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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-18

GREAT fortunes can be gathered
only by robbery of the many. 1t
can be done in no other way. There
is but a given amount Of wealth
created each year-all by labor.
oupon-clippers, usurers, mortgage
farmers, peculators and all other
such classes, do not create wealth
Labor alone does. Fortunes are
piled high by impoverishing our fel-
low men. Greed rules the hour,
and the astonishing fact is that
many who are, year in and{ ear out,
Systematically robbed by the pre-
vailing financial system annually go
to the polls and vote to sustain the
robbers, and call the act patriotism.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-18

AFTER the 4th of March, 1897,
the president of the United States
will be approacoable by the people.
k. G. Journal.
For once the Journal is right.
For twenty-five years the money
changers have at all times had the
ear and audience of the president.
The Common herd" have had no
voice nor lot when Shylock demand
ed an inning. Whether Democrat
or Republican president, the result
was the same. In 1896 neither of
the old prostitutes will preside.
The people are going to have "a
voice in who shall be chief, and he
will be approachable by others than
Shylock and his trucking horde.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-18
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-05-18

ORDER "The Golden Bottle thro'
the AGIrAroR Price, so cts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
Duel To The Death.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 30-Town
Marshal T. J. Bunk and Edward
Graham, a tough, shot and killed
each other in Parkland, an in
corporated suburb of Louisville,
Saturday evening.
The marshal had closed two of
Graham's COWS in the pound, and
Graham broke the gate down and
let them out. Bunk, who is q
white haired man of seventy,
secured a warrant aud attempted
toserve it OF Graham who resisted.
The marshal called some boys, one
of whom was his son Maurice,
and started to overpower Graham.
Graham opened fire ON the crowd,
and Marshal Bunk began to shoot
also; he brought Graham to the
ground at the second shot. Graham
raised up, however, and aiming at
the old marshal, shot him in the
breast. The game old man fell,
but drew himself up to his knees,
shot Graham near the heart, and
fell back dead. Gaaham attemp.
ted to rise, but the marshal's bul.
let had touched a vital spot, and
he. too, fell back dead. Maurice
Blunk also shot at Graham, but il
is not thought the bullet took ef.
feet.
Graham is from Indianapolis /;
he is said to have killed three
men before,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
A National Usury Law.

Atlanta Constitution.
= In Capt, Howell's letter printed
under the head of Editorial
Correspondence" in Sundays
CONSTITUTE IN the misplacing of a
page of the manuscript mixed up
what he wrote on the subject of
usury. What he said on this sub
iect is this: "If the Government
proposes to continue the control
of the currency of this country, it
is a duty it owes the people to fix
a uniform rate of interest, and
whatever rate of interest is charged
in excess of this rate should be
declared uaurious and illegal, this
law should be enforced as rigidly
as the laws relating to counterfeit
ing are now, We need a national
law and uniform rates of
interest fixed by law SO that the
humblest man in the land can get
money at the same rate as the rich
'ispeculator. There can be no healthy
state of finance when it has put
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
The Case Dismissed.

Mr.. Richardson, of the Southern
Express Company, called on
Governor Tillman to-day in re-
ference to the arrest of an agent of
the company at Clintonwood for
violating the dispensary law. The
agent delivered box of whiskey
to a consignee and was afterwards
arrested.
Mr.. Richardson showed the
Governor that the violation was
unintentional on the part of the
agent. There was nothing about
the box to indicate it's contents
iu fact everything would throw off
suspicion. The box was labeled
Canned tomatoes" and The agent
didn't know that it contained
anything else. Ali these cir
cumstances were related to the
Governor and with the consent of
the Attorney General the case
against the agent was dismissed.
Agents hereafter will be given
specific instructions how to act
under such circumstances.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
seninoles Incensed.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, July 30
Little Tiger, chief of the Seminole
Indians, is on his way to Tallahas-
see to see Governor Mitchell about
the logging Of his boy by white
man named Henson, near Cocoanut
Grove, Biscayne, Way County. The
boy persisted in poaching on Hen
cons land, and defed him. The
fogging incensed little Tiger, and
he threatened to 60 on the war
path. The whole tribe are much
wrought up over the affair, and
white settlers are apprhensive of
trouble.
Little Tiger will not reach
Tallahassee for several days yet.
He will, it is said, demand big
money damages for the. insult ito
his tribe, and if he don't get it
they will be ugly. Governor
Mitchell has been advised to
pacify the chief, and the matter
may be referred to the Interior
Department for settlement. Re-
perts from Biscayne confirm the
threatening demeanor of the
Indians in the country west of
there.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
Governor rTillman on the Finan-
cial Question.

