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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-28
Delegates to Charleston.

The following ladies from the
Edgcfcld association will attend
the Woman's Missionary Union
convening in Charleston November
10th to 18th:
Miss Robbie Jones and Mrs. w.
S. G. Heath, Antioch; Mrs. }. T.
Nixon, Clark's Hill; Mrs. J. ii.
Tillman, Mrs. J. w. Peak, Mrs.
Barnwell Jones, Mrs. J. II. Allen,
Misses Eileen QUITS and Kate Patti
son, Edgefeld; Miss Mary Emma
Williams, Gilgal; Miss Madge
Mays, Horns Creek; Mrs. w: 2.
Parks, Miss Lucy Jaro, Parksville;
Mrs. Hugh Wates, Mrs. w. E.
Prescott and Miss Alma Ham
mond, Red Hill; Misses Carrie
Burkhalter, Julia and Fannie Joe
Strom, Rehoboth; Mrs. Kate NJ
Black and Mrs. j. G. Long, Mrs.
K. i. Posey, Mrs. a. l. Webb
Trenton; Mrs. j. L. Griffis, lied
Oak Grove.
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Attention County Schools.

The Edgefeld chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy is
offering gold medal, to be awarded
as prize for the best essay on
Gen. Robt. Z. Lee. This offer is
open to all pupils of the various
schools of our county, boys and
girls from the ages of Is through
the 18th year. Every teacher is re-
quested to choose the best two
papers from each school, one a boys
and the other a girls and send these
two to Mrs. Julian Holstein, secre-
tary of the chapter, by December
l4th as none coming in later can be
accepted. The papers sent in will be
read before the members of the
chapter by Mrs. Holstein and the
best six three boys and three girls
will be chosen by the Daughters
and these parties will be notified at
once, that they will be expected
to read their essays in the opera
house of our county seat on Janua-
ry 18th, 1909, to an audience assem-
bled in celebration of Lees birth
day.
The Daughters of the Confedera-
cy will attend in a body and decide
then and there which essay as well,
as delivery is the best and the medn
al will be awarded on this occasio !.
1t is earnestly hoped that the var
Gus SCHOOLS will take this mattel
up and cooperate with the U. d. G.
in trying to instill a love and inter
est in the Confederacy in the young
people Of our county.
Veterans desiring Crosses OF
Honor will call on Mrs. Griffin at
the Edgeield Bank for application
blanks as soon as possible and have
same filled out properly returning
them to her at once. Orders for
Crosses must go in between the lst
and 10th of November as this is the
time appointed for the State Gus,
todian to receive applications.
Mrs. N. G. Evans, Pres.
Mrs. J. d. Holstein, Sec.
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COLD sPE. ING NEWS.
School Flourishing Farmers Sow
ing Grain, Christian Women
at Work.

The crop for the year 1908 is
about all gathered. Short crops,
short prices and everything else
high makes hard times
The farmers are very busy now
sowing grain. 1t seems to be the
general intention among them to
plant larger number Of acres this
year than usual. That means less
cotton planted next year and more
hog and hominy'
Our school is running full time
now and the attendance is good,
considering that the farmers are 50
busy and need the help of their
children. Miss Strom is boarding at
the hospitable home of our pastor
and is giving music lessons to his
two bright little boys. She is also
giving music lessons to other young
people in the neighborhood. MIR.
Mellichamp is boarding with Mrs.
Salhe Thomas who for many years
has thrown open her doors to the
teachers, thereby comforting favor
upon them and the patrons of the
school.
The ladies of Tie Red Hill
church entertained themselves very
pleasantly last week and ut the
same time accomplished something
useful. They divided into two
groups one meeting at Mrs. DR..
Prescott's home, the other at Rose
Cottage" and each group quilted Il
quilt for the Connie Maxwell or
phanage. Some little child'S dreams
will be made sweeter by nesting
under the quilts made by the hands
of the sympathiSing mothers Of
Red Hill.
At the last meeting of our young
peoples organization of this church
they made move toward beautiIy-
ing the inside of the church and
the grounds. This church is already
one of the best country churches III
this county but we believe in push
ing forward and not let well
enough alone" when it comes to
matters of this kind.
Ask Mr.. John Bailey how he ell
ioyed the show at Edgetield last
Saturday,
The monument erected to the
memory of Mr.. John Wash, by the
Woodmen of the World will be lln-
yelled at Rehoboth the Ind Sunday
in November. DIR. A. J. $. Thomas
of Greenville has been invited to
preach for our pastor at / a. m.
and to deliver the unvciling address
at p. m. There will be dinner
served on the grounds.
About two weeks ago MIR. Lewis
Glanton had the misfortune of
sticking a nail in his leg near the
knee. Blood poison set in and he
has been suffering very much, but
we are glad to say that there is
some improvement ut this writing.
Notwithstanding the fact that
this year has turned ont to be Il
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Oldest Subscriber.
For Fifty Consecutive Years a
Subscriber For The Adver-
user.

