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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
Master S Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.

Court of Common Pleas.
The American Freehold Land
Mortgage Company-against-
Elizabeth Ferguson.
PURSUANT to the decree in
This cause, I will offer for sale at
public outcry before the courthouse
town of Edgefeld and State of
South Carolina on the first Mon-
day in January 1897 -(being the
4th dav of said monthly between
the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing described realty, to wit:
One hundred and twenty-five
(122) acres, more or less, in the
County of Edgefeld and State Of
South Carolina, bounded north by
lands of Mrs. V. e. Payne, east by
lands of R. NJ. Webb, sonth by
lands of J. w. Culbreath and A.
M. Ferguson, and west by lands of
J. R. Smith.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash
and the balance or a credit of one
year with interest on. the credit
portion from the day of sale. Pur-
chaser to give bond and a mort
gage of the premises to secure the
payment of ;he credit portion or
all cash at the purchasers option.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
w. F. ROATH,
Mister E. G.
Dec 9-4t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
Masters Sale
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEFiELD COUNTY.
Court Com mon Plea

Court Common Pleas.
Daniel F. Tinker ct. al.,-against
-Ellcn Vines, ct. al,
PURSUANT 10 the decree in this
cause, | will sell at public out.
cry before the conrt house, town
of Edgefeld and State of South
Carolina on the first Monday in
January, 1897 (being the 4th day
of said monthly between the legal
hours of sale, the following realty
to wit:
All that tractof land, situate in
Edge6eld County and State of
South Carolina, containing one
hundred and fifty (150) acres,
more or less, and bounded nn the
north by lands of Charles Gaul-
den, on the east-by lands of J. R.
Wright, on the south by lands of
Mrs. Julia Kinard, and on the west
by lands of the estate of John
Pruett.
Terms: One-half cash, the bal
ance Oh a credit of twelve months,
with interest from day of sale, the
credit portion to be secured by
bond of purchaser and a mortgage
of tie premises; or, purchaser may
have option of paying all cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
W. F ROATH,
Master f. G.
Dec. at.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
Masters Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEFlELD COUNTY.
Court Common Pleas.


Loan and Exchange of South Car
olina-against-John II. Huiet,
ct. al,
DURSUANT to the judgment of
1 foreclosure in this cause, will
offer for sale at pu b C
outcry, before the court house in
The town of Edgefeld, County and
State aforesaid: on the first Mon
day in January, 1897, being the
9TH day of said month, the follow
ing described realty, to wit:
All that lot piece and parcel of
land, situate, lying, and being in
the county of Edgefeld and State
of South Carolina, containing four
hundred (400) acres, more or less,
and bounded on the north by lands
of Wm. e. Bodle and A. S. Bouk-
night, on the cast by lands of Mum
roe Rikard, John Miller and P. e.
Spann, on the south by lands of
L. c. Spann and ]. w. Spann, and
on the west by lands of H. A.
Spann and A. S. Bouknight.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash,
and the balance on a credit of one
and two years interest from the
day of sale. Purchaser to give
bond and a mortgage of the prem
ises to secure the payment of the
credit portion or all cash at the
purchasers option.
Purchasers to pay for papers.
w. F. ROATH,
Master Z. c.
Dee At,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09

Article

is always in demand because it is
valuable andi, always valuable.
We sell old Hickory Wagons the
whole year round because they
are fully worth what we ask for
them every day in the year. 1t is
Just as safe to put money INTO an
old Hickory Wagon as in a bank.
The wagons won't run off, and will
be worth all you paid for them ev-
cry day in the year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
MONEY
TALKS

ANDTALKS EFFECTIVELY
THESE TIMES Il **
WYE give more value for every dol
w lar we ask for our goods than
can be obtained anywhere else
and we throw in world of satisfac,
tion and pleasure with it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09

Close connections at Greenwood for
all points on S. A. t., and G. and G..
Railway, and at Spartanburg with
Southern Railway.
For information relative to tickets,
rates, schedules, ETC.. address
VI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Augusta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
Go to J, L. Minis for whole and
grouiid Ginger, Gloves, Cinnamon,
red a pd black Pepper, etc.

