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? VOL. 75. Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29,1911 NO. 47 BARNYARD MANURE. Dr. S. A. Knapp Writes of The Advantages of Providing .Abundance of Barn yard Manure. Farming without the use of ma nure is a waste of energy and re sults in the exhaustion of soils. The saving of farra manures is one of thc most important problems of husbandry. The convenience of com mereiai fertilizers has caused far mers to neglect the home supply. The lack of intelligent care of this supply has frequently reduced its value to an almost negligible quan tity. Commercial fertilizers have proved of great value and are des tined to play even a greater part in farm economy, but their effeel is greatly increased by the use of green crops or farm manure. . Commercial fertilizers are costly, their exclusive uae tends to hasten depletion of the soil.and they should never be considered a substitute for green crops or barnyard manure. The small value frequently re alized from the use of barnyard ma nure arises from the fact that it is not properly saved and handled and the manure has lost the greater part of its plant food. Barnyard manure may be regarded as just so much vegetable matter. It differs, how ever, from the food from which it is derived in that, having once been digested, its fertilizing ele ments are more available for plants. Available plant food means plant food that is easily decomposed and soluble in Mater. If the manure is left exposed to the elements the water from rains easily and rapidly leaches out the ^soluble plant food. On the other hand, if the manure is allowed to heat, a large amount of the nitrogen is driven off into the atmosphere; so in order to get the most valuable manure both of these sources of loss must be avoided. There are several ways of accom plishing this. Probably the best plan, where it is practicable, is to haul the manure direct upon the land and plow it in-shallow _on : day-suite, deeper on sandv IOMM Again, especially with horse ma nure, etc., it is good to allow the manure to remain in the stable, using plenty ol litter. The animals tramp the manure down, thus excluding the air, and as it is kept dry it will keep with practically no loss. The litter ueed in bedding not only is it self of value as a fertilizer, but serves also to absorb all liquids and prevent their loss. If not practicable to pursue cither of these methods, then a ch tap shed can ba provided and the manure stored in it until ready for use. There is one precaution that must be ?bserved when a shed is used, and especially if the droppings from horses predominate. Under these conditions the raanute is apt to heat. This should be prevented by dampening it. For this reason it is a good plan to have a leaky shed-one that will not permit the entrance of enough water to leach through, but will leak enough to keep the manure moist. In case of protracted drought there should be artificial means of watering the compost. The question may arise with the farmer whether it is more economical to go to this trouble and expense with his ma nure than to depend upon the com mercial fertilizers. This question is soon answered in the affirmative. Bear in mind that while the far mer may buy an equal number of pounds of plant food he can not get it in as good form, nor do the com mercial fertilizers have as great an effect. They do not add vegetable matter, do not start soil fermentation and do not correct mechanical de fects of the soil. A ton of well-pre served manure from a well-fed horse contains about 9.8 pounds of nitrogen, 5.2 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 9.6 pounds of potash plant food that would cost $2.18 bought as commercial fertilizer. This is on a basis of 15 cents a pound for nitrogen, 4 1-2 cents for phosphoric acid, and 5 cents for potash. A horse weighing 1,000 pounds will produce about 12 tons of ma nure in a year, and this manure is consequently worth 7 3-5 cents a day, or about $27 a year. The ma nure from the average cow is worth about 6 1-2 cents a day, or $23.20 per year. These values are based on the presumption that the animals are well fed. Where the common manure heap is used for all ani mals and for all farm, refuse, while its composition is necessarily varia ble, it can safely be assumed that a ton of it will contain 12 pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 6 pounds of potash. The plant fertilizers in a ton of manure are worth commercially from $2 to (Continued on page 8.) MR. WATSON