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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06
Let the Rich Bear Their Share
of Burdens.
By A. G. Haygood, In independent.

By A. G. Haygood, In independent.
Onesoff the occasions of dis.
content among the masses Of
working people in the United
States to-day, say nothing Of
European countries, is the firm
conviction poor people have that
the very rich do not bear their
share of the burdens of govern
ment.
The General Government derives
its income from a tariff on i'm
ported goods and the tax, collected
by the internal revenue depart
ment, from certain domestic
products, chiefly tobacco and
liquors.
What proportion Of the money
the tariff laws collect is paid by
the laboring class, is more than
this writer knows-he suspects
they pay most of it; there are SO
many poor people. Experts could
give rational estimation if they
took the pains. That the laboring
people pay. most of the internal
revenue cannot be questioned /;
and this is no honor to them. If
the laboring people really knew
how much they pay in both forms
of taxation they would at first be
stunned; then they would ex-
plode. When they do, 1T will be
no small matter for discussion at
dinner tables-between courses.
When it comes to State, county,
and municipal taxes, workingmen
believe sincerely and profoundly
that they pay more than their
lshare. While they believe this their
discomfort abides; while they
believe it every other occasion for
misunderstanding and conflict
between capital and labor is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06
THEKEELEY INSTITUTE.
Endorsed BY The. s Govern
ment.

The efficacy of DR.. Leslie E..
Keeley's Double Choloride of
Gold Remedies has, been SO pub
licly acknowledged and thoroughly
recognized throughout the civilized
world, that the recent endorsement
by the Government removes all
questions of doubt as to their
virture and genuineness. On
February 13, 1892, General w m.
B, Franklin, President of the Board
of Managers of the National
Military Homes for Disabled
Soldiers and Sailors, authorized a
contract with The Leslie r. Kelley
Co for the use of DR.. Keeley's
Remediesin the seven Natinal
and twenty-one State Homes in the
United States.
General Franklin, in a letter
regarding this contract and DR..
Keeley's Remedies, speaks en-
phatically OF "the great good the
future has in store for the un-
fortunate victims of Alcoholism, y
giving personal thanks to DR..
Keeley for enabling the Board of
Managers to treat veterans under
their charge.
For literature or further In
formation regarding The Keeley
Treatments for liguoFsseDpiu
fz - lid Tobacco diseases.
please address.
The KELLEY INSTITUTE,
COLJIMBIE 8. G..
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IAN lNrALLlBEE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.

We are prepared to give all cases
special advice and attention by
correspondence throughout the
treatment and to look closely after
each case from beginning to finish; !;
the object being to save the victim
from the Liquor Habit wherever
found, and to certainly make a
Cure in every Case to which the
Remedy is sent. No additional
charge is made for such services.
Report blanks are sent with the
Remedy for Home Treatment, one
of which the patient is requested
to fill out every three days and re-
turn to us, which is answered by a
personal letter of advice and in
structions. BY this system of Re-
port blanks we keep a close watch
over the treatment, taking charge
of it from beginning to finish, and
thus facilitate the cure.
The price of the Remedy is $500
per pair, and, being liquid, must
be shipped by express.
For further information address,
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Parksville, S. c.
They Stole a Locomotive.

Chicago Ledger.
"The most successful, and at the
same time, most unique civil
service examination I know of,
occurred during the war;" said s..
C. DeLand, of the examining
board at the treasury, to newspa-
per man. "The Confederacy was
very much in need of a railway
locomotive in order to operate
their supply system. 1t was in
1854 and they had not the means
to buy all engine, SO the invaria-
BILE alternative arose-steal one.
A band of one hundred men was
selected from Lees army and
placed under the command of a
big six-foot-four Georgian, who
had been foreman Of a stone
quarry and was more or less
skilled in the use of derricks, etc.
He took his men up in Maryland
and they tore up a section of the
Baltimore and Ohio railway track
tagged the next train and with
nothing on earth save plenty of
rope, those one hundred men
carried the locomotive ffty-two
miles over hills, across streams,
through bogs and woods, until
they struck a line the Confederacy
had built. Then they ran the engine
down to Virginia. When the
president of the Baltimore and
Ohio heard of the feat he couldn't
believe it. He went out and per-
sonally inspected the scene; went
over the route and declared it the
most wonderful feat of engineering
ever accomplished. After the war
he delegated a man TO find the.
leader of the band. He was located
in Georgia. Mr.. Garrett sent for
him and on the strength of that
single feat made him roadmas!er
of his, entire system Of railroads.
3Any man that can pick eup an
engine with fishing lines and
carry it over mountain has pas
sed his examination with me-
said he.
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THE KEELEY INSTITUTE.
Twelve Years of Established
Merit-A Warning.