iNo q VI bIoSh CplJCls WV
Arg,Imentum Por Goatum.
Jack Sample is a profound student Of
human nature with special knowledge
OF human idiosyncracies. He is also
butcher of ancient renown, and re-
cognizes the fact, but charitably and
without murmur, that the human fami-
~ prefers mutton to kid, Abraham
and Isaac sid Jacob to the contrary
Notwithstanding. Therefore, when
Jack has butchered goat and it was
possible to get the skin of sheep, he
would put the carcass of Old Billy on
one shoulder and the sheep skin on the
other and thus equipped march up and
down our streets. In this way would
he work off his goat without telling a
single solitary lie unless the proxima-
ty of the sheep skin and the goat
carcass could be denominated q lie
spectacular, and as to this casuists
might differ.
Captain Bill Brunson is witness to
the truth of what we are telling you.
One Way.
In a colored church not far from the
Saluda county line, the pastor recently
asked for an increase of salary. The
congregation held meeting and in
structed the deacons, seven in number,
to see what could be done in the
premises. The deacons held a meet
ing inviting the pastor to be present;
and, after pulling off their coats and
laying them on the floor submitted to
him the following proposition: "If
you can whip all OF us, we will let your
salary stay at what it's at now, but if
all of us can whip you it will be re-
duced down to minimum pint. We
will give you five minutes to make up
your mind, arter which the fightin'
will open." The pastor decided in three
minutes and fourteen seconds and
responded: "Brethrcn, the way of the
transgressor is. hard and you is sure
takened breeches holt. will therefore
let things stay at what they are at
ontil Old Father Time pulls up some
mere suspicious occasion by the fore
lock, if he ever do-which l very much
doubt"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
c. A. GRIFFIN, A. E. PADGET1
GRIFFIN
AND
PADGETTT T


Fire, Life, and Accident Insu-
rance.
Office in The Farmers Bank of Edge
field, S. G.
We represent the following First. Glass
Companies:
FIRE INsURENcE.
Northern Assurance Company of
London,
Capital, $15,OOO,OOO.OO
Assets American Branch,
$2,O12,11s.7l
Continental Fire,
Capital, $1,000,0000O
Assets, $7,216,S2s.OO
Capital, $5OO,OOOOG
Assets, $2,409,5 $500
Will write first-class risks in town
and country.
LIFE INSURANCE.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany of Newark, New Jersey.
Organized 1916.
All policies participate in dividends
annually, and are incontestible and
non-F -Forfeisable after two years.
Before applying for insurance write
us or see US personally.
July 14-6m.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09

The report circulated that w.
L. Lewis offered to buy of me hog
bit by mad cat to kutcher, is un-
true as he never spoke to me about
it at any time.
S. A. CovAR.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
A CARD.

Some weeks since report was
circulated in this community that
l had offered to buy a hog that
had beer bitten by mad cat. The
report is a lie out of the whole
cloth.
w. L. LEWIS,
Butcher.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09

Tabor Hill as Executor of the last
Will and Testament Of Henry
Hill Dec'd.,- .,-against-B. R..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-12-09
rKe celebrated Heinz sweet
mixed Pickle, at j. L. Mims's.

@Sabbaticum," a very ancient and
dangerous disease, has taken the place
of the fever which prevailed In this
community during the summer season
Just passed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

biologists say that all known species
of wild animals are gradually diminish
ing in size.
A salmon, said TO be OF perfect SYM
metry and weighing 40 pounds, was cap
tured recently in the Killsloe waters,
ireland.
The number Of animals in the Zoo
logical society's garden, London, on De-
eember 81, 1895, was 1890 of which T0s
were mammals. 1907 birds and 334 rep
tiles.
Bloodhounds traced the lost three
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Scott. who had wandered three miles
nwuy from his parents, at Kokomo, Ind,
AID fondled the child until attendants
arrived.
Alex Newman, of Decker, Ind, while
hunting, was attacked by flock of
cranes. They fought him furiously,
and picked out his eyes. BY clubbing
them with his gun, he killed l3 of them.
The whiskcrs OF the walrus extend
three or four inches out from the snout.
They are quite stiff, and become sitter
with age. They are plucked separately
and exported to China, where they are
used as toothpickS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
TIE ROMAN ROADS.
Some OF Them Are stlii in use and Cali
for No Repairs.

