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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Reforming the Sentence.

In western Kansas a teacher in a
primary grade was instructing her
class in the composition of senten-
ces. A writer in the Cosmopolitan
gives the story Of her efforts. After
a talk of several minutes she wrote
two sentences on the blackboard.
one wrong in syntax, and the other
a misstatement of fact. The SEN
tences were: The hen has three
legs" WHO did it?'
Willie" said the teacher, to one
of the youngsters, go to the board
and show where the fault lies in
those two sentences ;.
Willie slowly approached the
board, evidently studying hard on
the tangle. Then, to his teachers
CONSERVATION, he took the crayon
and wrote, THE hen never done it.
God done it. Youths Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
l SO pound sack of -four.

L CO POuhA cdSh VI hSuAs
Glass E-Finest single red, Ia
dies hand bag.
Class Finest single bronze,
.lady's kid gloves.
Glass G-Best collection pinks,
varieties, silver tomato server.
Class H-Best collection whites,
varieties, $3.50 gold piece.
Glass best collection yellows,
8 varieties, shirt waist set.
Glass Best collection reds, 8
varieties, 1 Swift ham.
Glass K-Finest q on stem, any
variety except yellow or bronze,
lace collar.
Glass Finest 2 yellows on
stem, silver oyster fork.
Glass M-Finest blooms on one
plant, not less than 8, any color ex-
cept bronze, rocking chair.
Glass N-Best design made of
flowers to represent Confederate
flag-$l.50 in hot house plants.
Glass O-Finest collection dab
lias, not less than'5 varieties, silver
butter knife.
Class P-Finest collection cut
roses, to be supplied.
Glass Q-Finest maiden hair fern,
one ham.
Glass R-Best collection bego-
Mas not less than 8 varieties, sack
nome ground meal.
Glass S--Finest farfugium, Irish
lace iabot.
Glass t Finest ostrich plume
fern, gravy ladle.
Glass U-Finest Boston fern, to
be supplied.
Glass V--Finest plumosus, bottle
cherries.
(. Glass W-Finest spengeri, two
pieces agate ware.
Glass X--Finest collection foliage
plants, TO be supplleu.
Rules For Show.
No. i. All names Of contestants
must be sent in 10 days before date
of show. :.
No. 2. All flowers must be CLASH
lied, tagged and arranged in recep-
tacles before being turned over to
committee. 2
No. g. Flowers, with the excep-
.tion of ;dahlias and cut roses, will
be received by committee between
the hours of sloa, M, to s4lp. m.s.so on on
the day before the show. Doors
open to- the pnDlio at 1a O'clock.
10 cents admission.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Plucking Asparagus.

They were very young and very
happy, and very foolish, and very
newly wed.
And they kept a Kitchen garden.
"Angeline, darling" said the
youthful husband, as I was pass.
ing through the garden I saw some
asparagus ready for cooking. Per-
haps you'd like to go and gather
the first fruit of the season your
self?''
She would love to, but she wasn't
expert in horticulture and didn't
want to let on" If she went
alone, she might commit some
egregious blunder.
I tell you what, Edwin" +" ex-
claimed the girl wife enthusiastscal-
ly, well go out together. You
shall pluck it, and I will hold the
ladder!"- !"-Answers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Unanswerable.

At the dedication of new fire
engine in a little town on the Mas
sachusetts coast the following toast
was proposed. MAY she be like
the dear old maids of or village;
always ready, but never called for. "
Success.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
JOHNSTON LETTER.
Wertz-G GOODWIN Wedding An
nounced For November
End. Parade on After
noon of Floral Fair.

