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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
The Philadelphia Press editorially

The Philadelphia Press editorIally
says:
"Black coffee, sodden biscuit and
meat soaked in fat is the universal
menu in ordinary houses below Vir'
giuia, and may c2coun. 'or the salloW
complexion and bilious temperament
of our Southern cousins"
In the country often but not Sf;
ways, and especially in the mountain
couskxy Of the South, the cooking If
ba elsewhere, in the private
s: ss| It s.:'1 !; si' e:ss'e. = Si i
full Of rosy. y.cheeked, healthy girls
and Augusta can make Philadelphia
TIE tie back track for female beauty
ripe, real and clear complexloned
Most Of the sick people visible at tn
South, in the winter time, are North
erners, who would be better Oft Will
! palmer fare.-AuguSta Chronicle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
He Called Him "A Damned Radi'
cal fuss -

The following, from the Greenvllle
Daily Ne,Os, refers TO Judge "Slip'
perry Dick" Carpenter, who nsed tc
preside In Edgeield:
On Monday during the trial of j.
M. Bright for counterieiting, Alexan'
der Stewart was Put on the stand by
the defence to testify to Bright's In
tellectual weakness. In his argu
ment Assistant District Attorney Car
penter ridiculed Mr.. Stewart, who is
"solid man" financially and other.
wise and was one of the contractors
On the Greenville and Laurens rail
road. and made fun of his testimony
This being reported to Mr.. Stewart
he walked into court on yesterday
and handed Judge Carpenter an un'
sealed note reading in substance as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

edge. and crystal face. The works OF the Watch
are made with the finest automatic machinery:
Every Watch Is TESTED in varying positions ana
Is sperfect before leaving the factory. Each Mgtch
Is put up in q handsome rev improved SATIN
LINED case, for safe transportation through the
mails.
So well-known haye these Watches become,
thousand are buying them in preference TO hi:,Ec:
priced Watches The Company are now masking
,OOO. Matches each day, an average OF l1s
Watches per mimic. You would imagine inc
whole country supplied by this time. BY no means
This Is the merrhants Watch, the farmers watch
the miners Watch the laborers Watch, the boys
Watch, the school girls Watcf--,n TACT, every
@ G1ays yysse;pt ate OF X35 we send this celebrated
Wntchnnd n Handsome Nickci-Pinted CGaiu,
with Charm attached, by registered
mail, prepaid, md guarantee 1t
to reach YOU safely.
Tho Waterbury Watch Co. has n national repu:
tation for making the BEST CHEAP WATCHIN
THE WORLD. ,,,,,
We have received from them their NEW atch,
q great Improvement over the first ones made ana
n marvel of simplicity and accuracy, containing
more ingenuity than any other article placed De-
fore the public for many years. Inc cut SHOWS
EXACT SIZE OF Watch.
A Watch made by han;l would cost as mlcn as
q cottage by the scashOrc or a small yachtl anu
fake as long to build. Soperfcct ie The machinery
used in making this Watch, and so exact are an us
parts that ii it needs repairs It sent Direct 10 me
factory the charge for actual rcpalrs Nnclu9tS
narts ilsetO never exceeds 80 cls This VIII explain
vwhy they are SO clc:ip and So easily repaired:
EVERY WATCH lS WARRANTED 10 1--WE
SATISFACTION.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
From lIle Mountains.

For many years have been troubled
with scrofnlons affection. My right
leg was covered with soras from the
hin to the ankle rome of Them large
aud pninfnl, running IL great deal. /
tried everything | could think Of or
friends could suggest. The rhysle'nns
did what they could. but brought no
permanent relief. My case wns well
known in this community, as well as
the fearful snf.rings endured. Last
fall, at the suggestion Of friend, !
began The nae of Swift's Specific. 1t
prodnced change no apparent that
it astonished everybody, as one ulcer
after another disappeared, nm" none
were more aaLonished than myself
Six bottles produced all entire cure
NV restoration is entirely due to The
nae of this medicine. 1t ia the bea'
blood purifier in the world, and vii
come nearer doing what is claimed
for it than any medicine have ever
tried.
T nj WATKINS,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

digm --------'-. :.
dispe. army eople who have been
oujelng in the Grant funeral cere
u,s do not think mnch of DR..
an attempt 10 make out Grant
""''' ontly religious man. They
nl'' that Grant had a Aincere re.
''e%n y ,r pe"ples views, hut that he
q ;, ~" II all his life made amy profes.
oil ." f piety. They point to the
SPe'' At while The general was writ
never cry day up to the day of he
s'o''S he never made in all those
.s'' y g single reference to religion
luz kl Sherman, who is about as re.
oea a man as was Grant, was ap.
VIII led by an intimate army friend
ael }ter.the Newman sermon. Said
end "You see what is before
Erant has been made q religious
SOoE II Within the next twenty years
'nl All be probably held up by some
gS as a saint" Sherman's reply
m everont but very characteristic
yo q: "Grant is dead and doesn'I
pe hat is said about him now. M
will I, when Am dead ant
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
J Nj. WATE

