Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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idgeJieM ^?vttttstt. listubivdht? 1835. / L. MIMS, .-..Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoSice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Noticus published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. Wednesday, October 29. +-+ I Temptation rarely comes in working . hours. It is in their leisure that men I are made or marred.-TAYLOR. *_-* Only two more days in which to become an October bride. "The Carnival's comin', Oho! Oho!" Those Sunday newspapers of Co lumbia are veritable "skyscrapers. " Everybody is talking about the parades. Edgefield has become fa mous for its annual parades. The carnival will open its mid way next Monday morning and will not close till Saturday night. The State fair is on this week and YOUR fair will throw wide its gites at Edgefield next Wed nesday morning. Think of it, not an October wed ding in Edgefield! Wonder what has become of Cupid? And as for the Stork, it seems to have deserted Edgefield entirely. The success of the fair next week depends upon the weather man. Everything will be in readiness in every department Wednesday morn ing. With thirty or forty thousand visitors attending the State fair, Mrs. Pankhurst would find a "hung er strike" easy in Columbia this week. The capital of South Carolina has made rapid strides during the past 10 years but the city does not yet keep step with its progressive press. The newspapers published in Columbia would do oredit to a ?city of several hundred thousand population. Will not somebody inform The Advertiser what the members of the South Carolina railroad com missioners are elected for? If it is not within the power of that body to force a railroad to rebuild a de pot in less than six months which has been destroyed by fire, the leg islature should clothe it with the necessary authority. School Day at the Fair. Every school in the county should close Friday of next week and come to the county fair. Friday instead of Thursday, as first announced, has been set apart as school day, the change being made so the regular work of the week would not be in terfered with but one day. Surely every school will close for the last day of the week, enabling every lit tle child to have one day of pleas ure and recreation. A day spent at the agricultural fair will be of more real profit than a day spent in the school room. An education does not consist of "book learnin' " alone. Allowing the children to leave off work for a day will also give brightness and add zest to school life. Another thing that must be borne in mind in this connection is the school wagon parade. The man agers have offered the following cash prizes for the school wagon parade: 1st prize, $10; 2nd prize, $5; 3rd prize, $2.50. At least 20 wagons should enter the parade. Some are coming a distance of 15 miles. Surely then all of the near by schools will not fail to enter the parade. Can you afford to have it said that the school in your community is less progressive and that your teachers and patrons are le?s public spirited than those of other com munities? Bring your school to ?the fair Friday and come prepared to enter the school wagon parade. Another Interesting Letter From Rev. J. R. Walker. Last week I told in The Chroni cle of our trip from arrival at To ronto to arrival at Montreal. Montreal, 6:30 p. m., Thursday, June 12. In Montreal ia a monu ment to Queen Victoria commemor ating some'of the great events and names between her coronation in 1837 and her jubilee 1897, 60 years. The tablets are as follows: 1. Development of constitutional government throughout the empire. Confederation of Canada 1867. Em press of India 1876* 2. Peel, Cobden, Palmerston, O'Connell, Gladstone, Bright, Bea consfield, Salisbury, Chamberlain, McDonald, Lourier. 3. Enormous expansion of British .oramerce. The first screw steam ship, 1838; Victoria bridge, 1860; Suez canal, 1870; Canadian Pacific railway, 1885. 4. Telegraph, 1837; Penny post, 1840; Cable, 1866; Telephone, 1878; Eleetric light, 1878; Electric railways, 1882; First British iron clad, 1860. 5. Thackery, Dickens, Carlyle, Macaulay, Tennyson, Browning, Herschael. Faraday, Darwin, Hux ley, Dawson, Livingston, Shaftes bury. 6. Chloroform in survey, 1847; antiseptics, 1878; roentgen rays, 1895; first international exposition, 1851; diamond jubilee, 1897. 7. The l?ritish empire gratefully rejoices in the longest most benefi cent and most glorious reign in her history. St. James cathedral is a model of St. Peter's Rome. St. James is one third the size of St. Peter's. It is built in the form of a great cross. The great dome is near rear end at center of arms of the cro98. The building is of stone. Montreal has a "Stonewall Jack son cigar factory." A Stonewall Jackson school would be more ap propriate. We went up on Mt. Royal and got a fiue view of the city. Mon treal is unusual from Mt. Royal. Late Friday afternoon we visit ed the Notre Dame cathedral. It is a great rectangular building. There is a middle aisle and there are three aisles on each side, three rows of seats and six great columns, and two galleries, and pipe organ at front of building. In this magnificent cathedial I saw a plain man, dusty shoes, old overalls, soiled, praying and counting beads. I wish that peo ple like that would come to our fine churches. Friday morning we paid our first visit to one of Thos. Cook aud Sons' offices. After looking into the terms offered by different touring companies, the Sunday school trans portation committee decided to turn over this business to Thos. Cook and Son of London, New York and many other cities of the world. This company offered several tours all in cluding the World's