Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 22, 1913, Page THREE, Image 3
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Auditor's Notice.
All persons owning property of any
kind whatsoever, or in any capacity,
as husband, guardian, executor, ad
ministrator or trustees are required to
make returns of the same to the Audi
tor under oath within the time men
tioned belovv and the Auditor is requir
ed by law to add a penalty of 50 per
cent to all property that is not return
ed on or before the 20th day of Eebru
ary in any year. ?**
All male ci?zens between the ages
of 21 and 60 years except those ex
ejnpt by law a ;e deemed taxable polls.
The 50 per cent penalty will be added
for failure toi make returns.
For the convenience of taxpayers, I
or my represen :ati ve will be at the
following appointed places on the dates
mentioned to receive tax returns:
Roper's, Wedn ?jday Jan. 15.
Meriwether, Thursday Jan. 16.
Collier, Friday ian. 17.
Red Hill. Saturday Jan. 18.
Clark's Hill Monday Jan. 20.
Modoc, Tuesday Jan. 21.
P-arksviHe, Wednesday Jan. 22.
Plum Branch, Thursday Jan. 23.
Morgan's Store, Friday Jan. 24.
Liberty Hill, Saturday Jan. 25.
Cleora, Monday Jan. 27.
Pleasant Lane, Tuesday Jan. 28.
Meeting Street, Wednesday Jan. 29.
Johnston, Thursday Jan. 30.
Herin's Store, Fridav Jan. 31.
Trenton, Saturday Feb. 1.
The office will be open to receive re
turns from the first day of January till
the 20th Kay of February as prescribed
by law.
J. R. UlMMERMAN,
Auditor, E. C. S. C.
Treasurer's Notice.
The County Treasurer's office will be
open for the purpose of receiving: taxes
from the 15th day of October, 1912, to
the 15th day of March, 1913.
All taxes shall be due and payable be
tween the 15th day of October, 1912,
and December 31st, 1912.
That when taxes charged shall not
be paid by December 31st, 1912, the
County Auditor shall proceed to add a
penalty of one per cent for January,
and if taxes are not paid on or before
February 1st, 1913, the County Auditor
will proceed to add two per cent, and
five per cent from 1st of March to the
15th of March. After which time all
unpaid taxes will be collected by the
Sheriff. - .
The tax levies for the year 1912 are
as follows:
For State purposes . 5 3-4 mills.
" Ordinary County 41-2 M
" Cons. School tax 3 44
" Special County tax 2 3-4"
44 Bacon S. D, Special 2 "
" Edgefield S. D. 2 "
44 Long Cane S. D. 3 "
44 Libertv Hill S. D. 3 "
" Johnston S. D. ? 5 41
44 Collier S. D. 3 4<
44 Flat Rock S. D 4 41
44 Prescott S. D. 3 4<
4'Plum Branch S. D. No 1 5 "
44 White Town SD 3 4<
44 Trenton SD 2 "
" Ward SD. 2 4<
" Moss SD 3 "
Parksville SD 3 M
" Washington SD 2 44
" Oak Grove SD 3 44
44 Red Hill SD 21-2 "
44 Shaw 2 "
44 R R Bonds Wise T's'p 11-4 44
44 R R Bonds Pickens 3 44
44 RR Bonds Johnston 3 44
44 RR Bonds Pin? Grove 12 44
44 RR Bonds Blocker 12 44
44 44 Bonds Town Edgefield 1-2"
44 School Bonds 1 44
44 Town of Edgefield
Corporation Purposes 10 44
All male citizens between the ages of |
2a years and 60 years except those ex
empt 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 dogs.
The law prescribes that all male citi
zens between the ages of 18 and 55
years must pay $2.00 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.
James T. Mims,
Co. Treas. E. C.
DID NOT LIKE BRIDGE
PLAIN SPOKEN GUEST TOLD WHY
HE OBJECTED TO IT.
Mollycoddle Talk and Stereotyped
Piffle Demanded By the Rules
Too Much For Him.
A certain large-featured, firm-jawed
man, with views on things, was "in
vited out" the other evening, along
with his wife.
After the hostess had seen to it that
her guests were all well enough fed
that they wouldn't have any kick com
ing, they all crumpled up their nap
kins and filed into the front room.