Jasper, Ga, March II. 's5.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diaoaaas
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8
Atlanta. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

Don't fill the system with qninine
>in the effort to prevent or cure Fever
and Ague. Ayers Ague Cure is a
far more potentpreventive and remedy
with the advantage Of leaving in the
body no poisons to produce dizziness,
deafness, headache, and other dis
orders. The proprietors warrant 1T.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

First gentleman 81 bpy your par,
don, sir, butts not your name smythe?f
Second gentleman: No, sir; mS
name il Smith. You have evidently
aroiataken me for my son. IN Y San.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20
al. oa' s1 ,san. " on,bo,;h tbar

"Ilearn from good authority that
YOU, in substance, accuse me oil swesr,
Sag lie and having enough to do to
{ Ike care Of my own mind.
cit is true have not been blessed
with much sense, but l have lully as
much as yourself, and I claim to have
a better countenance.
Gall apk is for you to say on the
street what you charged behind the
bar; then Greek meets Greek. ] can
show at my home as good character
for truth and veracity as you. or any
other id radical. I have been
we'll raised 20 abhor all such Id
cusaes as you are"
"ALEx STEWART.
This very frank exposition of Mr.
Stewards opinions was broughtto to the
attention Of Judge Bryan, who sent
out and had Mr.. Stewart brought into
court. That gentleman is elderly and
somewhat deaf, but he expressed him
self as sanguine Of his own ability tt
mash Mr.. Carpenters mouth, ant
freely announced his willingness tt
perform that agreeable feat if suitable
opportunity was given. Herema'nef
obdurate under an impressive lecture
from Judge Bryan, and there was {
rather tangled discussion Of the affair
members of the bar going to MI
Stewards aid and citizens being calle'
on to testify of the provocation Civ
en- by Judge Carpenters speech
Judge Bryan finally decided to pu
Mr. Stewart under bond Of $4,000 |
keep the peace. Mr.. Stewart refuse
to give it at first, declaring that b
had not broken the peace and ha
only defended himself. and that
would rather go TO Jail than subml
LHa- at. last yiel ed to the persuasion
of friends and executed the bono
and somewhat novel legal (or ILL
aal) incident was at an end.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

Traffic in Paris green and sour flour,
To be used in poisoning the cotton
caterpillars continues quite lively.
Uneasiness t the caterpillar aeema
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

ml6eFatIHSIy
Ibid you succumb, Bill?"
"Suck 'eml Bet your sweet lille l
didn't suck 'eml I clum out OF the
back window"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

A local orator went out to help a
friend who was running for Congress
and was sent to a town where his
friend wasn't very popular. The ora
tor failed te.charm the playful audi
ence and was rotten.egged off the
platform. Upon his return home thai
night his political friend, hearing o
his egg adventure, asked him, com
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

anli four or Eve churches. There II
no religious intolerance in Brazil.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-20

Yours truly. SC. LAMK1N.
P. S.-Any farmer who will visit
his cotton, that ia affected, about sum
set and look up the row towards the
sun will see swarms Of flies.
S. C. L.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25

The Republican City Council ticket
was completed on Saturday evening by
the adherents OF the Republican party
assembling at the polls and nominating
DR.. E. G. Shortlidge for President of
the City Council. The close vote in
the aggregate between them would in
dictate that both had many friends, and
between them there was little choice
where both were 80 well qualified.
While Mr.. Lichtenstein has served
with great acceptability in the City
Council, both as a member from q
ward, and as President of that body,
DR.. Shortlidge has done the same thing
in the Board of Education. In Mr..
Lichtenstein the City Council would
have had an able presiding officer, and
it is fortunate that this standard Of
efficiency will not be in the least low
cred by the selection of Dr.. Shortlidge.
In Henry G. Conrad, Esq, for Mayor,
and DR.. E. G. Shortlidge, the Republi-
can party presents an unexceptionably
stro ng ticket before the people, which
we believe will be triumphantly en-
dorsed.
They are in no sense or manner com.
mitted to any specific course of action
in the interests of any individual or
They are simply citizens
who will do their whole duty to the
city and the people if elected. While
in no way detracting from the merits
of the gentlemen who head the Demo.
cratic ticket, we frankly tell the people
that they will best subserve the best in
terests of themselves and the city by
Henry G. Conrad, Esq, Mayor,
and DIR. L. G. Shortlidge, President of
City Council.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25
Address. Wilmington, Del.
IL REGIsTKR's OFFICE,
NBw CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,

