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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Senator Tillman will make
his first address in Augusta
this evening on the race ques-
ton. "A warm number is ex-
pected. He will doubtless be
on hand for it is near enough
to make the trip with his car
riage and pair if he hasn't re-
covered his wallet yet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
EDcEFIELD s. c.
State and County Depository
DIRECTORS.
OFFICERS

J. C. SHEPPARD, President.
w. W. ADAMS, Vice-President.
E.J. MINIS, Cashier.
j. II. ALLEN, Asst Cashie
PAYS interast on deposits by specia
contract.
Money to loan on liberal terms.
Prompt and polite attention to bust
ness.
YOUR Account Solicited
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

What is the matter over IN
Saluda? A homicide occurs
nearly every week, the last
victim being negro who was
shot to death Friday night
near Batesburg. Would not
a first class hanging put a
quietus upon this wholesale
shedding of human blood !?
The law abiding citizens, OF
whom there are many in the
-, uu-ur +bot the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

On account of the drought
and rust, cotton in m any sec
tions of the South has litera-
lly died and is drying up.
With the old crop man
ufactured and the new crop in
such a condition as this the
price certainly should not de-
cline further. There's no
telling, however, what the
SPECTATORS will do for it
The market used TO be con-
trolled by ''supply and de- e
mand" but now its the 'bnlls
and the bears.
The business men OF Co.
lumbia will cooperate as new
er before with the State Fan
association in making the
next fair the most successful
and profitable one ever held L; <!
Heretofore very few exhibits
have appeared from thl:
county. There is no gooc
reason why old Edgefielo
should not be awarded many
of the prizes annually. We
trust that our people will no
longer be Indifferent. Do no
wait till the eleventh hour te
prepare for an exhibit.
The St. Louis Exposition
commission that was appoint
ed some time ago by Govern
or Hayward is about to aban
don the ship. A thorough
canvas of the legislator
shows that a majority are
{ still opposed to making ;
state exhibit, which means
that no appropriation for tina
purpose will be made by th'
next legislature. Great is thu
pity. Georgia is already col
lecting her exhibit and i
moving forward, upward an@
onward, while we are retro
grading in the matter OF ad
vertising Our resources ane
advantages to the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Mrs. Carrie Nation, who
has been shocking bar keep
ers for several yearsis now
shocked herself by very low
cut gowns. Being booked
for, a lecture in New York a
few nights ago, she refused to
appear on the rostrum with a
young lady whom she said
sswore no more clothes than
one of the park statues"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Septembar 10Th, 1903.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Mrs. Milton Parker, of Edgefeld
spent a few days with Mrs. Fred
Parker.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
Washing FIanneIs.

A rather stif brush about four and
a half inches long. without counting
the length OF the handle, and two or
three inches wide, is a convenient
article in the laundry outfit. Corsets
and flannels are much more easily
scrubbed clean with brush than rub
bed clean on a board. aannels OF pure
wool which are not rubbei but scrub
bed with a brush, using water soft
ened with ammonia or bOrax and
a white non-resinous soap, will not
shrink and grow hard if they arc
dried on a firm wooden frame
Rubbing all wool flannel on a board
causes the ultimate spiral hbres Of the
wool 70 become entangled and shrink
This cannot happen when a flannel is
scrubbed with a brush The dirt Is
also more easily removed from the
interstics Of the cloth by using the
brush. Hard water and resinous
brown soaps cause flannel to be hard
stOckinet garments Of wool should al
ways be dried on wooden frames Of
their exact shape and size when new
These wooden frames are used at
stockinet factories where the goods
are washed. and can be obtained at a
comparatively low price.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

The question of how far the miners
employment in our coal mines is re
latiyely unhealthy is one that has
often been discussed by medical men,
by coal owners, by the miners them.
selves and by the general public. sta
tistics demonstrate that, while the
labor in our coal mines is not entitled
to take rank as equally healthy with
agricultural labor and other outdoor
occupations, it is very far from being
az unhealthy as the general public are
disposed to believe. Another general
idea is that the work of the mine not
only tends to shorten life, but to dis
able men from following their occupa-
ton at relatively early age. The
Iron and Coal Trades Review has
analysed the figures on the question
given in the recent census returns IN
the United Kingdom, and the result Ia
both instructive and in some respects
unexpected.
In every district of Importance a
number of men are still following the
laborious occupation of hewing coal
at the age of seyenty-five years and
upward In Glamorgan seventy-nine
men Of that age were employed under
ground in the census year; in Durham,
thirty-nine; in Northumberland, twen
ty-four; in Yorkshire, forty-fve, and
in Lancashire, twenty.six. Between
the ages of sixtyfive and seventy-nve
the numbers were naturally much
larger. OF hewers so employed there
we're III in Flamorgan, $50 in Dur
ham, 23s in Northumberland 500 in
Yorkshire and 4SO in Lancashire. This
is not at all bad record for an age
that is likely to average about seven
ty, which is period OF life when com
paratively few men can continue to
follow exhausting and continuous
labor.-Philadelphia Ledger
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

