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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Toilet Articles, Etc.

Ladies, call at Mrs. N. M. Jones'
and see the beautiful line of French
toilet articles that Mrs. w. G.
Hatcher has on hand. Her hair
tonic surpasses anything she has
ever tried before. Mrs. Hatcher
will take your measure for a beauti-
full French corset. She guarantees
a perfect fit. These corsets were
awarded a gold medal at the Lon.
don and Paris dress exhibition held
at Earl's Court, London.-Adv. At
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Growing in Popularity.

The moving picture show that is
given in the opera house on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings is
growing in popularity. Capt.
Bright engages only high-class pic
lures which with powerful electric
light are presented very effectively.
The electric fans that have been In
stalled contribute much to the com,
fort of the audience these warm even
ings. Music is supplied by Capt
Bright's sweet-toned pianola. You can
spend an hour very pleasantly at the
moving picture show.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Full line of whips at
Wilson & Cantelou. I.

Full line OF whips at
Wilson & Cantelou
Just received a large shipment OF
the famous Gemco brand of Har,
ness. Every piece guaranteed by
the manufacturers. Wilson d Can
telou.
How about nice lap robe for
summer. We have them.
Wilson q Cantelou.
For Sale: 10 bushels of Iron
peas. Apply at The Advertiser
office.
Everything we sell is guaranteed
to be as represented.
Wilson q Cantelou.
Ice Tea Tumblers sl.OO a Dozen
w. E. Lynch & Co.
As the summer is going and we
have a lot of Slippers and Shoes,
we are going to let them go at a
yery low price to make room fol
the fall stock. Israel Mukashy
Bargain House.
We have opened up livery bust.
ness in connection with our sales
business. We can furnish you good
safe teams at all hours day OF night.
New rubber tire buggies, good gen
tie horses and good drivers.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Mr.. J. U. Rives lef yesterday
for Cedar Mountain, N. c., making
the trip in his buggy. His family
will go by rail the latter part of the
week. AS soon as Mr.. Rives sets
everything in order about his noun
tain home, where his family will
remain for the summer, he will re-
turn to his business in Edgefeld.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Big reduction in price Of ladies
and mems low cut shoes.
G. II. Schneider.
Stewart & Kernaghan sells it for
less.-Adv.
If you want the best buggy on
earth for the money, try a Colonia.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Try our breakfast and Oolong
tea for ice tea. B. Timmons.
Large stock of Mems Underware.
Short and long drawers, also large
stock of dress Shirts and work
shirts, Israel Mukashy Bargain
House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Everything we sell is guaranteed
to be as represented.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Don't buy old style Jars, when
you can buy the new Sanitary wide
mouth all glass Atlas E-Z Seal Jars.
We have them in pint, quart and
half gallon sizes. w. E. Lynch
& Co.
Our hack will answer all calls
phone "a r.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Try our Hero" ground coffee
it will go almost twice as far as the
ordinary. B. Timmons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Begin now to prepare and plant
your garden. We can supply you
with the celebrated Ferry's seed
that are fresh and will not fail to
germinate under proper conditions.
We have a large stock of paints for
inside and outside work in white
and all the colors. Full supply of
oils, varnish and painters supplies
of all kinds. B. Timmons.
Let us sell you a refrigerator.
They are necessity as well as real
luxury in hot weather.
Stewart & Kernaghan.
Biggest stock of harness we have
ever carried. Single and double, all
weights and prices.
Ramsey & Jones.
Remember we still sell Rock
Hill, Tyson & Jones, Columbus and
Hackney buggies. Nothing better
on the market for the money.
Ramsey 6 Jones.
We sell the celebrated Babeock
buggies and carriages. They never
fail to give satisfaction.
Ramsey & Jones.
The season for ice cream and ice
cream freezers is here. Letus sup
ply you with freezer-the kind
that does the work quick and satis-
factorily.
Stewart & Kernaghan.
Try our new perfumery-|
Blockis-in all of the popular odors.
B. Timmons.
There is no syrup better than our
Blue Ribbon and Georgia Cane
syrup. b. Ilmmons.
When in need OF farm wagons
try an Old Hickory or White Hick-
ory. They have stood the test on
Edgefeld roads for many years.
Ramsey & Jones.
We always carry a full stock of
buggies, such as Meyer, Smith and
Oxford. Drop in to see the different
styles to select from. Edgefeld
Mercantile Co.
Large shipment of mating just
received. New and attractive de-
signs. Ramsey d Jones.
Our hearse responds promptly to
all calls, and our undertaking de-
partment is we'll supplied with all
grades of cofins and caskets. Or
ders will be filled on short notice.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co.
Drop in and see our ''Baby Won
der" ice cream freezer.
Stewart & Kernaghan.
Fresh shipment of Leverings
coffees at B. Timmons.
See our line of screen doors, win
dows, water coolers, steam cookers
and ice cream churns.-Stewart &
Kernaghan.
Stewart & Kernaghan sells it for
less.-Adv.
We carry stock of dynamite
caps and fuse. Stewart & Kerna-
CHAN.
For Sale: A good family horse.
For further information apply at
The Advertiser Office.
Beautiful assortment of summer
buggy robes at reasonable prices.
Edgefeld Mercantile Co.
Stewart & Kernaghan sells it for
less.-Adv.
Wanted: You to see our line of
refrigerators from SO up.-Stewart
& Kernaghan.
Just received a large shipment of
trunks and suit cases. All sizes at
very reasonable prices. Edgefeld
Mercantile Co.
We sell the Vendor porch shade
or screen-just the thing you need
to make your porch comfortable in
the afternoon. Edgefeld Mercan-
tile CO.
Just received from Lexington,
KY, few extra nice driving and
saddle horses, city broke:
Wilson & Cantelou.
Just received large shipment of
Mems and Boys Suits. We have a
large stock of Mems and Boys pants.
Israel Mukashy Bargain House.
Large assortment of wide EN-
broidery. Heavy worked Embroide-
ry, value 45c yard, going at 25c
ward. Isreal MukashY Bargain
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

