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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
Batesburg At Work for Board o.
Trade.

Batesburg, Special.-A movement
is on foot to organize a board of
trade for Batesburg, and it is hoped
that every business man and proper
ty owner and all others interested
in the development and well being of
the town will join and give to it the
heartiest support, as there is no CUES
tion that a we'll organized and hard
working board of trade can do more
for town than any other one thing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
Pledges Filed.

Columbia, special-Three campaign
pledges were fled with State Chair
man Willie Jones of the Democratic
executive committee. These were c.
&. Blease of Newberry, for governor
Jas. F. Byrnes, of Aiken, for soli-
ci.or of the Second circuit, and ]. a.
Sunmersett Of Columbia, for rail-
roa! commissioner.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
Eccentric Reclusc Left
President Roosevelt $4,000

Boston.-Upon the authenticity OF
I new will and two codicils, which
have just been discovered and which
provide for bequest of $4,000 to
President Roosevelt, depends the dis
tribution of the 100000 estate left
by Benjamin Hadley, an eccentric re-
cluse who was found dead in Somer-
vile last December.
II the new documents are genuine
all of the estate with the exception OF
the $4,000 bequest to the President,
will be distributed among relatives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
Carsden-Friday, July "a.


Lancaster-Saturday, July 25.
Winnsboro-Monday July q.
Chester-Tuesday, July %.
Yorkville-Wed Wednesday, July 20.
Thursday, July 80.
Spartanburg-Friday, July 81.
U.iion-Saturday, August 1.
Columbia-Tuesday, August a.
Newbelry-Wednesday, August
Greenwood-Thursday August 6.
Abbeville-Friday, August Z.
Anderson-Saturday, August s.
Walhalla-Wednesday, August 1!
Pickens-Thursday, August 20.
Grcenville-Friday, August q.
Ls,trens-Saturday, August %.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
Campaign Dates Were Arranged.

n SuUCOuIu1LLeG OIL Luc Olule Deul-
ocratic executive committee, consist
ing of Chairman Willie Jones, Comp
troller General A. W. Jones and c. L.
Blease of Newberry, met and az
ranged the schedule for the Demo-
cratic campaign this summer. Capt.
D. j. Griffith, also member, was
unavoidably absent on business. AS
was decided upon by the State con-
vention there are to be two campaign
parties, one for the candidates for
the United States senate and congress
and the other for the candidates for
the State Offices. The State cam
paign will open at st. Matthews on
June II and the senatorial campaign
will open at Sumter on the same
date.
No pledges for the various Offices
can be filed after noon on June 16,
which is a section of the constitution
ON the subject.
The following are the schedules:
Senatorial Candidates.
Sumter-Wednesday, June II.
Manning-Thursday, June IS.
Monks Corner-Friday, June 10.
Gcorgetown-Saturday, June 20.
Kingstree-Monday, June %.
Florence-Tuesday, June %.
Marion-Wednesday, Jane pa.
Conway-Friday, June 26.
Da1lington-Saturday, June 81.
Bishopvii!e- June 80.
Bennettsvillc-W "Wednesday, July 1.
Chesterfeld-Thursday, July 2.
Camden-Friday, July 8.
Lancaster-Saturday, July 4
Winnsboro-Monday, July 6.
Chestcr-Tuesday, July 7.
Yorkville-Wednesday, July s.
Gaffney-Thursday, July 9.
Spartanburg-Friday, July 10
Union-Saturday, July II.
Columbia, July IA.
Newberry-Wedne July Is.
Greenwood-Thursday, July 16.
Abbeyille-Friday, July IL.
Anderson-Saturday, July IS.
alhalla-Tuesday, July 81.
Tickens-Wednesday, July %.
reenville-Thursday, July %.
] aurens-Friday, July "a.
lcxington-Tuesday, July %.
Wednesday, July 20.
Edgefeld-Thursday, July 80.
Aikea-Friday, July 81.
Barnwell-Tuesday, August 4.
Hampton-Thursday, August 6.
Beaufort-Friday. August Z.
Walterboro- Saturday, August s.
Charleston-Wednesday August 10
St. George-Thursday, August 20.
i.-angeburg-Friday, August q.
st. Matthew's Saturday, August %
The State Campaign.
The schedule for the candidates for
State Office is as follows:
st. Matthews-Wednesday, June II
Orangeburg-Thursday, June IS. /
st. George-Friday, June 19.
Charleston-Saturday, June 220.
Walterboro-Monday, June %.
Beaufort-Tuesday, June %.
IIampton-Wednesaay Jnune "a.
Barnwell-Friday, June 26.
Bamberg- Saturday, June 81.
Lexington-Tuesday. June 80.
Wednesday, July 1.
Edgefeld- Thursday, July %.
Aiken-Friday, July B.
sumter-Tuesday, July Z.
Manning-Wedne July 8.
Monks Corner-Shursday, July 9.
Georgetown-Friday, July 10.
Eingstree Saturday, July IL.
orence-Monday, July 13.
.arion-Tuesday, July IA.
Conway Thursday, July 16.
Darlington-Firday, June II.
Bishopville-Tuesday, July q.
Wednesday. July %
Chestrefeld-hursday, July %,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
The Overland Mil.