To THE PUBLIC: AS a matter of
Justice to ourselves and to the rep
utation of DR.. Leslie E. Keeley's
Double Chloride of Gold Rene
dies, for the cure Of the liquor,
opium, morphine, and tobacco dis
eases, and Neurasthenia, we warn
the pubic that theae remedies are
used by no institution or SANTA
rum in the United States except
those established by our company,
under the uniform name of "The
Keeley Institute"
ALL others claiming to use DR..
Keeley's Remedies or formula are
frauds and impostors.
The Kelley Institutes establish.
ed in various parts of the United
States now number ninety, with
three in Europe, where the Keeley
Treatment is administered and the
Kelley Remedies sold. We, how.
ever, caution all to examine well
and know that they are dealing
with genuine representatives, au.
thorized by us, before taking treat:
ment or purchasing remedies.
The misleading establishments
use the name of Bi-Chloride ot
Gold,". similar titles. The news
papers often fail to discriminate
sufficiently to know that they are
imitators. This is a matter of pub
lie welfare, and hence this wan
ing, Respectfully,
The LESLIE E. KELLEY Co.,
CURTIS j. JUDD, Sec. and Treas.
Dwight, Ill, Dec. Is, 1892.
For literature or further infor
nation regarding the Kelley Treat
ment, address
The KELLEY INSTITUTE OF S. c.,
AT COLUMBIA
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THE KELLEY
Double Chloride 0 Cold
HOME TREATMENT.

Acceding to the wishes of many
physicians and others, DR.. L. E
Kelley has placed the Double
Chloride of Gold in the form of o
Home Treatment for the benefit OF
those who, for any reason, cannot
avail themselves Of the Sanitarium
Treatment. Its merits have been
fully tested for more than twelve
years, and we have no hesitation
in pronouncing it to be what the
press has already named
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NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITIONS.

This is competition of rather an
unusual nature. is common to offer
prizes for the best story, or picture, or
architectural plan, all the competitors
risking the loss of their labor and the
successful one merely selling his for
the amount of the prize. But the Press
Claims Company's offer is something
entirely different. Each person is
asked merely to help himself, and the
one who helps himself to the best ad-
vantage is to be rewarded for doing it.
The prize is only a stimulus to do
something that would be we'll worth
doing without it. The architect whose
competitive plan fora club house
on q certain corner is not accepted has
spent his labor on something of very
little use to him. But the person who
patents simple and useful device in
the Press Claims Company's COMPETE
ton need not worry if he fail to secure
the prize. He has substantial result
to show for his work-one that will
command its value in the market at
any time.
The plain man who uses any article
in his daily work ought to know bet
ter how to improve it than the
mechanical expert who studies it only
from the theoretical point of view.
Get rid of the idea that an improve
ment can be too simple to be worth
patenting. The simpler the better. The.
person who best succeeds in combining
Simplicity aud popularity, will get the
Press Claims Compay's twenty-five
hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its
stock is neld by about three hundred
of the leading newspapers of the
United States.
Address the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managa attorney,
sls F street, N. w. Washington, d. 9.
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Clarks Hill, June 25.
News from the Delightful Town
of Parksville.

Mr.. EDITOR: Parksville is sit
uated on the P. R. & w. C. R. R.,
about thirty-three miles from that
noted city, Augusta, Ca, and in
the upper part of Edgefeld county,
S. c., about one and a half miles
from the Savannah river. While
our town will llos average with
some of the larger ones in the State
in population, vet we think that
we have itvery pleasant here with
all of the advantages, and many
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06
NOT so HARD AS IT SEEMS.