DEFENDED. The Work of The Editor of The Jefferson Reviewed by Mr. G. D. Mims, of Clark's Hill. Editor The Advertiser: In your issue of March 15th containing a letter of news from the West Side, we note these words, "we confident ly look forward to a profitable school of instruction in missionary endeavor, counteracting to some ex tent the pernicious teachings of Tom Watson." Well, it is in a spirit free from personalities that I take issue with your west side correspondent, who is our life long friend and a splendid good fellow h e is, but seems to be in the dark along the lines of teachings by that distin guished southerner the Hon. Thom I as E. Watson. On almost every page of his writings on the subject of foreign missions he has clearly and distinctly stated that he was NOT opposed to foreign missions but approved of the work "along sane and scriptural lines, in accoid ance with the instructions by Christ to Paul and Peter." Can anybody find any fault with these teachings? Surely not. The kick is made against Watson, and hundreds ?and thou sands of other good substantial men who are opposed to this thing of eternally and everlastingly begging the old and young on every occa sion for more, more, more money. Some of this money is being used to publish literature to send out broadcast over the country to beg for more, more money to maintain foreign missionaries some of whom live in luxury with man and maid servants, nice summer homes and comfortable-to-the-end winter re sorts, while hundreds of our own ministers are poorly paid, and hun dreds of our own native American children and poor women are suffer ing for actual necessities of life. Do you see the inconsistPi^-0 m" subject " " today it ing goo agi nari I 1T in t< the sore ditions < should n regret ai much fo .. - "<*ve in this country growing evils. Some of these briars to our welfare are as suming gigantic proportions and there are just a few men with the backbone and grit, unshackled and unsubsidized to speak a word of force in warning to the common people of this country. And the Hon. Thomas E. Watson has spent the best/ of bis life to the uplifting of humanity and especially the common down trodden class, and in his hon est and sincere efforts to aid humani ty he has been mistreated because he would not bow and scrape to the pampered scamps who wanted to use him as a tool, and when he refused to knuckle and chuckle to their schemes of plundering the unaware, they sat about to do him dirt and have been and are still laboring with might and main to the point of cultivating bias, prejudice and hatred in the minds of those who know but little of this distinguished southerner. To know him is a privi lege and to be with him ia a treat. I have been in bis home and I know whereof I speak. *He is one of the highest types of American gentle man and citizens, that it ever was my privilege to be with. Hon. Clark Howell of the Atlanta Constitution has said that Watson's intellect and literary ability was the equal of any man in the United States. And when we come to learn that the history of France and the life of Napoleon written by Thomas E. Watson, have been adopted by the French government as text books in the schools and colleges of that counfy it certainly meai.. that Watson is a man of extraordinary ability and deserves praise and ap plause by his people. Indeed his elec tion to the presidency of the United States would have been but a poor compliment to his greatness and goodness, andVhen we hear back bitings and slanderous vituperations thrown ^t this noble hearted south erner, we imagine,we hear the voice from Mt. Calvary. "Father forgive them they know not what they do." We are all of us entitled to the right and privilege of argument. The whole modern day tendency is toward this frank and free discus sion of all subjects. Let the rising generation hear both sides of every question. Turn on the light. The same thing applies to all problems of the present day, political, reli gious, social and economic. And because Mr. Watson indul ges in attitudes toward beliefs op posed to ours, does not imply that he is a pernicious misguardcd false fier. Now mark you this! In all ol Watson's foreign mission writingi ADVERTISER'S GRE APRIL 15. BIG BERSUBSC1 Only Three More Days to Work I Votes will be Awarded to th? From March 23th to April ? ant for Each Ten Doll Contestants, this is the time for you to put forth your best efforts. We are offering you more this time than we have ever offered before. Just think of it, 25,000 