d EdISTER'S ORDER.
IL REGIsTKR's OFFICE,
NHw CASTLE COUNTY DEL,
April 23d, 1855.
Upon the application Of William ID. Mat.
lack and Robert Z. Carpenter. execu-
tors Of John q. Matlack, late Of
Wilmington Hundred, in said county, de-
ceased, it is ordered and directed by the
Register that the executors aforesaid
give notice OF granting OF Letters Tesla
mentary upon the. estate of the
deceased, with the date OF granting thereof,
by causing advertisements to be posted with
In forty days from the date of such Letters
In six OF the most public places Of the county
of New Castle, requiring all persons having
demands against the estate to present the
same, or abide by an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided and also cause
period in tho Daily REPUBLIcAN,a newspaper
published in Wilmington, and to be con-
tinued therein three weeks, (eod.)
~ Given under the hand and Seal OF
LIS. Oft1ce OF the Register aforesaid, at
fV~y wilmington, in New Castle County
aforesaid. the day and year above written.
1GNAT1US q. 9RUbB, Register.
NoTIcR.-All persons having claims against
the estate Of the deceased must present the
same, duly attested to the Executors
on or before April % 1888, or abide the Act o.
Assembly in such case made and provided.
Address, WILLIAM ID. MATLACK,
SCI Edwardstreet, West Phila.
ROBERT =. CARPENTER,
u and 70 South Fifth street. Phiia.
Executors.
Or to thor Attorney, Chas. X. Jetier
| les. e0S King street. Wilmington lei. mil
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25

A West Goshen farmer, says that the
other day he noticed the blossoms IA
ling in great numbers from several of
his choice cherry trees. AS there was
no wind at the time, md the blossoms
fairly hailed down, LIS curiosity ie,;
him to learn the oause of his blossoms
falling. He soon found il, for 80 he i.p-
peared out of the trees flew hocks Of
sparrows. An examination eff the trees
revealed the fact that his cherry crop
will be total failure, for the bir.ls are
eating off all the buds. They nip the
bud close off to the branch ard then eat
the germ that forms the cherry. 1t is
too bad that these dirty and good-for-
nothing birds are now to destroy cur
fruit. 1t was sad enough for them to
drive away al our pretty singing and
| insectitous birds, but row when they
are going to rob us of our fruit, it d
| time we call halt. There is only one
| way to stop these troublesome birds
| ravages-that 10 to exterminate the
whole tribe, and the sooner the work
begins the better for It's farmers. Here
| totore the birds have destroyed most o,
the farmers wheat crop, as they in
crease in number they will destroy
more, and soon we will have our hes
fruit injured ard destroyed in lik.
manner. Tho Is a serious state of af
fairs, one that interests every body, ant
active measures should be taken in tn
matter without the least delay.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25

GENERAL LOGAN received a grand
ovation in Chicago on Saturday. He
was met on his arrival in the city BY a
committee of 100 and was escorted to
the Grand Pacific Hotel by the Union
Veteran club, where the Republicans
gathered by thousands to greet him. On
Tuesday evening next the Union League
club of the same city will banquet him.
These continued demonstrations Of Joy
indicate the feeling in Chicago in re-
gard to the result of the prolonged
Senatorial contest and point out The
mau who is to be a prominent figure III
the Presidential campaign Of 1883.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25
WANAMAKER'S.
PHILADELPHIA, May rs, 1 1856.

