Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Cotten Graden Bisness. I noticed a bunch of Edgefields big gest farmers tother day over on the main corner of town in a hot discush on about somethin', and thinkin' it would no harm to find out what all the excitement was about I santered over nigh the bunch whar I could here what these hitone voices was sayin. After askin' what the trubble wus I found out that thes farmers wus all sturd up about a farmer out in the southeast part of the county that sold a bail of cotten on the streets of Edgefield without havin' it "offishuly graded." Seein' that the situashun was a graiv one i got bisy and put up my argament in favor of this poor illitrate farmer that re fused to pay a guarter to find out "what his bail of cotten was worth be fore sellin' it. I further questoned thes farmers about the value of his nolledge anyway, and they become very indignent at such a seming fool ish queston and ask. me to preduce my reason why a farmer shouldent know as much about what he had to sell as the other feller that bought it .nue, that a grate meny farmers fr?m year to year had sold thair cotten near and dident no if thay had any that wus even midlin an in most casis wus called DOG TALES, but all this has changed this yere seein we has a cotton gradar. I questoned them agin if this good cotten wus not due to the seasen this yere, as we never before * in this county had such a seasen, whairu.pon thay asshured me it wus a seasen that ushualy occurd in this county evry yere. So, seein' as i wus crouded with to meny strong arga ments aginst this Graden Bisnes, I tride to use my last big argament in faver of the pore man who saved a quarter by shuning the grader. I sez tell Me the use of all this graden since we have about haf a dozzen good byers here that pr?pose to help the farmers thrue these hard times by .hying the cotten without the graden fee attached. As most all of our by ers of this town live here and wus anxhus to do all thay could for the pore farmers without addin these on nessery expence attachmens. I say I notice esae all of theas byers looks peaseable and woodent dare to hurt a feller for nothin'. In fact to make myself deer I am shure that all of them ar good fellers, i herd that a ccuple of them went to church, or mebby all of them went to the meet in', and in fact i say "a bird in the hand is worth too in the bush," and a quarter in my pocket is worth more that $10 in the bail. I further argude the way thay took the farmers cotten here shows we gets around the top noch for our cotten anaway. I hurd that a byer cut a bail of cotten and started it at 10 cts and begun to wunder if that wusent a big price fer cotten this far frum new Yark, as thay wus byin on New Yark markit and she wus payni' 13 l-2c, so I fig ered the Hie Cost of whealborroin it from here to new yarK, and de sided that 10 c. was anuff for that Grade of cotton. So all of a sudden I hurd that the farmer seed the Grader about this prise and he told him that it waz wurth more, then anuther by er moved up anuther sixteenth, "then anuther up a noch, and so till about the right prise was reeched. So-i say after all this graden Bizness may not be a skeem to get the quarter, an before I left that bunch of farmers I just about de sided thay wus rite, that here in Ameriky a feller outo no what he is doin' after all, esphuly in this cot ton sellin biznes, so I says excuse me Gentlemen, seein' I live up in Delaware where we dont no nothin about cotten. BILL VIMS. Parksville Merchant is Shot by His Partner. McCormick, S. C., Feb. ll.-News reached McCormick this afternoon that J. Press Blackwell, of Parksville, .this county, shot and probably fatally wounded A. S. Wilson, of Parksville. Both men are prominently known in this section of the state and Wilson married a sister of Blackwell. De tails of the shooting could not be learned this afternoon but it is un derstood that Wilson came in the store drinking and ordered all parties out of the store saying that he was going to close the store and when all had left the store the shooting took place. The two men ran a mercantile business as partners in the town of Parksville. The weapon used was a .45 calibre and three shots passed through the body of Wilson. He was rushed to a hospital at Greenwood but attending physicians stated that there was practically no hope for his survival. SALESMEN WANTED to solicit orers for lubricating oils, greases and paints. Salary or Commission. Address THE TODD OIL & PAINT CO., Cleveland, Ohio. A Greek Tale. Once lived in Constantinople a wise and wealthy Greek. One day as he was walking along a street, ' he met a "Derbish"-Turkish priest. As a costume they wear a white tur ban and grow long beard. Passing by the "Derbish" the Greek negelcted to salute him. He got offended and called his attention. But the Greek, instead of any answer, spit on his beard, and kept going on. Now the "Derbish" being insulted sued him for impiety. The day for the trial came and the Greek brought to the court to be tried and apologize. The judge looking at him angrily said "Did you do that?" "Yes sir," the Greek answered "and I can show you papers and prove that I am allowed to do such a thing." "Well, let me see them," the judge demanded. Immediately the Greek pulled out his pocket an envelope which con tained money bills and handed it to the judge. The judge got astonished, looking on the inside and seeing the enclosed contents. He paused a lit tle. Then he shook his head and while caressing his long beard, turned to the jurors saying, "Alach! My God! He has got enough papers to spit on my beard too!" By EVANS V. S ER VET AS. Tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Human grandeur in its greatest em inence Was