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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
Cotton Weigher Byrd

The election for cotton weigher at
Edgefeld passed off quietly Saturday,
about 325 ballots being cast by far
mers who market their cotton at
Edgefeld. Wr. William G.. Byrd was
elected by an overwhelming majority
and our prediction is he will render
satisfactory service to sellers and
buyers alike. His father, the lamented
j. G. Byrd, filled this place satisfac-
torily for two terms some years ago
and William is worthy son of no.
BILE sire. Mr.. Byrd will enter upon his
duties the first of September and will
serve for two years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
Death of MIR. Richard Ham
mond.

After being i'll some time, Mr.
Richard Hammond died at his home
near Golfers Friday at II O'Clock
and the interment> took place at Rec
Hill church Saturday at $3.50 o'clock
the funeral being conducted by Rev
j. w. Kesterson. Mr.. Hammond was
born and reared in the Golfers com.
munity and has a host Of friends or
the western side of the county who
will greatly miss him. Mr.. Hammond
is survived by one son, Leroy Ham
mond, and one daughter, Miss Mary
Frances Hammond. His wife died
about two years ago
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
Very Successful Auction Sales.

The South Atlantic Realty Com
pany conducted its second auction
sale of real estate in Edgefeld Mon
day and Tuesday, the sales for these
two days aggregating 100000. The
largest sale of town property was the
Adams warehouse near the station,
which was bought by Mr.. w. F West
for $3O,025, who since the purchase,
we are informed, will associate with
him Mr.. NJ. H. Deal, Mr.. Wallace Hol-
ston and Mr.. w. w. Adams, and be-
sides conducting general storage bus
mess will conduct wholesale grocery
business. The second largest sale of
town property was the house and IL
acres belonging to E. w. Samuel,
which was bought by Mr.. G. V.
Crouch for $4,000. The largest sale
of agricultural property was the sale
of Mr.. w. w. Adams farm at the
crossroads which brought S25,O0O.
The gentlemen who compose the
South Atlantic Realty Company are
greatly pleased with their sales in
Edgefeld and the Edgefield people
who have had business with these
large real estate dealers are delighted
with their method of doing business,
finding them not only thoroughly re-
liable but generous and pleasant in
their business dealings. This company
has a number of valuable farms ad-
yertised in this issue and they are al
so planning to conduct another auc-
tion sale of real estate in Edgefeld.
Mr.. S. B. Nicholson is the manager
of the Edgefeld branch and will be
delighted to list your town or country
property for sale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
An Old Fault Finder.

An irritable and fault finding dis
position is often caused by indiges-
ton. A man with good digestion and
bowels that act regularly is usually
good natured. When troubled with
indigestion or constipation take
Chamberlain's Tablets. They strength
en- the stomach and enable it to per.
form it's functions naturally. They
also cause a gentle movement of the
bowels.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06

