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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Fire Near ElmwOOd.

Mr.. EDITOR: Mr.. Jesse QUITS
had his dwelling house, kitchen.
and smoke-house burned one day
last week, also his furniture, cloth
ing, bacon, flour, and s25 in cash
Nothing at all was saved except
the clothes he and his wife had on
There was no insurance.
1t is the duty of every Christian
to lend a helping hand in such 8
case as this to assist a poor man
>who has lost all the worldly goods
he had, except horse, wagoh, and
a little corn and fodder.
The house caught on fire from
sparks falling from the stove Oh
the roof of the stove room while
dinner was being cooked. People
should be very careful and watch
the fire about their stoves, as they
have been the cause of many
houses being burned.
OBSERVER.
Elmwood, May 20.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
The Baby Show.

Inc bdOy SuOWs
The baby. show and ice cream
entertainment to be given by the
ladies of the Methodist Church,
will be held on Mrs. Evans's
grounds (Oakly Park on Thurs
day, June 1st, from 5 until 10
P. NJ. Entries: Class A-Babies
from two to eighteen months old.
First prize, blue ribbon; second
prize, pink ribbon: Points-Size,
complexion, vivacity, number OF
teeth, amiability. Glass B-Chil-
dren from eighteen months to
three years, First prize, blue rib
bon; second prize, pink ribbon.
Points-Size, complexion, hair,
amiability, ability to walk and
talk. The judges are, Mrs. Sharp
ton, DR.. Prescott, Mrs. White, and
Mr.. Jas. T. Bacon. Better judges
could not be found, yet it will be a
difficult matter to decide which il
the prettiest of Edgefeld's beau
teous babies. We bespeak for the
ladies and babies a liberal
patronage.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Dots from Dennys.

Mr.. EDITOR: The farmers are
very much discouraged about their
cotton dying. They have chopped
out some, but have almost con-
cluded to wait and see if the
weather will not get warmer.
The fruit season will soon be in,
and then "Banks's palate will
fall" I do not agree with him,
what is nicer than strawberries
with cream and sugar? I think if
he will try them he will change
his mind.
The children had "their day" at
Bethany the 1st Sabbath in May.
They all had their mite boxes
ready, and anxiously awaited the
time for their money to be counted
out. The collection was very good.
The children at Butler had "their
day" the End Sunday. The pastor,
Rev. E. P. Taylor, made a short,
but impressive talk to the children,
Remember now, thy Creator in
the days Of thy YOUTH % was his
subject. Mr.. D. B. Peurifoy, the
former superintendent of the Sun
day school at that church, also
made short talk. The mite boxes
were then opened, their contents
counted, and found to be exceed.
ingly good and encouraging. The
pastor said, sChildren, you have
done we'll" Gokingly waving his
hand to the audience) considering
the crowd you had to get it from
The singing by the choir was beau,
tiful, yet touching. The morning
passed away very pleasantly, and
every one returned to their homes
to partake of the luxuries that had
been prepared for dinner, such as
chicken-pie, Irish potatoes, straw
berry-pie, and great many other
delicious eatables.
Mr.. w. F. Huiett has bought
him a buggy, and you ought to see
him when he gets his fine horse
hitched up and takes seat; be
drives like "John" which the Bible
gives an account of. Look out,
girls.
The High School at Dennys which
is being taught by Mr.. Allen
Etheredge, will close next week;
he is very much liked by the
patrons and children.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

split the Radical! party wide open
in the middle; turn New York up
side down, and corner on those
monopolists who are bleeding us
on Is cent meat, by passing a law
limiting every farmer to five acres
of cotton to the plough. I'm
afraid my worst trouble will be
com mpetition on the stump by my
opponents, as Pm not much of an
orator; but if they don't look out
I'll make some Of them look as
meek, lowly, and humble as bob
tail gander. Finally, fellow citi-
zens, if yon elect me, l VOW III
stick to you through thick and thin,
like lean tick sticking to a Ssnig-
gers" skin.
Much success to the popular old
ADVERTISER and its editor.
VAN STAR.
M;Da CrooL G n
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
1903.
1905
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HARPER's MAGAZINE for 1898, will
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Among the notable features of the
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01