A German physician who once came
to this country to practice was soon SO
bewildered by various nervous all
ments he came in contact with that he
punched them all together, and called
Americanitis.
It is commonly said that Americans
overwork their brains and bodies, but
it would be truer to say they misuse
their bodies If they run to catch a
train; If they start out for healthful
exercise; even II they lie down to sleep
they throw so much wasteful energy
into these acts that they actually i'm
pede the muscles This is pre-eminent
ly true of American women. and of
American women of leisure, at that
Generally a working woman learns
some economy of energy because she
realizes that she cannot go on by
waste.
In the matter Of lying down to rest
how rarely you see a woman who lies
supine like a little child, who allows
the bed to take the responsibility Of
holding her up. Instead she holds on
to the bed, she grips the pillow. draws
up her knees, tightly clenches her
teeth. In her busy brain she goes
over and over again the little round
of her day, or she tastes in anticipa-
tion the troubles of tomorrow.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
Accent stlll with Him

At a dinner that the Transportation
Club of New York gave recently in
honor Of J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles
H. Cramp OF the big Philadelphia ship
building firm, said in reference to
financial fight that was under discus
sion
The way the first party accuses the
second, refusing to take to itself any
Of the blame that rightfully belongs to
It, reminds me Of story of two Scots
which one Of the teachers at the Phila-
delphia Boys High School told in my
boyhood.
These men were Canadians. They
had emigrated from the lank Of kale at
about the same time. They used to
meet once or twice a year, and talk
about home.
"one day the first asked the second
how long he had been in Canada
About sax years, was the reply.
Hoot, moni' exclaimed the first
then in a patronizing voice, why hae
70 ma lost yer accent, like myself"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

Brooklyn and New Jersey exchanged
civilities at a recent dinner Of Phillips
Exeter Academy alumni An anecdote
was told by Julius H. Seymour of the
man who, having successfully assigned
to two men their native States, was
Indignantly contradicted when he told
a third that he hailed from New Jersey.
Il don't; I'm sick to-day; that's what
makes me look so"
Following this, Dr Henry Sanger
Snow, Of the Brooklyn Polytechnic In
stitute, declared that brooklyn was
not New York. but it bore about the
same relation to 1t that heaven did"
Wilson Farrand, headmaster of the
Newark Academy, couldn't stand for
the aspersion on his own State, so he
told this
"Onee there was a Brooklyn man
who crossed the Jordan. When he ar
rived on the further shore he looked
around supercilliously, and, after pro
longed staring, remarked, 81 don't see
that heaven is so much better than
Brooklyn
But, my dear man, this is not
heaven he was told"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
sEARoAINe rAE RIvnH noTfoM.

Strange Way Of Making a Living
Adopted By Two New Workers.
There are many peculiar occupa-
tions followed by those engaged in
gaining a livelihood in and around
New York.
Things which the majority Of pco-
pie throw away as rubbish are gath
cred up by Italians and other foreign
ers and sold A look into the Junk
shops along the river front will give
one a little idea of the thousand and
one things that have found their way
thither after being discarded by their
owners The junkmen do a thriving
business and often make fortunes out
Of the stuff they handle.
Among the many unknown ways by
which a subsistence Is gained Is one
followed by two men, who. year in
and year out. in sunshine or in rain,
can be seen rowing on the East or
North River. While one keeps the
small boat in position the other, with
graphing hook and poles. drags the
bottom of the stream for whatever
Of value may be pulled from the
depths. Pieces Of rope or machinery
and a variety of stun, good OF bad, is
grist to them. Nothing is too small
to be rejected, and It must indeed be
worthless If, after examination, It is
returned to the water The men
have been at the business for many
years, and long practice has made
them experts at handling the discard
ed article that former owners had
consigned to the rivers depths.
The finds are sometimes quite
valuable. Several years ago they
came across a water-tight box son
tanning valuable papers and iewelry
which had been lost overheard In a
collision between two steamers. On
returning it to the owner they re-
eeived a handsome reward The re-
eovery of the papers put a sudden
end to a big law suit which the own
er would otherwise have lost.
At times the men pull up other
things than those they seek. Not in
frequently they have brought to the
surface the bodies of drowned per
sons, who have either committed sui
eide or met their deaths through ac-
cident.
In some cases the bodies indicate
that murder has been committed
N. Y. News.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
Wonderful Clock Plant.


