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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-11-25
Zig Crane Killed by Telephone Wires

bIS NTtHe AIIIcu Uy .IcIcpHOHc WIGS
A large crane is hanging by his
neck on the telephone wires at the
southwest end of Hog Island, oppo-
site buoy No. 2, and how the crane
came to die by hanging has been a
mystery and topic of much specu-
lation among the ferryboat passen-
gers.
1t is thought the crane suddenly
swooped down to nab its prey, and
not taking heed of the telephone
wires, looped its long neck about one
OF them and was jerke1 down to
death. The accident is a. queer one.
Charleston Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-11-25
CONSIDERING the hard
Sof times, Madam Chairman,
move that the society

w j ulOVe Iudl lHO SoSiSeJ
study economy in enter
tainments the coming winter. The
Ladies' Aid is about to give church
sociable the first of the season. l
suppose there will be others later on;
we have always had refreshments,
and should we dispense with them
altogether am afraid we would have
a lot Of empty benches"
The ( speaker paused. glanced
around the circle of matrons, OBJ
served expectation in their faces and
went firmly on.
sI won't make a notion" she
added, "at least NOT yet. But with
the permission of the Chair, can we
not discuss this practical matter at
this meeting? In view of the price Of
eggs and butter, CT sugar and spice,
of flour and milk and everything else
that goes into cake. can we afford to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-11-25
TaANKSG1YING.

THANKSGIVING.
Great God we sing Thy love ALVEY,
For rhou art ever wondrous kind;
But on This glad Thanksgiving Day,
New songs of praise our lips shall hnd
From out Thy wealthy larder. fed.
We praise Thee for our cur daily store;
And we have had enough and more.
When clouds our pathway have beset,
And life has seemel a wilderness,
Thou dltst not us at all forget;
Thou then vast near TO help and bless.
The year hath told the story old,
The story of Thy love and grace,
Through summers heat and winters co'o'
The same sweet characters we trace
Great ticd, we sing Thy love away,
Ihy goodness ever bear in mind;
And still will praise and still will fray.
Robert NJ. 0ffort in Christian
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-11-25
UNCLE JERRY WILSON opened
the gate and the mich cows
struggled out into the lane.

VI
the gate and the mich cows
u struggled out into the lane.
The old man went into the
barn, and taking down saddle, tried
to lift it to the back of a pony. A
sudden rheumatic twinge struck
through his back and arms, and 1t
fell short, grazing the horses rough
side and dropping to the straw-lit-
tered ground.
He tried again and again, but with
no better success.
Its no use, he groaned; "the mis-
cry has got meagain. and this is the
end"
He leaned his head against the
horses warm shoulder and something
like dry sob came.
The pony rubbed his nose against
the mans down-hanging hand.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-11-25

Nothing at alleging to fetch out
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Mems Underwear

Mems 25c Underwear, price 19c
Mems SOC Underwear, price 800
Mems LOO Underwear, price 69e
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

For comfort, convenience, style,
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We are virtually giving them away.
Think Of it! Between seasons for
pants bargains. Our prices cannot
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very best thing for every day wear,
We can sell you a pair cheaper
than the price of the cloth.
Lot l Mems pants, all sizes, reg
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closing out at wv
Lot 2. Mems pants, regular ESQ
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pants, in all styles and 81 Xxx
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Lot 4. Men high-grade tailored
pants; among these you will find
a good assortment of cassimeres,
serges, stripes and mix CO n
lures, were So. SO, at pZ.1y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
The Doq.

The dog is mans most faithful
friend. A man may lie. but dog
won't; a man may get drunk, man
may SANDER his neighbor, a man may
embeZzle and defraud, man may Dor
row money, a man may steal money,
a man may go into politics, man may
knife his. best friend, man may run
people down with an automobile, a
man may gamble himself 10 rum. =
man may waste his substance in riot
Gus living. man may go to heaven,
but a dog won't. Can these things be
truthfully spoken of the other friends
man has about him? There is q strong
affinity between man and the dog. 1t
must be the affinity of contrast. Yet
any man will resent being called 4 dog.
Possibly the dog would resent being
called a man if be understood do
not know / only know that the
maxim works but one way, and If we
should say, "Alan is the dogs most
faithful friend there would be many
to cavil, saying that it was mighty
rough on the dog.-Success Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
Quebec sMagnificent Pageant
Grand Panoramic Drama Most Spectacular Feature of
Iercentenary Celebration Concentrating the
Founding of canadas Famous Old City.
Historic Scenes Re-enacted.

