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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
MoDoC NEWS.
Progressive Town Growing.
Judge Luther Bell Aged
From Loss of Sleep, in
Looking for Comet.

I will give you a few items of
news from the west-side.
Modoc has already four stores
and four new ones in sight, a plan
ing mill, sale stable spoken of and
a foundry not impossible.
Modoc has a good school taught
by Miss Carrie Still, of Greenwood.
Rev. T. II. Garrett is our pastor
and he has made a fine impression.
Oats are somewhat damaged. Mr..
j. r. Reece has ploughed more
land than we have seen elsewhere.
The Twin City Power Company
has cut short work for the present.
less guano. has been hauled from
this point up to now than for years.
Mumps is in full sway near is
not a pleasant visitor to be sure.
The high price of corn, meat and
flour is a timely warning, which we
had better heed nov.
We met Judge Luther Bell not
long since and he looked to be Is
or so years of age. He must have
been watching for Halley's comet.
Mr.. Tom Bussey (Tuck) has ap-
piled for king of the horse traders;
hope you will meet with success,
Tommie.
Mr.. J. O. Marshall will retire
from business March lst and enjoy
his good fortune. He points with
pride to the work he Las done
never again to trouble his tranquil
mind.
When you visit our little town
you will find it wide-awake. The
merchants are ever ready to greet
you and sunshine will be found in
every home.
MoDoC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
The Father of Him.

Census Taker: "Give the ages
of your five children"
Fathef: "All right Mary will
be Is in September Is, yes, that
must be right; and John is John
going on IL, i guess;
then Helen-wait a minute, | never
could remember how old she is
but Fred is-Fred is-let me see
and Archie-heaven's man, my wife
will be back at 5:30-can',t you
come again then?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
"Made a Daisy"

A well known divine was preach
ing one Sunday morning ON the
subject of "'The Great and Small
Things of Creation" To illustrate
his thought that nothing was either
too vast or too tiny to be of interest
to God, he proceeded in these, words:
THE Creator of this immense
universe created also the most in
fnitesimal atom in it: The architect
of these vast mountains fashioned
also the tiniest thread of gold run
ming through them. The God who
made me made a daisy"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
OLD ENGLISH Law.
Old Statute Giving a Father the
Right TO Deed Children
is Causing Much
Comment.

The following is. the text of an
old law passed in England in l74ss'
and enacted in South Carolina in
1887, which gives a fathe the right
deed his children to a third party
without the knt@ledgeor consent
ofthe mother, the mother being
denied the RICH. unless the father at is
dead:
Section 1859. The. father Of any
child or children, under the age OF
81 years. and not married, whether
before or after the. death of such
father, or the mother of any such
child or childreh.s the father being
dead, whether such father or moth
er may under the age of twenty
or of full age, mag, by
his & e. deed, executed and re
corded according to law, orby bis
or her last will and testament,
made and probated according to
law, dispbse OF. the custody and tu-
ition of such child or children for
and during such time as he, she OF
they, respectively, remain under the
age of twenty-one years, to any per-
son or persons, in possession or re-
mainder.
"Section $3.50 Such disposition
of the custody. of such child or child
rem shall be good and effectual
against all and every person or per-
sons claiming the custody of such
child or children, as guardian IN
socage or otherwise.
Section 1891. Any person or
persons to whom the custody OF any
child or children has been or shall
be disposed or devised, as provided
by the two preceding sections of
this chapter, shall and may main
tain an action against any person or
persons who shall wrongfully take
away OF detain such child or
children, for the recovery of such
child or children, and shall and may
recover damages for the same in the
said action, for the;use and benefit
of such child orschildreus
Section 1892. Any sperson 81 q
persons 10 whom the custody ofSang
snaiii
be disposed Of devised as provided
BY sections $3.50 and $500, may take
into his, her or their possession, to
and for the use, support and eduea-
ton of such child or children, all
property, real and personal, which
by such deed OF will shall have been
conveyed, or devised, or b%equeathed
to such child or children, till their
age of t~wenty-one years, or for such
lesser time as shall be fixed by such
deed or will aforesaid; and may do
all acts in relation thereto which a
guardian appointed according to
law might do.
Section 269s. The custodian SC
appointed by deed or will shall
make a return to the Judge of pro-
bate Of all the property which shall
come into his or her possession, and
account annually for the rents.
profits and income thereof, and be
Liable therefore, in the same manner
and to the same extent as guardians
appointed by law"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
lizard" Boiled Eggs.