They had been seated for about
forty-four seconds-frail women In
spacious plush or leather chairs and
the more ponderous men in the party
on delicate little gilt chairs out of a
child's playhouse set-the hostess an
nounced beamingly that they would
"have some bridge." Whereupon she,
assisted by her husband, a docile
looking little party, began to get out
a couple of card tables.
"We've just enough for two tables,"
tb? hostess twittered on pleasantly.
"I wonder which of you are the best
players?"
The firm-Jawed man had been
watching these moves with patient
resignation.
"Pardon me if I seem to be casting
a wet blanket on the card feature of
the evening's entertainment," he put
lu casually, at this juncture, "but I
don't play that bridge game."
"Wh-a-a-t! You don't play bridge!"
exclaimed hostess and the rest of the
guests in unison-just as they might
have said: "And you never eat
food!"
"Nope " repeated the firm-Jawed
man. "I never learned the game."
"Oh, well, but we can soon teach
you."
"No. I thank you. The fact ls I
don't care to learn-again begging
your pardon for spoiling your plans.
You know, I never could stand for the
game on account of the mollycoddle
ish talk I hear 'em getting off when
they're at it-Tray do,' and a lot more
stereotyped, piffle-piffle-who-talks-the
piffle expressions. So that lets me
out. I won't play any game where
you have to say things just the way
some fellow tells you to in a bank. I'd
just as soon play the old reliable safe
and sane croquet or parchesi. If you
want to sit in a little game of seven-up
or nosey poker, or some other good
old-fashioned caru game suitable for
playing anywhere from a parlor to a
haymow, I'll go you, but I'll have to
ask you to cancel any dates for ,me on
the bridge proposition."
Whereupon everybody glared at him
the rest of the evening for speaking
his mind so freely, and regarded him
as an altogether "impossible" per
son.
But he did not mind. For he was
rewarded with the clear conscience
that goes with having stood by one's
convictions.
Fierce Cheese Eaters.
James Oliver Curwood, the novelist
and magazine writer, was aboard the
steamship Megantic, at Montreal, and
just before the vessel left on her
trip for Liverpool was watching the
loading of an enormous quantity of
Canadian cheese. A number of school
teachers were on the boat, bound for
Quebec, and these young ladies were
very much interested in the loading
of the cheese. One of them asked
the writer how many there were.
"The Megantic takes on from 15.000
to 25,000 cheese every trip," he truth
fully informed her.
"How-how many people are there
on board?" she asked.
"About 1,200 this trip."
For a moment tfie young lady re
garded him in astonishment; then she
looked at the cheese being loaded by
the hundred.
"It's truly wonderful!" she gasped.
"I never would have believed it if I
had not seen them with my own two
eyes! And only 1,200 people! Good
ness me, they must be fierce cheese
eacers!"-Judge.
Tb Watch Egypt's Banks.
Lord Kitchener is preparing to in
troduce an innovation In Egypt which
is also contrary to the practice at
home bi Great Britain by establishing
a system of inspection for banks, both
native and foreign. The rigid govern
ment scrutiny of banking establish
ments, both state and national, which
prevails In this country, has no coun
terpart in the United Kingdom.
The Egyptian ministry of finance,
however, has drafted a law for bank
examinations which is to be submitted
to the legislative council at its next
session and will eventually go to the
mixed court for its sanotlon, so that
lt may be applied to foreign banks. In
the meantime, a meeting of bank
managers Is to be convoked at the
ministry of finance to discuss the de
tails of the scheme for; which a spo
ols! department will be created.
Cynical Clrcassla.
Justice Levenson of Baltimore re
cently raided the alimony rate La his
court on account of the high cost of
living.
In a discussion of this wise action,
the justice said:
"The women of the land will thank
me, but thc men-at least those men
who have marital troubles-will de
velop a cynicism equal to the Circas- j
sian proverbs.
"There's a cynical Circassian prov
erb about marriage that says!
" 'The next best thing to no wife ia
a good wife.' " . I
PUMA THE FR OD OF MAN
South American Mountain Lion, Na
tives Say, Will Defend Him
Against Other Animals.
The North American "mountain
lion" does not take kindly to cap
tivity or taming, but the South Amer
ican representative of the species, the
puma, enjoys the title among the
Spanish speaking people of "el amigo
del cristiano," or friend of the Chris
tian, and many cases are on record
wherein it has been made as tame as
a domestic cat or dog. The people
believe that not only will it in its
wild state never attack man, but will
defend him against other animals,
and especially against jaguars.
