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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-22
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

The New York Municipal Art So
ciety appointed a committee to OBJ
tain more Fairgrounds for the chill
drep.
In Amsterdam there is factory
where 100000 diamonds are cut an
nually. Most of the work is done by
women.
Miss Lavinia L. La Borde has just
been unanimously reelected State
Librarian by the Legislature OF South
Carolina.
Secretary Taft is reported as hav-
ing said at Cincinnati that he be-
lieved that woman suffrage would
come eventually.
Aunt Becky Young, the first wo-
nan to offer herself as a nurse when
the Civil War broke out, died at her
home in Des Moines. She was seven
ty years old.
Letitia N. Snow, graduate of the
Woman's College of Baltimore, Is at
the head of the department of BIZ
ology in the State Normal School OF
Farmville, Va.
~ TOy dl OCCIS udS OSSu 1oOoSo 40
Holland abolishing the rule promul-
gated three years ago which forbade
women employed in the postal tele-
graph Offices to marry.
Miss Helen Cannon, daughter OF
the Speaker, has been elected honor
ary president OF a new patriotic So
ciety to be known as Daughters OF
Senators and Representatives"
Queen Alexandra, the Empress
Dowager of Russia, and Princess Vic'
toria paid visit to the art treasures
of ]. Pierpont Morgan in London, and
the owner explained the history OF
many objects in the collection.
Miss Gladys Squiers, daughter of
the American Minister to Panama.
End Lieutenant H. H. Rousseau, OF
the Panama Canal Commission, who
were secretly married at Panama,
were married in public in the Ancon
Chapel. Many prominent persons
were present.
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the PAINTING SEASON.

Good results In parting at the
least cost depend largely upon the
material chosen. Paint is a simple
compound and the Ingredients can De
easily tested. tn, solid part or pig
ment should be White Lead. the
liquid part should be Linseed Oil.
Those best informed on painting al
ways buy these ingredients separate
", and have their painter mix them
fresh for each job. Before the mix
ing the test Is made.
Place q pea-sized bit OF White Lead
on piece of charcoal or piece OF
wood. Blow the fame against 1t and
see what 1t will do. II 1t Is pure
White Lead, little drops OF bright,
pure metallic lead will appear, and
with patience the White Lead can be
completely reduced to one globule OF
metallic lead. This is because pure
White Lead 10 made from metallic
lead.
You may test dozens OF other So
called White Leads and not be able
tb reduce one OF them to Iced. II
they Win not change wholly to lead.
s6nt leave residue, It Is clear that
some adulterant 10 present,
II you. should have your painting
done with such materials. no matter
how cheap they might seem. It would
be costly In the end.
National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building, New York City, are
sending on request a blowpipe free
to any one about TO have painting
done, 30 that the White Lead may be
lesteE. With It will be sent hand
somely printed booklet having as its
frontispiece the Dutch Boy Painter"
reproduced from the original paint
ing. This little painter has become
noted as the guaranty OF pure White
Lead.
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The Field of Sports.

Adam Ryan, the Chicago light.
weight, is being side-stepped by al
the lightweights in Philadelphia
Ryan can make 1S0 pounds.
Fifty-five trotters have been en-
tered to compete at Hartford on La.
Dor Day for $4,000 Charter Oak
Purse for horses of the 2.09 class.
II see that Englishmen think nc
game develops singleness of purpose
and directness of method so much
as cricket" says the baseball enthu-
siast. THAT may be, but 1t struck
me that what it developed mostly was
the tea drinking habit"
Princeton lost to Harvard in dual
gun shoot at Princeton, N. j., the
score being 1913 to 100.
Harry Vardon defeated Arnaud
Massey by nine up and seven to play
in a thirty-six hole match on the links
at Deal, on the Kentish coast. in Eng.
land.
"Pscky" Mcfarland, of Chicago
defeated Jimmy Britt in the sixth
round of their twenty round fight a,
Colma, Cal.
Peter Latham, the worlds court
tennis champion. conceding fifteen
for one bisQue, defeated George
Standing two ssts to one at the
Racquet ana Tennis Clubs
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Walking Round the World.