The men who planned and backed
the Overland Route were big and
brave, but they could have done
nothing without a little army Qi
agents and drivers every whit as
big and brave in their humber
spheres of action. And it was action,
white-hot and picturesque. such "a
YOU may find to-day only on the fir.
lng-line of an army,
There was an agent in charge OF
each division Of two hundred and
ffty miles of road, with all it's sta
lions and equipment. He bought and
distributed rations, fodder. mules,
harness, and kept the buildings I'D
repair. He fed his passengers aud
fought for their lives, be kept BID
sriyers on the jump, and his mud
teams st and ready. His statlonI
were forts as we'll, in which he musI
stand OF the Indian raids that lenI
rest to trip in the Overland Coach
There was no summoning a wreckinj
rev by wire when coach toppled
3n a mountain road. The agent wal
king Of his territory and his respor
sibtlities demanded that order Q
ability which made the Amerlcal
pioneers a race of giants.
The stage driver took his chance1
and counted himself lucky if his ski
would hold whisky, without leaky an
annoying buliet-holes. at the end
his run. The road he must tr2s91
was no more than trail. and one Il
his chief concerns was to keep in 4
during the wearing night hourE
Stage driving as an art departed wit
the passing Of this race of expertk
Now and then you will find IN II
quarter masters wagon trains Of ID
regular army a grizzled pilot Of foI
Or six Government mules who learnd
his trade in the Far West. and VII
may be called an heir to the skill
the men on the boxes Of the "ovs
land. The Outing Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
Note on the Blaek Snake.

have never seen a black snake
over seven feet long, and much doubt
II they grow to a greater length
They are not hard to catch. though
In an open field they can run about as
fast as man can. When caught they
struggle desperately until they find
there is no opportunity to escape.
when they will give up hxhtinx and
may be handled with tmDunstS.
Last snrtne. when l was watkins
Arandywine hris, a piaeis
over tne his head out OF a ho,E y
snake stuene lsay-=aoiin y =. asss ,s,s =
an old apple tree dbouriun. Va.
the ground. He lodged back ON 70.
sight when he saw me. Then
lighted a piece of newspaper and
dropped 1t into the hole In Just
about second the snake started out
again, and Just as he poked his head
through the hole my companion
grabbed him around the neck.
took hold of the tail as it ap-
peared and we stretched him out to
full length and measured him--fiye
and a half feet. He did not fight
much. but this may have been caused
by his Just having shed his skin He
was turned loose. and went wriggling
of into the swamp. Farmers in that
part OF the country do not like to
have the black snakes killed.
One day a few weeks later was
walking through laurel thicket and
heard a great commotion in the
leaves. A black snake had been dis
turbed by the noise I made.
He rushed toward me until he saw
me fix my feet to stop him, when he
turned and ran off in the other direc-
tion into clump of chestnut sprouts.
Up these he climbed for about
twenty feet, gliding from one branch
to another, but not at any time en-
circling the trunk or limb.
AS went toward him he would go
of from the top Of one tree to anoth-
er. stopping now and then to look
back at me. l brought his skin home
and II measured Just six feet,
have never found these snakes to
be vicious; they can be handled cas-
ily, and their bite 10 harmless. They
can squeeze pretty hard II they get
turn around your wrist. but not hard
enough to break a bone.-Forest anr
Stream.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
The Earth,s Mean Rainfall.