A patent strikes most people as an
appallingly formidable thing. The idea
is that an inventor must be natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delying in
complicated mechanical problems and
that he must spend a fortune on
delicate experiments before he can
get new device to patentable de-
gree of perfection. This delusion the
company desires to dispel. 1t desires to
get into the head, of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that it is
not the great, complex, and expensive
inventions that bring the best returns
to their authors, but the little, simple,
and cheap ones-the things that seem
so absurdly trivial that the average
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed
of bringing them to the, attention of
the PatentiOfice.
Edison says that the profits he has
received from the patents on all his
marvellous inventions have not been
sufficient to pay the cost Of his ex-.
periments But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening bit of rubber
cord to child ball, so that it would
come back to the hand when thrown
made fortune out of his scheme. The
modern sewing machine is a miracle
of ingenuity-the product Of the toll
Of hundreds of busy brains through a
hundred and fifty years, but the whole
brilliantresult rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle
at the point instead of at the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST yALU-
ABLE.
Comparatively rev people. regard
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, at one
time or another, with ideas that seemed
calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions of life. Usually such are ideas
dismissed without further thought.
"Why don't the railroad company
make its car windows so that they can
be slid up and down without breaking
| Gllc pdoScuSClS UdChSs cACldlulS GuC
traveller. "If I were running the road
L would make them in such way"
What was the man that made this
saucepan thinking Off" grumbles the
cook. "He never had to work over a
stove, or he would have known how it
ought to have been fxed.o
"Hang such collar buttonin growls
the man who is late for breakfast "If /
were in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or
gouge out the back of my neck"
And then the various snffere-S- -ffeef-
4ssse@Sodt their grieYancet and begin
to think of something else. If they
would sit down at the next convenient
opportunity, put their ideas about car
windows, saucepans,and collar buttons
into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves
as independently wealthy as the man,
who invented .he iron umbrella ring
or the one who patented. the. fifteen
puzzle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06
more than some towns that out

more, than some towns that out
number us in population. AS for
railroad facilities, we cannot COM
plain, ,forw we have four passenger
.trains :. day, tffWo north and two
south, and by taking the north
bound train you will make connec-
ton at a distance Of thirty-fve
miles, with trains going north, and
also with trains going north, east,
south, and west; and by trains
south, at a distance of ,thirty-three
miles, you arrive in Augusta, Ga,
where you have railroad outlets to
all parts south, west, north, and
east; : hence you see very readily
that Parksville should make no
complaints in this line, except to
the county seat, which is a dis
tance of about twenty miles, but
having these benefits in the way of
railroad facilities we will not COM
plain, but resort to the plan OF
aNovos Homo in travelling to that
point.
Parksville has two stores known
as the establishments of our con-
genial little friend Mr.. L. F. Dorm
and Messrs. Gilchrist, Hammond d
Co., who are also very pleasant in
store or out.
It has been said that any insti-
tuition will be a paying one if you
can get the right men at the helm,
and of course When we take into
consideration the geography OF this
upper Edgefeld town knowing
that the Savannah is SO near on
the west, also that these gentle
men are doing such an extensive
business, then we are forced to &C
knowledge that the man makes the
business paying one, and not the
business a paying man.
Again we have a amedical prac-
titioner, who, judging from his
general appearance and explana-
tions of the causes of the many
pains of the body, is we'll up with
the latest discoveries of medical
science, and is ssall-roundma
lin; IN suppose, every respect, but
will not recommend the patroniz'
ing of the State D Dispepsary, unless
it issaBsolutely; necessary in order
to effect cure of some serious
disease.
Then we haye very fine insti,
tuition Of learning for a country
town that has been presided ovel
for the past two years by the much
lioyad Mr. Toolen. assisted
|.by.his isteFand Misses Essie anc
Anna Jones, but in the future fora
/ time by the very popular Miss
Willie Hudson as principal, wht
.lhas given such universal satisfac
tionet Red Hill Academy.
We haveSelso a drug store unde
the managemensSof. Mr.. T. B
Whatley, who is .ver, email !, e
.1stature, but is a very indugssiSgys4
and aecommod dating drqgsffn We
So far as law trial justice,
have a very I'D at his post OF
who ls sy to see that law and
dptce is .meeted out. i
One blacksmith and repair shop
under the management of Mr.. j
R. Reese, who is ever ready to dc
your work as good and as cheap as
1t is possible for it to be dole.
There are various other enter
prises' which 3esWi1l not mention
ins this article, but will close for
this time simply stating that here
in Parksville we are also blessed
with churches, : one Baptist uader
the pastorate of 5 sthesRev. Mr.. Bus
sey, and our. sthodist under the
pastorate of the Rev. Mr.. Berry,
who always stand ready to well
come the wayfaying traveller to-
wards eternity, to membership in
the one of his choice.
xxx.
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j;i Bj;iL6ODsHED INBARNWElLl;iLl.


