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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24

Recently disagreement arose
between the town of Johnston and
the Western Union Telegraph
Company over the amount of
business license that was levied
by the town council. At first the
company refused to pay the Ii
cense, but later paid it and closed
the Office. The railroad commits
sion has been appealed to for. a
settlement Of the trouble, and it
IS probable that the telegraph
company will be required to re-
open the Office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24
Kirk sey, S. c.

Let us supply you with Ice
Cream Freezers and Ice Tea lum-
blers. If you gee our tumb blers you
will hu9 them.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24

Keep cool and not be b.thered
with flies. Our fans are now run
Mug for the pleasure of those who
Eatronize our Soda Fountain. All
of the popular drinks served in
the bert possible manner. Let the
"Luray" refresh you.
G. L. Penn & Son.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24

write Bond Insurance, Life
Insurance, Accident Insurance,
Health Insurance, Tornado IN
surance, Plate Glass Insurance
and Life Insurance on Horses aud
Mules.
E.J. Norris. Agt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK /?
kidney Trouble Makes You MIserabic.

+ Almost everybody who reads the news
nanars is e,lre 10 know of the unnderflil
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24
Citation.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.


BY I'D. Allen, Esq, Probate Judge.
Whereas, Mrs. Emma c. Glanton
made suit to me, to grant her letters
of administration of the estate and
effects of Thomas w. Glanton, de-
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad.
mcnish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Thomas w.
Glanton, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Edgefield, @. II.
S. c. on the 9TH day of August, next,
after publication thereof, at H. O'Clock
in the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have why the said adminlstra-
tion should not be granted.
Given under my Hand this 22nd
day of July, 1907.
Published on the oath and 3lst days
of July, 1907, in The Edgetield Adyer-
tiser.
]. d. ALLEN,
j. L. f. @.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bcs and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form OF kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
commended for everything butif you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble ii will be found
lust the remedy you need. Ithas beentested
in SO many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
5; S; S: e.: !: E; :::;; =: !:
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Roos
dollar sizes are sd by ali good druggists
Don't make any mistake, but
RENE ember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
and the address, Birghamton, N
Y, on every bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-07-24


cures made by Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
caltriumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. Kil.ner, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
A Hard Debt to Pay

"I owe a debt of gratitude that can
never be paid off, writes G. S. Clark
of West6eld, Iowa, "for my rescue
from death, by DR.. Kings New Dis
covery Both lungs were so serious
ly affected that death seemed immi-
nent. when I commenced taking New
Discovery. The ominous dry, hack
ing cough quit before the first bottle
was used. and two more bottles made
complete cure" Nothing has ever
equaled New Discovery for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung COM
plants. Guaranteed by all druggists
soc and $I.oo. Trial bottle free.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
at Races of Mankind, Vol. w,

Great Races of Mankind, Vol. w,
pages o38 ct seq.
To this the writer must add his
persanol testimony as to present con-
ditions, based upon intimate knowl-
edge OF the negro, and twenty years
experience in criminal courts. If the
piain truth were told it would shock
sensitive world more deeply than
all the narrowing stories Of the slave
ships The negro IS not immoral, he
is simply immoral AS Froude says
OF him: "He never felt the guilt Of
sin
None of these delinquencies draws
upon the negroes the disapproval of
their own people There is no pun
ishment Of any kind, no loss of social
prestige, no frown, no Inconvenience
Serving a term iii the penitentiary is
often regarded as badge of aristoc-
racy. One negro will say of another:
Better let dat niger alone; dat's a
bad niger: he's been in the peni-
tertiary seben tines He who wins
the homage wears it.
All of this being true, unquestion-
ably, undeniably true. is, or is not.
the negro different from the white
man? The Egyptian thought 50;
Lincoln said so: Vardanan maintains
it.
Their social condition is accepted
as a matter Of course throughout the
South; it causes no comment and
the laws in that regard are not pre-
tended TO be enforced To enforce
these laws would fiji the prisons and
empty the fields. 1t is a common
Ching to see family Of brothers and
sisters in three OF four different
shades No lady ever inquiries into
the personal character Of her ser
want she dare not.
When Our Anglo-saxon ancestors
ran Wild in our northern forests they
were men Of clean lives-one hus-
band. enc vile. The family vas the
unit Oft Of which they built their
government. Upon the purity Of
their hearthstones and the scanctity
OF their homes they cemented the
foundations OF a granite empire.
No white man ever falls 50 low or
becomes so lost to decency that he
forgets the first few years of his
life His teachings at a gentle moth
er's knee and the guidance of a re-
spected father abide with him for
ever
1t IS a melancholy fact that the
negro, as a race, has none Of these.
When the yourg negro goes forth
into the world-God pity him!-he
has no such anchorage to hold him
steady in the storm. Herein lies the
vital essence of the negro problem.
For instance, take negro boy
from Mississippi, send him to the
public schools and the high schools:
then some pili1anthropist, perhaps.
pays his tuition at Harvard. gives
him an education, bulldog. a silk
hat and patent-leather shoes What
can that make of him with such a
home behind him and such an IN
stinct within himself? 1t is quite
impossible to make a gentleman by
veneer.
The negro cannot be remodled by
beginning ct the ballot the highest
duty CT citizenship, and then working
downward The cleansing process
{ Continued ON page four.}
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

