Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ifi 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 World, 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. j Pianos and Organs At present we desire to call especial attention to S the Adain Schaff piano, which is used exclusively g in the public schools of Chicago. The factory has 5. been established forty years. It is a strictly high 5 grade standard piano. Prices of uprights are from i $300 to $500. Farrand Organs. We have sold over 1,500 Farrand organs and all S of them are now giving satisfaction. We also car S ry a line of other makes of pianos and organs. Any S of our goods are sold on liberal terms of payment. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. Holland Brothers, Greenwood, S. C. fcinnuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiHitiiiiiiiiiiaiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiineiBiii For Boys and Men We have never been better equipped than'we are this season to supply the boys and men of Edgefield county with Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Neckwear, Etc. Large assortment of all kinds. We de sire to call especial attention to our large stock of Eclipse shirts for men. Notqingjbetter on the market for the money. Drop in to see us. If we haven't what you want, we will order it out for you at once. Dorn & Minis y^MIIMWM.li.Ill lilli.? ? .? .? ? A E. Padgett, President Thoa. H. Eainsf ord, Vice President W. H. Harting, Cashier W. A. Byrd, Asst. Cashier The Farmers Bank STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY Capital and Surplus Earnings $110,000.00 Total Resources over 300,000.00 After 20 years of successful banking, greets the public and its patrons for the year 1012 with best wishes, thanking them for their patronage and confidence in the past. Conservative business solicited, Interest paid on special deposits. Your account ap preciated. If not already a depositor, begin now. DIRECTORS: Thos. H. Rainsford, Dr. C. P. DeVore, W. B. Penn, E. H. Folk, S. B. Maya, C. A. Wells, W. H. Harting, A. H. Padgett.! Winthrop College Scholarship and En trance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for. the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than 15 years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July 5 they will be awarded to those mak ing the highest average at this ex amination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the examination for scholarship ex amination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 18, 1912. For further information and catalogue, address, Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. The undersigned will receive bids for the erection of a steel bridge over Stevens Creek, at Shaw and McKie's mill, in Edgefield county, S. C., on Tuesday, May 28, 1912, at their office at Edgefield, S. C. Said bridge is to consist of a steel span 125 feet long, with approaches and abutments and with a total I length of about 450 feet. The bid der is to furnish all labor and ma terial and to furnish a certified check or cash for $500 to secure compliances with bid, and success ful bidder <o furnish bond for com pliance with contract. Work to be done in accordance with plans and specifications to be filed with the Clerk of Court at Edgefield, S. C. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved W. G. Wells, N. L. Broadwater, J. O. Herin, Co. Bd. Com. E. C., S. C. ? May 7, 1912 BB Escapes an Awful Fate. MA thousand tongues could not ex press the gratitude of Mrs. J E Cox, of Joliet, 111., for her wonder ful deliverence from an awful fate. Typhoid pneumonia had left me with a dreadful cough, she writes, "Sometimes 1 had such awful cough ing spells I thought I would die. I could get no help from doctor's treatment or other medicines till I used Dr. King's New Discovery. But I owe my life to this wonder ful remedy for I scarcely cough at all now." Quick and safe, its the most reliable of all throat and lung medicines. Every bottle guaranteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co. ?y3foi" 1785-1912. ESS? COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON. &??fi28th Year Begins September 27. Entrance examinations at all the county seats on Friday, July 5, at 9 a. m. It offers courses ;n Ancient and Modern languages, Mathematics, History, Political Science, Debat ing, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Engineering. Courses for B. A., B. S., and B. S. degree with Engineering. A free tuition scholarship to each county of South Carolina. Vacant Boyce scholarships, giving $100 a year and free tuition, open to com petitive examination in September. Expenses reasonable. Terms and catalogue on application. Write to HARRISON RANDOLPH, President, Charleston, S. C. GOLD SODA OUR CHOCOLATE SODA IS MADE wirae The sane as used at the fountains of their Fifty Retail Stores and known the world over for its deliciousness of flavor " Huyler " quality fills every glass of soda that spurts from our fountain. The flavor you like best is here all the old favorites and a hest of new ones. Frozen Dainties of Rare Excellence. W. E. LYNCH & CO. For men or boy's dress shirts try Rives Bros. for quality, fit, assort ment and style.-Adv. FOR SALE: 100 bushels white shelled corn. T. P. Salter, Trenton, S. C. Rives Bros. the place to find hon est shoes.-Adv. A handsome line of new ladies Waists and separate Skirts just re ceived, don't fail to look at them before you make your purchase. Rubenstein. DIRE DISTRESS. It is Near at Hand to Hundreds of Edgefield Readers. Don't neglect an aching back. Backache is often the kidney's J cry for help. Neglect hurrying to the kidneys laid Means that urinary troubles may follow. Or danger of worse kidney troub le. Mrs. V. C. Addison, Edgefieid, S. C., says: "Last year I had an at tack of kidney complaint. When ever I caught cold it settled in my kidneys and caused p'.in and lame ness all through rr ; back. I often found it almost .