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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25
WILMINGTON MARKETS
NAVAL STORES

Good Middling. lie
Same day last year-Nothing doing.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE- Nothing
Idoing.
ROSIN-F1rm at CSC and 81 bid.
TAR-Firm at $50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm; hard
s1.25, soft $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
I~turpentine 43Ac and 42Zc; rosin s1.05
and $1.10; tar $1.40; crude turpentine
hard s1.e0; soft $3.50.
Receipts today-60 casks of spirits
I~turpentine. 1S2 barrels of rosln, 9 bar
Irels Of tar, 70 barrels Of crude turpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last year 10
casks Of spirits turpentine, 203 barrels
Iof rosin, 80 BARRELS Of tar. Sc barrels of
crude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-100s Sic: 126's. &c; 1905.
SIC; zoos. ssc; zoos F. F.. :1.ss: IN less
than car loa lots.
DRY SALTED sIDEsLsc.
BUTTER-24 to &c.
COFFEE-9 to 11hc.
FLOUR-straights $500: Ind patents
s4.25; full $4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. i5c; New Or
leans Brights Is to 15c; Porto Rico
go to SIC; Cuba, % to &c.
| SUGAR-(New York prices, freight
to be added) g~ranulated $40; W.X.C.,
mo. 5 400; No. Q $3.50: No. IL $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTSNCrth Carolina. fancy,
70 to soc; prime IS to Zoe: Virginia 40 to
soc; Spanish so TO soc.
CORN-S5 to 67kc.
CORN MEAL-S2h to 67kc.
N. c. BACON-HaIls. 12c: shoulders
I9c; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS-Steady: hens % to soc:
boosters 20 to 26c.
EGGS-Steady at 14c.
SEINGLES-Per 1000. 5 inch saps.
81. so; s inch hearts, s2.2s: S inch saps
S1.58: 6 inch hearts $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

Wilmington, June %.
Closing quotations furnished by Hugh
IMacRae & Co.. Bankers.
RAILROADS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-25

The undersigned announce their asso-
citation as copartners I'm the practice OF
the law, both in the state and federal
courts. under the frm name Of Meares
and Ruark. with Offices In the Masonic
Temple.
REDELL MEARES.
ROBERT RuARK.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Somewhat of q Liar Myself.

Thatis the title of a book by
J w BeVore, Esq, Of Edgefeld
The very suggestive title of this
book will be most fully appreci.
ated and enjoyed, as the reader
passes IN from LaSs to page and
fnds each moro filled with interest
and excitement than the last. and
becomes exhausted with enthusi'
asm ever the dramatic cl:maxes Of
imagination which terminate the
6nsls OF most of the episodes 1t
10 plsdictsd with proverbial assur-
ancs, that this unique volume will
not fail to interest deeply the peo.
pies of eli nations who are prone
70 study the trend of human
thought, and may readily con-
csds 10 this comprehenslye write,
the enviable fillst of rsnown and
.uccsss, which is the just AID ex.
alted acquisition of ell talented
anshass. The originality of this
WORK mast claim for it g high
place in the realm of fiction. At
ter.reading the courtship of Ran
Sydenstricker and his fiancee
Lindy Beeswax, their characters
will ever sound forth in memory'i
pages, whilo the soiloquy of the
author must satisfy the best in-
formed, as we'll So the most ig-
noract.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Masters Sale.

State of South Carolina-Edge-
field County-Court of Common
Pleas. The Edgefield Building
aud Loan Association against
Mrs Carrie s Tompkins, ct al.
PURSUANT to the decree in this
l. cause I will offer for sale at
public outcry, before the Court
House in town of Edgefeld, and
State of South Carolina, on the
first Monday in November, 1901,
the same being the 4th day of said
month, between the legal hours of
sale, the above realty, to wit:
"All that tract or parcel Of land
situate in Edgefield county, and
State of South Carolina, contain
ing one hundred and sixty (160)
acres, more or less,l lying about four
(4)mile north of Edgefeld village,
and known as the J w Tompkins
homestead place, where J W Tomp-
kins lived up TO the tlme OF his
death, and baunded ap the nor'h
by lands of J D Edison ard ] A
Holland: south by lands of Fl S
Hill; east by lands of the estate of
Lawrence Johnson; west by lands
of Maggie HlIl,and being the land
Of assignee and cut off to Mrs Z E
Tompkins as a homestead at Cea-
tire Spring.
Terms of Sale-One half cash,
and the balance on a credit of one
year,with interest IN the credit
portion from the day Of sale, Rur.
chaser ia give pond and mortgage
of the prem. m:.ses TO secure The pay.
ment' OF the credit portion, or all
dash, at the purchasers option.
Purchaser 10 pay for papers.
W. +. R0ATH,
Master Edgeiield County,
October 9, 1901.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
ADeplorable Accident,
Special to The STATE

