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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
Best Asleep.

"I don't feel WELL" said one clerk to
another as he took off his coat in the
Office. 1.-THE trouble with me Is that I
haven't slept as / ought. don't feel
well unless I've slept" That's the
same way with me-" said his col
league. "In fact. think | feel best
IF oil whom Pm sound aSleepr'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
A Fresh Egg.

An English food expert, said in q re-
cent lecture:
"The secret Of health is two niaals
q day with an occasional fast. But
people won't avail themselves Of this
superb secret. 1t is too unpleasant
like the fresh egg. A gentleman, AIT
er cutting the top Off a soft boiled egg,
summoned the waiter and said:
"eWaiter, take this egg back to the
kitchen, wiring its neck, and grill 1t for
me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
Not for the Cook After All.

Madam, 1 have an attachment for
your cook"
"Well, call after nine o'clock, and go
to the rear door,"
"But that is after working hours"
"I know It, We do not permit court
ing in the kitchen until after working
hours, my good man."
"Courting nothing! l amt no police
man! This is an attachment for the
stove, an she said you told her to or
der It."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
NeuAr Dull

Yt must be awfully dull living in q
town of this size. What do you ever
do for excitement?
Dull? Say. you don't know what
you're talkin' about. don't believe
there's been a minute durin' the past
year when we haven't had some kind
of a church scandal goin' on"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
Npe WIfe,e Way.

"Does your wife ask you for things
she knows you cannot afford?"
"She hasn't asked me for a thing
since we were married"
Great! How do you manage it,"
when she wants thing she does
mot ask me, she tells me-"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
Something Serious the Matter.

Doctor, I've come to see you q
my wife. I'm afraid there's
thing serious tho matter witt
I'm sorry to hear that
her symptoms?"
why, the other d,
out of town, she had o.
to my Office, and there she
eral letters marked private
didn't open."
r-zrz.uxszE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03
TOYS OF LONG AGO.

In the nursery Of a newly-excavat-
ed house at Behnesia, Egypt, fairly
well preserved rag doll was found
with arms and legs still intact, and
painted face. The doll is by no means
a beauty, and does not compare with
the dolls of today, but, nevertheless,
1t must have brought Joy to little
girls heart nearly 1000 years ago.
The jointed dolls Of long ago were
made to sit down, stand up, and move
their arms, but they didn't close their
eyes or squeak mamma" Among
the toy dogs, horses and donkeys are
some made Of stone and baked clay,
and others carved out Of wood.
CORONATION TOYS.
Fortunes have been sunk in corona
tion toys; but many spectators will
It their money back with liberal in
It. OF a certain very popular ar
this kind more than 100000
sold, and the INVENTOR
another toy, made a2S,-
nlties"-the penny
ter merchants
ney." One of
'pted by a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-05-03

mvar uUsIuuios vspeviai,y pivrsuvu, GO
we'll as gloves.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

aroused my desire to hear more. Every word
was OF vital interest to me. hence my eau
ton. Unah had quite another and a deeper
object; as we shall see.
Guided by the voices, we groped our way
IN and out among the numberless chambers,
ana ana, finally ilsis paused before the apartment
A heavy stone door leaned up against the
opening, only partially, concealing the in.
hall We could hear and understand every
"crd distinctly now, but. with the utmost
caution. we crept forward to gain view OF
1t presented strange sight. The room
an old:fashioned brass lamp, hanging from
me ceiling. threw ftful glow over the dark
features OF two natives.
one, all gorgeous in fine linen and priceless
levels, instantly recognized as the King Of
Delhi. The other was cripple. His shrunk-
en- and deformed body swaycd to and fro like
a broken reed, and the thin hands worked
with convulsve nervousness.
But his face, though wrnkled and worn
with age, bore the imprint of strong intel
lect. and his eyes gowed with all the ferver
and enthusiasm of youth.
In a cool, business-like and matter of-fact
diabolical plot that has ever found its way
into the annals of history.
From the drift of the conversation soon
learned that he was the agent of Mana Sahb,
Mith W Jue Ralan OF Delnl. WIN
deep horror, / soon understood that my worst
fears were about to be realized, and that
these, two men, in the solitudes of desere ed
temple, We're arranging certain plans of a
movement which if successfully carried out,
would plunge the whole of India into such
scene OF bloodshed as would horrify the
world.
With a shudder l could not suppress, |
heard the crippled Hindoo laying down, with
apparent sincerity, conditions that were to
govern the actions of the raiah in relation to
a mGtiny among the Sepoys, which, under
the leadership Of Tanta Topee and Mana
Sahib, was to occur directly.
English officers and men were to be mur-
dered without warning, cities taken. sacked
and their hordes of Christian thousands given
up. to massacre and torture.
1t was a tendsh, plot from beginning to
end. felt like shooting the men who so
calmly discussed it; and they who read the
history of the Sepoy Mutiny, and the we'll
laid plans of its leaders, will hardly condemn
first promptngs.
Seeing that the two men were about TO
separate, | turned to Unah, and was on the
point of suggesting retreat. when checked
by the awful expression of the lIndoos face
He was staring straight ahead into th0
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

