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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
WAMPUM.
What 1t LIS and IIow ;;.e IndIans Used 10
Make II.

What It lis and How f;.e INDIANS Used 80
Make II.
When Columbus discovered America.
he found the Indians carrying Oh tlade
from tribe to Tibe with wamppm. Any
thing that has value may be used as
money. In arcient Syracuse and Britain
tin was used Us money, and We find that
iron was so used ct one time IN Sparta.
pieces Of silk n China, cattle ii Rome
and Germany leather among the Car
thaginians, na.ls i'll Scotland, lead il
Burma, platinum in Russia, cubes Of
pressed tea iii Tartary, slaves among the
Anglo-Saxors, salt III Abyssinja etc,
Wampum is from an Algonquin word
meaning white" The Indians have
ever been fond of ornaments part:cu-
larly of beads. They used TO make BEADS
of seashells in the following way: a
fragment Of stone was with much care
worked down" to the size Of & snail
nail, having one end quite pointed, and
it was then fastened to piece OF cane
or reed. With this simple tool the IN
dian workman chipped OFF q bit Of the
ius1de Of. conch. she'll or part OF the
shell of a hard clam and rubbed it down
to the size desired. This bit Of shell he
held in his hand, placed the sharp end
Of the stone against it and then turned
the stone around and around until a
hole was drilled entirely through the
shell.
The shell beads thus tediously manu-
factured were called wampum. These
beads were either white or Of a purple
color, the last being valued much higher
than the first. 1t was the very laborious
way Of making wampun that gave il
value. The wampum was artistically
strung upon hempen threads and used
as necklaces, bracelets and rings. Often
it was woven into belts about inches
in width and feet in length.
The walnpuan belt served many pur-
poses. It was sent from tribe to tribe
with solemn promises and messages, it
was used in making peace, in asking for
aid in time Of war, for personal aGo.r-
ment and also as a circulating Medi-
um." The coast tribe Indians were the
wampum makers. The interior Indians
spent their time hunting and exchanged
game Of all kinds for the wampum made
By the coast tribes.
For long time after white psople
had settled in the new world small
coins were scarce and wanpIm was
used as "change. Finally the pale
faces" set up lathes by treadles for the
purpose of making wampum quickly,
and soon the Indian wampum makers
were, as we say nowadays. "cut Of G
Job. "-Philadelphia Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Auditors Appoint
ments.
SALUDA COUNTY.

1 will be at the following places
on tn" days and dates named for
he purpose Of receiving tax re-
turns for >he year 1897:
Salud& c. H., Saturday, Jan. 2,
1897.
A P Coleman's, Tuesday, Jan 5.
W W Owdom's Wednesday, Jan 6.
5 NJ Pitts, Thursday, Jan 7.
x S Welts, Friday, Jan ..
Celestia, Saturday, Jan. 8.
Fruit Hill. Monday, Jan. II.
? 3 Watson's. Tuesday, Jan u.
Wards, Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Ridge Spring, Thursday, Jan IA.
H0lston's X Roads, Friday, Jan Is
Mt. Willing, Saturday, Jan 16.
Denny's X Roads, Monday, Jan Is.
Perry's X Roads, Tuesday. Jan l9.
Krard's Store, Wednesday, ia 30.
Dan Holly's, Thursday Jan 81.
Caughman's, Friday, Jan. %.
Forests Store, Saturday. ia j %.
From the 25th Of January to the
zUth of February IN the Auditors
Office at Saluda C, H. After that
time the law requires a penalty
of fifty per cent. on all who .efuse
or neglect to make their ret, ms.
ID. VII LIS,
Auditor Saluda County.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Edgefield Advertiser
WEDNESDAY, APRIL Z, 1897.
MISS ALICE pURIsoE.

