25 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
1
A collection of local ads for groceries medicines hardware seeds and services. Listings include W E Lynch Co Penn Drug Store Buist seeds Armour fertilizers R L Penn barber shop and Ramsey Jones harness shop. Also notices about legal blanks and a request to settle accounts with G L Penn and Son.
Picture framing service offered at 1136 Broad Street Augusta Georgia with new moldings and restoration methods. Promotion notes affordable framing and aging frames to look new by the craftsman W H Turner at the local furniture store.
The item highlights Sumter issuing bonds for a modern school, local travel of residents Mrs. Jones and the Stembridges, and shifting views on politics, race and marriage. It mentions Edgefield real estate activity, Buncombe optimism, Dr. Black’s return from Columbia, Baptist church youth work, and a push for Rheumacide as a cure.
A fragmented late notice advertises three mileh lone for sale and closeout winter goods at reduced prices. It also promotes agricultural guanos and crop amendments from Swift Baldwin Royster and others, plus an optician offering eye exams and made glasses.
A Pleasant City mother credits Doctor King’s New Discovery for curing her pneumonic child after weeks of coughs and illness. The note hails the medicine as a sure cure for lung diseases and mentions local drugstore guarantees and free trial bottles.
Judge Klugh presides as grand jury members J Cyrus Buzzard J T Reynolds IF Bettis J G McKie and others are listed for the March term starting Monday the 9th. Petit jurors include M May J I Beasly B Hamilton T F Ly brand and 28 more. Rev Geo W Davis will preach at 11 o clock Sunday morning at the Methodist church.
Voluntary giving institutions will receive a liberal quantity of Longman & Martinez Pure Paints with painting. The firm claims 27 years of service, painting nearly two million houses under guarantee and offering free samples through agents like The Penn Drug Store.
An old column touts Electric Bitters as a tonic and blood purifier for grip symptoms. It claims the remedy strengthens nerves, rebuilds the system, and restores health after grip attacks. The ad notes price 50 cents and store guarantee with Penn Drug Store.
The legislature approves 20000 from the state treasury for an equestrian statue of Gen. Wade Hampton on the State House grounds, conditioned on private subscriptions adding 10000. Some funds have already been raised, and citizens of Edgefield County are urged to contribute to complete the 30000 monument promptly.
A comparison of historical and modern cotton planting, noting the shift from hand sowing to seed dropping by planters. The piece argues the new method increases seed yield for sale to oil mills but harms soil fertility over time.
The note from Cold Spring laments high taxes on citizens and calls for road funding and legislative action. It mentions hogs killed for fat, hopes for guano, farm improvements, and local residents Willie Floyd John Eubanke W. Prescott. It end references reading new correspondents and joking about axe work.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the world’s best cure for aches pains and inflammations. Claims to heal cuts burns bruises boils ulcers felons skin eruptions and piles with millions sold yearly. Available for 45 cents at The Penn Drug Store.
The bottle claims the tonic contains iron and quinine with a plain formula printed on the label. It offers no cure and no pay for 50 cents.
The week’s extreme cold damaged Charleston coast rock farms and delayed early beans and peas by weeks. Local grain remained intact with only slight yellowing on tops while roots stayed sound and seeds stored. A Germany roads article by Philip Markert suggests Edgefield county should import expertise to improve state roads.
Rev Walter C Wilkins, who married Miss Sallie Bailey about a year ago, has been called to assist Dr W C Lindsay as pastor of the First Baptist church of Columbia. He has for several years been located at Clyde North Carolina and the new field will bring them nearer Edgefield.
Ab Anderson county farmer sold last year's cotton crop 350 bales for about 16500 dollars. The writer ponders how many plows it would take to produce that value in a year on Edge field county red hills. He notes local farmers do not reach that level and jokes about needing a cotton mill on the farm to use or convert the money.
An old health ad urges treating consumption like a weed that thrives in weak lungs. It emphasizes early action, moving to conceal illness, and claims Scott's Emulsion plus fresh air rest and ample food as the best treatment, with salt pork as a harder to digest aid.
The era’s strong demand for Dr King’s New Lift Pills shows in widespread use. These pills claim relief from constipation headaches biliousness and stomach liver or kidney troubles. Available for 25 cents at The Penny Drug Store.
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