strange sense of awe, which the dismal
cries and howls of frightened birds and
beasts, arising from all around US, only
served to deepen.
Hoping that we might b., lucky enough to
strike village, or an opening sufficiently
large to protect us from the falling timber,
and to enable us to avoid contact with the
bowling brutes, lurking SO close, and whose
fright was only exceeded by hunger, we were
urging our tired animals forward, when sud
denly brought to quick lalt.
The horses stood stark still, and no amount
Dismounting, ! CROPPED my way forward until
forced to stop by running ,square y into what
seemed to be solid wall of stone.
The next moment fash of lightning, cast
a lurid brightness over the scene and re,
vealed the jungle on one side and a ruined
stone wall before and to the right of us.
While celebrating as to our next best
move, l was startled by hearing Unah ex-
claim: ..
'.See, sahib, there's light just ahead"
tinguish the faintest glimmer Of what ,ap'
peared to be the light of small lamp shin.
ing through crevice of some building, and
not more than three hundred yards away.
After an instant's thought, | decided to
abandon the horses and try, to reach the light
on foot. Accordingly, Unah dismounted. and
We both worked our way cautiously over the
wall. paused a brief time on the other side
10 cdtcn our DTeaCn, ana then, MANU- III manu-,
felt our way slowly toward the small geam
of light, still wavering and dim. -.
AS we drew nearer, the faint outlines OF
some huge structure could be made out, and
by the next flash of lightning we saw that it
was an old and dismantled temple, whose
erumbling walls seemed ready to topple and
Some minutes later, we stood under the
high, still well-preserved arch of the door
way, and peered into the hall beyond. Not
sound reached us from it's dark depths,
in through the entrance
We had taken few steps forward, when
the half-subdued murmur of voices reached
us from somewhere Just ahead. | felt
Unah's strong hand tighten on my arm, and
his low-whispered, Hist! sahib! Not word
or step!" sounded in my ears with a painful
thrill, owing perhaps to the strange weird
gloom of our surroundings. and the ominous
We stopped. The voices grew louder and
more distinct, and it seemed to me the Hin
doc, whose hand still rested on my arm
trembled. l could not attribute it to fear
for ! had come to know that Unah feared
nothing living.
Reaching down, he noiselessly drew off his
sandals, and l did likewise with my shoes
Together we crept down the cold, slippery
passage towards the voices.
With careful and silent tread, we followed
along the .vauted corridor and into the un
known solitude beyond. The storm without
echoed and re-echoed mournfully among the
passages and chambers, stripped of Their
sacred treasures and idols, and left to crum
bic into debris and ruin.
We were anxious to hear more of the con
versation being hold within those ancient
walls. The n"rti"n already heard had only
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room beyond, where the rajah and his COM
panion stood talking. All the oldtime Sc
renity had left his face, and in its stead had
crept the most thrilling expression of human
passion and hate ever portrayed on the tell
tale markings of a mans countenance. His
black eyes flashed and glowed with mahg,,
nant fury, and his features fairly twtched
with the rage he strove to hold in check.
1t was startling change, but before had
even chance to guess at its cause approach
In the room was taking his departure. .
Sinking down in the shadow, | waited
while the King of Delhi slowly passed
dnTSn do%u the the S ehn bs oS aoSr p his a.
they came down regularly on the sol stone
floor, sharply breaking the oppressive still
ness and echoing loudly among the tomb
Ike chambers, until it died away in the dis
night.
Crawling back into the light. again peer
ed into the room where the two Hindoos had
@ been The cripple still stood where the other other
appearance like that Of man weighed down
by fearful responsibility.
| moved few steps nearer, and even as L
did so the faint rustic of some one moving
reached me, and the next moment the sha.
dow OF man, which J. saw was Unah, fitted
between me and the light.
The cripple raised his head with a start,
and, turning quickly, stood face to face with
him from the doorway.
One look, and the, cripple sank back
against the wall with a smothered cry of
despair. His knees shook under him, and
abject terror was depicted on every line Of
his face.
In a choked, pleading voice, he finally
gasped:
"Spare me, Tan"
But, before he could finish, Unah, with a
few panther-like, springs, had reached him,
ard, with one hand firmly pressed to his
throat, stood over him. his dark, turbaned
face awful in its ferceness.
sprang toward them, but in an instant
Unahs hand had sought his belt, and, before
| could reach him, there was flash of steel
and the cripple sank to the floor with dag
ger buried in his heart
Rushing past Unah, ! knelt by the fallen
mans side. but he was beyond all human
skill and died almost as | reached him.
| arose and faced Unah angry To me it
seemed an uncaed-for murder, since Unah
could not have been, | thought actuated
even by any desire to rid the country of-the
consplrator, because of his evident connec-
tion with the coming rebellion.
But the Hlndoo was his old cool sell
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

