Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Off?c Reside WEDNESDAY LOCAL Al Mrs. Israel ! this week in Ai Miss Alma Augusta is the Hughes. Mr. Vivian '. summer vacati Timmonsville. Mr. Isreal mer goods at ment this weel Mrs. Geo. H spent last weel Mrs. "Warren ] Mrs. Fannie ston spent last tives. Miss Mattie her vacation y Bertha Kemp, 10 pieces of shades at 15c Mrs. Beaurc companied by fa ing this week Mrs. Manly Til Mrs. J. R. X for Wadesborc will spend som< rents. Misses Snow turned Saturday eral weeks to r City, Tenn. Mrs. R. E. ( B. Ryles, of Gi ing their sister, ?tein. Read the hal of Mr. C. M. JV some very atti offer you. Do : about your nexi Mr. and Mrs. tain Creek secti ing the past w and Mrs. J. W. MTS. W. H. Ja The friends < Manus are gla back borne agai visit to relative! ?Tinety Six. W A N T E cows. B. F. D. No. 4 There was n< the Edgefield ch pastors who wei annual vacation scents to preach Mr. and M have returned a: al weeks in the other places, away to take a baa been greatb FOR SALE: within two mile within a mile a ny* Apply to Mrs. Robert is here visiting Minna and A William Bee. affectionately friends in Ed g come her returr A corps of p on the interio church. The. < painted and the mined. After completed their new carpet whi chased will be Everything is tive for the ladi ble here on the tend their missi Revival M After being two weeks, the i dist church cl The preaching C. E. Efeele, wi and night to whole counsel o: visible results o notas large as c casions, there 1 cessions, yet tin church was gr? The benefit wan Methodist churc attended from < likewise awaken Edgefield Cases That Were Sent up to Supreme Court. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: Ex-Chief Justice Ira B. Jones and Governor Blease both have rec ords in the publio service. Whose record will you endorser" Do you endorse the administration of Gov ernor Blease? Just think now be fore you answer the question. Is there anything in the record of Judge Jones as Associate Justice and as Chief Justice that you do not endorse? He participated in over 3,200 cases and Governor Blease has only criticized three. Why, we have right here in our own county proof of the justice and abil ity of Judge Jones. In the case of Mrs. J. C.Bussey vs. the railroad company, judgment was entered up in the lower ccurt for $15,000. This case was carri ed to the Supreme court and that court, with Ira B. Jones then Asso ciate Justice, gave Mrs. Bussey and her children that money. In the case of W. M. Talbert vs. the railroad company he received a verdict for ?2,700. That case went to the Supreme court and Judge Ira B. Jones participated in the de cision and Mr. Tolbert received his money. In the case of Jennings vs. the Edgefield Mfg. Company judgment was entered up in the lower court for Mr. Jennings for $3,500. This :ase went to the Supreme court and Mr. A. S. Tompkins was one of the lttorneys for the cotton mill, and that cotton mill employeo was giv m every dollar of that money by the Supreme court. In the case of Mrs. Joe Talbert irs. the Western Union Telegraph jompany judgment was entered up for her in the lower court for $500. The case went to the Supierne court, )f which Judge Jones was Associ ite Justice, aud that court gave her ?very dollar of that money. In tho case of Leopard vs. the ?Vestera Telegraph Company judg nent was entered up in the lower :ourt for Mr. Leopard for $500. There was an appeal to the Su preme court, Judge Jones participa ting, and the Supreme court gave \Ir. Leopard every dollar of that noney. In the case of Birdie Bledsoe vs. he Columbia Mills Co., she was a ittle orphan girl and lost her right oe in a mill in Columbia. Judg nent was entered up for her in the ower court for $3,000. The ap >eal to the Supreme court was dis nissed by the Supreme court and he recovered every dollar of that noney. In the case of Mrs. Reardon vs. he Insurance Company known and :onsidered to be a very clotie case, udgment was entered |up for 1er in the lower court and the Su preme court, Judge Jones participa ing, gave her every dollar of the noney. In the case of Miss Bussey, a laughter of Rev. G. W. Bussey, vho was unlawfully ejected from a ?ailroad coach, she had a judgment :or