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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
RHEUMAT ISM
The Cou nty Dispensary

A CCORDING to call of the Board
II of Control for Edgetield County,
a meeting of said Board was held in
the County Commissioners office on
Monday, the Goth inst.
One application for the appointment
of County Dispenser presented his pc
tition, which was put on file with no.
tice that true copy thereof has been
placed on file in the office of the Clerk
of Court.
On motion it was resolved, that said
petition remain on file for the inspec-
tion of all concerned until the next
meeting of the Board of Control, on
Saturday, the 10th of June next, at 10
o'clock A. NJ. in the County Commits
sioners office, at which time the said
petition will be duly considered and
acted upon.
At the same meeting, in the event
that County Dispenser be appointed,
bids will be received by the Board for
the rental of suitable place in which
to open the Dispensary.
j. D. FRASER,
Cl'k Board Control e. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

Keeley people had invented or dis
covered a cure for talking, some
thing that would break man of
the habit of running his mouth
from rosy morn to dewy eve with
out single stoppage? Sam said
he didn't think to ask 'em-per-
haps they didn't think he needed
any of that kind of medicine,
abut," said he, eff such remedy
were possible the Keeley doctors
could do that, too."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

We mean no offense, but The
State reminds us of a bob-tailed
cur in fox-chase. AS soon as
hounds open out on a hot trail the
cur rushes to the head of the
hounds, rashes ahead at a
tremendous rate, and throws a
large part of the pack off the rrail.
The State wants to be considered
the representative and exponent OF
genuine democracy in South
Carolina, and if any gain is ever
made by the conservative demo
cracy it wants all the credit
Newberry Observer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Mine Creek, S. C.
Cheap, Safe, and Perfectly Relia-
BILE Way Of Sending Money.

The Southern Express Company
has arranged for its patrons
Money Order System, and these
money orders are payable at any
express office or bank in the United
States, Canada, or Mexico, at the
following low rates:
SIS and under 5e! 500 to $50. 12c
SIS to $40. SC. $50 to $40. 15c
$40 to 500. 10c. $40 to $50. 2Oc
Farmers, merchants, and the
business public will find this ar.
rangement more convenient, safer
and cheaper thar the usual mode
of sending money. The Southern
Express Company is perfectly re,
sponsible for all orders issued
whether they be lost, burned, OF
otherwise destroyed-the sender
being furnished with a memoran-
dunn giving number, date, amount
and name of person to whom sent.
with each order, and in case the
order is lost or destroyed, he can
present this memorandum and OBJ
tain amount paid for same
We earnestly solicit all business
and guarantee prompt attention.
M. A. TAYLOR,
Ag't at Edgefeld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Denny, S. C.

The diary of a South Carolinian
might read as follows:
"Rose in the morniug and struck
a match made in Akron, Ohio.
Dressed in a suit of clothes made
in New York. Wife cooked break
fast on a stove made in Baltimore (;
the meat was brought from Gin
cinnati aud the flour from St.
Louis. Smoked a Richmond cigar.
Fed my Western horse on Western
hay and corn, harnessed him to a
Michigan road cart and drove
down town to talk over war times
and "cuss' the Yankees. Bought
a ready made axe-handle, sone
New Jersey tomatoes and Min
resota furniture. Returned home
and found my boy just home from
school with a satchel full of Yam
kee, text books. Spent the rest of
the day hoeing cotton for the
Yankees, while my brother in
town is clerking for the Yankees" )"
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Revenue from Income Taxation.