The union meeting of the first di-
vision of the Edgefeld association
will meet July 29th and 3Oth with
Bethany Baptist church.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Sduulc uOlpCo, OlGy UlOhOv
Wilson & Cantelou.
Just received large shipment of
Mems and Boys Suits. We have a
large stock of Mems and Boys pants.
Israel Mukashy Bargain House.
Large assortment of wide EN-
broidery. Heavy worked Embroide-
ry, value 45c yard, going at 95c
yard. Isreal Mukashy Bargain
House.
We havejust receivedour celebi ated
Studebaker wagons, all sizes. Will
son & Cantelou.
If you want nice surrey see ours.
Wilson & Cantelou.
If you care to freshen up your
old buggy top and make it look
new, as well as preserve it, use
Frank Miller's top dressing.
Wilson & Cantelou
When in need of axle or harness
oil call on us.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Everything we sell is guaranteed
to be as represented.
Wilson & Cantelou.
We carry a full line of extra parts
of harness.
Wilson & Cantelou.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12

Misses Lillian Scattergood and
Annie May Atkinson of Augusta
are guests of Miss Mamie Cheatham.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-07-12
Business Locals.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 's'.s''s'
Large assortment of iron and en-
ameled beds to select from.
Ramsey & Jones.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
MARTYR REPLACES
FATHER DAMIEN AMONG THE
LEPERS OF MOLOKAI ISLE

