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VOL. 74. Oldest News?)a^ IH South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., W , JUNE 9nd, 1909. N0.21. TIT TTTOT/VTTO TH OTT AO HERD OF GOATS. Angora Herd One of the Most Beautiful Sights Around Edgef?eld. Go Out lo See them! One of the prettiest sights around Edgefield is the herd of Angora goats thafbelong to Messrs. J. R. ; Cantelou and J. H. Carmichael. . There are goats and goats, and oonr sequently those who have never seen' an Angora should not confuse or ponfound them with the common breed that make the air redolent with an odor not akin to that of roses. The Cantelou-Carmichae goats being: thorough bred an( blue-blooded, refuse to associate with ~the lower order of quaxU rupeds called by the same name. Their ;?ilky hair, or mohair, is long, wavy, crinkled and curly, > having the appearance of just being from the laundry. All who have seen this pretty herd of Angoras, compos?e of twenty-odd old goats and thirty six kids, agree that no. prettier ani . mal (barring some bipeds) can be found anywhere. The following is a portion* of an article that recently appeared in the Agricultural Epitorai st, written by a large breeder of jkngora goats showing how profitable it is to raise them: ? 'The mohair can be worked up into sacks, shawls, mittens, and the like, and the coarser hair of half -breeds, three-quarter breeds,?etc., makes splendid saddle girths and paddle blankets. When, we had some coarser goats, about twenty years % ago, we made 500 saddle irirths, which the cowboys preferred to any other girth, and they paid us 75 cents each for these girths. The . merchants paid -us.$7,50 per dozen for them. Out of the fine mohair my,folk's made. some most beauti ful shawls and capes, with long silk-like tassels,, which they sold from $3.50 to $'5.00~each. The meat I sold to the people at five and ste ?cnts per po and, and the dressed "ts I sold at from, $2.50 to $'5.0C ?eh. Besides all this we always had ?'?'Itt! ' ' ?'nl-fo:* av?rai renters and "~e neighbors. The kioney fat is as good to eat 'as the best lard, and much healthier. ITiemeat is about the best tasting and cleanest meal in the world. Taking all these: faotf in consideration, it looks strange that these beautiful animals are nol raised, by every farmer. v **There is only one % fault of,' OJ objection to, these most valuabh am i ri als; it is their inclination tc climb over fences. This does no amount to much now, since we havi wire fences over which they neve] try to climb or jump, but they wil crawl through wire .fences if th< wires are not tight, or if too wid< apart. However, any hog proo: wire fence is also Andora proof They^pever j ump^ fences, but thej love to climb over rofck fences an( old low rail fences. Where they ar kept among sheep they will hardi: ever bother you about the fences. "One of their main merits con s i st s in their natural inclination t< -live on brush and weeds, byN wilie) they increase the growth of grasf making the range support more o other stock where they are. The are not in the. least injurious, to th range for other stock that are graf eaters, such as cattle, horses an sheep, because they never eat gras .themselves as long as they find an brush or weeds. Experience show that grass will increase where Ai gora goats are kept. Their man u t consists of th e product from brus mostly, which product is taken froi I the depth of the soil and is of n< much use *to the, grass; but thei manure helps the growth of th grass very materially, and as soo as the Angoras have been kept lon enough on th$ same range so th; they have killed all the small? brush to the height of six feet, wht the sun can shine to the ground an .the moisture be left for the gras then the range is improved to great extent for ali grass-eatir stock. There is another reason wi the farmer should raise . at least few Angoras. This is (their at trac iveness to everyone on the fara They are in fact a part of the hom especially the kids, for1 they ha so much affectionate fearlessne and cheerfulness about them, whic captures the hearts of the wom< and children, that we cannot he but love them." Sacrifice Prevented. "You refuse me because I have title," said the count bitterly, "b I will relinquish it. I will becoi a plain citizen." "How noble of youl" respond the American Heiress. '% too, fi called upon to make a sacrifi? will relinquish my fortune, and Why, he's gonel'^Philadelpl Ledger. TEACHERS ELECTED. Strong Corps of Teachers Chos - ea