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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
Mass Meetings For Fair.

A county fair association has been
organized in Colleton for the pur-
pose Of holding county fair next
fall, and in order to create enthusi-
;asm among the people in the enter
prise, mass meetingsswill be held in
the leading communities, at which
prominent speakers will deliver ad-
dresses in the interest of the fair.
We think this plan is good one.
Several meetings held in this coun-
ty after the crops are laid by
would not only advance the inter
est of Edgeield's county fair but
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

When in need of a buggy try a
Chase or Meyer buggy. AS to the
lasting and easy riding qualities of
the Meyer buggies ask T. G.. Talbert
B l.. Jones,A. A. Edmunds, DR.. J. N.
Grafton, Nv. H. Powell, w. R.
Swearengen, M. G. Parker or J. M.
Cobb.
Edgfeld Mercantile Company.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

We Have on Hand rs or 100
thousand feet of lst class heart lum-
Der to sell in bulk. 1 in Boarsd,
Weather Boarding, Flooring, and
Ceiling-Lunber nicely stacked and
covered. Parties desiring can write
the under signed.
w. A. STROM,
Pleasant Lane, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Every decent, thoughtful man
and woman will approve the action
of President Taft in leaving a
Washington theatre the other night
because of the vulgar character of
the play, and it ought to do some
thing to swell the rising tide of pro
testagainst plays that corrupt and
sall manner of denloralizing shows
orangeburg Tines @ Democrat. \
President Taft acquits himself
well, both in private life and in his
official acts. Since his nomination,
Mr.. Taft has steadily grown in the
confidence and esteem of the peo-
pie. Now, just watch somebody say
the writer is not a Democrat for
making this statement.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

It is encouraging, to note that
wherever elections are held in the
interest of public schools the cause
of education always wins by large
majorities. Whether it be the rural
school districts voting extra taxes
or a town voting bonds for school
Improvement, the result lis almost
always overwhelmingly in favor of
enlargement and increased support
of the schools and colleges. This In
dicates that people OF. all classes and
of every avocation are thoroughly
aroused to the necessity of educatr
ing the, rising generation, which
augurs well for the future Of South
Carolina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
A Card.

Having sold The Edgeield News,
1 will resume the active practice of
law. I will, also, loan money on inn
proved farm and town property.
VIM. P. Calhoun,
Edgefeld, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

DlaQGef Iemeuyp "'
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulflls almost
every wish in over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
aud every part OF the
urinary passage. It
c0rYecfS ftability tO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Our stock of undertaker's supplies
is always complete. Can supply
cheap and medium price cotfins or
metallic cases. Our hearse responds
promptly to all calls, night or day.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
s-a the great thing In this
..orla is not no much where We
ID stand, as IA what direction We
neutrality-suspicious..

Barnwell county claims the dis
stinction of having the largest as
paragus farm in the country. One
grower has 500 acres planted in
this popular spring vegetable every
year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Z 80 . > n
it. to the formers sister, Mrs. Nc
Gee, near Cleora last Friday return
ing home the following Sunday.
The recent protracted rains while
greatly beneftting the growing
crops was stimulant to the grass.
as well, and the farmers of this sec
ton are working heroically to de-
stroy this "pesky enemy" of their
growing crops.
Mr.. Walter Harris, of Augusta,
Ga, is visiting his sister, Mrs. ID. Z.
Mathis, this week.
+ Mrs. J. NJ. Grafton accompanied
by her son, Master John Neil and
Miss Sunie: Hammond, went to Edge
field last Saturday shopping.
o. Mrs. G.. d. Minis, who has been Ill
for many months, was carried to,
Augusta two weeks ago. She is
still.slowly improving.
Miss Aminee Cartledge, a beauti-
full and attractive young lady of
Collier, is visiting friends and rela-
tives at Clark's Hill, this week.
i Mrs. Hugh Gardener, from North
Augusta, was among the visitors to
Collier last week. She came up to
attend the marriage of her sister.
Mrs. J. T.. Miller having grown
very much worse her relatives from
Edgefeld and Johnston were sum-
moned to her bedside on last Fri
day.
Messrs. D. d. Brunson and Ed
Dukes are frequent visitors in the
Collier neighborhood.
Quite number of the Collier
young people attended the picnic at
DR.. Preseott's. and report having had
most delightful time.
Little Jewel Hammond, the sweet
little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
T. Hammond, is. quite sick with
whooping cough =
The w. G. I. U. will hold their
regular meeting on the twenty-sixth
at Peace Haven.
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Let us supply you with garden
seed. We sell both Buist's and Fer
ry's seed. Either will give perfect
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
Women Who Are Envied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly woman will
be nervous and irritable. Constipa-
tion or kidney poisons show i'll pim-
pies, blotches, skin eruptions and a
wretched complexion, For all such,
Electric Bitters work wonders
They regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys, purify the blood; give
strong nerves, bright eyes, pure
breath, smooth, velvety skin, lovel Y
complexion. Many charming women
owe their health and beauty to
them. soc at w E Lynch & Co.,
Penn & Holstein, successors to G
L Penn & Son drug stores.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Who would have thought that q
cock-fght would have teen held in
Greenwood county? 1t must have
been pulled -offin that portion that
was cut from Abbeville, and not
in the part that Edgefeld con-
tributed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
Cheaper Mineral Water.