| You are probably expect
ing us to say that the hue
and-cry in the pape RS over
surplus stocks mean S moth
ling more than that
goods are plenty an d trade
is dull ; that it doesn t mean
reduction of prices. Is it
possible that a big enough
merchant to make an erup-
ton of advertising could be
SO dull as to keep his stuffs
at prohibitory prices till now
and put them down ? If a
merchants practice is to hold
on to his goods till almost
the last chance is gone, poor
prospect for bargains there !!
We had some things to
spare at the close Of Christ
mas trade. We KIN ew the
wholesale market had more.
1t wasn't over-full /; but
wholesale trade was nothing.
We sold our stufs at a loss
to sell them quickly. But
we sold to buy NOR e; and
bought to advantage. Hence
the very peculiar prices here
since Christmas. w e have
had the trade of the city. We
have sold many things with
out proht-very fe W at a
loss to ourselves since Janu-
larry. We can aim ost any
time rake together some
goods that ought to go down.
We do SO nearly ev ery day
in the year; but it isn't al
ways that marked down
goods are cheapest :. De-
|pends on how the marking
Idown is done. The notable
thing done here sin &c New
/ Years isn't marking down
it's buying and sellin g when
trade was at a stand-still.
1 We've hardly said a word
!, about marking down but we
: sell nothing old without call
: ing it old--if we buy old
. stuff, we call it old stuff.
Il There are two ways o.
!, Isupplying ones wants. One
It lis to find a reliable lnerchan
/ with modern mott ons ane
!stick to him. The other i,
d to go in search Of "bar
a gains" whenever the hue.
.ol and-cry is raised. In thu
stone case you get a gener
n, na!Ious moneys worth of homes
!. goods in the other you ar
y often taken in, and find on
ID your loss when you purse
ne empty.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25
Revised Bibles have

Revised Bibles have sold
two.and-a-half times as fast
as our guess beforehand, still
not very fast. Our stock is
kept full. Origin al prices
prevail. [See I Thursdays
advertisement
BY the Thirteenth-street door; with
Bouks.
Summer wraps as cheap
as ever. The stock is pro-
bably about as good as when
I'VE began to sell for half of
profitable prices. When we
lsold our own wraps Tor
half, we lost money Of
lcourse. Now we are sell.
ling others " surplu US" wraps
lat a profit as 10y as our
own though. Wraps are
!! plenty; beautiful wraps, So
ITO SIS. Costly wraps are
pot put down; they do not
|, need to be-why, we do MOI
oIknow.
. Dresses are not put down
\ We do not remem ber hay
ling marked one down. |
didn't sell, we'd stol
y making-they're m O stl,
. made upstairs.
Il There's a hitch in Jerseys
ssl Merchants are wondering
> what's the matter. There's
u difference in jerse VS.. We ar
Il selling--no hitch in jersey
:el here.
=, 301 and Chestnut, first and secor
u floors. Take car.
Cashmere sha avis, ST.
to S.. French oh udda, S. I
is. Shetland, 81 to IS. IL
= best money's-wor tn are cas-
\ mere, So and s., and chudC
10 S.. Chudda, India, So to So
- 1903 Chestnut. Take car.
D French armure all-wo
dress-stuf, 81 ! cents, 3o-in,
like cut cashmere.
+ Light and dar k gray cor
% bination of plaid and plail
e the plain is coar sely mixec
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25
The Issue.

The issues of the city campaign are
now before the people, and it is for
them to say now whether the City
Council shall te continued under Demo-
cratic rule or be remanded again to Re-
publican rule. 1t will be for them to-
say whether Henry c. Conrad, Esq,
shall be Mayor of the city for three
years to come or whether c. b. Rhoads
shall occupy that position. For some
time past the extravaganza of the pre-
sent City Council has been set forth in
such manner as to be incontrovertible.
We have shown from the records of the
City Council account books that it takes
more money TO run q Democratic than
Republican Council, and that more of
that money went into their own pockets
in the shape of salaries. We have
shown that while this present Demo.
cratic Council had no more of an over.
draft and floating debt to meet when
they came into power than the Republi
cans had to meet the previous year, the
Democratic Council has had to borrow
$4,000 to help it through to the end o
the fiscal year, and from present ap
pearances will even then leave an over
draft and unpaid bills amounting t
some $4,000. Which will the voter
of Wilmington choose They are a
ready grooming under heavy ard exec
sive taxes Will they vote to increas
those taxes ? The interest on $40, O0
even at four per cent. will be 81, 30O
This will be added to the taxes of tn
city. 1t takes over thousand dolla
more to pay the salaries of Democrat
members of City COUNCIL than it toe
to pay an equal number of Republics
Coun :ilmen the year before.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25
The Dairy Business.