1fl-5ft w diNHtJ EtShU2 Mic fWOlids
OF late years quite a number OF
men have started to walk round the
world. mainly with the object Of win
ming a wager. NJ. Georges Grandin.
however, French gentleman. who.
having twice mada tour of the word
ON foot, is now about to begin a
third Journey, is actuated by quite
different motive. He is man OF
property and means, and the sole
object of his. self-imposed and ardu..
sous task is the patriotic cne Of pro.
noting tse friendship OF France
among the various countries he visits.
Not c.ly does IL. Graadin not bet
o. 1--we On charity during his Journeys
but he makes considerable profits by
selling en ths-way books and pamph.
lets recounting the interesting impress
s!ons of his tours. and out OF these
profits he has already given con-
siderable sum to hospital in bis
own commune.
One Of his experiences was OF 9
particularly thrilling character. While
passing through Abyssin!a he was
taken for an Italian spy, manacled
and Imprisoned fer month. During
this time he was terroriZed By his
guards. but succeeded by briae In
getting them to remove his chains.
It was only after a march OF three
hundred miles through a desert, dur
Ing which his guards threatened to
shoot him II he tried to escape, that
NJ. Grandin. came across one OF Meme
lexis officials, to whom he was able
to explain his position, after which
he was treated with every consilera
tion and respect.-Tk-Btts.
.F
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Philadelphia.-Back of the mar
riage of Miss Adah Pratt, Of 1437
irving street, Washington, to B.
Franklin Hoover, of Philadelphia, lies
story of unusual romance.
Miss Pratt lived until she was
twenty-nine years old without form
ing the acquaintance Of a man. She
was born and raised in a community
of women taught'to believe that mar
riage was sin. She was bound by
teaching and belief always to remain
single. Then she married the first
man to whom she ever had been in
troduced. She did more than half
the courting herself.
Nearly thirty years ago, IN Texas,
where Mrs. Hcover's mother lived at
the time, a Mrs. Martha McWhirter.
of Waco. announced that she had had
visitation from the Almighty, and
had been told that 1t was sinful to
live with man. Accordingly. she left
her husband and, gathering about her
a small party of women followers,
went to the little town of Belton and
there established headquarters OF the
new creed.
1t was called the Woman's Com
monwealth. Its members were all
we'll to do apd self-supporting. Some
were spinsters, some had beeE mar
ried and some had children, Mrs.
Pratt was one of the eonvsts Of the
religion, and, leaving .her husband,
she Joined the colony where. two
months afterward, the present Mrs.
Hoover was born. There were ten
children in the colony, all girls. t
Ten years ago the commonwealth"
moved to Washington, taking up a
farm of 172 acres in Montgomery
County, Maryland, and large house
In the city. The children were taught
to beware of men. They never were
permitted to have acQuaintances with
any of them.
OF course they saw men. Mrs.
Hoover says she often had noticed
them. But she never paid attention
to any of them until she met Hoofer.
This is the way she told her story:
Five of the girls grew up" she
said, land then slipped away to be
married. OF course they were re-
Carded as sinners. I thought them
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The express mention Of one thing
implies the exclusion of another.
Two ministers in the japanese Cab
met resigned.
A woman at Stcubenville gave
birth to quintuplets.
Ignorance ceases to be bliss when
you begin to realize it,
How small a Doctors pills are
when compared with his bills.
II it costs money to be popular,
then popularity is not worth what 1t
Men enjoy doing anything they
don't have to do FOR living.
No man will criticize your singin'
as long as you sing his praise.
The less money man makes the
more he has-if he isn't married.
Usage is the best interpreter OF
things.
You san nag man into purgatory
easier than you can pray him into
heaven.
Don't be afraid to admit when you
are in the wrong.
You can't save time. The best You
can do is to improve it as it passes.
There is some bliss that is not ig-
norance.
Umbrellas are like men; usually
the poorest get left.
1t is better to be deceived OCCASION
ally than to suspect everybody all
the time.
Don't be afraid to think out new
ways. Originality is appreciated.
Don't be afraid to do your best.
The best is none too good.
Don't be afraid to use your time to
advantage. 1t is given you for that
purpose.
When a man doesn't get mad over
his politics it's because he happens
to know what he's talking about.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-22