Pierre Van Landingham, florist at
Purdue University. is the proud pos
SCISSOR Of a plant known as the desma-
dunn gyean, OF better known to the
botanic world as the "clock plant" on
account Of the peculiar action of the
leaves Of the plant when placed in the
sunlight
He obtained the plant several years
ago from the national botanical gar
dens IN Washington From his origi-
nal plant he has developed several
others, and all are now in excellent
growing condition.
The clock plant. as Il Is famniariy
known. is peculiar in many respects
It is a native Of the jungles Of Borneo
and ia its native state never exceeds
three feet in height. while those in
this country never come anywhere
near this height. the ones at Purdue
being only three inches tall. The
bloom Of the plant is pea in shape and
lilac in color and is quite fragrant.
The name Of "clock plant" is de-
rived from the action Of the sun on
the leaves. The plant has three
leaves, one large one In the center
and two smaller ones at the base OF
the large one. These when acted upon
By the sun osciIlate like the pendulum
Of a clock. the large leaf making
movement forward and back and the
smaller ones in the course Of their os-
cillating motion moving toward the
large leaf The former makes one
complete movement TO and fro in 45
seconds. This time corresponds TO
the hour and minute hands OF the
clock This action occurs only under
the circumstances mentioned above.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
roReor ans WEDDING Day.
Busy Wall street Man Makes Dash
for chleaao one pay late.

Busy Wall street Man Makes a Dash
for Chicago One Day Late.
1--WE hear good deal about the
busy men Of New York" said one Of
them. Hbut have a friend In Wall
Street who has broken the record.
Il was IN his apartment few
nights ago after the theatre, and he
was chatting with me about the deals Of
the day. and as he chatted he was rum
ming over a bundle Of memoranda. All
at once he stopped as If he had been
shot
Great scotti he exclaimed, I'm to
be married to omorrow to a woman In
Chicago, and had forgotten the date
completely. Say old man, come with
me and help me pack up. OF course.
I can't make it now to save my life
even II hired a special engine and
car, for the wedding Is set for to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock
while he began pitching his things
into his trunk I wrote out a message
to his sweetheart and hurried 1t TO
the telegraph office. My friend left on
the first train out and after his arrival
in Chicago he wired back:
TIT all right She has the measles 4"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
suRDEN OF DRESS.
one Woman Who Longs for Resu.
lar Uniform.

One Woman Who Longs for Regu.
lar Uniform.
Much as every true woman loves
her pretty gowns and becoming hat,
she has periods when the question Of
dress becomes a burden; when the
bravery of laces. ribbons and other
gewgaws pals upon her spirits, and
the choice and necessary work attend
ant upon the arrangement of a win
ter's or summers wardrobe becomes a
trial almost too heavy to be borne.
II feel that l shall never be a CON
tented or capable woman" said a pret-
ty young matron recently, until l
adopt a uniform. This never-ending
perplexity and worry at the beginning
Of every season takes altogether too
much out of me
II do not say but that in a way
enjoy it-that is, / like it If every
thing goes we'll; II feel that / get
the worth of the money / spend and
am well dressed for every occasion.
take great deal of pleasure. not only
in the pretty clothes themselves, but
still more Ia the complimentary re-
marks which l receive in consequence
But there are times when dress, with
all its concomitants, seems a vanity
Of vRnities, and the amount Of time
and thought expended upon It almost
criminal. Then 1t is long for uni
form and almost make up niy mind to
adopt one for the rest of nay life. If
you ever hear Of my becoming dea-
coness, you may know 1t is not alto
gether from religious motives that 1
have Joined the order. but chiefly that
l may wear a uniform without being
considered eccentric.
"As women grow older the enforced
necessity of spending a great deal Of
time and money in selecting any buy
ing their clothes grows more and
more irksome, and yet If they mix
with the world and go out more or
less IN society 1t seems a necessity"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

"About 10000 nuisances a year are
reported to us" said clerk in the
nuisance bureau of the city hall, "and
some of them are pretty queer Once
there was a young woman reported a
man for bathing with the blind up.
This careless chap, it seems, would
hop into his bath in the morning with
out lowering the curtain. A minister
once reported a family for playing rag
time music and popular songs on the
plano on Sunday. but, Of course. that
case was out OF our province. A down
town man was keeping a rooster for
a friend of his, but he hadn't had It
three days before It was reported It
made nuisance Of itself, the COM
plainant said, by Growing at daybreak.
Once a spinster had the face to report
a baby as a nuisance. She said IL cried
all night, so that she could not sleep.
The boss got mighty indignant with
her Are we to let the race die out,
madam, he says, so as to keep your
rest undisturbed7 DO you want us to
kill this baby7 Remember, madam,
he says, that you were a baby once
yourself A Manayunk man was re
ported as nuisance to us last year
because he snored loud. d."-Phlladelphia
Record
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

Medical Rellefs That Have Been Die.
covered for Friuhtfu Msladies.

