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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
a 1ndpe,s Opinion of Grape-Nuts.

A gentleman who has acquired q Ju-
dicial turn of mind from experience on
the bench out in the Sunhower State,
writes a carefully considered opinion
as 20 the value Of Grape-Nuts as food.
He says:
"For the past FIVE years Grape-Nuts
has beel prominent feature IN our
bill of fare.
"The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indispensa-
BILE necessity in my family's everyday
life. -.
"It has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwnoleseme fDod.
&. "Grape-Nuts keeps MS all In perfect
physical condition-as a preventive OF
disease it is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the beneficial
effects Of Grape-Nuts when used by
ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin erupttons, etc. II
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
.As to its nutritlvel qualities, my ex-
peience is that one small dish of Grape.
Nuts is superior to pound OF meat
for breakfast, which is an important
consideration for any one. 1t satisfies
the appetite and strengthens the pow
er OF resisting fatigue, while Its use>in
wolves none Of the dlsagreeable conse-
quences thatssometime follow meat
breakfast Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
there's . reason.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
TEXTILE NEWS OF INTEREST
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing Enterprises.

Fountain Inn, S. C.-The Fountain
Inn Manufacturing CO., has decided
to add $500 spindles. The company
has erected a two-story 75xlO4 adj
dition to its buildings to receive the
new spindles and preparatory ma
chinery, and this equipment is now
being placed in position. 1t is also
adding go 72-inch jacquard looms for
weaving cotton damas!is and equip
ping a dychousc. ]. r. Young, super
intendent, made the plans for tho I'M
.provements, and is in charge of all
the work connected herewith. The
cost Of these better,uents will amount
to about $4,000, The company has
been operating 5,eG4 ring spindles
and 5000 twisting spindles, manllfac-
turing yearns. It's present enlarge
ment is the second i'll five years under
the same management. G. i. Gra-
ham is president, ard R. l.. Graham,
treasurer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Fish Pond in the Garden

Some fish in the small water gar
den will be an attraction and prevent
mosquito breeding. A few small gold
fish will thrive throughout the year
without care, but some crumbs of
bread during the spring and summer
given twice a week will tame them.
In early June they will spawn, de-
posting. the eggs on the roots of the
water hyacinth. If this be lifted and
placed in a separate vessel containing
water from the pond, many young fish
NAV he hatched 1t may be done well
in a tub of water containing water
hyacinth. If left in the pond the
Young goldfish will be eaten by their
narents. The water will not become
foul even in very small pond. and
choice fish will flourish for yec
Garden Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
More Girls Enrolled.

More girls are enrolled every term
on the registers Of the women col
Jeges, says the New York Sun. They
are sure to Increase more and more
in numbers, and it is inconceivable
that their influence on our society
should not tSbe stronger and more bene-
fetal every year. 1t will not be their
least advantage that they are abso-
lutely national product, to be found
in no other society in the world than
our own.
An Increase of s57,oooooos over the.
preceding year is a gratifying exhibit
In our export trade statistics, says
the New York Sun. Taken.by itself,
-.t!h sam calls for an imposing row OF
ciphers, even in these days when
millions are counted as thousands
were a few years ago. It is partlcu'
larly gratifying to note that the In
crease is represented, practically in
its entirety, by the export Of wares
classed as manufactures.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Mss irene Grossly

Thousands of American women, how
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs menstruation of it's terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, of 3l3 Charlton
Street East Savannah, Ga, writes:
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Is true friend to woman. 1t has been OF
great benefit to me, curing me Of irregular
and painful menstreation when everything
else had failed, and gladly recommend 1t to
other suffering women:
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular menstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor fatulence), leucor-
rhna, falling, inflammation or ulcera-
ton OF the uterus, ovarian troubles.
that bearing-down' feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
Immediate action to ward off the seri-
GUS consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free ad-
vice. Thousands have been cured by
so doing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
From a shepherds Note Book

