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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

Is >1es, or CoppeF-C Colored. Erup-
: y, Trash on the skin, fostering Swell
ings, Glands Swollen. Ulcers on any part
of tbs body, old Sores, Dolls, Carbunc.es,
Pains and Aches in Bones or joints, Hair
or Eyebrows falling out, persistent Sore
Mouth, Gums or Throat, then you have
Blood Poison. Take Botanic Blood Balm
(B.B.B.) Soon all Sores, Pimples and Erup-
tons viii heal perfectly. Aches and Pains
cease, Swellings subside and perfect,never
to return cure made. B.B.B. cures Can
GERS of all kinds, Suppurating Swellings,
Eating Sores, Ugly Ulcers, after all else
fails, healing the sores perfectly. If yon
have o pe-si,:c,77t. pimple, wart, swollen
glands, shooting, stinging pains, take Blood
Balm and they will disappear before they
develop into Cancer. Druggists, 81 per
large bottle, including complete directions
for home cure Sample free by writing
BLOOD BALM Co., 10 Mitchell ST., Atlanta,
Go. Describe trouble and free medical ad-
vice sent in sealed letter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

bought q bottle to try. Lam pleased
that I did, for it brought.speedy relief.
1t only took about two bottles, and l
considered this money. we'll spent.
'SIou have firm friend in me, and
not only advise its use to my friends,
but have purchased several bottles to
giveto those without the means to buy,
and have noticed without exception
that it has brought about speedy cure
wherever it has been ed."-AIiss Rose
Gerbing. -7'--' -
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of
Peruna, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving full statement of your case
and he will be pleased forgive you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus,O.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
a,-,Aji5f4s Az'j5fa;ss et.saffifm TO mal!S

plight, UtsU IIros-oserfT.S, -ulul 10 mdLS
some arrangements fJout getting me
out cf the fix was in, without saying
anything about it. 1 wanted to sneak
back without being quarantined.
"NYhat is your name" I asked the
girl
Fanny Martini she said.
''Wcll, am going 10 have the answer
to my message sent to you. am not
anxious to have people talking about
my being down here"
Don't want your right hand to
know, ch?"
Bur 1 made no explanations.
Suddenly Miss Martin came running
down the path.
"Comc in here, quick" she slid,
and went lack ahead of me. I fol-
lowed her into IN old-fashioned squire
house, with wide oilclothed hall, and
thin balustraded stairs, which she light
ly mounted. In the room was a1Ro!d
man who had fallen back Or &w,
dead, his face drawn,c"l ;;elIow with
the scourge. StandirS s his side was
a tall, sallow woman, Who'll am
ashamed 10 confess-even in that mo-
ment presented herself as q familiar
figure. I had seen her counterpart on
the stage hundreds Of times as the
typical spinster. There were even the
glasses and the keys, and the bunehes
Of skinny curls behind the ears. lShe
was looking down at her father in q
hard sort of dumbness.
'"rhc servants have gone," Miss Mar
tin said "There is nobody to do any
thing. 1t is lucky you are here"
! did not stop to contradict her, but
set to work for humanity's sake to do
what I could.
One of the sorrows of those times
was that the dead must be buried SO
quickly. I took lantern, went out to
the burying ground, and hunted up the
family lot. With the assistance Of q
negro man, whom Miss Martin discov
cred, I dug q grave. We went back to
the town and found coffin, and in the
early summer morning we buried the
dead man.
AS we came out of the graveyard 1
stopped Fanny Martin.
"Have you been to the Officer l
asked.
"Yes, indeed"
"Wcll, where IS my message -
"There wasn't any"
"The Deuce" I said, and walked on
back with her. The spinster lady lin
gered by her fathers grave. Miss Mar
tin seemed inclined to stay, but 1 knew
she could do no good there. / took her
by the arm and led her back to tie tel
cgraph office, and dictated some: mes
saSes that would bring answers!
I left her clicking OF long message
to somebody. 4.
1t was almost dark when q knock
came OH my door, and the gayish
negro boy put his head in and followed
it by the rest of his body, carrying
4 yellow envelope. 1t was from the
superintendent, telling me he would do
what he could for me, but he feared
should be stopped, as quarantine
was very strict.
"If I don't get out, any way you
will be sure to get your tonic," said toj
Fanny Martin. We had grown to- be-
famous friends. She was :siray
clever little thing, with shrewds y
of looking at life, and keen set way
humcr. She had made excH se u
round about during the day, rid isiol0
horseback. There were very few vi
left, and they were going to md cases
10 the next town. P'e VI
"trhc reports are exaggerated ;,
said; "but then that's what sell. snc
papers. It's all in the days ps ',e
Now, suppose you tell me whatbi Moih.
you down lere| ,,,A,t1 ousn'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

