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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-03
Summons for Relief.
State of, South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld.
Court of Common Pleas.
F. B. Grier,


Mrs. Matte C. Williams, James R.
Williams, The British and Amer
ican Mortgage Company-Lim-
tied, and DR.. R. C. Mayson,
Defendants.
Complaint not served.)
To the Defendants above named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
ouired to answer the complaint ID
this action, which is filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court OF
Common Pleas, for the said County,
and to serve copy of your ans
wer TO the said complaint on the
subscribers at their office at Edge
field Court House, S. c., within
twenty days after the service here
of exclusive of the day of such
service; and if you fail to answer
the complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff in this ac-
ton will apply to the Court :or the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated April 2Sth, A. d. 1903.
SHEPPARD BROS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Test
w. B. CoGBuRN, u. s.)
Clerk Court Common Pleas.
To Matte G. Williams, James 4.
Williams, The British and Amer
lean Mortgage Company-Llm-
ited-non-resident Defendants:
You and each of you will take
notice that thn Complaint i'll the
above stated cause, is OH file in the
Office of the Clerk of Court of Com
mon Pleas in and for the County
and State aforesaid.
SHEPPARD BROS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
April 28th, 1908.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-03

We want every housewife in
Edgeield county to know that our
counters. tables and shelves are
filled with ali of the seasons deli
eacies that tempt and satisfy the
appetites of mortals.
THE PENN DRUG STORE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-03
PALACE MARKET.

1 keep q first class market in the
Parker Building. Choice fresh
meats always on hands at reaaon-
able prices. I will also sell ICE.
Car load will arrive Ill few days.
Your patronage solicited.
J. w. GRIM.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-03

sediment or SCI
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid.
neys; If IT stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass II or pain in
the back is also
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
To Measure Memory.

Attempts have recently been made
to measure memory" One of the
experiments consists in reading Sc
ries of figures to the subject at reg
ular speed of about two per second,
and observing how many he can re-
peat without error in the order in
which they were given. The faculty
of Voluntary attention is, of course,
called into play in this experiment.
Children from six to eight years old
retain, on the average, five figures;
children ten years old, six figures,
and adults seven figures.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Seasick Sailors.
Yours Respectfully,

1t is well known that some sailors
suffer from periodic attacks of sea
sickness, and are invariably i'll on
going to sea after. a spell on shore.
Recent gales have been too much for
the improvised crew of H. NJ. first
class battleship Duncan, and the full
power. trial has had to be abandoned
owing to the illness of the men.
Thoseewho suffer most are the unfor-
tnnate stokers, who, while the ship
iss pitching and tossing on the waves,
have tosshovel coal necessarily, and
are confined in a. stokehold, the tenn
perature of which is-to say the least
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
Egg-Shells as Flower Pots.

@ Egg shells NAV be used to advan-
tage in starting delicate plants for
. transplanting. The half shells are
5 filed with earth and set in box also
containing dampened earth. A hole
is made in the point of the shell to
allow drainage. A single seed is then
planted in each shell, which is easily
broken when transplanting is done
without the slightest disturbance of
roots. This use of egg shells is the
discovery Of French gardener, who
> claims. that they are vastly superior
to the little pots generally used for
the purpose by florists.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

has got a job now. l
want all my friends, if have any, to
come and see me and help me hold
my job. 1 have secured, after long
struggle, job at a small salary of
$3.50 per week and board and wash
ing: Now if you want to see me
hold my job you must come around
and see so as to make it appear that
! am. worth the price. My head
quarters are at the Great Bend Imp.
Co., where they carry everything in
the Hardware, Implement and Buggy
line, from double aught needle to a
Gaar-Scott threshing machine. l
represent the famous Plano Machine
Co. Now if you don't come and see
me l won't have no more job than
rabbit.
Yours Respectfully,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

Chas. A. Hurd, a SON of A. A.
Hurd one of the first mayors of Great
Bend but now general attorney for
the Santa Fe, at Topeka, was shot by
a g6ard while attempting to escape
from prison at Fort Mason, California
on the 9th. Young Hurd was in
prison for desertion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

Word came over-Thursday-that
a regular cloud burst has fallen over
Geneseo that morning, six inches of
water being precipitated over the
whole county.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

The editor dinted, Thursday, on
some ofeColonel Sellers. favorite food
-turGips, through the kindness of
Willis Howerton, who has one of the
finest gardens in this city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

Pedigreed Shorthorn Bull, years
old, dark roam. Want to sell on
account of calves in herds. See Geo.
Hart, l mile south of G -eat Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29
The Natural Thing to Do.

