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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Sweet Potato Cuttings.

Many persons limit the area de.
voted to sweet potatoes to that
which can be planted with sets OF
rooted plants.
Experiments conducted through
a series of y ears demonstrated the
fact that better potatoes and larger
yields were realized from the cut
tings than from sets when both
were planted at the same time and
under identical conditions.
The cuttings grow as readily as
the slips or rooted plants, and seem
to begin forming potatoes earlier
The cuttings will grow and pro.
duce even when planted upside
down.
No one ever had too many sweet
potatoes or COW peas. With an
abundant supply of these neithe,
man nor beast need suffer. A dis
tinguished' Georgian once remark
ed that one should hesitate long
before leaving o country which
produced the sweet potato and the
field pea. Neither crop is properly
appreciated in their home-the
cotton States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
ATE HOLES IN HIS STOMACH
Result of a South Carolina Sol
dier's Experiment at Whiskey
Making.

A private of the First South
Carolina Regiment tried his hand
at making whiskey the other
night. AS result of his expert
ment one man is dead, while three
others are seriously ill. The name
of the enterprising soldier who
conceived and executed this
scheme could not be learned.
He obtained some alcohol, and
with the use Of wood ashes, pep
per and little coloring matter,
proceeded to make what he thought
was as good whiskey as boys could
get from the saloons of Chatta-
nooga and he sold a quantity of
the stuff.
Kreps Colgan, private of the
regiment, bought and drank some
of the concoction, and in a very
short time he was dead.
The post mortem investigation
showed that ashes, alcohol and
other ingredients had made pow
erful lye that had actually eaten
holes in the mans stomach.
Thre others who are i'll may re-
cover. The whiskey maker is un-
der arrest.--Chattanooga Dis
patch, Goth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

by the Virginia-Carolin Company
would be good thing for this
section. It cannot be doubted
however, that with its capital and
facilities it would be a good thing
for the Virginia Carolina Com
pany, and some fertilizer men here
think it would be a good thiag for
the Southern Fertilizer Company
if the big deal has been made. =
Charleston News and Courier.
THE BIG DEAL is MADE.
Atlanta, 1.-THE Virginia and
Carolical company has purchased
the mills of the Southern Fertilizer
company for $75O,O00. The four
mills controlled by the Southern
company are located at Atlanta.
Savannah, Rome and Cordele, "a.
The purchase of these mills makes
the total number OF factories con-
trolled by the Virginia and
Carolina company 81.
The company is capitalized at
100000. The deal was completed
at Richmond, Va, Wednesday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Where the land is poor
And the people too,
If we don't steal,
What shall we do?
He is Competent.

Editor Lexington Dispatch:
I desire a small space IN your
paper to say few words for my
friend John J. McMahan, candi'
date for State Superintendent OF
Education. I have known him, we'll
since he was a little boy, and have
always found him upright and
honorable, modest and unassum-
ing, intelligent and conscientious
He is naturally a student and
teacher and may be depended upon
to do all in his power to protect
and improve the common scho ole
of the State. He is young and
ambitious and will prove to the
people of the State. if given the
opportunity, that he is the man
for the place. I bespeak for him
the support of my fellow citizens
of Lexington county.
J. FEAsTER LYLEs.
North Edisto, S. c., Aug. Is.
From the above endorsement OF
the gentleman from the wild cat
region, and originally a Fairfield
man, we can safely support Mr.
McMahan,-Ed. Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

The war department has so far
modified it's regulations as to allow
the Second South Carolina to be
mustered in with eighty men in
each company, and i'll q few days
the regiment will be completed,
when orders will come for their
removal to- Gen. Buffers COM
mand, and possibly visit to Cuba
in the early fall.-Mountaineer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
A Billville Opinion.

