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suicide. for be would doubtless have been
decapItsted as the result Of mis- error. II
il believed here that this Ioss has deprived
the Chinese navy Of its offensive poser.
There rernsins the Ting Yuen. powerful
bassleship, and few lesser ironeiads. but
without the aid OF the Chen Ynen they
would hardly dare to make an offensive
campaign. and probably will remain IN
port TO assist IN the defense
The departure OF the Chinese customs
chief, Dietring, for Japan is regarded by
officials here as the result OF Jspan's de-
rnand for direct offer from China Diet
riag is a German who occapies the posi-
tioa OF commissioner of customs. Tia;
he should be sent as the peace envoy -
accounted for by officials on the ground
that an indemnity would probably be
secured on the customs receipts of China
IL has been one of Japan's contentious
that she would expect to receive the Gus
toms receipts Of the big Chinese ports IN
case an indemnity was arranged. Ii is
said the Chinese envoy will probably be
the guest of United States Minister Dan,
st Tokyo.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 22-The japanese arc
within tseniy miles Of Port Arthur. The
American cruiser Ba!timore has gone TO
Fungchow, fearing that an attack may be
made upon the American mission there.
Loypos. Nov "a dispatch TO the
Times from Shanghai says: The wounded
Chinese mostly remain At Simenting. be-
tween Newchwang and Moukden. the state
of the country preventing the Chinese
medical stah and the foreign voiun-
teeis from proceeding there. Wounded
strsggIers have reached Moukden and
Newchwang. and some of them have even
reached Tientsin, where they have been
attended, but no succor has reached the
main BODY OF Chinese wounded.
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Tn. rre.ia.n. wri,lax ni. Message.

WAsHISsTos CRY. Nov. 22.-Prssident
Cleveland has not been at the White House
since Friday. Since then he has remained
at woodley, denying himself 10 all callers
except members Of tho cabinet This IL
partly accounted for By the necessity of
completing without interference his annual
message before December 3. but be Is suf-
fering considerable pain from the injury
sustained by ssralning the ,endons OF his
foot. which happened TO be particularly
sensitive owing 20 goui. IL is stated that
beyond this temporary aiiment the presi-
dent enjoys his usual health.
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r.enm. na.tne.. rrsahI,..

TAeoxa. Nov. - Especial. The re-
eslver OF the Pseihc Coast Lnnbsr Com
pAny has been ordered to operate she mill
and 10 borrow any nsrsssaTy money
Thiriy-sevsn liens. aggregsting s.. slI, have
been Eled on the products Of the Paxe.
sound shingle MILL The court today
ordered q. W Halier. receiver Of tn.
Puget SQUAD shiagls Company, TO sell
Aay luEab Der now on hand, aad the liens on
the property are noE 70 bc impaired
thereby, bas 10 attach 10 the proceeds Of
tna sac
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reirote 20 Wait the unls.d state.

Rio De JASEgso. Nov. 22-The Ual,ed
States wili soon be visited BY Ex-Press-
dent Peixoso. The ex-pTesldens Is IN bad
health, the result Of ovsrwork incident 10
the revelation in his coantrv, and the al
wee OF his physicians IS that he make g
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Where wai yoa De shsn ibs gong rings
Saturday a: the Ratio, see ad-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21
Almost q New York Daily.

That Democratic wonder, The
New York Weekly World, has just
changed it's weekly into twice!a
week paper, and you can now get
the two papers week for the same
old price-$1.0 90 a year.
Think of it! The news from
New York right at your door fresh
every three days-104 papers a
year.
We have made arrangements by
which we can furnish this paper
and the twice-a-week New York
World all for only 1926 a year.
Here is the opportunity to get your
own local paper and The New York
Word twice every week at extra
ordinarily low rates.
THE ADVERTISER,
Edgefeld, S. G.
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the neople Of that section.

