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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-07
ON SPECIAL TRAIN.
Knights of Columbus WiII Attend Con-
 YentiOn in Mobile.

vention in Mobile.
 Birmingham, June 6.-(Special.)- Members of the Knights of Columbus from all parts of the State will gath CT in Mobile August 3-5 for the na- tional convention of the order.
 The Birmingham Knights will pro- vide a special train for the trip to the Gulf City and 1t is intended to take several hundred members down to the convention. A big fourth degree class is being worked up to be handled du- ring the convention, the candidates to be from the South entirely, the Bir- mingham district 10 furnish quite a number. Reports received here would indicate that several thousand dele gates and visitors will be in Mobile for the convention.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
That Womanly Devotion.

Blairsville, Pa, pecial-Clasping
her l2-year-oll boy to her heart and
with the tears streaming down her
cheeks, Mrs. L. Cora Miller, wife Of
DR.. w. L. Miller, now being held on,
a charge Of killing J. B. Sayler last
Sunday night, told her story, of the
affair Wednesday. III have known OF;
my husbands intimac:1 with his wo-.
man for two years. and. like Mr.. Say
ler, rather than let the world put
shame on my boy. I kept silent. 1
plead with this wcsaan to let my hus-
band return to his family and was
laughed at. For two years Mrs. Say
Ter ran after mp husband and turned
hiln away from his family. I love-
him still and stand ready to go to.
him. I left Crescent City only last
Wednesday a week ago and thought
that if I stayed here quietly with
my mother, perhaps my husband
would miss me and want me back.
The doctors business affairs are
tangled. However, I will stand by
him to the last for I love him bet
ter than. ] do my life"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
Progress of Severe Case of
Guntersville. A,a.. Jul,

Guntersville -a,a.. july ID. 1908.
Dr T r. ShyptrIae. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir an yia;l TO say that three
or four boxes of Tetterine ordered or
YOU. / have personally used. have given
me more relief and seeming.y a perman,
ent cure Of letter and Eczema than
have had for 81 years for which time
have been tortured and tormented. with
some dreadful skin 6i:,ease on my thighs
and in my groins. ais" on my left hanc,
and had as l thought destroyed the ma
tnral growth of two Of my finger nails;
I now have one of them absolutely cured
and looking as natural as could ask for;
Tho other one very much improved l
also had It on NV Feet and they are
cured. IN the twenty-five to thirty wears
I have, been enbarra ssed and tortured
With skin trouble I have consulted and
taken medicine from many doctors. ana
bought and used many different kincs o.
lointnents. but none gave me relief and.
satisfaction as your Tetterinc has given
me. I would not have had my two finger
nails Just as they were for sloo.a9
: Tetterlne cures Eczema. Tetter. Rims
wo.n1, Ground Itch. itching Piles: In
fant's Sore Head. Pin:ples. Boi,S, RouSh
Scaiy Patches on the Face, Old Itching
Sores. .Dandruff. CanEered Scalp: Bln-
ions corns, chilhlains and every form OF
skin Disease Tetter.nc soc; TettcTlne
SOAP CSC. Your druggist, or by mail from
the manufa cturer. Tie Shuptrine Co.,
Savannah. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
HOW 70 Get Better Roads.

Concerning the proposal for the
reduction Of railway freight and pas
senger rates in the South much has
been said these last twelve months,
but there is one form of traffic rate
production in progress about which
little has been written, which is yet
factor of no small Importance in the
agricultural uplift Of which l am
writing. To transport ton one mile
by sea costs one-tenth of a cent; by
rail, one cent; while to haul a ton
mile over good road costs seven
cents, and over an ordinary country
road, twenty-five cents. 1t is the
extortionate freight and passenger
rate exacted by the ordinary country
road that we are now setting our
selves to reduce; we must bring the
ton rate down from twenty-five to
seven cents mile. Hence another
builder of the State I would mention
is S. B. Alexander, Of Mecklenburg,
leader of the movement in which that
county built highways which have
made it famous. But the agricultural
upIift is debtor not only to these ex-
peasive methods Of road-making, but
also to that marvelously simple and
inexpensive, and no less marvelously
effective, good roads maker, the split
log drag. with three!horse plow
and aidrag," Mr.. H. H. Williamson,
of Rockingha County, tells me, Il
have built nearly mile of road in
ten hours which in many respects
was superior to roads with an eE-
pensive machine. For another ex-
ample, take Griffith dirt road out of
Monroe, dragged after rains this
spring with two pieces of timber
lashed together. at will do your
eyes good to see it," as farmer eX-
pressed 1t, road fifty per cent. better
at practically no cost; dirt road as
smooth and level as the macadam
streets in Monroe" ~ Progressive
Farmer,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
Each Hen Yields s2.52.

