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EDGfcF?ELD ADVEhTISEfc Established 1835. v J. L. MIMS . .. . . EDITOR . i_ . TERMS: ONE YEAR ----- $1.50 SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 THUBSDAS, FEB. 23rd, 18 iO iiiuiiiBBiiiaifiinaiiiiiiiiiilcUtuw g The greatest pleasure * 2 know, is to doaffood action by 2 ? stealth, and haye it found oat ? S by accident.-LAUB, ^?????????????????????"?""iB1,,? The sugar trust will recoup the half million dollar fine when black berry season opens. The work of the late session of the legislature is a Very strong ar gument forbi-ennial sessions. Who will not . appreciate the "good old summer time" when it comes? The buzz of the political bee ca? be heard ir. many sections of the county. Almost every county in the state | seems to be claiming Editor Lat h an of the News and Courier. Atlanta j . will be next. I Did the legislature abolish the | office of Lieutenant-Governor? So far we have seen no candidate an nounced^br the place. If the freezes continue a few more weeks the Clark'? Hill fruit growers will be subject to the in come tax. A full crop of Elbertas will be practically assured. The liquor houses are still com ing forward with their conscience money. A dead dispensary seems to be paying South Carolina better than a live one did. Some of the cold storage eggs that are being Bold in New York . are said to be so ancient that the | pure food officers can not approach near enough to inspect them. . The Advertiser has gotten it front a pretty direct source that Mrs. Car rie Nation was born in South Caro- j lina. What county will be the first | to lay claim to her? Don't all speak at once. "', We have an idea thatj Abbeville should have the hon^r. The town council will have to create a ne woffice, that of the press censor/ whose duty shall be the passing upon the news that is sent out concerning Edgefield and her people. Let's not make the whole responsible for the acts of a few. Hurrah" for Virginia, the state that is known as the "Mother of j Presidents." Her legislature has j flatly refused to enact a law making itveasier to obtain a divorce. Maybe j other states will yet come to South Carolina's way of dealing with this great question. After a long and tedious session, the members of the Edgefield dele- j gation to the General Assembly have returned to pursue the even tenor of their several ways. We be lieve each one of them has honestly striven to do his full duty as he saw it. \ Lexington county has changed its j system of working the roads. All who are liable for road duty are re ; quired to pay $2 which, with the\ snm raised by a special levy for ro>d improvement, is used in hiring convicts for working the roads of the county. -, . ?, Those who heard Senator Bai ley's address before the South Caro lina legislature last week have pro nounced him to be a very able man-one of the leading intellect ual giants of the country. He would be a Democratic factor of great pow er in Congress but for his alleged fraudulent connection with thej Standard Oil Company. We see by the papers that Zach McGhee contemplates opposing Frank Lever for congress in the seventh district. Zach usually thinks his own thoughts and formulates Eis own plans but surely his friends | ,will not stand quietly by and see | him sacrificed. There is not a man in Mr. Lever's district who can de-1 feat him. The Federal authorities are just now doing in Kentucky and Ten nessee what should have been done two years ago: calling the "Night -Riders" to account for their law lessness. before the United States courts. Had these states such a gov erner as South Carolina has,this out lawry could have been stopped with out FedeiaJ aid, i The Advertiser welcomes tl Aiken Sentinel to its desk. The Sei .tiaej_i? a seni-weekly ?a?9r tnt has succeeded the Recorder, heir owned and ^edited byi. Robe M. Hitt and Walter E. Dennean, is a bright newspaper, and i? airest receiving a liberal advertising pa ronage from the business men < Aiken. Success to Brethren Hi and Duncan! a? ? m ' Wasn't that a spleadid editori in The State yesterday entitle "Waste of the Drink Habit." Lei have another. The State should te its readers something about tl great waste that results from the in paired earning capacity of tho; afflicted with the drink habit. Thi we believe, was not touched upc in the editorial above referred to. , Still Watching Charleston. The Post says the entering of tb Clinchfield railroad will make Cha ! leston "one of the great coal por of the Atlantic coast