twenty odd hundred dollars and ,he Supreme court, Judge Jones >articipating, sustained the decision >f tbe lower court and she recover id her money. Perhaps one of the most impor ant eases ever decided in this coun try in favor of the laboring people vas that of Rhodes ys. the cotton nill in Columbia for Blacklisting lim. He had a verdict for $10,000, md the circuit court cut it to $8, )00, and judgment was entered up or that amount. This case was ap pealed to the Supreme court and hat body, with chief Justice Jones jarticipating in the decision, sus ained the decision of the lower :ourt and Mr. Rhodes was allowed &8,000 because the cotton mill tried o keep him from getting employ nent. In the case of Doolittle vs. the .ailroad, Mrs. Doolittle was awards id a verdict for the death of her ?usband, and when the case wat* ;arried up to the Supreme court, iudge Jones participating in the lecision, she was given every dol ar of tue verdict awarded by the ury. These oases are from your midst md among your own people and lot things that you simply read ibout. There are hundreds of such ?ases all over the State. Judge Tones' enemies claim the eorpora ions want bim. This is absolute y untrue. They simply do not rant him. His services show that e is fair and just. His services ave been entirely satisfactory to he people. He is a man th at no jfluence whatsoever can warp fron* be right. One Who Knows. Keep out the d?ease-spreading ?osquitoes and flies by getting your Endows and doors with wire sreens. It will not cost you much, let our prices. Stewart & Kernaghan. Statement by Gov. [Blease [ nied by Mr. Thurmond. J. Wm. Thurmond yeaterc made the following reply to G Blease's reference to him at Gre wood: "Gov. Bleaae is quoted by I papers as saying at Greenwood: C J. Wm. Thurmond came to mo a tried to get me to violate the law regard to Greenwood county. Si McGhee brought me a petition cut off part of Edgefield county to Greenwood county. Thurmo was interested, for some reason trying to get North Augusta ( off into a new county. I told \ Ghee it was first come first serv? and from that day Pussy Foot h been fighting him. This statome of Gov. Blease is misleading a full of errors. I did not see h: about the Plum Branch annexati scheme to Greenwood county un he had recalled the order of electi in the proposed North Angus county. When I appeared befo him on the Plum Branch matt North Augusta county was not me tioned, as I feel sure J. W. Han aud J. W. Collins of Johnston ar one of Gov. Blease's closest fr?en in Edgefield, S. McGowan Simkic will confirm. If Gov. Blease had cl sired to prevent the formation the North Augusta county he cou have done so very easily by po> poning the election called there until the ill shaped county bill bi been passed and then signed th; act; but instead he held that act i from the time it was passed in Fe mary of 1011 until the legislativ convened in 1012, and D. S. Hei derson of Aiken and myself," ac others, were in Columbia doh; what we could to override the go ernor's veto of that act, as we ha been informed that it was his pu pose to veto it, and we desired th; bill to become a law as it woul Hock the. formation of the Nort Augusta county. The gentlemen i favor of the North Augusta count and those opposed to it, anion whom was D. S. Henderson, kno' this to be a fact; also Senator Tho: H. Rainsford, M. P. Wells and J< rome Courtney of Edgefield count} "My purpose in appearing befoi Gov. Blease to have the Pim Branch election recalled was to giv an opportunity to make the il shaped county bill a law, as I b< lieved quite a number of people i the Plum Branch section preferre to remain in Edgefield county, bu would vote to annex to Greenwood if there was a probability of bein] left in a little corner in the north western section of Edgefield cour ty, which would be the case i North Augusta county is formed, am op >osed to any scheme to cu Ederefield county anywhere. "The governor is in error whe he asserts that I tried to get hie to violate the law. My effort was ti get him to pursue a just cours and follow the law. But withou hearing the petition or learning th facts or law which we desired V call hie attention to, he stated i was no use to hear us, for he