The Roman road was built for eter-
nifty When the roadbed had been pre-
pared by excavation II was carefully
refilled, regardless of expense, with
layers of sand, stones and cement. The
surface was so solidly dressed that the
wear and tear was reduced to mini
mum. Investigations with regard to
the preparation of the roadheds were
made years ago by Bergier on Roman
roads that are still in use in France, and
with the following results: In one road
the excavation down TO hardpan was
three feet deep. This trench was filed
up first with layer of sand and cement
an inch thick; then came foot layer of
ilattish stones and cement; then foot
LAYER of small travelled stones and
cement. These last two layers were so
hard and firmly knit together that tools
could break off fragments only with
great difficulty. The next layer con-
sisted of foot of cement and sand,
covered with a top-dressing of gravel.
In another road in France the foot layer
of cement and sand changed places
with the layer of cement and travelled
stones. A third road in France was ex-
amined at n point where it had been
raised 90 feet above the level of the sur
rounding country, and a vertical sec
ton revealed structure of five layers.
First came the great fill of 16h feet;
on top of this fill they placed first a
foot layer of fiattish stones and cement,
then foot layer of flattish stones with
7 hnl GO
layer of firmly-packed dirt, then a
half-foot layer of small gravel in hard
cement, and, lastly, a half-foot layer
of cement and large gravel.
Paved roads were exceptional. An
example of paved roads is the Via APP
pia, whose pavement consists of hard
kind of stone, such as Is used for mill
stones. The stones of this pavement
are carefully hewn and fitted together
so precisely that the road often appears
to be solid rock, and has proved to be
so ndestructible that after 1000 years
of continuous use IL is still magnifi-
cent road. Ordinarily, however, the top
| dressing of the road consisted of gravel
and hard cement, and when, in the
countless Inscriptions such and such
a governor is said to have restored a
given road, reference is made to this top
| dressing of gravel and cement. The
width of the military road was usually
60 feet; the raised center being 20 feet
wide. with side tracks each of the width
of 20 feet. In some roads the raised
center was paved. while the side tracks
were dressed with gravel and cement.
The viae privatae and the feeders of
the military roads were usually dirt
roads. They were much narrower than
the military roads; sometimes they had
n width of only ten feet, snd, indeed
the feeders of the Via AppIa were only
two feet wide, but paved. The width OF
the Roman roads, all told, varied, there
fore, from two to 100 feet.--N. Y. In
| lpnaudent
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
CHAPTER XVII
THE CURSE or ZIBALBAY

Thankful enough was / to rise from
the ground, feeling my life whole in me.
Death has been near to us, said the
senor, with something between a sob
and laugh, as we followed Zibalbay
and Maya into the guard house.
So soon as we were in the door was
shut upon us, leaving us alone. Iibal-
bay sat himself down, but the rest of
us stood together near the door listen
ing to the turmoil of the multitude
without. Clearly argument ran high
among them. for we could hear the
sound of angry voices, of shouting.
You have saved our lives for awhile,
for which we owe you thanks, said
the senor TO Maya presently. but tell
us, what will they do with us now?"
II cannot say" she answered, but
in this pyramid are chambers where we
shall be hidden away until our day of
trial. At the least think so, for they
dare not let us out among the people. lest
we should cause tumult in the city,"
Before the words had left her lips the
door was opened. and through it came
Tikal. Mattai, and other of the great
lords that were hostile tn Zibalbay.
What would you now of us, traitor?"
asked Zibalbay.
THAT you should follow me-" an
SWeTcu L lkul StcTllN. Ou ana Inc
others" and. with Il low bow to Maya,
Forgive me, lady, that must exercise
this violence toward YOU and your
father, but | have no other choice il
would save you from the vengeance of
the people"
"lt is not the vengeance of the peo-
pie that we have to fear. Tillal," she an
swered quietly, but rather your hate. !"
(which it is in your power to APP
pease. lady" he said in low voice.
ut NAV be in my power, but it is not
in my will" she answered, setting her
lips. Come, cousin, take us to the
dungeon that you have prepared for
u.s."
"As you WISH" he said. Follow me, ="
and he led the way across the guard
house. through sleeping chamber OF
the priests that was behind 1t, to the
further wall that was hidden by cur
tain.
This curtain on being drawn revealed
a small stone door, beyond which lay
fight of steps and then came gate of
copper bars.
Presently it had changed behind us,
and we stood in a vast apartment or
hall that was built in the heart OF the
pyramid.
ITo RP coHTIHtirnl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
PROFITS OF DAiRYING.
why Butter Makers Should Study the
Tastes of Their Customers.