81 hired a girl to mind the chill
dren and to do whatever else She
could. l couldn't stay in bed long.
Sick as l was, it was easier for nc
to crawl around than TO lie and
worry about my little ones. So
l got up after few days, and let
the girl go. l had noticed that she
had sores on her face, hands and
arms, but paid no attention to that
until Charlie, my youngest, began to
pick and scratch himself. He was
then ten months old, and the girl
had paid moro attention to him than
to any of the others. Charlie was fret
full and cross, but Us he was cutting
teeth, didn't thirk much of that.
Even when 4 rash broke out on his
face I wasn't frightened, because
everybody knows shat that is quite
common with teething babies. Sew
eral of my others had it when little,
and I thought nothing about it.
Bat the rash on Charities poor
little face spread to his neck, chest,
and back. 1 had never seen any
thing quite like it before. The skin
rose in little Jumps, and matter
came out. My baby's skin was hot,
and how he did suffer lie wouldn't
eat, and night after night / walked
the floor with him, weak rs I was.
Often I had to stop because l felt
faint and my back throbbed with
pain. But the worst pain of all was
TO see my poor little boy burning
with those nasty sores.
- believed he had caught some
disease from the girl, but some of
the ncighbors said he had eczema,
and that is not catching. they told
me. Yes, 1 gave him medicine, and
put salves and things on him. l
don't think they were all useless.
Once in a while the itching seemed
to let up bit, but there was not
much change for the better until 4
lady across the street asked me why
l didn'G try the Cuticura Remedies.
1 told her I had no faith in those
things you read about in the papers.
She said she didn't want me to go
on faith nor even to spend any
money at first. She gave me some
Cuticura Ointment-I think the
box was about half full and o
piece Of Cuticura Soap 1 followed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
TIE FOOTpATHS.
y MARTHA wo1corr HITCHCOCK.

Away and away see them wind whenever
| shut my eyes,
Like delicate countless threads to bind our
manifold destinics,
For over the circling world they go where
dominant man has gone,
And the human tide in its ebb and flow
the way of its will has worn.
The rigid highways straightly pass by the
fields unreconci!ed,
But the wanton path over dimpling grass
escapes like a joyous child;
For nature tcrderly decks the waJ that
leads to her secret heart
As mother would tempt her babe essay
the first few. steps apart.
And the footpaths dance over hiltops cool,
dividing the golden broom,
Lovingly nearing the peaceful pool and the
humming clover bloom.
Fern.wares clcaving in woodland dccns
with the thrush and the veerie
near)
Where the lovely fugue OF the wild flowers
keeps its rhythm thro'out the year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
The Monarch of the House.

Wives rule the husbands, children
rule the wives and tho cook rules the
whole bunch Of them--New York
Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
NOT ON THE MENU.

One day, when my brother was lit
tie boy, my grandfather was guest
at dinner. That afternoon a neighbor
said to my brother:
"You had your grandpa for dinner,
didn't you?"
mo, sir" was the prompt reply, 1--WE
had turkey."--Little Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
THE. NATURAL LOCATION.

