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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
Amendments Dispensary Rules.

Since the county dispensaries
started ts run there has been a
gross abuse of the privileges al
lowed by the law and the rules
promulgated by the State board Of
control. Minors and habitual
drunkards have been getting all the
liquor they wanted by simply
giving a negro an extra dime to
buy it for them, their names not
appearing in the transaction, and
utterly defeating the alleged pur-
pose of the law. Others who do
not care to have their names ap-
pear on the records have also been
getting their liquor in this way.
In consequence of this the board
Of control on Friday last issued
the following circular:
Rule 4, amended by adding:
aApplicants must state in requset
for liquor for whom and for whose
use the same is required" And
whenever an application is falsely
made for the use of a minor" or a
person who uses intoxicating
liquors to excess" a warrant will
be sworn out by the dispenser
against such person under section
19.
Rule 1. amended by adding:
"County dispensers will not be
governed by physicians GER
tifcate in making sales at night,
but by their knowledge of the ap-
plicant and his character for truth
fulness. Dispensaries must not be
opened after hours except in
bonafde cases of illness requiring
liquor asa medicine, and where
a physicians certificate is present
ed his character must be con-
sidered before filling it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
A Most Remarkable Newspaper
Woman.

Mrs. E. F. Nicholson, the pro-
prietor and editor of the New
Orleans Picayune, is said to be
the only woman in the world who
owns, edits, manages, and pub
fishes a great daily newspaper.
She got into the newspaper busi-
ness as literary editor of the
Picayune, and afterward married
Col. Holbrook, the owner and
editor of the paper. At his death
she undertook the management,
and a few years ago she married
George Nicholson, who was then
the business manager of the paper.
She has built the paper up until it
is now one of the most valuable
newspaper properties in the South.
Buckinghan's Dye for the
Whiskers eau be applied when at
home, and is uniformity successful
coloring a brown or blaak. Hence
its great popularity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.

"It is of the utmost Importance
that such relief as Congress can
afford in the existing situation be
afforded at once. The maxim, she
gives twice, who gives quickly is
directly applicable. 1t may be
true that the embarrassment from
which the business of the country
issuffering, arises as much from
evils apprehended as from those
actually existing. We may hope,
too, that calm counsels will pre-
vail, and that neither the capital.
lists nor the wage earners will give
way to unreasoning panic and sac
rifce their property or their inter-
ests under the influence of e1ag-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
Cure by Breathing.

Of all the cures which have
emerged into public notice from.
time to time, the simplest and
most easy is that which Major
Gen. DraYson describes e the
HstsshtH Century Hs can ft;
the art of breathing, aud he seems
to have hit upon it by mere .ac-
cident when he was climbing a
very high mountain. He has tried
it under a great many circum-
stances. When ever he was in a
vitiated atmosphere he was able. to
get rid of his headache and in
cipient palpitation of the heart
by taking long breaths twice as
rapidly as he would. on ordinary
occasions. He maintains that in
a very great many cases pain,
sleeplessness, headache and many
other ills which flesh is heir to
could be almost instantly relieved
by this simple process. Moderate
exercise in the open air, upon
which all doctors insist, he asserts,
is quite unnecessary; all that you
need to do is to breathe as rapidly
as if you were taking moderate
exercise. "What does moderate
exercise do? It increases the rate
of breathing, and hence gives a
large supply of oxygen to the blood
than is given when a person is
sitting still. But why take the
walk to increase the rate of breath
ing2 By the action of the will the
rate of breathing can be increased
up to fifty breaths a minute while
reposing in an armchair; and I
can state that I have driven away
headache, toothache and other
aches by breathing rapidly during
several minutes. Another effect I
have experienced from rapid
breathing is the cure of restlessness
and sleeplessness, from which
those who use the brain much not
infrequentlY suffer"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
MUST PART COMPANY.

At this stage gold and silver
mustpart company, and the govern
ment must fail in its established
pol: to maintain the two metals
on parity with each other. Given
over to the exclusive use of a
currency greatly deprecated, &C
cording to the standard of the
commercial world, we could no
longer claim place among the
nations Of the first class, nor could
our government claim a perfor-
nance of its obligation, SO far as
such an obligation has been i'm
posed upon it, to provide for the
use of the people the best and
safest money.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
STRUCK NEAR SAVANNAH.

SAVANNAH, Aug. 10.-A meteor
the size of a barrel passed over the
city at 9 o'clock tonight and
struck in the marsh near the Isle
of Hope, a suburb of Savannah,
six miles out. The shock was felt
in the city, and created great ex-
citement in the section near where
the meteor fell.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
CHICAGO SHOCKED.
Don't You Know it Must be
Something Very Tough?