Mr.. Thomas C. Bomar Of George
town, accompanied by his family, is
spending his annual summer vacation
with his mother, Mrs. Emmie De-
Loach.
Mr.. j. Glover Tompkins, Jr., has
arrived from Washington to spend
his vacation of three weeks and has
been very warmly greeted by his
friends.
Mr.. Carroll Rainsford has return
ed from the government encampment
at Camp Lee, where he has spent the
past six weeks with the Citadel corps
of cadets.
Misses Emmie and Annie Sue
Broadwster have as their guests this
week, Miss Freddie knight of Lam
caster and Miss Rebecca Rigby of
Springfield.
Miss Ellie Miller Lanham, the sec
ond daughter of Mr.. T. B. Lanham,
is visiting relatives in Edgefeld and
in the county. She has been very af-
fectionately greeted.
After a pleasant visit to relatives
and frieads in Edgefeld, Miss Kath-
crime Darlington returned to her
home in Georgetown accompanied by
Misses Miriam and Genevieve Norris.
The young people gave dance in
the Opera House Monday night. The
attendance was larger than usual,
there being number of young peo-
pie present from Johnston, Trenton
and Aiken.
Horns Creek church has extended
call to DR.. R. G. Lee to serve them
as pastor and we are pleased to an
nounce that he has accepted, preach
ing twice each month at this historic
old church:
Little Miss Connie Cochran, the at
tractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan Cochran of Eustiss, Florida,
has been visitor to Mrs. Abner
Broadwater and Misses Emnie and
Annie Sue Broadwater.
Mr.. C. C. Fuller is spending this
week here visiting Mrs. w. A. Byrd
and Mr.. w. w. Fuller. He is being
very cordially greeted by his Edge
field friends. 1t has been quite a long
while since his last visit to Edgefeld.
Mrs. Cleveland Ryle, formerly Miss
jamie Bigham, and her children have
returned to her home in Milledgeville,
Ca, after a pleasant visit to her Sis
ter, Mrs. M. w. Holston. She was ac-
companied by her niece, Miss Sara
Bigham.
Our young friend, Harrison Parks,
is a welcome visitor In Edgefeld this
week, having come over from Colum-
bia to spend his vacation. Mr.. Parks
holds position as head clerk in one
of the leading shoe stores in Colum-
bia.
Mrs. L. Y. Moore left for Balti-
more yesterday to take her little
daughter, Frances, to the Johns Hop
kins hospital for treatment. 1t is the
earnest prayer of all of the Edgefeld
people that this dear little girl be re-
stored to her usual health.
One by one our belated soldiers are
retu 1g home and each one seems
to receive warmer welcome than
any who have already arrived from
overseas. Among those who have ar
rived lately is Mr.. Monroe Mathis
who reached Edgefeld Thursday
night. He spent nearly year over
seas and made a fine - I'd. His
friends and the people ,cnerally have
given him very warm greeting.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
LOCAL AND PERSONAL,

LOCAL AND PERSONALs
Miss Elise Lake is the guest of Miss
nellie Jones.
Mr.. Jerald LaGrone motored to
Newberry on business on Friday.
Mr.. R. NJ. Winn motored to Edge
field from Plum Branch Saturday.
Mr.. Leon Warren is spending this
week in Atlanta with his brothers.
Mr.. H. NJ. Reynolds has Joined the
summer swallows in the mountains.
Mr.. ]. D. Holstein, Jr., left this
morning in his car for Asheville.
Mrs. T. C. Callison is here visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Reel,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Smith are So
journing for several weeks in Ashe-
vile.
Mr.. B. B. Jones is having his hand
some home on Main Street beautiful
ly painted, light gray color.
Mr.. James T. Minis, Jr., made a
business trip to Madison,' Ga, last
week.
Mr.. Asa G. Broadwater of Ridge
Spring was a visitor in Edgefeld on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Harling have
been welcome visitors in Edgefield
this week.
Mrs. M. E. Carwile has gone to Ar
den, NC, to spend the remainder of
the summer.
Mrs. Lemie Talbert and Mr.. Eddie
Talbert are visiting Mrs. DR.. Smith
in Tifton, Ga.
Mr.. Goode Reel and Mr.. Otis
Quarles have gone to Hendersonville
to spend a week.
Miss Lou nellie McGhee of Ander-
son is a guest in t':e home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Reel.
Mrs. Lille Robinson is here visiting
Mrs. w. w. Adams and other rela-
tives in Edgefeld.
Little Miss Mary Marsh is visiting
her little friend, Rosa Zimmerman, in
Spartanburg this week
Mr.. j. II. Allen is spending por-
tion of his vacation this week in Char
lesion and on the Isle of Palms.
Miss Frances Bigham has returned
to Macon, Ca, after spending week
with her sister, Mrs. NJ. W. Holston.
Miss Elizabeth Woodson and Miss
Essie Pierce of Augusta were the
guests of Mrs. A. A. 'Woodson on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Corley of
Greenwood are here visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. b. Harling and other rela-
tives.
Master Robert Zimmerman of
Pleasant Lane is the guest of his
cousin, Master Robert QUITS, this
week.
Mrs. yelling Werner, Miss Mae
yelling and Mr.. l. W. yelling of
Darlington are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerald LaGrone.
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Mr.. W. P. Williamson of White