In no branch OF industryin this coun-
try has more rapid increase been made
than in the dairy business, and for this
the protective legislation in the respec-
tive States must be given the credit.
The products Of the dairy business are
becoming more and more appreciated
by the people, and the future looms up
bright for the dairyman. Pennsylvania,
during its present Legislature, has
placed itself in the list Of States that
have passed rigorous protective laws, to-
protect the legitimate and honest
manufacturer OF butter, and which at
the same time rigidly prohibits, under
severe penalties, the bogus manu- facture
of compounds put into the market
called butter. The Media American,
speaking upon this subject, oongrstu.
lAtes dairymen and all who love pure,
line on this subject with New York,
Ohio and other great dairying States,
and congratulates the ia rmers for be-
coming alive to their best interests.
Mr.. Joseph Samson, prominent dairy
man of Iowa, in a recent address to the
Northw western Dairymen's Association,
gave very bright picture Of the future
dairy business. He showed thaE in
1880 we had two cows to every eight
people, while in 1850 we had two cows
to every seven people. This means that
population is increasing more rapidly
than the herd, and at this rate over
production, which appears to paralyze
every other business,is not to be feared.
OF course, all this time COWS have been
growing better. Statistics show that
where cows in 1880 yielded almost four
pounds of butter a week, in 1850 they
only yielded three pounds. . But there
is limit in this increase in productiv,
capacity, while if immigration continues
as it has done for thirty years past, WI
can hardly expect the milch cattle t.
feed.
Again, Mr.. Samson, in looking owe
the last census, finds that twenty-sevel
people out of every one hundred live(
in cities, while in 1850 only twenty GU
of every one hundred resided in cities
This means growing home market 70
dairy products, so that, leaving the ex
port trade out of account, the demand
upon the dairy by the towns, new an,
old, will be likely to keep pace will
any probable increase in the number o
productive capacity of the cows Thi
demand, too, will be for the bette
grades of dairy products and this mean
always better prices. To all this mus
be added that the grazing belt is alread
occupied, and there is little fear of con
petition from lands outside of this gras
region. The area, Mr., Samson say
where dairying can be successfully car
ried on, is limited by conditions of so
and climate to this one region. Alt
gether, then, he thinks there should
little fear of OVERRIDING the dairy bus
ness, and there is reasonable hope thi
it will grow in relative Importance
compared with other agricultural i
dustries. This seems to be one of ii
agricultural industries Of the countr
that cannot be hurt by protection. II
figures show that the more manufactu
ing there is in the country, the mo
those engaged in manufacturing W
settle in cities and towns where IN an
featuring is carried on.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25

Now is the time for Democratic po-
litical roorbacks. That one in the
Times on Saturday morning. stating
that Henry G. Conrad, DIR. Shortlidge
and Thomas Johnson, attended I:n-
publican meeting in a saloon ~ Mary
land avenue did not hold water, ald
this morning had to eat humble pie, not
only by stating that the gentlemen
named were not at the reported meet.
ing, but that there was no meeting held
at all. Be careful, and do not let tn,
next roorback deceive anybody.
Daily Republican., 1885-05-25

SO FAR the following Republicans
have been nominated for the City Coun.
Gil. Second ward, John G. Kersey, OPP
ponent, Robert A. Taylor ; Third ward,
Thomas johnson, opponent, William
H. Blake Fourth ward, William
Turner, opponent, George Adele Fifth
ward, Thomas Mitchell, opponent,
James Carmichael Sixth ward, Edwin
c. Moore, opponent, William A. Bleyer;
Seventh ward, j. Wesley Hawkins, op.
ponent, Col. John Fl. Moore Eighth
ward, Francis M Barney, opponent,
Charles McCloskey Ninth Ward,
James Lynn, opponent, George T.
Barnhill Tenth ward, Captain James
b. Whitcraft, opponent, James Muir.
ray. The Republicans have not made
nominations in the First and Eleventh
wards yet, but it is probable that John
Vent will be nominated in the First
and TT omas Crrlett in the Eleventh
whose opponents respectively areJ smes
McKenna and John NJ. Newell. The
Republican nominees are gentlemen O.
character and business capacity, and i
elected would conduct the business o
the city il the interests Of the tax
pay ers Of the city, and who would no
multiply extra Council meetings an,
city com miJtee meetings, for the SAX
of a few half dollars it would bring in
to their pockets. The Republicans O
the Second, Third and Eleventh wards
should see to it that Rep. blicans ar
elected from these wards.