The discussion OF observations on
rainfall made firstly Sir John Murray
and later by Bruckner and Fritsche
permits an estimation to be made Of
the mean rainfall on continents,
which is found to be about thirty
inches per year. The rainfall Oh the
ocean is more difficult to measure. but
it has been estimated by Supau; and
Fritsche, taking account of all the
known facts, estimates the mean an
nual rainfall for the entire surface
OF the earth at about thirty-six
inches. Making use of this number.
it is easy to calculate that the total
rainfall amounts to asa million mil
lions of metric tons per year. 1872
thousand millions of tons per day,
ffty-three thousand millions Of tons
PEI hour. $50 million tons per min
ute. or fifteen million tons per second.
Scientific American.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
COMMERCE. AND PEACE.
The Victories of Peace outlast the
Victories of War.

The Victories Of Peace outIast the
Victories of War.
international peace is best pre-
served by satisfactory trade relation
ships. War means disaster even with
victory Large fleets of battIeships
and great standing armies may have
their value in preserving harmony
among nations. But the increase Of
commerce., relationships with for
eign country and the weaving of an
intricate net Of International inter-
ests is a much better way to keep the
peace.
These are the sentiments expressed
20 his American countrymen by the
Italian Ambassador at the close of a
busy week in Chicago. They are
words of truth and soberness. They
are supported by many Illustrations
In the history Of the United States.
They are splendid suggestions in con-
neetion with the work of the newly
formed Italian Chamber of Com
merce. The clash of arms plays havoc
with commercial interests. The men
who Will lose most usually are slow
est in their advocacy of resort to
war. That this feeling can be made
a powerful factor In International
peace was declared in striking SEN
tences by the Ambassador from Italy.
Where solidarity OF interests exists
between representatives OF the COM
merce of different nations the chances
for arbitration Of disturbing ques-
tions are far greater than those for
war. The conclusion follows that
the more general and involved the
lines of trade become. the less danger
there will be OF armed conflict.
From this point of view the con-
sular agents Of the United States are
doing splendid work in the interests
of peace. The great manufacturing
concerns of America which are reach
ing out to all parts of the world may
prove more effective forces than the
steadily developing fleet. Such agen-
cies are friendly. They leave no bit
terness for years to overcome. They
work quietly. and every contract or
new business connection is just one
more element against Chicago
Tribune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
Meeting Hard Times.

Times are hard. We cannot change
that fact; but we can change our
mental attitude towards it, and hope
to find peace in the adjustment. If
we will. We can make up our minds
to do without the accustomed luxu-
ries, just as our mothers did Of the
generation before, and find peace in
that sacrifice. We can resolve that
a pleasant house is better than a
show at the club, and the decent chill
dren in the Sunday-school better
than the extravagant hat in the con-
gregation. We can hope that decent
men will curb minor expenditures.
that are large in the aggregate, and
bring home the economies for the
comfort of wife and children. In
other words, il we will, we can ac-
complish. measurably. a degree OF
contentment that is not conspicuous
in the present day manifestation
Meridian Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
LA PLATA. MARYLAND FRIDAY. JULY3I. 1908.

In the morning with the soies quits
worn through. though I had bought
them new before going to the din
ner. l hope the Society for Psycho-
logical Research can do something
with my experience"
Come. come" said the Doctor.
softly; throw away that cold cigar
and have fresh one. Don't go and
take up the valuable time OF the Psy.
Geological Society with your story:
you simply got caught in one of these
revolving storm-doors. and circulated
all night like a merry-go-round. At
the dinner you may have barred the
door on Excess. but I'm afraid she
got in at the window. -Harper's
Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
OLD. OLD STORY IN NEW FORM.

five hundred thousand league. | ress.
Our weary earth has bowIed through
space;
And fifty thousend miles, no less.
The pallid moon has held her race.
The careful clock has ticked away,
Full eighty thousand moments drear.
20 long has been the tagging day
Since last ] saw you. Nora. desri
-Woman's Home Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31

amenable every year. elpuova
Unused, useless cells or organs are
a common and most dangerous cause
of disease. Man Is not only the high
est, but the quickest. evolved Of all
animals. Consequently he is full Of
old. shrunken. useless, discarded
cells and organs. relics of a past
which the system has not yet got en-
ti.ely rid of. This old rubbish is
veritable sleeping volcano, perfect
seeds of sickness and death, and II
science can ever knock these old.
cranky cells out of mans life, there
is no telling what sort OF an arch
angel career he could take up now
that we have flying machines,
These diseases are somewhat along
the line of modern medicines high
est ideals. Already certain elective
and selective serums reach to and
retard some of these old revolution
ary relics. Every tyro now knows
that Professor Metchnikoff regards
old age somewhat as disease. which
science in future times may greatly
protract and delay. Burbank proved
in plants that their forms and quali-
ties were tremendously exohangsahle
from species to species. Now the
whale is supposed to live to an ideal
old age of seven or eight centuries.
Doubtless infant whales develop
serum which rids them Of their dam
gerous relies. similarly as the tad
poles lose their tails.
In the face OF past performance
guaranteeing the worlds future
hopes and expectations, can money
be more blesssdly employed than in
medical research? Hence the names
of Rockefeller and Carnegie may live
forever.-New York Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31