At the Macdonald College, Quebec.
Canada, each hen of the farm flock
yielded a clear profit Of s2.52. A.
woman poultry keeper near the farm
cleared from a flock of forty White
Wyandottes $500 last year, result
of good management and good stock.
A farm of $50 acres should carry 100
hens, which, rightly managed, will
net a profit of $500. Poultry sells
here at about fifteen cents pound
and eggs average twenty cents per
dozen. The most favorable .condi-
tions under which to keep, poultry are
in connection with mixed farming.
The stock does we'll kept in movable
colony houses, about twenty-five birds
to house. Selection is necessary to
get the best layers, and the inferior
birds should be culied out. Costly
frost-proof houses are not needed, all
that is necessary being a dry place,
for a healthy hen cannot be frozen
Professor T. C. Elford, Quebec, CAM
ada
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21

Wadesboro, Special.-The entire
plant and all property of the Rock
ingham Power Company now building
a hydro-electric power plant at Blew
etts Falls, on Pee Dee river, was sold
by order of the United States Circuit
Court at noon Wednesday. Commis-
sioner W. A. Leland conducted the
sale and announced that only one
qualified bidder was present. D. H
Thomas, representing the bondhold-
ers, deposited 100000 in bonds and
bid in the property for $l,OOO,GOO.
The proposed plant will furnish when
completed, thirty thousand horse
power and many transmission lines
to towns in thea two Carolinas have
been contracted for and work was in
progress on several when litigation
commenced. Tt is generally under
stood thai il tile court approves this
sale that the plant will be pushed
to immediate completion:
The Rockingham Power Company
Was organized for thc purpose Of de-
veloping bydro-electric power at
Blewetts Falls Oh the Pee Dee river,
fifteen miles east of Wadesboro.
Large tracts of land were purchased
and work begun three years ago. The
work was pushed rapidly until the
fall of 1908, when the panic caused
the failure Of the Knickerbocker
Trust Company, Of New York City,
which corporation was furnishing the
necessary capital for the work. The
suspension of this company stopped
work for a time but arrangements
were made and the work re-begun.
Then some months later the litigation
between rivarl interests caused an
other suspension and finally resulted
in the order Of sale upon the applica-
tion of the S. Morgan Smith Com
pany, who hold claim of $S3, 3,3O1.79
for machinery and materials.
The work which has been done has
cost more than two millions of. dol
lars and it is estimated that it will
take about half of that amount to
complete the plant. The Wilmington
firm of Hugh McRac s. Company hold
bonds to the amount of $4,000 and
are the largest subscribers to the,
bonds Of the company. 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
coRBETT NOT PIT; AWAY BY
- FITz WfTH-soLAR PLExus.

tilss3;Would YOU believe that the solar
aplexus punch never landed on Jim
eCorbett at Carson?
An old sport who was there at the
fight and represented big paper that
day said:
GU wouldn't believe me if l told
you that Fitzsimmons himself didn't
know how he knocked Out Jlm CorDett,
would you."
One writer declared that he saw
sFitz5 clip Corbett on the chin with his
left; another swore that right
handler. under the heart did it; still
another was certain that an uppercut
ended the fight. To settle the affair
We went into Fits dressing room to
find out, for sure just what did win
the fight.
was up in the air the same
as the rest He said that sometime
during the round he hit Corbett in
the stomach with a left, but was posi-
tive that a right hand on the chin set
tied the fight. We all scratched our
heads and wondered whether Fitz was
kidding or NOT. He was steadfast,
however, and to settle the whole
thing and make 1t right, we decided
to say that a left hand in the pit OF
the stomach was the punch.
5iiStssNo one knew just what punch did
do the trick, SO by popular vote we
decided it ourselves, and the solar
gplexus became famous"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
HOME TESTING
A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee.