free votes will be given the contestant who sends in the largest number of sub scriptions from March 29th t? April 8th. Isn't this worth working for? Enlist the help of your friends, tell them that you must win this offer and that if they expect to help you at all, now is the time you need it. "The contest has nearly reached its close and now is the time of all times that you need help. You can not afford to sit down and let this offer pass. See that yoi* win it re gardless of what it takes. This is the biggest offer we are going to make so don't hold back and think that you will get a bigger one. Ask all your friends who have promised to help you to do what they can for you now for they could not possie bly help you at a time that would do as much good. In case you don't win it you will still be benefitted, for you will get ten thousand free votes for every ten dollars worth of subscriptions you send in. The rest of this week will count double on each subscription, will count ten thousand on each ten dollars worth of subscriptions, and will also count on the 25,090 free vote offer. Re member when this offer is over you will only have seven days more to work. Each one has an equal chance to win this offer so you had better do your best to win. All votes com inor in <* _>vcs ins arguments are made. In the name of God from what other source can any man learn what is biing done along that line. Now let me make a stand?ng proposition. To any man or woman who is at this day skeptical, bias or prejudiced '.gainst T. E. Watson, subscribe for his two publications the weekly Je'ffersonian and the monthly magazine and read care fully evcvy page of both, and at the end of the subscription if you will state positively thal you have not been intellectually benefitted to the extent of the amount of the sub scription, ?all on rae and I will re fund to you what you have paid for the twc. I am not seeking free ad vertising for these peri?dicals, my sole aim is to give credit where credit is due and show as far as pos sible that this high toned brilliant gentlemen of Whom the whole coun try should be proud has been unduly assailed. Very truly, G. D. Miras. Marriage of Miss Mealing and Mr. Montgomery of North Augusta The Augusta Herald of Friday last contained the following account of the Mealing-Montgoraery wed ding: The marriage of Miss Mary Ella Mealing and Mr. Algernon J. Montgomery was a beautiful event of last evening which took place at the home of the bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. William E. Mealing, in North Augusta, the ceremony which occurred at eight o'clock, beingf performed by the Rev. J. P. Meal ing of Curryton, S. C., the paternal grandfather of the bride. No formal cards of invitation had been sent out, on account of the mourning of the bride's family, and the occa sion was extremely quiet. The handsome old home of the Mealings which crowns the Caroli na heights was ablaze with lights and looked like some fairy palace in the dusk of the spring evening. The entire house was thrown open and lavishly decorated with a pro fusion of smylax which festooned windows and doorways and formed verdant bowers in all the pretty and spacious old rooms. In the front parlor, banked against the broad French windows, was reared an al tar of palms, ferns and glimmering candles. Promptly on the hour the wed ding march, from the skilled fin gers of Mr. Tom Perrii., announced the entrance of the bridal party. Lit tie Miss Catherine Mealing, a sinai sister of the bride and little Misi Cleo Montgomery, a small slstei LAT VOTING CONTE? } BONU^OFF^.R FOR ?IPTIOKlS SENT IN F] : for the Cn/lng Dish and the E s Contestant Sending in the Larg 5th. Ten Thousand Free Votes 1 ars Worth bf Subscriptions se we are going jio make so you can't afford to lose|:one hour's time be tween now and the 8th of April. Ruk? Governing Contest. Rule (l) AH collections made by contestants mast be turned over to the Contest 'manager within one week or vojaiwrill not be allowed. Rule (2);?ijb8cnbers should take receipt for all money given to con testants. Rule (3) J$?? Contest Managers signature most be affixed to votes before same! ?re of any value in contest. Rule (4) Ballots cannot be bought. The Contest will be run on a square and fair basisv for all. Votes can only be obtained by securing sub scriptions, either prepaid or re newals, or by .e-attyig the nomina tion coupon or free voting blank out of the paper. Rule (5) No employee of The Advertiser or a member of his or her family will he permitted to