Mrs. E. E. Hogan, of North, S.
O., is spending some time with. her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Wertz.
Miss Annie DeLoach spent las,
week in Batesburg with her friend,
Mrs. Leaphart, and attended the
fair which was being held there.
u Mesdames Clifford Boatwright
and Ida Boatwright of Ridge were
visitors here last weeks.
Mr.. B. f. Glanton, Of Ed ge6eld,
has purchased the Stansell residence.
Mesdames G. f. Pechman and
Miss Ella Pauline Pechman visited
lin Augusta last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owington S. Wertz
have issued invitations to the mar.
riage of their daughter, Miss Dosia
sJWertz, to Mr.. Taylor St. Julian
Goodwin, which will occur on the
evening Of November snd at eight
o'clock in the first NJ. e. church.
The affair will be full evening and
q number of outrof-town. guests are
expected. Miss Wertz has always en-
joYed wide popularity and it is a
source of regret that her marriage
Will remove her to another city.
On the afternoon of the flower
show, there Will be parade on
Main street. and any one wishing to
participate is cordially invited to do
SO by the COMMITTEES on arrange
ment, and asked to send their name
to Mrs. G. r. Pechman chairman.
The, parade will consist of floats,
decorated buggies, etc.
Mrs, James Crouch has gone to
3Batesburg for a visit to friends and
relatives. .S
Mrs. II. w. Crouch who was
operated on at the city hospital,
Augusta, is not improving as rapid
il. as was expected, and returned to
Sthe hospital this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Allen. of
Meeting Street, were visitors here
recently. At present they are having
their home remode eled, and when
finished vii he one s Of the hand
soonest So our: country lords:
Their pla 6p the col onial style.
and the sisa Tor it, is d beautiful one.
Miss Lille Mae 0wdom is the
guest tof her cousin, Miss Eula
O@dom.
Mr.. Pet Lowrey, Of Saluda, is
visiting at the home of his cousin,
Mrs. J. Bean.
Mr.. CaSl Latimer, of Birming-
ham, Ala, is a, guest at the home
OF his uncle, Mr.. a.. G. Mobley.
Mr.. Milford, of Graniteville, is
the guest Of his son, Mr.. Tom Mil.
ford.
NE. John Bland, of yidalia, Ca,
is visiting at the home of Mr.. S. p.
Sawyer.
Mr.. Roger Hill was visitor here
on Sunday.
Mesdames James Hart and Miltc y
Jones were visitors here last week.
The urion meeting, of this diyis-
ion Of the Ridge association, will
be held with Dry Greek Baptist
churcbson Saturday and Sunday.
TheS blowing is the classification
for the Aentry of flowers for the
chrysanthemum show to be held at
Johnston on Saturday, November
5th.
Class A-Finest collection, one
each, not less than 8 varieties, set
sterling silver tea spoons.
Glass B-Finest single white, pen
sketch.
Glass c-Finest pink, china cake
plate.
Glass D Finest single yellow,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Amusing Him.

WHAT the customer at the bar
ber's seemed perturbed. What, are
you going to let this small boy
shave me?"
The barber beamed.
"Oh, let the boy have his fun for
once, sir,' he said. Its his birth
day."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
Deere Implements.

Messrs. Stewart & Kernaghan
have made a specialtyof handling
improved farm implements, having
selected those made ,byIJohn Deere
Plow Company as bei,g the best.
In this issue they adveEise Deere
stalk cutter and an upto-date har.
row, the implements that are need
ed in the fall. See the farming i'm
plement exhibit that his popular
and progressive firm hs on the fair
grounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-10-26
The Admirer.

May-WhaL do you mean by
that Mande is more or less pretty"
Tom-Well, she's more pretty
than most girls, but less pretty than
you.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
nALLEY'S COMET
TO HIT VENUS
(sy Union Associated Press.)

Raris, April 30.-CamilIe Flamma-
rion, the astronomer promises some
celestial fireworks for Monday morn
ing, when he declares the tail of
Halleys comet will hit Venus. He
says.
AS a prelude to that which may
happen to us on the date of our meet
ing with the comet, a unique event is
going to take place in the heavens on
Monday morning, for Venus, which
now appears as morning star, will
probably find herself plunged in
the comets tail.
That will be an observation of the
greatest interest. Perhaps we may see
spindles of light starting from the
polar region of Venus, in form like a
gigantic magnetic bridge thrown over
the space between the comet and the
planet"
There is great interest throughout
Europe in regard to the comet, and
the superstitious are in dire dread oi
some terrible disaster. The reassur
ing words of the astronomers have MOI
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
The Arabs of Syria.

Among the Arabs of Syria man
changes his name after the birth OF
his eldest son. assuming the name
which has been bestowed upon the
heir. with the prefix Abu. meaning
father Of" Thus. If the son is called
Fudle Allah. Gods bounty" the ia
ther will be hencefortb known as Abu
Fudle Allah. father of Gods bounty"
In like manner the mother would be-
come known as En- Fudle Allah.
mother of Gods bounty" This Gus
tom is not merely one of common
speech, but extends to all occasions
and even to legal documents. Still
more strangely, even when man
though married has no SOD the courte-
sy of oriental society demands that ne
should be addressed as Abu Salim or
Abu Mahmoud, after an imaginary
son whom poiteness confers upon him.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
DEMONSTRATION
Of SOCIALISTS
(ey Union Associated Press.)