To decide tho all important ,ques-
tion of coffee, whether or not it is
really the hidden cause of physical
ails and approaching fixed disease,
one should make test of 10 days by
leaving off coffee entirely and using
well-made Postum.
If relief follows you may know to
a certainty that coffee has been your
vicious enemy. OF course you can
take it back to your heart again, if
you like to keep sick.
A lady says: II had suffered with
stomach trouble, nervousness and
terrible sick headaches ever since I
was little child, for my people were
always great coffee drinkers and let
US children have all we wanted. I
got so / thought could not live
without coffee, but I would not ac-
knowledge that 1t caused my suffer-
ing.
Then I read so many articles
about Postum that 1 deci1ed to give
1t a fair trial. l had not used it two
weeks in place of coffee until began
to feel like different person: The
headaches and nervousness disap-
peared, and whereas used to be sick
two or three days out of week while
drinking coffee am now we'll and
strong and sturdy seven days a week.
thanks to Postum.
81 had been using Postum three
months and had never been sick
day when I thought I would expert.
ment and see If 1t really was coffee
that caused the trouble, so / beganto
drink coffee again, and inside Of
week l had sick spell. was so i'll
was soon convinced that coffee was
the cause of all my misery, and 1
went back to Postum, with the result
that I was soon well and strong again
and determined to stick to Postum
and leave coffee alone in the future"
Read the little book, "The Road to
in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
PIRATE FANS SORE OVER
PASSING OF WAGNER.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburg baseball
fans and the owners Of the Pittsburg
baseball team are indignant at what
they claim is conspiracy on the part
of! pitchers of the National league to
keep Hans Wagner, the champion
batsman from hitting the ball by pass
ing him to first base on the slightest
iproyocation
The fact that the Cincinnati pitch.
ers in the games of last Monday and
Tuesday passed Wagner five times,
each tinr apna-cH+ly to keep him
from hitting the ball. has reused the
fans of Pittsburg and there is loud
call; for new league rule permitting
every other runner to move a base
when a batter is passed -Durposely, as
has been the case with Wagner many
times recently.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
One of| "a sher' ) ways.

Mr.. Jefferson had mot been alto
gether an eSeml lary3 ha sband and
father, but he possessed certain en- en-,
gaging qualities which secured him IN
many friends and made his death the
cause of sincere mourning to his
widow. {"Mis' Jefferson she's done
broke up over Eb 'nezer's being took
off firm de pneunlony," said one OF
the neighbors.
tssShe suit MY is,''' said another.
Mournin' round de house all de
time, she goes. Why, day befo' yls-
day I was thar hslpin' her, an she
only stop cryin' once, an dat was
to spank little Ebel lc. takin' m las
ses out'n de jug right into his mouf,
when her back was turned.
sWhen she'd spanked him good
an set him down, she say,to me, He
makes me ing oil, his pa so much
/ cyant bear it.. t.ndA bus right out
eryin agin. From the Youths
Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21

circp ne, and I am recommending it
to,a.. r,y.ff y.ff.siiensds.''-A1rs. W.S. FORD
1865 Lanscowne St, Baltimore, Nd:
The most successful remedy in this
co,r.ary Tor the cure of all forms OF
female complaints is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stool the test of years and to-day IS
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacemenis, intiam-
nation, liberation. hbroid t,lmors, IT.
regularit.es, periodic pains, 5ackache,
that besring-down feeling, fatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous pr1stratlon,
after all other means had failed.
II you are suffering from aryof these
ailments. don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkhaln's Vege-
table Compound trial.
IF YOU would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkhan, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
charge. 4.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
A New Agricultural Conscience.

We must develop a new agricul-
tural conscience in this country. We
must come to the time when a man
Will be as much ashamed Of gall
ed, quilted, unkempt field as of
dirty, ragged, ill-smelling coat; as
much ashamed Of thin, starved,
mistreatcd hillside as Of thin, starv-
ed, mistreated horse, and when he
will take as much pleasure in re-
storing worn-out field to life and
comeliness, making the waste places
glad, as he would in feeding half
starved brute itself mistreated by
some brute in human form. The AL
mighty has given the land as a her
itage for all generations, and we must
repeat that the man who abuses and
wastes this heritage Gin which the
Lord gives him only q life interest
after ally is just as culpable, just as
guilty, as. guardian who misuses
the heritage of orphaned and defense
less children entrusted to his care.
Well did Lanier feel and express the
deeper meaning Of our sinful land
waste. in the South when he wrote :.
"Upon that generous rounding side
With gullies scarifed
Where keen Neglect his lash hath
piled
Yon old deserted Georgian hill
Bares to the sun his piteous aged
crest
And scamy breast
By restless-hearted children left to
INTENDED there beneath the needless
AS bsrbsrous arb a !. folk expose their old to
die.V
Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
PITCHER FoxEM.