From ShepnerdS Note 6ook'
Wool is product that does not take
fertility from the soil like grain grow
ing, but actually adds to the value OF
the soil for growing grass.
Sheep to- fatten the most rapidly
and on--the least grass must be kept
quiet and not be allowed to run over
so much ground as to run the flesh off
them.
Give the yearling sheep extra atten-
ton, as sheep generally require more
care and better feed at this age than
later.
The growth of wool during the sea-
son depends very much on the condi-
ton of the sheep and the care and
feed which are given it.
Sheep require variety of food to
form flesh and fat.
With sheep, rather more than with
any other class of stock care must be
taken not to overfeed.
No sheep should be allowed to die Of
old age, but all should be allowed to
fatten and sent to the market before
their vitality has been impaired.
Sheep are naturally gregarious.
When one is seen by itself something
is evidently wrong.
A small, fat sheep will always bring
better prices than large, poor one.
Sheep are almost essential in main
tanning the fertility and cleanliness of
the land.
!. To have good-sized sheep they must
be grown rapidly while young, and it
is important to give them good
start-An2erican Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Watering Plants.

Right here want to tell the lover
of hanging-plants how | keep NINE
supplied with water. Plants SUSPENDED
from the ceiling are not easy to get at
and are frequently neglected or Tor
gotten for days at time. AS re.
suit, they are generally sorry-looklnS
specimens. take tin can holding
pint or more. make a hole in the
bottom of it. just large enough to let
water dribble through slowly. This |
fill with water, and place on the SOIL
in the center of the basket. Generally
there will be foliage enough to con-
ceal it. If there is not, it can be made
inconspicious by painting it a dull
green. The slow, steady outflow OF
water will keep the soil evenly moist
if the hole in the can is OF the rlgnt
size. This must be determined by e&-
pertinent 1t is an easy matter TO
fill the can every day. or oftener IT,
necessary, and put it in place, but 1t
is not an easy matter to mount a chair
or the step-ladder and apply water in
the old way.-Eben E. Rexford. in
Lippincott's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
19 MEN BLOWN TO sHREDS.
Terrible Destruction Wrought by
Powder Mill Explosion.

UHuGl L1l44 IAPAOC4o4.'
Connelsville, Pa, Special.-The Rand
Powder Mills {. Fairchance, six miles
south at Uniontown, were entirely wip-
ed out by an explosion at 9.O5 o'clock
Saturday. Of the 32 men who went to
work in the mill, l9 are known to be
dead. OF these 13 have been identified.
Nine men, including c. M. Rand, man
ager of the plant, were seriously 1njur-
ed.
Scores of people in the town Of Fair
chance, within half mile Of the pow
der mills, were more or less painfully
injured.
The shock of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt in Connelsville, 20 miles
away, building being rocked on their
foundations. At Uniontown hundreds
Of panes of glass were broken. In the
town Of Fairchance there is scarcely a
house that did not suffer damage. The
sides were battered as though axes mad
been used. Haystacks were. toppled
over in the fields and live stock were
stunned. The rails of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railway and the West Pennsyll-
yania Traction Railway Company were
rooted from the road bed and traffic
was DELAYED from four to six hours.
transfers being made over the Penn
sylvaIia- Thain No. 50 on the Baltl-
more and Ohio had a narrow escape
from annihilation. 1t had just passed
the Rand Mills when the explosion oc-
coaches were shattered and passengers
coaches were shattered in passengers
thrown into a panic. Had the train
been. a few seconds late it would have
been blown up, as the mills were in a
few rods off the track. A street car on
the West Pennsylvania road had also
passed just few seconds before the
explosion and was far away enough to
escape damage, though it was derailed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
COTTON FOLKS meet i;
Great Growers Gathering At Ashe- l:sIIl.
vile, North Carolina
l2.cEN1 MEN ARE In THE MAJORITY
Two Hundred Committeeman, Dele
gates and Visitors Present at Open
ing Session of Southern Cotton
Growers Convention - Fourteen
Cotton Growing States Represent
ed.