Lawrence and the arrival Of that dar-,
ing voyageur, jacques Cartier. who
set forth with hardy crew of pious
Bretons from St Malo, Brittany. in
1885. discovered the st. Lawrence
river and implanted on it's banks be-
fore the wondering gaze of the Indians
of Stadin and Stadacone (afterward
Quebec the cross and the fleur-de-lis.
Cartier was a voyageur, pathfinder
among woods and waters, while
Champlain, who came later, was more
than that He was in addition a
builder of settlements. Il homemaker,
founder of a permanent base from
which France was to conduct years Of
campaigns for supremacy over the
vast territory and wonderful wealth
Of the new world. And so Champlain
must be made the central figure of the
commemorative exercises, for he was
the founder of Quebec in July. 1905. on
the site of the Indian encampment of
Stadacone. About two years later he
| wrote proudly of Quebec as having
attained a population of 200. Cham
plains original force having numbered
twenty-eight souls.
| Champlain will be shown at the court
of Henry of Navarro and rewarded for
his exploits in the wars of the League
and as navigator in the West Indies
and La Cadie. Then a replica of
Champlains original ship. the Don de
Die, with the lofty poop and ancient
gear of the days of Sir Walter Raj
eigh and Sir Francis Drake. Will Ia
boriously make her way up the st.
Lawrence to the very spot where. BOZ
years ago, Champlain himself stepped
4 ashore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
Rismarek,s Annetits.

Bismarck. the Iron Chancellor, had
an enormous capacity for eating and
drinking. He once told a friend that
the largest number of oysters he ever
ate was IT'S. He first ordered twenty
five: then, as they We're very good,
fifty more, and, consuming these, deter
mined to eat nothing else and ordered
another hundred to the great amuse-
ment of those present. Bismarck was
then twenty-six and had just returned
from England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
Fine Naval Display at Niqht.

Other features of the thirteen days
programme will be professions through
the streets of Quebec, exercises before
the Champlain statue, receptions of
the official guests, speech by the
Prince Of Wales, renditions of sacred
and secular music, military band con-
certs, regattas on the river. receptions
on board the warships, dedication of
the battlefield of the Plains of Abra-
ham by the prince. official ball at Par
lament House given by the govern
ment of the province of Quebec, naval
display at night by the combined feet,
planting of a tree in Victoria park by
the prince, speech by Vice President
Fairbanks, parades of Canadian clubs
and societies, immense fireworks dis
plays and speech by Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rier. premier of Canada.
The magnitude and scope of the ter
centenary celebration, the transatlan-
| tic voyage of the heir to the British
throne and of other dignitaries to take
part in it and the keen general inter-
est taken in it by great nations indi-
cate that the anniversary commem-
| Grated has unusual significance, an
| import far deeper than merely nom.
inal consideration would reveal And
| such is really the fact. The history
of Quebec is largely the history OF
Canada. The city, its founders and
developers have welded an influence
in international affairs that they did
not reckon, that in their times they
| could not estimate. Some keen writers
there are who aver that in American
history Quebec should rank witt
Jamestown and Plymouth in impor
lance as birthplace of American lib
critics, owing presumably to the pow
erful influence exerted from Quebec
prior to the Revolution in territory
now included in the United States.
Quebec's visitors will be well cared
for \ ''city of tents" with accommo
dations for $4,000 people, will supple
ment the preparations made by hote
and boarding house keepers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
b. FREDERICK r. Toonns.