that Papke's best punch was a right
upper cut delivered while breaking,
and he can claim that it was to this
advantage to bring about clinches.
In the nineteenth round Papke took
to holding Ketchels head under his
arm. He had the assassin in a fine
position for a strangle hold had it
been wrestling match. 3.
Ketchel had hard work to free him
self from Billy embrace, but when
ever he could pull away, with thearef-
eree's assistance, he would return to
the charge and force Papke to the
ropes with body rips. Then came the
twentieth round, in which after maxi
ing few passes, Papke clung and
clung until the final bell brought the
battle to close. Referee Roche at
once raised Ketchel's right glove faloft
to signal that the assassin was still
the worlds middleweight champion.
Thousands of dollars were lost on
the round bets. Even money that he
would win in twelve rounds looked a
fine bet for his admirers and they.
went to it strong. They blew, as did
Ketchel, who bet that way himself.
Ketchers chances against Johnson
have taken an awful slump. If he,
cannot drop Papke much smaller
and perhaps slower man than the
negro, he does not seem to have,
much chance against Johnson. in his
coming big fight Ketchel will fight
Sam Langford at Ely, New. on Labor
sun ur selurrens OoO'OS$ 3 Io1 frp
fight will depend all his homes. Tf he
heats TI"noford deoisivelv IT WILL be
even mnnev that no viii ',acts Tr'--
son. AS Langford is considered as even
a better man than, the claimant to the
worlds heavyweight championship.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
THE
POULTRY YARD.
POULTRY, FRUIT, AND LAND.
Why it is Best to Combine Fruit and
Chicken Raising.

In trying to make the most possi-
ple out of the poultry business, 1t Is
desirable to combine it with fruit
and to locate on land that will in
crease in value. A high priced pro-
duct like poultry and fruit will return
a big income from small lot of land
and will enable the owner to pay taxes
without much feeling the expense,
and the market for the products will
be enough better in such locations to
warrant the extra cost.
The land should be planted to such
fruits as sour cherries, Japanese
plums, ounces and pears. Start with
some of the best poultry stock in the
country almost regardless of cost.
Pick out a breed that has good practl-
cal qualities and, if possible, breed
that is not fully appreciated but for
which a market can be built up.
Most of the money in fancy poultry
has been made by the first breeders
who took up breed and brought it
into the public notice.
Put up low cost buildings. Better
put the capital into stock and adyer-
tising than into high cost buildings.
If the poultryman is somewhat OF a
beginner and afraid to invest in high
class stock because doubtful of his
ability to handle it the first few sea-
sons at profit, the safer plan is to
buy few hundred of the best eggs
that can be found and gradually learn
TO breed and sell this stock. The
profit from a plan of is kind will
come first and mainly n the poul-
try, second from the fruit and third
from the possible rise in the value OF
the land. The plan has worked out
we'll for the right man with some
luck.
On the other hand, there Is some
thing to be said for the man who To-
Gates in the back country. 1t is safe,
land costs less and taxes are less,
while purebred stock can be solo al
most as well from the back farms as
anywhere else if the breeder knows
NOW. LII ldCI, II ID q WSli hAAS - "A eNo
of human nature that the buyer pre-
fers to send as far as possible for
his stock. If he buys from his next
neighbor he will expect to get the
best birds on the place at almost
market poultry prices; but the same
birds will be shipped half way across
the country at fancy prices, and even
then give satisfaction to the buyer
who imagines that poultry that has
come 1000 miles must be something
extraordinary. In general, breeders
best customers are his distant ones.
If he uses them right, he is likely to
get more than one order and some OF
the best orders are the second, third
or even fourth ones from. the same
buyer.-H. B. W., in Boston Cultiya,
tor, IL,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
,GRIFF,s oUTFIELpsRs
CLASSY THRoWERS.

