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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10
Bad Management, Or what?

Reports of bad business manage
ment and seeming Irregularities are
beginning to come in from county
dispensaries. In his official report
to. the Governor, Dispensary Audi
tor West says the Charleston dis
pensary board awarded contract
in Augusta for Schlitz beer at
sr2.75 per cask when the Schlitz
Brewing company had filed a bid
with the board at S9.40 for the
same goods. This board also made
all award to the Consumers Beer
Bottling establishment for Budweis-
er beer on a basis of S12.75 per
cask when other counties in the
state are purchasing the same beer
at SlO.75 per cask delivered. In one
irlstance the county is losing 1885
per cask and $500 per cask in the
other. The explanation of the board
is largely awaited.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10
Lively Interegt Manifested.

&c..
The corn growers contest will
cost The Advertiser twenty-five dol
lars in gold, without one cent of
direct returns, but we will feel
amply compensated if the, farmers
generally enter the contest. At
present scores upon scores are mani
testing very active interest, much
to the writers qualification, The
contest was put on to stimulate and
encourage the farmers throughout the
the county to give more attention
to corn culture. If a large number
enter our purpose will have been
accomplished and we shall be salts
fled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10
Study Your Soil.

Farmers should study carefully
the needs of their soil before ap-
plying commercial fertilizers. Some
land needs acid phosphate and very
little ammonia, while other land re-
iquires quantity of ammonia and
very little acid or kainit. Fertili-
zers may be applied very heavily
but if the lacking elements of plant
food are not supplied, the yield wi
be unsatisfactory. Probably that is
why some farmers find fault with
certain brands of guano. The guano
was doubtless up to the standard
but the formula was not suited to
the soil upon which it was applied
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10
Blank Books.

Start the new year right by com
ing to us for your blank books. We
have a large stock of ledgers, jour-,
mails, cash and day books.
w. E. Lynch d Co. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

Some very knowing scientist at
tributes : the mild weather to the
fact that the earth has drifted three
million miles nearer the sun. If
that be true, don't you hope old
Mother Earth will get back in her
beaten path by July?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

The figures in County Dispense
ry Auditor Vests official report
are suggestive of old-time state dis
pensary graft.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10
It is one of the beautiful com.
pensations of life that no man
can sincerely try to help anoth-
er, without helping himself
BAILEY,

THE ADVERTISER has entered
upon its seventy-fourth year, having
been established.in February, 1885
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

Now is the time to prepare for an
early spring garden. We can sup.
ply you with all kinds of seed fresh
from the celebrated Buist seed
farms.
Penn & Holstein.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

The latest in South Carolina
county dispensary circles is the
building of church at Livingston,
Orangeburg county, with dispensa-
ry profits. Another evidence of the
demoralization wrought by liquor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

It is said that the United States
supreme court will reach the South
Carolina dispensary case in about
two weeks. The long, seemingly
inexcusable delay. has given the
grafters time to cover up their
tracks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-10

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. e
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09

oals' sot TWO tons Of cowpea hay per acre after
'ne oats and left clover on the land to turn for
ne Tact is, BOYS. I have been reading Tho
>"uthern Farm Gazette and doing a lot NJ stnav-
Ing and have gone 10 farming"
that's all very well, where you've got the
money" said sluglesweep; but where fellow
haint got the cash. how'n thunder can he DO
this" ~ -"
Now, Tom. you fellows all know that I was
as poor as any Of you SO long az I stuck 70 grow
thE nothing but cotton. | did not get any more
cotton from my whole farm than I now get from
on@-thsrd q g. and I expect this season 70 get
over bale to the acre Why don't you take The
southern Farm Gazette and study vour business -
oh. I've seen that southern Farm Gazette. -
said Aulekin. but them feIIers that rite in Il
don't know anythin' evbout real practical farmin'
they r. Jest theorists. I'm practical farmer an
donf believe IN this book farrnln nohow I know
more erhoat farmiu' than the whoie Shootin'
match do~n thar a. the Office
Well ! happen 70 know that there Is not
snzn on ne paper who hasn't done about every
kind ~ favm work q man has 20 DO from breaking
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09