and that shir, will come from all parts of tl I iouth to fill their bunkers." Wh not have ships' come to bring me chandise and carry away merchai dise md produce, let the tilling c their bunkers with coal be merel incidental. Charleston should- groj along other lines-not be satisfie with being a big coaling depot. Ai gusta's tourist hotels are overflow ing. Why should not Charlesto have suitable accommodations fo the iou ris v class? We're watching for Charleston'] inueh-;talked-of growth along al lines. Have Rendered Splendid STVIC. Doubtless the real ground for tin complaint made by some of th< lawyers in the legislature concern ing the attorney ^ees paid by tin dispensary commission was that tht fees went to the other fellow. Hat they found their way into the pock ets of the aforesaid complaining law yers?. would any objection have beer raised as to the amount? Hardly'. The Advertiser has watched tin doings of the dispensary jcommis sion closely and we fail to see where in they can be justly criticised. At times they adopted courses of pro cedure that we somewhat questioned but as they had an Herculean un dertaking on their ' hands-many tangled webs to straighten out-real izing too that they had studied care fully the situation and knew better how to act in the premises than an outsider, we no longer doubted the wisdom of their judgment, and never their integrity. The taxpayers of South Carolina are due the members of the winding up commission a rising vote 'of thanks instead of censure. Southern People Negro'H Friend Early last year Charleston was greatly annoyed with purse snatchers A white woman could scarcely walk some of the streets without having her purse snatched from her hand by negroes from the loafing, va grant class. The attacks were so frequent that the entire community became aroused, and a policeman attired himself as a woman in order tb catch the purfe snatchers. What was done when the leader of the purso snatching gang was caught by the officer in woman's apparel? Was a mob' formed and lyr ching threaten^? No. On^tbe contrary, an orderly trial was ac corded the criminal and he was sen tenced to a long tenn in the peni tentiary. In marked contrast with the foregoing, last week a negro purse snatcher was-arrested in Cairo, j 111., and a mob of 200 white men [stormed the jail in an effort to lynch the negro. The attempt was i futile, but a race riot was precipi tated which caused several white men and negroes to be killed. This serves to show who are real ly the best friends! of the colored people. Vaat Majority Condemn It A dispatch from Edgefield says the mothers of Edgefield sent by express Wednesday morning to B. R. Tillman, United States Senator, a wreath of white hyacinths, tied with a bow of black crepe. The dispatch did not say how many mothers participated in this attempt ed insult to" Tillman.-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The writer has heard a number of regrets expressed because of the sending of the dispatch in question to the daily papers, making the en tire motherhood of Edgefield re sponsible for the acts of. a few in dividuals. Judging from the ex pressions we have heard, had all of Edgefield's mothers been consulted, the overwhelming majority would have advised against sending the flowers to Senator Tillman; It is \: : ' . ' . 1 not in keeprng with the. true F?dge field spirit to strike a man who has been vanquished. . ? The Advertiser advocated the re peal of the law which temporarily deprived Mrs. Tillman of her chil dren, because we believed it to be an unjust law. We favored the im mediate restoration of the children to their mother, but we do not ap prove of what the Orangeburg pa per calls an "attempted insult" to Senator Tillman. The Advertiser would have had nothing to say concerning the mat ter but for the wording of the dis patch so as to make all of the Edge field mothers parties to the ill-ad vised act. We simply rise to ex onerate the mothers who had noth ing to do with sending the flowers to Washington. Senator Tillman Steadily Im proving. When Senator Tillman became suddenly ill last Wednesday great anxiety prevailed in Edgetield lest bc! fail to rally from this second apoplectic stroke, and as the hours and days* have passed the latest tidings from Washington have been eagerly sought by all classes. The reports of his continued improve ment are as gratifying to the people of our town and county as the first intelligtnce of his serious illness was alarming and depressing. Sena tor Tillman is