Mrs. Dickenharry-For goodness
sake, Mary, how long did you boil
these eggs? The New Cook-Thirty
minutes, mum. Mrs. Dickenharry-
But didn't 1 tell you that three
minutes was enough for an egg?
The new cook-Yessum. But l billed
ten of em.-Clevelaad Leader,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Commercial Candor.

Huffy Woman (finging down
package of dress goods she had
brought back)-''I thought you
told me these colors wouldn't rum"
The Clerk -"No madam; 1 was
very careful so to express myself
that YOU would infer that the colors
would run. 1 said most emphatical-
ly that they were fast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
How Simple.

She-"This dress doesn't become
my complexion. / mnst change it"
He-More expense? I can't
stand it; you will ruin mel"
She-"You silly! / don't mean
the dress-I mean the complexion
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
STUDENTS RECITAL.

large and very appreciative audience assembled in the college
&. ssai ass9aai M9aasy s,s sSs1isg s. aa it, a ahs ! s 'dspsrem estns ne IS. 'S'''', !.
sAfterSwesomingst the people of the town, President Bailey stat. stated
notwitbatandinn the somewhat tragic beginning, has been the most pro
gftahle IN the history Of the Institution. The attendance TINS session 5
sfhrom, the town, both in the: literary and music department, is larger than
EyeE number on the carefully arranged program was ezeeedingly1
ven rendered, rejecting the thofougbness that marks the i: institutions tta
work insvery departments. The following was the program in detail.
Piano SOLO yase Engelman
Ss#Sss9#S Miss Ida Zimmerman
Reading. a Babys soliloquy Anon
g Miss FloreLce Minis
Piano solo. stish. Bells If'hnsr
xocals solo. When the HEARTS Young Buck
Miss Madge Turner ~
Piano solo. Yabs Etude Haskin
MisssRosa MeNsil
leoronss solo Master Irwin P4dsett
Piano solo. Mazurka De Concert Pessarc
Miss Emily Tompkins
T''9, Encore n'alia. I. md violin sra violin
Miss Lily May Bailey Miss Rosela Parker Miss Iheima Bailey
Piano solo conzona espanola bohm
Miss: Weinonas trom
Duo. Invitation to the Dance Weber
istpano End piano
Ma Frances BURGESS Miss Sadie Minis
Reading. jimmy Browns Prompt Obedience Anon
Miss Florence Peak ~
Piano solo. valse Caprice saenger
Miss HortensePeak
Miss Heinona strom
Fs9hns9los RheinlaaasI # Boln
MnsIi May Bailey s
I Quartet March H olsaas
Est piano ssEgs@@sss@gs2Ma dnsaao FsNgsss1sT5es
- Efsa raaFFierSsssSE Miss Annie aqraaAttawas
SNM;ss Maraie shaHer Miss Kathleen Glover
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Chance to Make Up

a II thought our engagement was
off, but there may be a chance to
patch up matters"
"Then she didn't send back the
ring?"
No; she wrote me to call for it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02
Milk Punches.

Hubbite Showing visitor around)
"You mustn't mind our streets, they
were laid out by cows you know"
Britisher-!"My word! But l say,
what had the COWS been drinking?:"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-02-02

"But surely you are the man 1
gave some pie a fortnight ago"
"Oh, yes, ladX;,I thought perhaps
like to know that [. am now
able TO get about again.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
"BEACON."
IN VENICE
City Is Built On Group of III Islands

Do you think you would like to live in
city where there are only a few
streets? The girls and boys of Venice
have only occasional streets to play on.
FOR their city has canals. which run past
the doors of their houses. When the
children go to school or visiting they
usually ride in queer little black boats
called gondolas. Each boat glides along
as the man at the back pushed against
MS one oar. There is not a bit of earth
IN front of some of the houses, so the
people step right from the gondolas or
from their tiny little steamers into the
front doors of many of the large build
ings.
venice is not on the mainland of italy
at all, but is built on group of a hum
dred and seventeen islands, Into these
Islands piles were driven to support the
houses. There are some real streets
which have been built and paved with
asphalt, brick and stone. but the one
hundred and fifty canals serve as streets
IN most parts of the city. The material
Tor the streets. the fifteen hundred
houses. palaces, the towers and churches
We're carried to Venice from the mainland
VI Ildiy
rive hundred years ago there wera
many more people in the island CITY than
there are today, so now many of Tho
buildings are vacant. 1t is the onlv c,t,,
IN the world where new houses are never
built. A circus never visits the CITY so
thousands Of the people of Venice live
and die without ever seeing any of the
animals which the girls and boys of opr
land love to watch. There are no horses
or cows in Venice, because there is no
place to keep them. There are bur few
trees in the city, as ground is verv
scarce.
II Is as necessary for the Venetian
children to learn to swim as il is for the
children Of other cities to learn tosrun.
Hardly is the age Of bayhood over before
the mothers OF these little Italian ,chff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
C0ny Four===
! Brunswick 3.