Miss Alice Durisoe is no more.
She had lived in Edgefeld all htr
life. and has been exteemed by all
our people for her Christian graees
of character, aud her sociable dis
position, thus making friends in
this world-but her best friend
was the Saviour, whom for man.
years she had loved and served,
and whom she glorified in her
death, and suferings, Tor during
the one hundred and twenty days
and nights of her illness, she made
no murmurirgs or complaints
against the sff1icting pro Tldence of
her divine friend, Through if all,
she was patient and. trusting,
knowing that "all things work to-
gether for good, to them tnat love
God" The tears we shed, the suf-
ferings we endure, the wound that
is forever reopening within us as
we think of those we have lost,
NAV we'll be only the conditions
imposed oy superior will upon
our future happiness.
The tomb that closes o'er the dead
Opens the armament,
And that which we below assume to
be the end,
Is,only the beginning.
Miss Alice left behind many
friends and near relatives, but
those most near are: Mr.. Roper
Durisoe, of our town, Mrs. Shealy,
of Batesburg, Mrs. Steve Holland,
of Trenton, Mr.. John Durisoe, of
Washington, DC, and Mr.. i. P.
Du1isoe, of Texas. To these dear
ones the community extend their
heartfelt sympathies.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
WAS 1T FUNNY
A Practical Joke OF Whose Hu.nor e.3e
Victim Was Doubtful.

A Practical Joke OF Whose au.nor che
Victim Was Doubtful.
"Would You mind telling me some
thing?" he asked, with some hcsitaIcy.
Certainly not" the reporter an
swered.
"You see great many ncwspapers:"'
'I have 10 read considerably. "
"And you ought to be able TO tell
whether thing is funny or not. -"
Cant you tell for yoursclf:"
Ordinarily. But 1 have q care here
that needs an expert opinion. Some time
ago I was employed by Il man 10 lco2.
after his stocl; IN trade, which consisted
mainly of 1leer. Some people came III,
and in order to entertain thcm l showed
them few tricks that I had learned.
One of them said to me that ho knew q
good trick, and that if would help him
out he would show it. was willing to
do anything I could to make it pleasant
for the company, and when he asked me
for an auger l handed him g small on9
that happeI,ed to be handy. Ho went
over to kcg Of beer and bored hole
in it. He told me to putmy thumb over
the hole. l did SO, and be bored another
hole in the keg. at his request I put
my other thumb over tic ether hole. ?"
"Then what did he do?''
CITIZEN he began to treat the crowd to
everything in sight All I could do was
to reason with them about their conduct,
l didn't dare take either of my thumbs
OFF, for the result would have been a
geyser that would have ruined the rev
wall paper. When they had helped
themselves to all tIey wanted they went
away and left nc. It was two hours be-
fore the proprietor came and plugged up
the holes and released me.
"Does the owner hold you resporsi-
ble?'
ST don't know whether he Goes or
not, ! haven't been back, and the mex!
time l go to work it Will be i'll a dry
goods store or Il grocery. All 1 want to
ask you is this: Was that good jo.lc,
or was it case of false pTetcnses;
Which ought / to dC-laugh and be
merry or have some people arrested?"-
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

who has heard Mr.. Wideman uni
te in calling him one of the wlttlesi
men who has ever come before q
sc. audience. Yet when he lectured
in Newberry and Prosperity few
weeks ago one R. P. f. writing to
the Greenville News compared
the lecture to all kinds Of dry, dead,
and out-of-date things. Now a
thing like R.P.F. who sets himself
counter to cultivated public opin-
ion, thinking thereby to gain the
laurel chaplet Of genius for his
swelling head, I emphatlcally say
is a nuisance and compared with
which the "New woman" is an
angel of light.
I sec that the saluda
Seminal and Newoerry paper are
having a friendly tilt about the
questions of ferries and steel Fbrl-
dges. The Newberry papers say
the eagerness of their merchants
for free transit over Saluda river
is in no degree traceable to the
fact of our attaining new county
hood and building up The town OF
saluda. Now it is strange, passing
strange that we saluda people have
been paying ferriage for years and
years without one ray of hope ioI
cheer our darkening paths, until
the town of Saluda began to build
up-then suddenly our way was
flooded with gentle beams from
those dear business men OF New
berry, who then began to talk
about the burdensomeness of fer
Iiage.
The grim reaper has piled
bis "sickle keen" i'll our midst
with fearful rapidity in the last
few months. Mr. Robert Willis, one
Of our best known young men, has
passed from the glttering unrelltes
of earth into the peaceful realms
of bliss. Truely we are on the
brink Of the grave every day, II
life is short, how infinitely shorter
is our memory after we are dead,
The good man dies and no Ole
layeth it to heart" II anyone is
cherishing the hope Of being
thought of after death it is g
delusion. Our dear ones will weep
for awhile, but little by little
the cares Of life will erase
our images from their minds,
But fame is not the true object OF
life-it is duty-loyalty to the
better part Of ones nature. Well
has Avon's Bard, ''fancy's sweetest
child uttered this sentiment:F
of all to thine own self be true,
and lhou canst not then be false
to any man." May the oil of heal
ing be poured upon the many
bleeding hearts yeaning for loved
ones "5eyond the Silver tide.
SEMPHRONICUS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

The New York Times recently
offered 500 for better motto
than "All the news that S fit 20
print. "The winning motto is: "All
the worlds news, but not q school
for scandal" Perhaps nine readers
out OF ten will consider The original
motto far better than It's successor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
G. |. Penn & Son
TAKE notice.!