For Johnston Graded School Beautiful Recep tion, Two Marriages. - Miss Clara Lalee is the guest of her friend, Mrs. HerberfrEidson. Mr. Hammond Etheredgc, of Sa luda, was here on a visit last week'. The Johnston Drug Company has installed a beautiful and up-to-date soda fount, which, isa most at tractive place for the young people during the afternoons.1 The members of the embroidery club went over to Ridge on last -Thursday and enjoyed a picnic with other friends there.. Mrs. P. B. Waters is in Augusta spending awhile with her daughter, Miss Annie "Waters. Mesdames M. . E. Norris and Alice Cox will go to Columbia this week to visit relatives. Miss Dassie Stevens has returned from a month's stay at Eulala. One day last .week Mr. H. N. Broadwater . insured his crops against storms and /hail to the amount of $1,000 and paid up pre miums at the time. Late that after noon a severe hail and rain storm came and ruined his entire farm. This was certainly a. lucky move on thwart of Mr. Broadwater. On last Thursday evening, at 6:30 o'clock, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har- j risbn Scott, occurred the marriage of their daughter, Miss Nell Scott to Mr. Walter Derrick, Rev. P. E. Monroe officiating. The marriage was a' very quiet affair, only the immediate families of the contract ing parties witnessing the happy event The bride is a young woman, beautiful in face and character, and1 ? the groom is a young man of'ster ling worth and holds a position in the bank here. The young , couple have-taken up their abode with Mr. ; and Mrs. John Wright One of the pleasantest affairs of the past week was on Friday ev en ? ing, from 9 to 12 o'clock, when Mr. and MTS. C. F. Peclnnan gave a. re i$k?}?Qfr?jfrMpr, : ? - ??ir^fair; yo?i?g visitors, Misses Adelle Mardrow. Stella Burdge and Rosaoell Ped: rink, and daughter, Miss Ella Pau line / Pechman, who have just ar rived from Converse college. About 75 invitations were issued and the guests were received; with charming cordiality. The interior of the home waB decorated in ferns and palms, and in a -pretty corner in the hall way was arranged the punch bowl where little Misses Ford and Fran ces Turner served the incoming guests. During the evening,, music, both vocal and instrumental, was rendered by some of the young ladies, which was greatly enjoyed. At 11.. o'clock, frozen cream with a variety of cake was served. When the departing hour came, all were reluctant to go, but left with the pleasantest recollections of the evening. The marriage of Miss Lucile Busch and Mr. Willie Crawford; both of Saluda, which took place here on Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Emma Mobley, was a surprise to all. Miss BuLch was here on a visit and upon the arrival of Mr. Craw ford, they decided to have the cere mony performed here. Rev. M. L. Lawson was the officiating minister, and no one was present but the rela tives. Mr. and' Mrs. Crawford are both popular young people, and the heartiest congratulations of their many friends are being showered upon them. The trustees of the /Johnston Graded School met last week and elected the, following teachers tc serve during the coming year: Prof W. C. Curry, of Spartan burg, prin cipaLand as assistants, Misses Des sie Stewart, Ethel Coleman, Eather ine Boulware, Marie Copeland anc Mesdames Lucia Latimer and M. A Huiet. Miss Lillie Parish will agair have charge of the music, and Misi Lillie LaGrone expression teacher Teacher-Now, Willie, how man; months have 28 days? Willie-All of them, and som have three days over.-Boston Tran script. Fooled Him ? Katie, who had been taught th a the devil tempts little girls to dit obey, was left alone in a room for time one day, with the admonitio not to touch a particularly deliciou plate of fruit that stood on th table. For a while she bravely wit! stood the temptation. Finally, hov ever, her resolution wavered, an she took a big red apple from tl plate. She walked away with it, bi before putting it to her lips wit courage returned and she quick) replaced the apple on the plate, sa; ing as she did so, "Aha! Mr. Devi I fooled you, didn't I?". GRAVES DECORATED. ' - Beautiful Custom of Woodmen of the World, Very Interest ing B. Y.P Ur Meeting at Parksville. -Yesterday, June 6th, was a nota ble day. with the Woodman bf the World. It is a custom of the order to decorate the graves, of ' its de ceased members on the flth of June each year, and this, together with the fact, that it places a beautiful monument at the grave of its mern