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12 Pages Oldest Newspap^ In South Carolina, EDGEFIELD, S. C., WE$SlSDAY, DECEMBER l?st, ?909. VOL. 74 NO. 42. RURAL TELEPHONES. Different Sections of County Connected by Rural Tele phone Line. Bell Compa ny Co-operating. Step by step life in the country is . being made more attractive. Even . now there are but few homes, how ever distant from a railroad, that do not have the mails delivered daily almost at their c\oor, and fol lowing the rural free delivery ser vice is the telephone which will fi nally put these erstwhile isolated homes in instant touch with not only adjacent farm houses and near by towns but almost everj' part of the country. The Advertiser is pleased to see that the rural tele phone service is gradually covering Edgefield county. For several years the southern and western sections of the county have been enjoying the blessings of being? in elbow touch, neighbor with neighbor, and now the central and eastern ?section is installing a rural system. 3 Mr. .Walter Marsh was in our office Saturday and stated that he is now constructing a line from his home to Johnston. In addition to his line, the following already have telephone connection with John 8ton: Mr. William Toney, Miss Harriett Toney, Messrs. G. M. Smith, O. D. Padgett, Walter H. J Smith, T. A. Broadwater, L. G. ' Watson and E. N. Smith. Others in adjoining communities seeing the advantages of having telephone con I nection with their neighbors and - with the towns in which they mar ket their farm produce, will like . wise construct lines. Let us hope . that the day is not very remote when the entire county will be a veritable net-work of telephone .'wire. The Bell Telephone Company . is doing its utmost to hasten the coming of that day. H _... ; An Unbeliever. geling Salesman-Well, Mr. Aabfn ?id you get in to see the ???p?o?.-Fulton celebration? y Fairer Jabez-No: I didn't come nightie place, 'cause d'-ye know, I ?oiY'i believe-either one of 'em eyer ?J?2?t^..tfc? Pole;-Puck. H ? nor at the bar," said the portly ?pompous and ?orid mag?s , "you are charged with stealing g, a very serious offense in this .?strict. There has been a great deal oj pig stealing, and I shall make an example of you, or none PT ns will be safe."-London Daily News. ii 1892 Will Not R Cheapest Be H mr ERE. at 1 and coi WARE made from Pun guarantee with avei mind you sometime num Wa: or brv ak. Costs a ware, but long run, bility anc iron coati ^pands wi but chips results to That tl causes c eminent : H. Diefar titled "C Cancer." p?ff. Science * session ( Congress subject. Accord Philadelp bach adv Only ? few. of areshow STEWAI BARNYARD MANURE. Every Farmer Needs tb Increase His Supply of Barnyard Manure by Raising More Stock. As The Advertiser has stated be fore, the chief concern of the South ern farmer, especially the farmers of Edgefield county, should be the rendering of their lauds more pro ductive. The soil needs to be deep ened and enriched. It is utter fol ly for a farmer to wear himself and stock out cultivating land that yield? only six or eight bushels of corn and five or six hundred pound of seed cotton to the acre. He may several years ago been able to eke out an existence by such manage m?nt, but under present conditions with everything that he has to pur chase for making the crop selling at unprecedented prices, he . will never "make ends meet." Increasing the fertility of land can not be accomplished alone through the use of commercial fer tilizer, for it only feeds the growing crop. It is through a generous ap plication of barnyard manure that permanent improvement must come The following from the Farmers' Union Sun concerning barnyard manure and its effect upon the soil will be of interest in this connec tion: "The value of manure is not to be wholly measured by its chemical content. One of the most valuable features of barnyard manure, a val ue which no commercial fertilizer contains to any appreciable degree, is its: salutary effect upon the phy sical condition of the soil. Thc fact that this may not be expressed in dollars and cents in no degree detracts from its importance. Every tiller of the soil knows decaying vegetable matter in the soil gives to it a quality, a power of production, a capacity to retain "moisture, and add to its friability as does nothing else. "Organic matter in barnyard ma nure performs another importantJ function-it sets free some of th?dj locked-up plant food that already resides in the soil. AU soils contain great unarititjes- of. ?