restless nations who dreamed their
glittering dreams, beyond his COM
prehension. OF all cheated things he
alone escaped the universal uplifting
the worldwide betterment. AS he
was in the beginning, so is he now.
For six thousand years he had bred
and multiplied in his jungle That
was all.
Upon many obelisks of ancient
Egypt the pen and inkstand are oft
repeated hicroglyphics. Six thous-
and years later the negro is disfran-
chised in Mississippi because he can
not read or write Descriptions of
him today by such explorers as
Stanley, Livingstone and DuChaillu
are but repititions of what the Egyp-
tians wrote upon their papyrus
scrolls Mr.. Charles Francis Adams
in the Century Magazine, after
visit to Africa, sbandons all previous
theories which he had SO ably ad-
vanced He tells the same story Of
hopeless barbarism, and urges that
a difference be made in our funda-
mental law to fit the negro's lini-
tations. This is Vardaman's posi-
ton to T.
The present negro population OF
Africa IS estimated at double the
entire population Of the United
States-without semblance OF civ
iiizatlon. not schoolhouse, not
newspaper. not a law The door Of
hope has rusted on its hinges Tor
lack 81 a hand to open It,
Such is the phylogeny, the life
history. o1 the negro race, unbroken
generations Of barbarism which
nave fixed their characteristics in
telibly upou him. Our American
negroes Tor their most part came
from the West Coast; they are
Guinea blacks the easy prey and
hereditary bCndmen of other slave
nations All historians and explor-
crs agree in assigning to them the
lowest position IN the scale Of Eqaa-
toriaI Atrica-eNccpt that OF the
Bushman travellers and MISSION
aries today describe III most revolt
ing terms these negroes at home.
They are naked cannlbals, selling
their own flesh and blood when they
do not eat 1t, precisely what the
Atro-American voter would be had
he been lett TO ms own devices.
And TINS IS the type to which, from
all historical evidence these same
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

sheer force OF gravity into his natur-
al level. The wild horse CT Texas
must be kept under saddle and con-
stantly reminded of the compulsory
civilization to which he is subject.
Sip his halter for moment only
and he is again the bucking broncho.
"a branded hide full o. hell as mad
~ resentful of harness as if leather
had never touched his back. Let
him taste an hour of freedom, and
he must be captured, broken and
civilized again.
When French restraint in Hayti
and San Domingo was removed the
negro returned to barbarism at once
His rapid rever5ion in Liberia is "as
natural as the return Of the sow that
is washed to her wallowing in the
mire," to quote Professor Barringer.
The Congo native has not advanced
an inch in civilization from contacr
with the Portuguese; in Senegal he
has gained nothing from the French;
Cecil Rhodes built an empire at the
Capc-and the naked negro is still
the servant of them all There must
be a reason for this. In no place
upon the broad globe has he met a
more kindly protection, better teach
ing and more tolerant charity for
his invinc;bIe limitations than in fbe
Southern States of America These
Deonfe have +arght hin, ali he l-nou,e
r. / ve-v clear t,a+ h. himself and
~ b;oso1f +1,o -eoro has NJ aso;r.-
+iors Where III ~ his peiobbors
live = mud hints AMI iced mo-, Ian.
man flesh hints and fat friends arc
rood e7os,ar, for r;o, ua ! init
tive. brt his imitation does NOT reach
the basic virtues Of his model
In isolated instances this irnita-
ton may succeed to all external
appearance. Bul beneath the skin re-
mains the chargcless savage, without
real foundation upon which to build
cultured and moral gentlemen as
Judged by Anelo-SaTon standards.
The reason is not far to see, both
in his jungle history and present
mode Ct lie. Hear the testimony Of
John Clarke Ridpath
1T is not far from correct to saw
that marriage as an institution does
not exist among them. In
so far as Nature produces a family
to that extent the African social svs-
tenn had foundation. but no further
Tn no other race is the 6de1i-
tv Of the man to the woman. or she
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
{ Continued from page two.)