The land 20 harvesting shcat and ginning cotton.
ana that tho nru who write for u are men like
Preach ard the poultry man who are making more
.rsonrv OF cattle and chickens than you would
make In n thousand years OF Of everything yon
raise And the result % your knowing %" much
seems TO be that you have your cotton In the grass
are buying cora and bulls 10 feed your mule. and
have = crop lien hanging over you that all com
uel YOU 90 sell your cotton IN the fall for any old
price The Only trouble ~ith You iw. that you VIII
not Lot yonr brains save your hands You belong
20 ne merchant and the fertilizer man. "A much
ma the negroes used To belong 60 as. and the only
vnv 20 get free ~ 70 50 90 farming IN sorry Tor
Won fellows. bat have time 20 waste here Tor
am very busy at home threshing peas. and expect
70 have about 600 bushels 10 sell for seed as soon
aw enn drive TO town and deposit this $50 IN the
hnnk"
lin muIektn." said Tom Singlesweep after
Thtnkff drove OF There must be a lot OF truth
10 what Henry has been sayin'. lie used 10 be
tnrt ne poor Aa We are. an now he's gone on 10
8nposit money ia the bank. while you and me
never naw the Inside OF bank In our hvea i
tnow he put a mortgage on his farm 10 sit money
- brw them horses an things m In TWO seasons
ne maid that mortgage OF an he's Jest gituh rleh
while we Jet the grass ketch as. I'm a-goih over
- the Thinkits' tonight an have a tank WITH MN
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09

al ASK MIN jest how be done IL. an II studyin'
that paper will help me out I'm goin' to study II
an see II can't ketch up with Thinkft Thar amt
any money in buyin' corn and hulls an workin'
refers self 10 the bone jest pay OF cotton debts
in the fan an then scrapin' through the winter
TO do the same thing over agin"
Well. Tom, IL You want to 20 to book farmin'
all right I'm a real practical farmer an amt
a-goin to run after rainbows like them paper
men advise Ny daddy got along on the old farm
an maybe kin. Farmin' don't pay nohow but
it's all Teller kin do. Ny land is too po'r for
fancy farmin' ANYWAY. but IL II wasn't fer the tar
nal gullies all over IT, could make a Twin"
But Thinkit has stopped all his gullies. and
now says that by plowin' deep an workin craps
level. thar amt any more gullies made"
Yes. but he has them big horses. How am I
TO pillow deep with only mule. and him Twin
on cottonseed hulis7"
Reckon wen have to do like Thinkit or
starve," said Tom.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09
A Thought for the Week.

rT%2 VERY nation s reduced. in the final ap-
~ praisal Of it's estate. 10 reliance upon the
60 soil This IL the sole asset that does nos
perish. because Ia contains within itself, IL noe
abused. the possibility Of infinite renewal. All the
life that exists upon this planet. all the develop
ment Of man from his lowest 10 his highest quail
tiles. rest firmly and nnreservedly upon the
capacitie. of the soil do his feet upon the
ground beneath him. The soil alone is capable OF
sef-renewal. through the wasting OF the rocks
through the agency OF plant life, through It's
chemical reactions with the liquids and gases
within and about IL. A self-perpetuating race
must rely upon a self-perpetuating means OF sup
port. Our one resource. therefore looking at hu-
manity something more than the creature OF q
day. is the productivity OF the soil Yet the waste
OF our treasure has proceeded far here IN Amer
lea that the actual value OF the soil for produc-
tive purposes has already deteriorated more than
IL should have done in five centuries OF use
From President James J. Hill's famous ST. Paul
address. 1905.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09

One good New Years resolution not included In
our list last week would read something like this
snce Nature iS AZ work building up my idle
lands and restoring them TO lie through humus
and vegetable matter will be foolish as
10 undo her work by burning OF those fields"
pr. Knapp has pat the thing very forcibIy by say
lag tha, should be vastly better OF IL we used
'leSs are aud more sense In dealing with our old
aeldw
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-09

IL II time right now say another page.
10 begin garden making Few things add TO
he real comfort OF a farm home than a good gar
den. II saves money. too. and goes far toward
snAuF4nx good health Along with the garden 60
the small fruits. strawberries. raspberries black
berries. grapes and all the rest Why not have
these things and make your farm a place TO live
ar We SHALL have all these things treated in
early issues by those who speak with author
isy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22

The wonderfulness of mans in
county has been fully demonstrated
in Galveston resistance Of the fear
ful hurricane which swept the gulf
coast Wednesday, But for her sea-
wall, conceived by human mind and
built under watchful supervision,
there might have been-in all prob
ability would have been-a repti-
ton of the story OF death and deyas-
tation so fearfully told in SepJem-
Der, 1900 This writer loves old Gal
weston, has watched her brave work
of rehabilitation with pride, and now
that the test has come and her
claimed protection has been proved
a success we rejoice with thousands
OF others in her security. In this la
test hurricane Galveston has suffer
cred less than inland towns and
country forty miles removed from
the coast.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22

between fair play and priv
ilezs came TO head. u not only
came to "a head. but broke in Sc
ries Of debates that will long remain,
we fancy. as marking an important
stage in the tariff journey Privil-
ege had the votes. but fair play had
the best of the argument. and logic
gets votes. if YOU give IL time
enough The tariff fight has shred
ded party lines into bits. Next to
Gore. the ablest champions of real
revision have been republicans: La
Toilette. Cummins, Clapp. Next to
AIdrich. one Of the ablest defend
ers of privilege has been Joe Bailey;
and all his words cannot cover his
deeds from sight. The United States
is today land without party that
definitely expresses the views OF any
considerable section of its people.
The republican party tries to con-
sistently represent the interests,
but is hampered by the presence OF
Cummins and La Toilette The dem
ocratic party might represent the
people. but alas! what of Bailey and
the gentlemen from Louisiana
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
WHAT GOOD ROADS WILL DO.
Increase Land Values and Bring
Good Markets Nearer to
Rural Residents.