the people oI IHaI oe0''on'
1t seems impossible that the
people in this State co. :. not
have as good a system of educa-
ton as any State in the Union.
From the very>fact that in the carly
history of South Carolina many of
her sons were sent to England to
be educated, and to-day their in
fuence still lives in our State
modelled on the English plan for
educating the young, which is
enough to prove to any one what
an excellent system of education
South Carolina has. We beg leave
to say that there is nothing wrong
with the system, but the energy on
the part of parents and their chill
dren to reap the full benefit of the
system is lacking. They need only
to awake out of the cold slumber
into which they have heedlessly
fallen, quit crying hard times, and
quarreling among themselves about
politics; and then get every edu-
cational advantage afforded in the
State. What a glorious privilege
to be neglected! Wake up, boys
and girls, and gather within your
embrace the fruits of all the labors
and struggles of those who have
planned and suffered for you in
the past. Let our unknown friend
call to mind the fact that the sys.
tenn of education in South Caro-
lima has greatly, if not entirely
prepared him for the position he
now holds in college; and when he
has finished his education we hope
he will come back to South Caro-
lima and see if he has not con
demned the wrong thing. If ht
still holds to his opinion, we hope
he will suggest better system.
SwARTZ.
Wilt Doo1y g n
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A.Story About Sam Jones.

Hartwell, Ca, Snn.
An amusing incident occurred at
the close of Sam Jones's sermon at
Pulaski the other day. Stepping
down from the pulpit, folding his
hands across his breast and looking
solemn]y over the audience, the
great revivalist said:
II want all the women in the
crowd who have not spoken a harsh
word or harbored an unkind word
towards their husbands for month
past to stand up"
One old woman, apparently on
the shady side Of 60 stood up.
"Come forward and give me your
band," said the preacher.
The woman did so, whereupon
Jones said:
"Now turn around and let this
audience see the best looking wo.
man in the country"
After taking her seat the revi'
valist addressed the men:
"Now I want all the men in this
crowd who have not spoken a harsh
word or harbored an unkinc
thought towards their wives for
month past to stand up"
Twenty-seven great big strappine
fellows hoped out of the audience
with all the alacity of champagne
corks.
"Come forward and give me YOU
hands, my dear boys"
Jones gave each one a vigorou
shake after which he ranged all o
them side by side in front of tn
pulpit and facing the audience. HI
looked them over carefully ant
solemnly, and then, turning arount
to the audience: he said:
II want you ali to take a goo'
look at the twenty-seven bigges
liars in the State of Tennessee.
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CORRESPONDENCE
lFor the ADVERTISER.
News Items from White Rock.

Mr.. EDITOR: In recent issue
of your paper we noticed an arti-
Gle condemnlng the system of edu-
cation in this State as being very
poor system. Why not as good a
system of education in South Caro-
lima as in any of the Southern
States? 1t has, and we will at
tempt to prove that the average
man in South Carolina is very far
from ever attaining to that degree
which her system of education is
capable of giving. We do not know
who this negative writer is, but if
''he" will study the history of
South Carolina she" will find that
the system of education, since
1710, has been much better than
she" places to its credit at present.
South Carolina has an educa-
tional system suitable for any and
all classes; even to the very poor
est class the hand of charity was
stretched forth to aid them at an
early period. Free schools were
successfully established in ITO,
and in 1912 another act was passed,
incorporating certain persons un-
der the designation of commission
ers. for founding, erecting, govern
ing, and visiting a free school for
the use of the inhabitants of South
Carolina. with authority to receive
all gifts and legacies formerly
given to the use of the free school,
and to purchase as much land as
might be deemed necessary for the
use of the school, and to erect
thereon suitable buildings. There
was a feeling in favor of popular
education with many of the lead
ers, and men of learning and
wealth bequeathed large sums for
establishing free schools. This
led to the adoption of the present
public school system, and since
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A. A5RICULTURAL.
Rye as a Fertilizer.
ncan A rriculturist.