Talkin' bout Mister Hobson, that went
down under the sea,
He may be a-kissin' of all the gals,
but he amt a-kissin' of me!
I don't kiss none but my feller-he's
jest as sweet as kin be
An talkln' bout Mister Hobson-he
amt a-kissin' of me!
Talkin' bout Mister Hobson-I
reckon he's good an grand;
But he ain'tas good on the ocean as
my feller is on the land:
I don't kiss none but my feller-no
matter what Hobson may be;
He may kiss all the gals in the country,
but he amt a-kissin' of me!
Talkin' bout Mistor Hobson-I reckon
that he's all right,
But he can't get me fer a pardner when
my feller's to-dance that night;
Let him kiss all the gals in the coun-
try-They're kissin' him mighty
free
But I'd jest like to tell Mister Hobson
that he amt a kissln' of mel
IF. L. S.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
is THERE A DEAL ON?
A Rumor to the Effect that there
is a Great Fertilizer Combine"
Being Mede.

A big phosphate deal, which,
according to general reports: is
backed by the Standard Oil Com
pany, is said to be on between the
Virgina-C Carolina Chemical Com
pany and the Southern Fertilizer
Company, of Atlanta. The deal,
if carried through, will probably
affect the price of guano in the
South, and, fertilizer people are
watching it with great deal of
interest. The Virginia-Carolina
Company owns three of the mills
in Charleston. An effort was made
to interview Mr. w B Chisolm, of
the Berkeley Phosphate Company,
about the rumored deal last night,
but he could not be located.
The following story of the COM
bine was printed in the Atlanta
Journal yesterday:
"There is a strong likelihood
that the big deal between the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany, of Richmond, Va, and the
Southern Fertilizer Company,
Atlanta, will be made, if it has
not already been contaminated.
President George W Scott, of the
Southern Fertilizer Company, has
not yet returned to the city.
"It was learned this morning
that the perties at interest had a
meeting outside the city, at what
point could not q stated yesterday,
and that the negotiations which
have been pending some time had
most probably came to q head.
1t IS a settled fact that the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company is
very anxious to purchase the four
plants of the Southern Fertilizer
Company, located respectively at
Savannah, Corde.e, Atlanta and
Rome.
"For years the Virginia Carolin a
Company, a very large concern F,
has been reaching out in the South
ern States. 1t has guano works at
Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington,
N c., Savannah and Nashville,
md no less than three at Charles
ton, S G. 1t seems that the object
of this powerful company is to
get control of all the large plants
of this kind in the Southern
country. 1t seems GER tain now
that it will get four more in
Georgia.
"Fertilizer men here say that
the prices of fertilizer have run
down, owing to the heavy heavy
freight rates. 1t is said that this
fact has resulted in shutting out
Northern factories. The i'm
preston prevails that if 8 large
concern with ample capital and
plants in easy reach of the farmers
should secure control of the
business in Georgia and in the
South, 1t would be better for the
trade better for everybody con-
cerned. Of course the control of
the larger plants would lead to the
absorbing of the smaller ones. thus
shutting off jobbeys from picking
up the goods, and there are those
who do not believe that monopoly
of the fertilizer traffic in the South
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Capt. Jim Miner Talks a Little