steadily regaining the use of his right ile an 1 the power of speech is retu ning, which indicate that the seau of the trouble has been reached and is responding to the t-kill of the attending.physi cians. Dr. Babcock, of Columbia, Senator Tillman's personal friend and the physician who attended him in his similar illness of two years ago, was summoned to Washington Friday and remained until Monday night, ile stated upon leaving that Senator Tillman will be able to come to his home at Trenton in about a month, but advises most emphatically against his appearance upon the floor of the senate again this session. Senator Tillman possesses won derful resisting and recuperative powers, and they are serving him well in this exigency. The steady improvement and the encouraging statements given out by his physi cians are exceedingly gratifying to the people of his home county, and to his friends over the state. Newsy Letter From Paraville There was a Valentine party at Mr. T. C. Mcdonald's on last Mon day night which was very amusing. Some fake telegrams were got ten up in reply to some of the young peoples' questions concerning the love question, which was enjoyed very much. Rev. T. H. Garrett preached to a very good congregation considering the bad weather yesterday morning, his theme was "the church, the dwelling place of God." There was not any B. Y! P. U. last night on account of the inclem ency of the weather. A few young people went but the leader was not there and there was no one to con duct the meeting. Mr. Frank Middleton, from Clark's Hill, is in our town. Rev. Mr. Lawson did not preach at the Methodist church yester day. Mr. B. F. Cotton, is living at Re hoboth now since his wife died, but visits us occasionally yet. The farmers around here havn't gotten a chance to do any work yet. The soil has been too heavy to plough. Mr. H. H. Freeman has nearly completed his brick store. The Literary Society met at Mrs. M. Wates on last Friday night. Our school will take holiday to morrow as it is Washington's birth day. MORE ANON'S, SUBSTITUTE. Took All His Money. Often all a man earns goes to doctors or for medicines, to cure a stomach, liver or kidney trouble that Dr. King's New Life pills would quickly cure at slight cost. P?e<t for dyspepsia, indigestion,, biliousness, constipation, jaundice,, malaria and debility, 25c at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co. Nunnally's ce'ebrated candy by. express. Penn?fc Holstein, ' ?K. -?Hn-r-H*** >M-*v*K"> -i* -i-i-:-5- -Tv *? .'?J: . ** ?$ What Others Say. :%% ??* < t1 8 < '? fri g. 8''M M Sg i ? 'ft " " Small Change. In Tennessee the other day a Mr. Penny married a Miss Dollar. Look out for small change.-Anderson Daily Mail. Hips Corning Back. The dressmakers, who permit hips to be fashionable once more next summer, thus patronizingly admit that .the architect of the female form divine may know a thing or two about lines of beauty.-Orange burg Times and Democrat. All Work, No Play . According to a recent ruling of j the Postoflice Department, the shoot ing and hunting of game by rural mail carriers while they are officially employed on the service of their router or the carrying of guns for that purpose, is prohibited in the future.-Fort Mill Times. Drove Her on Track. Five dollars worth of cow feed can almost be carried home in a basket these days and grass is still afar ways off. Cow owners can appreciate the situation of the man who 6aid, "My cow is getting so poor and feed is so high that I am half tempted to drive her on the railroad track." The pith of the joke will appeal to railroad lawyers. -Abbeville Medium. Some Kind Words. The Edgefield Advertiser has just had a birthday. Having been pub lished under one name for 74 years it claims the distinction of hoing the oldest paper in South Carolina. On the subscription list are the james of three people who have re newed their subscription time after time for nearty sixty years. This is an indisputable guarantee of its worth. * Wc wish the Advertiser many happy and prosperous returns of the day.-Abbeville Medium. Advertises Anderson Anderson county should not fail to return Col. Josh Ashley to the Legislature. His absence from thal body would prove a distinct loss to both the floor and the galleries, and the name of Anderson would suffer in the loss of advertising. That county shftuld continue to do herself proud. There is only one Col. .Tosh Ashl?y, and The State is prepared to stoutly support his pre eminence in that title role.