Revenue from Income Taxation.
New York World.
The United States internal
revenue law of 1864 provided that
incomes between $4,000 and $4,000
be taxed at the rate Of 5 por. cent
and incomes above $4,000 at 10
per cent. The revenue obtained
under this act in 1865 amounted to.
$72,9S2,160, collected from the
following sources.
Dividends of banks. $4.440,664
Dividends of insurance
companies. 7S3,SS2
Dividends of railroad,
companies 3.4e1, ,769
Salaries of United States,
officers. 3,717,3se
Accountof all other in
comes exceeding $500
under $4,000 at 5per
cent 26,O4e,7eo
Incomes of $4,000 and
over, at 10 per
cent 34,5o1, ,126
Canal and turnpike
companies, 23O.567
Total $72,6S2,1eo
1t will be seen that nearly one
half of the total tax collected in
the year was obtained from persons
and corporations whose incomes
amounted to $4,000 and over. The
number of persons and corpora
tions whose income now reaches or
exceeds $10,000is very much larger
than the number whose incomes
reached or exceeded $4,000 in 1866.
At that time the South had been
SO impoverished that very few of
its inhabitants were subject to
this tax. The population of the
entire country was then only 49,
100000. 1t is now 65,000,000 al
least. There has been an un-
parallelled increase in both in
dividual and corporate wealth. A
tax Oh incomes reaching and
exceeding $4,000 would, if pro-
perly graded. easily yield the sum
that will obviously be needed to
meet the existing deficiency in
the revenues, which may be in
creased by a reduction in the
tariff.
In Great Britain, with a popula-
tion of only 35,0O0,00O, about
$80,000,000 were collected under
similar law in 1883 at Sd, on
the pound. 1t is estimated that
$75,0oo,Oo0 will be collected during
the present fiscal year at Cd on the
pound. Incomes under 6150 are
exempt from tax, and on in comes
between G150 and G400 there is
an abatement of f120. The tax
was first imposed in that country
more than century ago, and has
proved the most flexible feature
I7uf the-aunuai budget. has
varied from I'd per pound to 16d,
and the calculation on probable
receipts from it is SO easily and
accurately made that under it the
government avoids both an ex-
cessive surplus and a deficit. On
the average, about one-ffth of the
entire revenues of the government
have been derived from it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Ladies Hats at Cobb's.

Ladies Hats at Cobb's.
Ladies have you seen JAS. M.
Cobb's beautiful assortment of
Ladies and Misses Trimmed Hats.
Don't fail to see his millinery
goods. You can save money and
get the latest styles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Masters Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDeEF1ELD.
Court of Common Pleas.
THE LAND MORTGAGE AGENCY
INVESTMENT COMPANY OF
AMERICA, (Limited)
against
MAsTERDoN c. WOOD. +.

DURSUANT to the Judgment of
1 foreclosure in this cause, L will
offer for sale at public outcry, before
the courthouse, town of Edgetield and
State of South Carolina. on the first
Monday in June, 1893, (being the 9Th
day of said monthly between the legal
hours Of sale, the following described
mortgaged premises, to wit:
Two hundred and eighteen (21S)
acres, more or less, in Talbert Town
ship; bounded on the north, by lands
Of James Freeman and Jesse Stone;
south, by lands OF A. NJ. Talbert; east,
by lands of William Quarles; and
west, by lands of A. NJ. Talbert
Terms of Sale: One-half cash, and
the balance on credit of one year,
with interest from the day of sale.
The purchaser to give bond, and
mortgage of the premises to secure the
credit portion, or all cash at pur-
chaser's option.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
w. .ROATH,
Master T.. C..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
Mine Creek Dots.

Mr.. EDITOR: Notwithstanding
the dry weather, the grass is MAX
ing us
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
ILLUSTRATED.

HARpER's WEEKLY is acknowledged
as standing first among illustrated
weekly periodicals in America. 1t oc-
cupies a place between that OF the
hurried daily paper and that of the
less timely monthly magazine. 1t in
cludes both literature and news, and
presents with equal force and felicity
the real events of current history and
the imaginative themes of fiction. On
account of its very complete series OF
illustrations of the Worlds Fair, it
w ra1 be n9nosto not only the n best sn guda ifs TO
Souvenir. Every public event of gen
eral interest will be fully illustrated
in its pages. It's contributions being
from the best writer's and artists in
this country, it will continue to excel
in literature, news, and illustrations,
all other publications of its class.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

The commencement exercises of
the Ridge Spring high school will
take place on the 1st and End of
June. DR.. Burrows, of Augusta,
will deliver the annual address.
Prof. and Mrs. Petty, now in charge
of the school, expect to take a trip
to the Worlds Fair as soon as the
commencement is over.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