"HE French have taken Quebec!
Once more the founders and
- original holders of the famous
Old Canadian city are supreme
within its precincts. Once more the
naughty Briton has found himself
compelled to rest content with only
secondary consideration in the historic
metropolis of the past. The fieurs-de-
lis, "the lilies of France" those mediae-
val announcements to valor, are seen
on every side throughout English as
well as French Canada.
All this sounds highly warlike.
France has made another conquest of
the territory along the st. Lawrence?
Yes. bu+ this latter day conquest is a
conquest OF peace. Not drop of blood,
but a tidal wave of good will, has
flowed, all in honor OF the coming
three hundredth anniversary of the
landing of the great French explorer,
Samuei de Champlain, at what IS now
Quebec and the consequent founding
of the city. OF course such celebra-
tion must necessarily be a French cell
ebration. even though occurring in
British territory, but the two nations
have Joined with equal enthusiasm in
the project and for the present pur-
poses are practically one race.
The tercentenary celebration opens
July 20, and in addition to the truly
magnificent programme of events ar
ranged there will occur probably the
greatest gathering of notable person
ages of many nations that Canada has
ever known. So great an information
al significance is accredited the Que
bee anniversary that Edward VII. is
sending his royal highness the Prince
of Wales, with Prince Arthur, only
son of the Duke of Connaught. and an
imposing suit, on board a swift
armored cruiser as his governments
representative. President Roosevelt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
Besieued Five Times.

Quebec was long the key to the pos
session of the entire Dominion of Can
ada. 1t became a part of the unwrit-
ten law of nations that whoever held
Quebec became entitled to possession
of the surrounding territory. This ac-
counts for the fact that Quebec has
been under siege or prolonged and con.
certed attack no less than five times
a record comparing with those Of
some of the famous war towns of con-
tinental Europe. For over a century
Quebec was the center of military OPP
erations Of France and England in the
new world, as well as the educational,
religious and political center. In its
unsurpassed by any city in North
America. BY successfully resisting
the Continental army under General
Montgomery and Benedict Arnold in
1771 Quebec saved all Of the present
dominion of Canada to Great Britain.
1t was the city that opened the way
to the establishment of the great trad
ing posts In the wildernesses that
were to earn vast fortunes for kings,
princes and nobility. At Quebec is the
Basilica, the mother church of Roman
Catholicism In America. 1t was in
| Quebec that dwelt and ruled, with
their retinues, at the Chateau St
Louis, the governors sent over from
France and England. The city has
long boosted of one of the strongest
natural Notifications in the world-the
Citadel, browning the city. we'll de-
scribed as the Gibraltar of America,
which was designed by Lord Wei
lington. Quebec was at one time the
capital and largest city of the vast
territory, and 1t founded and fostered
the great industries that have utilized
the Unreasonable wealth Of the Do
minion-ship building, numbering, man.
ufacturing and mining.
From the foregoing it may readily be
realized why the tercentenary Of this
coveted city is considered to be of
primary international Importance. In
short. Quebec gave Canada to France;
that is why the French revere, as
dickens wrote. 1.-THE city suspended in
midair." Quebec gave Canada to Brit.
ain; that is why the British cherish
the city as one of the rarest jewels in
the crown Of empire.
4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15

J ne French nave taken Quebec!
Once more the founders and
original holders of the famous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15