beheld the material things about
him, but no comprehension of the
spirit which reared those massive
monuments ever penetrated his skull.
Then, as now, perhaps, he merely
watched the sun dial for FIVE o'clock
to come, and listened for the fore
mans voice, Its time to knock off. ;
He had done his days labor and no
more
Under the lash OF Egypt he could
build the pyramids; without a higher
intelligence to guide him he builds
a hut of poles.
The story Of man ran on. The
Assyrians conquered Egypt; the
Persian dynasty followed and fell;
the Hebrews came, and went their
way. These peoples taught the ne
gro nothing OF arms, of science Or
OF the moral law.
Phoenician galleys, with sails OF
royal purple, foated past on rest
less explorations; the negro gained
no knowledge of commerce or OF
navigation. Mighty Carthage rose,
dominated the maritime world, and
fell beneath the stcel-tipped wrath Of
Rome; but neither Carthaginian nor
Roman had lesson for the negro
Northern Africa shook with the tread
OF Genserjc's hordes returning from
the pillage Of Rome: the negro
CAPPED at the marching myriaIs with
ont ar0using his ambition or stirring
his pulse.
Conquering Moslems swept west
ward along shc Lcditerranean.
crossed into Spain and subjugated
IT, They bore the Koran in one
hand and sword in the other. 3 uild-
ing new empires ard spreading new
civilization. They left enduring
mark upon The entire Western
worl5-ezcept upon this chaageless
negro.
New nations came out of the
North white savages from the Ger
man forests, who beat down the bar
riers Of Rome and overran the
world Crusaders Haunted their ban
ncrs along the shores of Africa.
Bonapartc fought his modern gladia-
ators in The shallow Of the pyramids
The negro watched them all. and
remained IS lie was.
The black man reappeared in his
tory again and again. but only as an
article Of unholy commerce. Vir-
ginia enacted the first recorded laws
in restraint Of the slave trade, which
were promptly vetoed by successive
Kings of England.
The American Colonies won their
Independence. A second war was
fought, and the white man freed the
black man.
Throughout these sixty turbulent
centuries history knew nothing OF
the negro, and the negro knew moth
ing Of history. He had contributed
nothing to the onward march, and
gained nothing from it. All the peo-
pies OF the world had b1azoned their
names upon the great books Of the
worlds events--all save one.
Humankind passed through sixty
centuries of bloodshed, cQnvulsion
and tutc1age-thc leaven to make it
wise and free. But all these centur-
les of change left no impress upon
the stolid and changeless negro. Inn
mutable as the craven sphinx he
stood stock-still, wondering at these
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
los. A. SHALL.
Bridge Notice
State Of Mississippi,
NY, - C1-

Washington County
of Supervisors of said county, made
this day, sealed bids are invited to be
filed with the undersigned. on or be
foe II O'Clock, noon, on Monday, the
Srd day of June, 1907, for general re-
pairs of bridge across Walnut Bayou
in said county. The bidders in sub
hitting their propositions. viii state
what repairs they propose making
under their bids
Witness my official signature this
9th day Of May, 1907.
5-II-4t T. II. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

A sale Of Silks Monday and all
week at Nelm & Blum Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Save money Silk and Silk Gloves
at helms & Blum Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Silks and SILK Gloves next week
at Nelms & Blum Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Special Sale Of Silks Monday and
all week at Nelns & Blum Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

For one week any $2.25 or s.. so
ChriStv Picture
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

The negro cannot be remod1ed by
beginning ct the ballot the highest
duty CT citizenship, and then working
downward The cleansing process
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
THE NEW oHIEF OF POLICE.

Mayor studley has appointed Cap tain Henry D. Cowles chief of the po- lice department It has been under stood from the first that this would be the order of the day upon the retire. ment of former Chief Wrinn, and so far as we know the selection is an ex- cellent one.
 We have at the same time found it very difficult to understand the postponement of MT. Wrinns retire. ment for so long time and his sud- den resignation the moment the poli- tical party of opposition was given control of the city government. The conclusion almost forces itself upon one that had the party been success full the change would have been &C., complished later.
 We have no knowledge of Mayor elect Martins preference in this con lnection. He probably would have ap- pointed Captain Cowles, but whether he would have done so or not 1t seems @ bit strange that he was deprived of the opportunity of making the selec- ton a few weeks later. We wish Chief fCowles we'll nevertheless.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01

been offered for consumption than Senator Bulkeley's attitude at the stockholders meeting.
 The confusion which has resulted from the sale of rights and the possi- ble issue of new stock at par instead of 125 is a horse of an entirely differ .ent color. On the one hand, it can be traced to the unlocked for drop in the value of the roads stock, while, on the other hand, it provokes the query whether the sale ought not to be declared off and the new stock is- sue postponed until normal conditions are revived. From one point of view the rights sold are speculative proper ty on the theory that they have not yet been created, while from another point of view the sales would have been recognized bargains had nothing interfered with the credit of the com pany. The situation is by no means, a pleasant one for the directors to face, nor one that they foresaw; but 1t is none the less real on that account. In the meantime there is no reason to underestimate the prosperity of the road.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
WHEN IS ULTIM4TEP

