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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
sipmpleE Safe! Permanent! f!

The plans MUTuA BENEFIT ASSOCIATION are simple
safe and permanent small assessment IT
held sacred trust make the payment death CLAIMS sure !ae
motuary the American Experience tables
equitable purely at actual @ The amount OF
mortality each particular
ace thus uazng old and and providing that amS
whic nosot alled to secure
The mouv deposited they collected with the fir
National ed fund for the OF
The funds from these cannot e loaned or
invested in securities deposit bank subject to
sight payment Death Claims:
CertGes Membership to ell acceptable
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23

WYE bop n announce the E that have the
w Aes1cy Ir this County PALMETTO MUTUAL BENEFIT Asso
the South Caroline strictly benevolent 10 ITS ann AND ooltc
wherever introduced feel assured that
viii an lone felt want mutual protection or he
am based principles and obtained from tho most re-
h tables of mortality and
secured heyond any contingency LOWER RATES than hitherto offered
nerter Of Lilo Insurance or many orders and societies established
for the purpose aorns pccun relief the er brother sup r
aatrcEnr hv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
CUT NO. 3.

The SEDewc GATES made wrought iron pipe and steel and
defy all competition ghne strength and durability These
ara splendid gates Lawns Parks and Cemeteries and everywhere
where good gate wanted These gates all fitted with adjustable
hinge that sovs of the gate being high low and either
or both wa spring latch and either double reversible catch
order gates specially suited openng attachments
We are often long will a From all that known OF
wire kind paint think safe to from 70 to 80
and we feel will bear the renewal the posts
a Any kind be used and usually set 10 to l6}
M ar any distance not exceeding 20 It, 1t fastened
We ei complete stretching Consisting Of stretching tackle
and cutting pcrs for Complete instructions fence
with invoice Any ordinary intelligence put the fence A
rage cost of putting fence including setting posts 10 cents
per l63 feet
pss~ For fnrther information cali address,
r. G. M. DUNOVANT, Agt.,
rb 1es1-tf1o7 EDGEF1EL1, c. r.. S. C.
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MALE OR FEM MALE,

between the ages twenty ( years for amounts Of two
three fvet dollars
money collected from members funds which are kp
DEVOTED PAYMENT OF DEATH CLAIMS and the other Member
beng appropriated to the P1 MEM of ALI ~
EXPENSES Of managing the Association
ctons
our State organl who will attend the annual meetings the directors
examine disbursements OF the mouay fund.- certify to the
Of all annual Association The Secretary the
bond for the faithful deposit all
members avoaby known commercial
and their determination that the business this
on uouy the Its members faithfully suafdeo
We cordially the especial attention Of the people Of
Edgefld good institution and merits success
For furher information Rates. &cr apply TO
I'D R. DURHSOE, AGENTS FOR Edge
w. p. ADDISON, FIELD COUNTY
r,e,l Eoh
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
For nearly AIN Enclosures and for Better FenC
EconOmy. The Sedswicli Fence has mo equal


ECONOMY, the Sedswck Fence has mo equal.
Being dipoed in uspoo paint will last lifetime and is better
than board fence pec much greater strength and du
bty than barbed It'll affected heat and cold
It's peculiar construction allowing contraction and taking all
Stock may run against without either stock fence Pigs and
Poultry better than other fence We ask for fair
trial fully believing that all will be satisfied Wire ework
no new thing reduced the cost until within the
reach Of farmers
We specially en for bottom lands will allow free
be arranged hang when
the food exposed places None it will be
washed away.
fencing, implies, made of the best annealed steel
wire The margin wire top bottom nearly straight and
are No. telegraph wre The body wires are No.
H. The breaking No about $500 pounds and OF NO. Is
about pound The Of the mesh s the extreme length and
breadth of the opening postal card will 60 through FIVE inch
mesh without touching at the four
single expected break with less than 500 pounds strain
and the wire will break before the twist will slip.
81 inch fence inch good farm fences 4lnch
nc mess fence enough restrain very bTeahy stock
ur one-fourth 'or the height
and inches higher will be found reliable
stock bur we think inch preferable We make IF and 70 inch
ence specially wherever high fences needed and no
cheaper fence can he used ;or that purpose.
In using netting 'front.' yard fence railing and base board takes
tae nace the fence and makes ornamental
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
SEEDS TIA. SURPRISE |!
nER RARMERs, MROM NzAn