Mamma, where is the mouth of the
Mississippi River?" asked Lucy.
II know" said little Johnny, look
ing up from his play, "it's wight un-
der its nose. Little Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

Mrs. .Winslow's SoothingSyrup for children
teething, soften tho gums, reduces inlamma
tion ,alleys pain, cures wind collie 25c abottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

Florence Kenah street,
ohk
and bacebe o och
although had little Ieso
had right medicine last Wh three Oeks
enjoyed peectseaIt since
"I noc haze tho greatest faith tn Peruna.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
mrs. RAT||||'S BABY
Tired Mothers Touching Story of
Anxiety and Suffering.
CueicsarsA Brings Blessed Cure TO Skin
Tortured Baby and Peace and Rest
to Its Worn Gut Motfaer.

is wonder that Mrs. Helena Rath taken sick
Spehanded she did all the houseo and washed cooked and
ended for her husband Hans and their six children After
pucy fight keep her feet Mrs Rath had to Yield and early
1902 she took her bed What followed she told to visitor
who called at her tidy home No SCI Tenth Ave. New York City
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

The dead beat considers himself in luck
If lie manages to get in debt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

FITS permanently cured. No lts or nervous
ness after first days use OF DIR. K!ine's Grea.
NcrveRestorcr. S2triGl bottleand freo
DR.. B.H. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch ST., phila. Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

They are always to the ferry, the forge,
the mill, or the changing factory
gate,
Or the market town up over the hill, or
the fields where the mich COWS wait;
Tor under the joy that moves us SO, like an
innocent child's at play,
Are the human need and the human woe
that walk in the paths to-day.
Bird and blossom have made them sweet.
scent of the fragrant soil
But each was carved by the patient feet of
age-long daily toll.
Like leveied lanccs point the rays as the
bent forms come or go,
Nor heed the hush of the dawning days,
nor the peace of the evening glow.
Little can nature, mother dear, with her
softest vile or play,
The listless brow of the toiler cheer Who
has wrought from break of day.
y. ~
But we, we follow the pleasant way Of
pains we have never borne, tt-f
Reaping the JOY of the footpaths gray TINT
labor's feet have worn.
The Criterion. a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

Economy Is the road to wealth. PUT
NAM FADELEss DYES is The road to econ
arnv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

1t s quite natural that the father of
twins should be lacking ia-repose.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

Our sins arc like bin collectors. They
generally find US out
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

lem sure Piso's Cure for Consumption sayoi
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS ROB-
IlNs, Mnple St., Norwich, \. L, Feb. II, l90).
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

take this sort they have, so far north.'
And then, turning to the boy, she asked
for the key. ~.
Ten minutes later he had returned
from the house where the last operator
lay dead, With the big door key, ana
we were let into the sweltering, dusty
little box OF q room, which seemed
TO mo as if 1t still held traces Of the
disease. 1 opened the windows to
make the girl comfortable, and sent
the boy out after some ice water and
some lemons. Then I remembered
something.
"Say," I called to him, and 1 went
outside and asked him where I could
find the nearest bar.
"Ovah thah in tn tavehn," pointing
to q long, low, unpainted house.
1 ran across the street, followed
lclsurely by the boy, and found my
way into Il bare room with q shelf
across it, and perhaps dozen bottles.
y portly man, in soiled yellow linen,
WAS doing in chair. I awakened
him.
"Harc you any tonic" I said.
"Who's got it row!" he asked. with q
start. {.
"Got. what?"
"The fevah. Yes, sab, I've got plen-
ty, sah;" and he went into another
room, and brought out two grcen;sh
bottles of tonic.
"It's the best medicine thah is fur
it. Who's got it? The nusses bring.
down tonic, but it's no sichS brand as.
this:" s--sgs.7 g.5;s sisi
mo, I suppose not."s I said; and then
I asked after ice, butt found that be-
yond the supply held by the muses."
there wasn't any in the town.
took the bottles and went back
across the street, followed presently by
the boy With the water.
81 can cool it," the girl said, and she
sent the boy back after an earthen jar
of water. She wrapped it in wet cloths,
put the bottles in it, and set the whole
in the window.
whats that message of yours?" she
asked. + found she had already intro
.ducedS herself to the other5offieess along
theaiue. Isent3a teleg egranl TO- Ransom.
+ m him In the oll1ee cipher by
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

The agonzng itching and burning of the skin as in eczema
the ghtfu scaling psoriasis the loss of hair and crusng
of the scalp SCALED head the facial disfguremen
pipe and rngwom the awful suffering of infants and anxiety
of parents in milk crust letter and salt rheum
demand remedy Of almost supcrhuman virtues to successfully
cope with them That Cuticua Soap Ointment and Resolvent
stands proven beyond all doubt No statement made
regarding them that justified by the strongest evidence
The purity and sweetness the power to afford immediate relief
the certainty of speedy cure the absolute safety
and great economy have made them the standard skin blood
purifiers and humour remedies of the civilized world
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

One ir every five of the inllaDitanu
of Edinburgh and Leith are depositor'
IN the local savings bank
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
CURE BLOOD POISON, CANCER.

Aching Bones, Shifting Pains, Itching
Skin, Pimples, Eating Sores, Etc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

"Yes, that fat little boy by the
window is Charlie, and his skin is
as white as a snow fake, thanks to
the Cuticura Remedies. l think
everybody should know about the
Soap and also the Ointment, and If
it is going to help other mothers
with sick babies, go ahead and pub
lish what have told you"
MRS. HELENA RATH.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
C1OO Reward. S1Oo.

Some people have family trees, and 9th.
ers ar: content with rubber plants.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

civilized world PRICES
tablet Send dST aunoG..
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CooRAIloN Sole
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25
lHes, o. toppeE:C Colored Erur

If vnu have Pimnles or OffcnsiYe Bran
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

When people arc proud of their teeth it
is sometimes false pride.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26
WASHING LETTER.
TIE TRUST LEGISLATION of THE
PRESENT CONGRESS- ALL "A
FARCE.
There win BE No Conviction Under a
Republican Administration
From OaI Regular conesp9ndenl.

From Oer Regular Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 10, 1909.
The President is much crit cised
for his action in giving out to news
paper men the sensational report
that the Sta ndard Oil Company had
tclegraphed numerous senators pro-
testing against the enactment of
the Nelson publicity for trusts
amendment. That such kilograms
were sent may have been true, al
though no men can be found who
will acknowledge every having been
one of them, but if they were there
was nothing extraordinary in the
proceeding. Whenever an import
ant measure is before Congress
senator's and representatives receive
hundreds of kilograms and letters
protesting against the proposed law
from people who believe their par
ticular industry will be injured
thereby. 1t is the opinion of many
in Washington that mountain has
been made of mole-hill and all for
political effect.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26
WILL WOMEN VOTE!

Some say that women will not
vote after the novelty has worn off.
In Wyoming, women have had
full suffrage since 1869. The report
of the Wyoming Secretary of State
says that 90 per cent, of them vote.
In Denver, at the election of Nov
ember, I9oI(the latest for which
statistics have been published)
3r,7So men voted and as,44o wo-
men.
The Governor of Idaho says that
the women cast about 30 per cent,
OF the total vote OF the State.
In South Australia, during the
last three years, the women voters
have increased from 6S, SIS to H..
6S2.
When equal suffrage was granted
in New Zealand, the estimated
number of adult women in the
country was I3o,oIs, OF these,
100, 46I, registered to vote. OF the
women who registered, 50 per cent,
voted; of the men who registered,
only OF per cent. The Melbourne
Iagsin reports that at the recent
elections in New Zealand, r2o, ooo
women voted.
The majority, of the women had
never asked for suffrage. in any of
these places.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26

Abraham Lincoln was the pioneer
advocate Of womvn's ballot among
the public men ofAmerica. Twelve
years before the first equal rights
convention was held, in letter to
the electors Of Ssngamon County,
dated June -, 1890, and printed in
the sangsmon County Journal, pub
lished at New Salem, Ill.,, Lincoln
wrote:
81 90 Tor all sharing the privileges
Of the government who assist in
bearing its burdens; consequently 1
60 for admitting all whites to the
RICH, OF suffrage who pay taxes or
bear arms, BY no means excluding
females.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26

The Nelson amendment, regard
ing which 50 much has been written,
will amount to almost nothing. It
provides for the compilation Of
trust statistics but for the publication
Of such only as the President may
Erect "Such a provision is utterly
preposterous," said a Democratic
senator today. "Does il not stand
TO reason that no Republican Presi.
dent will make public a statement
Of affairs which would be damning
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26

Z vas troubled Tor several years with
writes p. Green. Of Lancaster ~ 80
No remedy helped me until began usiog
Electric Bitters which did me- more GOOD
Than al the mcdicinc . ever used .fhog
have also kept my wife iu excellent hcai6
iOt years she says Electric Bittcrs are
just splendid Tor female troubles 49,
they are grand tonic and ingigorator for
weak. ION down women No other modi
cine can take iis Place in our family" Trv
mem only soc Satisfaction guaranteed 81
pc Cooke supply 20. and irona supply
Company
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26

There is grave doubt IN the minds
of many senators and members of
Congress as to the usefulness of the
Elkins bill. 1t has been discovered
that this amendment puts the inter
state commerce act back on the
same footing that it was some years
ago, footing against which the
members of the commission earnestly
protested. 1t was then claimed that
by making the corporation guilty
and providing only a fine, the
grantor of rebates invariably entered
the defense that the rebate was
granted by an irresponsible clerk
who was promptly discharged when
his alleged fault was discovered.
At the behest Of the Commission
the law was changed to apply to the
individual who granted the rebate
and Imprisonment was added to the
penalty. There has been no con
yiction under the present law for
the simple reason that no genuine
effort has ever been made by a
Republican Attorney General to
secure such conviction. Now the
imprisonment provision is to be
stricken out and, moreover. both
parties 10 the granting Of rebate
are made equally guilty, partners in
crime, whose mutual interest in will
become 20 shield each other. Had
only the recipient Of a rebate been
made punishable the Law would
have been reasonably effective as
every large shipper would have
feared to have placed himself at the
mercy Of the corporation which
offered him archaic.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

STATE Or WEST VIRGINIA.
At rules held in the clerks Office OF the
Circuit Court for the county OF Preston
on the first Monday OF February. 1909.
, Us, In chancery
Martha Conicy Earlitz
The object OF this sui: is TO obtain a
defendant
And Il appearing from an affidavit fled
IN said cause that the defendant Martha
Sonley Garlitz Is not a resident OF this
state. on motion OF the plaintiff II is order
ed that the said defendant be required 10
appear within one month after the date Of
the hret publication OF this order and do
what is necessary TO protect her interests
IL Is further ordered that this order be
published and posted as required by law.
a copy Icste: ]. w. WATSON Clerk
Published FIRST time, February &. 1904
Attest: J. w. WATSON, Clerk
w. q. BROWN, Counsel for plaintiff
2'S-iSo3-4ts44S
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26


Senator Mark Hanna has intro
duced bill granting pensions and
bounties 10 all ex-slaves who were
freed by the proclamation of Presi-
dent Lincoln during the War of
the Rebellion.
The bill provides that former
slaves more than 10 years old, shall
receive bounty of $500 and a pen
sion of SIS month; those between
90 to 10 years old shall have a
bounty Of $500 and pension of sra
month; those between so and 60
years old shall receive bounty OF
500 and pension of So a month;
those less than so years old shall be
entitled to receive 81 a month un-
I'll they are so years old, when they
shall receive So per month.
A deputation of negroes went to
the White House several weeks ago
to secure from President Roosevelt
his Endorsement of this slave-pension
proposition.
The President declined so emphat-
ically that the leader of the deputa-
ton went from the White House
swearing vengeance upon President
Roosevelt and declaring that they
would control 800, 600 votes in the
close States of the North which
would be thrown against Roosevelt
II ne were the Republican candidate
IN 1904.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-26

There is no material change in
the Statehood situation in the
Senate. The Republican leaders
have gotten together and drafted a
bill which they are pleased to refer
to as compromise" proposition
but which the Democrats refuse to
accept. The provisions OF the COM
promise bill admit the four terri.
tories, Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
New Mexico and Arizona as two
states. This is not acceptable to
the residents OF the territories and
Senator Dubois yesterday told your
correspondent that there was no
hope of getting such bill through
the Senate. Mr.. Dubois said that
he regarded it as grave injustice
to the territories to propose such
measure and he felt confident that
view was held by all of the Demo
Gratis. Senator Dubois further
stated that the Democrats and the
Statehood Republicans were still
determined to attach the Omnibus
bill to the agricultural appropriation
bill and force an extra session of
Congress If necessary.