The first thing the average man
does, after making mistake, is to
look around for someone to blame
AEchison Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

Mr.. Omerod, of ST. Louis, Missouri,
ca cousin of Mrs. E. S: Marx, has
been visiting in our city the past
week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

WANTED-to hire a man and wife
to help through harvest, the wife to
help with cooking.
A L: Langford, Heller.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

Lumberman Sihythe visited folks
at StSJohn last Sunday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

O w. B. Compton has moved from
Carmen, Oklahoma, to Rozell, Kans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

eAnothergeneral rain Thursday.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

The oil wagon will call at your
house and fill your wants-and your
cans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-29

District court next week.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06

invective comedy and tragedy ali togeth-
er. Hon. T.. r. Linney followed him with
one OF those smooth speci-
mems of rhetoric to which he
is noted. He dwelt upon youth
age, women, flowers, and moral sublimity
and every now and then would throw in
a chunk of solid argument that would en-
danger the situation for the defendants
but without avail This closed the speak-
ing Judge BENZ +. Long, than whom
there is no ADLER judge on the bench in
this State today. concluded the case with
perfectly fair and Clear-cut charge
simple enough for a child to understand
(and it took that kind for the most in
telligent man on the jury to understand
the intricacies of the case). The jury was
out FIVE hours, when they rendered the
verdict for the defndants. The plaintiffs
appealed to the Supreme Court
The history Of the case presents quite
an interesting story Meredith Ballou
the ancestor Of the plaintiffs and defend
ants was a French soldier in LaFayette's
army, and a direct descendant of Louis
XIV Meredith was granted by the State
of North Carolina about four thousand
acres of land as a forge bounty. He had
ten children. was a man of ability and
had a special fondness for iron ore lands
In 1912 he made a deed to Napoleon j.
Ballou. ancetsor of defendants. for the
tract Of land on which the famous Ballou
mines are situated. Napoleon and these
defendants worked the iron ores up till
1889 in an old forge, the last of the Cat
alan forges to go down in the United
States. Napoleon died In 1897 and in 1893
his heirs, the defendants. leased to the
Pennsylvania Steel Company. Just as
soon as it was seen that the ores were
valuable this lawsuit was begun by Jno,
r. Ballou, the only surviving son of Mere
dith, who claimed that the ore on Napo,-
cons land was intended to be except ID
in the deed made Napoleon for his land
by Meredith I'M 1912, and that Napoleon
imposed ON his father and received the
deed as drawn, and that at a sale of the
lands of Meredith Ballou at his death in
1S47, the mineral was sold as the proper
ty of said M Ballou, and he, John, bought
it, Napoleon being present and not for
bidding the sale. Plaintiff contends that
defendants are estopped by Napoleon s
conduct at the sale to now claim the ores.
A deed of bargain and sale was made by
part of the heirs Of Meredith to John for
the ore but defendants say it was never
delivered, and that at all events the plain
tiff IS barred by the Statute of Linita-
lions. Defendants. Of course, contend
that the deed of Napoleon was a good and
lawful deed and conveyed land mineral
and all to Napoleon. and deny the sale
as alleged by plaintiff
SMOKE Ia Josephine" and young
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06
Bonds for Sale.