in England the highest ambition
of majority of well to do men is to
have place in the country. They
don't banker after city living the
year around. Indeed, the don't ham
ker after it at all except as il may
be forced upon them in order that
they may live near their business.
But the minute their business reach
es such point as to afford ,hen
some leisure or the minute they &C
quire sufficient means to retire they
seek q home in the country. England
has good roads, though III early
times there were none worse, and
these country residents are never
beyond the reach of good markets
ana Of the supplies nIIcn good
markets offer A country house ten
miles from a market town, but CON
nected with it by a good road-a
road good al all seasons and in all
weathers-isn' really so difficult OF
in a mile of some of the city limits in
the United States.
Has it ever occurred to laudhold-
ers in some American towns that
good roads TO their lands would not
only bring those lands nearer the
lefty or town where business men do
business, make them more available
for residence and increase their val
.u2? No man wants TO travel two or
more miles every day TO and from
the city or town where his business
lis located over such roads as are
found existing in various parts OF
the United States But many men
would be gla u TO drive their buggies
five or even more miles every day ii
the roads offered them were such
that the drive was a daily pleasure
and did not put them at an unreason-
able distance from their offices in
point of time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22

brance of his pledge TO study. talk
and work for Texas all the time a
printed covenant to that
effect. suitable for framing, is fur
nished each member, along with a
certificate of membership wordcd as
follows. This is to certify that 49,.
....... il a progressive citizen and
member in good standing of the
Texas Progressive Club. He is well
qualified to talk Texas and is au-
thorized TO develop the state. A
prosperity button in the associations
colors of green and gold-the green
representing the growing crops and
the gold the ripe harvest-is furn-
ished the members, too, along with
a beautiful Illuminated Texas star.
The five points of the star represent
the states most urgent needs OF
more farms, mines, factories, rail-
roads and statesmen.
The literature of the club is es-
sons going away on vacation AS 1t
will furnish them with just the in
formation they will need to use in
talking to the people who are in
terested about the great resources OF
the state The cover of each booklet
illustrates its contents, and the me-
chanical work is a triumph of the
printer S art.
Complete organization OF the
Presently Club Will be perfected in
this city August at the training in
stitute for commercial secretaries
that will be held here that week and
which will be addressed by Prof, Ell
mer S. Butterson OF Chicago, the
foremost instructor in city develop
ment in the country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
A GREAT RECORD.
DIR. Leonhardt's Internal pile Rene
DIV Makes 90 Per Cent of Cures.

DR. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid has
been tested in several thousand cases
and was successful in all but two pei
cent.
Hem-Roid's wonderful record is
due to the fact that it is an internal
remedy. The cause of piles is inter
nal, and it is too much to expect to
cure piles with ontments, suppose
tories or operations. IIemRoid cures
the internal cause.
Sold for S1.00, under guarantee by
B. w. Fearis, WaXahachie. Texas
DR.. Leonhardt Co, Station B., Buffa-
10, n. Y, Prop. Write for booklet. d
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
THE RIDDLED PARTIES,

Discussing things political the
Rocky Mountain News, published at
Denver. in it's issue of July 3, says:
But more important than even
the development of a new leader Is
the evidence the extra session has
given Of the disruption OF parties.
Here. again, we come TO the senate
for the distinctive features of the
term. In the house, Cannon got so
many votes as he needed, and no
more The house of representatives,
has been an unimportant body so
long that not even the presence Of
live issue or the influx Of new blood
could galvanize it into doing really
notable work,
But IN the senate, the real an
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
TEXAS PROSPERITY CLUB.
Commercial secretaries Engage in
Another Worthy Undertaking.