Brunswick, Me-, May 22-(SpeciaD.-In
one of the best High school games ever
played on the Whittier Athletic field,
Cony High of Augusta defeated Bruins
wick High 4 to Saturday afternoon.
Cony High won in the seventh inning
through punching hits, aided by bad err
ror, when the visitors made three runs
The features of the game We're the
home run of Dickson of Cony in the Sec
ond inning. the sensational one-hand
catch of a hard high fly by Douglass in
the second inning. the pretty pick up
that Leonard made of Harvey's hot liner
in the third and the long throw of Allen
to Weatherill in the sixth which stopped
Cony from scoring.
The game opened with Cony at the bat
the first three men up being retired. At
ter Bracket had struck out Snow got
a hit and stole second but was unable
to advance further.
In the second inning Smith struck out
Dickson followed with one of the first
if not the first, home run ever knocked
on the Whittier field by High school
player, the ball going clearly over the
right field fence. Stetson hit safely in
the second and stole second where he
stopped.
In the third both teams retired in or
der.
In the sixth Brunswick tied the score
when Snow hit but was caught at second
by Aliens erOunder. Douglass attempted
to make a double play out of the ground
er and threw to Fitzgerald, who made a
scored on Weatherilrs hit. Weatherill
stole second but was unable to score on
Leonard's hit owing to sharp fielding.
In the seventh Nichols went out on n
fly to Leonard. Smith reached first on
Weatherills grounder but was caught at
third when he tried to reach that base
on Douglass grOunder to Stetson. Dick
son hit and was advanced on Douglass
grounder Fitzgerald walked. Prout hit
safely and Dickson scored. o. Ripley
made bad error of a hard fly hit by
Thyng and Douglass and Fitzgerald scor-
ed. Harvey struck out.
Brunswick High scored one run in the
seventh when 0. Ripley got hit, stole
second and third and scored on an error
by Harvey.
Brunswick added another in the eighth
when Weatherill walked. stole second and
scored on Douglass error in handling
Stetson's liner In the ninth inning both
teams retired in order.
Tho
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

Orono, Me, NAY special - ne
annual State interscholastic track meet
was held at the University OF Maine
Saturday afternoon. The trials in sew
eral events were run off in the morn
ing, and the finals in the afternoon.
The weather was ideal and the track
was in it's usual good condition with
the result that three new State records
We're made, Fisher of Westbrook doing
the half a mile in minutes, As sec
onds Libby of Portland reducing the
time for the quarter to So seconds and
Holding of Lewiston changing the time
of the 220-yard dash to % 10 seconds.
Westbrook Seminary won first place
in the meet with SO points, Portland
High school captured second honors
with % points and Bangor won third
place with 10 points The other teams
finished with the following points:
Lewiston High 10; Deering High 8;
Orono High and Foxcroft Academy
each; North Yarmouth Academy 5;
Higgins Classical and Old Town High
3 each; Coburn Classical = Bar Har-
Dor High 0. The results:
l00-yard dash-Won by Holding
Lewiston: Cd, Trowell, Bangor; Sd,
Hanley, Portland. Time 1914 seconds
440-yard dash-Won by Libby, Port
land; I'd, Tilton, Westbrook; Sd, Peter
son, Deering. Time SO sec.
120-yard hurdles-Won by Donahue
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
'SV sssrS E's2 E? WORLD OF SPORTS s ss
Westbrook Seminary Wins
InterschOlastiC Track Meet.