^?*ji:*vr th;t to tn1 ii;;:-'ens 1;. plants. The aest ruction and decay of thc- organic; matter tends to free and make available these stores of plant food. And the decay of the vegetable matter also generates ma terials which decompose the soil particles and promote various soil activities which result in increased productivity. last, is the ideal kitchen Dking utensil-"THE TEAT WEARS" f.Spun Aluminum, and d by the makers to last 25 years .age usage. "Spun" Aluminum, , not cast Aluminum, which will s cra ck and scale. Spun Alumi re will never crack, peel, scale trifle more than ordinary enamel : is many times cheaper in the because of its wonderful dura 1 fuel saving. Enamel ware is sd with colored glass. Iron ex th heat. "Colored glass does not, off into the food with dangerous i those who eat it. he use of enamel kitchen ware ancer is ? view held by some medical authorities. Dr. William ?bach of New York, in a paper co nservations on the Etiology of read before the Bureau of Sanitary and Public Health during the jf the International Homeopathic at Atlantic City, discussed this ing to a special dispatch to the ihia North -American, Dr. Diefan anced thc argument that chipping the "1892" Pure TI here. CompL IT & KERNA? The South's Prosperity. The prevailing high price of Cv>t ton means directly and indirectly a billion dollar crop, and that spells prosperity for Dixie. ? few more seasons as the present and the South will achieve its economic independ ence through the accumulation and savings of its own capital, and it will be like the midd-e West, no longer a borrower, but lender. Out of its growing surplus it will be able to finance, without appealing to Wall street on unfavorable terms, its rail roads and great industries, and it will be in a position to reap the prof it of the great development of the South's enormous natural resources. The healthy stimulation of home capital seeking investment marks the beginning of the new era for the South. It means the rapid growth of the cities as industrial centres, more schools and better roads, great er seaports, more funds to tight disease and illiteracy, and an in creasing surplus with which to en dow public institutions, hospitals, universities, libraries, museums, and charities. The excuse of poverty made in certain sections of the South can no longer be pleaded in palliation of neglect in providing for these evidences of the highest civilization.-Washington Post, The Beneficiary. Little Clarence-Pa, I honestly don't believe it docs nu* a bit of good when you thrash me. Mr. Calipers-I begin to suspect as much, my son, but you have no idea how much good it sometimes 1 does me to thrash you! Poor Animal. "Little boy," asks the well-mean ing reformer, "is that your mamma over vonder with the beautiful set of furs?" "Yes, sir," answers the bright lad, "Well, do you know what pooi animal if is that has had to suffer in arder that your mamma mij$lit havie the furs with'which she adorns her self so proudly?" " \ "Yt'4 sir. My papa."/ .* short, barnyard manure from .my source'is the most valuable and beneficial by-product of the farm, *nd its intelligent preservation from loss and use upon' the land by the farmer would prove of greater val" to the world than all the gold mines of the continent can ever bo made to yield." uminum Break. Score 7 f Will Last < of the hard-coated dist preparation of meals allo but dangerous particles matter to become mixe food, these being taken into the ste where the cancerous growth is caus abrasions which they make in the wi the organ. "1892" Pure Aluminum Ware doctors' bills. It enables you to bread, pies, pan cakes, etc., without g which is the great cause of dyspeps indigestion. Aluminum griddles reqi grease; hence are smokeless and od "1892" Pure Aluminum Ware w scorch or burn, is easily cleaned, vt rust, or corrode. Handsome in appei Looks like silver, but weighs only one-fourth as much, and is light an venient to handle. The original and only genuine Aluminum Ware is made by the Pure Aluminum Co. at Lemont, 111. piece bearing their trade-mark, the ft Cross, and marked "1892" Pure Aim Ware is absolutely pure, wholeson hygienic, and guaranteed for 25 yea See that you get the right gooc accept no substitute. -" ,1 . - ?.? > Ali^ nuiri