This newspaper has on its sub
script N list scores of persons who
have been constant readers for TWEEN
ty. thirty ard forty years, but only
a limited number who have reached
the half century mark. We feel
honored in being able to present
to our readers this week cut of
Mai. j. w. Alton, of Rosa, S. G.
Greenwood county, formerly Edge
fed. who has been q subscriber for
The Advertiser for fifty consecutive
ycar:, lacking ouly about two
months.
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Dear Friend:


I first subscribed
for the dear old paper the first of
the year 1859 through your grand
uncle, Mr.. James HI. Minis. l was
then attending to business for him
on his plantation. i have been tax
ing IT without ceasing ever since.
will be IA years old if / live until
the 10th day of November next.
My general health is as good as l
could ask at this time, though am
very weak and it is with difficulty
that | can see to read or write.
Otherwise ! am well, and hope this
will find YOU and loved ones well.
Yours very truly,
J. NJ. ALTON.
Rosa, S. c., October 29th, sl9Os.
As above stated, we feel greatly
honored in being able to publish the
cut and personal note from Major
Alton, a representative and very
worthy son of old Edgetield county.
The number of newspapers i'll South
Carolina Gf there be any others at
alD is very limited that has names
upon its subscription list that have
been there for half a century.
Mai. Alton now receives The Ad-
vertiSer gratis, and will continue to
receive it with the compliments of
the editor until he shall have reach
the end of life's journey, which we
sincerely trust will be yet very
many years.
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Oct. 24tll, 1908.
Making Bryan-Kern Speeches.
CADET.

The following is from the Colum-
bia Correspondent to the News and
Courier
Hon. w. l.. Daniel, of Saluda,
membcr-elcct Of the Legislature
from that county, spent to-day in the
cityon his way home from the North.
While in Washington Mr.. Daniel
was called on to speak at demo
cratic rally, and the Washington
papers report his speech in compli-
mentary terms, stating that he re-
ccived hearty applause from the
crowd -
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DEDUCT FOR BAGGING.
Exporters and Mills Limit Guam
tity of Bagging for Baling
Cotton.