It is interesting to notice that just as war balloons are becoming con- spieuous and manageable, an expert in war balloons comes out with the opinion that aerial navigation means the ultimate passing away of warfare in the present sense and the eventual dawn of an era of peace. This expert is Major George o. Squires of the United States regular army, who had charge of the balloon experiments at Fort Leavenworth.
 We don't know just, what Major Squires means by ultimate" Perhaps he means much what MT. Bryan means by it when he applies it to government ownership of railroads. We may know better when there has been war or two in the air. Perhaps it will be found that such wars are too terrible for even enraged or calculating govern ments and peoples to be engaged in Still, judging from what happened in the last great war-that between Rus sia and Japan-human beings are not easily scared or made humane
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01

els is somewhat smaller than in recent years. Michigan and Wisconsin, chief western producers, secured a good crop. Other parts of the northwest .fared reasonably well. No State grows as many potatoes as New York. This year the crop is behind 1906. but bet ter than a recent average, estimated at about 33,OOO,OOO bushels, or better than the average of the last few years Maine potatoes are far short, 11,o00,- 900 bushels, compared with 1S,o0O,O 900 bushels in 1906.
 As there doesn't seem to be any po- tato trust the outlook for potato-eat- CTS is fair Some of them may also be able to afford little meat once in awhile.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Halloween Nuisances.
(rhe Rutland, Vt, Herald,N

(The Rutland, Vt., Herald'
 The sentiment of The Springfield Re- publican is as appropriate for local conditions as is is in the Massaohu- setts city. Why an occasion for inno- cent merry making of a sentimental character should degenerate into li- eense to destroy property and perpe- trate outrages upon society in general is one of the unexplainable facts in civilization. But that many people take advantage of the occasion to make ruisarces of themselves is only too woll known, Halloween offers a limitless variety of fun to those who are disposed to observe the mystic eve as It should be as a time when the fairies dance, the ghosts are abroad and the witches are in power, It is only when strong men take the place of fairies, rowdies personate ghosts and hoodlums ape broomstick riding witch es, leaving trail of rack and ruin be- hind them that tho occasion becomes a nuisance. A policeman's club might very appropriately be used in break. ing up the annual funny business of the Iawless gangs who delight in cart ing off everything that ls not nailed down, or destroying what cannot be carried away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
RADICAL PATERY4zTsM.

There is good deal of paternalism in this country, and some of it is work ing to please the children. They would be still more pleased if their Great Father could and would paternally regulate" the prices of foodstuffs. Radical paternalism of that kind has just been put in operation at Rome. The royal commission now in charge of that city's administration has, after long consideration, appointed a com mittee of experts to fix fair maximum prices for all foodstuffs which can be regarded as primary necessities, such as bread, meat, oil and vegetables, The committee is to be permanent one and its work is expected to be suffi- ciently comprehensive to make a no. ticeable difference in the cost of living in Rome.
 If this plan works in Rome perhaps it will spread in Europe, and though | it may never reach this country, il
 may affect it by calling home many o1
 our citizens who are now more ol
 less desirable.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
A Moving Picture.
(From the Chicago Post.)

(Frcm the Chicago Post,)
 How will the real theater fare when to a perfected picture device has been added perfected talking machine, the two working il such unison that every word of the play will be reproduced as perfectly as every action of the play CTS? Then there will be no indisposi- tion of the star to disappoint and no Ire.rulneas U. tho .etuluS laus uo annse tho nahlie. After I've ne~serva1- ance of drama before the combined talking and picture machine score of cues may enJoy the same play at the same tlme
 The educational possibilities of such 8 development are apparent. Cities far removed from the present caravan route of the leading ni5vers may ST H "a in the enjoyment of their art. The drama of the metropolis will cease U exist and Kokomo and Paducah will have the best the stage has to offer All this is within the bounds of pos sibility. The moving picture show is more than passing public fancy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-01
MERTlED RECOGNITION.

England has constitutional King, but that doesn't prevent her frcm roc ognlzing the fitness of queenlF wn'ran to take part in government. II l,re are something like two thousand wo- men in various publicly elected bodies in England and Wales at the present time and of this number about 1 200 are members of boards of guardians. Of the GA unions in England and Wales 4O7 now have women guardians. the proportion of women to men being
 one in every twenty-one or twenty two Tn London there are 120 women guardians distributed among thirty
 one unions. The new qualification bill
 will open up AIT more public bodies to women--namely, S26 town councils, Isixty-three county councils and twen- ty-eight London borough councils.
 Good work. Woman, according to
 the poet, is nobly planned to command
 and her commanding quality is getting
 some of the recognition due it.