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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Dry Goods Department

Best grade Riverside checks, sale price per yard sza 4aac
White Table damask CSC value, sale price per yard 24c
Good grade dress ~ginghams regular SC kind. Sale price Sc
Regular 129c dress ~ginghans, sale price Sc
Better grade percale regular price re, sale price L2c
Outings. regular 1oc value sale price &c
Unbleact ed drilling worth 12ac sale price Sc
Good grade Ticking .123c, sale price S1-2
Good Isc2alue Ticking, sale price --1-----~-9 &C
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Free! Free Free!

anaevary customer spending $500 at this
aurIngg this Clean Sweep Sale will be given Free
Of nne sweet soap 8 cakes to box retails at 15e.
every man buying a suit over $3.50 will be given
i 500 Hat, anysseolor.
oagsry customer Spending $500 at this sale will
gIVsn free package of Arbuckle's Ariosia Coffee
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Clothing Department For Men And Boys.

y We have now on hand over 500 suits for men,, all the latest styles, kinds
land colors, blue, black, striped, etc, worth from $500 up to $500 all
included in this Mighty Sale will be sold at less than manufacturers
wholesale cost If you are going to buy a suit for fall come to this store
and see how far the nimble penny and almighty dollar will travel at this
sale. your dimes will seem like dollars here. A trial is all we ask, we
can suit you.
Rows Odd Pants worth 35c. sale pice 1sc
Rows Odd Points worth 75c sale nrice includinp Knickerbockers 44c
Boys Suits, worth $780,, sale price S9c
Bows Suits, worth s3 90. sale price s17s
lalot Of Bows SHIFTS worth s5.5 &, &c. 90 will go in this sale $3.49
Mems Overcoas 1893
BOWS SHIFTS worth s5 OF. sale price 1898
MEMS Odd Pants worths 81 III. sale nrice CSC
Mems Odd Pants, worth $500, sale price Sl"29
Mems Suits worth SO nc. sale price $497
Mems Suits, worth 5000, sale price S6.Ss
Mems Suits worth $40 80, sale nrce S69s
Bosys OvHcoats, worth s.. so, sale price sl.2s
Mems Suits, worth 1925 sale price sl9.9s
worsmd worth. at a bargain. $3.50. This mighty sale at s7.ss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Ladies Shoes

One @ plain cap toe work shoes, 81 rs and SO 90 values,sale price 81 20
One lot gun metal and Patent feathers, Q so and 275 val, sale price %
One LOT ladies dress shoes in all the latest styles and shapes, sold for
SO 90 and SO so, sale price s2l9..
Our Shoe Department is complete in every detail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Ladies and Misses Coat Suits.

s a4s 81 hand asfssgsiine Of ladies' and misses fine.
sgasS lNsEsyyles andcoIprss 50 II yonsare buying a Tall.
ada s@ oa5come to this sale and letYonr dol
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Misses Goats.

% coats ii desirable fabrics, nicely trimmed and
a Mae sale price S1.es
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Get h Habit

of trading at a live store-a store
that fills your every want, and al
ways at living, prices-a store that
keeps faith with the people at all
times.
Use your pencil and check items
you are interested in, then bring
this circular with you for reference.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Towels.

Good towels, sale price
Regulor lOc value towels, sale price
10. l-2c towels, sale price
High Grade linen fowls, a5c and SOC values sale price
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Dress Goods.

saitingg7 IN Plidg and Novelty Stripes, etc, lsc values.
Sale price per yard sc
fancy suitings ina large variety Of patterns, csc values.
san pricap Der VAR I4c
8inch WOODEN Suitilags in new fall effects in fancy Mohairs and
sadN other leading Fabrics. All new and up to date, Regular
ssricss7 5o: sale pride @ sec
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Mem 5 Furnishings.

us egige shirts, worth zoe, sale price 24e
legali gee shirts, worth IS and 75cSsale price 3oc
xscksVear worth SOC, sale price 24c
suspeuders worth sec sale price $50
worth S $500. sale price S2.Io
aas worth 81 5p$sale price csc
EllderWeaTESMos 75c, sale price .3oc
gssaaderwsar worth 75e sale price 49c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Merchandise, has been sold cheap.
in Edgefeld refore, but nothing to
even approach this sale in value
giving has ever been attempted here
10 days of mis .hty merchandising
in which every standard of value
giving will be surpassed. Remem-
Der the date, FIR. DAY, Dec. 10th.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
LETTERS WERE ISSUED
To William n. Fields as Executor OF
Bris Brown-Commission Found
Two lnsane-Taken to Anna.