bers,makes this order unique among fraternal societies. No other order in the world that I am aware pf, does this, and what can be more beauti ful, especially the placing bf beau tiful flowers once a year upon the tombs of departed brethren. When nature has put forth her buds and the flowers are blooming in fra grance it seems a titting time to re call che memory of those who have stood with us, in the past; This the Woodmen did yesterday, being as sisted by the Modoc and Plum I ranch camps, daughters of Parks ville, who still honor and love their mother camp. _ Sov. W. P. Parks was appointed master of ceremonies, L. F. Dorn leader of the singing, whereupon the Woodmen were formed in procession carrying the United States flag, marched to the the cemetery and placed beautiful flowers, arranged by the deft Angers pf our lovely girls, upon the graves of Sovereigns W. A. D. Blackwell, J. L. Stone and R. S. Blackwell, the latter a new made grave. The ceremonies were interspersed with singing, at the conclusion of which, Sov. J.SM. Morgan made a tender talk, recall ing the virtues of the departed, af ter which we were, marched into the church, and Rev. L. B. White preached a most excellent sermon to the fraternity, taking as his sub ject the good Samaritan, which end ed a beautiful, as well as most im pressive exercise. Messrs. Bob and. (X I). White, of White Town, Avoryhipped< with us yesterday;. / ' |CTp(^il')iipt>T'" 'rmri" wood nj en v visited Parksville ' yesterday were' Messrs? C. Strom and Butler Strom of Rehoboth. Plum Branch sent' Mr. Widem?n, and Messrs. B. M. Bussey, Cab Key, Press Parksman, Wiley Crawford, Warren McDan iel, Winchester Robertson, Mr. Marshall, A. V. Bussey, Gordon Boswell and others represented Modoc in the decoration exercise. ! Miss Maggie Connors, who has been teaching in Anderson, while on her way to her home in Orange burg, stopped over for a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Bussey. She was an interested listener at our B. Y. P. JJ. last night. The B. Y^P. IT. had an interest ing meeting* last night, subject "With Jesus in the Garden." Mr. W. W. Fowler gave us a good talk on. "Avoiding temptation." J. M. Bussey talked well on the subjeot "Resisting temptation" and Mr. J. C. Morgan gave sound words of ad vice on "Enduring temptation." It was a very interesting and pathetic subject, and all seemed to enjoy the meeting. We noticed as an interested lis tener Mr. John Bussey of Colum bia county, Ga. Mr. John Milton Bell, of Augusta, ran up yesterday, md spent the day with home folks. He says he would be pbliged to come once' in awhile, if he didn't have a better reason, to get some of Mother's transparent custard. Miss Ida Quarles, of Modoc, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ida Harvley, of our town. " We are sorry to report the little two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Edmunds, as seriously sick. The physicians think there is nc possible chance of recovery. Ite grand father, Mr. ,Tad Strom spent two days with it last week Our sympathies go out to the stricken family. "MORE ANON.' Madame (who is, rather talkative to her husband, who has been stand ing silently before her for som< time)-Well what are you lookup at me like that for? Monsieur-I. was only thinkini how pretty you look with you mouth s lau! An Experiment in Theology. Jimmie Irwin went to his mothe on his return from Sunday schoc and sard, "Mama, the teacher toi a story at Sunday school to-day." Mother-Oh, no, dear, I thin you are mistaken. Jimmie-No, I'm not. She told story. Mother-Well, what was it? Jimmie-She said that if I toi a story the bad man would get m< I've tried it twice and he hasn't ge me yet.-Delineator. % Hi? Song Children's Day Exercises to Be HeM?-Stevens Creek Chur?h, Sun day, Jjme 12th. ?fone GaTol .Prayer- - Welcome Recitation Recitation. Recitati Song SS Recitation Recitari Recitation Recitation R?citai; i R?citai Reci? Song Recitati Recitatio Recitation.' What is Heaven? Recitation Only a Baby's Prayer ! Am So Glad We're Builders In the;Baggage Coach Ahead What a Boy Can Do tr*-" ? The Rainbow The Sinner and the Song "Smile" My Mother's Prayer y Children's Day ' HeKnows In as Much 0 All Do Our Best I'll Try . Brave and Strong Growing Up For Jesus Mamma's Darling Go Work in My Vineyard Praying Mothers - ??ow's the Time Bv Whole School / By Pastor Ollie Bryan Emmie Bledsoe Corine Owdora Lizzie Lowry By Primary Class Reba Cogburn Pope Cogburn Martha Bell Mary Lowry Burley Walton Nellie Bryan