this grand and noble man; From a lowly birth he built well his prominence, By a noble humane plan. His soul was bathed in God-given grace He stand without a peer; His matchless mind has never been replaced, And never will, I fear. His noble words and deeds ring forth And with such harmony blend They overwhelm our soul, and to him we quoth A heartfelt, glorious Amen. W. S. G. HEATH. Only One "BROMO QUININE" To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for signature ol E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops *ough and headache, and "*ork? off cold. 25c SEARCH SOUTH CA FOR QUE Edgefield Comity's Most Att Woman Sent to Col Social Gayety Ma Who will represnt Edgefield coun ty in the contest for queen of Palma festa (Palmetto State Festival) to be held in the capital city March 27 to April 2? By means of a popular voting contest through local newspa pers during the next four weeks, can didates will be chosen from every county in South Carolina who will go to Columbia as the guests of the Palmafesta Association, which organ ization will defray all expenses, in cluding railroad transportation, hotel bills and entertainment. The young women will be chaperoned by promi nent Columbia society folks and will feature in a week of entertainment and social gayety which promises to rival the famous New Orleans Mardi Gras. During the week an election will be held in Columbiato determine the most attractive and popular young woman from among the dele gates assembled from the various counties. The winner of this contest will be proclaimed Queen or Palma festa, and will be awarded a grand prize consisting of a complete Spring trousseau of the finest apparel ob tainable. One of the leading moving picture companies will film the queen and her entire court and this special ly selected galaxy of South Carolina beauties will be sent far and wide via the movie screen to advertise the Palmetto State. Palmafesta is to be an annual Spring event, held in the capital city for the entertainment of all the peo VOTING Queen of J "PALMAFESTA" EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER Gentlemen: My choice for Queen of Palmaf Name_._ Address. This coupon good for one vote. A Y this Newspaper counts 100 Votes. To My Baby, -Bennett Edwards . Timmerman. Tho' it seems long, 'twas a short time ago, Near the town of Trenton, S.,C., That a baby lived there whom we all know By the name of Bennett E., And this baby lived with no other thought, Than to love and be loved by me. I was the mother and it was my child Its older brother named J. P., And our love was far more than love We and our tiny Bennett E., With a love the bright angels of heaven Coveted him and me. So seems this the reason that a few weeks ago In the town of Fort Mill, S. C., The heavenly messenger came from above and called My precious Bennett E. So that his high born kinsmen 'came And carried him away from me, And shut his dear body up in a grave jin the cemetery unity. The angels as well as the people of earth, Were envying him and me, And this is the reason, as all men know, At Grandfather's in Fort Mill, S. C., That the angels came from heaven above And took away my purest Bennett E. When worn with grief, I drop off to I sleep, I dream of my Bennett E., I see the silken black head and the sparkling brown eyes Of my fairest Bennett E. And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of my darling Bennett E. "MOTHER." For the Liver and Bowels. When your liver and bowels be come torpid get a bottle of Chamber-. Iain's Tablets. They will tone up your liver and cause a gentle movement of the bowels. They also improve the digestion. ROLINA EN OF PALMAFESTA raetive and Popular Young umbia for Week of rch 27 to April 2. pie of South Carolina. It will be a week many and varied attractions, including the Staterwide automobile show exhibiting the late models of cars, trucks and tractors; the spring style show, featuring the latest cre ations from the realm of fashion by professional models to be imported from New York for the occasion; daily band concerts by one of Ameri ca's premier musical organizations; floral, trades, automobile and baby parades; fetes, dances, social events and special attractions at all thea tres, with nightly exhibits of fire works in which will be featured specially designed set pieces depict ing important events in South Caro lina history. The auto show, stlye show and fireworks display will be staged at the State Fair Grounds. In order to secure the most popular young woman in Edgefield county as candidate for Queen of Palmafes ta, there is printed below a popular ity voting coupon which is to be filled out arid mailed as per instructions contained therein. Vloting coupons will be printed in each issue of this newspaper up to and including the issue of March 12th, at which time the votes will be counted and an nouncemnt of the winner made. There will be no restriction upon the number of each person may cast. Every coupon clipped from this news paper is good for one vote, and a yearly, paid in advance subscription will count 100 votes. COUPON Palmafesta esta is: early Paid-in-Advance Subscription to United We Stand, Divided We Fall, Mr. Cotton Farmer, Is That So? The Department of Agriculture has been trying for thc past few years to show the farmer that it real ly pays to standardize the various commodities he has to market. Has it paid? I say it has, to those who have heeded the advice given, but have you given th^ matter careful thought that when you have made a barrel of potatoes carefully select ed them and packed in a marketable condition, or a bale of cotton which you have picked carefully and ginned it carefully, then had it standardized by a disinterested classer, at this point you