Sepoy Mutiny, the barbaric and ira
~ gic incidents Of which so thrilled the
civilized world at that time. In
company with a single .Hindoo servant, 1
was making what proved to be vain effort
to reach Delhi from Paniput. distance of
some seventy-eight miles, before the uprising
that seemed just then most imminent would
make such journey unduly hazardous, to
say the least.
:. It will be remembered that, on the twenty
Third Native Cavalry, stationed at Meerut
had openly Pen fds robbed and eshtyve of them
:. Knowing that the ill-timed .mutiny of the
little band had aroused considerable interest
among the natives, and believing. from an
intimate knowledge Of the country and its
people, that serious trouble would result be.
fore the feeling of bitterness prevalent among
the sepoys. and Of which the affair at Meerut
was but feeble expression, could be ap-
peased, / naturally became anxious to finish
my business at Paniput, where l then was,
and return to Delhi, where extensive inter-
ests demanded my attention.
But many delays made it quite impossible
fos me to leave Paniput until the morning
OF May 10, the day following the trial Of
mutineers, who had been sentenced to short
term of imprisonment.
All along, the road we met companies of
angry, sullen-looking natives, hurting on
toward Meerut:, Oftentimes they halted and
insulted us with jeers and curses; but we
paid little heed to them, and passing quickly
by. gave them no opportunity to offer further
indignities.
Still, ! was not satisfied to risk another
day of like danger, and SO decided not to
stop that night, but push ahead and make
Delhi early the next morning.
Soon after nightfall drizzling rain set
In, which, increasing in volume and accom-
panied by the usual amount of thunder and
lightning, soon assumed the character of a
hurricane, and, to make matters worse, we
discovered, about eleven o'clock that we had
strayed from the main road. which follows
the River Jumna pretty closely and were
plunging about in one of the numerous road
ways, winding in and out among the dense
jungles and leading to the villages beyond
Two hours later we were forced to acknowl-
edge ourselves completely and hopelessly
lest; and here is where the opening of my
story finds US.
The rain fell in torrents the deep rlmbles
of thunder fairly shook the ground beneath
US, and the binding glare Of lightning cast
the jungle on either side, the tangled under
and twisting under the lashings of the wind
as it sighed half mournfully among the
leaves and branches.
AS if in intentional contrast, the calm, i'm
pressive face OF the Hindoo called Unah
loomed up beside. me. His horse reared and
plunged'with fright, but the mans dark face
lost none OF its studied coolness, and the hand
that grasped the bridle-reins was as firm as
nerves of steel could make it.
His wonderful sef-possession filed me with
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
COPYRIGHT BY JAMES ELvERsoY

rT was past twelve o'clock, of dark,
stormy night in May of 1857, a year
made memorable in history by the
Sepoy Mutny, the barbaric and ira
. gic incidents Of which so thrilled the
civilized world M that firnn L.,
The Washington herald., 1911-07-30

CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
Moose Lodge Was
Instituted MOndGy

A lodge Of the Loyal Order of Moose
was instituted in Fort Pierce Monday
evening, attbe improvement Club hall,
with eighty charter members. Messrs
Secord and Seals, district organizers,
who have worked up an unusual inter-
est and large membership, had charge
of the institution and fully explained
the workings of the order.
An election of officers for the present
term resulted as follows:
Dictator VIM. l. Fee.
Vice Dictator G. Feigel.
Past Dlctator-P. C. Eldred.
Prelate F. M, Tyler.
Secretary-Frank Stetson.
T. easurer-R. Whyte.
Seargeant.at-Arms-T L. Tyre.
Trustees-G, S. Tucker W. E. Van
Landingham, L. N, Brady.
Lodge Physicians-E. E. Rollins, w.
E. vanLandingham, g. G. Roehr, N.
McClinton.
The lodge will be known officially as
Fort Pierce Lodge No. 652
The new lodge starts out with fiat.
tering prospects and healthy men,
bership, which is expected to grow TO
the century mark within short time.
Regular meetings will be held on
Wednesday evenings, in the Improve
ment Club hall, and the newly elected
officers are studying the ritual to per-
feet themselves in the work.
The institution was scheduled to take
place last Friday night but the para
phernalia failed to arrive and the affair
was necessarily postponed.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09

statutes referred to, and upon hear
ing before the Hon. Minor S. Jones,
Judge of the circuit court, an order was
made by Judge Jones releasing all the
defendants and declaring said statutes
unconstitutional and void. From this
order and decision OF the circuit court
the prosecuting attordey Mr.. Parker,
assisted by Mr.. Gillen, sued out writ
of error to the Supreme Court to have
reviewed the judgment of the circuit
court releasing the defendants. The
case came up for hearing In the Su-
preme Court on May 25th, with the re.
suit that the Supreme Court reversed
Judge Jones and held the statutes con-
stitutional.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
A Car Of Fine Pines.

One of the first carloads of pineap-
pies sent out from this section and one
which runs exceptionally we'll as to
size and qauity Of fruit was shipped
Tuesday by Mr.. NJ. E. Card, a promi-
neut planter OF The Ridge south of
Fort Pierce, The car contained 300
crates, and Of these 296 were 24s and
the other four were lSs. This proba-
bly, ranks as high as any car shipped
from here in three years and coming as
it does in the beginning of the season
should net Mr.. Card handsome returns.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
Entertainment for
Benefit of Baseball

A high class vaudeville entertain
ment will be given in the Crystal The
atre on Friday evening, June 10, by To-
cal talent for the benefit of the Fort
Pierce baseball club. The program
will consist of several numbers by the
best obtairabIe local talent including
songs, readings, monologues, character
sketches, farces and other entertaining
features.
Preparations for this entertainment
have been under way some time and
each number on the program will be
we'll worth the price Of admission.
The home people need not be toio
that the local talent is capable Of pro-
ducing an evening Of fun and amuse-
ment for many times in the past this
has been demonstrated.
The Baseball Benefit will be up to
the standard set on previous occasions
and the program, which will be puO-
usbed next week viii contain the names
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
Fish LaWs Upheld
By Supreme Court

It will be remembered that before the
last Term of the county court held in
this county the prosecuting attorney
for the county court, Otis r. Parker,
filed about twenty informations against
certain fishermen for illegal fishing in
the Indian River, charging that the
taking OF fish from the waters OF the
Indian River with seins and nets the
length and the meshes Of which are
prohibited by the Statutes OF Florida.
Upon the conyening Of the last term Of
the county court the defendants, being
ing defended by the Hon. Frank w.
Pope, of Jacksonville, fled a motion TO
ouash the several informations. The
prosecution was represented by Otis r.
Parker, prosecuting Attorney assisted
80, 49,. r..,, niiion md fer NJ,
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
June Examination
for School Teachers