D1Llos, s. C.. Oct. 1.-Two young
mes, Baker Gasque and Arthur Cot
tinham, thought they W ,uld have q lit
tie fun last night near Gallsvon at the
expense Of q scsrry dsrkey. The ne.
gro took the joke seriously and fired
into ths party, the Ma Of bird shot
taxing effect in Mf.9 .9asque's face, neck
Hnq qc6sgr. Dr.. sssackiosaas .ws.-'os
ed md found the young msn seriously
hurt. The loss Of one eye is regarded
% iSagitahle and perhaps OF the other
also. Although most dep}orable ac-
cident, Mr. Gasxue is steady, sober
and industrious young mao. His IA
ther Is the Rev. j. Mastin Gisqne, q
most estimable citizen Of this COM
munity, whose family connections ex-
tend over the entire county.
Mr. Gssque ia brother Of Mrs. A.
r. Perkins, Of Edgefeld. Her father
wrote her that he feared that his eye.
sight was destroyed. but ali attention
possihls was given him by physicians
and Miss Jennie Gasque, trained
nurse who recently graduated from
tho Charleston City Hospital. 1t is
sad indeed, but in it is lesson to all
young men. IL is hoped that at least
one eye may be saved. 1t lis a severe
blow to Mrs. Perkins.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

Tie above are only few brands Of
the many we carry In stock. Send for
catalogue.
Ali other goods by the gallon, such
as Corn Whiskey, Peach and Apple
Brandies, ETC., sold equally as low -
from 81 25 gallon upwards.
We m ka speciality of the jug trade
and all orders by mail or telegral b
will have our prompt attention. SgeGi-
al inducements offered,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
TREASURER'S NOTICE.

The County Treasurer's office
will be open at Edgpfeld cour:
house from the 18th day of Octo-
ber, 1901, to the 31st day of De-
cembcr, 1901, for the purpose of
collecting taxes, charged as fol-
lows:
For state 5 mills levy.
For county 4 mills levy.
For school 8 mills levy.
For Shaw R R Bonds 2a mile.
For court costs and attorneys
fees of mill on all property in
Pickens and Wise Townships.
For r R bonds on account of
National Bank of Augusta, 2 mills
on all property in Pickens Town
ship.
For supplementary school tax, 2
mills in Edgefeld school district.
For town of Edgefeld, II mills
for R r bonds.
For r R bonds,28 mills in Pick
ems and Wise Townships.
After the 31st day of December
15 per cent peLalty will be added
to all delinquents
C. M. WILLIAMS,
Treasurer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
SALE OF LAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that We
will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder in front of the
Court house door at Edgefeld, OH
Monday, the 4,h day of November
1901, next between the legal. hours
of salo.
aAll that tract of land situate
lying and being in tie County ol
Edgs6sld and State Of south Care
olina, containing one hundred aud
thirty 1907 acres, more or less, and
bounded north by lsuds Of
Seigler; East by lands of w. A
Reynolds; west by lands of John
Hollingsworth, and south by lands
w. B. Brnnson.
Terms, cash. Purchaser to pay
for papers.
w. w. WILLIAMS,
ELOISE WILLIAMS,
mAR. CHAFEE,
Exssptots OF the Will 6f W. ].
TWiiliams,, d. Ceased. !"
Ard JAMES POWELL.
October !, 1921. g !.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
9. O. Go-Educational Instit lite.
Baptist Courier.

This institution has many
frisnda and patrons in South Car
olina who will read the following
from President F F K Bailey with
real pleasure:
Il know that You will be delighted
to hear that we have opened with more
students than ever bef0i in the his
terry Of the institution. There are l6l
boasders present, and quite pumber
who have engaged places, but were
detained at h0las on account OF sick
nsse will come IN next week. As you
no doubt know, we spent tt ousands Of
dollars during the summer making
improvements In the building, putting
in new pianos, fu rnitnre, etrM The
day we opened we found our build
ings we're insnfiicie Mt to accommodate
those who were actually here. Very
fortunately for as, however. we secur-
ed another building near the college,
and in "a hours turned it into a bar
racks for the young men. We are all
delighted with the new members OF
the faculty. and everything points TO
the most prosperous session in the his
tory OF the Institute"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Obituary.