place in the world. He decided to get to
the stricken islands as speedily as he
could. He announced his intention to
the superior of the Redemptorists, and he
5pplauded the courage of the convert
He settled his accounts with the world,
entered into communication with Father
Damien, and in the summer of 1886 sailed
from San Francisco. On July - he ar
rived at Molokai and turned his back
forever on the higher civilization behind
him.
Assistant to Father Damien.
In the beginning Brother Joseph lived
in cabin and assisted Father Damien
in the numerous improvements that were
undertaken. in his spare hours making
a thorough study of leprosy. its origin
and development. Brother Joseph in
those days was hopeful. He leaned to
the opinion that the disease was durable.
lie made experiments that attracted the
attention of celebrated psychologists,
though none would admit that leprosy
can be cured. DR.. p. A. Morrow, of New
York. was one of the experts that inves-
tigated the brothers experiments, and
he has now in his possession the plates
of two blind lepers upon whom the broth
er made his first experiment. Since the
merous changes introduced in the man.
ner of treatment of the disease. The gov
ernment has built a leprosarium, and
some of the ablest minds have been en-
gagged in a seemingly frmtless warfare.
There has been no visible arreSting of
the progress of leprosy. The afflicted
come and go. Death does not diminish
the ranks, and it never can, the experts
will tell you, until perfect isolation is
cd IN
Brother Joseph's labors by placing him
in charge of the Baldwin Home for leper
men and boys. He is assisted by four
brothers of the Sacred Heart, also, like
himself, consecrated to the work of nIIrs-
ing the afflicted. He rises early, attends
prayers, and hears mass, then gives an
hour or so to the administrative part of
his duties. The rest of the day is given
to nursing his patients, studying the
cases OF newcomers, teaching the boys
the elementary sciences, encouraging
them in healthy exercise
Night brings his quiet hour He finds
time to continue his studies of leprosy,
read the papers. write to his friends, and
contribute an occasional article to pa
pers Those who knew the dashing young
lieutenant of the civil war OF the dapper
man of thirty years ago would scarcely
recognize him in the tall, full-bearded.
indifferently dressed old man that goes
here and there among his incurable
friends. Some have seen in him like
ness of william Morris, the poet There
is this distinction: Brother Joseph lacks
the sad, melancholy expression of the
eye. Brother Joseph is a soldier who
long ago trampled fear under foot He Is
as cheerful as the native youths that
gather about him to hear story, all un-
conscious. some of them. OF the terrible
scourge in their system. II is evident
that 1t is not human courage alone that
sustains this man.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
Ira B. Dutton, Vern1onter, Suffers Lip-
ing Death in Dread Colony.

Christian life were the impelling motives.
That between his thirty-fifth and fortieth
year Capt. Dutton became, as it were,
man clothed with new thoughts, new de-
sires, and that he buried another man in
him is a fact And that much this lay
apostle of the lepers candidly acknowl-
edges.
He was born at Stowe, VT. in 1915. and
his boyhood was passed in GAINESVILLE,
Wis. At nine he was employed in the
office of a local newspaper. At eighteen
he enlisted in the Thirteenth Wisconsin
Infantry. At the close of the war he was
mustered out with the rank of captain.
Old comrades have frequently urged him
to apply for a pension, and since his self
exile on Molokai the United States gov
eTnment has taken the friendly position
that il awaits the application of the old
soldier. Brother Joseph answers that he
gave his young years for love of his
country and that he has offered his early
manhood and the evening of his life to
his fellow-men.
The United States government" he
wrote friend. has treated me so we'll
that l would be ashamed to accept a pen
sion. The government does not owe me
anything. On the contrary, 1 feel so
much indebted to my country that the
giving of my life, if really needed m a
just cause would requite only in meas
Ure.'
During the eight years Immediately fol-
lowing the close Of the war Capt. Dut-
ton was an employe of the War Depart
ment, adjusting claims against the Fed
eraI government. He was a welcome
visitor in the best homes of the South in
those days, and reputed to be careful
and practical student of the art of cor
rect attire Then one day he was seized
with the desire to build a barrier be-
tween himself and the world he loved so
well. 1t was not an easy task, it may be
surmised. for a soldier to PROSTATE HIM
self before the abbot of the most severe
religious body in the Catholic Church. He
was received into the Catholic Church.
Then he journeyed to Gethsemane and
found seclusion in the monastery for a
year and a half and decided that he was
intended for that manner of life.
'I had a feeling he told his friends.
that I wanted to be in touch with hu-
man suffering, to be active IN the relief
OF those OF my fellow-beings who were
afflicted, yet so as not to bring me in di-
rect contact with the outside world"
From the monastery Brother Joseph
went 10 the convent OF the Redemptorist
Fathers in New Orleans, where he passed
many days in prayer. One day, in the
recreation-room, he came across maga-
zine describing the life of Father Da-
mien. He went to the library and got
an authentic record of that priests work,
read and reread 1t; then the mind OF the
man was at rest. BE had found bis
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
FRICAN RELIGIOUS LEGENDS
INCLUDE A VERSION OF
TOWER OF BABEL.