We. havea large supply of Glenn
Springs and Harris Lithia water.
We sell the Glenn Springs water at
Sl.75 for five gallons and the Har-
ris Lithia water at SI.50.
Penn & Holsteln.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

New arrivals twice each week in
millinery and all the late novelties
Of the season can be found in our
millinery department.
Rives Bros.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
South Carolina's homicide recol

South Cardinals homicide record
during the past few weeks is in
deed alarming. Those in authority
should do everything in their pow
er to stay the hand Of the assassin.
Speedy trials and speedy execu-
tions, in ease of guilt, will have a
deterrent effect.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Now that spring is here why not
take up the worn out mating and
cover your floor with new attractive
mating. Call and let us show you
our beautiful assortment.
Ramsey & Jones.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

The people of Dorchester seem
to be determined. to overthrow the
dispensary in August. The revenue
to the school fund in that county
last year from the dispensary was
only sl.1s per pupil. What a pit
tance compared with the crime,
misery and generalization wrought
by the. sale of liquor!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

, Have you ever tried our "Blue
Ribbon bedsprings? A trial will.
satisfy you that there is nothing
superior.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Full supply OF mlnerai Waler
always on hand. Glenn Springs
water $l.75 for 5 gallons and Har-
ris Lithia water sl.5O for 5 gallons.
Per n d Holstein.
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Large assortment of window
shades.
Ramsey & Jones.
The newest and best thing on the
market in the form of shaving
brush is the Rubberset brush. Try
one. Bristles cannot be pulled out.
Penn & Holstein.
Do you shave yourself? Then,
you can't afford to be without one of
those Rubberset brushes that Messrs
Penn and Hoistein sell. They are
the newest and best brushes on the
market.
Williams celebratedshavi4g soap
in sticks for only 10 cents at
Penn & Holstin's.
For Sale: One 12-horse power
engine and a l5-horse power boiler
for $3.50.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

Large stock of handsome iron
and enameled beds to select from,
with springs to fit.
Edgefeld Nero antilej Co
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

{ Lei. us supply you with garden
seed. We sell both Buist's and Fer
ry's seed. Either will give perfect
satisfaction.
B. Timonms.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16
DO You Get Up
with a Lame Baek2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everyone knows of Dr.. Kilmer's
SHamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

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Our Chocolate Soda is made with
Huyler's Chocolate, the same as is
used at the fountains of their fifty
retail stores and known the world
over for its deliciousness of flavor.
Try it.
w. Z. Lynch y Go.
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Quality counts in coffee as in
everything else. Try our Golden
Rio coffee, and be convinced.
w. e. Lynch & Co.
>-~>oo>oocoo-o-~
Easter millinery. Better choose
your hat early. A beautiful display
of the very newest New York and
Paris styles are BOW ready at
Rubenstein's Millinery Department
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~
For Sale: 1 will sell cheap a
Washington press in good condi-
ton, roller stand and rollers.
VIM. p. Calhoun.
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This is the season to give your
chickens a tonic. We can supply
you with Pratt's Poultry Food and
Stock Powders. Nothing better.
B. Timmons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