If Edgefeld gets Dispensary
the first order for liquors will run
about as follows: 500 half pints,
300 pints, 200 quarts, 100 gallons,
and 5 fve-gallon kegs. This will
be enough to feel of the business.
In our judgment the sales of
liquors under the. Dispensary sys-
tenn will be not more than half
what they were in the bar-rooms.
Some people might call this a
blessing in disguise, but we don't
see any disguise about it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

Read our pigs for sale advertise
ments. They are free advertise
ments; they don cost you any
thing; they go in for nothing.
This is what you might call tauto-
logical writing, but all the same
you can advertise your pigs in the
ADVERTISER free.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

Two of our citizens were walking
down the street recently when one
of them remarked: iHave you
heard the news? Got a baby at
our house. They say it is the very
image of me-" 81 wouldn't mind
that" replied his friend. "He
may outgrow it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
What the Keeley Institute in Co
lumbia Did for an Old Edge
field Wine Bibber. e

"woe unto him that giveth his neishbor drink
that putteth thy bottle to him, and maketh hii
drunken.n-Hab. 2uS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
CLIO T HIN G.,
SHOES, HATS,
Gents Furnishing Goods.

We are now ready with our Spring
line of CLOTHING, SHOES, HITS,
and GENTS, FURNISHING GOODS.
We have the best and most complete
line of Clothing that we have ever
shown, consisting of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01
The First Departure.

The First Departure.
Mr.. R. L. Fox, our popular jew:
eller, left for the Worlds Fair last
week. His address will be Masonic
Temple, room 1921. During his
absence Mr.. George F. Minis will
be in charge of his establishment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

Miss Muriel Timmons's school
picnic at Gallman's pond last Sat-
urday was quite a recherche affair.
Edgefeld, Augusta, and Beech
Island were represented.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-06-01

Mr.. II. o. Milligan, who has
for the past nineteen years been
residing in this city, left yesterday
for Edgefeld, which place he will
make his future home. He will
go into the contracting business
The State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-21

king snalvl-l tic key from the hand Of
the seneschal, cXclaiming, "Ipcrceive that
these things concern myself alone.' With
out further hesitation he opened the door
and crossed The threshold, his attendants
following, in fear and trembling, but
ashamed to desert their master.
\ parliament was in full session, and the
vast hall was crowded with people. None
looked at or seemed to be aware Of the
king and his party as they entered. \
noticeable thing was the unfamiliar garh
of the members of the midnight parlia-
ment; it was not that of the period nor
that of the past. The Swedish rigsdag, or
diet, Of that day consisted OF a supreme
council and president and the members of
the four estates of the realm--the mobiles
clergy, burghers and the peasants. As
usual, the benches i'll The lower part OF tho
hall were occupied by the peasant mem
bcrs; above them sat the burehcrs the
clergy and the members of the nobility, ac.
cOrdiug to their degree. At the extreme
upper end of the great apartment was Il
raised dais occupied by the supreme coun
ell, or court, and the president. In the cen
ter appeared II magnificent bier, upon
which rested corpse partly covered with
a velvet mantle displaying the royal arms
" 'no noG9' y. "s''' ~ i"ise 'peii ap,.oo
in'1i Vi'tu V'h 'iie i"'A',t Pa. ''iIi
""'' Wv iiinO 'e"N"V7 VI 'i' u'p'''3 !"
,ne ni'Na' HtV"'' " "-0oN' "''N 'iic
ie|mi"s "n iis a. >.
ne Liul iils n'u sr"'"n'N uiV"
a""S mo slIeh'e' Al eAsI "nu hortlpie
suspense was "Ppe"Ieit III 'h' races ol INC
aSSeHlnlE' fre7eu'ly the Prtsiueh1 "roSe,
e'S"hVlc inquire p"V DENT WIN age ana
m""e Il S'si'' NhSre'poh Woeiul process
SION 81 men, p"reAe1"ea ana Win man
"cieu minus anu a'elueu ny guards III
s'r"hsT unlioLnls' was seen ISSUING from
sue u"or "ho approaching Tue scailoiu'
Ano'her Sian Lo'h lne president, ana the
ilrSI man AAeI' uo"n ana WAS ulspa'cheu
ny 'iie iie"usnl"Ii' one 'I'er announcer came
up ana sunereo n;' doom, delugihg 'he
Moor WIN ploou. ne l4't' man IN ihlG-