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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
WHrsky Has Used HIM Up.

WHISKY HAS USED linn W.
There is scarcely community OF
neighborhood from Maine to Oregon
where this saying is not used almost
every day in the year, and altogethe1
too truly. A subject Of this kind is
to be found in almoat every town
The merchant has failed and whisky
has done it. The lawyer with a bril-
liant talent and a large business has
fallen below the range Of respecta-
bility and confidence; whisky was
the cause. The politician with bright
prospects before him has played out
and the account is chargedto whisky
The Judge Of talent, age and respec.
liability, is the subject Of private and
neighborhood talk. His enemies point
with derision, and his friends hang
their heads in shame, and whisky
has done it. That kind-hearted neigh
bOr and hard-working man has be
come pest to society and trouble tt
his family. Whisky has beat him
Whisky will beat any man living
and. that is just what it is made for for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
N New. W. Spring p Dry Goods I.
James w. urley,
~ RRoAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA,
DEALER m FIRST-CLASS DRY GOODS,

Has INST RETURNED FROM NEW. YORK and fully pre-
pared to offer to the public completely assorted Stock OF sASoN
BILE FIRST GLASS DRY GOODS.
Great care has been taken to supply each Department with EVER
THING NEW AND FASHIONABLE, well the more staple
articles of the Trade.
The Cash System Will be Strictly Adhered TO- and
much cheaper pay money and buy your Dry Goods
@ for Cash. than to buy them on time 80
The best judges Dry Goods and the closest buyers are particularly
requested to examine my present schedule of prices
i'4N'''sN JAMES W. TURLEY.
Mar 30 1t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
Notice to Bridge Builders,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE
EDaEFIELD COUNTY,

EDQEFIEGD COUNI1,
HAMBURG, s. c., July 25th, 1871.
ryHE EDGEFIELD COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS will receive Sealed
Proposals at their Office, on the 26th day
of August next, for the Building Of the
following named Bridges, viz:
One across Turkey Creek, at loves
Ford. SO feet high, 335 feet long, Of good
durable heart timber, Of sizes commonly
used for building such Bridges, and an
Embankment atthe East end, Of Earth
and Rock, so feet long, and sufficiently
high 10 ascend the Bridge.
One at Rogue shoal's Ford across Big
Stevens Greek, on the Key Road.
One across Or. Buckhalter'a Spring
Branch, on the Key Road.
And one across Horse Creek at Gran
iteville, on the, Flat Rock Road.
Further Specifications and Plans can
be had by personswanting tocontract for
Building Of said Bridges, ct this Office.
JAMES F. EtHARLING, G. O. g.
Aug2 '" 1t SO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
...... COTTON STATES
Life Insurance Company,
\ PRINCIPAL pal 0face, Macon, Ga.

%sP Principal Olace3 NaoO~aa U"'
R bns;ness of this STRICTLY SOUTHERN and HOME ooMfA-
Nv confined by law to legitimate Life Insurance alone
ea esnea en- all the Mutual plans also issues pocies
at sk under the mutual ue IL ooes no
% @ nsnre on the Stock an that plan being very expensive IN
ne ng in good Mutual Company will average about
q IS per cent, especially at the Soun anu ~ ~ o
of profits Mutual business divided annually amongst
. a,Ifbs MntnaL Policy Holders without exception
Onerd Loan Premiums when desired interest charged only
Where ali Cash paid Pces will become that ls pay
have SO per to their faces which onethrd more
than the original sum insured .,. :, ., 1880 &c
pyon against forfeiture of Policies the expressed terms OF
the contract -, =. r..h ro,r.
e offer the people of the financial security as Northern
Companies acumuang premiums OF the lnsuo anu III aaa
thereto a Capital commencing with $5O0O0 4.:,
Millions Of dollars annually hitherto been lost to the ve crcu
n Tho South in payment Northern Companies In
by these Companies IN Northern
estate securities people never snare Oh equal
tbn sustain our own Enterprise and thus keep our money ana the
profits at home ii 80 = -
- }35 Y Offfcers at Macon, Ga:
VIM B. JOHNSTON President.
VIM S. HOLT, VcePresdent
= = GEO. S. .OBEAR, Secretary.
i' 54 sJ0ENe W. BURKE General Agent
II 5C F. McCAY Actuary =
W 7 MAGILL. Superintendent of Agencies
las MERCER GREEN, Medical Examiner
Te Cotton States Company Georgia and South Carolina enter
nse is GOOD Company and fully identified with the interests o
our people State ably represented IN the general
00u'n 0A0llA D-'''e qss - sLAYALL & ABAEY,
General A gents for North and South Carolina
WV T LAVAL ESQ, Office Columbia, S. G.,
M W. ABNEY, NJ D., Edgefeld, s. g. oA
.Iuup7
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17

