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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Cotton SAMPLES For SIS.

Washington.-The department of
agriculture has announced that it is
prepared to supply the nine official
grades of white American cotton re-
Gently promulgated by the secretary
of agriculture. The grades will be
furnished at S35 a set, the cost of
their preparation, as required by
law. The sale is begun in accord
ance with the recommendation of
the committee Of cotton experts,
upon whose advice the grades
were established, that they be is
sued for general use
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Padded Census Returns.

Washington. = Census Director
Durand gave out a statement charg-
ing a gross effors to pad the census
returns of Tacoma, Wash, and
other cities including Seattle and
Aberdeen, Wash; Portland, Ore;
Minneapolis, Boise, Idaho, and Fort
Smith, Ark.
In giving out The figures for Ia
coma, Director Durand issued a
statement to the effect that origin
ally the enumerators padded to the
extent of 1921 names, and a Sec
end enumeration was necessary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Balloon Faster Than Express.

London.-Another chapter was
added to the history of aviation
when the French dirigibls balloon
Clement-Bayard made the voyage
from Compiegne to Londen in the
remarkable time of 6 hours, a
journey requiring 7 hours by the
fastest express trains and boats.
Compeigne is rs miles northeast of
Paris and about 1875 miles by air
route to London. This also is the
first occasion on which a dirigible
balloon has crossed the English
Channel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
WISE WORDS.
A Physician on Food.

A physician, Of Portland, Oregon,
has views about food. he says: q.
IT have always believed that tho
duty of the physician does not cease,
with treating the sick, but that We
owe 1t to humanity to teach them how
to protect their health, especially by:
hygienic and dietetic laws.
with such a feeling as to my duty
I take great pleasure In saying to the
public that in my own experience and
also from personal observation I have
found no food equal to Grape-Nutes
and that I find there is almost no linn
to the great benefits this food will
bring when used in all cases OF sick
ness and convalescence.
ut is my experience that n 1hysi-
cal condition forbids the use Of Grape
Nuts. To persons In health there Is
nothing SO nourishing and acceptable
to the stomach. especially at break
fast, to start the machinery of the hui
a system on the days work. {
I'm cases Of indigestion I know that
q. complete breakfast can be made OF
Grape-Nuts and cream and ] think it is
not advisable to overload the stomach
at the morning meal. I also know the
great value Of GrapeApts when the
stomach is too weak to digest other
food.
"This Is written after an experiences
of more than 20 years, treating all
manner of chronic and acute disease2,,
and the letter Is written yols
on my part without any req
Read the little .boosde
Wellyille,n n pkgs. ?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
DR. Wilson Leaves Princeton.

Princeton, N. Woodrow Will
son, who was nominated by the
Democrats for Governor of New
Jersey, re.igned the presidency of
Princeton University and his place
will be temporarily filled by John
A. Stewart, of New York, the senior
trustee of the institution. The day
after DR.. Wilson's nomination he
indicated that he would resign as
the head of Princeton and the &C
ton taken is, therefore no, surprise.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Summary.