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup.
posed 10 be incurabe. For great many
wears doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing TO cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh 10 be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured ~ =: a1 =.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the oniy con
ternaily in doses from 10 drops TO a teaspoon
full. il acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer one hun;
dred dollars for any caseit fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials: Address Ed.
CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, f5e:, ...;.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Proverbs and Phrases.

Genius without industry is Ike an
advertisement without circulation.
Don't be afraid to begin at the bot-5
tom. 1t is the safest way to climb.
There is no disgrace in playing the.
second fiddle if you play it as well
as you can.
Some men are SO unfortunate as to
90 through life without an enemy to;
stir them into action.
1t is not necessarily wise to stick
to a statement because you believed
it to be true when you made it.
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knew NO MAN TILL 2g, then SHE WE'D THE FIRST
Miss Pratt of Womens Commonwealth Was Reared in the
Belief It Was Sin to MarryBelonsed to Strange Sect
Founded by Woman Who Left Her Husband
and Formed Colony Who Saw No Men.

bad. But about year ago l went
down town with girl friend and she
introduced me to Mr.. Hoover.
Somehow or other could not get
him out of my mind. I found myself
wishing I might see him all the time.
I knew 1t wasn't right; at least, !
thought it wasn't. Later I met him
down town again, and several times
after that. Then he told me he was
going to leave the city and asked me
to write. I told him would"
From her story it seems that HooV-
er, who is hotel clerk, went to Chi
cago, then came to Philadelphia, and
wrote his intention to Miss Pratt In
Washington.
az was crazy to see him." she ad-
mitted, land decided to risk the fear
of my mothers displeasure. So l
slipped quietly out Of the house In
Washington and came here. When
found Mr.. Hoover he was greatly sur
prised.
"'Why, Adah, have you come up
here to marry me?' he asked.
"I don't know that I thought
much about that I replied, I just
felt had to see you again.
We'll, will you marry meg he
asked. 1t took me by surprise, al
though was not wholly unprepared
for it.
"'I I'm willing said finally.
g" Right away?' he asked. This
was so sudden 1t took my breath
away,
"'Can't you wait until tomorrow
night?' I asked him, and he said he
would"
The ceremony was performed by
the Raw. ]. B. G.. Pidge, pastor OF the
Fourth Baptist Church, at the parson.
age. The same evening the bride
wrote to her mother, but has not re.
ceived an answer as yet.
'I'm afraid she never will forgive
me-" she said. "She always was very
strict with me. There are still three
unmarried girls atthe commonwealth.
They are twenty-three, twenty-eight
and thirty-three years old"
Mrs. Hoover Is tall, Of q striking
figure and stylishly dressed. She has
wealth of chestnut hair, brown eyes
and an expressive smile.
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THE COME and SEE SIGN

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building OF
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean !?
Itmeans that public inspection OF
the Laboratory and methods Of doing
business is honestly desired. ltmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements OF Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs = with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Dothe women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told !:
Come and See.
Was there ever such q person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkharo now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Como and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no mediciIe in the
world equals Lydia L. i'inkham's
Vegetable Compound for ;emale ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted hy:it, but the POOR doubling,
suffering; ws1laa must, for her own
asake,b taught confd dence, ,forshe also
might justas well regain her Seslth
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COFFEE EYES
It Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro-
duccs Blindness.