North Yarmouth: I'd Houghton, West
brook: Sd, Cottrell Westbrook. Time
IS sec.
2-mile run-Won by Barton. Bangor
3D. Philbrook, Deering; Sd, Rand. Ban
gor Time 10 min, AZ 40 sec.
Half mile run-Won by Fisher
Westbrook; I'd, Morris, Old Town; 3d.
Martini, Orono Time Il As sec.
22O-yard dash-Won by Holding,
Lewiston, I'd, Libby, Portland; 3D.
Hanley, Portland. Time 23 1-5 seconds
22O- yard hurdles-Won by Houghton
Westbrook: I'd, Hayford. Foxcroft; 30
Libby, Bangor Time 20 seconds.
Throwing Discussion by Cottrell
Westbrook: I'd, Leadbetter, Bangor;
Sd, Collins, Coburn. Distance 1915 1T
Throwing pound hammer-Wor
by Leadbetter, Bangor; I'd. Thompson
Orono; Sd, Houghton, Westbrook. Dis
lance 91-3 fit.
Putting 16-pound shOt-WOn by
Cottrell, Westbrook; I'd, Harmon
Westbrook; Sd, Collins, Coburn. Dis
lance BIB #.
Running high jump-Won by st
Onge, Foxcroft and Bishop. Portland
Sd, Houghton, Westbrook. Height
it. l in.
ing; I'd, Winslow, Higgins; Sd, Doher-
ty, Portland. Distance 10 TT. in.
Pole vault-WOn by Thomas. Port
land; %. Hubert, Portland; Sd, Chand-
| ler Maine Central. Height 8 IT. in.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

Bates scored one in each of the first
two innings by timely hitting and fast
base running. Maine scored twice in the
second on couple of intield errors and
a three Dagger by Bearce Bates scored
twice in the sixth on hit, an error by
Bearce and two sacrifice flies. 1t was
the eighth inning that Maine took to
cinch the game and she did it by three
Dagger by Scales an error by Keaney,
another error by Clason and couple of
costly passed balls by Griffin. This COM
bination of affairs netted five runs. One
more run was added in the ninth on an
error by Lamorey and hit by Pond.
James started the ninth off good for
Bates but his hit failed to count, for
Keaney flied out to Goodrich.
Maine could hit Hartman in the way
many expected she would. He pulled his
team out of several bad holes, but oppor-
tune errors presented Maine with runs
just when she needed them McHale was
touched up for six hits. but he was cool
and pitched fine ball even when Bates
was IN the lead. The base running of
keaney good catch by Irish, a good
stop by Brady and the two three-baggers
by Bearce and Scales respectively, fur
nlshed the features of the game.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
OTHER GAMES SATURDAY.

Harvard Princeton, rain.
At Worcester-Yale S, Holy Cross S Ql
innings).
At Hanover-Dartmouth 6, Amherst 0.
At Middletown-Tufts S, Wesleyan l.
At Providence-Brown 3, Colgate 0.
At West Point-Fordham 4, West
Point /.
At elphia--Corneli 6. Pennsylva-
MIA o.
At Waterville-Colby 4. Bowdoin ..
At Annapolis-GeorgetoWn 5, Navy ].
At Lewiston--Maine 8, Bates 4.
At Princeton-Yale Freshmen 2, Prince
ton Freshmen 0.
AT Norwich. vt.-Norwich University s..
Connecticut A. c. 2.
At Amherst-Mass. A. c. 3. Rhode Is
land State S.
At Ithaca-Cornell Freshmen e. Dart
mouth Freshmen 0.
Boston College-St. Anselms, rain.
Phillips Andover-U. of p. Freshmen,
rain.
At West acknowledgements s.
Somersworth 3.
At Portland-Fort Preble TO- Maine Cen
trail 0.
At Portland-south Portland High 6.
Portland High 2.
At Observation-Disclosures High :. vinal-
haven High g.
At Norway-Mohawks 4. Radcliffe 9.
At Norway-Norway High 4, South
Paris High !.
At Freeport-Freeport High 20. King
Arthur of Cumberland Center ..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
SHAKE IT OFF.
h'a Yourself Of Unnecessary Burdens
an Augusta Citizen Shows You
How.

Don't bear unnecessary burdens
burdens of bad back are unneces-
sary.
Get rid of them.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure bad backs;
cure lame, weak and aching backs;
Cure every form of kidney ills.
Lots of local endorsement to prove
this.
p. E. Worsley, 80 Cony St. Augusta,
Me-, says: For ten or twelve years
was afflicted with kidney complaint
and had a dull ache across the small
of my back which made 1t almost i'm
possible for me to stoop The kidney
secretions were unnatural and SO fire.
quent in passage that was obliged to
arise many times during the night.
My condition was very bad when I
went to Willis Fl. Partridge's drug
store and procured box of Doan's
Kidney Pills. They went at once to the
seat of my trouble and gave me great
relief. The contents of two boxes Of
Doan's Kidney Pills removed the pains
and corrected the difficulty with the
kidney secretions. recommend this
very highly
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. FOSTER ilburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the e--Doan's-and
fn1ra M ofhor $50 z s.a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
BLIND BOY AS JUDGE.
Siehtess Lad, Like Justice, to Decide
Questions of SchooJmates.