Sunday School Convention, Zurich, Switzerland, July 8-15. Tour 1 had about 400 people. Tour 5, about 240. Our tour was No. 2 with about 80. We are to sail from Montreal at daylight Saturday June 14. The tour is to be fii'ty-two days. Here is abrief outline of what is promised us. June 14, Saturday: Leave Mon treal by Donaldson line on Cassan dra. June 23, Monday: Arrive in Glasgow; rail to Edinburgh; car riage drive. June 24, Tuesday: Excursion to Melrose and Abbottsford. June 25, Wednesday: York. June 26, Thursday: To Scrooby and London. June27-30, Friday-Monday: Lon don. June 30, Monday: Leave London for the Hague. July 1, Tuesday: The Hague; rail to Amsterdam. July 2, Wednesday: Amsterdam; excursion to Isle of Marken. July 3, Thursday: ' ologne, Ger many. July 4, Friday: Rhine steamer to Biebrich; rail to Wiesbaden. July 5, Saturday: Wiesbaden, to Franksfort; to Heidelberg. July 6, Sunday: Heidelberg. July 7, Monday: Via black for est and Scoffhausen (falls of the Rhine) to Zurioh. w??mmmm to Augusta Cheap Rates During- the Big Fair And Special Prices at the Big Store Each of our departments is Ml to overflowing with merchandise, the greatest assortment ever brought to Augusta. . ? We Enable You to Save From 10 to 25 per cent, on Everything You Buy This fk/TtOanc a ^armer raising ten IvludJlb bales of cotton, secures more merchandise for the money he receives for cotton, if he trades here, than does the f ai mer who raises ll bales and trades elsewhere. Come and see for your self. We Pay Freight on all Purchases Within 200 Miles. Ask For Surety Coupons with Every Purchase, A full book is worth $2.50 in goods free, and even if it takes you r onths to fill a book, you are just that much ahead. Meet your friends here. Rest room for ladies, 2nd floor. We will deliver your packages to the train, whether purchased here or elsewhere. Visit Our Piano and Victrola Depts., 3rd FLOOR? J. B. WHITE & CO., Georgia's Big Store Augusta, Ga. mm Schedule of Votes. One year.._.$1.50._._1,500 Two years. .. 3.00.1..3,500 Three years. .4.50._L.5,000 Four years._ 6.00.6,500 Fivr years._.7.50-_._._10,000 FREE, GOOD FOR 50 VOTES MISS. If presented on or before Nov. 12 July 8-15: Tuesday: Zurich, world's seventh Sunday school con vention. July 16, Wednesday: Lucerne, excursion to Rigi. July 17, Thursday: To Interlaken. July 18, Friday: Interlaken; ex cursion to Lauterbrunnen, Wengen Alp and Guindelwold. July 19, Saturday: Via Zweisim men and Montreux to Geneva. July 20-21, Sunday-Monday: In Geneva. July 22, Tuesday: To Paris. July 23-25, Wednesday-Friday: Paris; excursion to Versailles. July 26, Saturday: To Havie and sail by Allan line'steamship Siciliau for Montreal. August 4, Monday: Due in Mon treal. J. R. Walker. Letter From Gard nervi lie School Well, Mr. Editor, Gardnerville will be heard from again, if you print our letter. Two little ni no year-old pupils will write this time. We will first tell you about our trip to the circus. A crowd of us little school girls met in Au guita in time for the parade. If we are to be the judges we consid ered it fine. They paraded Broad street at about twelve o'clock Sat urday, Oct. 18. There were four brass banda. In one of the bind wagons all tho nations of the world were represented. Then we went out to the circus grounds. My, what a grand time we had! We enjoyed seeing the animals very much, especially the old big ele phants. Some of the boys fed them peanuts. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Briggs are in Columbus, Ga. for a week's stay. Columbus is Mrs. Briggs' old home, and she will enjoy her visit. We had a joyous "parents meet ing" Friday before last at Gardner ville school. It was from two to four o'clock. We had recitations, and served welsh rarebit, coffee, cake, and fruit punch for refresh ments. I only hope the parents en joyed it as much as the school children did. We are all expecting a good time at the barbecue Saturday at Meriwether hall. The approach ing Georgia-Carolina fair is making a ll the clubs get busy. Court Proceedings. In the suit that was brought by John Minick against Brooks Griffin, both oolored, a verdict $100 was rendered for the plaintiff. Minick hired or loaned Griffin a horse, and as the animal died he brought suit for the damage or loss which he sustained J. Wm. Thurmond, Esq., represented the plaintiff and Tomp kins & Wells the defendant. In the suit of J. R. Bodie ad ministrator, against the C & W C railroad for $10,000 for damages for the killing of a aegro boy in Barnwell county who was stealing a ride, a verdict was found for the defendant. The plaintiff was rep resented by J Wm. Thurmond, Esq., and the defendant by Sheppard Bros and F B Grier, Esq. As the jury failed to agree, a mistrial was ordered in the suit of Dr. W. E. Prescott against the Southern railroad. Dr. Prescott had merchandise to the amount of $249 destroyed when the depot at Edge field was burned on the 4th of July. Mr. Thurmond represented Dr. Prescott and Capt. N G Evans the defendant. At the time The Advertiser's forms closed the court was engaged with the suit of Miss Nannie Har ris of Augusta against the Southern railroad for $360 for loss sustained through the burning of her trunk when the depot was burned at Edgefield on the 4th of July. B E Nicholson, Esq., is representing the plaintiff and Capt. Evans the defeudant. When this case is completed the court will adjourn sine die. Our harness department was nev er better supplied. Buggy and wagon harness, single and double, at any price you want. Ramsey & Jones. Big Stock of Fruit We have a large stock of seasonable fruits, grapes, apples, oranges, banan as, grape fruit, etc. Always fresh and fine. The best restaurant in town. White waiters-quick service. Best food served. Edgefield Fruit Co.