'B1;LlIioj5o;DsHED ;iiSiED INBARi;NWiE,lLI!iLlI,. I!ilI,
One Man shot and Killed and
Another Wounded.
BARNwEED, Julys bout mid 1li I
.nightlast night S. D: Knopf vas
shetland killed, and R. B. McLe- [,
more slightly wounded by . Gary
Owens, who was. temporarily acting
as town mashal.
Tie coroner's inquest was held
in TIE court house this morning,
and thes jury rendered the fol-
lowing verdict: "That S. D. Knopf
came5to his death from the effects
of pistol shot wound, at the hands
of J.aG. Owens; and 80 the Jurors
aforesaid do say that the aforesaid
]. G Owens, in manner and
form aforesaid, S. D. Knopf then
there feloniously did kill, against
the deace and dignity of the state
aforesaid"
This latter part Of the verdict is
unusual with coroner's juriea, but
the finding was.in accordance with
the Instructions Of Coroner HsP
Dyches, that if the jury: decided
that The killing was felnous, they
should say SO.
The facts as. brought outsat the
inquest are that about midnight
Knopfwas put out Of, the rear dpol
Of. .sE. Turner & Bros bar. HeWas
then nnde rthes influence of liquor
but TIC. evideree is conflicting las
to whether or not he,was creating
any disturba1ce. At any rate he
was arrested sbyM Mr.. Owens, who
with the aid of the night polfee.
man, =. b Bailey, attempted te
take him to the guadhouse. Again
the evidence does not agree asfte
whether he offered any resistance
or not.
Mr.. RIB. McLemore, who some
say was also intoxicated, Offered
to put up a money forfeit for M
Knopf's good conduct and hp
pearance before the intendant thii
morning: The marshal refused
and succeeded in getting his MAI
to the guardhouses door, where th'
shooting occurred. The prisone:
was inside the guardhouse WRer
the first shot was fired. One EYit
ness says this shot was fired b.
the deceased, while others asser
positively than. he did not frfa
all.
There were three or four shot
fred one of which struck M
McLemore just above the Hgh
temple, inAicting only a fall
wound. /. Another shot stEucl
} Knopf in the rightbreast, raPge'
downward and@iodged just uln
der the s]pin near the left hip.} H
!: died~1n a. few minutes. Th
physician that conducted the pos
mos5s@ tss5t6sfRa sb5tssR HhSt thst tRf hhfe ffeessi
sitting down, or leaning for
ward. !.
The slayer, the deceased AM
the wounded man each had j;
pistol. At least two of these wer
used. The jury seem to think tha
Owens fired them both. McLemor
asserts that he was shot by hi
own pistol, Owens ing jerke'
it out of his hip pock There wa
an mpty.chamber in Knopf's pis
tol also, but that is said to hav
been fired yesterday afternoon.
Owens gave himself up to tn
sheriff Immediately after tht
shooting occurred. All of tn
parties concerned are white.
About the only undisputed state
ments connected with the affai
are that Knopf is dead, McLemor'
is wounded, and that whiskey wa
at the bottom of the who'll
trouble
/
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Gun Wanted.

A DOUBLE barrel, breech-loading
n gun, No. II bore, broken at grip;
has piece of tin on each side to hold
it. Was traded by man riding bay
horse, between Aiken county and
Greenwood, on June Goth or 21st. A
suitable reward will be paid for same.
f. NJ. LIPSCOMB,
Ninety Six, s. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-07-06

.I submit the within described in
vention in competition for the
twenty-five hundred Dollar Prize
offered by the Press Claims Company.
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FaltSof Capers Light In
w. fantry. rs Z