Mr.. w. P. Williamson of White
Plains, Ca, has been here several
days visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. G.
Quarles.
Mrs. M. E. Norris was the guest of
Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman on the occa-
sion of her visit to the Edgefeld W.
C. T. u. on Monday
DR.. R. G. Lee will preach at Horns
Creek church next Sunday afternoon
at four o'clock. Sunday School will
be held at 8 80 o'clock.
The brass band will dispense patri-
otic music in Edgefeld Saturday,
August 16, and this is only a small
feature of the days attractions.
In the auction sale the Tompkins
livery stable was bought by Mr.. L. D.
Brabham for $4,000, and the Paul
Tompkins garage was purchased by
Mr.. B. B. Jones for $3,125.
The Advertiser has been requested
to call mass meeting of the business
men for Tuesday afternoon at seven
/ io'clock in the Court House for the
purpose of ogranizing a chamber Of
commerce or board of trade.
Mr.. j. P. Nixon will give up his po-
sition with Dorm and Minis August
Is and Mr.. Abbie Prince has been en-
gagged to take his place. Mr.. Nixon is
man of very fine qualities and Dorm
and Minis regret to give him up.
The people of Cleora and adjoin-
ing communities will give barbecue
at the Brunson school house to-mor-
row in honor of the young men who
served in the army and navy from
Moss township. They richly deserve
all of the attention and honor that
can be shown them.
With all crops laid by and as the
day of the week selected, Saturday,
will not seriously interfere with any
protracted meeting, there should be
an unprecedented crowd here August
16 to honor the living soldiers as we'll
as those who made the supreme sac
rifice.
Mr.. Rubenstein thanks the people
of Edgefeld county this week for
their generous patronage in making
his recent summer clearance sale the
most successful that he has ever held.
In order to show that appreciation
he will continue to give great bar
gains in merchandise throughout the
month of August.
The friends of Mr.. W. E. Huff,
formerly assistant postmaster at
Edgefeld, were delighted to have a
visit from him Monda' ID Tuesday,
having come to E6 ID with the
members Of the So, atlantic Realty
Company. Mr. duff is engaged in
farming in Newberry county, being
located about five miles from Chap
pells.
The memorial tablet that has been
purchased by the members of the
Edgefeld chapter, Daughters of the
! American Revolution, will perpetuate
the memory of the men who gave
their lives for the people of America,
for the people of South Carolina, for
the people of Edgefeld County. Come
and see it unveiled and hear the pa
triotic addresses, one being by.a man
who rendered active service at the
front for several months.
The Edgefeld and Golfers base
ball teams will play two games this
week-at Edgefeld Friday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock and at Golfers Sat-
urday afternoon at the same hour.
Mr.. j. M. Holland is the manager Of
the Golfers team.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-08-06
,hs t,u,nlne That Does Not Affect The Head
property for sale

Recause Of its tonic and laxative eHecti LAXA-
FIVE BRoMo DUMMIES better than ordinary
nr;nine and does not cause nervousness nor
sinoinq in head. Remember the full name and
ioot for the signature of z. ". GROVE. 2c,
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
CHAPTER iv.-continued.

Leaping to his feet. he hurled his
shoulder against the door. Herr SkOpf
was heavy man. The frail door col
lapsed beneath his weight, and Herr
Skopf stumbled precipitately into the
room.
Before him lay the greatest mystery
Of his life. Upon the floor at his feet
was the, dead body of a strange man.
The neck was broken and the jugular
severed as by the fangs Of a wild
beast. The old lady and her grand
son were gone. The window was open.
They must have disappeared through
the window, for the door had been
locked from the inside.
But how could the boy have carried
his invalid grandmother from Sec
ond story window to the ground? 1t
was prepDsterous. Again Herr SkOpf
searched the small room. He noticed
that the bed was pulled well away
from the wall. Why? He looked be-
meath 1t again for the third or fourth
time. The two were gone. and yet his
Judgment told him that the old lady
could not have gone without porters
to carry her down as they had carried
her. UP the previous day.
" Further search but deepened the
mystery. All the clothing of the two
was still in the room. II they had gone
they they must have gone naked or In
their night clothes.
I No boat had left the harbOr In the
meantime. There was not a railroad
within hundreds Of miles. There was
no other white settlement that the two
could reach under several days of ar
duous marching, accompanied by a
well equipped safari. They had sim
ply vanished into thin air, for the ma
tive he had sent to inspect the ground
beneath the open window had just re-
turned to report that there was no
sign of footstep there, and what sort
of creatures were they who could have
dropped that distance to the soft turf
without leaving spOor?
Herr Skopf shuddered. Yes, 1t was
a great mystery. There was some
thing uncanny about the whole thing
He hated to think about it. and he
dreaded the coming of night.
1t was a great mystery to Herr
Skopf and doubtless still Is.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
Unchanged by Centuries.