The pleasant feature about dairying
S the profit. If the profit is not found,
there is no pleasure in the work. This
is a general law, but it applies with
special force to dairying, because profit
able dairying is fine art, and success
is won by strict attention to business.
The man who looks upon a COW as n
necessary evil, can never be a decided
success as dairyman, any more than
slovenly farmer can make a success at
farming. The price received for butter
depends chiefly upon the taste of the
consumer. The intelligent butter maker
studies the tastes of these people who
are willing. to pay well for what suits
them, and then he learns how to make
that kind of butter. 1t is the only way
he can get their money. 1t is not the
expense of manufacture that fixes the
price, says a writer. The consumer
cares not that the butter perhaps cost
untold labor on the part of some one
who churned and prepared il for mar
ket. If inferior, il sells for an inferior
price, regardless of the cost of produc-
ton, and if it is superior, it sells at top
prices, though made with ease and little
expense. And the beauty remains that
the cost of producing the best butter
need not be greater than that of pro-
duoing goods of a poorer quality; in
foct the bad article is generally made a /
the greatest cost. Ignorance is expen-
sive. / think it will make every one
who owns cows "A better dairyman TO sit
down and compare the prices of dairy
goods with other farm products. Ifyour
cheap grains can be converted into 20
and 25-cent butter and 10-cent cheese or
81 to s1.15 per 100 for milk, it viii pay
better than selling the raw material
and robbing the farm of all the fer
tiiizing material that much of the land
is already in need of.-Farmers' Voice.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30

sisted somewhat to fill the deficiency.
just after the fruit has been gathered is
the time to commence tipping" your
plants. Cultivate the soil very finely
and dig little holes two to three inches
deep, and bend the tip ends of the canes
into them perpendicularly, not slant
ingly, and cover with dirt to hold them
in place. (See Fig. 2.) BY following
this method attentively it is possible
TO make above hundred plants from a
vigorous plant in season.
The red raspberry and blackberry
are propagated from the roots sprout-
ing up. 1t is quite an item to the farmer
and fruit grower to understand propa-
CATION; they may just have only one
plant of rare variety and increase it
to many the same season. thus getting
start very cheaply. even If they do
pay big price for the first ones. c.
Vaughn, in Farm and Fireside.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
SOME SCIENTIFIC FACTS.

Prof. Falb, of Vienna. announces that
the earth will collide with a comet on
November 10. 1899. The earth itself
will survive the shock. hut every living
thing will be choked with poisonous
gases and be finally cremated.
II is claimed that the perfume,of flow
crs disappears as soon as the starch in
the petals is exhausted: and II may, II
is said, be restored by placing the flower
IN solution Of sugar, when the forma-
tion of starch and the emission of fra
grance will be at once resumed
The moisture of the eye is genuine
solvent. Many persons have gone to bed
troubled with u foreign substance in
the eye, and have walked up in the morn
ing to find it gone. In many cases OF
this kind the foreign matter has been
dissolved by the moisture of the eye.
That such plants as venus fly trap"
actually catch and squeeze to death
flies and other insects alighting on their
leaves has long been known. but the dis
covery is comparatively recent that the
plants digest the softer parts of their
prey by means of C peptic ferment
secreted by the leaves. These, then,
are real instances of plants feeding upon
animals.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
MAKE 1T AN ISSUE.
The Had Roads Question In Township an
County Politics.