Mr.. EDITOR: I was down to the
campaign meeting on Tuesday tc
hear the speaking, and itwas the
same old six and seven. Big prom.
ises and nothing else.
A great big mouth,
And a great long tongue,
A hell of fuss
And nothing done.
However, if the white folks will
elect "Uncle George" governor:
something will certainly drap, and
I will vote for him anyhow, hit OF
miss.
About the dispensary business,
let US hands off and tongue it out
Let the old thing alone. The old
cat is dying, lot her die easy.
I went to Atlanta last month tie
the reunion of the old Cornfeds
and there I heard such talk as
this: South Carolina was the first
to go out of the Union and we fol.
lowed her, and now she pays he1
old veterans less than any other
State. Georgia gives one logger
800, a one armer s75. South
Carolina gives $13 and $3.50
enough to give about four mean
drunks on dispensary licker. Out
upon such legislative meanness
say we all.
JIM MINER. !.
P. ST. have moved up betwixt
Liberty Hill and Modoc
Where the land is poor
And the people too,
If we don't steal,
What shall we do?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Col. John Hay, Ambassador to
London, has been appoined
Secretary of State, as successor of
Secretary Day, who has resigned TO
accept a position in the commission
soon to meet in Paris, to settle
terms of peace wsth Spain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Close connections at Greenwood for
all poin:s on S. A. L., and G. and &.
RailH Y, and at Spart.nburg with
Southern Railway.
For information relative to.tickets
rates, schedules, etc, address
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Augusta, Ga.
II. NJ. EMERSON,
TraIc Manager,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Candidates who have ordered tickets
printed at the Advertiser Job Office
are hereby notified that they are ready
for delivery. If you send for them,
please send written order.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

You can get the ADVERTISER and
Frank Leslie's Weekly, both one year
for $3.50, or both six months for $l.75
Lesiie's has all the war pictures-bat-
tleships and battles, generals and
horses, and few priyates now and
then.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Election tickets for State and county
offices printed in first class style, and
in any quantity at the Advertiser Job
Office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Now is the time to subscribe to
the old reliable-THE ADVERTISER
only $3.50 per year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

clothes O. sevingfor othessto patch ont q
neagre income. Women who are toe
much On their feet, or who are unable tf
sssnd the ssrain OF over-work and worry,
are peculiarly susceptible to the weak
nesses and irregularities that are the bane
Of womankind. The symptoms Of such
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menstruation, headache, backache, neu'
ralgia, leucorrhaa, displaceInents and ex
treme nervousness amounting In many
cases to hysteria. The use Of morphine il
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eicians are painful and unpleasant.
Bradfeld's Female Regulator, the
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application. ~,
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
WE HANDLE
COTTON

on the'old factorage plan
with the best results and
charging reasonable COM
missions. We obtain the
best results because we
have the best market. here
more buyers, sharper
competition, and larger
lots of cotton to offer at
one time. There may also
be somethingi in our class
ifcations, our manner of
handling, and judgment
in selling. WE SOLICIT
YOUR BUSINESS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
WONAN'ss: S:
WORK.

An aa old
Rdege de-
clares that
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workisnever
done. This
is tue 0me
housewives .
iuanifoidG do
dee and ap
proxinateiy
hue Of the
ahousa de
who work all
dsyin factor
les and stores
and half the
n ig b { In
making and
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Foul-Srnel1ing
Catarrh.

Cstarrh is one of the most el,stiSa4a
diseases, and hence the most liMou&s
to get rid of.
There is but one wey to sure VI.
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sprays, washes and inhskng nasature
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the only aepesdy which can rosch sae
disease and force it from thebleoa.
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Ky., had Casarrh for Years. Es wrlee9:
SI could sse no t9pi.vemeqs whetevee,
thouah was eonsteAaly treated with enseya
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Real Estate for Sale

lHTE can sell splendid land, either
w sandy or clay, level or rolling, in
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wood, on easy terms. Also houses and
los in the town of Edgefeld, Saluda,
or Ridge Spring. Apply to
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Edgefield, s. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