- The Statt;. f Senator Ullman. The spectacle of a strong man stricken down is always pathetic. It is hard to think of Senator Till lying helpless and speechless, all his intensity of thought and action stilled by physical iflictiou, and even his worst enemy wiU accord sympathy to the broken man. The reports indicate that his career is ended, for, even should he recover temporarily from his present ex tremity it seems impossible that he should again engage in active affairs. That his remaining days may be peaceful will be the wish of the world in which he has played a restless part.-Charleston Post. The Oxydonor. The following are rece??; testi monials showing the popularity of the Oxydonor as a curative agent: GRIP QUICKLY CURED. It gives me pleasure to state that Oxydonor cured me, after two ap plications, at night, of LaGrippe and chronic kidney trouble. I con sider it the most wonderful discov ery I eyer heard of and believe it will do ali that is claimed for it. D. A. Johnson. Johnston, S. C., Feb. 5, 1910. CURED OF SPINAL NEURASTHENIA. I know of no other discovery wbose-value approaches Oxydonor, 'victor." I have a sure conviction, founded on actual, personal expe rience, that it is one of the greatest boons within human reach, and it seems to me the most important step toward healing human ills in three thousand years. George P. Goodale, Pres. Detroit Free Press. TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE. I have been using Oxydonor in my family for ten years, and find it all that is claimed for it. lt. S. Arrington, of Arrington, Bros. Augusta, Ga. SIX YEARS EXPERIENCE. I would not be without Oxydonor for its weigh? in gold. E. M. Smith, Pres. Bank of Thomasville. Thomasville, Ga. SEVENTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE. I am complete master of all kinds of diseases, under reasonable con ditions. Oxydonor is the greatest earthly blessing known to man. J. J. Threckeld, Atlanta Ga. E LECTRIC . SITTERS AND KIDNEYS. THE BEST FOB BILIOUSNESS Is Making Good. While in Augusta several days ago the writer met by chance Mr. Robert Arthur, the youngest son of Mr. Henry G. Arthur, who is now holding the position of soliciting freight agent for the Southern rail ruad. When Robert left Edgefield he was but a knee-pants boy, so when we met him a few days igo we could scarcely realize that he has now become a mm-a railroad magnate. Like most Edgefield boys who go out into the business world, Robert is making good with the Southern, having been promoted within the pa*t year. This very worthy young man richly deserves to succeed. Frances Willard Commemora tive Meeting. On account of the very inclement weather on Monday afternoon, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union decided to postpone the Frances Willard Commemorative Meeting until Monday afternoon the 28th. Often Tbe Kidneys Are Weakened by Over-Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness r.ndsuffering, therefore, if kidney trouble is permitted to continue, serious re sults arc; most likely LO follow. Your other organs may n'.ed at tention, but your kid neys mo? t. because they do most and should have attention first. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or oiit 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 11 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 6tands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been 'proven in thousands of the most distress ing cases. If you need a medicine you j 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 pamp'.let tellL.^ you Honnoiiwunp-Root. how 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 take, but remember the name, Swamp Root, and don't let a dealer sell you something in place of Swamp-Root-if you do you will be disappointed. Have ju? seasonable efforts anc dis?was se and v/ill b< tions at ( achieveme of which v This car everything wearables, stylish hea spection. i The enti l kate.'