Some day | am going to be real
judge-yes, a supreme court judge"
declared Benjamin Apicello, bravey.
He is the little blind boy, whom $500
pupils of Public School No. 10, at
Broome and Cannon streets. have
elected supreme judge in their system
Of school government. Benjamin lives
in a little three room tenement. two
flights up, at 125A Thompson street
He is IA years old, tall for his age, and
would be a handsome little chap, with
his mop of curly black hair and
straight, regular features. if it were
not for the half-closed, sightless eyes
Despite his handicap, his school
principal, Miss Adeine f. Simpson.
says he is one of the very. brightest
pupils under her charge. Last year
he was promoted directly from grade
b to grade 8. He is an expert typist.
OF course his reading is all done in
Braille. but he is in the same class
with the others in arithmetic. history.
graphy-everythmg except actual
reading. That he is one of the most
popular boys in the school is proved
by the fact that he was elected judge
without dissenting vote. and
whirwind OF cheers followed the an
nouncement of his election. IS
Yes, it made me feel pretty good"
he admitted yesterday i'm his slow
sort voice. You see, / wasn't always
like this. Until three years ago I
could see just like other fellows. And
then one day ] came out of the school
same school / go to now-and right
close to it on the sidewalk saw
three or four broWnSh looking sticks
all wound round with what looked like
string. | was a child didn't know.
And the boy that was with me-he
didn't know, either. And he said, You
take those sticks home and burn off
the string, and maybe they're silveri
inside, and you can sell them and
make much money
Il went home. / lived at 80 Thomp-
son street then. My mother, she was
IN the Kitchen, but she didn't know.
elther and | opened the stove cover
ana | dropped in those sticks There
was an explosion. They blew all into
my eyes. And they hurt my mothers
ear. And the stove was all smashed
ana there was an awful noise. And
| never can see any more"
The boys voice had got suspicious-
~ low and shaky. His big brother
who was lounging on the arm of the
chair impulsively bent over and
swept back the tumbled dark hair
with caressing gesture almost moth
cry. Then Benjamin smiled.
They are all awful good to me-"
ne continued. MY teacher. Miss
simpson. she is good to me, too. She
KNOWS | am especially interested in
the study of law.'-New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

AS a specimen of how practical the
Japanese are with their knowledge of
western science and determination to
deaf with disease, they have levied a
tax on every household to produce two
rats every month. A fine is imposed
if the rats are not caught and produc-
ed at the time of inspection. Every
rat Is examined, and if found to be
plague infected the house from which
it came is to be thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected. Twice a year every
house and shop has to disgorge all it's
effects and be completely cleaned out
The things only go mack after sanitary
inspection.-Java Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23
LACK OF FlLiAL RESPECT.
Chaos In the Family Makes Anarchy
In the State.

1t is manifest TO the most careless oh
server that the public conscience of
America is thoroughly aroused and that
the American people are resolute in the
determination To have general house
cleaning" says the Washington Port
This sentiment Is confined to no section
or state; it pervades the entire body poll
tic from ocean to ocean.
If it shah result in governors who will
rigidly execute the laws without fear Of
favor; judges who will dispense justice.
with balance rightly adjusted, speedily
and without delay: jnrors who will do
their duty, blind to the offender and
lynx-eyed to the deed" new era will
come to bless our land
Our tribulation is all IN the fault OF
the people themselves. Nowhere else in
Christendom are found children with so
little reverence for parental admonition
and with so much contempt for parental
authority as in the average American
family 1t is rare youth of II who does
not look on his daddy as an jmbecile or
fool. This is the observation and the
testimony of pretty nearly every foreign
observer who has studied our civilization
and our society,". Go into any crowded
street car and you will see a great calf
of boy sitting while a decrepit man or
woman of threescore years and ten is
standing. painfully holding to strap. 1t
occurs constantly in this town, the cap
ital of what we fondly say is the great
est of nations.
| Let us take down Solomon and read :
HE that spareth the rod hateth his son.
but he that loyeth him cnaSteneth him
betimes.''
And remember chaos in the family
makes anarchy in the state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-23

The population of southern Califor-
MIA, according to Colonel Drake, who is
the worlds foremost statistician in
such matters. can not fall. in very
short time, to exceed twenty million
souls. for there is human breed there
which multiplies with the miraculous
rapidly of Belgian hares. When Long
Beach had population of only lit
tie more than thousand there sprang
up in few months, from the smallest
beginnings, more than nine hundred
real estate agents.