Ancan Agriculturist.
ost Of our old fields lack humus,
arthe cheapest and quickest way
to.store it is to plow under green
ny Rye may not have the power
tobsorb nitrogen from the air, as
cler does, yet it enriches the soil,
ort least prevents it from getting
peer. Take two bare corn fields
iphe fall for example. Sow rye
iDne, plow it under in the spring
al it will yield better crop the
flowing summer than the one on
w.ch nothing was growing. On
my farms there is actually more
fGility washed off than is removed
b,the crops. Sowing rye in the
I'd prevents this waste for part OF
tb year. Even on fields called
lsel there is a great deal OF wash
ig. The soil may not altogether
b carried off the fields, but the
riherJ part of it is conveyed to the
laer spots.
Some farmers object to rye as a
-gsen manure ON account of the
dhculty of getting into good shape
fc planting and after cultivation
1.-THE rye is turned under per-
fetly here is very little trouble,
nc more than with timothy sod.
List May turned under some rye
thlt was five feet tall and very
heavy Oh the ground-by using a
chain and circular cutter. Neither
dill I use a four horse team, only
an ordinary plow and two horses
On this field / planted nutmeg
m,lons and sugar corn. Never had
I ground in better condition for
and after cultivation,
which consisted of shallow level
culture; there was plenty of mois,
ture in this plot all summer, while
the adjoining fields were literally
~o''e $50 a farmer
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DON'T SELL OUT TOO CHEAP.
GA Good Name is Rather to be
Chosen Than Great Riches"
Press and Banner.

Press and Banner.
In hard times like these there
are always some misguided people
who sell out character and good
name very cheaply. Character put
in the balance against few paltry
dollars is like exchanging price
less jewels for worthless trash. A
bale of cotton is of but little value,
but character is sacred, and above
price. 1t takes life time to build
up a good character and it takes
years to establish the confidence of
ones fellows, and he who has lived
a reputable life for ten, twenty,
thirty, or fifty years does an ex-
ceedingly foolish thing in stealing
under the guise Of a contract,
thereby forfeiting a good name,
which is rather to be chosen than
great riches.
The educated man generally buys
and gets credit on faithful promise
to pay, but he sometimes takes ad-
vantage of his former reputation
and past good name to steal under
the guise of q contract He be-
comes thief in fact, in order to
secure q small amount of money,
and forfeits that which is above
price.
There are thousands of honest
and honorable men who cannot pay
their debts, but there are scoundrels
who steal under the guise of con-
tract, and it is of this class of
sneak thieves that we would speak
the men who come the confidence
game on unsuspecting merchants
and others who may be induced to
extend credit.
Let every honest man pay h
lebts, or at least make every pose
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The "meanest man" has been To-
Gated in North Carolina. About
twenty-six years ago a man, the
head of a family, in that State,
deserted that family and went
Vest, accompanied by woman,
cher than she who had been a good
wife to him for years. The most
o: his effects he left with his wife.
Time passed and the deserted wife
Struggled against the buffetings of
lies waves and reared the family
lift by the truant husband. When
tie boys came to be of age, when
dltiful children begin to "want to
hip MOTHER" it waa agreed that
oe of them should take care of
hr, pay the doctors bills (she was
NV IN poor health, and such ex-
pnses, together with $400 in cash,
uon doing which he was to re-
eve the home place for his own.
Iis the son did, and the mother
wnted for nothing during her life.
Mt until some time after the death
o the mother was anything heard
othe missing husband and father.
Ten one day a letter came to the
entry postoffice addressed "to
az living children OF -" The
81 who owned the home received
ii letter. He had no recollection
ohis parent, but the kindly feel
j. for the father caused the son
tsend him the money to return
me on. The old man came back
tthe home he had deserted years
lore. He was given a home there,
al this kindness he is now trying
t:epay by endeavoring to secure
otrol of the property. He brought
st to recover one stone hammer,
rttock, bureau, table, and one
cd. This was brought in mag
rates court, and the justice saw
pre justice was in the case. He
ge judgment for the defendant,
t son, holding that the fathers
cm was barred by the statute.
rs beats all the records of mean
N up to date.
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The Hygiene of Sorrow.
Medical Record.