Felix d'Azara, a Spanish naturalist
who spent years in the accumulation
of material for a work on natural his
tory, cites many cases known to him
cf the taming of pumas.
The belief of the natives of South
America that the puma will defend a
human being against any other wild
animal is founded on the fact that in
any region where two species of one
genus inhabit the same country they
are usually at enmity; and this being
the case with the puma and the ja
guar, the puma's well known indis
position to attack man, joined with
Its ferocity toward the jaguar, easily
creates the impression that lt is de
fending the human being against the
jaguar.
There ls a story of a Spanish gov
ernor of Buenos Aires, who once had
a Spanish girl tied to a tree in a
place Infested by jaguars, as a punish
ment for visiting the Indians. It was
supposed that she would be torn to
pieces by the jaguars before morn
ing. The next day, however, she was
found unharmed, and she averred that
a puma had sat by her all night, and
kept the other beasts away. This was
regarded by the people at the time as
a miraculous interposition in the girl's
behalf. It would not be so regarded
now. The puma, having no desire to
eat the girl, was simply playing the
part of "the dog in the manger."
In the museum of the Royal College
of Surgeons in London there is pre
served the skeleton of a puma that
was the property of Edmund Kean,
the tragedian. This animal used to
follow Kean about his house and his
garden, and wa3 even introduced into
his drawing rooms.
The Objection of Fritz.
A veteran of more than two score
years of service in th?, wholesale
clothing field relates the following. It
proves that entertaining buyers is by
no means a modern custom, and that
entertainment is not always appreciat
ed by those who receive it. The scene
is laid in a local men's wear house
some 40 years ago. The chief charac
ters are a salesman and the buyer, a
shrewd merchant tailor named Fritz.
Fritz had come down from his place of
business that day, and in the morning,
had bought, bought carefully, wisoA
and well. Appreciative of his* gooxr
buying, the salesman took Fritz to a
rather elaborate lunch. Returning to
the house, Fritz was shown a bolt of
cloth. He scowled at and fingered it
and, finally, bought it. For the next
hour Fritz continued to look at mer
chandise, his scowl deepening all the
time. Nothing seemed to please him.
Finally, becoming a little exasperated,
the salesman asked, "What's the mat
ter, Fritz? Don't you feel well."
"Ach, I'm all right," replied the buy
er, "but, since you made up the price
of that fine meal on the first piece you
sold me this afternoon, why keep tack
ing it on to every piece you show?"
Floating Dock Risks.
At Lloyd's of late there has been an
unusual amount of business in connec
tion with the insurance of floating
docks. Two of these huge structures
one of them with a lifting capacity of
32,000 tons, built at Birkenhead, and
another of the same size constructed
at Wallsend-are now, to the great re
lief of underwriters, at their destina
tion, Portsmouth and Sheerness, re
spectively. The risk on both was
$2,500,000, and during the towage of
each several big reinsurances were ef
fected at fairly high rates. Prepara
tions are being made to take the dock
of 25,000 tons, which was jilt at
Barrow, across the Atlantic to Mon
treal, and three Dutch tugs have been
engaged for the purpose. The policy
at a premium of five guineas per cent,
covers $1,250,000, but some underwrit
ers, who fear trouble owing to the
prospect of unfavorable weather con
ditions, are offering reinsurance at an
advance of six guineas on the original
figure. On the long voyage the anxiety
of the market ls naturally intense, as
dally reports of the progress made are
of course Impossible.-Consular Re
ports.
Photographing a Tornado.
We frequently hear of the daring of
photographers who expose themselves
to real dangers in order to obtain
unique and Interesting photographs.
Here is an example of auch daring.
Last May a tornado occurred In Okla
homa which devastated a section of
country near Poca City, killing a num
ber of? people and destroying much
property. Notice of the approach of
the tornado had been telephoned
ahead, which gave an enterprising
photographer the chance to prepare
to record the phenomenon with his
camera. He took the photograph from
a house which lay directly In line with
the approach of the tornado. The pic
ture clearly shows the funnel-shaped
cloud formation. Immediately on snap
ping the shutter the photographer took
refuge in a cave, and as the tornado
came on lt completely demolished the
house from which the picture had been
'aken.-Scientific American.
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