The June examinations for teachers
in st. Lucie county was held in the
school house this week, beginning Tues.
day morning, and the following have
been undergoing the examination;
Misses Agnes Helseth, Lena Starck
and Ora WigAeld, Mrs. Eupice Scho
field, Messrs. Carl Helseth and Albert
Helseth. One colored teacher, Eddie
Sands, was also on hand
The grading committee selected by
Superintendent Hodge to pass on the
result of the examinations are Prof. NJ,
j, Okerlund, Miss Ida yause and Miss
Elma Geiger
Miss Eva Daniel was in charge Of the
examination, representing Supt Hodge
who was busily engaged with the school
board.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09

gan' llth and 18th grades: Assistant.
Miss Bertha Hodge 9th and 10Th Miss
Edna Johns, 7th and Sth; Miss Katie
Morgan 9th and 7thi Miss Mary Tnorne,
9th; Miss Kathleen Smith, srd and 4th.
Miss Georgia Slater, lst and ID grades.
ST. Lucie. WIN. Leisher.
Fort Pierce (colored) )-B. F. James,
principal Mamie Gardner, assistant
Other schools are not supplied, but
are waiting upon the action Of the trus.
tees j. w. HODGE.
Sec, & Supt,
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
Drainage Machine
Arrived This Week

The large Austin excavator which
will be used in digging the drainage
canal for the Fort Pierce Farms tract
arrived here Sunday and on Monday
was unloaded and placed on tenpor.
airy track by the railros wrecking out
flt. The big machine is being set up and
will be run to the scene of operations
under its own power. Being fitted
with double set of wheels, a double
track in. sections will be shifted alter
nately, and it is expected that it will
make a mile a day progress in this way.
The excavator weighs % tons and in
addition to its own weight eight tons of
ballast will be used during operations.
The dtpper has capacity of one and
one-half yards of material
Drainage operations will begin at
Taylors creek just north of Fort Pierce
and the big canal will extend through
the $4,000 acre tract This ditch will
be so feet wide at the top and "a feet
at the bottom with an average depth
OF about 8 feet. Lateral canals will
feed it from all parts OF the tract. The
contract for the work is in the hands
of the Miami Engineering and Con.
struction Company and Mr.. A. B. San
ders will be In charge of the work.
An acetylene gas plant will be in-
stalled and a day and night crew put to
work on the excavations. Portable
houses are being constructed for the
workmen and these houses will be set
up along the right-of-way at conven'
lent points.
Two more exca vators of the same
type are on the road and as soon as they
arrive will be rushed to the work. /
1t is expected that within ten days dirt
will begin to move on the drainage ca
nal.
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09
Tea for the
Library Book Fund

Everybody is invited to attend THE
Mystic Tea" at the Improvement Club
Hall on Tuesday, June 20, 1911. The
ladies will begin to serve at II O'Clock,
a. m. and continue throughout the day.
The proceeds will be expended for new
books for the library, and all are urged
to assist this worthy cause. Children
will be served with ice cream at five
cents per plate.
MENU;
A Gift Of the Gods, Sc,
Old Maids Comfort, Sc,
What Very Few People Know, SC,
The Staff Of Life, Sc,
An Unruly Member, Sc,
Best Remedy for an Aching Tooth, 7c,
A Survivor Of the Deuge, Sc,
Cupid's Worst Enemy. lc,
Confused Type, sc, Conglomeration, SC,
Satanic Fruit, SC,
ATearful Subject, 2c
40 After Dinner Delicacy. 1c,
a n rite nali.ht lAc Adanis Ale -lo
Fort Pierce news., 1911-06-09

Special road undivided. $500 IS
Certificate Of cashier Of bank of Fort
Pierce attached showing balances cor.
rect as claimed.
The clerk was instructed to ADVERT 9
for bids for assessors maps,
No protest having been filed against
the establishment OF public county
road beginning at the center Of section
8. tip 35 $, 40 east, Ia mile east Of the
tip corner known as the NV corner OF tip
35s, 40 e, run north 26 seconds, west
2O37 feet to a'stake, thence north AZ de.
grees 20 seconds, " S4-5 feet to stake
IA mile east Of the NV corner Of tp S5
$, r 40 e, said road to be 40 feet wide,
the said road is declared a public county
read and ordered opened
Paid warrants were taken up and
cancelled.
TIE financial report viii appear next
week