It'll quite a common occurrence
for perpetrators of atrocious mur-
ders or other crimes to escape to
s parts : : unknown" No expense
should be spared in providing some
means Of trailing or tracing the
fugitiYes from justice. # blood.
mounds can accomplish this, as has las
isbeen done ID some instances, every
county should be provided with a
requisite number Of hounds. When
one dividual commits crime and
escapes the penalty Of the law, even
fora time, it encourages others to
commit similar crime, hoping to
escape likewise.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

hold water and sca1ding pain ia passingit
or had effects following use of fliquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swsmp-Root is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. It has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved SO successful that q special az
rangement has been made by which all
readers Of this paper, who have not al-
ready tried it, may have sample bottle
sent free by, mail, also q book :elllng
more ebont. Swamp-Root, and hs..'s to
fndouti ifyouhave kid. q ss>s
neyor bladder trouble. Rd1Tf
When writing meHtion Ssll::!ss||:: =. -
reading this geAeroas ::.:::ss::: ::..::.:::::3
Offer in this paper and { @
seua your address to 3 S:szssssy
Dr. Kaimer & Co., Homo oiss1SpRoOt
Binshasatou. N. Y. The regular ffty=eeht
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists Don't make any mistake
but remember the name. Swamp Root,
DR.. Kilmer,s Swamp Root, and the ad.
dress, Biughamtou, N. y, On every bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-16

.'Uncle Sam has been swindling
the public a long time through the
inferior quality of card board used
for postals, and has decided not
only to have a new design made for
postal cards but to issue better
quality. When the existing contracts
expire a more ornate and more sub
stantial card will be issued. About
rs, 100000 postals are used each
month.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

with the pessimist who thinks he is
forced into pessimism by the hard condi-
tions of his own life. If l were going TO
spend my days and nights constructing
system of philosophy. 1 should try to
build CHEEKY. hopeful one. But for the
man who is chronically gloomy because
he has to stand at the brake all day long,
or to do even harder and more monot-
onous things, who has TO Shovel coal into
the fires that drive the throbbing engines
Of an ocean steamer, the woman who has
to leave her own children with neigh
Dor while she earns their daily bread, the
child who goes to- some monotonous and
paralyzing employment every morning,
when he ought to be on his way to school.
l have a heart full OF sympathy. Were
in their places 1 might be a pessimist,
too.
Certainly we who are more favored in
our surroundings, who have more congen-
ial and varied If not less arduous tasks.
ought to be considerate Of the peSsimist.
And We who are constitutionally equip
ped with sunny disposition should be
patient with the man whose temperament
is Just the opposite of ours. Poor fellow.
he may have inherited it from some
gloomy ancestor several generations back.
And all of us should recognize the service
which the pessimist renders by recalling
Evening star., 1909-03-14

The outline Of plans for the great
twenty fourth international Christian En-
deavor convention, to be held in st. Paul,
Mimi, July Z to 12, has been completed.
The committee has taken for the central
theme of the convention program the
great thought.
"Thy Kingdom Come"
It will be considered by experts in its re-
lation to the individual, home, social
civic. business and religious life in its
worldwide sweep. These sessions will be
held in the magnificent new auditorium,
seating more than 10000 people.
In connection with the central meetings
there will be held simultaneous meetings
for the consideration of special lines of
Christian Endeavor activities.
Each day will open with great quiet
hour service to be followed by the school
Of methods, which will meet in six divi-
sions In as many churches. to consider
Christian Endeavor methods. mission
work, Bible study, Christian citizenship.
evangelism. etc.
A Great Evangelistic Effort.
Every noon from II to 1 o'clock great
evangelistic meeting will be held in one
Of the largest theaters. under the leader
ship of William Phillips Hall and Rev.
James A. Francis. Special outdoor and
shop meetings will also be arranged. so
that the blessings Of the convention will
be carried to those who may not be able
to attend the regular sessions.
An Educational Exhibit.
One of the new and striking features
will be the exhibition of social, civic and
religious progress throughout the world.
This exhibit will be installed in the ar
mory. the second largest hall in the city.
It will consist Of models. pictures. charts.
literature, etc. Stereopticon and moving
pictures will be used by experts in lectures
to be given at stated hours.
The cooperation Of national associa-
tions for the physical. social, civic. moral
and religious improvement Of the people
Is being secured.
The missionary display will include both
the home and foreign fields in the most
comprehensive exhibit ever made.
This appeal to the eye will make a
Evening star., 1909-03-14
The Pessinist.