feel like you've done your duty and this you have, but stop. Don't you believe we would have more money after selling if we would follow the next important step, MARKET in car lots, and in grades and staple of even running lots? [You can always interest a wholesale produce house in a car lot of pota toes or any other car of vegetables, and likewise the cotton mills will lis ten to you if you tell them you have a hundred bales of a certain grade and staple. Now we can't all make enough cotton to have a hundred bales each and if you did have that number it would be spread over at least four grades. Now the thing to do is to get your neighbors to join in selling then get those who live in your county who are not your neigh bors to join with you, and before very long you will all be neighbors, to gether for one great and good cause. Stop and give this matter of selling through a marketing organization careful consideration. Ask does it pay those who now follow that rule. I say it has paid big dividends. McCormick Court Quickly Ad journs. McCormick, S., C. Feb. ll.-The February term of Court for McCor mick county adjourned rather sudden and unexpectedly on yesterday. Court of General Sessions opened on Monday morning with Judge Frank B. Gary of Abbeville presiding .and the newly elected Solicitor T. C. Cal lison of Lexington, S. C., represent ing the state. Judge Gary made a .clear, well directed charge to the grand jury on Monday, calling their attention to the reports that whis key or what they call whiskey is be inr mncle ir. this county and that it was their duty to look into this con dition and remedy it by proper rec ommendation to the Legislature for adequate laws to enforce the prohi bition statute. Atfter an elaborate charge the jury retired ; by 4 o'clock in the afternoon had completed their consideration of all bills handed them and also their investigation of all matters which they thought should come before them. Judge Gary evi dently wanted to impress upon them again what he had said in his charge when he said: "Now gentlemen, you have been in session about four hours and you seem not to care much about what the presiding judge said in his charge this morning-if you fail to do your duty I can not help it, I have done mine." The first case tried was that of State ve. J. Tom Smith charged with murder which resulted in a mistrial after the jury had remained out all night. There was one defendant giv en fifteen years for burning a house, one three years for car breaking and a second one for car breaking plead guilty and received 18 months. Crim inal court being over Wednesday the remainder of the week had been set aside for the trial of cases resulting from the death fo Dr. P. V. Black in August of last year on a ^..nway crossing of the C. & W. C. railway near Mt. Carmel. Two suits had been brought totalling $125,000.00 dam ages claimed for the death of Dr. Black. Just before the drawing of the jury commenced the attorneys an nounced that they had reached an agreement whereby they did not think it would be necessary to try this case in order to reach a settlement. The amount settled for has not been made public, but it is understood that both sides are satisfied. Court then promptly adjourned for the term. New Prices. Flat Dutch, Wakefield, Drumhead cabbage plants by parcel post or ex press collect, five hundred for 1.00; one thousand for $1.50; Nancy Hall and Porta Rica potato pfants by par cel post or express collect, fiva hun dred for $1.25; one thousand for $2.25. Prompt shipments. Good plants. Satisfaction guaranteed. WATSON PLANT CO., 2-16-lt Edgefield, S. C. If you need anything in our line, see us before you buy. YONCE & MOONEY. Were You Made? Did Jones make yon partly mad the other day when he asked you to pay that account you knew you had already paid? Did you get mad and lose your temper and a part of your religion? There was really no need of all the fuss that day. The trouble was that you paid in cash and didn't take a receipt. If you bad done business in a modern way by having an account at our bank and writing Jones a check, you could have secured the cancelled check, shoved that at bim and made him back up in short order. Try it next time The Bank of Trenton, S. .C All checks drawn on The Bank of Trenton can be cleared free of ex change through the Federal Reserve Bank. ?mm3^?$?^&o^?m?$K^?-&m^??o?o?#^ooo?0Oooo??oooo? 8 i Large Stock of Jewelry to Select From fi ... S I We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store % I when in Augusta. We have the largest stock of 2 S DIAMONDS - S I WATCHES % I CLOCKS I JEWELRY S CUT GLASS I AND SILVERWARE ? 9 of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will be a pleasure to show ? you through our stock. Every department is constantly replenished % with the newest designs. 5 We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has 0 every improvement Your watch or clock made as good as new. ^ Work ready for delivery in a short time. 1 A. J. Renkl g 980 Broad St Augusta, Ga. I S LOW PRICE ON DRAG SAWS CONTINUED We will extend our offer on Type "W" Machine, shown in cut, of $150.00, f.o.b. Columbia, S. C., Until March 1st This Drag Saw is equipped with Bosch Magneto and Lever Cont' >1 Columbia Supply Company .823 West Gervais Stn_?t Columbia, S. C. Hold Your Cotton for High Pri?es Conservative Loans Made on Cotton Consigned to Us M. B. WATSON & COMPANY COTTON FACTORS AND BROKERS GREENVILLE, S. C. ?ly; "?:t 1 >:<-2 YA.1 YA jg >:<:! >:< ; >:< ggKjgg YA I YA Z YA * >(!>:(. YA I >.<. BARRETT & COMPANY I (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS j Augusta - - - - - Georgia YOU TAKE NO CHANCES! Razors are Guaranteed for Life For Sale by EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY