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The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
SAW HIS SHADOW.

Last THURSDAY, FEBRUARY , was ground
hog day ard that he saw his shadow
there is no doubt, as the sun shown
brightly all day. There is a belief a
mong American farmers that the
ground hog comes out on this day and
that weather conditions for the follow.
ing six weeks are determined by so
slight thing as his seeing or not see
ing his shadow, or, in other words,
whether the son is shining or obFcured
by clouds, 50 that no SHADOW can be
tion the ground hog is a timid creature,
taking fright even at his own shadow,
and does not recover from the scare for
SIX weeks, meanwhile remaining in his
hole, into which he has scooted at the
first alarm. This is the logic or illogic
Of the ground hog theory, which, strange
as it strikes the scientific mind, has
many adherents.
February is also candlemas dav and
there is u saying that "if it be fair and
clear there will be two winters in that
year" This corresponds to the ground
hog idea as to weather indications.
Candlemas day is Catholic festival,
so called because on that day all the
wax candles used or the affairs and else
where in the church services are bless .
ed at mass. The church also cele-
brates on February the feast of the
Purification of the Blessed Virgin.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
COMPLETE GREAT DAM.

NeU York, Feb After ten years
of labor and the expenditure of $4,000
600. the new Cornell dam, near Croton-
ON. Hudson, in Westchester county,
from which this city will draw largely
for water supply, has been practically
completed. 1t is the largest piece Of
masonry in the world except the Pyra-
mids OF Egypt. The flood gates have
b, en- shut down for the Irst time and
the dam has begun filling with water.
1t is estimated by the engineers that
it will require about two years for the
dam to fill. When the water reaches
the base of its coping it will make a
lake sixteen miles long.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
READ THIS.

Richmond, KY, Feb. g. 1901.
DR.. E. W. Hall, st. Louie. Mo. -
Dear Sir: l have used one bottle of
the Texas Wonder, Halls Great Dis
covery for kidney and bladder
trouble | weighed $50 pounds when
l began using it; to-day weigh 176
puodnds, an | feel better than | have
In twenty years, and cheerfully rec
ommend 1t to the public.
Respectfully.
John A. Riddle.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

gift of S25, 900 from the royal family
to aid the families of the victims of
the conflict between strikers and soldi-
els in st. Petersburg on January %,
have had the effect of soothing the
laboupg classes in that part of Russia
and Of making them content to wait
tor the promised reforms
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
To be Continued.

enridge county, and Richardson ma
jority of 533 in Meade county, making
Owen s majority in the district 30.
1t was stated in the News last week
tnat Owen majority in the district
would be about 305. bis majority at
Lyonia being estimated at about twen
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
WILL HAVE FORTY.

Prof Andrew Driskell reports that
hls school, the Harmed Normal, has
twenty five pupils enrolled with the
expectation of soon having forty.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

promised theru reforms. pTrdoned them
for wanting their rights and advised
them to be patient and return to .tneir
WORK This act on the Cars part an
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08
ADVISES PATIENCE.

Emperor Nicholas of Russia reoelv-
ed d5putatlon Of workiugmeu at the
Imperial palace a,t Thursday. He
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, all
gone and ''want-to- -be-left-alOne' feel
ings. they should remember there is one
tried and true remedy.
The following letters cannot fail to
bring hope to dcspairing women.
Mrs. Fred Seydel, 4l2 n. saith Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- ,
g / was in very serious condition when i
wrote TO you for advice had serious womb
and ovarian trouble and could not carry a
child 10 maturity, and was advised that an
operation was my only hope of recovery. |
could not bear To think of going To the hospi-
tai, so wrote you for advice. did as you IN
structed me and took Lydia +. flnkhams
Vegetable Compound; and | am not only
well woman to-day, but have "A beautiful baby
girl six months old. / advise all sick and
suffering women to write you for advice, as
you have done so much for me.
Miss Ruby Mushrush, of East
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:--
II have been great sufferer with irregular
menstruation and ovarian trouble, and about
three months ago the doctor, after using the
X-Ray on me, said | had an abcess ON the
ovaries and would have 10 have an operation
Nv mother wanted me 10 try Lydia r. Flnk-
hams Vegetable Compound as last resort,
and it not only saved me from an operation
but made me entirely we'll"
Lydia +. 2 nkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine, for
you need the best.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
20 write her for advice Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
pound Succeeds Where Others Fail.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-02-08

ST q R Z "a.
es.,s.As 4, The Kind You Have AlwaIS BOugh
Signature at Z<3AzzZMl
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-06-30

On account ohe backward nauguraed this
great sweeping sale This sale began Friday and
Ends Saturday July 90 at in Columbia Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Died After a Quarrel.

Lucknow, Special.-Mr. W. j. Rollins
died instantly Thursday at IL o'clock,
death resulting from heart failure. II
seems that the cause was from dis
pute between he and DR.. L. H. PEBBLES,
magistrate, while working on a ditch
in the street. Some of the citizens
agreed to clean the ditch and Rollins
was overseeing the work. PEBBLES de-
cided he would help and secured a noe
and worked with the rest Of the crowo.
Some time, about an hour before they
quit. PEBBLES made suggestion as to
how he thought the ditch shouid De
dug ard asked Rollins to hand MIN
the shovel, which Rollins did, PeeDies
showing Rollins his idea of how the
ditch should be dug. Rollins said that
he would not have it that way, anu
that it should be finished as started.
PEBBLES got offended at Rollins TOT tne
manner in which he spoke anu leie
without further words. About lz:oo
o'clock Rollins started for bucket Or
water at a we'll at which he and all
use out OF, and was obliged to pass zee
bles house. PEBBLES was on his porch
and Rollins stopped and told Peenles
he had come to tell him about the dltch
and commenced to exulain himself, IN
the way he spoke to PEBBLES. Peepies,
heing mad already, ordered him to get
away from his place. Rollins was
standing on the sidewalk, talking 10
peohlcs Then Rollins went to the
well talking back to PEBBLES, but aio
NOT curse while PEBBLES used strong
language to him. When at the wen
hI,t q few minutes Rollins fell and dlea
Instantly. Rollins leaves a vile anu
many friends to survive him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Menro Eo1,nd Dead.

Florence, Special.-About 8 O'CLOCK
Thursday morning a negro man was
found dead on the railroad near the ola
tobacco factory here. How ne came
to his death is a mystery. 1t was
thought at first that he came 10 MS
death by being run over by a tram
brt the bruises on his body are not
sufficient to show that. Still some
thinl, he did. He was identified as
PRANK henderson. and his home is
said 10 be at Hendersonville. N. u, Du!
he has been here and in this secIloh
Of the State for several months. tor
the past few days he has been Worklhs
at the poor farm as painter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Just That Way.

If an editor makes mistake, says
the Factotum, he has to apologize
for it, but if the doctor images one
for it. but if the doctor makes one
there is law suit, swearing and the
smell of sulphur, but the doctor
makes one there is a funeral, cut
flowers and a smell of yarnish. The
doctor can use a word a yard long
without knowing what it means, but
if the editor uses it he has to spell
it. If the doctor goes to see another
mans wife he charges for the visit,
but if the editor goes to see another
mans wife he gets charge OF buck
shot. When doctor gets drunk it is
case of overcome by heat" and If
he dies it is heart failure. When an
editor gets drunk it is a case of too
much booze, and if he dies it is a
case Of delirium tremens. Any old
medical college can make a doctor
You can't make an editor. He has to
be bOrn.-EX.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Conditions For Past Week as Given
Out by the Department.

The section director for the South
Carolina section o. the Department Of
Agriculture issue the following bulle-
tin: The week ending Monday, July
3rd, had nearly normal mean tenn
perature, it having been very high at
the beginning Of the week, with mnx-
imum of SO degrees at Blackville on
June 27th, and was comparatively cool
during the middle Of the week with a
minimum Of 61 at Allendale on June
29th. There was more than an aver
age amount of cloudiness The winds
were mostly easterly and drying.
Copious rains fell in the Savannah
valley counties and along the southern
coast; excessive rains in the extreme
western and northwestern counties.
The cooperative observer at Walhalla
reported over thirteen inches for the
week. Scattered showers, generally
light occurred in the central, eastern
and northeastern counties, where the
drought has only reen partially re-
lieved Lands were washed and bot
tom lands flooded in Oconee. Pickens
and parts Of Greenvillc, Anderson and
Barrwell counties; in all other sections
the rainfall was wholly beneficial.
Cotton improved in general appear
ance, although it has not attained
normal size except in few scattered
localities. The cotton crop is uneven
and irregular in size, growth and fruit
age, though it is blooming normally
over practically the whole State. There
are fewer complaints of deterioration,
lice and shedding than last week. In
the dry sections, some plants are
blooming to the top. Sea island cotton
continues small, though generally
healthy.
There is little, if any improvement,
in the early planted corn, which con-
tinues unpromising; later paintings
have improved in color and growth,
but are still being seriously injured by
chinch bugs in places.
Wheat threshing is under way and
the yields are very poor Rice is do
ing well. Tobacco is being cured; the
crop is poor and shows the bad effects
Of drought. Peas are being sown ex-
tensively Pastures and gardens are
parciled, except where the recent rains
have partially revived them. Water
melons are being marketed. Sweet po-
tota slips are being set out since the
rains and where set out earlier are do
ing well. The general crop outlook
is more promising than heretofore, but
is still poor where a moisture is def
cient, which includes about half the
State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Junior Endeavors' Rally.

Baltimore, special.-The second
days session of the 22d international
Christian Endeavor Convention was
presided over by Rev. George B.
Stewart, of Auburn, N. ]. An impress
sive prayer was offered by Rev. Ralph
w. Brokaw, of Utica, N. Y. William
Shaw, of Boston, delivered an ad-
dress upon what Christian Endeav-
ors Have Done"
The afternoon session of the con-
vention was devoted to a Junior and
intermediate rally" presided over by
Rev. Dr.. Ira Landrith, president OF
Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Child Killed by Lightning.

Sunset, Tex, special.--During
storm, Essie, the ten-year-old daugh-
ter Of Rev. st. John, has been in
stantly killed by lightning while stand
ing in yard with her father and
other children of the family. The re-
mainder of the group were severely
shocked by the bolt and it is report
ed that all of them were stricken
blind by the flash of electricity. The
family reside six miles east of Sunset.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Army Ordered to Mobilize.

Stockholm, BY Cable.-The Asso-
ciated Press is in a position to state
that an order for the mobilization OF
the Swedish army has been issued and
that proclamation to this effect will
probably be issued within week. The
mobilization is intended as means
of giving added force to any proposal
for settlement which the special COM
mittee appointed by the Riksdag may
make to the Norwegian Sterling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Palmetto Items.

Columbia, Special.-Dispensary IN IN.
spector C. l.. Brown is looking LOT
$1,000 he lost, or was robbed OF 9e,
tween here and Charleston, where ne
went recently to look after Dispenser
S S.. Matthews, who was behind. ~
accounts to this amount and VITO
snuared himself with the State as
pensary people by turning over thls
sum in cash to Mr.. Brown, who gave
his receipt. Mr.. Brown dld not us
cover his loss till he reache Coium.
bia. He reported to Commissioner
Tatum that he had lost the money
but lust how, he was at loss to DIS
cover. The law as to suing on an IN.
snector's bond seems to be defectlVe
and there was some rub here, put
Commissioners Tatum insisted that tne e
State should not be made to lose ana
Mr. Brown saw the force OF the ar,
gurnent and made up the amount and
paid it over to the State dlsPensary.
Brown has been suspended. He says
he did not drink on his way mere
and does not see how any one could
have taken the money from his per.
SON
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Race Riot in New York.

New York, Special.-Two persons
we're shot, one probably fatally, IN
fight between mobs of whites and ne
qroes in West Sixteenth street Sun
day The trouble began when Henry
Hart a colored man, was attacked IN
the street by number of white boys
who accused him of interfering with a
hall game. Hart fed, pursued by a
mob of whites hurting stones, brlcks
and other missiles, and reached the
tenement house where he lived. Alter
arming himself with a revolver, Hart
ran down stairs and began firing lnto
the crowd, one of the shots striking
James Hunter in the side.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
ROOT SUCCEEDS HAY.
Unoffcial But Definite Announcement
Indicates His Selection.

Unofficial But Definite Announcement
Indicates His Selection.
New York, Special.-It can be def
nitely stated that President Roosevelt
has offered the position of Secretary of
State to Elihu Root and that Mr.. Root
has accepted.
Oyster Bay, L. l., Special.-While no
official confirmation is obtainable here
of the announcement that Elihu Root
has accepted President Roosevelt's S
proffer of the Secretaryship Of State
in succession to John Hay, it can be
said that the President will authorize
a. statement to be made regarding the
matter. The precise nature of the state
ment is not known.
Mr.. Root boarded the Presidents
special train at Jersey City, just before
it left for Cleveland, at 5:45 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
4sS1N4F awhile The members of the Presi-
y ,nt's cabinet retired to their apart
ments on the train at an early hour
Tuesday night, the President and NJ.
Root remained in conference for several
hours. Then it was that the President
broached the subject of Mr. Roots re-
turn to the cabinet. All phases of the
situation were considered carefully.
On the return journey, their confer
ence, interrupted by the mission on
which they had gone to Cleveland, was
resumed His acceptance Of the prof
fer announced in New York is believed
to be without reservation at all diff
fcult to overcome.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Threw Himself Under Train.

Columbia, S. c., Special News
was received here of the suicide al
New Castle, Ky, of Mr.. John A. Hen
dirk, formerly a resident of this city
where he was very popular. The
message stated that he threw himself
ander moving train. He had ee'
come short, to a, small extent, IN his
accounts with special agent OF a
bonding company here, representing
the Bell Telephone Company. MT
Hendrix, was, until recently, a clerk
in w. D. Levers shCc store here. VI
to a few months ago he was correct
in his habits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Covinqton Not Guilty.

Little Rock, Ark, Special-A YER
dict Of not guilty was returned by the
jury in the trial of State Senator A..
w. Covington on a charge of accept
ing a bribe of $4,000 on the bill appro-
priating 100000 for the completion OF
the new State capitol. The jury had
been out since Saturday night at 11.3O
o'clock. After the verdict was an
nounced the prosecution entered a
nolle prose qui in the remaining
charge against Senator Covington of
accepting a bribe Of S100 and a gold
watch for his vote on the district court
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
President Announces Peace commis.
Sioners.

President Announces Peace Commits.
sioners.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, special.-Official
announcement was made by President
Roosevelt of the names OF the Russian
and japanese ENJOYS to the Washing
ton peace conference. The character and
ability Of the men selected by both bel
ligerents is an earnest of the desire Of
their respective government to con-
clude, if possible, the tragedy enacted
in the far East. The plenipotentiaries
are:
Russian, Ambassador Muravieff, for
merly Minister of Justice and now am
bassador to Italy, and Baron Rosen,
recently appointed as ambassador to
the United States to succeed Count
Cassini.
Japanese, Baron Komura, Minister
Foreign Affairs, and Kogoro Takahira,
minister to the United States.
BY direction of the President, Sec
retary Loeb made the formal an
nouncement in the following state
ment:
PRESIDENTS ANNOUNCEMENT.
"The President announces that the
Russian and Japanese governments
have notified him that they have ap-
pointed the plenipotentiaries to meet
here Washington as soon after the
first of August as possible. The two
Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambas-
sador Muravieff, formerly Minister Of
Justice and now ambassador at Rome,
and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese
plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura,
now Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
Minister Takahira.
ut is possible that each side may
send one or more additional represen-
tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both
Russia and Japan will be entrusted
with full power to negotiate and con-
clude a treaty Of peace, subject, Of
course, to ratification by their respect
i've home governments"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
New Enterprises.

The secretary of state last week is.
sued a charter to the Lynch-Letton
company of this city, which mas
bought the drayage business conduct
ed for many years by Mr.. T. S. .Har-
per. The capital stock is $4,000.
The Evening Post Publishing com
pany of Charleston has increased lts
capitalization from $4,000 to Sl5,ooo.
A commission was issued the Benev.
olent and Endowment association Oh
Columbia, a concern for the insurance
cf negroes.
The M. L. Sullivan company OF An.
derson was given a charter TO conduCe
a mercantile business, capital STOCK
$4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
NEGRO Killed at Celebration.

Florence, special.-At a big negro
Fourth of July picnic at Mars Bluff,
about six miles from here, a difficulty
arose between two negroes, Sam Wind
ham and Crockett Davis, and as a re-
suit. Sam Windham is dead and Crock
EFT Davis is shot through the thigh.
The trouble arose over negro woman.
Both negroes were drinking. Several
negro men were mixed up in the at
fair, but none got into trouble except
the two mentioned,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Party Moves Onward.

Washington, Special-Wm. H. Taft,
Secretary of War, accompanied by
distinguished party, including mem
bers Of both houses Of Congress, army
officials, the daughter of the President,
Miss Alice Roosevelt, and others, be-
gan their journey to the Philippine Is
lands at $50 o'clock Friday after
noon. The party embarked in two
special cars on the regular train over
the Baltimore C Ohio railroad.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Eiuht Blown to Atoms.

Harrisburg, Pa, Special. Eight
men were blown to pieces and two
others were injured by the premature
explosion of a big blast of rock pow
der on the Pennsy lvania Railroad i'm.
movement near the Cumberland at
730 o'clock Sunday morning. The &C
cide1lt occurred directly across the
Susouehanna river from the scene OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck on
MAY II, in which z3 persons were
killed and many othess injured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Cleveland Not to Retire.

New York, special.-1n relation to a
renort that Grover Cleveland was con-
templating retiring from the trustee
shin of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society. Mr.. Cleveland authorizes the
following statement: Nothing has
occurred thus far to dissatisfy me IN
the least and the idea Of retiring from
the trusteeship has never entered my
mind"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12

Columbia, Special = Long-distance
'phone messages from Florence and
Darlington ee:afirnl- the rumors curFSat
here of the failure of two big concerns
at the latter place. The one is the lnde-
nendest Cotton Oil Company, capital
lied at s1,O0O,OOO, and operating hail
dozen branch plants in Hartsyllle, I'm,
monsYille, in Williamsburg county, ana
elsewhere, and the other is the Darling
ton Trust Company, which has author
lied capital of 100000, of which slZo,-
600 has been paid in. The trust concern
conducted bank in Darlington, whose
doors were closed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Americans in Mexico Celebrate.

Mexico City, Specialize Fourth
of July was celebrated by the Ameri-
can colony. Robert Barret read the
Declaration of independence and Am
bassador Conger delivered patriotic
address. President Diaz was enter
tanned by the Society of the American
Colony at lunch and made brief aa,
dress. paying tribute to the Unlteo
States. He was cheered Justify.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Sons of Veterans Elect officers.

Birmingham, Ala, special.-At the
seventeenth annual convention OF Ala
bama and Tennessee United Sons OF
Confederate Veterans, held here July
4th. the following officers were elected:
Commander, w. P. Saunders, Knox
Vile, Tenn; vice commander Frank
Felix's, Birmingham; deputy vice com
mander, Charles A. Brake. Birming-
ham; secretary, M. D. Friedman, Biz
mingham; treasurer, Valentine Glib,
Jr., Birmingham.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Bucket Shop For Union.

Union Special-It is understood
that in all probability another bucket
shop will be opened in Union this fall.
Last week the Western Union Tele-
graph company had lineman here to
look into conditions. He said 1t was
probable that there would be mar
ket wire established just for cotton
business, the wire to come from spar
tanburg to Union, thence to Carlisle:
Whitmire and Clinton. The work OF
construction will likely be5.n soon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-07-12
Two to Be Hanged.

The State supreme court passed on
the case of Fletcher Byrd and Palmer
Chriswell and the action Of the lower
court was sustained. This means that
the case will be rcmandcd to the
lower court in order that sentence OF
death may again be passed upon the
negroes, charged with the murder OF
MAGISTRATE Cox near Fountain Inn last
year. The magistrate tried to stop
the negroes, Who had Illicit whsaey
in their buggy, and they fired upon
him with fatal results.