Mako, q new vrgetehla from So, differing
from anything ever GROWN here. delicious raw or
cooked Seed sent by mail - r,s. n paper Soya
lists 10 b.. the richest hum,n food iuowa. Fine
fodier plant. also seed. Is cts. p; yar. Cuban
ever Ir',wn in y S.. firm. lusrio'is. crisp and.
sugnry: best 10 keep or ship. a "ts paner or 20,
seeds, papers for o.. Very scarre. c..nr.W .Wood,
Muskmploil lrrT.sl known, ? to3 feei ionS--ane
quslty carly AMI prolific. IS CHS a p.nsr climax
Tomato richest favor. early, prol.ac -o!id-ur-.
tlau Con- from the Nile, yields immensely
10 the South where o'her corn falls. rnsqunltd'
for table or stock. % Cts u raupr. IS ctS nOtiI
high IS rts. napar. Cuz u Corn grains IN. long,
:, IL, broah Seed will hiring fa'n'o sprires 5ctS
paper All ths above sent TO- ai 2 of each for e.
Address G. q. GlLDEHT d CA. Atlanta. Gn-
Reference: hon. ". I. Calhoun. Aayoe Of.
Atlanta 20 -. '-.s-sS'-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23

The prohibition movement mad a
d lmb though powerful witness in
its favor. At the Raleigh Nation i
B INK vas received $40 bill, across
the back Of which rau the following
singular and sad endorsement: This
is the last os City thousand dollar
f,rtunc left a boy Of Conyers. Ga. 1t
goes for drink. "-Ralagh Observer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23
SEDCWICK'S
Steel Wire Fence.

Zach year Question Of the cheapest and the time the most
durable and effective becomes prominent and has remained
for the firm Of SEDGWICK BROS solve the problem This they have
done bv the machinery by which wire rapidly made
into double diamond shaped mesh This conceded
ali who have IT, be the scientific and economical
which steel or iron the greatest strength durability
The sEDGWICK STEEL FENCE only general
fence in nse Being bar will keep small pigs
well as the most with possibility OF injury 1t shelters
enemies crops poultry and shade s just The FENCE
Farmer Stock Rers ind Railroads and very denab
for Lawns Parks Cemeteries and Front Yards
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CIT NO. 4.

l.. CUT So.9
Cut No represents with up and roll at
being put up. Our Lawn Gates weigh ro z to % lbs
Cut No fence with base board and railing
CIT represents Drive a.esese weigh from 45t 90 lbs single
and FROM so 6n lbs double
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P mHa5srnnrTo
MUTUAL bBIII|T ASSOCIATION,
OF CHARLESTON, s. G..
OFFICERS:

OFFICERS-
an7rp s,5vp4 President ALEX MELcHzRs Vice President
HnTsoN Inv Secretary R. A. KINLocR d. Medical Director
W. NJ HUTsoE General Agent
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ToN ARTER,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-06-23

The desire OF two Florida young
men to fight a duel was taken adyan-
t4ge Of by their friends as All occa-
sion for some fun. After one dis
charge Of alauk cartridges the pis-
tolls were loaded with powder and
corn, the jokers supposiug that no
serious harm would be done; but q
kernel put out al ey= Of one o! them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

do not suffer, wherever located. Af
ter this thorough preliminary edu.
cation IN medicine is given, it would
be better for the university and for
the student for the latter to get his
higher course in medical science in
the unrivaled clinical schools OF
New Orleans and the north, than for
the former to squander its funds in
the attempt to do what is, in the ma
ture of the case, at present mani
festly impossible.
Is there single material point in
which the university as a whole will
be benefited by division? And ii
there be, would such benefit over
balance the disadvantages, not to
say injury, which must occur to ev-
cry reflective mind? Each intelli-
gent voter must decide this for
himself, and cast his ballot according
to his judgment, must decide
whether he prefers a disintegration
into antagonistic and jealous col
leges, disconnected in feeling, inter-
est and effort, to grand university
of the people, fit to be the dignified
and learned head of our educational
system, and developing itself under
one general and harmonious plan,
with all of'its parts in reciprocally
beneficial action.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