County Politics.
Discussing the bad roads question in
the light of n local campaign issue, the
Los Angeles (Cal.) Times makes the
pertinent question::
"By way of starter in this matter,
how would 1t do this fall to make can-
didates for supervisors take a cast-iron
pledge to favor comprehensive system
of road improvement that will put an
end to the present extravagnnt method
of tinkering roads, and give us the be-
ginning of a first-cass system of pub
lie highways? Our present method, or
rather lack of method, of constructing
roads is extravagant and ridiculous, and
would have excited the derison of those
early road builders 1000 years or more
ago, whose work still remains in good
preservation on the continent OF Eu-
rope. The American idea of country
road appears to be to level off the soil,
and wherever there is hole filling it
with loose dirt-and then filling it
again. 1t needs as much science 10 con-
struct a first-class road that will last rs
it does to put up building, yet il is
taller for granted that the first man you
meet on the street can build road.
Consequently it is no wonder that the
roads of this country cost every five
years almost as much as the courthouse,
and then we have nothing to show for
it"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

There is great difference in dairy
salt; test samples before buying in
large quantities.
Hot weather is trying time for but
ter. Eternal vigilance is the price OF
first-class article.
1t is the attention paid TO seemingly
insignificant things in dairying that
make or mar the profits.
Churning at too high temperature
or too long, will produce greasy butter
in which the grain is injured.
Large cows need more feed than
smaller ones, and COW in the flush OF
milk needs more than when dry.
If you fear notifies in butter never
ship it until il has been tested. Work
out the streaks if any are in it.
1t is essential in dairying that the
food of the cows be uniform, and the
supply should be arranged TO have il
so.-Rural World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30

The North Carolina experiment sta
tion advocates a plan for buying and
selling cows at prices based upon then
milk yield. The rule is to pay si2 per
gallon for the milk given per day when
rich enough to show 3h per cent. OF
fat. TO this price add or subtract a
dollar for every one-fourth of one per
cent. of fat, which the test shows the
milk TO be above or below ~, per cent
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30

Good roads are necessity, and as the
movement has been started to have
them, let all become interested in the
matter and start the wheel a-rolling to
bring about something that will benefit
each locality. If your neighbor is luke
warm, just take time TO converse with
him and it will not -aaaire much time
TO convince him of the foi.s of his way
OF thinking. Try it. twill do 70 harm.
Rural World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
AGRICULTURALHINTS.
FOR sERRY GROWERS.
Hints on the Propagation of Strawberries
and Black Rnspberries.

anu Btack ntspbcfrt"r.
1t is not always best to invest too
much money in new things. Nowadays,
hundreds of new varieties of fruits are
being propagated and introduced
through the catalogues, describing the
characteristics and good qsalities of
each in such way that would excite
ones curiosity and tempt them to in
vest. No doubt, though, some of the
newer varieties are better than the old
ones. But IL you desire TO try some
thing new, don't "go in too Steep" buy
just few and try them, and If they
prove satisfactory, you can make more
of the same by propagating them your
self, just the same as the nurserymen.
Ii is possible to produce 500 to 1000
strawberry plants from one healthy
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30

Malarfal disease is invariably supple
mented by disturbance Of the liver the
bowels, the stomach and the nerves. 10
the removal of both the cause and its ef-
fects, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is fully
adequate. 1t "flls the bill'' as no other
remedy does, performing its work thor
oughly. Its ingredients are pure and whole
some, and 1t admirably serves to build up .
system broken by i'll health and shorn OF
strength. Constipation, liver and kidney
complaint and nervousness are conquered
by IT,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30
The Modern wav

Commends itself to the well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done In the crudest manner and
disagreeably as well. To cleanse the sys-
tenn aud break up colds, headaches and fe-
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy. Syrup
Of Figs. Manufactured by California Fig
Syrup Company.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-07-30

"Do YOU belie-e that Adam gave name
him for his selections. He did his work
most crcdi ably. "Whyln "Wel, because
there wasn't Rover or Fido in the whole
lot ~ Razar