par ticipate either asa nominator or vo ter in the contest. Rule (6) Candidates will not be restricted in securing subscriptions to any territory, but may secure them m any place in the United States. Rule (7) Only one nominating coupon, entitling each contestant to one thousand (lOOO) votes, will be allowed. Rule (8) All votes must be in The Advertisers office by Saturday midnight of ea^ 1 _ ?lujioA ?nu willie roses, which formed an aisle through which the bride and groom entered together, passing to the altar where the ceremony was impressively per formed. The bride was very charming in her wedding gown of white duchess satin fashioned after a graceful prin cess pattern with tunic effect, and finished with exquisite lilacs about the throat, sleeves and tunic. Caught to the bright sunny brown hair was an enveloping mist of tulle which fell to the hem of the slight train. The veil was caught to the hair with a coronet of orange blossoms and" were the same that had been worn byIhe bride's mother, nee Miss Mat tie Butler, upon her marriage to Dr. Mealing twenty-seven years ago. Her flowers were bride roses and ferns. After the ceremony a buffet ?up per was served, while Miss Clarissa Mealing and Miss Stevens served punch all during the evening. Despite the fact that no cards had been sent out there were a large number of beautiful and elegant gifts sent the popular young coup le, among the gifts being a beauti ful cottage home built and furnish ed for them by the parents of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery will be with Dr. and Mrs. Mealing until this home is completed. Mrs. Montgomery is an exception ally lovable young woman, whose gentle manners and sweet considera tion for others has greatly endeared her to all who know her. Mr. Mont gomery is one of Augusta's young dry goods men and is associated with the firm of Van Kamp, Vaughn and Gerald. Among the out-of-town guests at the wedding were Dr. and Mrs. Jennings, of Columbia; Mr. P. W. Fortson, of Fortson, Ga.; Misses Addie and Beatrice Stevens, of Edgefield, S. C. County Equalization Board. A meeting of the county equali zation board was held in the office of the auditor Saturday for the pur pose of receiving reports from the township boards. Mr. R. A. Coch ran who has served for a number of years was unanimously re-elected chairman, whieh also means that he will represent Edgefield county on the state equalization board. The following members of the county board were present: Blocker, M B Byrd; Collier, D T Mathis; Collins, J H Bussey; Elm wood, J H Cogburn; Edgefield, J L Mims; Hibler, . W E Sheppard; Johnston, P N Lott; Meriwether, H F Cooper; Moss, L R Branson; Pickens, J B Tompkins; Plum Branch, C E Sanders; Shaw, P B JT CLOSES LARGEST NUM ROM MAR. 29 APR. 8 >oub!e Vote Offer. .25000 Free est Number of Subscriptions Will be Given Each Contest nt in During this Time. Rule (9) Votes once issued can not be transferred to another con testant. Rule (io) Contestants in conlest must agree to accept all rules and. conditions in the contest. Rule (ll) The right is reserved to reject the name of any contes tant for cause, also to alter these rules should the occasion demand. llule (12) Any question that may arise between the contestants will be decided by the contest manager and his decision will be final. Rule (13) Under no condition will the nominators name be divulg ed. The manager will be al ways ready to call and explain any thing regarding the contest. Rule (H) Contestants may hold their votes until they wish to cast them. Until they are cast your standing will not be published. Rule (is) If any party stops his or her paper and transfers it to an other member of the family of the same address it will not count as a new subscription. Scale of Votes. New. 2,000 Votes. 5,000 " 8,000 " 11,000 " 15,000 " 1 year 2 " 3 " p 10111 int; rekuna unit nw? w.?. it appears that not only a larger per cent of the individual taxpayers made returns but property has been assessed at a little higher valuation than usual. In other words, it seems that the only change made in the reports or returns of the township boards was that of reducing the as sessment of Beaver Dara Mills. The township board returned this prop erty at GO per cent of the capital stock, being the same basis on which the banks pay,but the county board reduced it to 50 per cent. Successful Essays. In the contest for the two best essays on the "Effects of cigarettes on the nervous system," the prize of $5.00 was awarded to Miss Lu cile Hammond of the Colliers