On Tuesday, August 81, 1901,
little May Bell Watts fell asleep
in Jesus. For just one short year
and three months she was lent to
the devoted grandparents, Watts,
and father,to brighten their homes
and cheer their hearts. Then the
little spirit took it's fight to the
one who gave it. She was an un,
usually bright child, too bright and
pure for this dull, wicked world,
Grieve not, fond purents, your
darling is safe IN the arms OF Je.
sus" beckoning and waiting tor
the fond ones to follow. Suffer
little children to come unto Me
and forbid them not, for of such is
the Kingdom of Heaven"
A. FRIEND.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Mis-. Margaret smyley Landrum

"The days of our years are three
score years and ten; if by reason
of strength they be fourscore years,
yet is their strength, labor and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off and
we fly away"
There are very few whose earth
1ly soiourn passe beyond this linn
it, but God in His good Providence
has lately called away one who had
been left with the earthly loved
ones for four-score and four years.
Mrs Landrum, the oldeet of a large
family who, all save one, e,have long
/ since passed into the great beyond,
| died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs James Holland, on Tuesday
afternoon, October 9Th.
She had always been one of the
use full practical, faithful and kind
hearted souls whom everybody
honored and many loved, with q
lasting affection which only she
could inspire in human breasts.
This separation from her, the low
ed ones viewed with au overwhelm-
ing sorrow, but great comfort came
with the thought that she bad
many to welcome her on the other
shore, for she had lived long
enouph TO have many more in hea.
ven than on earth. Mother and
father, sisters and brothers, seven
children and several grand chill
dren, to all whom she was 30 de-
voted and of many of whom she of
ten spoke. Time had somewhat
assuaged the bitterness of her first
grief over these sad partings, but
she loved these dear ones none the
less. She has gone 10 them, and
while earthly loved ones mourn
and lament her loss, those on the
other shore, wonder that they do
80, fol they know full well what
blessedness and joy are hers in the
eternal city to which she has gone.
On Thursday morning the =.
mains were carried to the Stew 'ns
Creek church and buried in the
family cemetery, beside her son,
James Landrum, who, during the
Confederate war, died away from
friends, home and mother. They
are reunited now in the land OF
perfect day. At this burying
ground are the graves Of all of
this large and influential family,
at one time the most prominent in
that section of the county. Rev
P P Blalock was present and con.
ducted the funeral services at the
grave, simple service, only a
prayer and a hymn, as Mrs Land.
rum had often expressed desire
that there should be no ostentation
on this occasion.
Mrs Landrum's latter years were
as little years of ''labor and sor-
row" as the thoughtfulness of her
children could make them. Her
two daughters, Mrs Kate Minis
aud Mrs James Holland, six grand
children, and two great grand
children all lived pear her and
with her. They were attentive,
sympathetic and affectlonate all
through life growing more and
more so during her declining years
and she often expressed a thank
full heart for the kindness and
love of her children.
Although it had been more than
twelve years since Mrs Landrum
had left her old home near Meet
ing Street, and she had visited the
scenes Of her childhood but, few
times since, around her grave
gathered large number of rela-
tives and old friends, who seemed
to feel her loss and grieve over it,
as if it had been but yesterday
since she had been one among
them. So the lives and deeds of
the good and just can never be for
gotten.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
A Word to the Farmers.

The highest prices are being
paid for cotton at Edgefeld. The
merchants have a buyer here who
will give you "a much eor you cot.
ton as you can get anywhere, and
more than at some places. The
Edgefeld merchants will sell you
groceries, dry goods, hardware and
anything farmer needs, juat 90
cheap as they can possibly be
sold. Our merchants believe in
"quick sales and small profits. .
Bring your cotton to Edgefs.ld and
get the highest market price and
buy your supplies from our mer-
chants. You will go home satis-
fed if you sell here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Marriage Postponed.