William Bell us Loves Me Twelve Little Girls and One Little Boy Bnilded On What We've Sent Up Lula Ouzts What Will You Take For Me, Papa? Carolee Cogburn Jolly Owdom Hattie Bell Cogburn Leo"ra Ouzts Alma Cogburn Ira Bledsoe Eight Little Girls Lillie Mae Cogburn Julia ?uzts Mattie Lowry ill you sive? By Eight Little Boys and Girls Adjourn for Dinner Bv Rev. Mr. Heckle and Dr. C. E. Burts j Special Sermon to Woodmen, at Red H?l, Mn Busseys Can nery Soon to be In stalled. The farmers are delighted to see the good weather this week and are waging- anl energetic campaign against "Gen. Green," who has been marching steadily and stealthily in to our territory during the rainy weather. Wf " hope that the circum stances will b? such that by Satur day the victory will be decisive and "Gen. Green'' will have been check ed or completely subdued, so that the victors can, together with their wives and children or sweethearts, enjoy a day ?of rest and recupera tion at the picnic. Considerable preparation has al ready been ikade for the picnic and work is still going on. Mr. J. H. Bussey's canner has arrived and we feel that a good can ner, like this one in our- community, may be used ito a great advantage to us.-It is simple and. attractive, titted with modem conveniences and, used to. its nighest capacity, over one thousand cans may be put up in one day ano 'even with very few hands a greafe?t'.al may be accom plished in a Hfehours. What is the use of tire? msekeepers baking themselves ?v the stove, when work of this kind can be done so conveniently and pleasantly? See Mr. ?juss?y and*find out what terms he wit do your canning and then plant more beans,toBOiatoes, etc., than you planted before. Tin cans much - cheaper than the glass are jars and also may be used more than once as well as the glass. Mr. Fred Bledsoe from near Johnston, was visiting a friend in our town oi Sunday. (?) Little Ell?n Prescott has return ed from a visit, to her sister, Mrs. Dr. Parker,) at Johnston, accompa nied by Fred Parker, Jr., and Wal ker Mobleyj Sunday being the annual memo rial exercises of the W. O. W's the regular preaching service was turn ed over to j them. ? large crowd was present? Rev. Sov. Littlejohn, who is an enthusiastic Woodman, made a few very appropriate re marks about the good health the members have enjoyed and the growth of ; our camp, which now numbers seventy-seven. Since its organization something over two years ago, ?we have had only one death among the sovereigns and very little serious sickness. He then took his text from John ?lrd chapter latter part of the eighth verse, "that we might be fellow helpers to the truth."'In a clear, forcible way we were told that Woodmen and all others ?hould be fellow helpers and not "drewbackers." The Woodmen '.l. isTell-She .admits,,she,made a mis take m ma*?ying\a man olcFetio?gh | to be her grandfather. Belle-Tes she bad an idea he would only live a few months, and they have been married nearly a year now.-Philadelphia. J Cackle. When Ambassador Choate went I to England he made a reputation as a wit with one joke. He sat at the breakfast table be side a sprightly young lady. In England they serve soft boiled eggs wrapped in a napkin. The young lady fumbled and the egg fell to the floor. I "Oh, Mr. Choate," she cried in dismay, "what shall I do? I have dropped my egg!" "Cackle, my dear, Cackle!" i Abbeville Dispensary. Evidently the sermon of Rev. J. C. Roper at Abbeville recently has been worrying the Press and Banner. Furthermore there must be a very strong sentiment in Abbeville coun ty against the dispensary. If it were | not so, there would not be much need for the Press and Banner to ! devote so much editorial space to ar guments in favor of the dispensary. The institution should go. The people of that county who have suf; fered it, now believe its day has_been run. It was probably best for Ab beville in the past, but it should now go, and it is believed by many that on August 17 the dispensary in Ab beville county will close for good. -Greenwood Index. were compared to the "Good Sa maritan" and also reference was made to their duty to the family of the sovereigns and the burial and memorial of the deceased sover eigns. After the sermon the W. 0. W's joined by the ladies of the Woodman circle, marched to the cemetery and the usual memorial exercises were gone through with at the grave of deceased Sov. Bussey, who was a member of Oak camp, No. 81, at Parksville. On next Sunday the grave of the ate Sov. Wash at Rehoboth, thc