The Board of Commissioners of Gran
vile county, North Carolina, WILL on
the first Monday in June, 1908, receive
bids for twenty Thousand dollars Of
Granville county bonds, to be issued
pursuant to an act OF the General AS
sembly of North Carolina, session 1908,
authorizing said Board of Commission
ers to issue bonds for the purpose of
working the public roads Of said coun-
ty These bonds will bear interest at
the rate OF four per cent per annum, pay
able semi annually, from July /, 1903,
and will be due and payable in (20)
twenty years from date OF issue. At the
same time said Board OF Commissioners
will receive bids OF sixteen thousand
dollars OF bonds of Oxford and Salem
townships. Granville county, North Car
DINA, to be issued pursuant to an act
OF the General Assembly of North Car
DINA, session 1903, entitled IAN act 20
authorize the Board of County Com
missioners OF Granville county to refund
the bonded Indebtedness of Oxford and
Salem townships" These bonds will
bear interest at the rate of four per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually,
from July l, 1908, and will be due and
payable in 80 years from the date of
issue, with the privilege to said Board
Of Commissioners to redeem or pay off
one or two thousand dollars of said
bonds etach year, after the expiration
of ten years from date of issue.
Granville county has an area of 75o
square miles. population OF $4,000, prop
erty assessed for taxation at So s16,2S4
and no bonds outstanding against It.
Oxford and Salem townships have
property assessed for taxation at ST.
200. 900 and bonds outstanding of $4,000,
which are to be redeemed with the mon
BY arising from the sale of the bonds
mentioned. The people OF
the county are thrifty and the lands pro-
luce the finest grades OF bright tobacco.
rhe tax rate is low and the financial
OF the county good.
Forward bids and for further informa.
ion apply to
B. S. ROYSTER,
County attorney, Oxford, n. c.
5-3 3t-aw. 3-wks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06
THE FAMOUS BALlOU CASE.
history Of the Transactions Leading Up to the
Suit
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Jefferson. N. c., May 5.-1he greatest
lawsuit over tried in this part of the State
and one of the most important that has
ever come before the courts of North
Carolina is just ended. The case was Bal
lou VS.. Ballou, involving the title to the
biggest single deposit of Bcssemer IRON
IN the State, and one of the mos; famous
IN the Ballou iron mines in the South
1t is variously estimated to be worth up
wards of a million dollars. 1t took eight
days and three nights of the court to try
the case. Such an array of legal talent
as is seldonm seen anywhere contested
every inch OF grjliG. The plaintiffs were
represented by Judge Merrimon, of Ashe-
vile; Judge Templernn, of Knoxville
Hon r. Z. Linu-y, of Taylorsville: +. G.
Bowie, Esq. of jefferson; f. A. Lmney,
of Boone, and d. T. DAVIS, of West Viz
ginia. The defendants were represent
ed by Hon. c. B. Watson, of Winston;
Gov. r. A. Doughton, of SPARTA Toll and
Pell, OF Jefferson; Hon. w. c. Fields, of
Sparta; G.. l.. Park, of Jefferson and
Hon. w. H. Bower, of Lenoir. 1t was a.
battle between giants and the verdict
was for the defendants, every one Of the
eleven issues being answered for them.
Only four speeches were made IN the
case there being only six hours left of
the term of court for that purpose. Judge
Merrimon and Hon. r. z. Linney sp0keI
for the plaintiffs and Gov r. a. Dough-
ton and Hon. c. b. Watson FOR the de-
PENDANTS Judge Merrimon made a fine
clear-cut speech on the various legal
phases of the case that seemed at first to
be unanswerable. He was followed byI
Governor Doughton, who
successfully answered the legal argument
of the learned judge and made one of the |
most impassioned appeals to the jury
heard here in many day. He was then
followed by the inRimitable and only Cy
Watson. who completely took the jury I
off its feet. His speech affected every
one in the court room He had never
been heard before Our people have loved
him from afar. Now they had a CHARGE
, warm by the fiery eloquence mat poured
from his lips 1t was impassioned appeal, /
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06
PAID POL|CYHOL.DERS
N. c. Beneficiaries Received
ST, oi3, 749 in 1902.
The Insurance Press of New York Will Show
Today That Over 1920, 900, 900 Were
Paid Out in the Year 1902.