The Augusta Chronicle has the
following to say OF the marriage OF
Miss Dozier, which was to take
place to-day at the home of DR.
Glover Tompkins, but was post
poned on account of the illness of
Miss Dozier:
miss Dozie is an unusually attrac-
tive young woman and is we'll known
Augusta, where her numerous friends
will wish her all possible happiness.
Mr. Duncan is q representative Of one
of South. Carolina's oldest and best
known familles, and is to be congrat-
u!ated upon his approaching mrrriaRe
to one 90 worthy"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE

NOTICE is hereby given that as
~ Administrative A of the Estate
of J NJ Matthews, deceased, I will
on the oh day of November, 1901,
make in the Office of Probate Judge
for Edgefeld county, a final set
tlement of said estate and apply
for my final discharge as admin
istratrix.
JANE A. MATTHEWS,
Administrative.
October 9, 1901.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

Msssrs J L Minis and Belts
Canteloa left Edgefeld on Mon
day to attend the United States
court in Greenville. Tomorrow
Messrs w D Ramey, w T Huff
and Hugh Anderson will leave fol
the Mountain city OH the same
mission. Also Mr Walter Holston.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

We ship on approval in plain, seal
ed boxes, with no marks to indicate
contents. When you receive it and
test 1t, if it is not satisfactory, return
it at our expense and we will return
your $3.50. We guarantee this brand
to be eight years old. Eight bottles
for $3.50, express prepaid; II bottles
for $3.50, express prepaid; gallon
jug, express prepaid, $780, gallon
Jug, express prepaid, $50. No charges
for boxing.
We handle all the leading brands of
Rye and Bourbon Whiskies in the
market, and will save you 30 per cent
on YOUR nurchaSeS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Advertised Letters.

Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining in the Posi-
Office at Edgefieid G. 81, October u,
1901:
Miss Ella Griffin, Matte Harris,
Ham Syner. Mr. Abney Asby, Mr. J A
Bates, Jr., Mr. j x Henry. Mr. Willie
johnson, Mr. L F Padgett, Mr. w N
Smith, Mp Pesrce Swargan, Messrs
w E Smith q Co.
When asking for letters on this list
cay advertised"
Tery respectfully.
w. II. BRuNsoN, P. NJ.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
NOTICE !

Copy must be in this Office by
Monday noon before publication.
day to insure insertion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05
h Womanly Queen.

The womanliness reflected in the
face of Queen Alexandra is radiated by
her life. During the near,y forty years
that she has spent in England her gen.
erosity, sympathy, charity and
thoughtfulness have never failed. AS
Princess of Wales she has been instru-
mental, directly or indirectly, in OBJ
tanning subscriptions to philanthropic
and charitable work to the extent of
two hundred and fifty million dollars.
She regularly visited the hospitals, and
the poor and oppressed have ever been
her special charge. She is religious,
and perhaps what is exceptional in a
woman in any rank of life, she is care
full and gentle in judgment, rarely ex-
pressing criticism or condemnation of
any one. To illustrate her kindness
of heart a story may be quoted from
the Ledger Monthly. In one of King
Christians weekly letters to his
daughter he wrote that an elderly lady
in waiting to her mother, the late
Queen of Denmark, was dying, and
that her one wish was to speak again
to her dear Princess Alex" At that
time it was impossible for Alexandra
to leave England, but she spoke in a
long, tender message of love and hope
and remembrance into photograph,
and sent it by special courier to Copen-
hagen. 1t arrived only a short time
before the aged lady's death, but it
made her last hours serenely happy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05
AIR-SHIPS AMONG PLANTS.
The Parachute Has Its Antelope II
Winged Seeds.