Asheyille, Special.-The Southern
Cotton Growers Association, which
convened at Kenilworth Inn Wednes-
day morning at lO:30 o'clock, with
President Harvie Jordan in the chair,
is distinctly meeting in the interest
of the grower; it is a meeting for
which the manipulation has little use;
it is meeting that has little use for
the manipulation; it is a meeting on
which such men as Theodore H. Price
may look in upon but whose voice must
not be raised in its councils; it is a
meeting composed OF the bone and
sinew of the South, the cotton produ-
Ger; it is a meeting of intelligent men;
it is meeting of prosperous men. In
fact, it is q meeting to perpetuate the
reign of "King Cotton" with the
Southern Cotton Growers Association
as the power behind the throne.
THE OPENING SESSION.
When President. Jordan raped for
order in the sun parlor Of Kenilworth
Inn he looked out upon an assembly
of committeeman, delegates and yisi-
tors to the number Of fully 200. The
attendance at the convention is gath
cred from the IA cotton growing States
and Territories of the Union. They
are here for business. They are repre-
sentatives of the most prosperous Sec
ton of the nation, the cotton belt of
the South. They are all smiles and
they intend to make the people on the
other side' feel their power. Presi-
dent Jordan dispensed with a. set
speech. He stated in .terse and concise
LANGUAGE the purpose Of the meeting;
to hear discussion on conditions; to.
secure accurate statistics direct from
the growers to fix the minimum price
of cotton and to strengthen the asso-
citation.
At the conclusion of President Jor-
dams remark J. A. Brown, Of Chad
burn, N. c., welcomed the convention
on behalf of North Carolina.
The question Of fixing the minimum
price of cotton was discussed at some
length. It was finally agreed that
each State delegation elect one mem
Der to compose the minimum price
committee and that this committee
fix the minimum price and report to
tie executive committee of the asso-
citation. It was also agreed that the
statistical committee and the minimum
committee should hold joint sessions.
The representatives selected to fix the
minimum price of cotton are as fol-.
lows: Brooks, Of Alabama; Love, OF
Arkansas; Miller, of Georgia; Max
we'll, of Louisiana; Witherspoon, OF
Mississippi; Allison, Of North Caro-
iro--.-e.:-. of South Carolina, chai.-,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
The Young Turks.

Turkey chicks are very delicate and
tender for the first six weeks or two
months of the existence up until the
time they began to shoot the red," as
is is termed, which is the development
of the red protubefances upon the neck
and throat After this time they be-
come hardy and vigorous, and will
stand almost any condition of climate,
but up until that time care must be
exercised to keep them from getting
damp or chilled; they will not stand
the effects of heavy rain storm, and
damp quarters are almost certain to
prove fatal to them. If their quarters
are dry and comfortable and they are
not allowed to remain out in rain
storms, they will get along very we'll.
Their first feed should be hard boiled
eggs, at least for the first day or two,
and then mix in some green food, OF
which dandelion leaves are the best
that can be given them. Also milk
curd, squeezed dry, and after two or
three days barley meal or bread
crumbs may be added to the boiled egg
feed, little at a time, but feed often.
When chicks run at large they Will
select their own green food, but when
confined, chopped onions or dandelion
leaves will be good for them. (They
must be kept dry, as dampness is
fatal to them, until they have passed
the tender age, after which time they
are the most hardy of chicks and will
stand any kind of weather without ap-
parent harm.) The most critical time
is the first two months of their lives
and during that time they must have
the care and attention necessary to
pull thep through, after which they
will be able to look after themselves
so far as the weather is concerned.
We have found pen sixteen feet
square made Of boards one foot wide
very desirable to put the coop in con-
tanning the young turkeys. This, 1t
moved twice each week, gives to your
flock fresh ground without too much
travelling for your young stock, which.
at the start is a very important feat
ure toward success.-Norris G.-Temple,
Pocopson, Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13