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-The Worlds
Fair managers are taking firm hold
of the problem of indecent Plai.
sance shows. The Persian Theatre
has fallen within the dragnet put
out by Director General Davis,
who has been appointed censor Of
the orien tai dances on the Mid
way for the good of public decency
and morality. Director of Works
Burnham reported that the Persian
idea of terpsichorean art was not
in harmony with the American
code of morals, $50 Davis ordered
it closed.
The Algerian Theatre, the dance
in the street in Cairo, and the Cafe
Chantant of the Turkish Village
are also on the suspect list, and
orders to close will no doubt fol-
low in those cases unless the offen-
sive features of the dance are
eliminated permanently. The con-
cessionaires are wrathy and swear
they "will have the law" on the
Exposition authorities.
At the Persian Theatre Manager
Debbas said he would not close his
show, and the morning perform
ances were given as usual. The
Director of Works paid visit to
the theatre and notified Mr.. Debbas
to close up. He declined to do SO,
except on a written order. When
that was sent, the doughty man
ager SILL refused to obey, and said
that nothing save actual violence
would shut up the house.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon the
girls mad not beeu elected and the
performance was going on. Soon
a platoon of Columbian Guards,
Colonel Rice commanding, march
ed down the Midway, stopped at
the Persian Theatre and fled in.
The Colonel ordered Manager
Debbas to discontinue his per-
formance or be thrown out bodily.
The dance was stopped and the
theatre closed.
None of the other theatres re-
ceiyed orders to close up. The truth
is that these dancing halls are q
aaurea Of great psotli ethe Ex;s s;
position, and in spite Of the taJE
no others are likely to share the
fate of the Persian place.
The. real reason for action
against the latter was that for the
past week the girls were allowed
to dance in a nude condition after
midnight, the spectators being
parties made up for the special en-
tertainments, and expected to pay
extra for the extraordinary show
given them. This became known
to the Fair officials, and, Of course,
would not be tolerated. The ordi-
nary dancing in these Midway
theatres was suggestive, but not
very bad, after all.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
gerated fears. Nevertheless, every

gerated fears. Nevertheless, every
days delay in removing one of the
plain and principal causes of the
present state of things enlarges
the mischief already done and in
creases the responsibility of the
government for its existence.
Whatever else the people have g
right to expect frem Congress they.
may certainly demand that legis-
lation condemned by the ordeallof
three years as a disastrous expe.
rience shall be removed from the
books as soon as their representa-
tives can legitamately deal with it.
TARIFF REFORM.
sIt was my purpose tp summon.
Congress in special session early
in the coming September that we
might enter promptly upon the.
work of tariff reform, which the
true interests of the country clearly
demand, which SO large majority
of the people as shown by their.
suffrapes desire and expect. and to.
the accomplishment of which
every effort of the present admin,
istration is pledged. But while;
tariff reform has lost nothing Of.
its immediate and permanent inn.
portance, and must in the near.
future engage the attention of
Congress, it has seemed to me that.
the financial condition of the
country should at once, and before
all other subjects, be considered by
your honorable body:
81 earnestly recommend the.
prompt repeal Of the provisions Of.
the aot passed July Il, 1890, au=i
thorizing the purchase Of silver
bullion and that other legislative.
action may put beyond all doubt
or mistake the intention and the
ability of the government to full
fill his pecuniary' obligations in
money universally recognized by
all civilized countries.
[signed] GROVER CLEvEIRND.
Executive Mansion, Aug. z, 193.n
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
ADAMS NAIVETE
A Woman Defends the First Man
From Charges Of Cowardice.

Troy Times.
And the Lord said: "* y =
Hast thou eaten of the tree where
of ] commanded thee thou shouldst
not eat2" The man said: "The
woman whom thou gavest to be
with me she gave me of the tree
and I did eat" This, it has been
held for centuries, was Adams
great sin, for which he was driven
out of the graden, and his de-
cendants, even to the presens gen.
Grafton, compelled to work for a
living. In addition to bearing the
consequences of his error Adam
has been denounced through all
the succeeding centuries for his
,owa,dice and lack of gallantary
IN trying to throw the blame upon
the woman who had been given to
be with him-"God's first, best gift
to man." We are glad, therefore,
that even after 1000 years of
unmerited condemnation which
the memory ofour great progenltor
has had to bear there has arisen
one person who d.res to speak for
him. And it is all the more
fortunate that that person is q
woman-a member of the sex
whom Adams words, by wrong
interpretations, were held to have
mailgned. This person is Mrs.
Caroline F. Corbin, a distinguish
ed authoress. In her latest book she
says of Adams plea:
This is not the expression Of
cowardice, but of the innocent
and native belief that anything
which this lovely being, fresh
from Gods hand, proposed must be
right, and right or wrong, must be
done. It is trait which has come
down in unbroken continuity of
the inheritance to the latest born
of Adams sons.'
The thoughts a new one, but
there is not a man alive and
capable of appreciating Mrs Cor
bins argument who will not in
.dorse it. Where is there.a man to
day, who barriag. a few crusty old
bachelors, who would not have;
done The same thing nder kai
circumstances. The woman was
beautiful, the apple was good, and
AQam WAS Ill unsopnlSClcateu,
ingenious young man, unaccus-
toned to the little social arts and
deceptions that the daughters of
Mother Eve have ( learned from
her example.
We insist that Adam is vindica-
ted and that Mark Twain's tears
over his grave, were a deserved
tribute. Now let the building of
his monument proceed. And let
it be recorded thereon that she
was a kind, loving, and obedient
husband"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
PROVISIONS OF THE Law.