only deceased member of our camp, will be~decorated. We note that there was no 'writ* up of the union at Rehoboth ir your columns last week but as 3 feel sure that "Subscriber" wrote il up and failed to get it in for publi cation, I will write no more aboui it but look for it in this issue. We were glad to see such a gooc report from the meeting at Oal Grove and wish for them a stil greater success in their work. We hope to see the Editor anc others from Edge?eld at the pienh Saturday. X. Y. Z. COGB?RN NEWS. R. F. p. Route Not Entirely Satisfactory. School Library at Long Cane. Fair Young Visitors. Having noticed in the Edgefield Chronicle of week before last, that an R. F. D. route was or would be established from Edgefield to Jesse Morgan's place, thence to Delphi, and from Delphi to B. E. Sawyer's place, then to Cogburn, and on to Meeting Street. Then back byway of Waycross to Edgefield. I fail, as many others do, to see where the proposed route can either better the mail service or government. We were proud of our mail service here at Cogburn, and Delphi had the same as we had. We get the daily papers from Atlanta, Columbia and Augusta or Charleston same day they are printed, which I think we cannot do by the R. F. D. service, but will get them something like 24 hours later. The R. F. D. route will also cut out several post offices. There are several families north of Cogburn, who will be much in cony?nienced by the R. F. D. route, as they will be forced to buy boxes and pnt them from a mile and a half to two miles from their homes in order to get on the proposed route, which I very much doubt whether they will do, especially the purchasing of boxes. As it is now they hav? a place for their mail and know they can get it when it suits them to call for same. If they want to register a letter they know they can do it at any hour in the day that suits their convenience. Whereas, on the R. F. D. route they must meet the carrier on the spot and minute. . There will be possibly a few peo ple whose doors "the route passes that will get the benefit of .such, ser-, vice but the masses of the people will be very much inconvenienced by the 'change. The route proposed is either coming in contact with the Johnst?n R. F. D. route, or an al ready established post office at every point it mentions passing.-Of course TCcle Sam will -do as -he pleases," land we?must do;as we can and not say much about it either. I realize that such change will give some a good paying job, but it is going to take the little mite that the poorly paid fourth class post masters have been getting to help pay for that job, and then not get as satisfactory service as we already have. I for one and I think quite a lot others are satisfied with what we now have and are willing to let good enough alone, if it was left with us to de cide up this way. "So mote it be, amen." We have had lots of rain in the past 10 days so much that there has been very little headway made on the farm, except to eat up a lot of high priced rations and stand off and see General Green overpowering us with his forces. But we are going to make a desperate effort to subdue his forces as soon as the rain holds up. Our folk9 up here are deter mined to conquer all such enemies. There is a goodly quantity of corn yet to be planted around this section, in fact some farmers haven't planted any yet. The small grain crop is nothing to brag on as we see some good .spots of grain about and also some that's real poor, which will make the average quite a medium crop. Cotton is holding its own fairly well. It had two leaves when it came up and most of it has them yet. We think cotton small for' the seas on, and two weeks later than usual. The weekly Sunday school servi ces were held at Stevens Creek last Sunday and at the conclusion of the services the children had a rehearsal of the work ass'gned them for the second Sunday Children's Day, which will be an all-day service, with droner thrown in. I hope, Mr. Edit?" r, you and yours can and will be with us on this occasion. Miss Anna Belle Morgan and Miss Padget, who is spending some time with her, spent a few days last week here at Cogburn. We were delighted to have them both with us. They have be^-n teaching schools near each other and are both grad uates of the S. C. C. I. Miss Tjizzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Cogburn, spent a few days here in town with Misses Lil lie May and Hattie Belle Cogburn. Mr. B. W. Wright, of Rocky Creek, spent last Sunday