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Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, Oct. 18 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Go to Collett & Mitchell's for hand-painted china for the October weddings. Mr. Arthur S Tompkins spent several days last week in Charlotte on business. Misses Snow Jeffries and Gladys Rives were among the visitors in Augusta Saturday. Mrs. J. M. Shaffer and Miss Flora Ouzts were among the visitors in Edgefield Thursday. Mrs. T. A. Hightower, accompa nied by her children, is visiting relatives in Spartanburg. Mrs. W. S. Boyd of Salter's Sta tion is here visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. P. P. Blalock. Mrs. James Velix left yestei day to visit her parents in Swainsboro, * Ga., being accompanied by little James. Mrs. P. H. Bussey and little Thaxton are spending this week out with Mrs. Mamie Bussey, Mr. Bus 8ey's mother. We have a big line of Ladie's Sport and Long Coats, in stripes and black and with checks. Rubenstein. October peaches are very rare in this section. Joe Reose, however, has one faithful tree which never fails to present him with a few lus cious peaches. Mr. M. W. Hudgenshas purchas ed the cottage of Capt. Martin in South Edgegeld and Mr. J. D. Kemp has purchased the cottage of Mr. B. E. Timmerman. Mr. Hal Beman came over from Augusta Sunday and joined Mrs. Beman who had been in Edgefield the past week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Key. Just received a fresh stock of nuts, raisins, dates, citron, figs and all fruit cake ingredients. Let us supply you with what you want. Penn tfc Holstein. Mr. S. Cheatham of Swainsboro, Ga., has been on his old stamping ground for several days looking af ter business interests. He was warm ly greeted by his Edgefield friends. We are agents for the celebrated Oliver Chilled plows. We have the ( Goober, No. 10 and No. 13. We ! also carry a full line of parts and ' ^-jrepairs. Stewart tfc Kern3ghan. ( The first four taxpayers to receive \ receipts this year were Mr. J. M. Mays, Mr. B. T. Boat wright, Mr. r J. H. Courtney ana Mr. Lawrence ( Marrah, receipt No. 1, being issued s ito Mr. Mays. Through a slip of the type it was t announced that Mr. John W. Quarles offered a tract of 27 acres of land foi sale near Red Hill when r it should have been 2TU acres. The [ advertisement as co/rected appears j in this issue, ^ In order to improve the music of the Baptist Sunday school, Superin- r tendent W. B. Cogburn appointed % a committee, consisting of Geo. F. Hims. N. M. Jones and W. II. 1 Harling, to take up the matter of organizing an orchestra. If you want to realize the power of your dollar, visit our Ladie's t Ready-to-Wear Department and you will see how far your dollar will go. We have hundreds of suits in stock, ( and we can jilease everybody. All we ask is a trial. Rubenstein. The attention of our readers is . directed to the following new ad vertisements this week: Daitch Bros., J. B. White & Company, Augusta Bee Hive, Stewart & Ker naghan, Barrett & Calhoun. A. J. Renki, Swan-Edwards Company, L. Sylvester & Sons, Rubenstein, J. Willie Levy Company, South Caro lina State Fair, C. C. Osborn. Old "Uncle" Andrew, the old colored man who has been an in mate of the county home, died last week. He was 89 years ot age and has spent 39 years of his life in the county home. Notwithstanding the fact that he was blind his lif3 was always full of joy and sunshine. He was the oldest of the county home family and the others will greatly miss him. Three colored inmates of the home died last week. Millinery-We are receiving new goods daily. We have a complete line in Ladies', Missesand Children's Hats. Rubenstein. Pay Your Subscription. Owing to the high price of paper, we will soon revise The Adverti ser's subscription list, dropping all who are in arrears. The enormous expense of publishing the paper at this time, with paper about double in price, will force us to do this. Unless you want your name stricken from the list, come in and pay up at once. We can not any longer mail out papers that are not paid for. We do not wat it to cut off a single name but will be forced to do so unless prompt payment is made. Make Generous Donation. Edgefield is known far and wide for her hospitality, and for her gen erosity. We feel sure when the so liciting committee, of the Cemetery Association and Civic League, come to our doors some tune next week, they will be cheerfully received, and will be Riven a generous donation for the lunch or dinner that will be served each day, during the coming fair. If you should be overlooked, 'phone Mrs. B. E. Nicholson, and tell her what you want to give. Third