Notwithstanding the fact that
farmers have in the past been urged
to cover their cotton better so as to
protect it, the exporters and mills
have recently adopted rule not to
accept or purchase cotton which has
more than six yards of bagging to
the bale without making deduction
in weight for all in excess of that
quantity.
The Edgefeld buyers have re-
ceived formal notice of the new
rule and are now forced to make
suitable deduction in weight on cot
ton they purchase which has more
than six yards of bagging to the
bale. Not to do this, as is shown by
the subioined letters, would in the
aggregate mean heavy loss to them.
In order that the people may fully
understand the position of the local
buyers, and the why and where
fore of their action, we publish
letters from certain mills anf cx-
portcrs to whom they ship cotton.
The first is letter from an ex-
porter to Messrs. w. w. Adams
q Co., which shows that this
ldgeticld firm recently sustained
loss of Sl.7S per bale on lU bales
of cotton on account of deduction
for excessive quantity of bagGing.
The letter is rs follows:
McSsrS. W. w. Adams g. Co.,
Edgetield, 5. c.
Gentlcmcn:-
Attached hereto is claim for
Sl7.S3, account surplus bagging
picked off ten bales cotton in your
shipment marked LEN"
Please send chcque to cover.
Yours truly,
a large cotton mill has also writ
ten Mr.. Adams as follows upon this
subject:
Mr.. w. w. Adams,
Edgcfeld, S. c..
Dear Sir
There is considerable
complaint about the excessive tare
on the cotton that YOU ship us, and
we think YOU ought to require the
farmers from whom YOU buy cotton
not to put so much bagging on the
bales. | understand that several buy
crs have withdrawn from your ter
ritory on account of the excessive
tare and if this is the case you
should certainly protect your old
friends, the cotton mills, who have
stood by You so long and have made
little or no complaint heretofore
about this matter. 1t is serious, how
ever, and YOU should help to pro-
trct our interests in the matter.
With kind regards, | am,
Yours truly,
Not having received reply to
the foregoing letter, the mill wrote
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hard one, there has been several new
dwellings built in this section of
the county in the last few months,
besides additions or improvements
on others. Mr.. Willie Quarlc S
is to have Il new home soon. The
lumber has been placed on the
ground. Mr.. Jack McLendon who
has built a new house in our town is
to move his family here in the near
future. We extend to them hearty
welcome.
The camp of the w. o. w. here
is in Il hourishing condition and at
almost every meeting some poor,
blind candidate is introduced into
the mysteries of Wood craft.
Y. Y. II.
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REV. A. B. WATSON RETlRES.
Withdraws From Active Minis
is'ry After Thirty.six Years
of Service.

After many years of ministry
spent as an active member of the
Methodist Conference Rev. A. B.
Watson has concluded to become
one of the supernumeraries of his
church. For thirty six years he has
preached, passing through all the
ranks into which the Methodists
divide their ministers. For nine
teen years he has been an active
minister. Having served in all Sec
tions of the state he is generally
known; and by reason of his Iowa
BILE CHI; 'acter has endeared himself
to each of his congregations. Find
ing that his health is not equal to
the demands of the active ministry
he has bought farm a few miles
out of Beaufort at Cherry Hill
where he plans to live with his wife
and younger children. Before be-
coming a preacher he was farmer
and looks forward with pleasure to
rounding out his life in the same
occupation with which he began it.
Cherry Hill contains 18O acres and
its homestead overlooks the upper
part of Port Royal harbor from a
high bluff which is shaded by live
oaks and palmettoes. He is enthusi-
astic about Beaufort, it's climate and
opportunities. As an illustration of
the sacrifices that the ministry deg
mands it may be mentioned that
this property represents Mr.. Wat
sons savings before he went into
the ministry and that for his s'many
years of labor for his people through
the church he has nothing to show
in the shape of this worlds goods,
AT the army post st Fort Ere
mont Rev. Watson. has held regu-
lar services in the mess hall-the
soldiers like him, he is the kind of
man men like to tie to; at Seabrook
he has small congregation that is
growing; the Port Royal church
has been in his charge beside the
one in Beaufort. Asa supernumera-
ry he will preach occasionally to all
of these congregations, each of
which is very glad that it will not
lose altogether a pastor of whom
they are so fond.-Beaufort Ca
zette.
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Mrs. P. 3. Day and Mrs. J. d.
Mathis were in Edegfeld Monday
and stated that everybody in and
around Trenton are coming to the
floral fair Friday, including nurses
and babies.
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Adu1he claim
Oheap sdamo TO bo ut npaby h
ageo eddatoH sanEde Hhh hHpd part qy Of
Mh d No imperfect impress
ndmn of paper otgph or
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lear Dir:
We have received no
reply from you to our letter about
tar, so here after we shall deduct
soc per bale on all cotton that has
excessivetare. We give this infor-
nation for your guidance so that
you may know what to do with your
customers.
Unless something is done in this
regard many of the buyers will leave
your territory, and it will work to
your disadvantage in the end.
With kind regards, / am,
Yours truly
Mr.. A. E. Padgett, president of
the Edgefeld Mercantile Company,
has also received several letteas
bearing upon the same subject, the
following being an exact copy of
one of these letters:
Edgefeld Mercantile Company,
Edgefeld, S. C.
Gentleman
We sent you sew
eral days ago a copy of the Carroll
ma Mill Rules under which most
cotton in this section is sold, and
we wish to call your attention to
the fact that this year the mills are
allowing only 30 pounds of bagging
and ties to the bale on uncompressed
cotton. There has been great COM
plant on cotton shipped from your
section having more than the or
dinary amount of bagging that
would be used on bale Of cotton.
We trust that you will cooperate
wit h us in getting the farmers to
reduce the amount of bagging put
on cotton within the prescribed
limits of the Carolina Mill Rules,
and we are writing you to let You
know that cotton purchased from
you in the future will be made ac-
cording to Carolina Mill Rules and
for excess tare over 90 pounds, de-
ductions will be made. In most
towns now farmers use yards of
bagging instead of from 9 to l2
pounds. We trust that your GUS
toners will do likewise, so that all
parties can be protected.
Yours truly,
While tits great hardship upon
farmers to lose all bagging in ex-
cess of six yards that was put on
cotton before the mills and export
ers announced the new rule, yet the
above letters show that the buyers
at this place are in no way respon-
sible for it. The fact is, they are as
powerless to remedy the matter as
are the farmers themselves.
The names of the writer's of the
above letters have been withheld but,
they are in our possession, and any
one desiring to read the letters can
do 60 u
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Mr.. Adams a second time as fol-
lows:
Mr.. w. w. Adams
,Edgefeld; S. c.
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Mr.. A. E. Padgett, president of
the Edgefeld Mercantile Company,
has also received several letteas
bearing upon the same subject, the
following being an exact copy of
one of these letters:
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Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina.