(by Union Associated Press.)
Paris, April 3O.-With May Day fall
ing on Sunday, the annual demon
strations of Partisan workmen threat
en- to assume alarming proportions.
All over the city, and in the various
industrial centers of the republic, the
Socialists and anarchists are prepar-
ing for big demonstrations and pa
rades tomorrow. Meanwhile, the po-
lice and military are also getting
ready to cope with any outbreak.
French Socialists take the ground
that all breaches of law committed
during the strike riots should be
treated not as crimes or misdemean-
ors, but merely as political offenses,
and should consequently be exempted
from penal punishments, such as i'm
prisonment, suspension of civil rights
or deprivation of residence.
Every day long professions of So
cialists promenade the streets, bois-
teriously protesting. Recently, three
thousand terrassiers, or cavvies, car
ried about on a huge litter, trimmed
with red bunting, one of their COM
rades who had just been released
from prison, where he had been serv-
ing a sentence of a few months in
close confinement for having wounded
an army officer in the strikes at ORA
veil, and also had been condemned to
five years deprivation of residence in
Paris The Socialists defied the po-
lice by proclaiming that any attempt
to put the second part of the sentence
into execution would be resisted by
all the workingmen and Socialists OF
Paris. The litter was decorated with a
large red banner bearing the defiant
! words: TRY and capture our com
rade at your peril!'
The uneasiness of the Socialists
may be appreciated by the violence
shown in the Marseilles strikes, which
have already caused indirectly enor
nous loss to France, for the British
and German steamers have now
changed their port of call to Genoa in
stead of Marseilles, owing to the fire
quency of strikes at the latter port
| Maapwbila tho omplovmopt of Erop cl
bluejackets from Toulon and Cher
bourg to replace the merchant marin,
sailors is a great source of weakness
to the French navy. At the Ministr.
of the Interior confidence is expresse,
that the anarchist demonstration
planned for tomorrow will fiZZle on
in talk and that there is no danger o
serious disorder.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
A DUTCH PAWNSHOP.
Sunday Clothes Favorite Collateral
In Holland.

Sunday Clothes a Favorite Collateral
In Holland.
The Dutch pawnshop of Amsterdam.
known as Bank van Leening. is under
the control OF the municipality. Up to
1916 the business was leased by the
city to a private company. but as II
refused to reduce its interest Oh pawn
ed articles the city took over the bust
ness and has managed it ever since
The first shop was established in the
Enge Lambardsteeg. and business Is
still done in the original building. AS
the business increased branch houses
were opened aud there are now hfteen
such branches throughout the city.
Each article pawned costs about 6
cents for administration, and about
$4,000 per annum is lost on articles
pawned which do not pay more than
4 per cent interest.
1t appears to be the custom OF some
people In Holland to pawn their best
clothes Oh Monday morning. redeem
them on the Saturday night following
and repawn them on the following
Monday. securing their use for The
Sunday outing Over 40 per cent Of
the business of the pawnshop consists
of this class of pledges.
The revenue is derived from interes
on pledges. to 10 cents charged oil
each loan for administering expenses
amounts received from the sale o
pledges and rent of parts of the build
ing owned by the pawnshop.
The minimum advanced on any arti
Gle is 16 cents and the maximum S20l
The interest paid runs from 6 per cen
to 13 per cent. The amount of inter
est collected is regulated every thre
years. so that the bank will not re
ceive at any time more than 3 per cen
on the capital invested.-Consular Re
| norts
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
GAVE ALL He HAD.
The Romantic Story Of an Old Cali
fornia Miner.