Medical Record.
In a recent issue of a New York
newspaper all article by DR.. Louise
Fiske Bryson formulates some dis
tinctly modern views upon the
effect of grief. The attempt to
act as if nothing had happened
after the advent of some misfor-
tune, and to conduct life exactly as
before, is one of the greatest posi-
BILE mistakes. 1t is an outrage on
nature, which she resents sharply
IN the end. Pay day comes sooner
or later; and the overthrow caused
by binding catastrophe arrives,
even if deferred.
The nervous system requires
complete rest after blows caused
by sorrow. Recent medical OBJ
servations (Fere, Bassi, Schulz,
Zenker) show that the physical
results of depressing emotions are
similar to those caused by bodily
accidents, fatigue, chill, partial
starvation and loss of blood. Birds,
moles, and dogs which apparently
died in consequence of capture,
and from conditions that CORES
pond in human beings to acute
nostalgia and "broksn heart" were
examined after death as to the con-
dition of their internal organs.
Nutrition of the tissues had been
linterfered with, and the substance
proper of various vital organs had
undergone the same kind of degen-
Grafton as that brought about by
phosphorus or the germs of infec-
tious disease. The poison of grief
| is more than a rame. To urge
work, study, travel, the vain search
for amusement, is both useless and
dangerous. For time the whole
organism is overthrown, and tenn
porary seclusion is imperative for
proper readjustment. After some
bereavement the custom of wear
ing mourning has a distinct moral
value. But its period of use must
be brief: a few weeks, months,
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honest talk to sIeaI Will LID nanuD
the goods of another, deserves the
scorn and the contempt of all de-
cent people.
Sneak thieves are of that sort of
people who promise anything, and
do nothing toward paying.
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- ..~v Maneo vuo wuUIe


world kin.
Where there Is nearness of re-
lationship to nature, rambles in
the open air, days alone with the
sea, alone in the forest, console as
nothing else can. Quiet, silent
drives, or even short journeys by
rail, will reveal a new heaven and
a new earth to one fatigued and
worn by sorrow. Music, when it
can be borne, has soothing power
beyond words. Books, too, have
their place, those gentle compan-
ions without speech whose calm So
ciety helps annihilate time and
space, and who always receive us
with the same kindness. The
familiar faces of newspapers and
journals bring a stray comfort that
even the tenderest heart is power
less to bestow. The care and COM
panionship of children is another
source of strength. Children are
not watching to see how the afflict-
ed are bearing up under sorrow,
nor are they waiting for some ex-
preston of sentiment or the over
throw of self-control. A child is
always the best comforter, utterlng
no word of sympathy, yet rousing
interest in life because it's nature
is sweetness and light.
Grief cannot be ignored, neither
can it be cheered up. It must be
accepted, and allowed to wear itself
away. Readjustment comes slowly.
Sorrow, grief. and all great mis-
fortunes should be regarded as
conditions similar to acute -lfec-
tious diseases, which they resemble
in result; and later, as conval-
escence from such diseases. Seclu-
sion, rest, sleep, appropriate food,
fresh air, sunshine, interests that
tax neither mind nor body, these
are requirements in this class of
illness. The care of the condition
following depressing emotion calls
for the same treatment in greater
Or less degree.
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slider the maULer. III 49,

slider the maIter. ~ 49,
a number of letters from promi-
nent cotton planters and leading
citizens of South Carolina, who
heartily indorse the plan. When
seen at his office, No. so Broadway,
Saturday, Mr.. Roddey said he ex-
pected active steps towards organ
ization would be taken this week.
MEMPHIS, TENN.-The Federal
Court will tomorrow be asked by
the Tate brothers, of Memphis, TO
enter upon an investigation of
charges made against the cotton
seed oil mill-men of the South to
the effect that they have nearly all
entered into gigantic conspiracy
to control the market for cotton
seed, and that this combine ex-
tends all over the Southern cotton
States.
The specific allegations made in
the public prints here refer only
to the eight Memphis mills, but
they are the largest in the world,
and the same owners control mills
in Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, and Georgia and
the Carolinas.
Two years ago cottonseed was
worth $25 per ton; last year it was
SIS, while now the market price is
only SO. The mills alleged to be
in the combine decline to purchase
at any price except from the pro-
ducer. The seed sold at the Mem
phis market alone during the year
is worth in the neighborhood of a |
million.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21
A COTTON PLANTERS TRUST
of the Exchange in New
York and Other Cities Worried.
New York World.