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Not having received a reply to
the foregoing letter, the mill wrote
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Dear Sir:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-12
.XBDlI HNIzlD5 CNRRI4(

a fight to settle Europe's little argument COS to
get the Turk?
However, to date these conditions had ne OF
serious character but the longing to pc Turk
ish lands still fingered in the breasts of the pgs OF
the old hemisphere. So it was natural th2h the
revolt of the Young Turks gaining sway thrut the
interior the sultan should scent danger from Had
the Young Turks overcome the empire it have
been but the work of few weeks before Injections
of the great powers would have been madaaking
lands most suitable to their purposes, war Drities
declare. So his royal highness capitulated. tainted
the same constitution which had appeased people
during the struggle Of 1876 but which he took
away.
Abdul Hamid felt that he could ward on de from
without or within, but he could not hold his with
the struggle going on both without and withinhe ap
piled the easing process where he had power so.
Since the conclusion of the treaty of Berlin ID ter
minated the wars of 1876-77, were the Frenctaso1
of Tunis in 1881, the treaty with Greece, the yea
by which Turkey ceded to the former country who'll
of Thessaly and a strip of Epirus; the occJon 0
Egypt by Great Britain in 1882; and the revon a
Philippopo1is in 1885, when the government caster
Roumea was overthrow and the union of th5untr
with Bulgaria was effected The results of thevol,
ton were in 1886 recognized by imperial fir Tn
last event which attracted worldwide notices tn
granting of the constitution this year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-12