Now York World.
The wise solution of the silver
question vitality affects the welfare
of every laborer and producer in
the United States, as we'll as the
predominance of the democratic
party. The repeal of the sher-
man law and a disregard of the
silver plank in the national demo-
cratic platform will ultimately
destroy both political parties and
produce a new alignment, with
the creditor and manufacturing
States on one side, and the debtor
and producing States on the ..other.
If we are to have the gold standard
and silver becomes a mere COM
modify, there will be grinding
poverty ysand distress in the home
of every wheat grower and cotton
raiser in America, and the next
presidential election will find
plutocracy, intrenched in New
York, confronted by q solid South
and West, battling for. the prin-
ciples of democracy, whatever,
may be the banner they .unfurl to
the breeze.
The present crisis is the result
of a conspiracy brought on by the
failure Of the treasuy to redeem
silver certificates as coin (sllver or
gold, as allowed by law, begun
by Harrison and continued by
Cleveland. The repeal of the sher-
man law without rehabilitating
silver may restore confidence, but
just as it will double the pur-
chasing power of gold, it will also
double the number of paupers and
slaves in the United States.
B. R. T1LLMAN,
Governor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
DIR. woodward's Story.

Aiken Review.
DR.. J. ". Woodward, a pro-
gressiye farmer of Montmorenci,
was in Aiken last week, and re-
lated to US the following story of
the narrow escape of two of his
children:
He says they went out in his
cotton field near his house to play.
For several hours they amused
themselves under the tall branches
of cotton, utterly oblivious of the
fight of the hours. As they could
not see beyond the tall cotton, in
making their return, they
took q direction away from home.
Wandering yainly, the night was
overtakingtthe little fellows apace.
They were missed, Of course. and
search wasIinstituted, the premises
being secured without avail. The
cottonfeld WAS then sought, and
in q little while their cries were
heard and the trail of sound taken
up. The elder of the lads was dis
covered perched aloft on very
tall cotton stalk, looking over the
field for signs of his home.
Lifting the,little fellow from his
eyrie the overjoyed father led the
two back to the house and turned
them over to their mother. He
then purchased two bells, attaching
one to each of his children so that
in the future, should they wish to
play in the cotton it may be
done.
Tie doctor says his belled child
rem attract considerable attention
about Montmorenci, but it can't
be helped. he will take no chan
ces of losing his idolized pets in
his tall cotton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
Items from Elmwood.

Mr.. EDITOR: The crops in this
part of the community are doing
tolerably well, but in other parts
they are suffering much for rain.
Corn and cotton are badly injured,
especially that which has been
poorly cultivated, and will now
scarcely make anything. Some
people have been going to too many
picnics, and let the grass get the
start Of them, which it still has,
and will have until frost. So much
picnicing don't make corn and cot
ton grow. The people ought not
to commence the picnics until the
first of August, as work ought
always to be done before the frol-
licking.
Mr.. Editor, I think you are mis-
taken as to Senator Gordon's mean
ing in his Greenwood speech. You
said he meant the negro when he
asked evil you blot out the sun
and moon that lesser lights may
shine, will you clip the wings of
the mighty eagle and pinion him,
in order that bats and owls may
soar aloft, and pin down the tall
oaks and mighty cedars of Lebanon
that the blackjacks may thrive?"
| 1 think Senator Gordon's meaning
was that Tillman, his administra-
ton, and his supporters, were the
lesser lights, bats, and owls, and
the blackiacks, TOO. The Senator
ialso said "Come backl" Who did
he mean to come back? If he
meant the Reformers they have
never been anywhere to come back,
but if he meant the so-called Con-
servatiyes, as they style themselves,
he hit the nail on top of the head,
as they bolted the regular Demo-
crat convention. and then ran an
independent ticket for governor
! and State officers, and bid for the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION.


This is competition of rather an
unusual nature. 1t 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 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 competi-
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,
9lS Fssstreet, N, w. Washington. d. Q.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

the price of money up by COM
of circumstances to 819
per cent one day and in a week
dropsit to 8 per cent. There is
fairness Elm making a Georgia
farmer par 20 per cent per anuum
for money and the New York
speculator 5 per cent. It ia as
easy to regulate the rate of in
terest that one man can demand of
anotheras it to regulate the num-
Der Of grains to 9 dollar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