Cincinnati.-Clark Griffith thinks
he has the best throwing outfeld in
the National league in Beecher, Oakes
and Mitchell. AL have iron wings
and can make accurate throws as well
as long ones. Griff says that when
the, fielding records are compiled at
the end Of the year, his gardeners will
have more assists to their credit than
any other suburban trio. The Pi-
rates declare that individual honors
must be given to Owen Wilson. BY
far the poorest. pegger in the ma'n-
leagues is Harry Mccormick, of the
Giants. Harry, however, is a val
liable man to have on team because
of his ability to clout the sphere.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
.Ieffries to Europe.

Rochester. N. Y.-James Jeffries, ex-
champion heavyweight pugilist Of the
world. Is going abroad this summer.
.Teffries' theatrical contract will expire
July %. Immediately after that he
will post a forfeit to meet Johnson,
thus binding him to a fight
He will take the baths at Carlsbad,
another Indication that l:e is in earn.
est in his desire to round into shane
for p. hord fight. .Toffries will remain
abroad. for five weeks and on his re-
turn will go into active training for
his figat with Johnson.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
KETCHEL BEsTs PAPAlEI l.'|:.
With Broken Hand Ke.chel Whips
Papke IN Fierce Twsnty-R Round
Ring Battle. S
tEY A. JAY COOK,

San Francisco.-hercnef i..e sssasse
in, saved H.; middleweignt laurels
from Billy>Papke, and that was about
all. isS
The contest lasted the full twenty
rounds. and the decision went TO
Ketchell, who earned it fairly enough
Instead, however, of being a "one
punch" contest, it will be remembered
as the battle of one thousand andzone
punches. AS a reason of Ketchel,s
inabilityNto encompass a knockout, IT
was given out by Manager Willis Britt
that the Michigan boy had broken his
right hand in the seventh round, and
from that point on his left had to do
double duty.
AS the men went the full distance
prescribed by the articles there was
some dissatisfaction at the verdict,
and there generally is in such cases,
but it was Ketchel's victory all right.
In addition to putting Papke to the
floor in the tenth round in the man
ner prescribed, Ketchel did practically
all the fighting in the concluding
rounds. He asked no quarter and
gave none but swung and hooked as
effectively as his depleted strength
would permit, and all This time Papke,
who was not clear eyed and far from
being as jaded as his opponent, just
held ON.
From the way the thing opened up
it looked as if Papke would get inside
of Ketchel's shifts and swings and
topple the assassin with lifting punch
es before the contest had waged very
long. AS the fight wore on it seemed
that Papkes early round rushes did
not so much denote desire to fall to
as a purpose of humping in close
enough to clinch. 1t soon developed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
Finn to Fight o'Brien.

LOS Angeles, Cal-Jim Finn is to
fight Philadelphia Jack oBrien six
rounds in Denver the latter part Of
this month. Flinn's Denver repre-
sentative telegraphed him as follows
Have signed you to fight O'Brien in
Denver this month, six rounds, Isl 900
your end.' Finn answered as fol.
lows: Flight Pepke July Ia. Will
meet O'Brien any date after date"
The fighting fireman Is corfident he
will beat Paphe. Ee ietre ''~'-- L-5
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-07-21
FRIEND SAID TO USE cU7lcuRA
Afser Specialist Failed to Cure Her
Intense Itching Eezema-Had Been
Tortured, and Disfigured-Was
Soon Cured of Dread Hu;nor

Il contracted eczema and suffered in.
tensely for about ten months. At times /
thought l would scratch myself to pieces.
My face and arms were covered with large.
red catches, SO thnti Twas ashamed to 20
out was advised 90 go to a doctor who
was "A specialist in skin, diseases, but ! re-
eeived very little relief. tried evcry
known remedy, with the same results. /
thought 1 would never get better until a
friend of mine told me to try the Cuticura
Remedies: So I tried them, and after four
or five applications Of Cuticura Ointment |
was relieved of my unbearable itching. /
used two sets Of the Cuticura Remedies.
and am completely cured. Miss Barbara
hral, Highlandtown, Nd, Jan. 9, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Pops,
OF Cuticura Remedies. Boston, Mass.