Medical Rellefs That Have Been Ole.
covered for Frightfui Maladies.
The current year promises 10 be no
table. among other things, for the i'm
portant additions which It viii make to
medical science and to curative agen-
Giles in general While the wonderful
work accomplished by Or. Iorenz may
perhaps hardly fall within the class
thus indicated. the stimulus which the
famous viennese surgeon has given TO
undoubtedly help to make the year ad-
ditionally memorable in the dimnution
Of human suffering Among the posi-
tive announcements Of the year thus
far In the direction of medical discov-
cries may be Included that Of serum
cure for hay fever. made by Professor
Dunbar, American head Of the Ham
burg Hygienio Institute While hay
fever is not to be regarded as q fatal
disease, II is a most distressing ma
lady, and II anything can be devised 70
cure It a great boon viii be conferred
upon the human race.
OF far greater Importance is the an
nouncement that probable cure has
been discovered for blood poisoning, a
malady which carries Off large num-
Der Of people each year, and which
has hitherto resisted, In many cases,
the best medical skill. Recent expert
ments with formalin in hospitals in
New York and elsewhere seem to show
that this agency may be relied upon In
many cases to arrest the process
known as blood poisoning and effect
permanent cure. II this proves to be
the case It will be, as one high medi-
cal authority has truly said, the most
important contribution to medical sci
ence in this generation" Still later
than these comes the news from Rome,
that Professor Cormagin, of Pavie, has
discovered the microbe Of hydrophobia
1t has been the general impression
that this disease was being success
fully treated with the remedy devised
by Professor Koch. but If this new
discovery leads to something still more
efEicaeious the world viii have reason
to be profoundly grateful Hydropho-
bia is one of the most frightful mala-
dies known to humanity. and whatever
tends to diminish its ravages or to de-
prive Of its terrors viii be of untold
benedt-Leslie's Weekly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
Rapid stenoaraphv.

At a meeting of the Incorporated
Photographic Society the other day ii
was stated that to write stenographi-
cally a the rate of $50 words a min
ute involves hearing on an average 100
distinct sounds cOnsonants and
vowels-in the course OF every min
ute, and managing TO represent or in.
dicate 12 1-2 of them every second.
Writing at 200 words per minute
means hearing about 1000 sounds In
sixty seconds and representing or in
dieating rather more than sixteen OF
them in every single second.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
saIoh Son, Malamoras, An General Stores
10 Pike County win Buy i Back

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's 3 Colo, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Baloh q Son,
Matamoras, all general stores in
Pike county will refund your money
If you are not satisfied after using it.
It is everywhere admitted TO be the
most successful remedy IN use for
howell complaints and the only one
that never fails. It pleasant, safe
and reliable, 40 80 Q3
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

The president has announced his
Intention to appoint Judge Taft as
secretary Of war to succeed Mr.. Root.
Presumably he has consulted with
Secretary Irving Winslow Of the
Anti-Imperialist league. But has he
thought? We are not sure. Has
there been undue haste ia this matter?
Can II be that the administration IS
about 10 make another terrible mis-
take in hlling this officer We shall
wire Oyster Bay at once.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
Most Costly warsblp.

The King Edward VII will be the
most costly warship that has ever been
constructed. The original estimates
we're for S7,5OO,OO0. and although they
have been cut down, It is authoriia-
lively stated that the total expenditure
viii amount to well over 100000
This outlay on a fabric which a we'll
directed torpedo might annihllate
makes one realize how costly the
game of modern naval war would
prove.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11
WatehIna for the cIouds % nump.

Two little boys aged six and eight,
named Ernst and Hugh. were standing
on their front lawn, gazing intently up
to the sky, which was filled with dark
and ominousfooking clouds, the fore
runners OF a storm.
What are you looking at, boys?'
asked their mother.
I'VE are waiting to see the clouds
bump together and make thunder"
was their reply-New Orleans Picay-
une.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

An old friend says Of this: "a girl
had an admlrer she did not like. But
he was persistent and insisted on
sending her a picture of himself
handsomely framed, and with 1t note
saying he would call that evening
When he came she was at the piano.
How are you this EVENING"" he said
She replied, still playing, and looking
up at his picture which had been
skied'; Everything is lovely and the
goose hangs high She was rid Of him
in short order after that"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

For a bilious stack take Cham
beriain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets and a quick cure is certain.
For sale by Balch g. Son, Matamoras.
an general stores in Pike county
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-11

You cannot dream yourself into
character; you must hammer and
forge yourself one.
Humility Is the virtue all preach.
none practice. and yet everybody is
content TO hear.