The Insurance Press, of New York, in
its issue today, will give the life insur-
ance statistics for the year 1902
1t will show that the payments o.
claims to policy holders in 9 1888 cities and
towns have amounted to more than $780,
100000. This is the extent to which the
producers of the nation have placed them
selves under contribution for the COM
mon welfare.
OF this amount the Southern States
have received over 25 millions. Here is
the distribution tabulated by millions
to the Southern States in the last four
wears:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06
BOTTLE BABIES

Bottle babies arc so likely
to get thin. What can be
done? More milk, CONDENSED
milk, watcrcd milk, household
mixtures try them all. Ther
try a little Scott. Emulsion il
the bottle.
1t does for babies what j
does for old folks-givcs new
firm flesh and strong Ii,
You'll be pleased with the rc
suit. 1t takes only { little il
milk to make baby fat.
Wei. SEM you i:t,ic 10 Try i you lI.e
SCOTT & BOVINE, 500 Peal street, New or
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06


n c
in ON
Bronchitis Anaen
n for
in
and
gives
tfromth food
health old the
s a
5
a3s to
and
absolutely whikey
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sPureNI n II lis
sddby a sent Tee.
Duff Co. ny
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06

Three claims of $4,000 or more were
reported to The Insurance Press as paid
during 1902, as follows:
Edenton-John G. Williams, $13,819
ooresville-Sylvester G. Rankin, &c.,
0OO
Wilmington-Preston l.. Bridgers, $685.
1893
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06
1876 POS 22.9 25.5

1t must be remembered in this connec-
ton that returns We're not received from
so many localities by the Insurance Press
for the years preceding 1902.
The policyholders and beneficiaries of
all kinds in North Carolina received in
1902 81, Cos, 749.
The amounts paid out in claims to the
several towns were as follows
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-06

SMOKE La Josephine" and Young
Fritz
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
BUR6OyNE MERCANTILE GO.
Startling Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in. declaring Ir.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds to be uncqualed. A
recent expression from T. j Mcfarland
Bentorville, Va serves as example. He
writes: Il had Bronchisis for three
years and doctored all the time without
being benefited Then began taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and few
bottles wholly cured me-" Equally eff
fectiye in curing all Lung and Throat
troubles, Consumption, Pneumonia and
Grip. Guaranteed by Ritter Bros, Drug
store. Trial BOTTLES free, regular sizes
90 cents and $1.OO.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
Worst ofAu Expert ences.

Can anything be worse than to feel
that'every minute will be your last =?
Such was the experience of Mrs. s. FL
Newson. Decatur, Ala. For three
years, she writes, 81 endured insuffer-
able pain from indigestion, stomac and
bowel trouble. Death seemed newt
able when doctors and all remedies
failed. At length was induced to try
Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. I improved at once and
now I'm completely recovered" For
Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel
troubles Electric Bitters is the only
medicine. Only SOC. It's guaranteed
by Ritter Bros. drug store.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
His last hope Realized.
tFrom the Sentinel, Gebo, Mont,)

(From the Sentinel, GebO, MOnt.)
In the first opening of Oklahoma to
settlers in 1889, the editor of this paper
was among the many seekers after for
tune who mad the big race one fine day
in April, during his travelling about and
afterwards his camping upon his claim,
he encountered much bad water, which
together with the severe heat gave him
very severe diarrhoea which it seemed
almost impossible to check, and along
in June the G ase became so bad he ex-
pected to pie. One day one of his
neighbors brought him one small bottle
of Chamberlains Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy as last hope. A
big dose was given him while he vas
rolling about on the ground in great
agony, and in few minutes the dose
was repeated. The good effect of the
medicine was soon noticed and within
an hour the patient was taking his first
sound sleep for fortnight. That one
little bottle worked a complese cure,
and he cannot help but feel grateful
The season for bowel disorders being at
hand suggests this item. For sale by
T. A. Lyman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
Expensive Shaving.

A friend met Congressman Rup-
pert of New York and said: cake,
L came away from home without
any money this morning Let me
have couple of dollars, will you?
! want to get shaved" "Say," OBJ
served the congressman as he hand
ed over the money, "who shaves
you, Piorpont Morgan ?"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
Which In EfP

W IN, some grow gloomy and morose.
Inc cause is hard to find;
- may De 1ate.s been hard to them
or been to others kind.
fHliaoelnhia North American
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
No Wonder

What drove him crazy?.
frying to find the solution of mag.
azlne sonnet."-San Francisco Town
Talk.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
All In Her Eye.