THE Age advises the adoption OF
the judiciary amendment. Such a
popular decision will do away with
the contingent court known as the
commission of appeals" and create
one body, composed of seven jns-
tices. AS it is, the supreme court
has the power, which it has exer-
cised- of foKerrnling gt1r-Tr5I'----s--77
ing new opinions. The solidity of
court of seven justices would pre-
vent any conflict in opinion, which
of necessity destroys confidence
in the opinions of supreme
judges. 1t looks as though the vote
on this proposed amendment will
be almost unanimous in favor of its
adoption. The legislative amend
ment will not be as strongly sus-
tanned, and yet it is eminently just
that our legislatures should feel
less hampered, and that hasty legis-
lation should be discouraged, which
Is compelled by the law now in
force.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

THE New York Star continues to
assert that there has been a sick
room syndicate operating in stocks
The presidents condition has been
known by this syndicate in New
York before it was known immedi-
ately outside the sick room door,
and long before the press reporters
were informed of the condition. Ii
is known that the changes in the
presidents case have caused fluctua-
tions in the stock market, and the
positive indications are that some
one, in immediate attendance at the
bedside of the president has been
regularly engaged in giving valua-
BILE information in time to the oper.
ators at the Wall street end of
concern that has made large sums
out of the bodily infirmities of the
president.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
BY PUBLICA TION
The STATE OF TEXAS.

~ THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff, or any constable of Travis coun-
You are hereby commanded that, by making
publication OF this citation In some newspaper,
Published In he county Of Travis, once in
each week for four consecutive weeks, previous
70 the return day hereof. you summon Joseph
WAGNER, whose residence Is unknown, to be
and appear before the district court, az its next
term 70 Ss holden in Snd for the county
ofAustin on the frs. Monday In October, A. d.,
1881, then and there TO answer the petition of
Catherine Wagner for divorce in cause 56777,
wherein Catherine Wagner Il plaintiff and
Joseph Wagner Is defendant, fled In said court
against the said Joseph Wagner, ON the 25th
o. August 1881, and alleging In substance, as
follows, to-wit: That said Catherine Wagner
and Joseph Wegoner were legally married on the
28th day OF June, A. D., 1867, and lived together
~ man and wife until the Srd day OF February,
A. D., 1875. (which said time the defendant,
her husbPl,d, Voluntarily, and with the intent to
abandon petitioner, did leave, desert and aban-
don petitioner, his wife, and that since said
as,e ,as. mennqnee mas never returned TO i've
aided In siiy way In supporting his family since
eaid last named date. That there are three
living caildren BY said marriage, who have re-
sided with and been supported by your peti-
TONER, and at the time OF the desertion and
Abandonment the only property owned by your
petitioner and defendant was about sixteen
acres Of land, situated In Travis county, Texas,
and occupied by them as their homestead, and
that petitioner, since said date has occupied
and ueod said property as her home, and that the
VS nS Rss rSe,
pra4s that she have the custody and control OF
their three children, viz: Mary aged i2 years,
William aged 10 years and Catherine aged s
Herein fail not. but have you then and there
DcIore said court, tins writ, with your return
thereon, showing how you have executed the
Witness, E. Halimann, clerk Of the district
court OF Irnvie county
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

One man refused to take the
Brenham paper because it was too
irreligious; another said he would
not take it because it was too much
like the organ of a young mems
christian association; and so the
newspaper world is abused and vii
lifted, while the conscientious news
paper man goes on, thinking as the
editor of the German paper at New
Braunfels expresses himself. This
resolute gentleman openly tells his
readers, through the columns of his
paper, that if his editorial utter
ances do not please them they may
go to, which means perdition.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

SOUTH CAROLINA made a prece-
dent on the inability question.
While Wade Hampton was governor
he suffered the breaking of leg. In
proclamation the governor an
nounced his disability, and the lieu
tenant-governor, W. D. Simpson,
assumed the duties of the Office, to
act until the governors recovery.
Hampton was chosen United States
senator, and resigned before he be-
came able to perform executive du-
ties, and Simpson became governor.
But Blaine is too full of envy to al
low Arthur t. do what the country
has expected of him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
WHAT "UNCLE DAM DRANK.