| In the twelfth ii was spread al dSsr
Europe by the Crusaders. out in the
last few centuries it has about played
out in the Old Country. showing that
however incurable a disease may be
in the individual, there is no sucn
thing as an incurable disease in the
race. Leprosy is ugly enough. but
not a patching in looks with conhuent
smallpox. where the head is as big
as a bucket. and no features to be
discerned through the spongy mask
of swelling. Literally leprosy, like
in Ben Hur, is pardonable form of
exaggeration. Indeed, leprosy is only
dramatic in literature.
When Dr. Crandon. of Boston. re-
Gently said that sickness is going out
of fashion, well organized, civilized
society will not stand for it, and It
must CO." the doctor did not reckon
with the nerve cell, the neuron and
its cureless troubles. He was but
speaking of Grass germ and filth dis
eases. For locomotor ataxia (Tabes
dorsalis) the sons of men may have
forever.
The only absolutely out and out In
curably diseases are nerve cell, nea-
ronic diseases, and it will presently
be shown why this must be so. Nen-
rons are the central nerves and brain
cells, the cardinal units of life it.
self. Some are seemingly simple
cells with starllke points, ~hiie
others may look like n iadpole with
tail three feet long, and reaching
from the middle of the back to the
tlp Of the toes. The neuron Is the
centre and origin OF thought. senss-
tion and motion, but these cells are
so complicated, so highly and In
hnitely delicate and perfect in con-
struction that If injured or destroyed,
It leaves no reproductive cells to re-
produce or regenerate itself. Once
gone, gone entirely. which is only
true of itself, for all other cells caa
reproduce and regenerate themselves
to some extent at least. Then. too,
this long tail-like conductor is the
part that most often. and incurably.
| goes out OF business.
Some of the strongest minds in
modern medicine are trying to make
the neuron the standard around
which most medical thought of the
future must rally. However, and
anyhow, when neuron or its fine
filmy electric tail once dies the jig
is up for that man. OF course most
If not all maladies of the mind are
neuronic and incuraoie, and are quite
too deep to handle here There must
be incurable neuronic diseases until
some wizard, some future doctor who
can do with men as Luther Burbank
does with plants, and so develops a
self-produeing, self-generating neu-
| ron In man. With such neuron at
the head of human affairs barring
disaster, man might live almost as
| long as he desires. Right hers there
! seems something wrong in the neu-
ron theory How else could some OF
] our old war horses like Mark Twair,
and Watterson stay in the ring so
long? Such men must have used up
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
6aS0EIEsIIk;ssE4;E;5 6aSEIjEsIIk;ssE4E;5

Son-"Father what's a music crit
lc?' He's a fellow that all
music seems to trritate. judge.
Bacon-''And does your son show
any signs OF his college training."
Egbsrt-"0h. yes: he's quite lame
from an injury he received on the
football team Yonkers Statesman
! 4 Jolly young chemistry touch
! While mixing comnound nj stuff
Dropped a match in a vial
And after a while.
ihey found hiS 4 NJ teeth ard one ru7.
Success Magazine.
why don't you watch the game.
Laura?" What's the use7 Won
told me the umpire man was paid to
watch it. Let him look after H. I'm
sure I don't want the job."-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
Boy (who has been naughty and
sent out into the garden to fud a
switch to punish him with)-"oh.
mummy. couldn't find a switch any
where, but here's a stone you can
throw at me- Punch.
~, tsttH sfe Nke the stars. he said,
And pressed her hand so white
And he smoke true: for like the stars
Her teeth came out at night
Cornell Widow.
Congressman Blank tafter buying
voter a drink My friend, can
rely upon you to support me7" Grim
son-nosed Friend Sorry, gent: but
my wife's kickin' now cause don't
support her"-Judge.
seldum Fedd-"Me and me frien'
aint no tramps. Maddim: we're
couple O. wealt'y clubmen waikIn'
across de continent on a wager"
Mrs. Flint tcoldly) Hurry along.
then or you'll lose your bet
Puck.
"Tbe ms thing the Pilgrim
fathers did aftsS landing was to make
a settlement" said the student board
eF. Yes reio.ned the bill coilec-
tor, "and that's about the last thing
some Of their descendants want to
ao."-Chicago Daily News.
THE African pygmies are the
shortest people in the word. re-
marked the learned trave'er. Don't
you believe it," sighed the domestic
man. ''Did you ever see an American
husband after he had settled for bis
wife's spring oGtft?"-Chlcago
Daily News.
Every bailot must be counted"
the first sPaake- had declared az
| agree With the gentleman voy b,ra
Just heard began the one WHO L.
lowed but I gaaG FOR
that in esrisisRYBODY.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31
TRE LovE soNNEr or A cowRoY