At Sumter in making their pre-
sentiment, the grand jury called at
tention to the fact that there was
on hand in the county treasury
~$16,542.04 which will be ample to
defray all expenses to January 4.
Spartanburg Cotton manufacturers
have shut down Mills in fulfllment
of the agreement of the association.
The position of the %figurehead of
the battleship South Carolina con-
tinues to worry Gov. Ansel. He has
not found a final resting place for
the ornament.
Value of all real estate of South
Carolina shows an increase of near
ly S1,2OO,OOO. There was a total in
crease for the year of all taxable
property to the extent of S235, liza.
Mrs. Daisy Kennedy, a respectable
white woman, of Lake City, attemp-
ted suicide last week. She took two
ounces of laudanum. Domestic
troubles the cause.
The Bank of Pelion, located on
the Perry extension of the South
ern railway, has opened its doors
for business. This is the ninth bank
in Lexington county.
Two Glenn H. Curtis aeroplanes
will make exhibition flights ON two
days of the South Atlantic States
corn exposition which is to be
held in Columbia from December S
to 8.
Mr.. w. L. Brown, of Greenville,
was Informed that his son, Mr..
Zeno Brown, was killed in Null
berry, Fla, on the afternoon of the
18th, while making electrical con-
nections during the storm.
There are 1888 children enroll
ed in the schools of Spartanburg
county.
The greatest meeting held in OAR
lington for many a day was when
the Darlington Business Mems
club was organized with a charter
membership Of nearly 100
Before his mothers eyes Willie
Savan, 6 years old, was accidentally
shot and killed by a playmate,
Pleasant Garrison, 8 years old, at
Tucapah Mills, in Spartanburg
county.
The Colored State Fair November
7 10 d2 at Columbia. The same re-
duced rates granted by the railroads
for the white fair have been grant,
cd to the eolored iair.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
HOPES NOT CRUSHED.
Wellman and Grew as Daring
as Columbus.
STORY OF THE HISTORIC TRIP.
With a Kitten For q Mascot Six
Brave Men in a Big Airship Be-
tween Sky and Sea Attempted q
Dangerous Feat.

New York.-Walter Wellman and
his five companions were landed
here by the steamship Trent, which
picked them up at sea after they
had abandoned their dirigible bal
loon America and failed in the first
attempt ever made to cross the At
lantic through the air.
Standing on the deck Of the Trent
Wellman made this statement:
I'VE thought we could not get
along without the equilibrator. Now
we find we could not get along with
it. Our plans for the future are in
definite until we find something
that will do what we thought the
equilibrator would do"
The "equlibrator," to which Well
man attributes the failure OF his
voyage, was the series of tanks con-
tanning gasoline, which floated in
the water, attached to the airship
by a long rope.
The direct cause for abandoning
the America was the exhaustion OF
the supply of gasoline, which had
to be thrown out to save the ship
When the crew abandoned the ship
only enough was left to last about
"a hours.
when I came on deck" said
Captain Down, "the airship was
plainly visible. In the light of thu
full moon she looked enormous
hanging low in the northeast ant
cIcsc al hand. In reply to our sig.
uaIs she told US her name AMI .l:iaI
She wss in distr ess and asked us tc
s!!m d by"
linn the wireless was called into
usr ant between Louis M. Ginshnrg
eperator on the Trent, and Ja-k X
irwin, the operate. in the liicbcnI
suspended below tn" gas chamber q!
the America, passed a series Of Mes
sages tfat will stard in History a:
the first wireless communication
between a ship at sea and a ship ii
the air.
when Wellman dropped his life
boat it struck the sea broadside bllI
quickly righted itself. l went full
speed ahead and had considerable
difficulty in picking up the boat
Mr.. Wellman injured his hand il
trying to catch one of our ropes.
1.-The last I saw Of the airship she
was is or 20 miles away with one
end in the water. Her valves hat
been opened and she undoubtedly
sank soon, dragged down by hel
heavy machinery"
Jack Irwin, the wireless operator
figures that the American sailed 81
miles-from Atlantic City tc a point
off Nantucket 275 miles, from Nam
tucket northeast i40 miles until the
storm caught her and carried hel
southeast to the point OF rescue, 6
distance of ass miles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
wrnnn euesa.

1t was exhibition day at No. 3. and
as the parents OF Jack Grady, the
dullest pupil, were listening hopefully.
the teacher tried her best to help the.
boy. "How did Charles l. OF England
die?" she asked, assigning the easiest
question on her list to Jack. AS ne
looked at her, with no indication OF q
coming answer, the teacher put her
hand up to her neck. Jack saw the.
movement and understood its mean
ing, as he thought. Charles I. OF Eng.
land died of cholera" he announced
briskly.-Youth's Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Hiqh Salary For r. r. President.

New York.-President James L.
Harahan, of the Illinois Central,
confirmed the reports Of his pros
pective retirement, naming January
10, 1911, as the date.
ut is true" he said, "that Janu-
airy 10 1 shall have reached the age
of seventy years and will be retir-
ed automatically as president, &C
cording to rules of our pension
His average salary for the last ten
years is about $4,000; for four
years he has been credited with a
salary of $4,000 a year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
"Unknown Tongue" Rampant.