had de cided and his decision was final His order of election on the Plun Branch annexation ?cheme wa dated March 2, 1911, and the re ^quirements of an act that went int? .Weet February 10, 1011, had no been complied with. See exhibi "A." "The cove rn or charges me witl fighting him ever since I appearec before him on that matter. Why after that he applied to me to re cover from Edgefield?county a clain by one of his detectives whom thi governor had been requested by th< supervisor of Edgefield county, anc others, to withdraw from tho coun ty, as his services were of no valu< to the county. I refused to lend mj aid to burden the taxpayers ol Edgefield county wit? the paymeni of a lot of money for which I did not believe they had received anj consideration. One of the governor^ Edgefield friends, S. McGowan Sim kins, learned the oounty into thc court, on this claim and I suppose the matter is still pending in tht courts, i "The governor's reference to me as 'Pussy Foot Bill' dues not affect my health at all and is not original with him, but is an old expression which was used quite extensively several years ago by Col. Tom Wat son of Thomson, /Ga., in reference to Congressman William Howard." Exhibit A, Certificate. "State of South Carolina, Execu tive Department. "By the secretary of state. "This is to certify that I have searched the record of this office and am una ile to find any papers or plats on file as required by the pro visions of section 4, of an act to regulate the method of changing county boundary lines, and pay ment of the expenses thereof, ap proved the J 8th day of February, A. D. 1911, in the matter of the proposed annexation of certain por tiona of Edgefield ?fgl Jgcounty of Greenwood, knownlfj jFthe Plum Branch section. Sj j "In testimony wi reof I have hereunto set .my ha&i and affixe 1 the seal of the state fat Columbia, this, the eleventh day of August, A. D. 1912. "R. M!. McCown, Secretary of Slate." "BUGABOO" SAYS TILLMAN Senttor Declares Trothing i,c Talk Against Bristow Amendment-?^omei From Men Who Want 0 mee. To the Voters of jthe Second District: ^ In the campaign now. closing my opponent ha? endeavored j to create a fal*e issue, for which th^ew fourths of the Democrats and \ all South Carolina congressmen voted, means "the protection of the ne?gro at the polls by the federal government." This statement of course, has no foundation in fact. If the? Bristow Amendment meant any sucvi thing, I would not have voled fo^ it, nor would the other Soulh (parolina congressmen. y Lever voted for it and h as mo op position, and no attention h?sj been paid to it in any other district in thc country. Senator Smith I y oled for it. Col. Jasper Talbert, Iwfhen in congress, voted for a resoh-.'^ion identical with the Bristow Amend ment, ?md now says it is the "cheap est kind of politics to pretend lear of tlie negro on account of this res olution." In a letter *o Hon. V. Owens, of liam well, dated duly 23ji Senator Tillman concludes \by say* ing, "Summing it all up there is*, not as much danger in thc Bristow Amendment as appears, BUI lT IS BEING MADE A BUGABOO OF BY SO.UE MEN WHO WANT OFFICE." \ Woodrow Wilson, born in the South, says: "it was thc patriotic duty of every Democrat to have voted for the Bristow Amendment and had I been in congress I would have voted for it." Ile writes me on August 14th, that he is going to urge the New Jersey legislature to ratify it. Therefore, if a man votes against me on this account, to be consistent, ho should vote against Wilson. Against the judgment of these men and three-fourths of the Democrats of the House and four fifths of the Democrats of the Senate wbo voted for the Bristow Amend ment, Mr. Calhoun asks you to take his judgment.. In Louisiana, a StUe with a large negro population, the Judiciary committee has recommended its adoption. Georgia did not repudi ate it as Mr. Calhoun published, but on the other hand, postponed action until next Hession. In the Bristow Amendment there is no excuse for talk of the negro, and Mr. Calhoun should be the last to indulge in it in view of the facts I haye stated from the stump in every county in which we have spoken, in the presence of Mr. Cal houn, and which facts have never been