TIE LOVE SONNET OF A COWBOY.
The other night the Two-Bar gave dance,
right.
Not dressed to kill. but Jest in simple
white
And yet, YOU bet, she breathed Of elegance:
You oughter seen her when some puncher'd
prance
Right up and try to git Of somp'n
bright.
She'd sling her moose Of talk Jest out Of
sight
Caliropin' didn't seem happrnstance,
And when she danced il looked 10 me lest
like
A nurty flower. swayin' on the plain
When some cool breeze has come I'm
on the hills.
| din't dare 70 ast her fer hike
Around the floor with me-'twnuld set
my brain
a whirlin' round Jest like herd tia,
Denver Republican.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31

The class was discussing animals
how they walked, got up, etc, etc.
After she explained the cows method
of rising to her feet, the teacher
asked: do you know any other ani-
NAL that gets up like cow" Silence
reigned for moment. then one little
girl timidly raised her hand. What
is it?" asked the teacher. "A calf,
was the whispered reply
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31

| OF worn out bushel OF neurons. Il
seems both absurd and impossible
that these cells could last for a whole
busy lifetime without regeneration.
Speaking Of locomotor ataxla as
chief of neuron diseases. half a CEN
tury ago Romberg said: For none
OF these is there hope of recovery;
all are condemned to death" Never
theless, modern treatment has great
ly miidened and heightened this dis
ease. Locomotor ataxia is not itself
deadly. but It shortens life through
the many complications which it
awakens. Some cases are protracted
out to thirty years.
Thomsens disease is strange
enough. Its most conspicuous fea-
ture is overdevelopment OF the mus
cles. These stand out in great wads.
tiers and layers for all the world like
the statue of the Farnese Hercules.
Severe or mild epilepsy is practi-
cally incurable.
The well-known shaking palsy,
though protracted through years,
maybe. OF success and afiuence. is
cureless. 1t begins in the fingers.
with a slight tremor, to extend into
legs. face and body.
Arthritis deformans is a myster-
ious skulky disease. often starts and
stays in the hip joints. but may ex-
tend into and deform every Joint of
the body. Even after death the body
may remain as rigid as stone. In the
early stages the joint Juice is in
creased too much. and swells the
joints. Later it dries up into a tough
gristle. which CLUES the joints solid.
This disease tas all other incurablesl
should be treated as curabie. Much
better results are thus secured than
II treated in a half-hearted. foregone
way.
Syringomyeia (fiute-like spinal
cord this disease burrows a flute
like hole through the whole length of
the spinal cord as big as a lead pen
Gil. Pains and wasting of the limbs
are its main signs, and may last for
years, and can be greatly helped
Shriveling of the optic nerves will
recall Mr.. Broadway Rouse's case, his
experimental substitute. and his nil
lion-dollar offer as a reward for cure.
Spot hardening is a common affee-
ton of the brain and cord. and usu-
ally follows some other severe dis
ease. The brain and spinal cord are
full OF hard. shotty spots. which
range in size from a pinhead to a fill
bert. Paralysis of the legs is the
chief result.
As for Bright's disease, organic
heart disease, cirrhosis Of the liver,
cancer. consumption-this group of
diseases has fallen from the list of
incurable. Many physicians now be-
lieve that the lungs. liver. kidney and
heart possess marvellous recuperative
and regenerative powers. ortel.
through exercise and diet. has cured
many cases of organic heart disease.
Insurance companies ns longer take
snap Judgment from u first exami-
nation in examining frSright's dis
4 W.: s,ss s,s wait \ ,5Jdpu Ind examine
+ ~ <ss-llet aaIlly
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-07-31

"Ab, yes. related the foreign r
blsman, as he rubbed his hant
when re beautiful girl found tn
I-r father bad selected me as her Il
~ husband she was picture"
What = picture of distress
asked the sensible American girl.
Chicago News