''The finest gentleman ever Knew."
said Mark rwaln once. was an old
California miner VINO could rarely
write his own uame He was forty
struck 1t ricb in the early days rhe
old man had neither chick noI child.
and he had worked naro all bis life.
and when he did get his money he
hardly knew what to do with it,
HE did not try TO jump into society
or to push his way With the big tel-
lows there. He continued to live with
the people whom be ID associated
with all his life. and many an act OF
kindness was done. many wandering
son and father saved. many sorrow
ing woman's burden lightened and her
home Frightened by an unknown do
nor. whose identity with the old man
was only known to a few.
"It was different with the partner
He had a wife and two daughters with
social aspirations. and after whole
lot OF pushing and hauling and SHOW
ing they landed in society. The eX-
pense was too much OF drain on the
husbands purse. and he speculated.
With the inevitable outcome He lost
his entire fortune and then shot him
self. Then it was that the true gen
tleness of the old man showed itself
The widow and her daughters had no
one to turn to but him. and he did not
disappoint them. He saved their home
| for them when everything else went
under the hammer. and he maintained
them in all the regal style to which
they were accustomed although be
| still lived in his old lodgings. He lived
long enough to see both of the girls
we'll married and the mother carefully
settled In life Then he died in o
charity hospital in San Francisco. He
had spent every penny he owned on
the family Of his partner"
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
Easy Oysters.

During discussion on finance in the
United States senate one of the speak
ers traced the history Of the various
mediums of exchange. their develop
ment and changes from the days OF
barter to the days of gold and silver.
II call to the attention of the SEN
ate." he said i'll the course of the
speech. that at one time the medium
of exchange was oyster shells. Oyster
shells were used for money"
"Delightfulr' broke in the late Sen
ator Hoar of Massachusetts. IF that
system only prevailed now we could
order half dozen oysters on the nalt
shell and pay for them with the
shells. saturday Evening Post.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
NO WONDER HE DIED.
The Way Charles u. Was Dosed by
His Fourteen Doctors.


Charles ii. of England lived less
than a week after he was attacked by
his fatal illness. and it is wonderful
that be lived so long. A monograph
on 1.-The Last Days of Charles H."
gives some extraordinary details of
those last days:
1.-THE royal patient had fourteen doc
tors in attendance. They bled him to
the extent of thirty -four ounces; they
shaved his hair and applied blistering
agents all over his head; they also ap-
piled plasters to the soes of his feet.
and they dosed him with orange in
| fusion of the metals. white vitriOl dis
solved in compound peony water, pow
der of sacred bitter. sirup of buck
| thorn, rock salt. emetic wine. two
blend pills. bryony compound. powder
of white bellebore roots, powder OF
cowslip flowers. best mama. cream OF
tartar. barley and iicorice. sweet aim
ond kernels. sal ammoniac. antidotai
milk water, mallow root, melon seeds
| chicken broth, bark of elm, julep OF
black cherry water, flowers of lime
lilies of the valley. peony compound
spirit of lavender. prepared pearls anc
white sugar candy, senna leaves. flow
ers of camomile. gentian root, nutmeg
ale made without hops. spirit OF hu
man skull Commonly employed in con
vulsive disorders; the purpose was sug
gestive-viz, to excite horror. as 1t was
to be the skull of man who had diet
a violent DEATH. Peruvian bark. siruI
Of cloves. Raleigh's stronger antidote
Goa stone, Rhine wine and orienta
bezoar stone"
DR.. Raymond Crawford. the author
of this odd historical sketch. believes
that the kings trouble was not apo
plexy, but Bright's disease.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

A young woman walked into a well
known florists and. motioning one of
the men aside, aid few words in a
low voice, The stepped back to the
desk. and he g i've her some money
Some time af,el she had left he said
to one of the dtlIer men:
'Did you Iotce that girl? Mr.. B
left standins rder to send her box
of flowers even Saturday. He's away
Just now. and when she sees some
thing that she had rather have than
her weekly bouquet she comes in here
and casbes Der flowers. so to speak
She's not the. only one either" New
York Sun.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
Painfully Frank.

The caller didn't look it. but she de-
clared to little Clorinda that she dear
ly loved children. 1t may be that she
said so because she heard the distant
swish of the skirts of Glorinda's man.
ma: but. whatever the cause. she re-
peated it urgingly. Then. as the small
lady with the pet cat made no move
to answer her invitation to come and
make friends. she asked, why is it
that you love your kitty better than
me, dearie?"
And Clorindas mamma entered the
room with an i'll concealed smile as
she heard her daughter answer,
"'Cause she purs as If she meant it,"
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
The TINWARE TuMBLED.
Then the Prices Tumbied. and Dan
Sold Out All His Stock.