. w?m THE CO ?WI WM ?f?aay na?stores arc offere? ss snbsfitnf?s for RoyaL them is the same in corni liveness, so wholesome a: 3 nor will make suda fin ?tug Pow AbsoBufeiy Pure i the only Baking Powdc Royal Grape Cream ol T Tidings From Red HUI. At our W. O. W. meeting Satur day the following resolutions, to the memory of our deceased Sov ereign Clarence Stone, were pre sented by So '. Littlejohn and adopt ed by the camp: Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father in his infinite wis dom to take from us our beloved sovereign, Clarence Stone,v and whereas in his passing away we have lost a true friend and ? faith ful Woodman, be it Resolved, that we the members of Cold Spring camp, Woodmen of the World, extend to his family our heartfelt sympathy and love in this their, darkest honr, and further Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased and to the county pa per for publication and that a page be left in our minute book to his memory. Mr. .1. H. Bussey has been on a visit to his daughter and grand children in Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Graves and little child, of Amity, Ga., are here on a visit to friends and relatives. Miss Lydia Holmes accompanied by Miss Carrie Elliott, another one of the S. C. C. I. students, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. We ?re always glad to have the "C. L's" among us, as we feel that they will ba an inspiration to other young people of our community. Among the many things some of our busy farmers have been doing is well boring. Mr. Smith from near Johnston has been in this section for some time with his well boring apparatus with which good work has been done. The weather being so inclement sunday, we had no services at the church and this reminds us of the crying need of the church being heated. We indeed have a church building of which we are proud and .j ustly so, but with resent condi tions we should not be satisfied. In a thickly settled community like this a congregation could have and would have easily gathered for preaching and B. Y. P. U. service on Sunday if it were knowm that the building would be comfortable. A furnace can be installed at a very reasonable cost, and numbers have expressed a willingness to bear more than their proportionate share of the cost, so let's be up and doing. Begin now to prepare to have an up-to-date furnace in working order by the first cold snap next fall. X. Y. Z. j?.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Stop That Cough. Corner f Spring 19K st received one solid merchandise. By I alert buying this ii icured at former \o\ 3 sold with one or tw )ur usual low figi nt in the face of 14< ra are justly proud, 's contents embrace : necessary to a from seamless ho idwear. Now open ^cordial invitation t re salesforce welcon Respectfully, RNER STORE w ?osition ad eco e food. der T made arlar Our Shameful Treatment of Live Stock. We have depended too much on our genial climate in the matter of stock raising. Because live stock will maintain themselves under our conditions with less care and feed than in the colder climate of the north, it does not follow that it is most profitable to reduc* the feed and care io the minimum which has too often been our practice. For in stance, while we do not need the ex pensive and tightly built barns nec essary in some places,it does not fol low that it is not profitable to pro tect young animals, dairy and breed ing stock from wind and water dur ing the winter. The only shelter needed is one that wilL break the force of the wind and keep the live stock dry. We need give no con sideration to temperatures.. Any stable, shelter, or barn which pro tects from rain and ' wind., affording a clean, dry place for lying, gives ample protection, but this much is needed to obtain good results, here as well as elsewhere.-Baleigh (N^ C.) Progressive Farmer. President 'Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the president of the in dustrial-and orphan's home at Ma con, Ga., who writes: We have used Electric Bitters in this insti tution for nine years. It has proved, a most excellent medicine for stom ach, li\er and kidney troubles; We regard it as one of the best family' medicines on earth. It invigorates all vital organs, purifies the blood, aids digestion creates appetite. To strengthen and build up c pale, thin, weak children or r?n'down^people it has no equal. Best, for female complaints; Only 50c at Penn & Holstein^, W E L.ynoh.<S: Co.: Spring Arrivals. We invite the early spring shop pers to call and . let us show them our new arrivals in madras, lan ns, dimities, linen lawn, linen suitings,' gingham, cambric,' silks, panamas, mohairs and many other things too numerous to mention. We can not give you any idea' of what these goods really are through the news papers, so invite you to call. They were bought early and are priced right. 0. W. Peak. / Look up the business localsjof Mr. B. Timmon8 this week. Th"\v will jrcve to he a valuable guic? vo the sh(prcis. j 1 ) car load personal nerchan v prices o excep ires, an z cotton is almost family's .siery to for in -o all. les you. H. Turner, Prop. ??Mr