ssThls law provides that in pay
ment for the four millions and
FIVE hundred thousand ounces of
silver bullion which the Secretary
of the Treasury is commanded to
purchase monthly, there shall be
issued treasury notes redeemable
on demand in gold or silver coin,
at the discretion Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury and that said notes
may be reissued. It is, however,
declared in The act to, be the es-
tablished policy of the United
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
Ell LIM ANS HARD FISTS.
They Play Havoc With w. u.
Shelton's Face.

EDeEFIEID, s, c.. Aug TO-
Your Correspondent has been en-
deaYoring for forty-eight hours to
get uthentic account of the
.interea sting and wellplanned "scrap'
at this place:on Tuesday last be-
tween Capt. J. H. Tillman and
tMr. Shelton, Of the Columbia
Register. The observers seem to
have been special friends and also
specially invited guests of one or
the other Of the participating
partiessand a asworn statement"
is hard TO get. Your correspondent
has hadsa current report of the
affair confirmed by several
itrustWlor orthy parties and sends it
in sno doubta true account:
Capt Tillman and Mr.. Shelton
met onthe court house square and
at oncesb began a discussion of that
portion OF. the Irby-Farley- Till
man CORE espondence in which Mr..
Shell ton was mentioned. These
gentlemen failed to agree from the
very beginning of the conversation.
Tillman's blood rapidly ran up to
100 inthe shade and Shelton
fairly boiled over. Friends inter
posed and persuaded the gentle
mon toretire from the center of
the quiet old city, and, finding
some more sequestered spot, bleed
and diefor their country there, Till
man is good grit, and Shelton,
thoughnot vicious, was willing"
They repaired to an old stable,
Just q quarter of a mile from the
city.
There was plenty of nice, clean
sawdust, Just as if it had been
sprinkled for Corbett and John L.,
and the surrounding stalls furnish
ed ample grand stand for the
.ssffour hundred" who had special
bids. bids
There was no handshaking but
there was q little formality rather
cut Of yhe usual practice in Capt.
fillma abrupt question to Mr..
shel lsson: E Are you armed y The
lafter replied d in the negative,
Whersa he gal Ian e 4sis
turned his weapon (not q Zone.
bladed knife over to friend and
that they try it on the
muscle. Shelton was ready and at
it they went. Captain Tillman's
military training and Washington
life were too much for the Regis
ter's travelling agent and down
went the latter. 1t was to be u
fight to the finish and no pulling
Off" so Mr.. Shelton was done up
rather badly.
The only ugly part of the affair
is the report II cannot vouch for
it's truthfulness that when picked
up Mr.. Shelton had two pistols on
his person both loaded. They were
of no avail, nor was his loaded
cane, when facing "Craddocks"
crushing blows.
On with the dancel ! we say over
here in Edgefeld. There is. a
stringency in the money market,
SO why not increase the circulation
of patriotic gore?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
cHARGEABLE TO SILVER.

.sI believe these things are prin-
cipally chargeablet to Congressional
legislation touching the purchase
and coinage of silver by the gen.
eral government. This legislation
is embodied in a statute passed on
the 18th day of July, 1890, which
was the elimination Of much
agitation on the subject involved
and which may be considered a
truce after a long struggle between
the advocates of free silver coinage
and those intending to be more
conservative. Undoubtedly the
monthly purchases by the govern
ment of 100000 ounces of silver,
enforced under that statute, were
regarded by those interested in
silver production as q certain
guaranty of its increase in price.
The result, however, has been en-
tirely different, for Immediately
followinga spasmodic and slight
rise the price of silver began to
fall after the passage of the act.
and has since reached to the low
est point ever known. This dis
appointing result has led to re-
newed and persistent effort il the
direction of free silver coinage.
Meanwhile not only are the evil
effects of the operation of the
present lawSc onstantly accumulat-
ing, but the result, to which its ex-
ecution must inevitably lead, is
becoming palpable to all wbozgive
the least heed to financial subjects.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17