lions which occurred in the vicinity of The Porte grew
to be of menacing character, it being the belief Of
many experts international affairs that sooner
later of the demonstrators would shell the sacred
city and take therefrom their dues.
Latest developments in the Turkish situation pointed
For while it looked like in which all Eu
rope would take part. In the ane-belum talk Servia
Austra-Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and few Of the
others apparently prominent The trouble
of the present year started with Bulgaria announcing it's
independence from Turkey.
OF course that the sultan awfully mad and his
people having recently become his friends became equal
ly the proposition The Turkish ministers then
held cabinet session at the monarchs setee and de-
clared that Bulgaria should not become independent.
forthwith the daily papers summed up the fighting
strength of the two nations in time of war and in time
of peace and found that Turkey had about 100000
ready to into the field Bulgaria had far less at
that time
When that had been decided Crete announced it's
dependence also and protective measure united
with Greece which declared would protect Crete to the
best of it's ability Then the Aunaus of Albania
claimed that they no longer servants of the Turkish
government With everybody proclaimng independence
began there would remain little of Turkey
with the exception of Constannople and the danger
existed that Of the eVerready powers would per-
haps devour The Porte itself.
The Berlin treaty. of protective measure which
experts took plan of Turkeys to keep from losing
lots of its small territories bothered Russia France,
Germany England and several other signers. Now
that there likely to be nobody wanted to be the
faguy so the revision of the articles the document
was strongly suggested by st. Petersburg.
America only looker-on in this trouble and
not likely to get mixed in it at any time. But the
other powers who have always had itching of the
palm when Turkey was mentioned were said to
chance to tear off yard two of the Ottoman map for
themselves.
Austria-Hungary the hrst to make move in that
direction. The people of serva simply ached war;
The farmers, merchants and citizen promised
contribute to the expenses of and those who
cash contribute went the streets late at
night and roted for the purpose of calling attention
the fact that they demanded and the stest kind OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-12
WALKERS OF THE psf

The recent walking matches at the stadium Re the
memory back to the late 70s, when similar longstance
competitions hourished amazingly under the gis of
Sir John Ashley and when E. P. Weston Howes lIghan
and Hibberd were the heroes of the hour
Though Weston, the pioneer, accomplished ste fine
performances they were soon ecipsed by our on walk
ers' whose Ieats created great sensation at time.
one Oh the pest OF tnem all was Billy Howes, lie
eyed athlete who walked 100 miles in the truly nveos
time of Is hours minutes Is seconds a recorvbieb
sun REMAINS uhapproacned. fdipberd covered miles
~ - 40 SECONDS, ana without opping
oWeeu al eAslhs FecoFas up 10 ~ miles, foWhich
uAseAoe nAs 'inle was Il hours 90 minutes IS conds
nlofe Monue[1 was the performance ofEeorgt
taa So "no a. oneeIo uamped 5S1 milesn 49,
1osa -. " eoonus' an average OF no muel
c,,1ao- - m nouL' hsnt and day, hweel
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-12

masters In the calphate They next appeared in tEel
worlds history allies of the Seljukian Turks early
ne thirteenth century They fought and defeated the
Mongols and for their efforts received grant of and4
IN Asia Minor. Their leader Osman became a powerful
ruler and Immediately after the death of the Selu sill
tan ne proclaimed himself sultan in his right Thai
was late In the thirteenth century. He died natuaa
death IN 1926. aft
mus we see the Turkish empire founded upon the
ruins of the Sejuks, Mongols and Saracens Passion
1or military honors and religious fanaticism flowed
through the reign of eight princes who followed Osman in
the possession of power and as result the period be-
tween 1900 and 1866 the Turkish empire raised to
the position of Of the first military powers of E
rope That was probably the the world to-
day called the rule sultan tyrannca for he rued
with military discipline to which the remainder of the
inhabitants of the earth have grown unused N
Ihe constitution of 1875 was brought about through
rebellion in various parts of the empire which started
in much the that the revolt of the Young
Turks party of to-day did. was the stand taken hv
the latter only few months ago which caused the
sultan to restore the constitution hand to historians
bit OF history to add to the checkeed career of the
country.
1t was in 1875, the year before the granting of tha
original constitution that the people Herzeg8yina de-
cared they were longer able to the oppression
to which they had been subjected They reheIIed and
year later were followed by the Servians and Monte
negrins The Servans few months later abandoned tho
war, but the Montenegrins fought on
The powers of Europe tired of the tactics taken bv
rulers Turkey kept pressing the Ottoman sultan strong
er and stronger in the direction of reform Toward the
latter part of the year 1876 big conference convened
at Constantinope with view towards making some sort
of settlement. The recommendations of the confab
were unceremoniously rejected by the Turkish
ment. Then Russia became wrathy and issued sensa
uonal manifesto telling the Turk that the Sav hear was
about to consume him. great followed and the
Turk was beaten. In order hold what few subjects
he had left to his cause the constitution was granted nv
the sultan.
of the world aching lay hands upon certain parts
Oh the ottoman empire which most suited to their