All taxpayers who OWL personal
property in Edgetield county and
have failed tc return the same for
taxation will please take notice
that the law for adding 80 per cent.
penalty for non retarn will, this
year. be strictly enforced.
]. B. HALTIWANGER,
Ta,-r-,, S,J;to,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

A steel composing rule can be
put to many uses. a dispatch from
Breckenrige, Minnesota, last
month, says: B. Spence, a Moorh-
cad printer, was arrested here a
few days ago for theft and word
sent 10 Moorhead. Officers from
there came down for him, but
Spence had gone. He had unscrew-
ed the lock rom tbe jill door witt
his steel composing ruIr aud a,el
leg bail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
An Old Confederate Soldier In
terviews q Member OF the
Legislature and P'ropouds
to Him Some Searching
Questions.

to Him Some Searching
Questions.
Cornfed Do you know the
amonnt of money the disabled and
needy Confederate soldiers are to
get this year?
Member Legislature: No, 1 do
not; but our glorious constitution
says they should not receive less
than a fixed sum but have forgot
ten the amount.
Cornfed: Do you know when it
will be paid? Member: No 1 do
net remember exactly.
Old Cornfel: Do you know who
constitute the Board? Member: |
do not remember just now; it has
escaped my memory.
Old Cornfed: DO you know how
many are OF the Board? Member:
[ do not.
Old Cornfed: Y u do not seem
to know great deal about it it
seems.
Member: No I do not. I was at
home part of the time, and when
at the State house did not pay
much attention to it.
Old Cornfed: What Of Clemson
and Winthrop Member: You can
bet Your bottom dollar / did NY
best for those institutions.
Old Cornfcd: Do you know that
Clemson up to date has received
over $4,000 out o the tag bu5i-
ness?
Member: I tell you it is the
greatest institution for the poor
mans son ever conceived. Think
of it: Twenty five professors for
two hundred students and some OF
them could not read and write
when they went there.
Old Cornfed; What OF Winth-
rop?
Member: Why the girls they
turn out are Daisies. Why some
of them that 1 went to school with
did not know me, they did not ask
me about their parents. Most OF
them are monuments of greatness
to the builders.
Old Cornfed: Do the farmers
pay this $4,000 extra for their
fertilizers?
Members: You bet, and they
are glad to do it for thereby their
sons get good education.
Old Cornfed: Do you know OF
any poor farmer who has a son at
Clemson?
Member: Well, since you men
ton it 1 must say I do not, but
then you know they can do so.
Old Cornfed: Do you know, and
1 suppose you do of course, how
many students enter and how
many stay to the end of the year?
In other words, what proportion OF
those who enter stick to the end
and graduate?
Member: You are too hard Tor
me. 1 only know that it is a
glorious institution for the boys.
Old Cornfed: 1 see, | see, but,
hrough a glass darkly. X. Y. Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Work the Roads !

l hereby order the Township
Commissioners to order out all
road hands subject to road duty
and put the public highways in
good condition on or before April
18th. III. Q. TALBERT,
Supervisor,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Greenwood Officers.

The following executive ap-
pointmen,s for Greenwood county
we're made yesterday:
Master, W J Moore, 7 A Graham
treasurer, ] A Marshall, COM
missioners of election, J L Hughey,
S J Horn and J G Penn, supervisor
of registration, L Sheppard, 5 M
Cooper and w A Sanders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

Time servers exist in every linz
of business and perfunctory service
is n bane to any Office which aims
to do good work. The man who
is always ready to start out at the
stroke of the hour or who dawdles
and impatientlw awaits the
moment when he can get off from
his desk or work is not performing
his duty TO his employer. Yet there
are many such people, and strange
to say they are frequently IN high
favor. Faithful performance OF
duty cannot be expected from
men who are ever ready to leave.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Soup of Fruits.