speech, a motion to adjourn till 10
o'clock the next morning was carried.
The report of the committee on min
imum price will not be made until
the morning session Thursday. There
are two elements contending with
each other. One is holding out for 12
cents, the other wants the price fixed
at 10 cents. 1t is believed that the II
cent men are in the majority, and that
this will be the minimum price. There
is probability, however, of a COM
promise on II cents.
The committee having in charge the
fixing Of the minimum price of the
coming cotton crop is as follows:
Brooks, Of Alabama: Love, of Ar
kansas; Miller, Of Georgia; Maxwell,
of Louisiana; Witherspoon, of Mis-
sissippi; Allison, Of North Carolina;
Smith, of South Carolina; Davis, of
Tennessee (chairman); Hickey, of
Texas, and Erwin, Of Oklahoma.
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ell placed around it so as to prevent
a mud hole from forming, one may
have reasonable success in supplying
hogs with clean water.
Where the old-fashioned, V-shaped
trough is used the top should be well
latticed so that the hogs cannot wal
low in it and even then the lattice
work should be constructed so as to
be easily removed in order to factli.
tate a thorough cleansing at least once
week. Filth In the water trough
will, in our opinion, weaken the di-
gestive system of the hog and render
him prey to disease quicker than
any other one thing Many person
feels that he cannot afford the ex-
pense of fitting up proper watering
places for hogs, but where any con-
siderable number are kept the out
lay will be returned to the owner ten
times over in a single season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Clean Food for Hogs.

The hog possesses certain habits
which are apt to create the impression
that he is a lover of filth, and while it
is true that he possesses a few cleanly
habits, yet after all in this matter 9TH
er farm animals are more circumspect
in their mode of living.
The hogs short neck makes it al
most compulsory for him to partly
climb into his trough at feeding time
and if attention is not paid to keeping
the feeding ground clean there will be
considerable filth devoured, says the
Homestead. While "a hog will devour
more impurities than any other farm
animal, yet his system is by no means
designed to handle these economically,
and successful hog breeders generally
take great pains to feed pure food.
One common mistake in feeding
hogs is to use refuse from the kitchen
that is not only worthless as food,
but decidedly injurious to the diges-
tive system. We have observed cases
where all forms of dishwater were
carefully preserved for the porkers
and in this semi-liquid, semi-solid con-
glomeration there is generally con-
siderable soapsuds.
Now soap is an excellent thing in
it's proper place, but as an aid to di-
gestion it is a decided failure. Indeed,
it is decidedly injurious and we have
known many instances where hogs
were thrown out of condition and
stunted in their growth by it's use.
Next in the list of injurious substances
to soapy water. or swill as it is gen.
orally called, is that of supplying mud
dy drinking water. We fully appre-
ciate the fact that where running Va
ter is not available one Of the most
difficult tasks before the stockman is
that of supplying his hogs with fresh,
clean water during the summer. Their
nature is such that they simply will
persist in taking possession Of their
drinking fountain with their dirty
bodies, or if there is not room. for
the whole body then they will be
there with all fours. We have found
that good drinking fountain with a
surface just large enough to get their
noses in is about the best piece Of
apparatus that a hogman can own.
II these are attached to barrels or
tanks and 8 supply Of c!nders or gray.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Purchased Terminals,

Birmingham, Ala, Specialize Bir-
mingham Belt Railroad Company has
purchased two hundred acres of land,
at Village Creek, near Birmingham,
which will be utilized for terminals for
trail roads. The property extends from
tral roads. The property etends from
North Birmingham to point near the
Thomas furnaces, a distance OF about
two miles. The Belt Line Is owned by
the Frisco and the Illinois Central,
and has Just completed arrangements
for entering Birmingham over the
tracks of the Frisco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
FRUITFUL FURNACES.
INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES FREclous
STONES.
scicntlsts Have Succeeded in plue1,in:
Zeal diamonds and Rubies From the
Crpcibto Of tho Furnace.

