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Remarkable Violin Tort, t 'An ingenious test oj! old and new vie* Uns, in which an inirtrnment of mod? ?rn make was voted the finest, has been made In Paris, During the per formance both critic!' and performers Vero in complete darkness, so that it iras impossible to see which one of the iteren violins selected for the test was bei? ? played. Then Immediately after . .being used the instrument was placed under a cloth, and the lights were tamed on for a few moments to en? able the critics to write down the Totes. All the viohns were played by cwo musicians of high standing, and ?he compositions wen? written especi . elly for the test The two violinists tried to bring out tie best in each, violin, and the result, decided by the Totes, was interesting. The moder snake of violin led tte list with I Tons, and Its nearest rival for favor tras a Stradivarius with 96 votes. Other old and famous makes of violins received 82, 85, 88, 82 and SO.-London Telegraph. _ Tender Hearted Maid. ! Once upon a time there lived a child of gentle mien and manners mild; she was so tender and so kind she wept to soe window blind. She feared lt might giTe the window pain to leave it stand* lng in the rain. Her maiden aunty, she would beg not to stone raisins, beat an egg, or from potatoes take the eyes. Oh, bow this maid did agonize! -And when she saw her whipping cream with horor she would sob and scream. The very thought of killing time appeared to her a dreadful crime, and, though to music she Inclined, to beat a measure seemed unkind. To see the cowslip by the river with ap prehension made her shiver; to cut a page or turn it down would cause a deprecating frown. And when she saw them shivering in the chill an tonin air she knitted stockings for the trees because their limbs were bare. Her heart so oft with anguish wrung caused this poor maid to die quite young.-Widow. Sensitive to A.rt. . Said the art gallery guide, "Just ?watch the crowd awhile and see which of their antics impresses you most" Presently the visitor said, "I think lt ls tile queer attitudes so many of them strike." "Exactly," said the guide, "They r^are Imitating the poses of the figures In the portraits. Anybody who sits for a portrait ls suppose i to strike a graceful attitude. All these people who nave never been painted realize the grace there is in the poise of the bead, the turn of the wrist, the slope . of the shoulders. They wish they could look like that and unconscious* ly they try lt The men are as bad as the women. They straighten np; they droop; they tnt their heads; they arrange their hands and feet in imi tation of the figures they admire most f Sometimes their attempts are very clever; again they are simply ridicu lous. "-Ne w Y-ork Times. The Walting Championship. An Atchlson woman who looks for good in everything ls glad she mar ried. "It has taught me patience," sha said. When a girl she flew into a tem per if she had to wait five minutes for, something she wanted, but now she wai ts i and waits and waits and says nothing. She waitui nine years for her new front porch, six years for her husband to take ber to the theater and eleven years for aim voluntarily, when there was no company around, to offer her a rocking chan*. "This," she said recently to a friend who heard she waa Bitting np half the night waiting for j her husband to come home, "is noth ing. I can wait longer and say less about lt than any woman who ever lived. I am glad I married; other wise^ could never claim the waiting championship belt"-Atchison Globe. Work, of the Beavers. The formation of the platean on which Dubois is built is a matter of great curiosity. Beavers are responsi ble for lt Long before the white men saw that section of Pennsylvania bea vers built a huge dam in a well set Talley. Year by year the stream wash ed rich mud into the dam. and when the body of water was destroyed 640 aeres of land flat as a table top were i left On this stands Dubois.-Al too na s> Tribune. His Hardships. ' *T suppose," said the kind lady at she banded the husky hobo a generous wedge of apple pie, "that your lot ls toll of h a rs h fps?" "Dafs de proper word fer it ma'am,* replied the h. h. "In de'winter Wen de farmers ain't doin' nothln' but eat In* apples an' drinkin' hard cider ifs too cold fer me to be trampin' aroun', ?.an' In de summer people's allers offer In* me work."-Chicago News. Wanted lt Matched. Mrs. Pride-Jimmy, dear, would yon mind doing an errand for me today? Mr. Pride-What Is lt? Mrs. Pride The cook says we won't have enough chicken for dinner, so I wish yon would take this bird down to the shop and see V. yon can get it matched. London Mail. Extravagant Economy. Economy often consists in doing without something yon want now k$ order to get something yon don't want in the future.-Atlanta Journal. A Deep One. Doting Mother-Tell me, professor,,' ^ ls my son a deep student? Professo* (dryly)-None deeper, ma* im. He's &3r> ways at the bottom. j Gravity ia the ballast of (fae NB which kc epa-tho mind steady.