Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-09
SNIPSNAPS
AND SHORTS.

are liable to give yourself away.
After a woman has been married
two years she should give up
trying to gst her husband to say
voluntarily that he is fond of her.
Medical men now regard typhoid
fever as disese to preventable that
as one of them declares, "for every
case of typhoid fever somebody
ought to be hung"
Congressman Tolbert has put his
constituents on notice that he is
content to remain in congress, and
is not seeking to contest for sena-
torial Donors with Ben Tillman.
There are 5000 licensed liquor
shops in st. Petersburg against
$4,000 a few years ago, and under
the law a person can obtain but
one drink of liquor in one tavern.
Sour Stomach is one of the first
symptoms of a coming Bilious attack.
Cure it with a few doses DR.. NJ. A.
Simmons Liver Medicine. For sale by
G. L. Penn IL son.
The first bale of cotton for the
year 1899 from Augusta territory
has been received by Walker,
& Walker, who also received the
first bale fromthe state, which was
auctioned in front of the exchange
on Friday. The present bale was
shipped from Waynesboro by G. w.
Skinner. 1t classes as strict low
middling.-Augusta Chornic7e.
The Salt Lake Tribune admits
that when forty years ago, Cover
nor Hammond, of Sonth Carolina,
said cotton was king he know what
he was talking about, for. sin some
respects cotton does remain the
king of all the exports of this
country. The value of the exports
of cotton for the fiscal year just
cloped was $2S0,442,215, aid ex-
ceeded wheat and corn both some
thing more than $10,560,000."
The cotton remaining in the south
after the Interstate war confessedly
saved tho government from
bankruptcy.
Eff. Kenemur, Pickens, S. a., writes :
DR.. n. A. Simmons Liver Medicine has
for 10 years greatly benefited me and
many others. think it a better medi-
cine than Black Draught; use, it in
preference as it is milder, yet more
efficient. For sale by G. L. Penn &
Son.
Under the resolution OF the
general assembly appointing the
penitentiary investigating COM
mittee, that committee submits it's
report of its work together with a
transcript of all the evidence taken
to the governor, who will act as
he sees st in thespremises, and
then transmit the matter to The
general assembly when it convenes.
It is understood that the COM
mittee, upon concluding the work
in Greenville, immeditely proceed
ed to the preparation OF this
report and that it will reach Gov.
McSweeney during the present
week. It will doubtless be made
public at once. and then turned
over to the attorney general for
such action as may be deemed
proper.
Washington, D. c., August s.
The treasury department. today
made requisition upon the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing for the
printing of the ten million dollars
in gold certificates in the denom-
ination of twenty dollars each.
The treasurer uow holds a large
unissued supply of certificates of
the larger denominations. 1t is
the evident intention of the
treasury department to be in a
position to issue gold certificates
freely for gold coin, should the fall
movement of currency lead to a
demand at the treasury for gold
certificates in exchange for gold
coin. 1t is to be noted that while
gold coins can be freely had in
denominations..of fves aud tens the
lew restricts the issue of gold
certificates to denominations of
twenty dollars or multiples thereof.
It is debateble, question, there
fore, whether gold certificates will
adequately meet the demand for
money of small denominations.
Commissions, Cramps, Chronic Fe-
male Diseases and Mysteries are cured
by use of Simmons Squaw Vine Wine
or Tablets. For sale by g. L. Penn &
Son.
At. Florence on Thursday mig ht
Aug. 8, Herbert S. Ellerbe, brother,
of the late Gov. Ellerbe, was
killed either by the fast southbound
passenger train No. 35, or else by
foul play and placed on the track
to conceal the crime. The accident
happened between Sellers and
Latta, and was not known in
Florence until late yesterday
afternoon. A negro coming along
the track yesterday morning dis
covered the msngled remains and