full assortmen t of fresh fancy crackers and cakes. B. Timmons;. S ce our line of hay forks and carriers, sickle grinders. Prices igbr.. Stewart & Kernaghan. Large stock of handsome iron and enameled, beds to select from? with springs to fit. . Eclffcfield Merc&?til? Co American. Lady corset?, a shape for every figure at Rives Bros. We solicit your prescription business. Utmost care is exercised in compounding prescriptions and only pure, fresh drugs are use I. Our] prices are very reasonable. PENN & HOLSTEIN, successors to (T. ti. Penn & Son 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. Timmous. We have a few ladies' tailored wash suits and summer weight skirts that we will close out regard ess of cost. Rives Bros. J There is no better buggy on the market for the money than the Hackney buggy. A car of 40 bug gies just received. Ramsev & Jones. Kills Her Foe of 20 Years. The most merciless enemy I had for 20 year?, dccio.res Mrs. James Duncan, of Haynesville, IVTe., Wes dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after eating or drinking and could scarce ly sleep. After many remedies had failed and several doctors gave rae up, I tried Electric Bitters, which cured rae completely. Now I can eat anything. I am 70 years old and am overjoyed to get my health and strength back again. For indiges tion, loss of appetite, kidney troub le, lame back, female* complaints, it's unequaled. Only 50c. W E Lynch & Co., Penn <fc Holstein,, successors to G L Penn & Son. Just received fresh shipment of Leggett's Premium cheese. Every housewife- in this vicinity knows of its superior quality. Penn & Holstein, Succ233ors to G . L. Penn & Son. Another large shipment of Pitts burg perfect fence wire expected this week. Stewart & Kernaghan. Bibles and Testaments We have added to our book de partment a complete assortment of Bibles and Testaments. We would be pleased to have you in spect our lines. W. E. Lynch & Co. 1 The Corner Stores Delightful Array of Wearables *4RELYa day passes that new garments do not arrive Xew suits, new coats, new skirts. "Oijie day yon see them. Gone the next," is often true these stylish creations. This week we have assembled suits with special charms of styles. Many of these suits lately received and bought at advantageous prices. Li sev eral instances we paid less than usual for them for example, we offer particular charming suits in fine weaves and fine serges. Wide wale and diagonal serges. Long semi fitting coats lined with white guaranteed satiij. Prices as low as $12.50 the suit. We have them in Alice, Navy. Green and Black- H ^Respectfully, THE CORNER STORE VA LOW PRICES ARE LOUD TALKERS I jT will pay you to visit the largest stove and bicycle house in Dixie and see our select stock of Stovet, Eanges, Grates, Enamel ware, Cutlery and household Articles, also Sporting Goods Department, Bicycles, Tires, Automobile Supplies, Best. Batteries Our new $20 Bicycle is good. Agents for the great Ex?elsior Stoves, 36 years in ihis market. E.emembe'- everything we sell is guaranteed the best. We can sure save you money. Send in your mail orders SPETH BROTHERS AUGUSTA GA. FURNITURE ! We de sire to thank th the liberal patronage . we shall endeavor to mi future. We have the largest Stoves, Mattresses, Spn Rockers, Window Shad ever s^wn, FURNISHINGS. -opie cf Edgefield for :orded us in the pist and it a continuance in the stock of Furniture, ngs, Wardrobes, Tables, es, etc., that we have O ak Bed Room Suits $11 up. ? kitchen Chairs from 39c up. Iron Beds $2.00 up. A ll we ask is for you to call on us. We are in a position to make pricas right. Call whea you are in the city^ E. M. ANDREWS FURNITURE CO., 972 Broad Street, - Augusta, Ga.