Goldsboro, N. C.-Several days ago
three preachers pitched a small
tent near the post office in this city
and have been preaching a doctrine
known as the unknown tongue"
religion, in which they babble in a
language that words cannot inter
pref, and as a result of their preach
ing three women who have been at
tending the meeting were pronounc-
ed crazy. Others have danced and
shouted at the meeting until they
tainted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Famous Faces on Postal Bonds.

Washington.-Pre Presidents Wash
ington, Lincoln and Cleveland have
been chosen as the subjects of the
portraits for the first postal saw
ings bank bonds, the $40, 500 and
$500 respectively. This decision
has been reached by acting Secre-
tary. of Treasury A. Plat Andrew.
They will pay two and one-half per
cent interest while the deposits
which are to be exchangable for the
bonds Will pay only two per cent flat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Cotton Operator Collapses.

New York-On the exchange no
tice has been posted that by order
of the supervisory committee Of
the exchange the failure of Solo,
mon Cone Of Greensboro, N. c., to
meet his obligations has been an
nounced.
Cone was formerly a member of
the firm of Cone & Hedgepeth of
Greensboro. He has been operating
Independently since July 4.
He is now in a Greensboro hos
'pital as a result of an attempt to
commit suicide over a week ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
aTRUsTYn CONVICT SHOT.
Successful Colored Farmer Was
Forced to Use Gun on Prisoner.

Ned Blackwell, a prominent negro
farmer, who lives about four miles
south of Manning, is in Jail to
await the developments of pistol
shot wounds inflicted by him on the
person of one Joe Lewis, a chain
gang trusty. According to reports,
a negro convict working on the
chain gang a few miles out on the
Summerton road, made his escape,
and Joe Lewis, the trusty, was arm
ed and sent in search of the fugitive.
He went to Blackwell's place and
acted in such a manner as to cause
Blackwell to order him away. he
refused to go and Blackwell fired
on him with a pistol wounding him
twice. 1t is said that Blackwell is
quite a successful farmer, making
about a hundred bales of cotton a
year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Deadlock.

"Who is that man who has been Sit
ting behind the bar day after day?r
inquired the stranger in Crimson.
Gulch.
That's Stage Coach Charley. He's
in a peculiar ~predicament. He went to
town last week and got his teeth
fixed. Then he came here, and, beins
broke, ran up a bill on the strength OF
his seven dollars worth Of gold film.
Charley won't submit to havin' the
nuggets pried out an the proprietor
won't let him git away with the col.
lateral, and there you are!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Lonq Tail Hogs Wanted.

Baton Rouge, La.-Large hogs
with long tails are scarce in this
section according to DR.. E. P. Flow
er, secretary of the State Sanitary
Live Stock Board. DR.. Flower has
been advertising without result for
the ~long-tailed variety of swine for
use in hog cholera experiments,
the blood from which serum is
made being taken from the tail Of
the hog, and the longer the tail
of the hog, the more serum can be
extracted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Strike on Missouri Pacific.

st. Louis.-Approximately $500
men employed in the mechanical
trades on the Missouri Pacific-Iron
Mountain system walked out in
sympathy with the striking machin-
lists.
The order to quit work was tele-
graphed to the boiler makers, black
smiths and pipe men by the heads
of. their international unions, after
the machinists had failed to settle
their trouble with General Manager
Sullivan, of the Missouri Pacific.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
HINES on a Scar.

London.-A morning paper finds a
dramatic revelation in the line of
the defense in part of the evidence
submitted in the Crippen trial. To-
wards the close of a long cross-ex-
animation of Professor Pepper by
Chief Counsel Tobin, representing
the defendant, the counsel obtained
Peppers admission that the pres
ence of a sebaceous gland on the
alleged scar on a portion of the dis
men cred body would prove that
" VAS not a scar
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Mark Twain's Treasures Sold.