1t is said that throughout IIIis
country beer is getting away with
whisky, and now the probability is
thatadulterations may get away with
the beer, and the country thus suf
fer from the effects of one as it has
from those of the other. 1t really
does appear that men must get drunk
in one way or another, and where they
have not whisky or adulterated beer
they have even changed COW and
goat and mare and mule into villain
GUS stuff, that maddens the human
mind, making brutes of men. 1t is
contended there is nothing in pure
beer to make drunk come, il
this be so, it is a long time
back, so far that the memory
of man runneth not to the
period, when beer could be taken
dd h6ttatna, without the intellectual
faculties being disturbed. 1t is said
the custom of beer drinking has
grown in this country with its in
crease of German population, but
that American brewers have learned
to introduce little fire and "sich'
into it, and that it does not operate
now as it did when King Gambrinus
brewed a beverage good enough
for gods. Malt is said to be some
what expensive, while glucose is
cheap, and that the latter takes the
place of the former in brewing.
To prevent beer, so made,
from sourlng. soda is added,
and then, to suit American
taste, fiery drugs are added, when it
may not take over forty schooners
ofthe coppound. to. JastAyH-r1etrH
sick friend. The New York society
for the moderation of drink
ing has lately set up an inquiry as
to the secret arts of brewing, and
some of the brewers admit that they
do adopt ways by which cheap beer
can be made, but they claim that
the use of these strange compounds
do not produce a deleterious adul-
teration. They deny that they put
"pizen" in it, and fall back
upon their dignity and their
purses. And yet all this does
not prove that bad beer is sold
in Austin. The Lemps and the
Anheusers claim that they have the
veritable recipe of Gambrinus,
transmitted to them by direct de-
scent, and this explains to "Uncle
Daniel" of the Houston Age, why
ne had to pay ten cents per schooner
for beer in Austin, while it costs only
five cents per gallon in Houston.
They use these villainous, cheap
compounds down by the bayou, but
here, at the capital, never-really
never.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
THE PHILADELPHIA Press. commer

The Philadelphia Press, comment
ing upon the advancement In Texas,
says:
GA year or two ago when she
sought capital IN New York, capital
politely but firmly declined to be
planted within her borders. The
debt has been reduced, the state is
paying as she goes, and there is an
accumulation of 81, 100000. Capital
has noted the change, and always
ready to help them That help them
selves, is pouring in from the north
at the estimated rate of q million a
week, and other developments and
industries are progressing. Texas
has it in her power to become a
great as well as big state. in fact
she is only beginning to appreciate" !"
And now what do these late croak-
ing opponents of the Old Alcalde
have to say about the success of
Texas under his administration
They were wont to say his policy
would drive all capital from Texas,
when in reality the taxable wealth
of the state will be doubled while
he is governor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
MEXICAN NEWS.

The Mexican National Railroad
Company palmer e. Sullivan con-
eession) press OH with great activity.
Trains are already running TO To-
luce, the capital of the state OF Mex
leo.
The Vera Cruzanos are very much
annoyed by the preference Of the
port of Anton Lizardo, shown by the
Mexican Southern, and will make
every possible effort to induce the
Oaxaca company to make certain
changes.
The Mexican Central runs trains
regularly to Tula, and rails have
been laid nine miles beyond that
CITY; work is also progressing be-
tween San Juan del Rio and Quere-
taro. 1t is thought that the line be-
tween Mexico and Queretaro will
be ready for the traffic by the mid
die of December.
The municipal council of Mexico
has decided to alter the names of
the streets. This is a much needed
reform. Just fancy each side Of ev-
cry block having a different name.
Tourists are greatly puzzled and an
noyed when they attempt TO go out
alone. senator Altimirano suggests
that the names of Mexican patriots
and distinguished men should be
submitted for those of the saints.
The sanitary commission of Vera
Cruz has recommended the closing
ofthe cemetery in that city and adj
vised the burial Of the dead far be-
yond the corporation limits. II has
been decided that great evils result
from the decomposition of bodies
placed in the inches" of the ceme-
terry walls, because not only have
these receptacles been cracked by
slight earthquakes, but clefts have
been made in them by the action OF
the sun and rain. Several physicians
have suggested cremation as a sani-
tary measure, but the Vera Cruza-
nos veto that in toto.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

