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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
S. c. C. /. ENCAMPMENT..
May Picnic on the Last Day Of
the Encampment, Col. Bal
ley Commended for Great
Success of Both.

The encampment at Salters Pond
was altogethera grand success and
three days of continuous fun and
pleasure. The corps of cadets left
the college building Wednesday af-
ternoon at 2:45, marched through
town; rested at the rock quarry and
arrived at the camping grounds at
about 5 o'clock. The tents were
soon pitched and everything put in
order; each cadet was assigned to a
tent and a most welcome supper
served to a hungry crowd of boys.
After supper everyone gathered
around the camp fires and eithe,
sung and told tales or else listened
TO the S. G. c. /. brass band whicl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
MoDoC's POSSESSION.
Clark's HILL and ParksvilIe Must
Not Claim the "Twin City"
Modoc School District
Rolling in Wealth.

Those who have perused diligent,
.ly the Parksville and Clark's Hill
dots may have been persuaded ere
this that the Twin City's" dam was
at one or the other Of those places
butwe Modoc folks have only been
waiting to show eonclusively that ii
is right here at Modoc.
Mr.. Bonnie Dorm of North Au-
gusta, contractor, together with S.
S. Brunson and McKenney, as fore
men, with a force of 80 men and
90 mules are now grading 2 mile
spur track from the G. q w. G. to
the river.
Mr.. J. NJ. Bussey, of Parksville,
and the chief engineer of thaicom-
pany are also making final survey
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
NEWS FROM RED HILL.
Popular Young People Mar
ried, interesting 3. Y. P,u.
. Meeting, Cotton Chop
ping Begun.

Work on. the farm Isl going on
smoothly now OF much cotton has
been chopped yet but by the time
this is printed there Hili probably
be a great deal chopped.
On Sunday afterno on aboutithree
thirty, Mr.. Wallace Qaarles and
Miss Mae Thomas were married at
the parsonage by Rev T. Little
john. 1t has been quite 4 while since
there has been a marriage in Red
Hill which we have had more in
terest in than this one. w allace is
from the Antioch section but we
have been seeing his Smiling face
among us so much of late that we
already felt towards him as if he
were real Red lillian. Miss Mae
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

had come also. The eight mile
walk made everybody pretty tired
and sleepy, so wrapping up in
blanket and lying on pine straw We
soon fell asleep, leaving the camp
still and quiet, surrounded by ma
ture in all her beauty, with the stars
twinkling overhead far saabove the
tall pines.
The next morning reveille sound
ed at $50, roll call at Z, guard
mounting took place at 1920 and
breakfast was served at s. After
breakfast everyone was free to dc
and go where he pleased. A gooc
many went fishing, some took ad
vantage of the pond and severa
found pleasure in taking maps ano
'doin' nothing.
Lunch was eaten ut p. M, after
which general leave was granted to
those desiring to go to Trenton, 8
mile away and view the sights and
spectacles, (such as watching the
trains), of that large city. DIR. G.
E. Burts and Mr.. A. E. Padgett
visited the camp that night and af
ter retreat and supper, they both
made a fine talk to the battalion.
Prof. j. F. Entzminger and his wife
came also.
Friday was Just like Thursday
with the exception of a baseball
game in Johnston. The score was
tie Of ) to ). Mr.. and Mrs. J. U.
Rives, and Lieut.. c. E. Black came
to the camp in time for supper.
Saturday was the last, best and
most enjoyable day of the three. AT
ter breakfast the c. I. girls, day
students, teachers, patrons, visitors
and former students began pouring
into camp to attend the May picnic.
Everybody mixed and mingled and
had good time. At 2 o'clock an
elaborate and bountiful dinner was
served.
After this the tents were struck,
the battalion formed and marched
to Trenton. Herea prize drill took
place in which Arlington, the lst
sergeant of Co. B. won the first
prize of 50. 90 and Mathis, lst sgt.
of Co. A, the second of $780,, AT
3 o'clock everybody left on the train
for Edgefeld. The ball team stay
ed behind to play a game against
Trenton. The score was 6 to l in
favor of the S. G. CT. Nothwith-
standing the fine time we all had,
everybody was glad to get back to
Edgefeld, foot-sore and weary.
While on the encampment Col.
Bailey and Maj. Lyon did every
thing in their power to contribute to
our happiness and pleasure and the
faithfulness with which they looked
after our comfort is certainly to be
commended. The promptness with
which every meal was served is al
so notable, not to mention their ex-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Name From Bible.