The Turkish and other Mohammedan
villagers from the Thracian plains are
retracing the steps Of their ancestors
Of five centuries ago and leaving Eu-
rope to return to Asia. And the weird
part Of 1t Is that in costume, convey
ances and manner Of life there has
been practically no change in these 500
years. The wheels of their long, mar
row carts have spokes In them now
whereas they used to be solid wheels,
and perhaps the rush mating that
protects the family from the weather
may be a little better woven. But the
oxen or buffaloes that leisurely drag
the household along, and the barefoot
ed wife Of the sandaled husband with
the goad who pulls these numbering
animals by q string, and the primitive
mode of life on their plodding journey,
all belong to a bygone age.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18

able following that was camped out
side the village.
They were coming to palaver with
the sheik.
The old Arab met them Mt the en-
trance to his tent. His eyes narrowed
wickedly when they had appraised the
newcomers. They stopped before him.
exchanging greetings. They had come
to trade for ivory, they said.
The sheik grunted. He had no ivory,
Meriem gasped. She knew that in
nearby hut the great tusks were piled
almost to the roof. She poked her head
farther forward to get better view Of
the strangers. How white their skinsl
How yellow their great boards!
Suddenly one of them turned his
eyes in her direction. She tried to
dodge back out of sight, for she feared
all men, but he saw her. Meriem saw
the look Of almost shocked surprise
that crossed his face. The sheik saw
1t too and guessed the cause of 1t.
II have no ivory" he repeated. II
do not wish to trade. Go away. Go
now!"
He stepped from his tent and almost
pushed the strangers about in the
direction of the gates. They demurred,
and then the sheik threatened. 1t
would have been suicide to have dis
obeyed, so the two men turned and
left the village, making their way Inn
mediately to their own camp.
The sheik returned to his tent, but
he did not enter 1t. Instead he walked
rn thn ~i"n where little Meriem lay
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18

close to the goatskin wall, very fright
ened. The sheik stopped and clutched
her by the arm. Viciously he jerked
her to her feet, dragged her to the en-
trance of the tent and showed her with
in. Following her. he seized her again,
beating her ruthlessly.
"Stay within!" he growled. "Never
let the strangers see your face. Next
time you show yourself to strangers
I shall kill you'll"
In the camp of the strangers one
was speaking rapidly to the other.
There is no doubt of 1t. Malbihn,"
he was saying, mot the slightest. but
why the old scoundrel hasn't claimed
the reward long since Is what puzzles
me-"
There are some things dearer to an
Arab, Jenssen, than money" returned
the first speaker. Revenge is one of
them"
Anyhow. it will not harm to try the
power Of gold" replied Jensen.
Malbihn shrugged.
"Not on the sheik," he said. "We
might try it on one of his people, but
the slIeik will not part with his re-
venge for gold. To offer it to him
would only confirm his suspicious that
we must have awakened when we
were talking to him before his tent.
If we got away with our lives then
we should be fortunate"
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
Fence Built Of Trees.

SO many years ago that nobody
knows when 1t was, nor who was the
labor-saving genius who did 1t, fence
was built In Michigan by forcing split
boards between saplings. Then the
trees grew.
They kept growing until today they
are of immense size and deeply i'm
bedded in them are the ends of those
old rails. 1t is impossible to tell how
far they extend into the tree trunks.
They are weathered. yet they ring as
true under a hammer as though just
hewn.
1t happened that the trees formed a
boundary line for one Of the old tracts.
The rails were arranged five feet, and
the growth Of the trees around their
ends has created one Of the most sub
stantial fences imaginable.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
Jack spends his first days In
the jungle. Remorse for the
palm he has caused his parents
makes him miserable. New ex-
periences startle the youth.
rIaers Abound In India.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
CHAPTER vi.
In the JunuIe.