Savannah News.
Bishop H. M. Turner, of the
African Methodist Church, who
has been in Africa in the interest
of the mission work of his church
since January, has returned to his
home in Atlanta. Bishop Turner
while he did not go to the Dark
Continenet in the interest Of. the
colonization of the negro directly,
yet he made that question an i'm
portant part Of his observation.
He comes back to this country
advocating colonization earnestly
as the great hope Of the negro. He
came in contact with some who
had gone to the land Of milk and
honey, as it has been held up to
the colored brother by emigratian
agents from Georgia, and says,
they are doing fairly well. Many
of them are prosperous, The
Bishop, however, does not believt'
in sending the scum of his race
to Africa, but he thinks the chances.
for prosperity are best with the
intelligentnegro. Common laborers
he says, can be had in abundance
there for 25 centsa. day and the
negro in thiss country could not;
compete with them. His idea is
to encourage the colonization or
emigration Of negroes capable of
employing henatives and:helping
to civilize them. The great draw.
back to emigration, he says, has
heretofore been the lack of trans
portation facilities, there being no
steamship line to Africa. This,
however. Bishop Turner is at work
to overcome He says he is now
negotiating with European and
New York capitalists to establish
a line of steamers from New York
to Liberia and says the outlook
for early success in the movement
| is good. Whenthis line is establis.
he'd Bishop Turner will lend his,
influence toward inducing the
emigration of the better class of
negroes from this country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

AS an after-dinner pill, to
strengthen the stomach, assist
digestion, and correct any bilious
tendencies, Ayers Pills are con-
sidered the best. Being sugar
coated, they are as agreeble as
any confection, and may be taken
by the most delicate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

Ayers Ague Cure never fails to
nentralize the poisons of malaria,
and eradicate them from the sys-
tenn. This preparation is purely
vegetable, contains no harmful
ingredients, and, if taken ac-
cording to directions, is warranted
to cure fever and ague. Try it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
THE TROUBLE All CLEMSON.
An Edgefeld Boy Up There Says
Everything is Lovely and the
Goose Hangs High, But Not
Too High to Get a Bite
Occasionally.

DEAR ADVERTISER: Please do us
the favor of publishing President
Craighead's letter in the Green
vile News, touching the recent
troubles at Clemson, and the boys
resolutions. The, News had several
false reports in reference to the
college.
We are all satisfied, and every
thing is moving smoothly. There
are already 345 students here and
more come in daily. There was a
little dissatisfaction at first, but
that has all passed away. We have
splendid fare, good beds, and an
excellent president. The College
is beautifully situated among
lovely trees that shade the campus,
the mountains are seen in the dis
tance, and the group of professors
houses with the main building
form an imposing picture. Near
US is the old Calhoun mansion,
and on this hill where once walked
the greatest statesman South Caro-
lima has ever produced lot of
farmer boys are drilling and work
ing, and learning the mysteries of
agriculture, and how to obey, that
if ever called from. the plow to
govern as Gincinhatus was they.
may be ready. We expect our uni-
forms ill a few days. Hurrah for
Clemson and the farmer college
boys!
EDGEF1ELD Boy.
(The following are the resolu-
tions alluded to by. our correspond
ent.-ED. ADvERT1sER
"Whereas, the certain false re-
ports calculated to produce wrong
impressions concerning the. man.
agement of our College have been
circulated by the Greenville News
of July 22nd inst; and whereas
we consider it of the gravest inn
portance that these reports be de-
MED, therefore be it
"Resolved, 1st. That we the
Sophomore class of Clemson Col-'
lege, do hereby emphatically deny
that there has been or.is any trouble
among Clemson students, caused
by the fare or mess arrangements
"2nd. That we deny further that
there has been or is any 'mutiny,'
strike, or protest, or concerted
movement whatever.
a3rd. That we, considering the
magnitude of the undertaking,
this being the largest boarding
College in the South, express our
selves as well pleased with. the
management of the same.
cath. That a copy of these reso-
lutions be furnished the Greenville
News for publication, hoping that
all other papers interested in the
welfare of Clemson College will.
publish them"
P. G.. LANeLEY, JR.,
Z; T. G. ToMpK1Ns,
R. H.'WELcH,
Committee.
~P. S.vThese resolutions were
,,no,,J ~ anrlv endorsed hv tha an.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
cH1LDRENs' BUILDING.

This is the place where all sorts
of gymnasiums, games, etc., are
provided for the entertainment of
the children. Women leave their
babies there to be cared for while
they are seeing the FAIR. People
leave their children there and get
checks for them like piece Of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
WoMAN's BUILDING.

We visited the Woman's Build
ing. 1t was adorned by the beau
tiful statue Of a woman. This en-
braced exhibits of woman's work,
from the plan of the building to
the smallest item. 1t is the head
quarters of the lady managers, and
there are their reception and COM
mittee rooms. Contributions are
there from women in all parts of
the world. It is proud and grand
display of woman's work.
We were rather tired after a
days. tramp over an extended ter
ritory and were longing for a rest,
SO we went to the Childrens' Build
ing to rest while.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