An Alabama man tells of an old
darkey in Birmingham. who became
possessed of a seedy and forlorn
looking dog, to which he promptly
assigned the name Moreover"
''Jefferson," the aged negro was
asked, how did you hit upon such
a name as Moreover" for the dog?"
Il gifts it outen de Bible" said
the darky.
ss'The Bible?'
"Sure sab. Doan' yo' 'mer1ber
where it says, When Lazarus lay
at de rich mans gate Moreover, de
dog, come an lick his sores'?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
What ReaIlyAched.

One day. Mary came to her moth
er and said, Mother, my ear aches!"
Does it ache very bad, Mary?"
asked her mother.
''No."
well, run out and play; then you
will forget about it,
Mary went out, says the Delinea-
tor, but pretty soon she came back
and said: Mother, my eardoes
ache. J. &C the hole, but:the
rr -.e around it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
CLEoRA LETTER.
Good Stands of Cotton, ''Bump-
er"Crop of Corn VIII be
Made. Labor Saving
Machinery Needed.

We have about finished plant
ing cotton, and what was planted
first has come,to pretty good stands.
A good deal has just been planted
and needs showers to bring it up.
Many of the farmers around here
plant most of their corn in May, and
the indications are there will be a
bumper crop made. A few years ago
people used a good deal of fertili-
zer under cotton and a little acid
under corn but now they are using
as much under corn as under cotton
Selling. 8 cents cotton and buying
81. 10 corn don't pay. Grain crops
are spotted; some very good and
some very poor. A good deal was
planted last fall.
Labor is a little more plentiful
than last year, but very unreliable.
The only solution of the labor ques-
tiqn is to substitute improved inn
plements for negro labor.
One r. E. d. route from Cleora
has been established and will soon
be in operation. 1t goes up towards
Liberty Hill and arour1 in the Gil
gal section. We are still waiting
and trying to get one out towards
Red Hill and around by Berea and
thought at one time that we were
sure to get it but now there is some
doubt about it as a portion of this
route has been put into the one
from Modoc.
Our schools have all closed after
a very satisfactory session. Through
the efforts of Mrs. Walter ,Nichol-
son the Berea school will get some
help from the state to rebuild the
house that was burned lastfall, $780,
90, l think it is. They are the kind
of teachers we want; those who
have the energy and enterprise to
build up and improve our schools.
Miss Long, the teacher of the
Mcdaniel school, who; dives. in
Geenville, had the asisf9ssane to
loose her;satchel on herSsssfsa5 to- the
depot, containing igtall of Hier aopeyl
init, about forty do ollars NE heard
az died
morning after a long spell Of sicks[
ness, and was buried at Gilgal Sun
day. He has been confined to his
bed since last January.
Mr.. Frank Seigler, who has been
clerking in Columbia for the last
year or two, is farming at home
this year!
Mr.. Baron Hill is at home with
his father this year, after spending
the last few years in Atlanta.
Moultrie's pond has COTTON to be
a noted place for fishing parties.
Fishermen go there from Plum
to Johnston.Some times they
catch enough to feast on while
here and again they have fisher
mans luck" The worst part of it
is, they come Saturday evening some
times and fish all night and go home
Sunday with their fish. We think
this is carrying fishing a little too
far, and, if we are not mistaken, is
against the law.
Some time ago in digging up an
old stump we found large king
snake, and a toad frog under it lin
the same hole. They had evidently
spent the winter together, almo st
like the lamb and lyon lying down
together. )
PLANTER.
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(or should l say Mrs. Wallace
Quarles) has always lived here, ex
cept short while when off al
school, and she is a friend of every
body and to every body in this com.
munity. This young couple has
bright prospects before them and as
Wallace takes cur young friend to
another home she leaves behind her
those who will be glad to see, and
expect to see, her back among us
often.
The B. Y. P. U. meeting Sunday
afternoon was one Of the best we
have had since our organization.
The subject was from the parallels
of the New Testament and passages
of scripture were read by Messrs.
Charlie Mcdaniel and Tom. Mathis,