bio at a certain place erect small hutS Of
leaves and branches. and spend the day
in feasting and merrimCnt. The king IS
present. The royal trumpet is sounded
in order that the people may know that
their king still lives. Toward sunset the
huts are set on fire, and the monarch,
amid great shouting and singing, is borne
TO his residence by his subjects lmmc-
diateIy after this the people go to their
homes and commence to prepare the land
for sowing to crops.
The primitive African nearly recoS-
nized that there was a close relation be
tween rain and growing crops. Numerous
devices are used and sacrifices made to
insure an abundance of rain. In Bechu-
ana land they have rain gardens in which
! charmed seeds arc planted before the
regular sowing begins. After the garden
s planted the rain doctor goes TO the top
of a hill. blows his horn, lights a hrC,
and whistles and shouts to bring the
rain. When a garden of rain has been
sown it becomes unlawful to fell trees
save at dawn or at sunset. and IL Is a
grave offense to bring a green bouEh OF
! the hack-thOrn tree into town by day
during the rainy season. If the rains are
/ late, the rain doctor extinguishes all the
fires and by means of special fire made
with the fire drill reliGhts them.
Prayer for Rain.
The Tonga offer a rain prayer to God,
! the Creator and Nourisher. The old peo-
! pie take part in the ceremony. Led by
/ some important chief or head man, they
| repair to a hilltop. carrying with them
pots filled with water and quantities OF
garden seeds The leader chants weird
plant, and the other worshipers join in
a piteous refrain. AS the refrain is sung
/ they throw water heavenward, some
times with the seeds mixed with 1t, as a
] sign that their request is for rain %
| make the seeds grow. Sometimes they
dance, and. taking mouthfuls of water.
squirt il heavenward When the cere-
mony is completed they tie ropes of grass
around their bodies and return home,
! looking straight ahead, never daring to
! glance behind.
The earlier travellers in Benin found
very elaborate yam festival One OF
| these travellers, Beauvais. says: AL
though the yam feast is not held without
human sacrifices, they are not its chief
| object The yam is to Sini what wheat
! is to the European and in order TO get
| the natives to attend to its culture and
| get hem out of their natural lethargy
| sort of trick Is played every year. After
| the human sacrifices have been made, an
| earthenware pot containing some soil and
a yam from last season are brought be-
| fore the king The prince. in full view
| of his subjects, places the root in the
not and covers il with soil. The songs
| and dances proceed. While the people
are giving themselves up to their pleas
ures a similar pot in which there Is a
well developed yam is substituted. and
the people. who firmly believe in this
rapid growth, admire ii much. The big
| ger the growth the more plentiful will be
the season, and they manifest their sat-
iSfac.ion accordingly.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

When lights begin to glimmer in shops
and cafes and homes throughout the
Capital City, and the shades of night
settle over monument and building, the
night toilers of Washington turn over in
| their beds, yawn. and prepare for their
hours Of labor in shop and factory. on
the streets and by-ways. in the govern
ment departments, and in institutions
| devoted to the care of the sick in mind
and body.
Some there are Of this vast aSgreEa-
| tion who must answer the call of duty
by sundown. others do no. leave their
homes until their brothers who work by
the light of the sun have banked their
fires, turned out the cat and sought
| the downy couch.
Young girls armed with their lunch
| baskets wend their way to the telephone
! exchange to serve their impatient public
! through the lonely hours of darkness.
| I.abOrers from the more humble sections
| OF the city pIod to their tasks armed
| with lowly tools. Clerks and watChmen,
| in every line of occupation. help swell
the army OF those compelled to work
| when the sun is busy on the other side
| of the world
Eight Thousand Night Workers.
Approximately 5000 persons are required
! in the National Capital to keep things
moving after dark. There are the cleo
| trio lines to be operated-both urban and
suburban. The telephone lines must be
ready for service every second of the
! time.
The big breweries are forced to work
! night shifts of hundreds of men the year
] around. At the hospitals, where patients
| are constantly coming and going, there
| must he a corps OF nurses to ease the
| suffcrings of humanity. Gangs of labor
! ers are needed on the great sewer lines
! to keep them clear of distractions. Tho
hungry machines Of the printing office and
! the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
must be fed. and the sleeping city must
be guarded by hundreds Of hlue-coated
policemen and watchmer who stroll up
and down during the cold nights. endur-
! ing wintry blasts that cut like knives.
And there are the cab drivers and chauf-
! feurs, the lunch-counter men, and the
! telegraph operators who must slave for
! the advancement of commCrCialism.
Over at the Bureau of Engraving and
/ Printing. the place where Uncle Sam
makes his money, over 400 persons work
all night long. The great machines roar
and Clank and the aCrd smell OF ink
| peryadeS the atmosphere to an almost
| intolerable degree. When in a moment
Of leisure a workman takes 4 peep out
| the window, he stares into blackness;
not upon a river sparkling in the sun
light. not upon the green fields or vari-
colored woodland, the scene that would
! greet his fellow worker of the day shift
1t is the same at the Government Print
ing Office Here the official literature Oi
a nation is set up in type and made into
| pamphlets and books and other matter
| When winter SHOWS cover the ground
the lot of the cabmen is hardest By
the dozens they line up on the prominent
thoroughfares and await the chance way
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