a writer in the Southern Guilt
'vator says that, aif every bloom
and young boil was pulled from q
stalk of cotton on the 1st.of July
it would increase the final yield of
the stalk, and that it would be
profitable to do this, if the labor
did not cost too much"
Twelve or fifteen years ago R. B.
Carpenter was circuit judge in
this State. To-day he is the presi-
dentof the California State Senate,
legal adviser of various big rail
road corporations, and receives
twenty-five thousand dollars a year
for his services. But where is John
McDevitt?
A Georgia exchange puts it
thus: .The yellow-legged young
rooster aappeth his wings and tries
<his ontrained voice in pride and
pomp as he feeleth himself wax
fat and strong, and seeth the
feathers of his tale assume length
and luster. But his days are short,
camp-meeting time aid the
) Methodist preacher draweth nigh"
Edgefield Hussars.
The regular meeting of this
troop has been changed from the
9Th to the 10Th of August, by
order Of Capt. Mays.
9,1s9 Families.
Accordingto the census of 1890,
which we have just received, there
are 9,1S9 families in Edge6eld
county with an average of 5.37
members to each family.
Peterkin's Cluster.
From all accounts the Peterkin'a q
Cluster cotton is ahead Of all cot
ton in the county, and those who
have planted it, aud haven't let
the grass take it, are fortunate.
Cotton and Corn.
We are having good seasons and
cotton. is fruiting wonderfully
Many farmers have told us thai
this plant is fruiting better thar
they ever knew. The corn crop
we fear, will be a comparative
failure.
Tent Meeting.
Rev. A. B. Watson will begin
tent meeting at Log Creek, neal
Col R. "A. Hughes's, on Monday
August 7th. Rev P.B. Kinard
furnishes the tent and Twill pro
baby assist Mr.. Watson in the ser.
vices. There will be preaching three
times each day, ing,afternoon
and night.
An Aged Citizen.
Mr.. Bennett Holland died athil
residence three miles from towr
on last Friday night. MI. HOLLAND
was taken sick on his eighty
frat birthday and fingered
only a few days. The deceased pos
gessed in an eminent degree those
rare and homely virtues. honesty
industry, and frugality. His re
mains were inferred in the family
burying ground near Little Steven
Creek Church, of which church h
had been q member for many years
Mr. Holland left 8 widow and fou'
sons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

/ County Presbyterian + Churches,
Held With the Edgefield Vii
lage Church Sunday, July
3Oth, 1898.
The Presbyterian churches Of
lEdgefeld county held their first
union conference, in our village
Presbyterian Church, on Sunday
last. The morning services COM
menced at 1880, a, NJ. Reports
were read by delegates from the
several churches in the county,
namely, Edgefeld, Johnston, Tren-
ton, Ropers,S and Highyiew. DR..
w. E. Lynch was made chairman.
DR.. ]. w. Hill made the report
from the Edgefield church, and
Messrs. Fronts, of Johnston, and
lPickens, of Trenton, represented
the, churches in their respective
towns. Mr.. Jacobs, in the absence
of delegates, made q few remarks
in reference to the welfare of the
church q. Ropers and Highview.
All information was encourag-
ing. The church at Johnston was
especially to be commended for its
enthusiasm in the Masters cause,
the sunday-school work at that
place being Systematically ~and
thoroughly carried on. The EDGE
field Sunday-school is not to be
less commended for the manner in
which it is conducted. At john
ston,in connection with the church,
is a Lady's Aid Society consisting
of only three members, but which
has done effectual good. They
raise between fifteen and twenty
dollars yearly.
Nj. w. S. Jacobs, the pastor, ex-
planned the purpose of the meet
ing, which was to bring the
churches together in the county
and thus bring about unity,.as sin
unity there is strength"
After this feature of the pro-
Egramme, there was prayer meet
ing conducted by DR.. ]. w. Hill, the
subject assigned forthe occasion
being that of prayer. This is an
inexhaustible subject, and as DR..
Hill said could have been properly
divided into two topics; however,
the observations made were con-
else, comprehensive. and practical,
and given in such manner that
those present made an application
of them to their own hearts. We
do not Judge by ourselves on this
occasion, but have the experience
of additional ones to testify to3the
same fact.
At the conclusion of these exer-
cises, Mr.. Jacobs said if there were
any present who wished to make
any comments they would be glad
to hear them. Messrs. Jacobs,
Tompkins, Lake, Cobb, and Hix
made some very interesting re-
sponses. They hoped that the
aasayer meetings would in future
be ts.saattended, and expressed
themselves as having kaen greatly
benefited and encouraged by The
talk made by DR.. Hill. They were
happy to see him, though a mem-
Der and an honored one of another
profession, glad to testify to the
efficacy and necessity of prayer,
and that often the encouragement
of a layman was a greater aid to
US than the eloquence of an or
dained minister.
The afternoon session convened
at o'clock. Mr.. Hix of john
ston, made the address on the du-
ties of eldership. After C song,
the meeting adjourned on account
of the ominous appearance of the
weather. The remainder of the
programme was left to be finished
at the next county conference.