Fruit soups, says Miss Anna
Barrows, are appetizing and health
full. and common IN foreign coun-
ties, particularly SWeden. For one
of these soups take ono table
spoonful of raisins, two table
spoonful OF raw rice, three whole
cloves, and a cupful OF dried ap-
ricots, the apricots being thorough
lv soaked. Cook the ingredients
together in three pints ofwater for
an hour and rub through u sieve.
Add half tespoonful Of salt and
tablespoonful of sugar. The
seasoning depends largely upon
the acidity of the fruit, apples re-
quiring more sugar than apricots.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

A bill making the apple blossom
Michigan's state flower has been
reported favorably to the legis-
lature.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

An exchange says: "Japan's two
principal articles of export-tea
and silk-are produced chiefly by
women.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

Mr.. Cleveland is now on a dshing
trip in Florida walers on board
Mr.. Benedict's yacht, and don't
care cent what Dingley and bis
old tariff bill may do in Wash
ington
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
A letter from saluda County

DEAR ADVERTISER: Well, Ed
itor Aull Of whom made mention
some time ago, has done the hand
some thing. He has given his
host of country correspondents
a dinner-a thing unprecedented
in the history of South Carolina.
But we need not be surprised, for
Mr.. Aull is an Edgefield man, and
that accounts for everything that
has been successful in his notable
newspaper career. He began life as
a professor in Newberry College,
but a professors recitation room
was too small a limit for this
cosmopolite. He was admitted to
the bar, and was in fair way to
achieve success in this noblest
of all callings-law. But some
how the daily rotine of red tape did
not snit this born newspaper man,
and he next struck his true calling
and embarked in journalism at
Greenwood and afterwards was
editor of paper at Prosperity.
But it was not until his master
hand grasped the helm of The
Newberry Herald and News that
his fame was assured. He had as
a competitor W, Fl. Wal1ace,whose
clear brain, pure, nervous Engli sh,
and unspotted honesty and
patriotism gained him foremost
rank among sc. editorial writer's.
Mr.. Wallace after sometime
retired and left Mr.. Aull master Of
the field. Ever since Editor Aull
srasped the pen to write his first
editorial, he has had but one aim,
the advancement of Newberry and
the welfare of South Carolina. The
graded schools, excellent streets,
artcsian we'll, and water system,
and electric lights, now in course of
erection, were all of them brought
about by his tireless agitation. He
has been for several years the
honored President of the state
press association.
There is one characteristic of men
seeking cheap notoriety that is
disgusting to everybody-that is
disposition to disparage and
criticise the deeds of men of real
ability. Any one going TO any kind
of entertainment,often hears some
long-haired, dudish idiot who
is trying to capture the belief that
he has brains and taste, denounce
the whole affair as stale and moss
grown. A case in point: Every BODY
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
If You Should Live
@ 10 be the Last Leaf on
.he Tree in the Spring,
q You Would Never
See the Like Again.
i!lliliiliIl!l!IiIiIiIRliliilliIiiIliIIiiIiIiHilF

Having recently returned from
New York | am daily receiving an
immense stock Of marvelously fine
but cheap goods, because well Sc
lected and bought with great care
as regards quality and price
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Weather for March.

Weather Observer c. A. Long, of
Trenton, sends us the following
data of the weather for the month
just ended:
Max. Temp. 81; date 21st.
Min. Temp. 50; date 2S'h:
Mean Temp. for the mo nth 5S,2.
Number of clear days, 4; partly
cloudy, 8; cloudy, Is.
De,; ,;+o4;o,,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

Come in and see some samples
of job wo,k done at this office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Edgefield G. H., S. c., March
31st, 1897:
Robert Ashley, P. B. Bryan
Susan Coleman, Miss Hauer
Cerents, E J Dean, e NJ Fuller,
John German, 6 John Percy Guer-
ard, Miss Annie Laura Holstien,
Mrs Carrie Hor ems, Miss Lizzie
B Holmes, Lewis Johnes, B j Miss
E Johnston, Walter Lynch, Miss
Rosa Robertson, Milledge Ryan,
Jams Smith, Miss Jennie Terry,
Miss E Tuckerman, Adam Thomas,
Mrs S J Thompson w T Miss
AIRY Williesims, Luke Zenaman,
When asking for letters on this list
say advertised.
Very respectfully,
W H BRuNsoS. P NJ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07

l5rinds lenses for all detects
Of sight. Ifyour eyes troub!; l.;
YOU, consult him and he Will
tel YOU
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
Guano, Acid Phosphate, Kaini
apd Cotton Seed Meal.