We cannot publish charges or 1nnuen
does against any candidate so late as
the last issue of this paper before the
election, because it is not fair. The
charges might be false, or if true they
might be susceptible of explanation.
So we cannot, at this late day, publish
anything against candidate, be he
political friend or enemy. Our columns
are always open to criticisms of office
holders or those aspiring to office, but
such things must be done decently and
in order, and in time for answer or ex-
plsuation if desired. Remember this
for future political campaigns.
The State campaigners were enter
tained as follows: Hon. B. R. Tillman
entertained Gov. Ellerbe, Col. Watson,
Mr.. Mayfield and Mr.. Berry; A. j.
Norris, Mower and G. D. Tillman; j.
B. DAVIS, o. L. Schumpert and NJ. R.
Cooper; w. B. Penn, E. L. Archer and
J. w. Floyd; j. R. Carwile, D. J. Brad
ham; Dr.J. G.. Tompkins, j. Duncan
Betlinger and D. II. Tompkins; w. w.
Adams. J. IT. Rice and H. R. Thomas !;
j. D. Holstein, j. J. McMahan; F. w.
P. Butler, E. NJ Blythe, w. A. Brown
and j. P. Derham; Thos. w. Carwile,
C. C Featherstone; R. T. Scurry, j.
Walt Whitman and j. A. Sigh; P. B.
Mayson, G. w. Garris; N. G. Evans,
B. B. Evans and j. G. Watts; L. w,
Cheatham, N. II. Stansell; j. G. Shep-
pard, J. w. Gray and M. B. McSweney,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Chickamauga is an Indian name and
means ssthe river of death"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
HEARD NO COMPLAINTS.
Skaters Chief Of Commissary at santiag
Testifies Regarding Food.

Skaters Chief of Commissary at Santiago
Testiies Regarding Food.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. = Brigadier
General John M. Weston, chief commits
sary of the Shafter expedition, testified
before the war investigating commits
sion that there was an absence of red
tape methods in feeding the volunteers
at Siboney. He said he new heard q
complaint of the condition of the COM
missary supplies at the front. Special
efforts had been made in behalf of the
volunteers whose officers he recognized
some times did not quite understand
how to get what was due to the men.
Surgeons were given articles from hos
pital stores on mere memorandum re-
ceipts and they were paid for out of
funds at Washington.
Referring to difficulties of the SUBJ
sistence department depending upon the
quartermaster's department for trans
portation, he said it was a ridiculous
idea and the transportation was a mat
ter he would not like to speak Of with
out thinking it over" and he chad
thought a heap about it, too" So far
as the food was concerned, General
Weston characterized the Santiago
campaign as a mere bagatelle, the hard
ships being trivial compared with his
own experience in frontier campaigns,
when he and his men were forced to use
the wagon mules for food.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
FIVE REGIMENTS WILL GO
Third at Fort Smelling Among
Those Chosen for Duty
in the Tropics.
Warned to Prepare for Several
Years Absence From
the Country.

New YORK, Dec. 19.-The transpor-
tation department of the army has been
notified by the war department to get
ready two transports to leave here as
o as possible for Manila via Suez
canal. The plan had been decided upon
by the secretary of war some time ago,
but it was not until now that Colonel
Kimball was notified what plan had
been agreed upon and what troops were
to be sent. The transports Mobile and
Mohawk have been selected and Colonel
Kimball has been instructed to have
them brought here and made ready for
service as soon as possible. Each of the
Transports has a capacity of 2,40O men,
but for this trip they will carry only
1900 men each. The Mobile has re-
Gently been reftted and is at present
being used to transport troops from
Savannah to Havana. The Mohawk is
at present in the ways at Bath, Me-,
being converted into a transport.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
Chief Commissary Of the San.
tlago Expedition Gives
His Testimony.
6ufferings In Cuba Trivial in
Comparison With From
tier Campaigns.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The bill to in
corporate the International American
bank was buried under an overwhelm-
ing adverse majority of the house. The
debate upon the measure, which opened
Thursday, was concluded at 8 o'clock.
MI. Dingley, the floor leader of the ma
jority, made an argument in its sup
port. The other speakers were Hill Of
Connecticut in it's support, and Messrs.
Bell Pop, Colo.), sulzer Dem., N. W,
Maxwell Pop, Neb.), Maddox Dem,
Ga.) and Swanson (Dem., Va.) in OPPOSE
ton. The vote by which the bill was
defeated stood 1O3 ayes to 148 noes.
The bill to extend the customs and
revenue laws of the United States over
the Hawaiian islands was passed with
out opposition. The bill, Mr.. Dingley
explained, carried with it the civil serv-
ice laws relating to appointments in the
customs and revenue service in Hawaii.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
SOCIALISM HAD THE FLOOR
Federation of Labor Discusses
the Doctrine at Length.
THE ISSUE STILL UNDECIDED
Determined Effort to Make That Belief
Part Of the Law of the
Organization.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 19.-socialism
was the absorbing topic of the day be-
fore the convention of the American
Federation of Labor. The socialist
delegates made a determined effort to
infuse socialistic doctrine into the law
of the Federation. Probably they will
not succeed for there is a majority
against them but the socialist orators
held the floor nearly all the afternoon
and will continue their argument in the
morning for the issue has not been de-
cided. The socialists claim to be
pleased with the developments Of the
day and they say that for the first time
in the history of the Federation the
question was discussed with dignity and
liberation on both sides and with APP
parent understanding Of the issue and
this they say marks an epoch Of adj
vancement of socialism among the
trade %unionists. So great was the in
terest in the discussion and so general
the liberation that the five-minute rule
of the convention was not enforced
against several of the more eloquent
socialist orators.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
MANY NARROW ESCAPES.
Big Department Store Destroyed by Fire
at Milwaukee,.