Mrs. Maggie Mcdaniel: and Miss
Annie Quarles, after which very
interesting and inspiring talks were
made by Messrs. r. NJ. johnson,
Lewis lEubanks, c.. M. Mellichanp
and our pastor. The same subject is
to be be continued next Sunday and
we hope for even greater interest
than the last.
The new books for the school
| library have arrived. and within q
short while after being placed in the
library numbers of them were taken
out to read. We are very much
pleased with the new books and
feel that the selection is suitable for
young people and children, and also
some are for the older ones.
Who is going to carry off the
prize next fall for having read the
most? Though only one (or these is
sufficient interest is taken in it) OBJ
tains visible prize, we-feel that
many may be benefited by having
tried to win.
Miss Lula Quarles spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
We were glad to see Mrs. Hugh
Wates and Mrs. P. r. Wates i'm our
o~~e.oooo-o-~-o-~oo o-~~-~~o~oN~o-o-o.-~
cellency.
On Saturday night the FRESHMAN
class entertained the entire school
with an elegant reception. The
first floor, hallway and mess hall
were beautifully decorated with
vines and white and green crepe pa
per. In contest for drawing the
best elephant Maj. Lyon won a love
ly bunch of roses. Lieut.. G. E.
Black and Miss Grace McManus
won box of Huyler's in a musical
contest.
The battalion took part in the
Memomorial Day exercises last Mon.
day.
The graded school commencement.
exercises will take place next Thurs
day evening.
The college will close on Tues
day, May the 95th.
STUDENT.
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Sim, IN city itself but hts effect lis de-
hi odralizing. IL is always Of aabout'
the same material and shape, and
THE trimming seems to a mans first
sight the same except in color, but
the way almost, every pretty girl in
the village wears that hat, at her
own tilt or angle and gives it
her own twist, tuck or pucker, is
what does the damage. Talk about
marriages, Mr.. Editor, if there isn't
such an epidemic of marriages be-
fore the season is over as will make
the year famous it will be wonder.
When that roads opened up to the
Twin CITY dam you'll see such
stream of engineers, capitalists, pro-
moters,supervising constructors,e4 etc,
ETC., to Parksville in quest of those
hats and their wearers that every
girl in Edgefeld county will want
to be a Parksville girl and wear a
Parksville hat but / doubt whether
she will be able to wear it with the
Parksville charm.
Talking about roads! Parkville
is pretty well guarded from foreign
invasion at the present time by a
big bottomless pit half way to No
doc, another on the road to Plum
Branch and smaller ones ON all
roads leading out of the village.
The road within her boundaries are
all pretty good. When she has an
chored that hotel to the top of that
mountain or elsewhere. she's going
to see that folks can come in and go
outflow it's hardly safe to travel the
county roads without an insurance
policy for man and beast,
Mr.. Editor, our friend, your op-
timistic correspondent, Mr.. D. o.,
recently patted good citizen--by
long distance thru your colmns--on
the back for dropping some stones
into one of these bottomlcss pits. i
would suggest that he form club,
every member to take rock along
when he goes out and drop it into
the first bottomless pit he manages
not to fall into, and then pick up
another for the next pit.
Mr.. Editor, my say is said.
SANCHO PANZ.A.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

with an elegant course dinner on
last Thursday evening. in honor of
Miss Alma yelling, of Darlington.
The District Methodist Confer
ence which was in session here last
week was profitable and interest
ing to all who attended. The busi-
ness was transacted during the three
days of session and at each even
ing's service excellent sermons were
preached by the following minis
tiers: Revs. Bedenbaugh, E. d.
Hardin and DR.. Daniel. Saturday
day ended the conference, but sew
eral of the ministers remained over
Sunday and special service was
held in the Methodist church. The
coming of the confidence to John
'ston was great pleasure to the
people. The delegates found hos
pitable homes awaiting them; mem
bers of other churches as well as
sisted them in entertaining.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12