Remarkable re
quits have follow
ed our treatment.
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varied and success
full experience
in the use Of cGrar
tive methods that
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control for all dis.
orders OF men who
shaye weak, unde
5veloped or dis.
leased organs, U
swho are suffering
Rnom errors OF
Gouth and exceas
for who are nervous
land impofent,
sfhe scorn Of their
Fellows and the
contempt Of their
friends and coR
panionA, leadl u
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
Edgefeld County Y. NJ. c. A.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES }
OF You've MEMS CHRISTIAN As'Ns, ;
Edgefeld, S. c., july is.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF YouNG MEMS CHRISTIAN As'Ns,
Edgefeld, S. c., July is.
To the Young MEMS Christian As-
sociatioats Of E7gefeld County,
and the friends Of tile aoork::
DEAR BRETHREN:
The fourth County Convention
will be held at Good Hope Baptist
Church on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, August 18th, 10Th, and
goth.
More than three years have pass
ed since the inception of this work,
and as we look over the field to-
day we are deeply gratifed at the
measure of success which has at
tended it. Almost every town and
community in the county has felt
its influence. Strong associations
have been planted at seven points,
while Young Mems Prayer Meet
ings and Bible classes have sprung
up here and there, presenting the
movement in every stage of its
development.
Probably there is no other
county containing so many Young
Mems Christian Associations, and
yet under the present system there
must be room for at least fifty.
AS this is the oldest county work
in existence, there are yet many
problems unsettled, and hence this
convention will be of great inter-
est and Importance.
Every Association in the county
is urged to send a large delegation
of active members. Ministers of
the Gospel and members of even
gelical churches everywhere are
given a cordial invitation.
All the sessions of the conver-
lions WILL be open to the public.
From the programme soon to be
issued, it will be seen that the va
rious subjects will be discussed by
many of our ablest men at home
and abroad.
The prayers of Gods people are
asked in behalf of this gathering.
Fraternally,
A. S. ToMpK1Ns, Edgefeld.
JAS. T. BACON, Z"
Al. NORRIS,
A. B. WATSON, I"
J. w. HILL,
w. E. LYNCH, I"
GEO. B. LAKE, g
E.J. MINIS,
B. L. GAUGHMAN, Mt. Willing.
3. r. Dorm, Parksville.
j. LESLIE ANDREWS, Kirkseys.
j. H. BuRKHALTER, Trenton. Z.
ss %. R Il, ohnstQ ton
u Z W 81. M diTcHEI IE, D BatesBurg
Z \ tsIIy,,,n,r IJ .nrr,,-, sNf3IEo,, J,.o>5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17

Sensitive people can purchase
Humphreys Specifics by simply
asking the druggists for the needed
number alone, without disclosing
or mentioning the disease for
which it is a cure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
THE HOLE WE ARE IN.
@If, as many of its friends claim

"If, as many of its friends claim
silver ought to occupy "a larger
place in our currency and the
currency of the world through
general international cooperation
and agreement, it is obvious that
the United States will not be in a
position to gain a hearing in favor
of such an arrangement SO long as
we are willing to continue our
attempt to accomplish the result
single-handed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
mr.. HATHAWAY & CO.,
<SPEcIALISTS~
Young and mid
die aged men.
Regular Graduates.)

Are the leading and mos. suceestulspeci.llst. and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17
I SIT Will Be a Great Dis
pointment:
a SH0R Z MESSAGE.
The Laboring Man is the One
s Who Suffers; Not the Capt.
5alist or Speculator.
To the Congress of the United

ssTo the Congress of the United
States:
TIE existence Of an alarming
and extraordi dinary business situ-:
alton, involving the welfare and
prosperity of all Of our people, has
onstrained me to call together IN
extra session the peoples repre-
sentatiyes in Congress to the end
that through wise and patriotic
exercise of the legislative duty
with which they solely are charged,
present evils may be mitigated and
dangers threatening the future may
be ayerted.
sourunfortunate financial plight
& is not the result of untoward events.
nor Of conditions related to our
natural resources, nor is it trace
/ able to any of the affections which
frequently check natural growth
and prosperity. With plenteous
crops, with abundant promise Of
remunerative production and man
ufacture, with unusual invitation
to safe investment, and with salts
factory assurance to business en-
terprise sud denly financial dis
trust and fesrS have sprung up on. on
every side. annerons smoneyeGd
utiens have susRs pended be- 81
cause abdndanF assess were eT1's hos M
ediately avail ab1e to meet the
demands OF IIlggnteleQ uepostIo-eiSSs,,
surviving corporations and indi-
Yidnals are content to keep in hand
the money they are usually anxious
to loan, and those engaged in
legitimate business are surprised
to find that the securities they
offer for loans, though heretofore
satisfactory, are no longer accept
ed; values supposed to be fixed
are past becoming conjectural and
loss and failure have invaded every
branch of business.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-17

BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
aThe knowledge in business
circles among our own people that
our government cannot make its
fiat equivalent to intrinsic value