Agriculture among the Africans, as
among other primitive peoples, is very
ancient Its origin goes back to the be-
ginning of family life. when primitive
woman began to care for edible plants
tc save their seeds and plant them, apd
tend them after they had sprouted.
There are a number of African legends
dealing with the origin of agriculture
One Of these says: Long ago, before our
ancestors knew the use of fire, when
they ate grass like animals, a river spirit
pointed out to them the mandioca root
and the banana" This same river spirit
then taught them the use of fire, and
after this came the blacksmith, working
in iron and copper. According to an
other story, the people of long ago said:
Let US go up and get hold of the moon.
So they summoned every one in those lands
and gathered all the people together.
The men Tlid, Let us build while the
women + ag the stones The women,
therefore, carried up the stones and gave
them to Nthe men. while all said, we
want to get hold of the moon. the Lord $
plate. because it is so bright and white
So they kept on building, building, until
the tower grew to a point of seizing the
moon the tower said. I shall fall down.
and down it fell. And the people died.
leaving their little children. And the
children said, Alas! Now that our faith
ers have perished thus. what shall we
do? They died because they tried to set
hold of the moon. Shall we. then, so up.
too?' So they concluded, No; we won't
20 there any more, because the moon
was created by the Lord. AS for u.s. lei
us start and hoe So they began to cul-
tivate the land. and this was the begin
ming of agriculture.
Earth the Mother.
There are other legends which ascribe
TO the earth divine power; in fact, the
earth is looked upon as the mother OF all
things, writes Monroe n. Work, IN the
Southern Workman, Maryland. The Fjort
believes that the first born of all creation
was Nzambi Mpungi. the earth. From
the earth como all the power OF the
plants. The universal Mother Earth is
next to the supreme God. In Loango the
earth-spirit is honored next to the sky
god and has her own priests. On the
Gold Coast heaven is spoken of as the
father of all things and the earth as the
mother of creation. In the Lower Niger
country the earth is adored. and there is
a deep reverence for the soil. The natives
believe that they receive their spiritual
existence direct from the sky-god, OF
father but the human or material part
from the earth.
This belief in the earth as a goddess
and in earth spirits, and in close relation
between the earth and the sky has
caused many religious customs and cere-
monies to be associated with agricultural
operations. There are special ceremonies
connected with planting and harvesting
Schweinfurth mentions a seed-time festi-
val to celebrate the sowing of crops
Once a year, about January or February
the Ingaras Of the Lower Niger assem-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
HOWCOL. CHARLES H. MORGAN
ESCAPED FIVE TIMES FROM
CONFEDERATE WAR PRISONS
Thrilling Experiences of Representative from Missouri During
His Civil War Service.

ing in the field, having just come from
his work, he had slipped up behind us
and made US prisoners.
"I shall kill you.' he said, If you try
to run away
We told him he could shoot one Of us
without doubt, but that the two Of US
remaining would then shoot him with
his own revolver. After arguing the
matter up and down, we let him march
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

Watson pretended to be drunk, and Mo
ran and 1 acted as If we were taking
him home, whistling Dixie and other
Southern tunes to increase the deception.
Early in the afternoon a party of
soldiers passed so near that we could
see their legs through the bare stems
! of the bushes. A second party discovered
us two or three hours later. They had
been told in Richmond that we were