Big Department Store Destroyed by Fire
at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 19.-Fire totally
destroyed the large department store of
G. Hartstein & Sons, entailing a loss of
$4,000. Losses to adjoining property
will make the total loss foot up in the
neighborhood of 100000. John Owen,
a fireman, was fatally injured in an
accident while on the way to the fire.
The fire was started from a blaze
originating in a Christmas tree in the
front window of the big store, which
occupies the greater portion of a block.
The flames spread SO quickly that the
clerks, numbering about SO, fed in ter
ror. all getting out in safety. Seven or
eight families occupying quarters above
the store also had very narrow escapes.
some meeting with slight accidents in
their wild endeavor to get to the street
below. All are reported to have gotten
out in safety.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
~EcTuREDBYJUDe SCOTT.
Omaha Jurist Renders a Decision Agains.
Exposition Managers.

Omaha Jurist Renders a Decision Agains.
Exposition Managers.
OMAHA, Dec. 19.-Judge G.. R. Scott
decided the celebrated exposition con-
tempt a s in the district court here.
The decision was delivered in the char
acteristic custom Of that jurist. For
two hours Judge Scott lectured a num-
Der of Omaha's prominent men, and
concluded by assessing fines, penalties
and premiums in excess of $50 $1,000 and
%disbarring for all time Carroll Mont
gomery, the general attorney of the Ex-
position company. Those on trial were
President Wattles, ManagersR osewater,
Babcock, Reed, Burr, Lindsay and
Kerkendall, General Manager Clarkson,
General Attorney Montgomery, Com
mandant of the Guard Llewellyn and
Inspector Wadley. The case has been
on trial for 80 days and has attracted
more attention than anything of the
kind ever brought up in the state.
The case grew out of a quarrel be-
tween the Oriental attractions at the
Exposition as to who had the exclusive
right to give exhibitions on the ground.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-23
MUST STAND TRIAL.

Member of the Legislature Not Exempt
From Arrest for Bribery.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. l9.-The state su-
preme court at Madison has decided
that Charles Polachek, who was ar
rested on Aug. 10, 1897, on a charge of
bribery, preferred by Alderman Elkert
of Milwaukee, in connection with a
garbage deal, will have to stand trial.
Polachek instituted habeas corpus
proceedings in the circuit court, on a
plea that as he was q member of the
legislature at the time, he was exempt
from arrest and was discharged by
Judge johnson. This raised the ques.
ton whether bribery constituted a fell
ony or not. The case vas then appealed
by the district attorney to the supreme
court, which reverses the decision of
Judge johnson.