I am now ready FIR orders, C, d
fill promptly. My goods are the
best, so says the State chemlstaDd
thousands of others.
w. w. ADAMS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-04-07
ConaSy Paper Wanted.

will pay the prevailing price
for any and all county claims.
JAS. T. QUITS,
Apply at Clerks Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21


All Can Re Cured II They Apply Soon
This young lady had lost all hopes OF
ever regaining her health. The skill OF
DR.. Todd and little medicine start her
on the right track; she says: l had ul-
GERS in the stomach and liver, yomited
after eating; l doctored with five doc
tors without relief, have been sick or ;
years, the last year very sick, and had
lost all hope OF help, had terrible thirst,
felt If could lie in the river and the wa
ter run right through me, would be all
right, my stomach was terribly bloated,
gas and water raised in my mouth, great
pain in the side and stomach and awful
weak and nervous. was taken to DIR.
s. Clay Todd February 20 and he gave
me one treatment and told me to re-
turn in three days and would be better,
and feel 80 much better, don't feel like
the same person, don't know when L
felt go well and do not vomit any more,
or have to drink water, al l have no
thirst; on the way home l began to get
better notwithstanding the rougbness oil
the roads, the pains all left me and have
not since returned.
MISS ANNA SWANSON.
Four and one-half miles northwest oil
LaPorte. Iud.. March B. 1896.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21
Terrible BaGEaGhG Cured.

had terrible steady backache for
four years without any let mp at all;
could hardly straighten up.
Could not ride in wagon on account Of
the greater pain from the ar Of the wagon
and have walked rather than ride. |
have now been under the treatment of
DR.. S. TODD. 16 n. Division street,
Grand Rapids, Mich, ten days, and yes
terday rode twenty five miles and nine
miles today in wagon without pain at
all-the first time for four years.
would cheerfully recommend ID. Todd to
those who have great pains in their back.
AVERY DowNER.
October Is, 1890. Alpine Mich.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21

Permanent address Of Dr. s. Clay Todd Lock Box GRAM
All medicines compounded Dr. Todd Note the days at the
and call carly Directions all languages Medicines sent to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21
New Jewell House. Calumet, Michigan.
Monday Tuesday, We'd
nesday. May 10, 2O II. %. %, "a. 20 and 26
My Charges Are Very Moderate
OF 10


hihmayend in uterp ros
then and bainfa
rat
blood
russ no
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21
Consumption Cured.

He said he felt v(ry much discouraged
and so did his friends and the physicians,
who had done their best without being
able to give him any relief. He says:
IL had consumption since last Septem-
Der, falling very rapidly, employed three
physicians without relief, until / was
taken 10 DR.. Todd's Office last Friday by
my father and a friend. DR.. Todd gave
me a treatment and told me would be
better the next day and 8 as very much
better. The change L Ok place at 2
o'clock that afternoon and / have been
getting better rapidly ever since. Now,
the third day after the treatment / have
scarcely any of the burning pain in my
lungs and cough and raise but little. l
am gaining in strength and feel better in
every way. | feel like new man. I
even whistled tune this morning.
LoRAN KEEN.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21
Heart Disease Cured.


i0n is your
bronchial
no cough
there anu roh
pm the
knowledge the treatment required the
where
d by before each patient his
1" Calumet Immediate relief and permanent
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21
Deaf From Infancy.

He says: "When was too small to
remember they say had good deal OF
earache; have been hard of hearing since
! can remember. | nave been under the
treatment OF DR.. S. Clay Todd since Feb.
3, 1896, and am pleased TO cay that l
have been greatly benefited. can hear
ordinary conversation. / am 81 years
old. IA. f. HrNTLEY,
Michigan City, Ind, Feb. IA, 1896,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-21

Rev. Weber, the great evangelist, recov-
ering from a dreadful case OF catarrb.
He has been great sufferer:
DIR. S. Clay Todd. Grand Rapids, Mich.
MY DEAR BRoTHER:-I do believe that
medicine OF yours will cure any catarrh.
I am better now than ever before. Won
derful meetings here. Address me at
Adrian, Mich, care Of Lawrence House.
Yours in Jesus,
REV. WEBER.