Coo ete line will be f HAN, Edgefie The "Poison" in Cora. Nobody seems to know what it is in damaged corn that gives ?q^? pel lagra. The simplest negro arid the wisest doctor are alike ignorant on this subject. The negro, thtagh, has offered an explanation; and the] doctor has not. The writen grew up on ji jfarm; and when he was not going to school worked with the farm.hands in the fields. He remembers hearing them' speak of poison in the corn. . Ia .gath-1 ering the crop they were very par ticular not to gather that! Iwhicb they thought was the pojscat^Any person who has been much ip th? fields has seen the greenish excres: ence, like a large wart or turnor, growing near the ear of corn, \vjhich, when the corn is ready "fpr^ggther ing, turns black, and is filleo^th a black powder as fine as the 'finest dust. It is this the negrbes wWe so afraid of. They said ii* it got into the meal it would run the eaters cra zy, or if in the corn fed to Dorses it would give them the blind;, stag gers. -" ' ; &,V This has no importance,- of course, as a scientific fact, bnt it;doeg|show^, that the idea that there, .might jfit something harmful in corais'inotjV new one. f Before the war negroes lived al most entirely on corn bread arjd ba con, and they wore thO'Iieaithiest people in the world. Tjie corn bread was then made from our own home grown corn, ground in our own water mills, and the; bacoawas home raised and sound-very dif ferent from much of the "prod uct of tho western granaries and packing houses. There was no pellagra among them then, and very little sicklies* of any kind. They trot pure food, and pure food; means iood health; and impure food means [he opposite. . Since a man is what he. eats, it s of the highest consequence that ie eat pure food ; and hence the ur gent demand, in these day? of food, idulterations, for strict inspection aws strictly administered.-- Xewp Jerry Observer. \ . I e Shrewd FaT,*. Visitor at farm-Well this is un isual! Why, you are putting all' the] jig apples in the bottom of the | jarr?is and the little ones on top." Farmer-.Yes. Those fruit deal ?rs in the city are gettin' so sharp; ;hey open the barrels from the bot ;om to see whether we farmers are | irvin' to cheat them. Ware h or Burn i Lifetime ?es used in wed minute i of foreign :d with the )mach, ed by alls of irance. about d con Spun Illinois Every laltese ?ninum ie and #?"<^W ls and I 9k king Utensils Gund at ld, S. C. Plurn'Braach Continues to Grow. New Enterp rises Projected. Our farmers are about through gathering theirj cotton,: Yes, the cotton has been gathered, ginned, sold and the proceeds pretty well gone to pay up old accounts. There is some little left over however. The price has been good but the crop was short. I think the scarlet fever has about come to a close. The school was closed and the people as a rule have kept their children at home. ? The Baptist parsonage is not bein? pushed as we would like to see it. The lumber has not come in as was expected, hence the delay. Mr. John Blackwell has com menced work on a neat cottage on Church street, and from the way the carpenters are pushing the work j Mr. Blackwell will take Christmas j in his new home in town. * The Methodist people here pro pose selling their parsonage at Parksville and building a much' more comfortable house for their I preacher than the one at'Parksville; M. B. Starkey and good wife will ' give the lot upon which, to erect-the building. One advantage the preach er will have here will be a good pas ture for his horse. The outlook for our town, isl bright. Applications are beirtg made | almost every day for lots to build oh. Several lots have changed hands in the last two or three weeks. ' Thc Twin City officers are on the move. The company .has asked our town council for a franchise. M. B. Stnrkey says he has the location for the cotton mill and will place every spare dollar that he and his good wife can scratch up to put into the first of the two enterprises, namely: the trolley line or the cotton mill. Look out old Edgefield may get there yet. Old Lincoln county just across the river are being warm ed up on the subject and old Wash ington, Ga., just 18 miles farther ,out in Georgia is not asleep on that Tine. Just wait and see what the re salt will be * b>o the power is in stalled. As the Ddtchman has it, <lYou vait-and you will see vot you viii see." Well,_ brother. Minis, itiS