denied by him, that in Beau fort, when he was a candidate for mayor, he attended a meeting of 75 negroes, in a negro hall, where he furnished the refreshments and begged them to vote for him. He states his good father "beat back the negro from the polls in '76." Instead of following the example of his father and beating them bask from the polls, my opponent en davored to lead them to the polls. The man who approves of such ac tion I ask to vote for Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun, in order to appeal to the farmer, says he is a member of the Farmers' Union, but it is well-known that his occupation is that of a bank president and before assuming that position he was a traveling salesman. I am asking re-election upon my record, with which the people are familiar. In the history of the state, but one congressman has been denied a second term, and I re spectfully ask your earnest support. James F. Byrnes. (Political Advertisement.) The Trials ot a Traveler. "I am a traveling salesman," writes E E Youngs, E. Berkshire, Va., and was often troubled with constipation and indigestion till I began to use Dr. King's New Life Pills, which I have found an excel lent remedy. For stomach, liver or kidney troubles they are unequaled. Only 25c at Penn & Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co. Lange Purchases. We have Bust unloaded One solider of chairs, One solidHar of furniture, One solidH^r of Hackney wagons. One soli^?ir of Hackney bug gies, and ffiaow ready D supply you with eS^Hthing in these linee. ^Rrtamsey <fc /ones. i CHURCH NOTICES I will preach next Sunday morn ing at Edgefield Methodist church and at night at Trenton Methodist church. The revival meeting is in prog ress at Trenton. It began with large congregations on last Sunday. J. R. Walker. An opportunity will be given to join the church at Sunday school and preaching service at Methodist church next Sunday morning. Two joined on last day of meeting and will be received in church next Sun day morning. The pastor would like to meet during the Sunday school hour all who expect to be received. On Thursday of the revival seven children were baptized. J. R. Walker. Calhoun The Man. To The Voters, Gentleman: As a candidate for congress I have endeavored to run my cam paign on a (high plane. I have not and will not use money or whiskey to influence votes,and no one has au thority from me to do so.I am fight ing the ratification of the BRIS TOW AMENDMENT to the bill for the direct election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, which gives the Federal Government control of our elec tions and protection of the negroes at the ballot box in the event they ever attempt to vote. Your property and mine is being taxed to educate j the negroes, and, willi tho large population, two to one white men lin this district, the time is coming Vvhen they will try to vote. Mr. BYRNES VOTED FOR Tm?; IT.RIST< ) W A ME N I )M E NT. .Mr. Tillman voted against it and said it was dangerous. Investigate for youjrself and you will find I am r?gnt. If so, li pe you will vote for me Ror congress on the 27th of Au-' gust.\ V Respectfully, \ Harry D. Calhoun. Political Advertisement. Gr 3at Mass of Proof Report's of 30,000 Cases of Kid ney Trouble, Some of Them Edgefield Cases. Each of florae 6,000 newspapers of the United States is publishing from week to week, names of peo ple in its particular neighborhood, who have usetl and recommended Doan's kidney pills for kidney backache, weale kidneys, bladder troubles and uraiary disorders. This mass of proof includes over 30,000 testimonials. Edbgefield is no excep tion. Here is ono of the Edgefield cases. W B Paul, clerk, Butler stieet, Edgefield, S. C.,i says; "I was bow ered with kidntj-y complaint from childhood and il got worse after I had the measles Jabout twelve years ago. I suffered from acute pains throughout my-"1- body and I had much trouble hz ?a. weakness from the kidneys aud bladder. Doan's kidney pills were just what I need ed, driving away my pains and strengthening my kidneys and blad der. Whenever I have felt in need of a kidney medicine since, Doan's kidney pills have come to my aid. I consider them the best kidney medicine to be had." For aale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Indian Killed on Track. Near Rochelle, 111., an Indian went to sleep on a railroad track ard was killed by the fast express. He paid for his carelessness with his life. Often its that way when people neglect coughs and colds. Don't risk your life when prompt use of Dr. King's New Discovery will cure them and so prevent a dangerous throat or lung trouble. "It completely cured me, in a short time, of a terrible cough that fol lowed a severe attack of grip," writes J II! Watts, Floydada, Tex., and I regained 15 pounds in weight tljat I had lost. Quick, safe, reliable and guaratteed. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Penn & Hol stein's, W E Lynch & Co. SPECIAL NOTICE The Business College now being conducted at Augusta, Ga., under the Draughon name is not author ized by Draughon's Practical Busi ness College Co. For catalog of Draughon's Big Chain of College?, address Jno. F. Draughon, presi dent, Nashville,or Knoxville, Tenn Special Notices We cover all kind of Umbrellas anu Pareols. Write F. G. Merlins, Augusta, Ga. FOR SALK: My farm of 133 acres in the Red Hill section, ad joining land of Dr. W. E. Prescott. Five-room dwelling, good barn with nine stalls, good water and pasture, etc. Edgetield, S. C. C. E. Quarles. For the balance of the season we will give cut prices on men's low quarter shoes. Rives Bros. 5 or G doses 660 will break and case of Chills & Fever; it acts on the liver better than Calomel, any does not gripe or sicken. 25c. FOR SALE-My farm of 60 acres within one mile and a half of Edgetield. Good 7-room d'v .-li ing, tenant house, all necessary outbuildings, pasture, etc. T. W. Rearden. Pound packages of talcum pow der for only 25 cents. B. Timmons." A nice line saddles, prices right. Wilson & Can tel ou. FOR SALE: A 15-horse power Fair ban ks-Morse special gasoline engine. It is as good as new and will bc sold at a bargain. J. R. Cantelou. FOR SAT. E: One Cable drive No. 2 fast Led Saw Mill,Boiler and Eugine; same as new, with yoke of Steers. Cheap. R. A. Timmerman, R. F. I). No. -J, Ropers, S. C. Just received anew shipment of men's summer coats in alpacas and cecillians. Prices very reasonable. Rubenstein. $18 snits now $13.25, all wool, perfect Ht. Wnte F. G. Merlins, Augusta, Ga. All children's wash suits at half price. Write F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Mens, Ladies, Childrens, Oxfords just received, at Dunovant & Co. A beautiful lot of 10c Organdi which we always sell at 10c, for 7c. J. W. Peak. Rub-My-T?8ra will cure you. We are still sefling the celebrate? Studebaker wagon. The best yet, Wilson & Cantelou. Large stock of wire screen doors and window? just received. Stewart & Kernaghan. Write for the shirt we are sell ing for 79c and $1.15. F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. No matter what you want in the buggy line. We will get it for you if we don't happen to have just what you are looking for. Wilson & Cantelou. I am closing out my line of la dies shirt waists. The regular price is $1.98. Now $i.i?. J. W. Peak. The American lady Corset in styles to fit ill figures, for sale by Rives Bros. Tan silk hosiery, 'isle thread hosiery, combed yarn cotton hosiery in black, white and colors. Sox for the little tots in Tarions numbers and styles. The Corner Store. Combination suits in fine combed yarn, bleached balbrigans at 50c ?nit. The Corner Store. Carthartts Overalls and gloves ?1.00. Write F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. ?15.00 Suits now ?11.25, all wool, fit guaranteed. Write F. F. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Large assortment of trunks, bags,, suit cases, etc, at reasonable prices. Ramsey & Jones. Ladies and childrens fancy para sols to close out at a sacrifice at Rives Bros. Misses and children's Gingham and percale dresses at one half price. Rives Bros. Suit Cases and Hand-bags 25c bff. Write F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Lightweight rainproof Automo bile dusters, falso fine for traveling men, price $6.00. Write F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Our prices on wire screen doors and windows is very reasonable. See us before buying. Stewart & Kernaghan.