His first night in the jungle was one
which the son of Tarzan held longest
in his memory. No savage carnivora
menaced him. There was never q sign
of hideous barbarian, or If there were
the boys troubled mind took no cog
nizance Of them.
His conscience was harassed by the
thought of his mothers suffering.
Self blame plunged him into the depths
of misery.
The killing Of the American caused
him little or no remorse. The fellow
had earned his fate. Jacks regret on
this score was due mainly to the effect
which the death of Conlon had had
upon his own plans.
Now he could not return directly to
his parents, as he had planned. Fear
of the primitive borderland law, of
which he had read highly colored, i'm
aginary tales, had thrust him into the
jungle-a fugitive. He dared not re
turn to the, coast at this point, not
that he was so greatly influenced
through personal fear as from desire
to shield his father and mother from
further sorrow and from the shame of
having their honored name dragged
through the sordid degradation Of a
murder trial.
With returning day the boys spirits
rose. With the rising sun came new
hope within his breast. He would re-
turn to civilization by another way.
None would guess that he had been
connected with the killing of the stran-
ger in the little out of the way trading
post upon a remote shore.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18

The earliest steam vessels also car
rled sails, the idea being to relieve
the stress on the engines.
Gilroy. CAL. is proud of It's plan for
war memorial-a swimming pool for
returning soldiers and sailors. I
Isaac Snedder, sixty, Of Butler VAL
ley. Pa. has 10 children, the Oldest Of,
whom Is now twenty-niue years old,
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
CONVERSATIONS

Norwegian government experiment
ers have succeeded in producing a
bread containing 20 per cent of. fish.
OF the 10 lines comprising the sys-
tenn Of Chinese governing railways,
only one was built by the Chinese
themselves.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18

Tigers abound in India to this day,
In some parts of that land the natives,
especially the Hindoos, regard the tiger
with such superstitious awe that they
will not kill one. Some think 1t is ten.
anted by spirit which makes 1t i'm.
mortal.
The Kendrick gazette., 1919-07-18
CHAPTER v.
-he Sheik's Dauuhte,

Two Swedes, Carl Jensen and Sven
Aalbihn. after conducting several mys-
teri0us expeditions far to the south of
the Sahara. turned their attention to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-12-05

I "a delightful one o'clock luncheon
was served by Mrs. Ralph McEwen al
4 Yer home yesterday in honor Of Mrs
| Alberta McMurphy Of Eugene. grand
worthy matron Of the Eastern Star
Those participating were: Mrs. Nc.
Murphy, Mrs. M. L. Watts, Mrs. F
R Boyd, Mrs. w. S. Ferguson, Mrs
H. A. Barrett and the hostess. After
the. luncheon, Mrs. McMurphy was
taken to Halix to meet with the chap
ter there, by Mr., and Mrs. McEwen
ana Mrs. Watts.
Receipts from t1eS library ball last
week, after all expenses were paid
amounts.a to $59.16- "a very satisfac-
tory sum considering the heavy ex-
'pense. Fletcher's Jazz orchestra fur
nished ,e music for the occasion,
The funds will be used for purchasing
new books, both adult and juvenile
for the home library. Some new
books and magazines have already
been ordered, and a list will be pub
hshed later.
John Haworth was successful il
killing the dog which made a raid or
the Henry Barrett corral last week
and killed Is head Of sheep The dog
a N .1. N
was stray and hid in daytime in the
rye grass adjacent to the corral. All
dogs hereafter visiting the Barrett
ranch above town will have protection
from Johns gun ouly by wearing .
muzzle.
Mrs. G. L. Woodward and little
daughter will leave soon for an ex.
tended trip. They will visit first in
Arkansas and will then go to the
southern states, taking in Palm
Beach, Florida, and will return by
way Of California, taking about two
months for-the trip.
Ed Forrest has moved to Walla
Walla to reside, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Estes are occupying the resi-
dence on Third and Adams street
vacated by them.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miller left last
week for Walla Walla, where she is
guest of her son, Rawla Miller.