---FnllSff NEW BARBER SHOP. I desire to notify the public that I "V have opened a first-class barber shop next door to the post-office. A very skilled, courteous barber is in charge. New-furniture and equipment. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. M. W. HUDGENS. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. Cleaning: and Pressing I respctf ully notify the Edge field public that I have moved my dying, cleaning and pressing room to the ground floor of the Corner Store's annex, and solicit a contin uance of your patrol'age. We guar antee satisfaction on every piece of work we send out. Wallace Harris. V. A. HEMSTREET & BRO. CHEAP AND HIGH GRADE GUNS AND REVOLVERS, AND SUPPLIES REPAIRS CORRECTLY DONF 655 Broad St. Below Ga. R. R. Bank AUGUSTA, GA. James A. Dobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. Office over Farmers Bank Building JAS, S. BYRD, SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. C. ?^Offlce over Post-OfBce. Surveying. I offer my services as surveyor to the people of Edgefield county. All work carefully and satisfactorily done. Rate3 reasonable. J. H. Oantelon, C.Edgefield, S. NOTICE. I have my gasoline engine now installed and am prepared to do all grinding. Thanking my friends and patrons for waiting so patiently on me. W. R. Parks. Parksville, S. C. Dr. F. L. PARKER, Dentist, Johnston, --SC Over Bank of Johnston. \ New from Cover to Cover WEBSTERS NEW INTER NATIONAL DICTIONARY JUST IS UED. Ed.ia Chief,Dr.W.T. 2rris,formcrU.S. Com. of E<2uca kn. The Webster ? Tradition Developed by Modern Scientific Lexicography. Key to Lit erature of Seven Centuries. General Information Practically Doubled. 2TQ0 Pages. 60C0 Illustrations. 400,000 Words and Phrases. GET THE BEST in Scholarship, Conven-j lenee, Authority, Utility, i; t? ^^^^^^^^^ lr Writ? for Specimen Pages to I G. & C. MERRIAM CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS. ( ?.J Too trill don? it, vor to mention this public a t lon. t Electric Bitters Succeed when everything ehe fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it ia the besv medicine ever sold ever a druggist's counter. 5 DQfTremendcus stock of % Furniture, House Furnishings, Har ness, Buggies and Wagons ? We desire to~announce that wewere never ia better shape^to'supply your wants in all of the above lines. Large assortment to select from, and our prices are very reasonable. We sell Columbia, Durham, Brockway and Summers buggies. Can sup ply you with any style. For a farm wagon there is nothing better than a Studebaker. We have just received a car load of all sizes. We are very strong on harness-Buggy and wagon harness, light or heavy, single or double line of winter laprobes to select "from Let ns sell you a wardrobe, side board, chiffonier, suit, enameled bed, table chairs, etc. Our prices are right. Full stock of springs and mattresses any grade you want. UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. Our undertaking department is supplied with all grades of coffins and caskets. Our hearses responds promptly to all calls. We have a nice hearse for the colored people. Come to see us, get our prices. G. P Cobb, ^ Johnston, S. C. j KENTUCKY HORSES Just received a few High Class driving horses. They were sent to me direct from Lexington, Ky., by Mr. B. B. Wilson who is well and favorably known throughout Edgefield county. They can be seen at my farm. This is a good opportunity to get a high class horse > B. CANTELOU DAVID SLUSKY 1009 Broad st. High grade Paints and Oils, Tin roofing, Galvanized Iron Cornice and Sheet Metal Work, Skylights, etc. Stoves, Ranges, Mantel Tiling and Grates, Tin Plate, Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Solder, Eve Troughs and conductor Pipes, Roofing snd Sheathing Papers. SHOP AND WAREROOM, 1010 JONES STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Bell Phone No. 100. Heath Repair Shop We repair automobiles, motorcycles, gasolene engines, bicycles, guns, pistols, sew ing machines, lawn mowers, and all small farm machinery. Lawn mowers and scissors sharpened. Agency for the reliable M. M. MOTORCYCLE. W. S. G. HEATH, Proprietor NORRIS BUILDING. NEXT DOOR TO POSTOFFICi The season will soon be here to use two horse plows. We have The Oliver Chill Plows, The Vulcan plows The Vulcan Subsoil Also the Cole grain drill Come in and let us show them to you. JONES &SON Announcement! I beg to announce that I am now associated with ARRINGTON BROS &CO 863 Broad St., Augusta? Ga. and invite all ray friends and acquaintances in Edgefield and Saluda counties to write or call on mc when in need of Gro ceries or stock feed any kind. I will make it to your interest to patronize me. M. Gary Satcher THE BANK FIELD. .EDGEFIELD, S C. State and County Depository DIRECTORS J, C. S ii KI1 i'ARD, W. W. ADAMS J. H. BOUKNIGHT, T. H. RAINSFOR J, M. COBB, B. E. NICHOLSON A. S. TOMPKINS, C. C. FULLER W. E. PRESCOTT. OFFICERS. J. C. SHEPPARD, President. W. W. ADAMS. vice-President. E. J. MBIS, 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 Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of Oct, 1910 to the 15th day of March 1911, inclusive. A penalty of one per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes after the 1st day of January to the 31st of