: s6 The chaplain of the Iowa State
Prison was asked by q friend how bis
practitioners were. "tAll: under conyie.
thon," was thereby.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
Gin Repairing.

,Y,uE subscriber, with the benefit OF q
hE h.o3;caI S experience for the last
a praffasrv pfva years. offers his services to
S%entss Sntsrao % of %Edgefield wishing their GINS
PianteI1spS 1pED " ~ SAWSSHARPENED, D, DC,
KEl Kr.a,a viii attend promptly and faith
gcs &.lo .o on orders. Terms reasc nable;
Iuny yS.ters "a addressed to hiIn'at Edgefleld'
Le'eo.s ., of Mr.D. r. Durisoe, will re-
veearly as'eh'i0n' w. B. MAYS.
I'm 2S
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17
= "a IRARGAIN! !!

T1HE 35 Horse Power ENGINE ans
II MACHINERY ofsa first rate tlGI ,gL
and Corn Mil, at present success.uI.
working In Ct,lumbis. Can De oousl
cheap from 1egs .Yr1NrrR. MILLER.
Colpmhia. AuS9 Il ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-17

pTlate auu couSeuidi pidce dLuouS tue
brave defenders of Southern rights,
and was unanimously elected First
Lieutenant in one of the earliest vol
unteer companies that was formed in
Charleston, and of which he soon be-
came the commanding officer.
His military career was short, as
he was very soon obliged to retire
from active service by the require
mentsof declininghealth.. But though
he was thus compelled to relinquish
the field and to sheathe his sword, he
continued to WELD, in all its force
and energy, his dexterous and gent
pen. All who were Of an age to take
an interest in the discussions Of the
period, yill remember the dsshing
and racy effhsions which gave such
zest to the editorials Of the Mercury
in the times to which we are refer
ring, and which were, BY common
consent, recognized, at once as the
handiyworR of our departed friend,
But as the battle is not always to
the strong, so is it not always I'd the
Just. The war ended in the triumph
of those who had subyerted the great
principles of the Constitution, and
Mr.. Rhett, in common with his com,
notriots waa reduned from .comforta,
Bile aMuence to poverty and depriya'
ton. ,s'And here, as elsewhere, the
grand nature of this true man as.
serted itself. ii He eIgave way tor M
useless repinings, no unaYailng re-
grets, With a dauntless courage hi
J applied himself to the dnties of life
and though suffering from an incura
i bla dissrse. and borne down BY bodily
pgostrahon, be engaged in the pur
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Liberal commissions will be allowed to
active agents who have had experience in
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Agents are especially desired for Lonisi-
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-26

DECLAREs dividends annually, and
~ assigns dividends annually to all pol
icy holders.
Divides eighty-scven and half per cent.
(s74 p q of profits amongst the policy
holders.
Lends in each State the funds acquired
from the policy holders of that State.
Lends its funds only on first bond and
mortgage, and lends only to the amount
of one-half the value of the real estate
pledged.
Is exclusively n Southern Company, its
Stockholders, Directors and Officers were
born in the South.
Its prosperity is unequaled probably in
the whole history of Life Insurance No
Company has ever before during the same
rs the Piedmont aud Arlington has done.
No Company presents snch claims to the
patronage and the confidence of the South
ern people.
w. C. CARRINGTON,. President
JOHN f. EDWARDS. 1890 Yice-PIesi'leni
ID. }. HARTSOOK,.---- Secretary
J. S. HOPKINS, ...--- Assistant Secretary
John C. Breckinridge,
General Agent for Kentucky.
Dabney II. Maury,
General Agent for Texas, Louisiana ant
Arkansas.
FFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE BRANCi
OFFICE IN NEW ORLEANS:
Dabney Fl Maury. Presiden
Gen. G.. L. Beauregard- 49, Yice-Presiden
DIRECTORS:
D. IT. Maury, Gem G r. BeaHregard
r. NJ. Simmons, Cen BraNton Bragg,
) Il. S. Barton, Dr. w. II. Holcombe
) Col. Thos. Macon, Col. G. G.. Garner,
Louis Barnett, Col. d. A. Wilson,
Edward Nal!e, Jules G. Denis,
A. NJ. Fortier, w. NJ. Randolph,
Forester Deslondes.
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SUFFICIENT PROOF OF THE SUPERIORITY
RTJCK'S BRILLIANT
OVER ALL OTHER
CooI&-inS s. GoveS
FOLLOWING TRIU M P H S