Week's Jury. M B Hamilton. Pickens. M W Crouch. Ward. L A Yonce, Ward. W L Dunovant, Sr., Pickens. O D Padgett, Shaw. Charlie Lamb, Johnston. W G Wells, Colliers. S J DeLaughter, Meriwether. W J Duncan, Pickens. T E Lamb, Pickens. A S Powell, Pickens. W W Satcher. Johnston. G O Jordan, Hibler. P B Day. Jr., Trenton. J F Boone, Moss. J R Cartledge, Moss. J R Strother, Pickens. Edgar Timmerman, Blocker. A J Ouzts, Elmwood. W L Quarles, Collins. J C Buzhart, Elmwood. W M Rtuton, Ward. P J Coleman, Shaw. H S Gardner, Roper. J E Mims, Pickens. W M Dorn, Blocker. John Rainsford, Pickens. L H Hading, Moss. E L Yonce, Ward. Henry W McKie, Collier. Pierce Byrd, Moss. J R Blocker, Elmwood. F C Quarles, Collier. W R Warren, Pickens. J H Temple, Ward. H F Cooper, Meriwether. Union Meeting. The union meeting of the third livision will meet with Bethlehem church at Clark's Hill on October 28-29. ll o'clock-Devotional by mod erator. 11:30-Enrollment of delegates vi th reports. 1st Query-Is piety considered as each as it "should be in selecting jfricers in our churches and Sunday ehools? J C Harvley, J C Morgan. 2nd Query-Is it possible that ve can let our ambitions cause us o sin? J G McKie, J M Bussey. 12:30-Adjournment for dinner. 3rd Query- Is not the command nven to Peter to feed my sheep and arabs just as obligatory on us as 'eter and how can we do this? L T Bell, G W Bussey, Jr. 4th Query-What is the best defl ation of a christian? Luther Black veil, Sam Adams. Sunday morning Sunday school n usual order. 11:30-Sermon by Rev. J. F. Warren. 1-2:30-Adjournment for dinner. 5th Query-What are the quali t?s of a faithful teacher? Dr. W G Blackwell. 0th Querv-Are evil examples contagious? T G Talbert. Am now ready to begin ray mus ic class, both instrumental and vo sal, each $3.00 a month. Your pa tronage solicited. Mrs. J. R. Tompkins. See the new Robinson steel-lined Folding Bath Tub. Exclusive agen cy for ibis county. J. T. Ilarling. For Sale. Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks, both pullets and cockerels, pure strains. Reasonable prices. 10-17-at. Mrs. E. J. Munday. Have you visited our Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Department this season? If you havn't, it will pay you to do so, as we carry the largest assortment in ladies' ready-to-wear. A full line of Coat Suits in Black, Navy, Copen Green, haven Plum. 1'rices from $8.U0 up to $35.00. Rubenstein. HISTORIC PAPER. (Continued from First Page.) not love of liberty that converted him so much aa Captain Tompkins' blunderbuss and the care his good wife took of him after be was shot." Soon after the surrender at York town and the disbanding of the Regular and State Troops, when men had the field of thirteen states in which to build up homes for themselves and posterity, Captain Stephen Tompkins moved to Edge field District, South Carolina, and settled at the place where he and his faithful wife yet await the res urrection. Captain Tompkins died Feb 4, 1801, and he and his wife sleep side by side under a stone cov ering in the old Tompkins burial ground on an old plantation which was once known as the ' Red House Plantation," so called because the house was built by ray ancestor about 1782 and painted red. This old cemetery is enclosed by a high stone wall, wherein reposes the an tiguated dust of many members of this family. The old homestead stood half a mile south of Plum Branch church, near what is now Plum Branch Station, on the Char leston and Western Carolina Rail road, in the western part of Edge field county, South Carolina. It was burned down several years ago, and its site is now a pine thicket. Captain Tompkins was appointed Justice of the Peace when that of fice was one of great dignity, or what we later called p-omp-osity. Captain Tompkins settled down to the discharge of his majisterial of fice in the year 1782 and to plant ing cotton before Whitney and Holmes had invented the cotton gin. The separation of the lint and seed of the staple, worth from 25c to 30 cents per pound, had to be done with the fingers, which was the work of rainy days and nights on the farm, and where a child with its nimble fingers could become as effi cient a cotton picker as one of ma turer years. Captain Tompkins raised to man hood five sons. He also had one daughter who became the wife of Sam Owensby, and lived and died near the place of her birth. Samuel Tompkins, the eldest child of Captain Stephen Tompkins, became a man of wealth, and died at the old Cross Roads ac Plum Branch. Ile left no children, and 1 his property wa? entailed on his 1 wife during her life. His widow, subsequently married John Rochelle, 1 a man of extraordinary physical ( proportions, and at her death, the estate reverted to her first husband's 1 collateral kindred. The second son ] J? Captain Tompkins was named - Franklin. He married his couoin, 1 ind late in life moved to Quaker 1 Springs, Ga,, where he died about 1 1840. In addition to his farming ? nterests, he kept a stud of blooded 8 ?orses, and took many valuable pri- 8 ;es on the racing circuit. He was a iccentric, often lighted his pipe vith 85.00 notes, but it is said by ? he more prudent contemporaries of 's lis family that "July," his body t ervant, was always near to stamp t mt the fire and save enough of the t lote to have it renewed at the bank a .f issue. { John, the third son of Stephen ? tompkins, moved to Gallatin, Ten- a lessee, where he married and rear :d a large and creditable family, y ["he only remaining member of the i amily of Captain Stephen Tomp- r :ins was my immediate great grand- I 'ather Stephen, the junior of that r lame. * He was the counterpart of his fa- J her, a tall, well-built man,-the ? vorld would call a fine looking man t -indeed handsome. He was quiet, ' industrious and frugal in his taste * ind habits of life, never sought, or lilied office, ether than a member of the South Carolina Legislature, and 1 Deacon of the Baptist church, of which he was a zealous and consis- 1 tent member. His wife was Eliza- 1 beth Brooks, who survived her hus band many years. He died iu 1831). 1 His wife Elizabeth Brooks, died while ou a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Mabry, in Cokesbury, about 1S72, and is buried in the cemetery of that village, under the name of Mrs. Morgan. When she was 85 she married Abia Morgan, some four years her senior. She owned the farm on which they repaired, to spend the honey moon and hey-day of life's after noon. Members of this family hive al ways been leading citizens in the community in which they lived, many of them becoming profession al men of great prominence-some of them were merchants, lawyers, physicians, ministers and jurists. The family has also produced two authors of note, both of whom were of the gentler sex, viz: Jaliet Wil bur Tompkins and Elizabeth Knight. Of course it is not forgotten that the family had its Governor, who, also was Vice President of the Uni ted States with Monroe. This wa? Daniel D. Tompkins, who was of fhred by President Madison the por tfolio of Secretan7 of State, an hon or which was declined. Stephen Tompkins, the subject of this sketch was an uncle of the-Vice President, Daniel D. Tompkins. The third and fourth generations of this family are too numerous to be recorded here; however, a day's personal interest and a feeling of much family pride, compels me to mention the third generation, Colo nel James Tompkins, my grand fa ther. He won his title by election in the Militia of the State, ami was a man of sterling virtue and strong character. He commanded the res pect of all who knew him. He ac cumulated a large estate, and by in tegrity and honorable dealing with his fellow-men, retained their uni versal respect until the date of his death. He was twice a member of the South Carolina Legislature. He married Miss Huldah Hill, "an help meet for him" in its literal sense, and together they walked down the way to life's sunset,-and today they lie side by side in the garden of their old home, within five miles of where both were born, in the last years of the eighteenth century. It is with both pride and modesty that I mention my father, John W. Tompkins, of the fourth generation. He was a merchant from choice in his early life, and served gallantly the role of the Confederate soldier, (and save the time given to his coun try,) he was a successful planter, and a man of most lovable charac ter. He married in early life, Eliza beth Eleanor, the second daughter and third child of Major John C. Allen and his wife, Hannah Beale Coates, of Fruit Hill, Edgefield county, South Carolina. The season for deep plowing is here and we want to supply the far mers with the celebrated Oliver Chilled plows. There is nothing better on the market. We carry points, slides and a full line of re pairs. Stewart <fc Kernagha?. Daily Doings of the B. M. I. Institute. Secretary of State Dove, made a most interesting talk to the cadets at the Chapel exercises last Tues day morning. Mr. Dove's address was a little unusual, but strikingly appropriate, and was most highly enjoyed by all the cadets. On Thursday morning, tbe facul ty and cadets enjoyed the opportu nity of listening to Dr. Currell, President of the University of South Carolina, who, for thirty min ites, delighted his audience in a nost interesting discussion on the itibjectof "B. M. I."-Body, Mind ind Individuality. Dr. Currell ipoke in his characteristic, original Tu refreshing style. On Thursday afternoon, the dele rates to the Presbyterian Synod of louth Carolina, were the guests of he faculty of the Institute from five o six. Thc visitors were brought 0 the Institution? in automobilr-s nd were met by members of the acuity, who escorted them to the ?rill grounds, where they witnessed , drill by the battalion. After be ng shown around the plant, they rere served refreshments in the din ner hall. Short addreeses were nade here byfCol. Bailey, Dr. W. ?. Frazier, Moderator of the Sy lod, Dr. B. H. D?lient, Mr. C. C. featherstone and the Rev. P. P. Slalock. Rev. Blalock spoke in 'eeling terms of the great loss the ,own of Edgefield had sustained as 1 result of B. M. I. coming to jrreen wood. On Friday morning, Rev. Mr. Blalock and Rev. Mr. Bailey, Pas :or of the Presbyterian Church of Edgefield, made mo^t helpful talks Lo the cadets at the Chapel exercis es. On Tuesday evening of last week, Col. Bailey entertained his Staff and the Cadet Commissioned Offi cers at dinner at thc Oregon Hotel. Short talks were made by Col. Bail" ey and the members of his Staff, Lieut. C. Bowen, Professor of Mili tary Science and Tactics, Capt. S. A. Porter, Commandant of Cadets, Capt. R. B. Cain, Quartermaster, W. D. Cobb, Marshall, and by the four Cadet Captains and the Adju tant. The occasion was a most de lightful one for all present. On last Saturday evening the fol lowing officers were elected in the Curry Literary Society to serve for the first term: President, Wood; Vico - Pres., King, W. M; Censor, Smith, B. M., Junior Critic, Bunch; Sergeant at Arms, Zackery; Asst., Sergeant at Arms, Craft; Chaplain, Eubanks. Tho Pills That Do Cure. State Supreme Court Upholds Webb-Kenyon and Gallon a-Month Laws. Both of the gallon-a-month act and the Webb-Kenyon law are up held in decisions of the supreme court en banc tiled yesterday. E. J. Brennen of Columbia brought an action in the Richland circuit court to upset the gallon-a-month act, and on losing there took an appeal. The Webb-Kenyon law was brought into question in action brought in Greenwood by the Charleston &? Western Carolina railway against Reuben Gosnell, chief of the county rural police, and others. The court en bane held that a die crimination complained of in the Brennen case did exist under the dispensary system in force at the time the sun was begun, but that the State being "dry" now no dis crimination existed. In the Gosnell case the court SUF, tained the right of peace officers to seize liquors in transit for unlawful purpose, without awaiting either ac tual or constructive delivery. The shipment in question was shipped "order notify," and on its being seized the railway sought to recover it under claim and delivery pro ceedings. The court's opinion in the Bren nen case, written by D. E. Hydrick, associate justice, was concurred in by Chief Justice Gary, Associate Justices Fraser and Gage and Cir cuit Judges John S. Wilson, H. F. Rice, Mendel L. Smith, Ernest Moore, T. S. Sease, James E. Peuri foy, R. W. Memminger, Frank B. Gary. A dissenting opinion by R. C. Watts, associate justice, was concurred in by Circuit Judges George E. Prince and J. W. Dc Vore. A separate dissenting opin ion was tiled by S. W. G. Shipp, circuit judge. Chief Justice Gary wrote the ma jority opinion in the Gosnell case. Associate Justice Gage concurring, Winter Is The weather which mal wear and don winter app are prepared to help you ing problem. Our stock i fering the best possible ai pers. Come In T Iwhen in Augusta, and let our new store and every < stock. We Are 0 for Men and Boys, and cai South, AUGUSTA, - Enlar 0UL? We are receiving freight or express ery department ol I larger, giving you Iment to select frc Every1 In Our Ste fresh from the lea* ers. You will mak buying your Cloth Notions, Shoes, ar thing for the entii We invite you in Daitch Bros- E Next Door to the POWDER Absolute!/ Pure Made from Cream of Tartar NO ALUM-NO PHOSPHATE with the following circuit judges: Ernest Moore, T. S. Sease, H. F. Rice, I. VV. Bowman, F. B. Gary John S. Wilson, James E. Peurifoy and Mendel L. Smith. A concurr ing opinion was filed by Associate Justices Hydride and Fraser. The minutes note dissent thereto on the part of Associate Justice Watts and Circuit Judges George E. Prince, S. W. G. Shipp and J. W. De Vore.-The State. Agency for The Equitable Fire Insurance Company. The largest represented in Edgefield. Quick service. Your patronage appre ciated. J. T. Harling. DR J.S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence'Phone 17-R. Office 3. 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