The Parachute Has Its Antelope In
Winged Seeds.
Overcrowding Is an evil which is
dreaded by plants as much as by any
other organism endowed with life. So
it is that when the time comes for
the seeds of a plant or tree to start
life on their own account, they are
seldom allowed to remain in too close
proximity to their parent; but each
is furnished with some means of
transport to carry it far away in
search of a new home. And as we
have long ago found out for ourselves
in dealing with the wind, wings and
parachutes are two of the chief meth
DDS of utilizing it as a transport. 1t
is true we have not been particularly
successful with either ourselves, but
the plants have been cleverer than we,
and have found that, properly
manipulated, these flying appliances
give every satisfaction without very
skilful contrivance. Look, for in
stance, at that most beautiful para
chute belonging to the rather ugly
weed, johns o-to-bed-at-no or trag
opogon. 1t is indeed a most perfect
piece of workmanship. The yellow
seed containing the young plant forms
the handle and gives the necessary
weight; a slender stem carries the
expanded top. The ribs are of the
finest, radiating from the center and
the daintiest cobwebs covering winds
in and out between them. Some plants
inclose their seed parachutes inside
a pod with a tough skin, the better to
shield them from adverse influences,
and that may not be hustled into be-
ginning their journey prematurely.
Here the seeds, each furnished with a,
crown Of long silken hairs, are packed
carefully away in a strong hard pod.
The pod falls from the plant and is,
perhaps, carried far away; but it is
not until a suitable season, when the
conditions are favorable for the travel
ers within, that the box flies open.
Then the seeds with their silken
crowns are free to go where they will,
the wind blows, they rise from their
warm bed and fly away to find new
homes. Before turning from the para
chutists to the seeds that travel by
means of wings. one plant-a species
of climatis-that provides its offspring
with a curious screw-like apparatus,
is worthy of mention. The seed, when
turned adrift, moves with a twisting
| moyement-in the same way as a
screw moves when being driven into a
piece of wood. OF plants with winged
| seeds, the tropical Mezoneurum plery-
gospherma is perhaps the most re-
markable. The seed case consists of a
long, thin, triangular pod, divided
within into a dozen or more three
sided cupboards. Each of these con-
tains a neatly packed seed provided
with three wings, which fit so closely
into the three corners that there is
not a particle of waste space.-Pear-
sons Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05
REPORTS FLUSH BUSINESS.
Buying of Railroad Supplies a
Prominent Feature.
CoHN AND WHEAT EXPORTS.

New York, Dec. 2.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
A general advance in the price of pig
iron fails to produce accumulation of
supplies. Steel mills are seeking ma
terial urgently, and Bessemer pig for
prompt delivery at Pittsburg is not
available below $3.50. Large sales of
forge and foundry iron are reported at
further advance, and southern iron in
the Chicago market is also higher.
Buying of railroad supplies is the most
urgent feature; rails. cars, engines,
structural material for bridges and
shop equipments, all being wanted
much earlier than they can be deliver
ed. In general lines, the movement is
scarcely less active, and at present the
business in 1892 appears limited by
facilities. but it is probable that pro-
ducing capacity will be greatly en-
larged.
Shoe shops at the east are fully en-
ployed, while western producers were
never before SO actively engaged.
Another high record of the season
was established by corn, not alone be-
cause of speculative operations, al
though these were most aggressive at
the west. Even at the recent level of
prices, which surpassed all high points
in about 10 years, it has proved futile
to undertake commitments on the
short side of the market. Domestic
requirements alone provide the element
of strength, for outside buying is only
about Is per cent of the business in
previous years. Atlantic exports for
the week were 52s,172 bushels, against
5,57O,6 95 last year.
Receipts come forward slowly,
despite the attractive prices for the
week, amounting to only 2,29s, 279
bushels, against 1856, $40 last year.
Wheat also held firmly, closing the
week more than 4c above the price a
year ago, which is most satisfactory, in
view of the vast increase in yield.
Receipts at the interior are liberal,
$3.50, 443 bushels against 1901, 79s last
year; but the gain in foreign buying is
still the feature, exports from all ports
of the United States in five days aggre-
eating 3,375,s1 bushels, compared
with 2,sd9, O7O year ago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05

Washington, Dec. 2.-Should Horace
Speed be able to get out of being gov
ernor of Oklahoma it may happen that
D. P. Dyer, of St. Louis, will be ap-
pointed. 1t is known that Flynn,
Speed and Oklahoma generally do not
relish the idea of carpetbagger being
sent to Oklahoma for governor, but
Secretary Hitchcock knows Dyer and
tells the president he can be relied on
in Oklahoma matters, as evidenced by
his record as member of the commits
sion in disposing of reservations in Ok
lahoma some months ago. Secretary
Hitchcock says Dyer knows more of
Oklahoma than any other outsider he
knows. He has the Hitchcock support.
having, in fact, been suggested by him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05
Kansas Manufactures

Washington, Nov. 3O.-The census
bureau report on the manufactures of
Kansas shows total capital invested
in 1900 of s66, 1927, 1862, an increase of
SO per cent for the decade. Number of
establishments, 1880, increase rs per
cent; average number of wage earners
35, 1913, increase of Z per cent; total
wages SIG, 317, 6s9, increase % per cent;
cost of materials used S129, ASS, $50, in
crease of "a per cent; value of products
s172, 229, 3s9, increase Sc per cent.
Strengthening, with total capital of
Sic, 4s7, III and products of ST., 41O, $50
is the leading industry and Touring
and grist mill products, capital IS, $780,
966 and products of SCI, 926, 76s second.