New York-Literary treasures OF
the late Samuel l.. Clements mark
Twain are to be sold at auction and
among them will be many manus-
cripts and documents, the contents
of which have never been publish
ed. Mr.. Clements house, Storm
field" near Redding, Conn, is to
be sold and his daughter, Mrs. Os-
sip Gabrodowitch, has decided to
sell the bulk of the library, refining
only such books as have intimate
family associations and signed vol
umes from living authors
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
A Counterfeit s10 Bill Abroad.

Washington-A new counterfeit
$40 bill, series Of 1901, has been dis
covered by the Treasury Depart
ment, and warnings have been is
sued by John E. Wilkie, Chief OF
the Secret Service Division.
The certificate bears the check
letter %" and contains the sigma
ture of J. w. Lyons, Register OF the
Treasury, and Charles H.. Treat,
Treasurer of the United States, and
the portraits of Lewis and Clark.
The bill is poorly printed and its
number is A 2725778.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
The Wicked Foreign Element.

New York.-When some one drop
ped a powerful dynamite bomb
into a sewer excavation on Prince
street, in the heart of New York's
East Side Italian district the ex-
plosion which followed shook the
earth for a radius of several hun
dred yards. Two hundred windows
were broken, and damage estimated
at $4,000 was done and all the tene-
ment jewellers in two nearby build
ings were thrown from their beds,
but nc enc was seriously injured,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
CRATER is Fined.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The trial OF
Charles G. Wetter, of the Philadel-
phia firm, which built the State Cap
itol, on the charge that he over
charged the State for alterations OF
the building, ended when, after q
plea of mole contendere the defend
ant was sentenced to make restitu-
ton of $4,000 and to pay costs. The
costs amounted to S518.40.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Looking For Economy in Government

Washington-The appointment by
Postmaster General Hitchcock of a
committee to cooperate with DR..
Frederick A. Cleveland, of New
York, who was recently appointed
by President Taft to devise some
plan by which the business of the
executive departments could be con-
Quoted with greater efficiency and
economy will serve to determine
whether or not Senator Aldrich was
blufing when he said he could save
the government $300,000,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
ELEPHANT Kills Keeper.

New York.-Queen, a trick ele-
plant, became enraged at Robert
Shields, a new keeper, who tried to
shackle her in her winter quarters
in Jersey City and crushed him to
death. She seized him around the
waist with her trunk, slammed
him to the floor and then trampled
on his face, knelt on his body and
finally gored him. The body was
unrecognizable when recovered.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

Tie fact that the oyster season Is
open is notified by the news item that
4 Pennsylvania woman found a 5000
pearl IN an oyster which she was as
Stimulating in New York. This is cal
culated to increase the feminine de-
mand for oysters, and may entail the
further drain on the family purse of
trips to New York
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
SPEECHES.
FOR THANKS
Arkansas Lady Cannot Say Enough
In Praise Of cardui, Which
Did Her a World
Of Good.

Mena, Ark.-'I find Cardui to be an
you represent" writes Mrs. a. 3.
York, of this city. 81 suffered for near
ly two years, before I tried your reno
edy. I have been 30 relieved since tsk.
ing Cardui. / cannot say enough In
Its praise. 1t has done me q world OF
good, and I recommend Cardu to all
women"
Similar letters come to us every
day, from all over the country telling
the same story Of benefit obtained.
from Cardui, the woman's tonic.
This great remedy Is over so years
old, and is more In demand today than
ever. Cardui has stood the test OF.
tims. 1t Is the standard. tonic medi
cine, for women Of every age.
The first thought, In female all
ments.
Would you like to be well and
strong again? Then take Cardui. It
can't possibly harm you. and its record
indicates that 1t ought to help you.
Have you poor health7 Cardut has
assisted thousands Of women to glow.
Ing good health.
Do you lack strength Cardui Is q
strength.building tonic for women
Over q million women have bene-
flied by its use. Can you think ofanyi
good reason why you should not
trr
Ask your druggist. He knows.
N. B.-W,ist.: Ladies. Advisory Dept,
| Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga,
Tenn, for Synaai Eaarsaion1. and 81.
page book. Home Treatment for Wom-.
en-" sent IN plain wrapper on request
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Married in a Joke, But