school, which has already been sent to Miss Hammond and the essay published in last week's paper. The second prize of $2.50 was won by Newton Dorset, the son of Rev. W. S. Dor set, of Johnston. The other subject was "The relation between alcohol and crime." The award of $5.00 was won by Miss Helen Lewis of Johnston, and the essay is published in this issue. The prize was awarded Miss Lewis at the Johnoton school, when a large number of ladies and gentlemen were present. Dr. Dorset presented the $5.00 to Miss Lewis. Mr. Monroe had the honor of pre senting the prize to Newton Dorset. Both of the essays were read to the school. The second prize on The relation betw?. . alcohol and crime'' was won by Miss rennie .Cromer of Modoc. It happened in a crowded street car. The noted Rabbi Hirsch had arisen to give his seat to a young woman, but before she could take it a burly young fellow- slid into it. The rabbi looked very meaningly at him, and, after an uncomforta ble silence, the young fellow blurted out; "Well, what are you glarin' at me for? want to eat me? Eh?" "No," calmly replied the rabbi, "I am forbidden to eat you-I am a Jew." A prospective client asked Wil liam M. Evarts once what he would charge for managing a certain law case. " Well," said Mr. Evarts, I will take your case on a contingent fee." "And what is a contingent fee?" "Well," said Mr. Evarts, melli fluously, "a contingent fee to a law yer means this: If I don't win your suit I got nothing. If I do win it you get nothing-see?"-Ex. PRIZE ESSAY. Miss Helen Lev/is of Johnston Wins $5.00 Offered by Coun ty W. C. T. U. Convine ing Arguments. Often ia heard the saying that "the hand that rockie the cradle rules the world," thus implying the responsibility of mothers, and in the use of alcoholic remedies many mothers are not without condemna tion. Is it not an exception to find a family medicine closet, without the ubiquitous bottle of spirits,a con stant menace and temptation, which is regarded as the universal cure all for every complaint, however trivial? May some "arrest of thought" help to realize the insidi ous, deceptive nature of this dan gerous agent, which creates a yearn ing for unnatural stimulation and leads to excessive use as a beverage. They will then understand that ad vanced medical science and God's word agree "that whosoever is de ceived thereby is not wise." It has been said after careful investigation, that 90 per cent of homes in this country use alcohol with more or less freedom as a medicine. The drug habit is alarming and the blind faith in the absolutely reckless use of powerful and dangerous drugs such as morphia, cocaine, alcohol, and other nerve poisons, shows the ignorance and tendency of the times. Mothers should teach their fami lies to request their doctors to pre scribe no alcoholics for them. All the medicine closets should be purg ed of all this that destroys the home, the dearest place on earth, and at last destroys the soul. All mothers should know that alcohol retards the physical and mental de velopment, it leads quickly to fa home and when he grows up ne naturally tries to disobey the laws of his country or attempt some aw ful deed that causes him to be im prisoned for life. He is apt to have an unhappy home, apt to kill his wife and children, and to be always in some shooting scape, or petty fight. Alcohol comprises tie greatest foe that the church has to contend with in saving souls. Should a man uso whiskey, wine, or beer, or any thing that contains alcohol his mind is soon dulled, his heart is weaken ed, his whole body becomes weak, he is not able to resist temptations, he cannot get a respectable job of of any kind, he is made unfit for everything. When a man gets in this condition is it not quite natur al that he should attempt to do something wicked, base, or sinful when it is impossible for him to do anyihing good? The use of alcoholic drinks is the most prolific cause of crime to day. Thomas Byrnes says, "after all if we hunt vice and crime back to their lairs we will be pretty sure to find them in the gin-mill," and Carroll D. Wright, when in charge of the Massachusetts Bureau of Lu bor, found that 84 per cent of crimes were due to drink. Often the devils of strong drink turn men into maniacs so that they break all bonds of law and order, work violence and murder on their fellow men, and become a terror to the whole community. The devih of strong drink are a multitude, and where one is, there the evil brood gathers together and that is in the poison."I hate the evils