drawing back in alright at first at
the appearance, sound aud deadly ef-
fectiveness Of the matchlocks of the
French, the like of which they had
never dreamed.
Other panoramic pictures will Illus
trate some of the great religious events
which are closely interviewer In the
history making epochs of Canada in
general and Quebec in particular. The
Ursuline nuns will arrive and receive
welcome from the rejoicing populace,
led by General Montgomery, knight OF
Malta. The Jesuit fathers also have
their place in the scenes. Dollard des
Ormeaux, the explorer and fighter.
and his sixteen heroes of the Long
Sault form the central figures of the
ninth tableau. The celebrated de-
the Chateau st. Louis has not been
overlooked. Frontenac will receive the
messenger from Sir William Phipps,
commander of the attacking British
forces, bearing a demand TO surrender
Quebec. Frontenac will repeat the ia
nous answer, TELL your master to ex-
pect a reply from the mouth of my
cannon" The final tableau Will be
peculiarly reminiscent, for in it will
appear the principal figures in the bat
tie of the Plains Of Abraham in Sep
TENDER, 1853. Montcalm and De Lewis
of the French, Wolfe and Murray OF
the attacking British, will with their
commands march and copntermarcf
over the blood consecrated ground
where the ancestors of many of the
| actual present participants fell and
died.
In the third and fifth tableaux re
spectively will appear Francis l. OF
France and his court and King Henry
". of France, his court and his chief
| adviser. Sully. This entire series OF
panoramas will be repeated on severa
different days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
HE HAD TO PAY.
Half Dollar That the Travelling Man
Hated to Spend.

Hated to Spend.
1.-THE 80 cents / hated most to spend
said the travelling man, went to the
Canadian Pacific railroad. | don't mind
paying for things / get. but this par
ticular expenditure couldn't be in
dorsed for value received
ga number of US got into st. John.
N. B., one night just in time TO catch
the night train for Boston. We got
aboard only to learn that the train
didn't carry diner. Now, a long
night ride without dinner isn't a pleas
ant prospect, so we besieged the con-
ductor
"'Why don't you start on the Mont
real, which pulls out just ahead of
u.s. he said. 1T carries a diner. and
we can pick you up at Fredericton
Junction.
".No danger of your passing us? we
asked, and he assured us that he
couldn't very well, as there was only
one track. So we all piled out after
| leaving our baggage In our Pullman
berthS.
| ut was surely fine scheme we
| thought as we dined at our leisure i'll
the Montreal train. After dinner we
sought the nearest smoking compart-
ment in a sleeping car and prepared to
wait in comfort for Fredericton juno
| ton
Then along comes a much uniform
| ed official and demands 80 cents each
| for the privilege of eating a meal and
having a smoke aboard his train. We
explained carefully that we belonged
on the other train, had given up the
price for Pullman berths, and. further
more, that we had been sent aboard
this train for the sole purpose of get
ting our dinner. Didn't the Canadian
Pacific run both trainsY we asked.
But it was no use. We had to pay"
Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
Greeting From Booming Guns.

The ship will pass between rows of
warships representing five different
nations, which will greet her progress
with deafening salutes from their
powerful guns. Every man jack in
the crews of these vessels will be sta
toned in the standing rigging and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
FIRE INSURANCE.
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FIRE INSURANCE.
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.
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Williamsburg ms. Co. New York
New Hampshire Ins. Co. IN. Hampshire
Northern Ins. Co. New York
Security ms. Co... New Haven. Conn
ms. Co., State of Illinois. Rockford, Ill
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. Connecticut
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low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15

has named Vice President Fairbanks
to act in the same capacity, and the
president of fhe French republic is
sending large delegation of promi-
nent men and several battleshlps.
Rear Admiral William S. Cowles, U.
s. N, who is President Roosevelts
brother-in- law, will be the presidents
personal representative and will also
represent The United States navy.
Lieutenant Commander David f. Sell
lers of the bureau Of navigation vii.
be his aid The first class battleship
New Hampshire has been designated
10 carry the United States representa-
lives to Quebec. She will sail from
Newport, R. l., and will arrive at
Quebec July %. the date set for the
arrival of the Prince sof Wales. 1t is
ESTIMATED that between thirty and for
~ warships will take part in the ma
val pageant in the st. Lawrence.
Splendid Panoramic Drama.
The celebration viii last almost two
weeks, and undoubtedly the most spec
tacular feature VIII be the panoramic
drama, of an categorical nature, repre-
senting the different stages of Que
bees advancement from the wilder.
ness to today. This spectacle will be
produced on the Plains of Abraham on
Cape Diamond. the high cliff overlook
ing the river where Wolfe, the final
conqueror of Quebec for England. and
Montcalm. its heroic defender. both
met death in the same battle. Up
ward OF 1000 people will take part in
the scenes to- be enacted. Rehearsals
of the different parts of the production
have been going on since the middle
of June under the direction of Franz
Iascelles, master of pageants, who
was director of the Oxford pageant q
year ago. The first scene will picture
the primeval wilderness along the st
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15