At a picnic in Orangeburg coun-
ty, merely as a joke a young couple
went to a minister and went
through a mock" marriage. 1t was
not until the knot had been tightly
tied that the groom remembered
that South Carolina was the one
State where such proceedings were
not taken as a joke. His friends
got q Judge to declare the ceremony
null.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

The tide of immigration is swelling,
but the vigilance against undesirables
Is. also increasing. Official reports
show that a much larger number than
usual failed to pass the test during the
last few months. There is no inten-
tion to keep out the worthy, the indus
trious, and the lew.abiding, but the
government Is exercising cornmenda-
bls care 70 exclude tho ether se.ta,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

The mint officials have Just discov.
cred that the citizens OF the United
States don't seem to be able to keep
any of the s11, 900 coined annually
In gold. So they are going to stop
coming it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

A-court has decided that platonic at.
lection for a married woman does not
Justify gifts of silk hose and lingerie
not even in these ultra-modern times.
Stick to Browning and essays on
friendship, and the lady viii be safe In
q divorce suit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
a Jeremiah Mystery.

Average Man-These Sunday papers
lust make me sick! Nothing In them
but commonplace personal Items
about a lot Of nobodies no one ever
heard of.
Friend-I saw a little mention OF
you in the Sunday Cannon.
Average Man (half an hour later, to
messenger boy)-Here, rush around to
the Cannon office and get me forty
copies of the Sunday edition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

From the depths Of the sea a new
island has added itself to the Aleutian
group. Uncle Sam should hurry up
with a more definite government for
Alaska, which is twice as large as
Texas and still growing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

Our leading lad, smugglers may
console themselves with the thought
that Collector Loeb will have no such
perfected system Of search when the
ocean-going aeroplane is in commits.
sion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

Any man VINO is inclined to feel
naughty should stop and consider that
according to the census he is just
about 10000. OOoth part Of the popu-
Iatlon of this country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Her Tribute.

Randall-How did you like the mill.
tary parade, Ida?
Miss Rogers-Glorious! I never saw
enough men in all my life before
Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

What has become Of the old-fash-
ioned youth VINO grew long hair for
every football season, even though
he never got any closer to the game
than the grand stand?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Calhoun Farmer ON Easy Street.

The giant bale OF cotton OF the
season for st . Matthews market
was sold, the weight being 8i9
pounds. The price paid vas i4A
and the sum realized for the bale
was S116.7i. The seller was 0. H.
Wiegnes of Singleton. Mr.. Wienges
is the Calhoun farmer who recent
ly sold his last years cotton crop
for S37,50O. His first sale of this
years cotton on yesterday of 90
bales brought him nearly $4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

a hen, that sings has been discov.
cred in South Carolina Owing to the
stir price of eggs, she will not be
likely to cast much Of a shadow over
the hen that lays.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Killed in Prize Fiaht.

Enid, Okla.-A prize fighter
known as Kid Fisher was killed. in
the tenth round of a fight at Reno,
Okla, near here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

il one had ones choice Of deaths
that by the administration of hot
milce pie over q period of about sew
enty-1ye years would seem as de-
sirible as any.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

According to an eastern writer,
woman is responsible for all Ameri-
cas- woes. Women should now cut
the hobble and clear her skirts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

Baden.Powell has landed in New
York. If your boy asks for a khaki
suit and a scout hat don't be sur
prised.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
717.300 Acres in Rice.

Wilmington.-A preliminary esti-
mate of the area planted to rice in
the United States this year is made
by the department of agriculture as
7I73 200 acres. 67.3 per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

Now that New York has abandoned
the horse cars we may entertain
hopes Of her one day being a real up.
to-date and enterprising village.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

a very young magazine writer in
sists that girls Of the present age do
not know how to kiss. It Is hoped
that he will. with nor experience,
ha7,s cause to revise his opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26

An attempt is being made to Amerf-
caaize hotel menus. Pork And"
white Wings" Zone in the Dark
AMI Ham on Rye"