Only last week I stood with one for
half hour on the front platform OF a car.
The sky was overcast. and his face more
So AS from time to time he turned the
electric current on and off I could see
that it was a tired dispirited man who
was guiding that car. Asking him If he
had attended any of the special religious
meetings in the city lately, learned that
all his spare time had been given to car
ing for a sick friend who had died the
night before 'And now." continued the
man at the tIeke. things look pretty
dark tried to rally him by reminding
him that he had still his own life to live
and that he could naturally expect at
least twenty years of happy life Il don't
care whether it is twenty or two, he
gloomily replied. I'm fact, 1 shouldn't
care If 1t ended today"
There you have your pessimist. and this
particular one has ample company to-
day, not only In men OF his own class
but in men who stand high in philosophy.
But somehow have less sympathy with
the philosophical pessimist. the man who
reasons it all out theoretically that this
is the worst possible world. than l have
Evening star., 1909-03-14

business men. statesmen. reformers and
less prominent, but no less important.
practical workers from all departments of
Christian work to the number of more
than one hundred.
A Patriotic Service.
Thursday afternoon will come the great
patriotic demonstration, similar to the
famous service held on the east front OF
the Capitol during the Washington, 1896,
The tens of thousands of delegates will
march from the auditorium to the state
capitol. where they will be massed on the
steps and terraces for the great patriotic
song service and address.
A special round-trip rate OF S12, from
Chicago to st. Paul, has been made by
all the lines, and the Western Passenger
Association has made a general rate OF
one fare and a half for the round trip
from all points in their territory west of
Chicago.
Similar action is expected later by all
the railroad associations in the country.
Excursion managers should take up the
matter at once with the initial lines.
Registration.
The regular plan for registration, as
used at previous conventions. will be fol-
lowed at ST. Paul. A registration fee of
81 will be charged, which entities the del
egate to the reduced rate for 'accommoda-
tions, the program. official convention
badge, which admits to all meetings, and
a copy of the st. Paul convention SOU
venir edition Of the new hymn book, Jul
bilant Praise" which will be used in the
convention This book will contain such
popular favorites as The Kings Busi-
ness" the "Glory Song" Count Your
Blessings" Bring Peace to My Soul
and a host Of others, new and old, equal
ly good.
The Singing.
It is to be an old-time singing conven'
ton. under the inspiring leadership OF
Prof. e. 0. Excel and Percy S. Foster.
"Jubilant Praise will be issued by the
United Society Of Christian Endeavol
March 1.
Walter D. Howell. Y. NJ. c. A. building
st. Paul. Mimi, is the secretary of the
convention committee.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
SUNDAY Mormtr0 TaQk~