afternoon with your humble scribe, which was very pleasant to us and I trust was the same to him. I am always de lighted to entertain and hear a sol dier of the late war between the states rehearse the trials they went through in the lost, not whipped but overpowered, cause. God bless each and every one of these dear old veterans. May their last days bc their best and happiest ones, and UN d u mu u o ynuu0. Many Negroes are Cocaine Fiends. Efforts Being Made to Enforce Law Against Sale, / While cocaine is said to be used by a considerable number of,ner groes in the towns and in the coun ty, the evil " is not so alarmingly prevalent as it is in the large cities. : Such powerful drugs as cocaine are much more harmful in their effects thin whiskey, destroying the minds as well as wrecking the bodies of their r?ctims. Very few reputable druggists violate the law prohibit in g thc sale of morphine and co caine, selling snch drugs only on the prescription of physicians in good standing. The illicit sale is usually conducted through persons who peddle cocaine upon the streets. Occa8ior ally city druggists violate the law, but such heavy sentences are ?raro sed that violations among established dealers are becoming less frequent. Last week an Augusta druggist was convicted, of selling cocaine to negroes , and was sentenced to con finement in the county jail, for a period of six months and to pay a fine of $500. Upon failure to pay the fine the term in jail is to be twelve months. In passing sentence upon the convicted man the pre siding judge, among other things, gave utterance to the following: "I think the white man who would meetv a negro 'on Saturday after he had been paid his wages hold him up and take his hard earn ings from him would be entitled to more consideration and respect than the white man who would engage in the business of selling cocaine to him. I think that it is an evil as dangerous, to the public, as that of tuberculosis, over which the public are now exceedingly aroused. I feel that it is the duty of the public to co-operate in suppressing it. I think it is the. duty, of the court to enforce this i law when violated and give . such-u penalty that others engaged I in a like business. will. te induced .to tried the case recommended the d? fendant to ?mercy. Personally I think that twelve months upon the public wor^s would be an inade quate penalty for this offense. I will, however, hear the recommen dation of /the jury, and will, in / view of that recommendation, and on account of the children of the defendant,' for the first conviction, / not sentence him to work upon the j public works. I will sentence him to/ confinement in the pnblic jail for six months, and to pay a fine,of five hundred dollars, including the costf of this prosecution, and in defaul work upon the public works for tb term of twelve months." ' A Few Things Lacking. "I got a box of matches," said th. old colored brother, "an' ef I des had a load of wood I could make a fire, an' ef I des had a side of meat an' a sack of flour, I could cook 'um on 4at; fire, an' atter I cooked 'um dey ain't no question but what I could eat 'um, kaze all I got at de present time is a empty house an' a all'pervaden' appetite!" No O vers tu dy In His. Mamma:-Y n at?nd at the foot of your <*u Wny Bobby, I can hardie ?nink it possible! Bobby:-Possible? It's dead easy!" j may they all after this life be pre pared to meet these words from the Master, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into my kingdom prepared for the faithful and the true." The school library at ?Long Cane was turned over to the school about two weeks ago. The young people at once elected a librarian, Mr. Stevens Cogburn being elected to that position. They then decided to meet once, every two weeks to return books and get new ones. I trust that this will be helpful to all the young people coming up around here. We will have a large school in attendance next session, number ing about fifty people. I think Mrs. J. M. Bell and baby ar? somewhat on the sick list at this writing but we trust will be all right again ere this is printed and reaches the peo ple. I will close for the present for fear of wearying you.or taking up too much of ydur valuable space with such as I aBu- oapable of writ ing. I certainly venjoy the letters from the various sections each week, in The Advertiser and hope, they will continue to write, so with best wishes for the comfort and happi ness of The Advertiser family, I ara, truly yours, J. H. C.