The curious effect of slow daily
poisoning and the gradual building
In of disease as a result, is shown in
numbers of cases where the eyes aro
affected by coffee.
A case in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont. expert
enced a slow but sure disease set
tling upon her eyes in the form of in
creasing weakness and shooting pains
with wavy, dancing lines of light, so
vivid that nothing else could be seen
for minutes at time.
She says:
This gradual failure Of sight
alarmed me and l naturally began
very earnest quest for the cause.
About this time was told that coffee
poisoning sometimes took that form,
and while didn't believe that coffee
was the cause of my trouble, con-
cluded to quit it and see.
81 took up Postum Food Coffee
in spite of the jokes of husband.
whose experience with one cup at a
neighbor's was unsatisfactory. Well.
I made Postum strictly according to
directions, boiling it little longer.
because of our high altitude. The
result was charming. ! have now
used Postum in place of coffee for
about three months and my eyes are
well, never paining me or showing
any weakness. know to certainty
that the cause of the trouble was
coffee and the cure was in quitting it
and building up the nervous system
on Postum, for that was absolutely
the only change I made in diet and
I took no medicine.
my nursing baby has been kept
in a perfectly healthy state since /
have used Postum
"Mr. --, a friend, discarded
coffee and took on Postum to see If
he could be rid of his dyspepsia and
frequent headaches. The change pro-
duced a most remarkable improve
ment quickly"
There's Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Grape Nuts No. 1872.
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Fallen By the Wayside.

Don't be afraid of being turned
down.
Don't be afraid to change mans
opinion, but be careful how you do it.
Don't be afraid of failure. Keep on
though you fail dozen times.
Don't be afraid to go out of the
way to do a: good turn for a friend.
Don't be afraid to do more than is
required of You.
Don't be afraid that your efforts
will not be appreciated.
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MAx1Ms WORTH WHILE.

Don't be afraid of honest compe-
tition. It's competition that makes
success worth while.
Don't be afraid Of difficult under
takings. Be glad Of the opportunity
to show your metal.
Don't be afraid to play the game
honestly. Honesty always wins out.
There are more good people in this
world than bad ones, but there is
room for one more if you want to
join the majority.
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SERVICE NOT ORNAMENT.

Poultry houses and their furnish
ings should be selected for the ser.
vice they will give, not for their pref
ty looks. Very few care to keep
poultry or to have poultry houses for
mere ornament. This seems so SELF
evident that one may wonder why
the statement is made; but what Is
frequently noticed about poultry
houses Is the excuse for the state.
ment. Poultry raising Is a practical
tning.--Prograssiye Farmer
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Lancashire spinners Abandon the
Plan to Have American Estates.

Manchester. - The Lancashire cot
ton spinners have abandoned. the
scheme to purchase cotton growing
estates in the Mississippi Delta, ow-
ing to legal impediments against
aliens holding real estate.
The Cotton Spinners' Association
had already appointed a committee to
take preliminary steps to form COM
pany to take control of q cotton plan
tation in the United States, this be-
ing one of the results of the visit of
the British delegation to that country.
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Norfolk, Va.-The indications are
that men will be. aboard the monitor
Florida when that vessel is made a
target for the test of twelve-inch gun
fire, two or three weeks hence. An
observation tower, sixty or seventy
feet above the main deck, Is being
constructed from the stern of the YES
sci. z:
There could be no use for such a
tower, but to observe the effects of
the fire. The tower will be large
enough to contain several men. Their
height from the deck will minimize
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-22

Los Angeles.-General Superinten-
dent C. q. Weaver, who has charge OF
the construction work of the new Y.
M. C. A. building here, has discharged
all the Christians. He declares that
noD-Christians do 25 per cent. more
work than the church members.
There's not Christian on the job
as far as know" said Weaver.
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Cool Heads Prevent Panic at Moving
Picture Theatre.

Saginaw, Mich, Specialize Bi
iou vaudeville theatre here was emp
tied in two minuptes without panic
when the building was filled with
dense smoke from the explosion of
gasoline lighting plant in an adioin'
ing building. Flames we're leapine
sixty feet in the air as the audience
emerged from the theatre but cool
heads prevailed and the exits were
kept clear.
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81, 100000 Plans of Obscure
Young Architect to Be Realized.