Yesterday in the county court, let
tiers testamentary were granted VII
liam H. Fields as executor without
bond in the matter of the last will AMI
testament of Bris Brown, deceased A
petition to concel the assignment of an
insurance policy in the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. held by the de-
ceased, was examined and the assign
ment ordered cancelled The inventory
of the esate was also examined, APP
proved and ordered of record
The commission appointed b.
Judge Dewey to inquire into the san
ty of Henry Dillow and Mary Hobbs
held their examination yesterday AMI
adjudged them insane. They were
taken to the Southern Illinois Hos
pital for the Insane at Anna yester
day by Sheriff McManus.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
DocToRlNG EGGS TO ORDER
proprietors of Cuban Restaurants Are
by No Means Absolutely Devoid
of Guile.

81 have been taking fruit and some
salt fish for my breakfast practically
every morning" said the young man
In the window seat OF the restaurant
slipping his coffee with an air OF con
tent. "It's fine to be In place where
one can get the sort OF breakfast one
wishes. instead of eternal soft boiled
eggs that form the only provender one
may get in the morning. That SOFT
boiled egg statement takes IN large
part of the globe, but my grievance
at the moment is against Havana
where | have been kept Tor TWO oil
three months. The eggs are not ever
what we would call softboiled, out are
In Spanish parlance, pasados POI
aqua. or passed through water AM
are not even heated. In the Cubai
capital | got on to shrewd trlcK
what we would call the Yankee vari
ETY.. Many fussy patrons OF Cupai
| cafes wish to make sure that they ge'
| fresh native eggs, not imported one
| of unknown age. Cuban eggs AWAY
| are laid in muddy nests and by th'
mud stains they may be recognized
| noticed that waiter from one o
the big places in the Prado went into
the side street every morning am
| filled tray with nice fresh CuDai
mud. After placing this out OF sign
behind the bar. he carefully arrange
upon it white eggs, presumably fires
from their coverings of lime. Whe'
ever a particular customer In tn
restaurant made special demand TO
some Cuban eggs he was sure to NM
what appeared to be the real article
Judging by the outer appearance
the she'll"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
ALSO READY WITH A BLUFF
Quick Thought That Probably Saves
American from Death at the
Hands OF Mob.

John Lover, the wild animal expert
of the Philadelphia Zoo, was talking
about big game hunting in Uganda.
"You must be quick" Mr.. Lover
ended. "You must be as quick as a
cousin of mine once was in White
chapel.
1T was Jack the Ripper time. DO
you remember that terrible time? All
Whitechapel, all the world, was on
edge.
my cousin, looking for excitement,
wandered one night through the dark
est and dismalest alleys and courts of
the Whitechapel Sums and all of a
sudden woman blocked his way.
"'Give me your money, all OF It,
she said, or I'll scream out that you're
Jack the Ripper. If this crowd gets
at you then
"My cousin was always phenomenal
| ly quick. He took the woman's arm
in a viselike grip, and he let his eyes
| blaze to hers.
Madam, he Kissed, I am Jack the
Ripper
And with a smothered scream she
turned and fled"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
Longevity of Birds.

The Duchess of Bedford, in "Brit
ish Birds" gives some remarkable
instances of longevity among birds +
her own collection. A Barbary dov
which has been in the duchesss pc.
ession for Is years was left her b
n old woman who also owned it f.
5 years and who always said it wa
N old bird when it was given to he
\ Chinese goose has been in the pos
ession of the family for 81 years +
intail drake which the duches
ought 20 years ago, when it was al
dult bird, still survives. One bir,
yas taken from the nest in 1852 ant
died in 1900. 1T was chained b,
he leg to a small hutch" says tn
duchess, and lived 48 years unde
hese miserable conditions"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
TAKES IN clRCUlToUs ROUTE:
Letter Journeys Long Distance I
Reac, Destination Ten Feet
from the Starting Point.