e 1866. First Premium at the st. Louis
Fair, 1867. Gold Medal Mt the Louisiana
State Fair. 1868 First Premium ut the St.
Louis Fair, 1868. First Premium at the
Memphis Fair, 1869.
The greatest victory achieved by BUCKS
BRILLIANT was at tue Louisiana State
Fair, 1870, where the BRILLIANT was
awarded the GOLD MEDAL after actual
trial in baking bread in competition with
the Charter Oak and ten other leading
Stoves.
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05
RAILROADS.
Luxurles OF Modern Travel,


In these days the taste of the travelling
public has become exceedingly fastidi.
GUS. In order to obtain their patronage
railroad line must be able to insure
Safe, Speedy and Comfortable Transpor.
tation, by possessing the necessary quail.
hcations of y first class equipment oi
coaches aud locomotives. q solid road bed
and heavy iron, Pullman's palace Sleep
Ing cars, Pullman's Dining Cars, direct
route, good connections and careful man.
agement.
The Burlington Route ia making every
effort to possess all these quail ficaIions te
high degree, and offers Route TO al
points Fast, West, North and South, by
means OF its connections. as follows =.
l. At Omaha with the Pacific Roads,
2. At Plattsmouth with tho B. f. Mr.
r. in Nebraska.
81. At Hamburg, with the st. Joseph
Raili DAD for all points in Kansas DC.
-: At Ottumwa with the Des Moines
Valley and North Missouri RAILROADS,
s. At Burlington with the B., @. r d M
RR. for Davenport, Muscatinc &c.
q. At Monmouth, with the r., r.. /. q
st. 1. and Western Railroads, for 81, Pau
and points in the North, ard for st. Louis
and points in the South.
z. At Peoria, with the Short Line
Bloomington Route to Indianapolis. Gin.
cinnati. Louisville and all points South
s.. AT Peoria, with the r., p. 4 W. RR
for Logansport, Columbus, DC.
8. At MENDOZA, with the Illinois Contra
10. At CHICAGO, with all Trunk
Lines for the East.
No better advice can be given then
than to Take the Burlington Route"
ian.7d&wtf.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-10-05

Our friend David a. Wilkinson,
ESQ.,, of Center township, had on ex-
hibition a magnificent lot of apples.
He left us q basketfulI Of them, en-
bracing the following varieties to-wit:
White Pippin, Harrison's Beauty,
Iambo, Sour Limbertwig, Yellow
Pippin, Sweet Limbertwig, Rusty
Coat, Red Romantic, World Beaten,
Wine Sap. Lady's Blush, Nonpareil,
Green Pippin, Yellow Belledower,
Prior Red, and Genatin.
Mr.. Wilkinson is doing fully his
part towards demonstrating the tact
that Southern Iowa is not surpassed
by any other locality on the Ameri-
eau continent for fruit growing.
And now comes ". S. Carter, and
presents this Office with the champion
Rambo apple, weighing IA ounces
Can any one beat it? He also pla.
ces us under many obligations by
presenting us with twelve other spe.
cimeus of his superb premium ap-
pies.
Col. E. q. White hands us pound
pippin, which is a misnomer for this
apple, as it weighs "a ounces, which
was about the biggestapple on exbibi-
ton at the fair.
Mrs. DR.. Best, Of Agency City,
took the first premium on an Egg
plant which weighs lbs, and meas
ures % inches ono way and 20! the
other. How is that for high? Mrs.
Best left this mammoth specimen on
exhibition at the COURIER office,
where it may be seen by all who
come in before we eat it up.