^possible to stoop and I lost much sleep at night, owing to pains and other kidney disorders. Finally Doan's kidney pills were recommended to me and I begun using them. They did me a world of good driving away the backache and improving my health. Of late I have again used Doan's kidney pills to gi eat advantage. I endorse thia remedy for the benefit of other kidney sufferers." For ?ale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., j Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. EYE TALK NO. 4 DETAILS The difference between a peni tentiary and a palace is largely a | matter of detail. Both are designed for human hab-| itation and serve equally well to, protect the inmates from the ele-1 ments. But one is a vastly more comfort able place of abode than the other. SO IT IS WITH GLASSES Crudely fitted glasses MAY help] your vision, but great care in every detail of adjustment is essential to j safety and comfort. YOUR EYES ARE WORTH Ai CORRECTLY FITTED PAIR I OF GLASSES. GEO. F. MIMS, Optician, Edgefield, S- C. "Nov" Back of your lens should be Ansco Film. It takes a quicker, clearer impression, makes a finer negative and more artistic pictures. Have you seen the super ior Ansco Cameras that open horizontally--the way you want to take nine tenths of your pictures? All sizes and all prices here. .'our: V GEO. F. MIMS.'Edgefield, S. ja, B?r. A. T. SiMTJEL, will do your finishing {'-JUST PUBLISHED Tcbster's NEW INTERNATIONAL Dictionary, G. Si C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mut. ) i ?urpasscs the old International at noch as that jook exceeded its predecessor. On the old I foundation a new superstructure has bren b u:,f. The reconstruction has been carried on through many years by a large force of trained workers, under the supervision of Dr. W. T. Harris, former United States Commissioner of Educa tion, and reenforced by many eminent special ists. The definitions have been rearranged and , amplified. The number of terns defined has been more than doubled. Tie etymology, synonyms, pronunciation, hare received un sparing scholarly labor. The language of English literature for over seven centuries, the j terminology of the arts and sciences, and the I' every-day speech of street, shop, and house ' hold, are presented with fullness and clearness. Ia size of vocabulary, in richness of general information, and in convenience of consulta tion, the book sets a luw mark in lexicography. 400,000 words and phrases. - 6000 illustrations, ,.2700 page* Wm* t. At ptjMuk*rt for Surfain Paces. T?e Christian's Obligation * By Edward A l^anha?l In structor of fv|bsion&, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago Who ls there among the Chris tian young people of today who has never asked him self the question: "SbcraM I be a missionary?" es pecially during spiritual awaken ing, when devotion to ChriBt was be ing emphasised. Buch a question log of conscience is usually follow ed by an Inner conflict of reason ing end excuse making, all of which silently but surely test the solidity of the heart's consecration. You may ash, "After oil* why should this question trouble Ima, I have no oalir" Have you forgotten that when you accepted Christ this was includ ed among the Items for your consid eration? You have passed it by. If, In the church where you are a mem ber ,a notice was read from the pul pit inviting every member to ' attend a social the following evening, would rou be foolish enough to afterward Insist that you bad received no In vitation and refuse to attend? The apposite would be the rule, for any candidate for membership, expecting to unite soon, would ^expect such a purpose sufficient ground to entitle aim to be present Thjus your church membership and mine Involves our responoe te the call of the Great Commission. The plan of God for appointing and Ur ec ting the work of his children ls i most natural ons. When a person ls converted, God would have him come to the bureau ot divine commis lions and there receive his appoint ment for service, one can rightfully Bxcuse himself, for when he accents the benefits of the salvation ?f Christ fte thereby obligates hlmselr to obe ilence in the service of Christ God oould not have a book on earth containing all the names of Christians throughout the age and giving the Ufa work of ea ob ; for our free agency prould then be lost God chose the better plan: to have each child come to him m prayer and Ulk his life work over. Do not ask, and run ?way, but tarry until your conviction has become settled, for it ls this Dl rine conviction which constitutes God's call. Many hov e? committed spir itual suicide by hastening away with tome Impulsive conclusion before God bad a chance to speak. Such people bave often wondered why they make ihlpwreck in their faith life or why spiritual things seem closed to them, tt ls no mystery. Divine teaching and ruidance are given 4ply to those who follow closely the .Instruction of the Teacher m God's school of learning. Deception and del?sfen always follow lelf-w?ll in gaining spiritual things. Every Christbin should therefojejl?fl ?itely present himself before God for the assignment to nfs. life work. Have poa? Public sentiment, however, leems ft> hjrve laid this responsibility Dnly upon those who "go as mission aries. Dare you say tbafr ft is not really necessary for every Christian to ob tain from God a conviction as to what be should do with hij^life. The logi cian will at once take the words from your lips and declare lt is then not necessary for &nV Christian. Wisdom, like water, floats everything on a level surface. Bring'these false the ories concerning missionary work be fore your better judgment and ec clesiastical dJstinctl%B and privileged classes will sing to the bottom, leav ing all Christians on an ?even footing, ?md each responsible before God for als ?hare of the es^flfeellsation of the srorld. Public sentiment has poisoned the Atmosphere with so*muoh anti-mlsaion iry sentiment that many children dave grown up with no little prejudice igalnst Becoming missionaries. When i person does go from a commmunity these children see so many tears and bear so many words ot regret they (eel that going to be a missionary is a misfortune. This adds very material ly to the difficulty God encounters in bum an wills in trying to secure obs* Hence in enough of his children to evangelize the world In this ^enera tton. All this prejudice and bitter ness must be worked out of the mind, and a transformation wrought before sympathy and love for the heathen trill be entertained and a conviction ot personal obligation can be possi ble. Crushing such a conviction of per lonaJ responsibility to take the Gos pel to the heathen, ia a spiritual crime. It affects^ every spiritual nen? Just aa girdling a tree affects every, branch and leaf. The one who Us obeys his call to the foreign field finds himself strangely paralysed tn blft work hese at home, especially In bis pleas for loreign missions. The question of today is not, "Will you oe a mlsstoaaryflfefeut will you present yourself b^JprJ^God for ap pointment lo any work, to any field; | wfceaaer he know? you can do yo? j best life work? Letter From North Augusta That Will Interest Many of The Advertiser's Readers. Dear Advertiser:- Boom, boom, we are always on a boom not only in North Augusta but the world over. We plod not in the footsteps ef our fathers, taking life easy and living to a great old age but we hustle and bustle in autos, in busi ness, in pleasure, in flying machines and Titanios which reminds one of the old negro's sermon. "Mortal man born of woman, few of days and full of trouble, here to morrow-gone to-day he kick out he foot he die." Yes everything booms but r?li frion. There seems to be no time to spare for the old time religion. We sing fast, preach fast, and pray fast and get through as the little boy said, ' with that old job" and hustle on to something else. My, what a pleasure it is here in North Augusta to read such philo sophical letters in The Advertiser as "Uncle Iv" my old school mas ter writes. I shall never forget the days that he laborod so persistently to pound a little knowledge in this num-skull. His beard was, even then, long and white. I was a boy, not old and gray and wrinkled. May the old pa triot live many more days to dis pense his sunshine and wisdom. Then too it is a pleasure to read the letters in The Advertiser, of the boys and girls who are the children of my old schoolmates. Many former Edgefield citizens have cast their lots here. The Cogburns, Holsteins, Faulkners, Medlocks, MoClendons, Rambos and others breathe the goosberry air of North Augusta" We were sorry to see that the Edgefield convention endorsed only one of her senatorial aspirants. To endorse one and ice water the other of her noble sons seems unfair and unjust and unworthy of Edgefield.' ''Equal rights to both and advanta ges to neither" should be the motto of all fair minded men. And then too, we have in mind the forceful injunction of ''Rotate, Rotate" by him who ousted Butler and Hampton, the great heroes of the Confederate war. The finest crops I know are in and around North Augusta. Gar dens too are fine. Plenty of cabbage, beans, Irish potatoes, lettuce, rad ish and turnips. Our new county seems a dead un certainty but the sun, moon and stars rise and set all the same, and we, like John Brown, will go marching on. Both The Advertiser and The Chronicle make their weekly visita to my shack and I still feel inter ested in old Edgefield and her good people. As soon as Edgefield gets some roads whether grown from the seed or ordered by wireless I mean to take a trip through her borders. Long live the candidates and good roads advocates. J. C. Whatley. North Augusta, S. C. Paid For Horse Taken by Yankees. Thursday Mr. Albert R. Nichol son, who was a Confederate soldier, received a check from Washington in payment for a horse which was taken from him 57 years ago by thc Federal authorities. Two days before Mr. Nicholson surrendered at Amelia Court House, Va., his horse was taken from him by Yankee soldiers. Soon after the surrender as he was about to de part for home, he had the good for tune to "pick up" a horse that be longed to the Union army. The animal bore thejbrand "U. S." as did all other federal property. While in the field plowing, after being at home about two months, the horse which Mr. Nicholson had ridden from Virginia was seized by Yan kee soldiers that were stationed at Edgefield at the time. Havingbeen informed that other Confederate soldiers in this section had been reimbursed by the national govern ment for horses that were seized without authority by Yankee sol diers soon after the surrender, Mr. Nicholson made out a claim for damages which he had thus sus tained and through the assistance of Congressman James F. Byrnes he succeeded in having the claim paid. If other veterans who sustained a similar loss will present their claims properly attested they will likewise be reimbursed. The time for filing such claims will expire on tho first of Jone, so no time should be lost. What Texans Admire is hearty, vigorous life, accord ing to Hugh Tallmam, of San An tonia. We find he writes, "that Dr. King's New Life pills surely put new life and energy into a person. Wife and I believe they are the best made." Excellent for stomach, liver or kidney troubles. 25cts at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch db Co.