One of the most remarkable ma
routes in the world Is that In which
letter Journeys in going from Beeb
Plain, VT, to Beebe Plain, Quebec
Canada. While the two offices ar
within ten feet of each other-are lt
Gated in the same room, in fact--a lei
ter mailed from one office to the othe
must make trip of 294 miles,
miles in Canada and the remainder II
the United States.
The plain, old.fashioned store build
ing which is situated on the interna
tional boundary line contains bot
The United States and the CANADIAN
Offices. There are separate entrance
0 each, but both are in the sam
room, have the same lobby and Their
are no partitions to mark the divisio
between the domain of Uncle San
and the possession of King Edward.
IF you mail letter from the Yer
mont side addressed to the Quebec
side" says the postmaster, ut goe
from here to the junction, then to New
rort, then to White River Junction
and back to Lennoxville, Quebec. owe
the Boston and Maine. There 1t /
transferred to the Grand Trunk an
goes TO a south-bound mail pouch an
comes to Stanstead Junction and the
back to this same building, distanc
Of 294 miles.
IF we wish to mail a letter fror
he American side to Derby Line, !
must go to White River Junction am
hen come back over the oficia
cute"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
REST ROOM FOR WOMEN AT IN
TERURBAN STATION.
Cairo, Ill.,, Dec. 16, 1909

CAIRO, ILL.,, Dec. 10, l9u5.
Editor Bulletin: ALLOW me to make
suggestion through your paper 10
those having in charge the matter of
providing an Anna Pelly Rest Room
as suitable monument to her mem
DRY. The rest room idea meets with
general approval apparently, put
while it would be asy to establish such
room, it would be very difficult to
maintain the same and keep it in an
acceptable condition. Therefore,
suggest that negotiations be opened
with the Interurban people, with the
view of getting them to provide a
suitable room for this purpose in the
new building they are about to erect
on Commercial avenue, this room to
be furnished suitably by the company.
| imagine these people would look ia
vcrably upon this proposition, as it
would greatly help to popularlze theit
building. It would be more suitable
than any other place. too, in view OF
the fact that they propose to estab
lish a restaurant in their depot, and a
more convenient place for shop girls
to get cup of coffee with theiI
lunch could not be found. 1t would
also prove a great convenience to the
people from our neighboring villages
who have heretofore taken such a
great interest in the proposition to
establish a suitable memorial to Miss
Pelly.
Respectfully,
Dr Tac w hmm
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
WALL SUCCEEDS CASTOR
AS County Judge of Pulaski County
County-Appointed by Governor
Deneen Yesterday.

Special to The Bulletin.
Springfield, ILL.,. Dec. 1G.-Goy. De
neen today appointed William A.
Wall of Mound City, county judge OF
Pulaski county to succeed Judge lay
man G. Castor, deceased Mr., Wall
was a member of the State Board OF
Equalization from 1896 to 1904, and
was member of the law firm OF
Wall & Castor, of Mound City.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
British swlndlers In China.

The British endeavor to secure mod
hcations of the loan regulations to
onform to the Kowloon terms, claim.
ng that these are best to insure an
ionest administration of the railway IS
,nances, has been given a rude shock
the arrest of the British chief ac-
ountant of the Kowloon railway at
anton, charged with heavy embezzle,
nent. The Chinese are therefore not
impressed with the claimed superior,
ty of the Kowloon terms, and theY
efuse to consider any change In the
Yang-tse regulations.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
Dangerous.

A Seattle man attended a moving
,icture show where a series of pic
ures showed San Francisco at Fleet
rime." In the picture he saw his
wife with another man. She hat
been supposed to be visiting In Spo
zane at the time. Suit for divorce fol
owed Besides being always pre-
pared for death, people these days
have to also be prepared for til,
snapshot.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
NOTICE.

The annual stockholders meeting
of the First Bank and Trust Company,
Cairo, ILL.,, will be held at the banking
rooms of said bank, Tuesday, January
18th, 1910, at $3.50 p. m, for the cleo
ton of Directors and such other bust
ness as may properly come before
said meeting,
H. r. AISTHORPE,
Secretary.
Cairo, Ill.,, Dec. 18th, 1909.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
Cat's Peculiar Actions.

There Is black cat on Railroad
street, Thomaston, Conn, that makes
a point of escorting women and chill
dren home. When the party reaches
Its destination the cat returns to Its
place and escorts other persons In the
same way, keeping up this strange ac-
ton until about 10 o'clock at night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
FOR SALE.