Scientists Have Succeeded in pluckim:
Zeal diamonds and Rubies From the
Crncib1o Of tho Furnace.
Recent advices from france state
that Professor Aoissan, the eminent
scientist aud inventor. has actually
succeeded in making genuine dia-
monds and rubies. He employs fer
this purpose Tie electric furnace.
which has been so improved thar Il
degree Of heat can be produced ap-
proaching the extreme temperatures
which were undoubtedly a factor in
the formation of minerals and gems in
tile interior of tile earth.
The rubies obtained are OF large
size, weighing ten or fifteen carats.
and In quality aud color equal and
even surpass those found in the earth.
The natural forces attending the for
nation Of diamonds seem to have
been more complicated, and so far the
diamonds resulting from the efforts OF
the scientists have been very small.
but still they are positively identified
as the carbon Crystalline diamond.
They are remarkably clear and bright,
and on small scale as fine specimens
natures own product.
The electric furnace has enriched
chemistry with a Whole series of new
compounds. Probably the one of most
value to mankind at large is Calcium
Carbide. The simple application Of
water to Calcium Carbide generates
the gas Acetylene, which is now being
commonly used for lighting.
The peculiar merits of Acetylene
light are its brilliance and high candle
power, ease Of installation, economy
and It's adaptabillty for lighting build
ings Of every description. regardless
Of their location.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
THE ByytNe OF FURNITURE.
,Tne Importance of Not Buying More
Than Is Actually Needed.

.Tne Importance of Not Buying More
Than Is Actually Needed.
The buying of furniture Is one OF
the most difficult things in the equip
ment of home, and it is a singular
fact that many stores which are load
ed with furniture to the roof offer
little serious aid in this most impor.
tant task. The furniture man has,
Of course, to suit many tastes and
meet many requirements; his wares
are apt to be most various and d.
verse They consist, without excepa
tion, of goods Of two great classes
good furniture and bad furniture
These he displays with so much ar
that the good is thoroughly mixeo
with the bad. In his heart of hearts
he doubtless knows that the bad fur
niture is not worthy to sell; but he
probably regards bad chair sold aa
piece of good business, and he calm1
ly leaves the selection to his custo,!
mer. If the buyer cannot distinguish
between good furniture and bad it Isl
none of his business. He is there to,
sell goods. He very likely would mott
understand what was meant by the
immortality of selling bad chair or
an evil-looking table.
1t is obvious that the great rule in
furniture buying is excellence-excel-
lence of materials, excellence OF
style, excellence in utility. The
word, in fact, sums up, in one way
or another, about all the requirements
that can be demanded Of modern fur
niture. There are, of course, various
degrees of excellence in furniture, for
single piece may be made of good
materials, and we'll made, to boot, and
yet be thoroughly i'll adapted to mod
ern needs and quite useless as
household convenience.
Another helpful rule in furniture
buying is not to buy too much. With
persons of average means this advice
may seem superfluous, for even mod
crate amount of new furniture costs
a considerable sum. But the happy
housewife, intent on making her home
attractive, is very apt to buy more
than she needs, and to buy pieces
which may be quite unnecessary. 1t
is always we'll to leave something to
a future time The table or chair
that seems so charming today may
not be found to have any real utility
tomorrow. 1t is not the change in
fashions that should be awaited, for
such a method would only result In
confusion and: unseemly mixture; it is
rather to avoid filling ones rooms and
burdening oneself with more than one
actually needs.-American Homes and
Gardens.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Private Car Line Rates.

Washington, special.-The Southern
Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the
Central of Georgia, the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe and the Pennsylvania
have filed their answers to the inquiry
of the Interstate commerce commits
sion concerning relations between re-
frigerator lines and railroads. All ex-
cept the last two mentioned declare
that they are in no way responsible
for the changes made by the Armour
Car Lines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-09-13
Notchez Has Two New Cases.

Natchez, Miss, Speculative new
cases in one family, making one new
focus of infection, were reported Sun
day. The, patients, Ruby and Joe
Ziegler, white, live on street ada
cent to the block where the first lntec-
ton was discovered. There are now
five cases under treatment. A re-
sumo of the local fever record shows
10 cases for the last two weeks; no
deaths. Monday was fumigation day.