clustered on the shrouds and spars
to lend added picturesqueness to the
scene. A parade will then form on
shore to escort Champlain and his
company up the great rock to the Up
per Town. This procession will be
peculiarly appropriate in its make
up. containing Quebec, Ottawa and
Montreal townsfolk costumed to repre-
sent individuals, companies, soldiers
and sailors that aided in the founda-
ton and perpetuation as well as his
toric renown of the city.
There will be Breton sailors of Car
tiers day, the courts of France and
of Henry of Navarro. the discoveries
Toilette, La Sale and Maisonneuve;
the white regiment of Carignan-Sa-
Heres, Frontenac with his brilliant
staff. and sovereign council, Montcalm
and De Lewis at the head Of their IA
nous regiments of Guienne, Bearn,
La Sarre, Languedoc, Roussilon and
Berrl; Wolfe and Murray with the
highlanders and the other famous reg
fments under their command, Guy
Carleton and the defenders of Quebec
in 1T75. De Salaberry and his 300 Vol
| tigeurs de Chateauguay. Fifteen BAN
ners viii designate the different d.
| visions.
Graceful Homage to champhin.
Now will appear the actual living
descendants of great men of Quebec's
past. who will do graceful homage to
Champaign. The present Marquis de
Montcalm will be one of these. and
another will be Lord Lovat. direct de-
scendant of the gallant colonel and
chief of the Fraser highlanders.
which distinguished themselves at the
! battle of the Plains of Abraham.
Following will be shown piano.
rama CT Champlain's first battle with
the Iroquois, the superstitious natives
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15

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toned cod liver oil prepara-
ton or emulsion, because
Vinol is a much better body
builder and strength creator
for old people, weak children,
and for coughs, colds, bron-
chitis, etc. If it does no good
we will return your money.
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-15
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Mile Records on Land.

For convenience in comparing
speeds made on land by various yehir
cles as well as by horses and men the
following table Of mile records has
been prepared by writer in, the Met.
ropolitan:
Electric locomotive, 81 seconds.
1908.
Automobile, 2Sh seconds, 1905.
Steam locomotive, 81 seconds;
1893. s
Motor-paced cycle, 1 minute 6 1-b
seconds, 1904.
Bicycle, unpaced, 1 minute 40 2-5
seconds, 1904.
Running horse, l minute SSH Sec
onds, 1890.
Pacing horse, i minute SIS Sec
onds, 1906.
Trotting horse, / minute 5Sh Sec
onds, 1905. z
Man skating, 2 minutes So seconds,
1896.
Z: Man running. 4 minutes 12A Sec
onds, 1881
Man walking, s minutes % Sec
onds, 1890.
!, 1t will be observed that the differ
ance between the locomotive and the
automobile is trifing. For 100 miles
the record of the steam locomotive is
much better than that Of the auto.
However, both the electric locomotive
and the auto may be expected to show
further improvement, as their devel-
opment is incomplete, while their
steam brother has attained about the
limit. The horse racing and foot rae
ing records added to the table yer
] all made in; recent years. Evidently
we breed better and train better than
ever before.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-12-16
Papuan Medicine Mems Method.

Papuan medicine men are regarded
with great respect by the natives.
Those I have met certainly seemed
energetic and hard working. They
sit close to the patient, massaging
the seat of pain with much vigor, and
while they are thus rubbing make a
noise with their lips rather like that
which a groom makes when rubbing
down a horse.
The process is a firing one, and the
medicine man stops at intervals to
drink hot water in WHICH taro has
been boiled. His object is to extract
some mysterious foreign substance
from the sick mans body, and If he
succeeds in this he receives a fee, 9TH
erwise he gets nothing. mo cure, no
pay" is apparently the Papuan's
Wotto.-Wide World Magazine.