of the traffic of alcohol in any of its forms for the human wrecks it has caused, for the almshouses it peoples, for the mental ruin upon its victims, for the homes it destroys, for its spirit ual blight, for the moral degrada tion, for the prisons it fills, for its utter disregard of the law, for its ruthless trampling of the solemn compacts of State Constitutions, for the tragedies of its might-have beens, and for the crimes it com mits." Certainly a man who takes alco hol in any form is weaker and his temper cannot be so easily controll ed, then of course he is more liable to commit a crime than a man, who is a total abstainer. Sometimes a man becomes insane because he uses alcohol and breaks the laws or com mits a crime. Of all the questions raised by al coholism, none is more important nor more serious for our generation than that of heredity. Alcohol ie (Continued ou page 4. ) JOHNSTON LETTER. U. D. C. to Erect Monument New Century Club Enter tained by Mrs. Epes. Church Completed. At the last business meeting of the Mary Ann Buie chapter, D. of C., it was decided to erect a monu ment to the memory of the Confed erate dead of this community. The design selected is a beautiful and ap propriate one and stands 32 feet with a 10 foot base, and, in all probability will be placed on Main street. For several years it has been the aim of 'the chapter to erecta memorial hall to these gallant, he roes, and it has worked to this end. As a r?sultait is financially strong to the amount of about $1,200.00. Con ditions were presented which made the erection of the monument an fasier matter than the hall and the chapter decided in favor of the for mer. Mr. JohnBomar, of Spartanbursr, representing a' marble yard, of that place, was present, and received the contract, to cost $1,700.00. He has placed several monuments for the D. of C. throughout the state, and comes highly recommended. The new century club was enter tained on Tuesday last by Mrs. Peter Epes. The subject for discus sion was Sweden, and after an in teresting hour, all were given an op portunity to display their know edge of Swedish art, ^m_a-?awing contest of the animals. Mrs. C. F. Pech man won the first prize, and Mrs. J. L. Walker the booby, which was a box of animal crackers. A salad course was served at the close. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. E. R. Mobley, and the subject for the afternoon will be Norway. Previously, the anhiprtii have been taken in lesson Columbia. Mrs. John Denny went over to Ridge Spring on Thursday to at tend the burial of her sister, Miss Fannie Aycock, whose death had occurred on Wednesday morning at Spartanburg. ... Mrs. D. J. LaGrone has gone to Darlington to visit at the home of her father, Mr. Arthur Welling. . ' Dr. Barnett Lewis and Mr. Frank Lewis returned to their home in Charleston on Wednesday. Mr. A. C. DePass, of Columbia, was a visitor here last week. Mrs. Lona Ivey will leave on Thursday for a visit to her foamer home at Greenwood. Mrs. Kate Crouch is the guest of her niece, Mrs. Frank Hendrix at Leesville. Mrs. Taylor Goodwyn, of Green wood, arrived on Monday for a visit to the home of her father Mr. O. S. Wertz. Mrs. Flora Lott Faust, who has been here for the past month with her sister Mrs. Chas. Lamb, return ed this week to her home in Ohio. Miss Sallie Brown, of Spartan burg made a short visit this week to her aunt, Mrs. D. R. Strother. Miss Ora Rives, made a short visit to friends here during the past week. Mr. Fletcher Boyd was called to the bedside of his sister, in North Augusta last week, but owing to an improvement in her condition, was able to return in a few days. On last Wednesday afternoon while two negro children were handling a gun, it discharged, the contents entering the stomach and piercing the bowels of a negro child nearby, the son of Mattie McKelvy-~-* Thc mother carried the child on the . evening's train to the hospital in Augusta, and it is expected to re cover. Mrs. W. L. Coleman and Miss Edith Coleman and Mrs. J. A. Lott were visitors to Augusta last week. Miss Sallie Carwile has been visiting relatives at Ridge Spring. Messrs Qrphie Owdom and Frank Logue have opened up a store here. "What do you do for a living, Mose?" "Ise de manager ob a laundry." "What's the name of this laun dry?" *'Eliza Ann."_ According to the following "ad" it would seem that Cambridge has a cow of rare accomplishments: "Wanted-A steady, respectable young man to look after a garden and milk a cow who has a good voice and is accustomed to sing in thc choir."