about-time-i was in myL.little^fiOtu; dreaming over my mistakes, mishaps^ and blunders. RAMBLER. Death of Mrs. Bryant. On Friday afternoon, November 12th, Mrs. Bryant, the wife of Mr, J. Rufus Bryant, passed away at her home in the Meeting Street-Ce lestia section, after an illness of several months. The interment'took place at McKendree church Satur day, the funeral being conducted by Rev. J. E. Johnston. Before her marriage Mrs. Bryant was Miss Anna Lowrey, daughter of the late W. B. Lowrey. She was a Christian woman, having been a member of McKendree church from early child hood. Besides the members of her immediate family, a devoted hus band and three blight, sweet chil dren, her untimely death is very keen ly felt by a host of relatives and friends. ZZZZ We beg to extend our deepest sympathy to the sorrow-stricken husband and little children, also to Mrs. Bryant's mother.* Mrs. Ameri ca Lowrey, who during the past six years has had her husband . and three daughters taken. Mis Little Schemei Great Caesar! old man," exclaim ed the gunner, as he opened the] the door of his friend's house bril liantly illuminated at noonday. "W 9*< does this mean? Why are all : blankets over the windows and why is the ga.? burning in the daytime?" 'Sh!'' whispered Guyer, cautious ly; "it's a scheme of mine." "What kind of a scheme?" "Why, my wife is in the country and I tell her I remain home every night and read. I've got to get rid of some gas somehow so it will go on the bill at the end of next | month." "Well, well! I am surprised to! hear of Miss Wrinks being engaged to Mr. Sporty. He's so awfully fast, you know." "Oh, I don't know! Apparently he wasn't fast enough to get away from her." Sold Big Ham For Big Money, j One of the largest hams that has ever been seen in Augusta was ex hibited last week at the Georgia-. Carolina fair by Mr. S. T. Adams,' in the Clark's Hill Agricultura". so-| eiety department. The hara was raised on Mr. Adams' place, near Clark's Hill, and it is one of the finest he has ever raised. The weight of the ham is 39 pounds. It was sold to Mr. F. M. Stnlbs at 25 cents a pound.-Augusta Herald. COLLIERS COLLINGS. County Fair Praised, Missionary ary and TemperanceOrganiza tions Flourishing, Beautiful Mahogany China Closet. Mr. T. lt. Miller had the misfor tune to loee nine shoats recently. Miss Rebie Morgan, of Morgana, enterecLupon her duties as teacher of the Faifa school November the first. The Tliomas and Pearl show which played in the school house at Colliers on the 9th instant was greatly enjoyed by old and young. Mrs. P. B. Whatley went yester day to Greenwood, as a delegate to the state W. M. U. from Red Oak Grove missionary society. On every hand we hear compli mentary remarks paid the manage-1 ment of the Edgefield Fair, and it is the concurring opinion of all that] it was a triumphant success. Miss Georgia Reese, the capable assistant teacher of the Colliers school, spent Saturday and Sunday with her home people at Morgana. Mrs. Katherine Sprouse has gone to Augusta where she will remain until after the winter months. Among those who attended the | Fair in Augusta last week from Col liers were Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Math is, Mr. and. Mrs. T. L. Miller, Mes srs. J. L. Miller and Wyatt Ham mond, Mesdames E. 13. Mathis and Carrie Hammond, and Mieses Nona | Mathis and Sunie Hammond. Mr. Hal Holstein from Edpefield was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. 0. Whatley last Thursday night. Mrs. J. N. Crafton and Miss Jud-1 die Fanning spent last Saturday in Edgefield. The Woman's Missionary society lield a very interesting and instruct ive meeting* at Peace Haven last | Saturday afternoon. Mr. J. T. Dorn who with his fam ily moved to Ivens, Ga., several months ago returned last week to ?gain mabie Ealfa. *>ome. We extend to ) . ' welcome md hope t. ^rjrmanently settled. --^ ^. Miss Reynolds from Pleasant Lane J isvkeeping^?ffse'f?f Mrrtfv ~Ir. M?=>f [errand children. Mrs. T. J. LaSore and daughter, S??ss Mamie, were pleasant guests of relatives in Columbia during the Fair. " Mr. G. D. Mims the genius of the Faifa section has juBt completed a ??andsome china cabinet, the case is of mahogany inlaid with curly naple-the surface throughout is in nano. Mr. Mims values this beau tiful cabinet at one hundred dol are. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Whatley! nad? a brief but very pleasant visit | ?0- Cleora last Tuesday. " Mr. O. Smith from Edgefield was k guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. [>; T. Mathis last Sabbath, s An interesting program is being irranged for Temperance Sunday at R??ce Haven. A mission study class has been or ganized at Red Oak Grove with Mrs. jeorge Bussey as leader. The mem bers of the class have selected as ;heirtext book "The Uplift of Chi-j ia." Miss Lucile Whatley has gone to | Greenwood to attend the state W. M. tl'., after which she will spend a ?veek or ten days in Troy, as the rifest of her friend Mrs. W. C. Hol lingsworth. . The interest in the Peary-Cook soritroversy over the North pole has pst somewhat in interest since the iiscovery of the lazy disease, and the joming of Halley's Comet has been wrought to our knowledge by as ?ronoraers, who predict that as ear y "as-December it will be visible | arith the naked eye. We are look ng forward to the coming of this phenomenon with much interest not | inmixed with awe. t usta's Leadi VERY department < plied and we solidi Edgefield people. Augusta's Larg< Cut Glasses, Silvt Jewelry, Watches, t We solicit your Fine wa Call or send us your order A. j. R: 708 Brond Stree :- : PARKSVILLE LETTER.. Baptists to Build Parsonage, New Carriage Shop, Whole* sale Mercantile Compa ny. Fair This Week. Our Baptist church here in con ference last Saturday, passed suita ble resolutions relative to the un I timely death of Mr. L. F. Dorn, and ordered them published in the Baptist Courier. Yesterday the Rev. L. B. White preached an excellent sermon on the I office of the spirit. He announced ! also that there would be Thanks giving services in the Baptist church I next Thursday, to which ali were invited. The church appointed the follow ing committee to looking to the buying or erecting a parsonage: ! Messrs. W. R. Parks, T. G. Tal bert and J. C. Morgan. I ^ The B. Y. P. U. had a good meet ing last night, the subject being, "What Christ taught about humili ty." The following young men were on the program: "The story of washing the disciples ieet," by Dan > A. Bell; "Th? parable of Pharisee and Publican," by Jasper Talbert, Jr., "The incident of Jesus at the dinner," by L. F. Dorn, Jr. The object of the B. Y. P. TX. is to bring ont our young men and swo merf. A new carriage, buggy, and blacksmith shop is being erected in our town by our popular fellow citizen, Mr. R. N. Edmnnds. Mr. Edmunds does good work, and has the reputation of losing o' ly ten dollars in ten years. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fowler are erecting a very commodious and convenient residence on their plan tation hard by. The residence will be unique in that there is nothing in the world like it. I want to give you a full description of its con veniences before long. A charter has been granted to the "Paroda," a new mercantile con ce?Sf??ere, by" the secretary of state, _ which will, I understand, open, books of subscription to form a joint stoak company to do a large wholesale, business. "~The name is~-Trmque and means, I am told, "Pa" for Parks, "Ro" for Robertson, and "Do" for Dorn, the three corporators. The future is bright for a big business for the "Paroda." Dr. James A.'Dobey, from John ston, worshipped with us yesterday. Mri?. Dobey has been here some time with her mother. The fair next Friday is the talk of the community. Noted speakers have been invited, and the whole surrounding territory are coming with stock and farm products. The management will give a big bar becue at a charge to men of 50 cents, women and children free. Come one, come all. MORE ANON. Negro Lingo. Senator Taylor of Tennessee tells of an old negro whose worthless son was married secretly. The old man heard of it and asked the boy if he was married. "I ain't sayin' I ain't" the boy replied. "Now, you Rastus," stormed the old man; "I ain't askin' you is you ain't; I is askin' you ain't you is." Trav Times. Blessed Assurance. Inquiring Henderson-Paw what is single blessedness?" Fathtr-That's when the doctor says it isn't twins. The Better Way? First Boston Child-Do you be lieve in corporeal? Second Boston Child-No; I can usually make my parents do what I wrish by moral suasion. lng Jeweler )t our store is "well sup t the patronage oi the Bst Dealers In ?rware, Diamonds, Silver Novelties etc tch and Clock repairing, s for Wedding presents. EN KL, :-: Augusta. Ga.