The following property, located as
follows. z lots in Purcell addition,
facing Holbrook ave; lots in Con-
vent block, facing Twenty'second
street; one two-story, ten rooms up
stairs and rooms and large business
room down stairs, with four lots all
filled to grade; one best business IN
city, facing Sycamore at Thirtysec-
ond street. Address VIM. j. Casey,
400 Twentieth street, or Home phone
SGT, C. r. Stuart & Son, S07 Washing
ton. - IL - 8.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
indian Landmarks In Ohio Woods.

In the vicinity of Defiance, o., can
found trees that many would think
rcaEs of nature. Such they are, but
hey are created by the hand OF man
According to the stories OF some o.
he old timers, these trees are mucl
der than the present generation has
ny idea of, and at one time served
Indian guide posts. 1t is said thai
the early days. when the Maumet
alley was one vast woods, the In
lans bent these saplings to indicate
ertain paths. The trees, because o.
heiI detormity, grew slowly, and al
Tough they are many years old, never
ttained the size of their brethren IL
he forests. Similar trees exist neal
'ort Wayne.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17

Perpetual devotion to what man
calls his business is only to be sus-
tanned by perpetual neglect of many
other things. And it is not by any
cans certain that mans business
the most important thing he has to
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
Puzzle.

1.-TWO halves of the same thing mus
be equal, mustn't they?"
Certainly"
Then why is 1t that woman who
admits half her age always chooses
to admit the first half?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
Early Bible Pictures.

The earliest Bible pictures were
painted on the church walls instead of
being bound between the book covers
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17

Our store will be open nights until
January first. Woodward Hardware
Co.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-12-17
. KEEP OUT THE COLD

BY using weather strips. p. T. Langan
naks them. Japalac for floors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07
CUBA COST SIX MILLIONS.
Money Spent for Intervention Not
Expected to Be Repaid.

1t cost the United States government
$6,1O2,956.3S to intervene in Cuba and
straighten things out, on this most
recent occasion According to members
of congress who usually know what
they are talking about this government
will never get a dollar of that money
back.
The general deficiency bill for 1907
contains the following paragraph:
"The President is hereby authorized
to receive from the treasury of the
Cuban republic and pay into the treas
ury Of the United States from time to
time such amounts to reimburse the
United States for the expenditure from
the United States treasury made nee
essary on account of the present in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07

who, on being asked what he thougn'
of the speech in which Napoleon had
declared his marriage intention to TIT
deputies, replied:
"A fine speech-excellent; but pre-
fer the sauce to the fish, meaning
that Napoleon's words were better than
his choosing of bride.
Some weeks later, at dinner giver
at the Tuilleries, this senator was
seated next to the empress, who, OBJ
serving that after having helped to the
turbot he declined the sauce, said t.
him, smiling roguishly:
Monsieur, / thought it was the
sauce you liked, and not the fish,"
With rare presence of mind the sen
ator hesitated but a moment
"a mistake. madame" he said, "fol
which / am now trying to make
amends"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07
USEFUL THINGS
TO BE INVENTED


There are dozens of common things
used daily in household to the sight
of which people have become so ac-
customed that any alteration, COM
bination or transposition of them
would appear almost ludicrous, if not
wholly inconvient. The objects now
dealt with are really very little mod
flied, yet what strange aspects they
present! says Strand Magazine.
When we are cutting UP our dinner
with a nordinary knife it is impos-
sible to cut a piece of meat or potato
into more than two sections at one
stroke; but by using a double blade,
We should secure three sections at
every movement. The number Of por-
tions is, of course, increased as ad-
ditional cuts are made. With a COM
mon knife the rates successfully would
be, by making symmetrical cross cuts,
two, four, six eight, etc, instead OF
three, nine, fifteen twenty five Cor even
more), with precisely the same at
tempts.
Why are saucers used? No one
seems to know with full certainty.
Some people say that they are intend
ed to keep the tablecloth clean by
catching spilled liquid others declar.
that they should be used for cooling
the drink. AS it is universally con-
sidered bad form to follow the lat
ter practice, I will assume that the
first suggestion is correct. But even
in the event of the second belief being
right, the illustrated notion seems to
be equally effective. To anyone who
imagines that such an arrangement
would be unsteady and awkward, !
advise fixing a common saucer in such
a position, and making a rough test.
With this utensil, however, q. saucer
bowl would be permanently attached
TO the edge of the cup, and would be,
of course, quite firm. No liquid could
be spilled on the tablecloth; nor would
drinking from this queerlooking af-
fair be at all troublesome; indeed, l
believe it would be rather pleasant.
Simple as is the idea of combined
comb and brush, L do not think that
ANYTHING of the kind is on the mar
ket. The mOther-We will leave the
critical father out of the question
would be less worried if she had only
to look for one article instead of two,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07