John Wood, Of Meriwether, died
4 Yesterday. morning aged ons and a
half years, and will be burie,lat Red
Hill this morning sat IL o'clock.
Our sympathies go out tosthe
grief stricken parents in this sad be-
reavement.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Blackwell
at this writing have very sick
child with pneumonia. We trust
the little one will soonabe GONZALES
cent.
Mrs. Nettie Cartledge and little
Addie Lee left Parksville yesterday
for Augusta to visit her brother, Mr..
John Milton Bell.
Mr.. L. F. Faulkner accompanied
by his little daughters, Frances and
Lille May, visited relativesin Parks
vile yesterday. Mr.. Faulkner is a
progressive, farmer and lives near
Dornyille, in Greenwood county.
Mrs. Anderson Howard, I of White
Town has been visiting this last
week ,at the home of Mr.. w. p:
Parks. y
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Robertson,
of Modoc, bride and groom Of: one
week, worshipped withius at our B.
Y. P. U services'Sunday night. We
hope they will come often.
A warrant has been issued for
the arrest of Bill Broadwater for the
killing of his daughter-in-law and
placed in the hands of Sheriff QUITS.
We understand that Bill has skipped
the country, but we trust he may be
apprehended,a ,as hei guilty of as foul
a murder as ever disgraced our state.
Messrs. Dan Bell and Lill Seigler
worshipped yesterday at Rehoboth.
They report large congregations and
good attention.
Miss Mamie Lochrige, Of Ander-
son, is spending while here with
her sister, Mrs. j. ]. Gilmer.
On next Friday, 14th inst, Mrs.
Mamie Walkers school in White
Town will close. This will be in
deed, as it always is, big day for
White Town. There will be school
exercises in the morning including
recitations, declamations, dialogues,
etc, and the afternoon will be occu-
pied by addresses from noted ed
ucators from adjoining communities.
White Town has many things of
which she ought to be proud, but
nothing surpasses her school.
"Novus HoMo."
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'sCome right on in sambo,' the
farmer called out. "E[e won't hurt
you. You know a barking dog never
bites.'
Sure, boss, Ah knows dat, re
piled the cautious colored man, but
Ah don't know how soon he's going
to stop barkin' Success Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Alligator With a Sweet Tooth.

Yes, said the colored sister de
preacher wuz standin' by, talkin'
about campmeetin' wen To- an be-
hol'! de alligator crawled 'pon top
de bank an swallered one er dc iii
chilluns! Des ter think now. A
black, rough raskill lax him ter be
ambitious ter swaller sich a lump er
honey-sweetness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
Her Promise.

A Toledo man, who married a
widow but recently bereaved, re
ceived an unpleasant shock one
morning at breakfast when, without
examining the address, he carelessly
opened an envelope bearing bust
ness-like-looking caption.
1t was a communication from a
firm dealing in grave monuments; it
was addressed to his wife, and
read:
In compliance with your request,
we beg to enclose drawing Of monu-
ment ordered.
The drawing showed this in
scription upon the monument;
"To my dear husband, whom !
shall never replace. :"
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sssAN NCHo 1 III P.s VS.. .'D0N o.
Wit and Wisdomof saneho Pan.
"a, Hotel Yet in the Air, Be
witching Parksville
Hats.

Theresa man somewhere sending
4 Won Parksgille news. IIe calls him
self Don Quixote, so he must be the
Z person who once wrote a book
about himself and me. You Will re-
member that inthe old days he was
full of fancies and that I Ialways felt
it my duty and found it apleasure
TO correct them. 1 find that he's still
at his old tricks; SO / suppose /
must be up to mine that is, with
your pc Mission.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I'm not saying
that Mr.. Don. sQ's news is not en-
tertaining. I'm just going to show
how in some cases he's still in his
fancies and how in others he misses
: the cream onysthe curds. For in
stance he's told you big tale about
a hotel that Mr.. w. w. Fowler is
talking to Parksville. Well, Mr..
Editor, it will always be in the air,
and its going to take a powerful
sight of talking to get that hotel
high enough in the air to sit onrthe
top of that wonderful mountain that
looks from Key West to the coast
of Maine, and it won't get up there
unless there's more than one person
talking it hard, too.
Then, Mr.. Editor, you were told
something of the reports of that
grand Sunday school rally at Tren-
ton but your readers should realize
that cold type cannot convey any
adequate impression of the feeling
and enthusiasm with which that re-
port was made. The delegates were
plainly SO overcome with the boun-
stiful feast and so intoxicated with
the eloquence Of the discourses that
subject and matter of these was of
small consequence. Their earnest
sassurances that it was good, thatit
was the bestssyer bids, fair to make
ParksyilIe another deserted village
when the next Sunday school inter
ttesiominationa nal rally is held. Well
slI be thsre 81
there the IooarksYille hat.
pens i lsinl i1 sed atelss mar. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-05-12
PARKsVILLEs SCRIBE.
New Lock Boxes in Post Office,
Very Obliging Post Master,
Valuable Citizens Com
ing In.