us now and then to the hard. sober. pain
full facts of life.
But let the pessimist also see things
straight and see life as a whole. A cute
distinction some witty fellow has made
between optimist and pessimist The for
mer, he says, sees the doughnut, the lat
ter the hole. Is it too much to ask of my
motorman, for example, that he be fair
and broad enough to look occasionally at
the doughnut, to hear the laughter of the
happy children whom he carries day by
day, to recognize the beauty and order
of the universe al about him and the in
disputable fact that more people are hap
pier more often than they are sad Ave.
let him. as he probably can, recall mo-
ments of supreme happiness in his own
experience. Let him be candid enough to
own that these are the real things in hll-
man life; to admit with Archbishop
French:
THAT doubt and trouble. fear and pain,
And anguish all are shadows vain;
That death itself shall not remain
Another bright characterization Of the
pessimist is this: He is the man who,
when he sees the tide go out thinks it
will never come back" Are you so i'm
patient, my pessimistic friend. that you
cannot wait for the turn of the tide?
THE PARSON.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Washington city presbytery
will hold its thirtieth annual meeting In
Gunton-Temple Church. 14th and X
streets northwest. Tuesday. Morning and
afternoon sessions will be held.
Mrs. \. allace Radcliffe. president OF the
society. will preside over the sessions.
The morning session will begin at 1880
o'clock. The program is as follows:
Hymn. Holy, Holy. Holy. Lord God AL
mighty; Scripture lesson and prayer
Mrs. E. N. Kirby. Ballston, Va: hymn.
Eye Servants Of God. Your Master Pro-
claim; annual reports. Mrs. Frank G..
Wilkins, recording secretary; Miss May
e. Smith, corresponding secretary; Miss
Marietta Little. secretary of literature;
Mrs. D. Liner Wiber. secretary for young
people; Mrs. ]. A. Travis, treasurer; roll
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Feast of st. Joseph.

The social order of the workaday world
will be reversed at the Home for the Aged
Of the Little Sisters of the Poor next
Friday at noon, when those possessed or
opulence and occupying high position Will
wait on the aged and the lowly. 1t Will
mark the Feast of St. Joseph. the patron
saint of the household and is usually
day OF unalIoyed interest to the old folks.
Fads and fancies have their vogue in
many places and through varying chan
nelS and it is regarded happy cir
cumstance when the poor and deserving
are made the object. 1t is especially
pleasing 10 the friends of the Little Sisters
OF the Poor that society takes a day off
each year and ministers TO those who
have no loving hand of kinship to smooth
the rough ways of old age, gone past
the ken OF usefulness and without in
dependent means of succor. There are
tragedies TO be read in the lives of nearly
all of the inmates. aged past the period
OF usefulness, and the modern chatelaine
IS pleased TO minister to the oppressed
particularly in this :ha penitential sea-
son of the year.
And so for some years now representa-
tives of diplomatic official and resident
society have visited the home at Sd and
II streets northeast. and, donning pantry
garb pitched in with vim 10 the serv-
ing of the old folks. and not quitting until
the fra gmentS OF the feast are laid away
and the dishes washed and in their places.
II is barking back TO the old biblical
rroverb, this reversal of lifes conditions
for one day and stimulates all. both the
chatelaue who perhaps for the first time,
has soiled her hands with cookery things
and the aged person who, mayhap. had.
In the dim and distant past, been in a
position TO command service. But now
1he fates have played their part The
1ICh are poor: the poor are rich.
Those bleak walls o. the Home for the
Aged shelter many such of humanity S
contradictions. The details are depress-
ing; progress is the watchword, the worn
and the useless are placed In institutions.
But the world is bettering every day.
Personal service 10 the needy is becom-
ing more frequent. The smart set Is
giving its attention to the poor. 1t not
only offers its gold but the sweat of its
brow. 1t is the period of sacrifices, and
the chatelanes are offering their mites
on the altar of sweet charity.
Evening star., 1909-03-14

call of auxiliaries; the election OF officers,
Mrs. Thomas X. Noble. presiding mem-
bers of all auxiliary societies of the pres
bytery are entitled to vote; address. Thy
kingdom Come" Rev. w. Nj. Baird.
Pyeng Yang Korea; announcements:
prayer, Rev. John Lee Allison. pastor OF
Gunton-Temple Church
The afternoon session will begin at 1:45
O'Clock. The program follows:
Hymn 20 for a Thousand Tongues to
Sing; devotional service. Mrs. George r.
Conway; address, Mrs. Charles Newbold
Thorpe, president Of the Womans For
eign Missionary Society Of the Presby-
terian Church: hymn, Savior. Thy Dying
Love Thou Gavest Me-; service of prayer,
led by Mrs. William T. Thompson.
A suggested prayer for the convention
is as follows:
90 Holy Father who didst promise to
Thy we'll beloved Son. Desire of me and
1 shall give Thee the heather for Thine
inheritance and the utmost parts of the