PREVENTION as he may consider the
Cuban treasury then able to pay
without embarrassment"
It is pointed out that as the inter-
yentioh has ceased that the president
Of this government has no authority
over the Cuban government and that
unless some sepcial arrangements are
made. as does not seem probable at
this time, this government will be
poorer six million large round dollars.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07
ABANDONED BABY BOY
FOUND IN CENTRAL PARK
Wee Outcast Was Crying in the Snow
But He is Now Safe in
Bellevue.

NEW YORK March 6.-Jacob
CORDS of No. 336 East One Hundred
and Forty Ninth street, was walking
along the east path in Central park
recently, when as he passed Indian
Rock opposite One Hundred and Sec
ond street, he heard a faint cry
He looked up and saw through the
falling snow a dark bundle in crew
ice in the rock He called to Lewis
Wallace of No. 81 East One Hundred
and First street, and the two men went
in search of a policeman. They met
Patrolrnan Taylor, who picked up the
bundle 1t containtd a three weeks old
boy.
There were no marks on the child's
white muslin dress, cotton petticoat
and black shawl in which it was
wrapped to trace Identification. The
police at the sub station of Meow
ans Pass Tavern warmed it and sent
it to Bellevue.
The spot in the park where this
youngster of blue eyes and black hair
was found is near Fifth avenue and
much frequented by pedestrians, and
although the police went over the sur
rounding walks very carefully no one
who was believed to have deserted
the infant was seen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07
The Fools Method.

A certain man living in a New Eng
land village lost a horse one day and,
failing to find him, went down to the
public square and offered a reward of
S. to whoever could bring him back.
A half witted fellow who heard the
offer volunteered to discover the where
abouts of the horse, and sure enough,
he returned in half an hour leading
him by his bride. The owner was
surprised at the ease with which his
half witted friend had found the beast,
and, on passing the S. to him, he said
'Tell me, how did you find the
horse?"
To which the other made answer:
"Waal I thought to myself, where
would I go if I was a boss; and I went
there, and he ad."-Everybody's Mag
azine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07

.why did the judge think the owner
of the sow liable?" Lord Justice Moui-
ton demanded.
ut was asserted that the SOW mad
right to be on the road, but not to SIT
down" Mr.. Hawke explained.
"A man may sit on the highway.
Lord Justice Moulton argued. "Why
not a pig?" So far as 1 can gather,
this pig got up the moment the botor
horn was sounded, as well-bellaVeo
pig should do
Mr.. J. A. Rankin, who represented
Mr.. Higgins, argued that the SOW
should not have gone out UNATTENDED.
The court decided in favor Of the
owner of the sow, with oosts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-03-07
where children have access to them.

where children have access to them.
Turning to men. 1 am reminded that
1 have a device-or rather the design
of one-associated with one of their
own customs Now, except among nav
vies, a pipe bowl is held with its ORR
flee upwards, being made for that po-
sition. BY just turning the bowl Sd
that it's mouth is directed frontWards
a great change is effected, and l dare
say that many people would laugh at
man who paraded the streets smok-
ing such a curious pipe. Why should
thi be so? The bowl would be as SUIT
able so placed, supposing it had q
perforated lid, and it is clear that such
a pipe would be much more.
Everybody who uses a spoon knows
quite well that, whether medicine is
being measured or fine sugar ladled
out, some of the stuff is bound to drop
BY affixing a secondhand bowl beneath
the ordinary one, trouble of this char
acter could be avoided.
Family people know what an awful
confusion occurs when father wants
coffee, mothers wants tea, and the sons
and daughters divide their preferences
between these two and cocoa. Break
fast and tea times are made uncom-
Portable in consequence of the number
of utensils and the successive waiting
for the water. BY having a large pot
divided into three compartments, each
communicating with a spout, the three
beverages could be made at the same
time and so save trouble. Now who
will be the first to use so awkward
looking though useful, a contrivance