London. = The London County
Council has decided to proceed with
the building of the proposed County
Hall on the site selected on the banks
of the Thames at Westminst;-. 1t is
estimated that it will cost STA 1000
and take seven years to build.
The architect is Ralph Knott, who
till he won that position by competi-
ton was an obscure assistant in the
city architects Office. He is twenty
nine years old. His fees as architect
will amount to about 100000.
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A CURE AT CITY MISSION.
Awful Case of scabies-Body Mas:
of Sores from Scratching-Her
fortunes Yield to Cuticura.


"a young woman came 10 cur city mis-
sion in most awful condition physically.
Our doctor examined her and told US that
she had scabies 1.-THE itch), incipient pare.
sis, rheumatism, ETC., brought on from eS.
posure. Her poor body was mass of sores
from scratching and she was not able 10
retain solid food. We worked hard over
her for seven weeks but we could see little
improvement. One day bought cake Of
Cuticura Soap and bottle of Cuticura
Resolvent, and we bathed our patient well
and gave her full dose of the Resolvent.
She slept better that night and the next
day got box of Cuticura Ointment. In
FIVE weeks this young woman was able to
look for position, and she is now strong
and well. Laura Jane Bates, IS Fifth
Ave, New York, N. Y, Mar. u, 1901"
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SOME COMMON SENSE.

Don't be afraid of rivals. Things
may be crowded below, there is al
ways room on top.
Don't be afraid of pleasure. 1t is
necessary for good work.
Don't be afraid to fight against
odds. Most things worth having are
hard to get.
Don't be afraid to be polite at
all times and under all. circumstances.
It is no disgrace to be called q gem
.tleman.
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DEATH TO RING WORM.

"EverywheyeI I go speak for TETTER1NE,
because ir cured me OF ringworm in Its
worst form. MY whole chest from neck to
waist WIS raw rs beef; but trErTEnINn cured
mo. 1t also cured bad case OF piles" So
say, Mrs. NJ. y. Jones OF 2S Tannehill St.,
pitssburg. Pa. TErTERIyE, the great skin
remedy, is sold by druggists or sent By mail
for 50' Write J. L. SHupInIsE, Dept. "A,
SaYannnh, Ga.
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Postmaster Kills Himself.

: Reidsville, N. c., special.--Fnday
morning Postmaster James E. Martin
committed suicide in the rear Of the
Leaksville postoflce, where he had
gone to take up mail for an early
morning train. The report of pis-
tol was heard, but no one knew any.
thing about Mr.. Martins act until
some time later, when his body was
discovered.
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BARS SISSY CHRISTIANS FROM y. M c. A. JOB
Building Boss Discharges Non-Believers
Do Much Work.

when 1 began I had some Chris
tians, but they did not deliver the
goods. I fired 'em. They were a
sissy lot, and thought because they
belonged to the church they should
get the soft end of everything. I've
hired fellows who make no profession
and I'm getting twice as much work
out of them"
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TO cLEANiLAcE.

To restore lace. ,etther black OF
white, when soiled, place 1t In miis
Tor IL or is hours. The milk becomes
acid; the lace should then be gently
washed in it and afterwards web
.rinsed in clean lukewarm water and
laid out smooth upon pillow in the
sun.-Boston Post.
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no relief until used Doan's Kidney
Pills. They cured me Ave years ago,
and this is twice have publicly said
so. The cure was thorough.
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
, Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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HAD ECZEMA 1s YEARS.

HAD CCACINA 1U 4 I<RRs
Mrs. Thomas Thompson, OF Clarksvtlle,
Ga. writes, under date OF April 20, lsol: Il
suffered Is years with tormenting eczema;
had the beet doctors to prescribe; but moth
inc i'd me ~ good until got TETTEa1NE.
II cured me. I am so thankful"
Thousands of others can testify TO similar
cures. TETTERINE is sold by druggists or
sent by mail for Soc. by ]. T. sHuPrR1NE,
Dept. 4, Savannah, Ga.