{/Yesterday was gala day with
the people from Clarks Hill to
Plum Branch. The occasion was
one of great interest 10 the people
of the vicinity. At 11so'cloek the
Capers Light Infantry were ins
spected by Adjutant and Inspector
General Farley, after which the
immense crowd partook of a nicely
prepared barbecued dinner. Gen.
Farley made a speech in the after
noon in which he complimented
the men highly for their efficiency
in drilling and the good condition
in which he found their arms.
The people generally were much
pleased with the speech and it is
likely, if he does not get seriously
wounded on his rounds, he will
have to make terms here before
long, but then the General is well
versed in the art of peace as well
as war and he himself says he has
made a great many marrow es-
capes."
/. The company roll now shows a
membership of over seventy mem
bers and there is more to come.
Some of our best people are taking
great interest in the boys and are
doing all in their power to help
themin maintaining an efficient
organization. The trustees of the
Parksville high school have kindly
given them permission to use the
hall of the school building as a
place of meeting.
Here's to the Capers Light In
fantry; long may they exist and
prosper.
Clarks Hill, June Is.
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Liquor, Morphine, Tobacco, Etc.

Liquor, Morphine, Tobacco, Etc,
The liquor: morphine, and chloral
habits absolutely cured under guaran-
tee. Particulars given by letter or in
person at my office, which is open all
hours of the day.
There is no use to go away from
home and spend hundreds of dollars
for treatment, when you can be cured
at home for much smaller amount.
J. GLOVER TOMPKINS, NJ. D.
Edgefeld, c. H., S. G.
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"Mothers Friend
Richmond & DalVille Railroad Co.

.soUrH CAROLINA DIVISION.
Condensed Schedule, in effect January II, Isoa.
Trains run by 7sth Meridian Time.
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Letters.
Notes from Falfa.

Mr.. EDITOR: AS our section has
failed to report for sometime, /
will endeavor to say few words
in behalf of our "hard at work"
farmers, who, since the excessive
rains, are all smiles.
Farms in our Immediate vicinity
are reported above the average of
last year at this season, also are in
a better condition, SO you see,
readers. if our little ''spot" is
quiet, we all are successfully SUI
perintending our own business.
On the 10th inst. all our husi-
ness was laid aside, and many of
our citizsns were in attendance at
the Red Hill commencement,
where they were very pleasantly
entertained. Miss Willie: Hudson,
the principal, justly merits all the
praise and compliments the pub
| lie have bestowed upon her. Red
Hills loss is another's gain, for
Miss Willic's place cannot be
easily filed. She. possesses a ma
tura1 faculty for controlling "a
school which seems to win the
affection of both pupils and pa
ttrons. Her unassuming, high
toned courtesy seems to have gain:
ed the respect of all with whom
she comes in contact.
Mr.. Rufus Dorm is still very i'll
Mrs. ID. Bigham, of Antioch, has
slbeen summoned. to the bed side Q.
1her. sick daughter, Mrs. John =
.IWhatley.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Hammond
!. were the guests q: 'l; NJ: Mr.. and md Mrs e
EN- Timmer man last saturday
here is is q 4 Week1y prayer meet
ling at Whatley's 8 school hous
(which seems to be accomplishing
much good.
J, There have been severalcourtin
matches around Falfa recdce"
! but there seems to be ait mean?
all at dash. AARON.
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Weat6er for June. :

weather for June. ne
We have received the following
weather data for the month OF
June from G. "a. Long, observer at
the Trenton stations
Monthly meant pefatufe, 1873.
Maximum temperature, SO, date
i26th.
Minim,am temperature 68. date
18th and 18th.
Total rainfall for the month
7.26 inches.
Greatest daily rainfall 1.21
inches, date 22nd.
Prevailing direction of wind,
Epast.
Number of clear days 8, cloudy
days 4.
Fair days 18; number of rainy
days 13.
! Advertised Letters.
The following letters are in the
postoMce at this place, addressed
as given: ] d Wordell, Ned
Thomas, E Sarge Gennerly, Felix
Dean, Eddy Farnes, M G Griffin:
Edward Harvin, Ben Moss, P J
Ludwig, DR. I'D Lockwood, ] b
Mencinghall, Rev 81 G Green, Gee
Clark, G R Trenholm, Frank
Thomas, Johnny johnson, Mrs
Emily Rayford, Mrs Nancy
Walker, Miss Lener Jeneps, Miss
Alice Loot, Sarah M Graham, Eller
Wilson. w. H. BRUNsoN, P. M.