January 19ll, of two per cent, from the 1st day of February to the last day of Februa ry 1911 and penalty of five per cent from the firsc day of March to the 15th day of March 1911. The tax levies tor the year 1910 are as follows : For State purposes 5f mills. " Ordinary County 4J " " Cons. School tax 3 " Special County tax 1J " " Bacon S. D. Special 2 " " Edgefield S. D. 2 " " Long Cane S. D. 3 " Liberty Hill S. D. 3 " " Johnston S. D. 3 " " Collier S. D. 3 m " Flat Rock S. D. 3 " " Prescott S. D. 3 " " Plum Branch S. D. No. 1 3 " " White Town S. D. 3 " " Parksville S. D. 3 " " Washington S. D. 2 " " R. R. Bonds Wise T's,p li " " R. R. Bonds Pickens 3 " " R. R. Bonds Johnston 3 " R. R. Bonds Pine Grove 14 " " R. R. Bonds Blocker 14 " " " Bonds Town Edgefield ? " " School Bonds " 1 " Town of Edgefield " Corporation Purposes 9 " Al!, male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years except those exempt by law are liable to a poll tax of one dollar each. - A capitation tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dog?. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 50 years must pay a $2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to pay road tax. JAS. T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. WAKE UP! VV Shake off that tired feeling due to sluggish liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. Cleanse and purify your system with the greatest of tonics, OXIDINE -a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, Chills and Fever, and all diseases due to disorders of liver, bowels, stomach and kidneys. S Oe. At Your Druggists PATT ON-WO RS H AM DRUG CO., Milt. Dallas, Texts. For Sale By T. G. TALBERT, Parksville, S. C MSGALLS MyKAZIhT Ladies! ^ave Money and Keep in ===== Style by Reading McCall's Magasine and Using McCall Patterns McCau'a Magazine will hoi? you dress styl ishly at a moderato expense by keeping you posted on tho latest fashions ia clothes and hats. 60 Now Fashion Designs In each Issue. Also valuable Information on all homo and per sonal matters. Only 60c a year, Including a free pattern. Sub scribo today or send for free samplo copy. McCall Pattemi will enable you to make in your own homo, with your own hands, clothing for yourself and children which will bo perfc:t in style and Ot. Frico-none hlghor than 15 cents. Send for free Pattorn Catalogue. <? We Will Gire Yon Fina Pr?tants for getting sub scriptions among your friends. Send for freo Premium Catalogue and Cash Frizo Offer. THE HcCALL COMPANY. 239 le 249 West 37th Si, NEW YORK For Rent: New Six Room Dwell ing with good well, barn and sta bles, one tenant house in yard; goori orchard-also one-horse farm if de sired, including pasture. One mile of Edgefield. J. W. Cheatham. "If we say it's so." "If we say it's so." Lott-Walker Company Johnston, - - - - - S. C. Buggies Wagons The kind that your grandfather used. One of the most elaborate and up-to date lines of furni ture and house fur nishings ever ship ped to this section of the country. We are not in busi ness to put Fake Bargains on you,but we do claim to give as good as the best and just as cheap as the cheapest Lott-Walker Company. Our guarantee means something. T?iink of it A SAFE and SOUND PROPOSITION: DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, So c. TOTAL CAPITAL & SURPLUS PROITS $102,000.00 TOTAL RESOURCES AGGREGATE Over $300,000.00 PAYS INTERERT ON DEPOSITS BY SPECIAL APEEMENT. Our farmer Friends viii act wisely when they are. selling cotton to leave their money in this bank, because it is safe, and build up a credit rating with this bank. Pay all your bills with a check on this bank. It is the best receipt you can hold. IEvery accomodation consistent with good sound business I extended to our customers. j !.* To our Edgefield Friends: ****** ****** ** TT Our fall stock is now ready for your inspection. While m New York our buyer, by searching among the jobbers, purchased many things at old prices, so notwithstanding the high price of cotton we are in position to serve you to the bestpbssible advantage. DRY GOODS: dress goods. Drop in to see. NOTIONS: Our notion department was never better supplied. We are showing a complete line of nobby dry goods from staple domestics to fancy CLOTHING: The especial attention of the men is invited to our clothing from the best manufacturers. MILLINERY: Full stock of the latest styles of millinery goods at low prices. LADIES DEPARTMENT: In skirts, waists and Tailor-made suits we are unexcelled. We give our Edgefieid friends a special invitation to call. We can save you money on every dollar you spend. Augusta Bee Hive FIRE INSURANCE E. J. NORRIS, Agent Edgefield, South Carolina Representing the HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, and the old HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut. The HOME has a greater Capital and Surplus combined than any other company. The HARTFORD is the leading com pany of the Worle, doing a greater Fire business than any other Co. See Insurance Reports PRUDENTIAL LIFE "HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR." E. J. Norris, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. m