A lovely magnifying glass
A mirror Is to every lass.
re. charms are magnified in IT;
II ooes not show her faults a bit.
Philadelphia Record.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
Cuts. Bruises ANA Burns Quickly Healed
Plentiful.

See all the letters I've got to an
swer."
on. ! get them to burn'-New York
Herald.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
For Sal { Cheap.

have 90 acres of hay land for sale in
Paris bottoms. with good water right.
Also SO acres of farming land, mostly
planted TO tame hay, with a neat little
house on it. and good water right.
am prepared to give reasonable time
to responsible parties in which to pay
for this property.
46 ALFRED BULGE Paris Idaho.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-03
Free Seats and Dress Clothes.

Oscar Hammerstein, the New
York theater manager, is a great
stickler for evening dress at the
playhouse, especially among guests
of the management. "The least
deadhead can d." he says, lis to
dress up. It makes me tired to see
a man in free seats in sack suit.
II he and his friend are in evening
dress, they look like 81, even if they
amt
Cuts, Bruises ana Burns Quickly Healed
Chamberlains Pain Balm is an anti
septic Eminent, and when applied to
cuts, bruises and burns, causes them to
heal without maturation and much
more quickly than by the usual treat
ment. For sale by F. A. Lyman.
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05
Fearful Odds ,gainst Him.

Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such
In brief was the condition of an old
soldier by name Of j. j. Havens, Yer
sailles, 0. For years he was troubled
with Kidney disease and neither doc.
tors nor medicines gave him relief. At
length he tried Electric Bitters. 1t put
him on his feet in short order aud now
he testifies. "Pm on the road to com.
plete recovery" Best on earth for Liv
er aud Kidney troubles and all forms
OF Stomach and Bowel Complaints.
Only 5oc. Guaranteed by II. II. Wat
kins, druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05
Mines of the County

The Orc Plata mill is being run on
ore from the mine and Is getting out a
rich product. A few days ago car.
load of concentrates ane another car.
load of raw ore were shipped from Min
oral by this company. The ore was
said to be the richest the mine has
pr duced in long time New ground
is being opened up In the lower work
ings and shipments of nndressed ore
will be continued, while the lower
grades will be put in marketable shape
by the mill.
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05

This week the Treasure Hill mining
company encountered large flow of
water In the shaft now being sunk on
that property and a pump will have to
be installed before further work can
be done. Superintendent Teal aud
several Of the miners came to town
Thursday and will await orders from
the company. Ii is thought that the
shaft now being sunk will penetrate
one of the veins at depth of two hun.
dred feet and that the ores at that
depth will carry values In gold, where
apparent, In the country rock through
which the shaft passed gold values
have been found.
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05
OF August, A. D. 1903.
JAMES RICF,
FRANK n. RUST,
q. CHAS. DAVIS,
A. 4. DAVIS,
FRED W. MORRISON
STATE OF CALIFoRSIA,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss
County OF Los Ang' lesi
Before me N. P. Nelson, Notary Public in
aud for the County OF Los Angeles, state OF
California on this day perso ally appeared
James Rice aud Frank n. Rust, known TO me
to be the persons whose names are subscribed
TO the foregoin, instrument, and acknowledged
70 me that they exc uted the same ior the
nses aud purposes and consideration therein
expressed.
Given under my hand aud seal Of office this
the 2ist day of August, A. ID. 1903
~ p. NELSON,
tseaD Notary Public.
Ny Commission expires January 2lst, 1905
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05

Tom Lake and another miner are
sa'd TO have uncovered vein of high
grade silver-gold ore in the vicinity of
the Paymaster mine, to che north of
Ceroat. Mr.. Lake was in Kineman a
rev days ago and had samples from
the mine assayed with good results.
Mohave County miner., 1903-09-05

Anson ii. Smith has been appointed
agent of the Western Iron Works, of
Los Angeles, California, and Is now
prepared to figure with mine owners
on the installation of gasoline en-
gines, pumps and pump supplies.