New York World.
Members of the Cotton Exchange
here and in other cities are some
what excited over the proposition
to form gigantic trust of all the
cotton raisers of the South, which
is being advocated by John T. Rod
dey, O. prominent broker of this
city. The exchanges are opposed
to the scheme. If such trust is
formed the brokers say that their
business will be ruined, so far as
exercising any control OF the
market is concerned. The trust
would be able to practically die
tate the price Of cotton in the open
market.
Mr.. Roddey's plan is for every
cotton farmer, no matter how small, !,
to become a shareholder. When
the crop is gathered each member
shall turn into the trust one bale
out of every five or six bales raised
by him, or if the crop is small
one, then one bale out of every
seven or eight shall 60 to the trust
The amount of cotton thus placed
in the hands of the trust shall be
held by the latter as sort of bal
ance wheel to the market. The
farmer will market lis crop, less
the amount turned over to the
trust, as best suits him. The trust
supply will be held until the market
price shall be high enough to war
rant it's sale, and the return Of q
good profit. Mr.. Roddey feels sure
that the adoption of his plan and
the formation of a trust as pro-
posed, will at once put the price ot
cotton up to about s cents from the
present price which is about
~ '---~,,la hn an Immediate
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ON TO THE WEST;
The Reorganization Of the South
Carolina and Georgia Road.
Charleston Evening Post.

Charleston Evening Post.
The stockholders of the South
Carolina and Georgia railroad have
just closed pleasant and, from all
indications, a profitable meeting
in this city. The new owners OF
the road have given careful atten.
tion to the details of their property
here and to the management Of it.
The Messrs. Parsons have been
very busily engaged since their ar
rival, and have been "out" to all
callers unless on the line of busi-
ness now before them. They have
been chary of words, but there is
indication of the working out, Of
plans for the improvement of their
property ia the consultations held
with business men.
The board of directors is COM
posed as follows: Charles Parsons,
Walton Ferguson, William Lum-
mis-, Clarence S. Day, Frank B.
Wesson, Geo. A. Wagner, George
Parsons, Charles Parsons; Jr.,
Henry Parsons, Edwin Parsons,
Sd, and W. H. Platt, Jr, This is
practically tie first organization Of
the new company, it having been
the property of the Messrs. Parsons
since the sale. The organization OF
the company has been looked for
ward to with great interest by the.
people of Charleston ever since the
sale.
1t is understood that the new
management is looking to securing
new western connections, and prob
ably the completion of the old
Blue Ridge railroad from Anderson
to Knoxville, which road has al
l IA L
ways been regarded as the natural raj
solution of the railroad problem for
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J w. Marsh & Co., Johnston,
have the best $1.10 shoe on earth.

The women of New York who
organized clubs and went into the
campaign may be at loss, for a
few days now, to find something to
take the place of their politico-
social functians, which have been
set aside by the ending of the cam
paign. 1t is said the women's po-
litical clubs had become events"
in society hardly less notable than
evenings at the grand opera, and
that at somc Ct the meetings held
in the Madison Square Concert
Hall the show of fashion and fine
types of New York womanhood was
as good as was ever seen at the
horse show.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21

In Floyd county, twenty miles
from Prestonburg, KY, oil has been
struck in great abundance. From
one we'll, which was struck last
week, 10000 gallons ran out in
three hours and six minutes. Elk.
citement runs high in that section
Of five wells which have been sunk
three of them are paying ones
Gas is also found in paying guam
titles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21

The voters Of New York strug-
gled under an immense load of
ballots. It took the printing estab-
lishment five weeks, working over
time, to prepare the 19,500,O00
tickets that were needed, and it re-
quired twelve big vans to handle
the boxes Of packages when they
had been prepared. Sixry-6ve bal
lots were prepared for every indivi-
dual voter in New York city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-11-21

ONE of the anti papers thought
ty could make John Gary Evans
ary little man by spelling his
ne with small letters, Gohn-
gevans and Jaggery Evans),
he knocked samps Pope clear
r the Moon.-Marion Farmer.