Your old correspondent, don
Quixote', though fond of ladies' and
a great admirer of their achieve
ments, has failed to note one great
improvement made by our very affa-
BILE and efficient post mistress, Miss
Sallie Parks, in beautifying the post
Office, and putting in lock boxes, so
that each of us can get our mail at
any hour, without trouble to her or
ourselves. Your former correspon-
dent may not agree with me but
new man" believes that Uncle
Sam ought to make all our post mas
tiers women because they are not al
ways looking like they could bite a
ten-penny nail in two, swapping and
growing at people simply because
they want their mail, and asking
questions about it.-They know
how to look sweet and pleasant and
be accommodating and afable.
I see a notice in the papers order.
ing an election at Clark's Hill, as to
whether the citizens of the new
school district recently laid out
shall vote an extra tax for school
purposes. Of course they. will.
Clark's Hill isan up-to-date commu-
nifty, and cannot afford to lag be-
hind others in this matter. There
may he in every community an old
"skinfint' who would vote against
such a measure, but a large MAORI
ty Of our citizens are public spirited.
and the tax weuld be- voted by
large majority in almost any com,
munity.
The grading of the newroad from
Modoc to the Twin City Power
works goes merrily or, and they will
soon be able to to put down rolling 4
stock.
The building of this road togeth-
er with the main enterprise, has
brought in our midst a young Mas 4
sachusett surveyor, who is very con-
secrated, and agreats help to us in j
our young peoples work. He is OF 3 8
German stock and is Isl 81 lamed 6
stedt. Il psiss isii;
brifS 81 81
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-19
Too Tiaht a Squeeze.

John Fiskc. the historian, was a
imam of enormous stature and eX-
remelv sensitive about any refer
3ence to his unusual size. On one
occasion when he was visiting a
friend at his home in a beautiful
Town in Connecticut the hostess
land her daughter invited Mr.. Fiskc
IL drive with them one morning.
The road is. a picturesque one,
which winds along the river at the
foot of the mountains. At one point
the hostess suggested that the party
ahght and walk a short distance
through the field to get a particu-
larly attractive view. Around this
field was a high fence with no open
ing but a narrow stile. The ladies
passed through and turned to wait
Tor their guest. For a moment he
contemplated the opening: To
squeeze through was impossible; to
climb over was equally Impractical
BE. Finally his deep bass voice
broke the silence, Ladies, I think
we would better continue our
drive"
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Embarrassing For the Lecturer.

Civilized people when they listen
to lecture on some ahStruse sclen-
tific subject applaud even if they do
not understand. But there Is evl-
IDENTIFY more frankness among say
ages, according to story told by
Captain Guy Burrows. A white man
one evening tried to. explain to
some members of an African tribe,
the Mobunghi, the wonders of the
steam engine and steamship. He
drew diagrams on the sand, and the
audience listened and looked with
apparently intense interest. At last
he asked his hearers whether they
understood. "Yes," they replied
they thought they did.
"There was a deep silence" Cap
tain Burrows said. "for some time,
and then a voice in the center OF
the crowd expressed the unspoken
sentiments of the whole assembly in
one emphatic word. uttered in q
tone of the deepest conviction
Liar"
Embarrassing for the !e>turcr!--
Westminster G&zc,;c.
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Washington's Plague Spots

lie in the low, ,marshy bottoms of the
the Potomac, breeding ground OF
malaria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague. biliousness,,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
Electric Bitters never fails to de-
stroy them and cure malaria troubles.
.'They are the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria / ever used,
writes R NJ James of Louellen, 5 G.
They cure Stonach, Liver Kidney
and Blood Troubles and will preven
Typhoid. Try them,5Oc. Guaranteed
by D G Scott.