Fort Worth, Texas, July 22.-
Every citizen of Texas who is will
ing to take a pleGge to study, talk
and work for Texas is entitled to
membership in the Texas Prosperity
club that is now being launched as
an adjunct Of the Texas Commercial
Secretaries Association. The club is
being formed for the purpose of es-
tabjshiug an association of all the
persons who desire to study the state
and are willing to work for its up
building. In order to make this pur-
pose possible the club will endeayor
to arouse interest and enthusiasm IN
behalf of the better development of
the state among all classes of eli
zens
The basis for the study of Texas
will consist of a series of publica-
tons which the association is pub
fishing on the latent resources and
possibilities of the state These
pamphlets and books are fun of In
formation about every interest and
industry Of the state and will be fur
nished free TO every member of the
club This is contingent upon the
payment of the dues-s5 per an
mum in advance-and all publica
tions of the Commercial Secretaries
Association viii be furnished the
memb ers also.
To Keep one ia constant remem-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22

To carry insurance for The benefit
of those who depend upon him is
considered the duty of every man
who really cares for his family To
pave the way for greater conyen-
fence. better civilization and in
creased home comfort as we'll as for
advancing the means for increasing
financial gain, is, or ought to be,
another duty Just as incumbent on
man. Leave piked roads as a herit-
age to posteyity and your children.
when you are gone will remember
you as something more than pro-
wider of temporary needs.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TUBER.
CULOSIS.

The report Of the National Asso-
citation for Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis TO the effect that l.
GOO, 000 school children in the Unit
ed States will probably die of tuber-
culosis before they reach their
eighteenth year will probably cause
surprise even to persons who are in
a general way familiar with the raw
ages this disease makes, says the San
Antonio Light The $7,5o0,o00 vast
ed every year in the education OF
children doomed to death is a minor
matter, but still one to attract atten-
ton By itself it is clear enough
proof of the ultimate economy there
is in spending public money copious-
ly to check the disease. If one-fifth
of the school children in the country
are now receiving some instruction
selves against the disease, that is
only an incentive to giving more and
better instruction and aid to these
children and to all the others as
we'll
It is not difficult now for any
school teachers or school board to
get expert advice on the duties which
fall upon them in the fight against
consumption. Many books and
pamphlets are available of which
they can learn with the slightest eff
fort
| school boards have first to consid-
| er school construction Light airy
buildings, always with Fairgrounds
on the roofs. if yards are not avail
Iable-are demanded. and experts
advise that all school windows should
! be made so as to open entirely, and
mot merely halfway, in our ordin-
airy style Interior equipment which
! is easily cleaned and has no corners
for dust to gather in is desirable.
Gymnasiums and swimming tanks
! pay for themselves in giving health
10 the pupils, and swimming is es-
IpeciaIIy useful for the requirements
lit makes on the swimmers lungs.
! Breathing exercises should be taught
land regularly practiced in every
Ischool. Nourishing lunches are worth
providing on this one ground alone,
! whatever supreme courts may hold
ae to the constitutionality of such
expenditures in particular states. In
! sjYuotior as to the avoidance OF
! coLt -,iCr should be given all pupils,
| Oudd,~ schools should be provided
! for children predisposed to the dis
| ease or slightly infected, and sana-
toria for those who have the disease
! clearly developed.
The bare statistics published by
the national association offer with
tout arguments for all these steps
! without further words.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
GOOD ROADS AND ECONOMY {.
impossible Highways Cost Ameri-
can Farmers Untold Millions.

There is no difference among we'll
informed people as to the cost of
bad roads; nor is there any longer
question as to where the burden or
the cost is most severely felt. There
are hauled over the country roads
of the United States every year
.265. 100000 tons of produce, equal
10 80 per cent of the railway ton
mage of the country. The average
cost per ton mile is between %
cents and % cents. In Germany over
better roads the cost is 10 cents per
ton mile at the maximum and Z
cents per ton mile at the minimum
The loss suffered by the American
farmer and consumer, figured on
the basis of the German wagon road
toll, is immense. If it were saved
from year to year it would soon con-
stitute a fund sufficient to improve
all the common highways of the
country.
l.. W. Page, who has collected
great deal of valuable information
on this subject, and who talks. about
road Improvement intelligently and
reasonably, is not among those who
clamor for the liberalization of the
highways. On the contrary he de-
plores that the all too prevalent idea
that nothing can be done in this
country until the federal government
hand into its pocket. The states, in
his opinion, should take the initia-
tive, or at least. prove their sinceri-
tv by setting an example for the ma
tional government Christian
Science Daily Monitor, Boston.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
Red Mems Day.

Seattle, July 22.-This was Red
Mems Day at the Alaskan-Yukon-
Pacific Exposition and the big fair
was turned into a reservation for the
paleface bucks and imitation squaws
who flocked here from all over the
land to take part in the elaborate
program arranged for the occasion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-22
Died in East st. LOuis.

Frank Stoyall received telegram
of his step-mOther, Mrs. Sallie Sto-
vail at East st. Louis. Illinois. The
remains will be shipped to Hillsboro
Tenn, for intermept.