Then the Prices iumbied and Dan
Sold Out All His Stock.
Dan MacQuinn. who runs "A general
merchandise store III country town.
conducts more bargain and special
together. And the seemingly strange
part of IL is that he makes big sue
cess out of every sale
Recently he conducted tiDware
sale. All kinds OF tinware household
utensils were displayed Oh tables and
shelves about the storeroom. Directly
In the center of the room was an im-
mense standing case with eight or ten
shelves. on which was arranged a
wide variety of pieces of tinware all
marked in bold figures
About the time the store was packed
with bargain seekers there came ter
rife crash from the center of the
room A numbering expressman had
tipped over the case. and the tinware
was scattered everywhere. but not
damaged to any extent Dan imme-
diately rushed to the scene of the con
fusion. SO did all the women attend
ing the sale After giving the dray-
man a severe calling down Dan. who
appeared to be in a terrible rage. an
nounced that rather than pick up one
piece of the ware be would sell every
piece for cents. The original prices.
marked plainly on each piece. were
from 10 to 10 cents. Dan sold every
piece right from the floor and did it in
less than Eve minutes
If any one of the bargain seekers
had happened around the store after
the sale was over they would have
been surprised to see Dan handing the
expressman piece of money. appar
emily very well satisfied with the re
suit of clever ruse which hat
brought a big days receipts.-M Moderr
| Methods.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
Stems 10 the Presidency.

"Pa." said little George. I've chop
ped down your favorite cherry tree"
That's good start toward the pres
idancu SON rasnnndaA wise Mr..
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
SOUNDED Like q Game.

I'VE had an African explorer at the
club last eveling He talked of pro-
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30
this IS COURTIpG
DAY in BELGIUM
fey Union Associated Press.)


Ecaussines, Belgium, April 3D.
This is "Courting Day in this section
of Belgium, in accordance with an am
cient custom, and grand fete is in
progress, during which all the mar
riageable young people are expected
to find their affinities Several years
ago the annual fete threatened TO
lapse, owing to the indifference OF the
young men, but new rule was adopt
ed permitting maidens to pop the
question" and since then the fete has
fiourished nightly. Several hundred
marriages are expected to follow to-
days court.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

Diarrhoea should be cured without
loss of time and by medicine which
like Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures
promptly but produces no unpleasant
after effects. It never fails and is
pleasant and safe to take. Sold by
HAYS G. FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

"See here" said the irate customer
as he entered the clothing store. you
said this pair.of trousers would wear
like iron. I've worn them less than
six weeks. ans now look at them. DO
you call that wearing like ironY
well. why uotT' rejoined the pro-
prietor. "Areo't they rusty enough to
suit you ?"-Clicago News.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

served to dissipate this anxiety. which
ia daily growing more pronouneeds q
Ever since its discovery. the comet
has been considered an omen Of terri
Bile or beneficient portent according
to the point of view.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

Prompt relief in all cases of throat
and lung trouble if you use Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy Pleasant TO
take, soothing and healing in effect
Sold bv HAYS e FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-04-30

"What we want is harmony" said
the statesman.
YES" replied Senator Sorghum; lit
makes me think OF glee club l used
to belong to. Every fellows idea Of
harmony was to pick his own key and
sing so loud nobody else could be no.
ticed."-W Washington Star.
The daily sentinel., 1910-10-04
ooNsTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Notice is hereby given. that at the Cen
eral Election to Be held on the eighth
day of November. A. D. 1910. there will
be submitted to the qualified electors OF
the state of Colorado the question OF
amending the Constitution of said state
The. authority for SUI hitting such
question is found in House Bill No.
OF the Extraordinary Session of
the Seventeenth General Assembly
which is, in words and figures. follow
ing, viz;
TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED
TON | OF ARTICLE V OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, PROVIDING FOR THE
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Be II Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State OF Colorado:
to the qualified electors of the State of
Colorado, at the next general election
for members of the General Assembly
for their approval or rejection the fol-
lowing constitutional amendme mt,
which, when ratified by n majority of
those voting thereon, shall be valid as
part of the Constitution.
Section 2. That Section l of Article
v of the Constitution of the State of
Colorado be SO amended as to read as
follows;
Section 1. The legislative power of
the State shall be vested in the Cen
eral Assembly consisting of Senate
be elected by the people. but the people
reserve to themselves the power to pro-
pose laws and amendments to the Con-
stitution and to enact reject the
same at tho polls independent Of the
General Assembly. and also reserve