The other day it was so hot in
Leipsig that, at the university, the
students attending the lecture of a
certain professor, took off their coats
and sat in their shirt sleeves. The
professor did not apper to notice it,
but at the end of the lecture he re-
marked: at is indeed hot day,
gentlemen, and l would also have
gladly taken off my coat; but my
respect for you would not permit
me to do itp' This remark of the
professor, who was highly popular,
was received with shouts of laugh
ter and a general "wooding up"
A Berlin manufacturer is laboring
under the impression that he is God,
and has been travelling 100000
miles on the comet for the purpose
of dealing out punishment TO the
world. 1t is said that there have
been q number of cases of lunacy in
Germany of which the comet has
been the cause.
The Oaxaca or Meridianal rail-
road company has now four compa.
uies of engineers at work on differ.
ent sections. The division in charge
of the proposed line from the city ol
Vera Cruz to Anton Lizardo is ex'
amining routes from the latter pori
to the central plateau, for the pur
pose of determining at what point
this branch shall intersect the road
from Puebla to Oaxaca. Another
party of engineers is ingaged on
preliminary survey from the city o
Oaxaca to Puebla, via the Mixteci
region, and a third corps has com
pleted the survey from the city o
Oaxaca to Ejutla and Miahutian
and discovered a practical "pass
10 the Pacific ocean.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

THAT cheap railway fares pay best
is demonstrated in England, where
parliament passed a law requiring
the railways in the united kingdom
to run one half-penny train each day.
The railway companies declared
such law virtual confiscation OF
their property, but the result has
been passenger travel was thereby
greatly increased, and the running
of half-penny trains is now the most
profitable feature ill railway busi-
ness. 1t is unnecessary to tell how
much advantage this requirement
has been to the travelling public, and
especially to the working people, for
whose benefit they were mainly in
augurated.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08

IT is said Guiteau will be mobbed
if the president should die. A
thousand men have been kept un-
der command to prevent any such
popular movement. Should Mr.
Garfield die, we want to see the as
sassin at once put under the care OF
Gun durango Bliss.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-09-08
The Statesman's Specials.

LIBERTY HILL, August 3I..Mr.
Owen Finland. telegraph pole con-
tractor, was robbed by two high
waymen eleven miles east of here
last night. The meu rode up where
Finland was camped and asked for
water, and Finland invited them to
help themselves. They dismount-
ed, aud as soon as they were close
to Finland one drew a pistol and
ordered his hands up. They search
ed him and the camp and got six
dollars, then mounted and rode off.
They have escaped the officers SO
far.
Heavy winds and showers yester-
day and to-day.
RICHMOND, September Count
Telfener, the Italian capitalist, who
stands behind the New York, Texas
and Mexican railway project, has
reached Texas and is looking after
his interests here. His road begins
at Rosenburg junction, near here,
and is to end at Brownsville. The
count has heretofore engaged in
great railway enterprises in South
America. He is accompanied
by a French gentleman, named
De Castro, whose object is to
put money into agricultural
schemes on large scale in Texas.
Count Telfener has engaged in in
Producing Italian workmen into
Texas, and he now has 500 OH the
way across the Atlantic. His immi-
grafton sheme has the sanction
of the Italian government, and
it is said hereafter 1000 Italians
will be forwarded to Texas
through his agencies. The railroad
line is an assured success. Eighteen
thousand tons of iron have been
contracted for, and it is believed the
road will be finished to Browns
vile within twelve months. The
first shipment of iron is looked for
daily at Galveston. He is going to
build the road without selling
bonds. The alluvial belt is going to
have boom-and don't you forget
it,