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Established 1835. f. L. KIMS,._._Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's aame. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising ratee. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. e fS*n- -L WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1912 Annual income twenty pounds, an nual expenditure nineteen and six, re sult happiness. Annual income twen ty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds and six, result misery. DICKENS. \ ' Senator Tillman fought hard for an other appropriation for the Charleston navy yard, but the Republicans out voted him. Would you not be glad if elections and the scramble for office came only once in four years? The Advertiser .would welcome the change, even if it ?did cost us a few extra doll?rs. The S. C. C. I. has just issued a .very artistic and highly creditable cat alogue that is replete with information concerning this splendid institution. Prospective students can get one for the asking It is said Col. Roosevelt's speech be fore HIS convention in Chicago on the 5th of August will contain some great surprises. Hardly; the public is no longer surprised at anything he says or does. Through a singular co-incidence a building in New York known as the Wilson Building has been engaged as national Democratic headquarters. Af ter next March the White House in Washington will be the real Wilson Building. By the time the half a hundred coun ty candidates attend all of the picnics, barbecues, conventions and protracted meetings that are scheduled for, the next thirty days they will either be dwarfed and dwindled dyspeptics or will have to place orders with their tailor for larger garments. Some of them have already let out their belts to the full limit. To-morrow under the stately oaks of the old academy grove those who are seeking political honors will address a large number of Edgefield voters. Let us hope and- put forth every eifort to the end that at the close of the day there will be nothing to regret. In the years gone by many similar .meetings have been conducted on the same spot in a dignified and orderly manner. Surely the people of this generation will not lower the standard set by their sires. A Good Prohibition Law. This splendid Union of ours may go "to the 'demnition bow-wows' politically, but there are grounds for the belief that it is reasonably safe morally. A few days ago the House passed the senate bill prohibiting the transmis sion of prize fighting moving picture films from state to state, which practi cally eliminates their use altogether. As long as the public conscience is suf ficiently awakened and quickened to make the passage of such a measure possible our country will not go alto gether to the bad. Tarifi a Heavy Borden. Gov. Woodrow Wilson st-nck the key note when he said the iniquitous tariff has more to do with the high cost of living than any other one thing. Cer tain pet industries are being protected, which causes the consumers, the great masses of the people, to pay from 10 to 50 per cent more for many of the actual necessities than they should. In the cost of sugar alone, which is an article of daily consumption in every household, about 60 per cent of the money paid the grocer is for import duty on raw or crude sugar. For eve ry $1 paid for sugar only 70 cents worth of actual sugar is obtained. This one item serves to show what an enormous burden is borne by the people without their actually realizing it. Were tariff levied for revenue on ly, the cost of living would be very ma terially reduced. The Democratic party stands first, last, and all the time, for tariff reduc tion, and this plank alone should cause the people of every section of the Un ion to rally around its standard. One Crime Calls For Another. That a transgression of law or one crime not infrequently leads to another that is more aggravated, is shown by the recent murder of Herman Rosen thal, a noted gambler, in the heart of New York with the electric lights shin ing as bright as day. It became known that Rosenthal con templated giving information to the district attorney to the effect that cer tain public officials had been exacting heavy toll of him in order that he might have immunity from the law. Con scious of their guilt and knowing too that severe punishment would follow should the gambler "squeal" on them, these men, either with their own hands, or by proxy, murdered him. After these sworn officers of the law had taken the first wrong step, that of accepting hush money from Rosenthal, it became necessary to commit a sec ond and graver crime in order to cover up the first one. Board Acted Wisely. While The Advertiser has no direct interest in the matter, yet we wer? pleased to see the announcement to the effect that the board of trustees of Chicora college decided not to change the location of that institution. It is ' manifestly unjust to a town or city that h as in season and out of season sup ported an institution loyally and gener ously to have it removed to another town simply upon the ground that the latter offers, temporarily, larger and .nore generous support. Of course, there are occasionally good and sufficient reasons why the location of a college should be changed, but to put it on a basis of dollars and cents, or temporary support, is, to our mind, not alone a sufficient ground. General ly when such changes are made the prestige and standing of an institution suffer loss. Such reasons as health, sanitation, in order to be more accessible to territo ry from which support or patronage is drawn, etc., are well founded; but to put an institution on the block and say, in effect, that it will be knocked down to the highest bidder, is too mercena ry and commercial to be defensible. Heed The Timely Advice. Be careful what you say in talking politics. "Wounds made bywords are hard to heal.'--Laurens Herald. The Advertiser not only wishes to heartily endorse the foregoing lines from our Laurens contemporary, but we wish to give its timely advice the widest possible circulation. How thoughtless and unwise it is-positive ly foolish, in fact-for people to say harsh things in discussing politics and politicians. Practically no good, and frequently much harm, results from these hastily spoken words. The safe and sane course to pursue, is to avoid all impassioned political discussions with everyone. There are ninety-nine chances to one that Mr. A. will never convince his neighbor, Mr. B., that Mr. C. is better qualified for this or that office than Mr. D. Then what's the use of jeopardiz ing their friendship by making the at tempt? There is nothing on the top side of the earth in which most men are so "sot in their ways" as they are in politics, and you had about as well try to lead a stubborn ox out ot a branch a hot July day by a silk thread as to try to convince any hard-headed voter that his favorite candidate is not the acme of perfection. The Good Book says Job "multiplied his words without knowledge." Well, thai is just what everyone who dis cusses politics is prone to do-multiply words without knowledge. In our zeal and loyalty for our friend and favorite candidate, sometimes our reason gives way to rashness; then it is that we are liable to utter words that wound. Will Teach Music Class. Atter the first of August I will teach a class of' several music pu pils at my home in Buncombe. Will be pleased to confer with those desiring to take lessons in music. . Emily B. Tompkins. Gas Light Plant For Sale. I offer for sale two 50-light Da vis acetylene gas plants, together with four 3-light oxidized copper chandeliers and 14 single lights. Cost $150; will sell for $75. B. B. Jones. Card of Thanks. To all our relatives, friends and neighbors, who so kindly aided, and remembered us during our recont affliction, we beg to extend our heart-felt thanks. There are times when words will not express our feelings, and this is one of the times. May the Lord in His goodness bless you every one and may He be and abide with you, is the prayer of Mrs. P. R. Wates and family. Lirge shipment of cut glass, ster ling silver and jewelry by express. Sterling silver in Bets or single pieces for weddings. Beautiful plush boxes for each piece. Ramsey & Jones. . CHURCH NOTICES! Meeting at Trenton. Thia meeting will begin at Meth odist church third Sunday in Au gust to continue one or two weeks. To Any Not Interested. If you are not interested, but ought to be, in revival meeting soon to begin a#t Methodist church, come to preaching Sunday at ll, and at 8:30. Services will be pre paratory to meeting which begins on first Sunday in August to con tinue from one to two weeks. Of course those who are most inter ested will be present without need of exhortation. Sunday school 10 o'clock. J. R. Walker. Dr. M. D. Jeffries' subjects for Sunday will be: "The Garden, a place for strengthening," for the morning, and "Christian Liberty," for the evening service. Electric Lights Being Installed. Mr. Harling and his assistants are now at work finishing the wir ing and putting in the electrio lights for the Methodist church. Mr. B. F. Zimmerman as a gift had already wired for the main lights. A handsome fifteen light chandelier in mottled Flemish finish will be in center of auditorium, one ball at ceiling at front and one at rear, a two light bracket for choir, a putv pit light, and a four light chande^ lier for Sunday school room. All the lights have frosted shades, and the pulpit light will not hurt your eyes. The interior of the church is being calcimined and painted. The ?ladies are putting in a handsome carpet. Death of Mrs. Thurmond. Just before closing our forms the information of the death of Mrs. Joseph Thurmond reached us. She died Tuesday at her home after a long illness, during which time she had been a great sufferer. The interment will take pb ce at Hardy's i church this afternoon at two o'clock. , Mrs. Thurmond is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wilie Glover, Mrs. John Roper, and one son, Mr. J. A. Thurmond. Thomas A. Edison's Prediction About the Moving Picture. . In an article in the AugustJ^m% mair s Home Companion moving piolares, the author c mends the use of moving pictures by the churches, and shows how de velopments along that line will probably come. In the course of the article appear the following para graphs presenting Mr. Thomas A. Edison's prediction relative to mov ing pictures: "Mr. Edison, the inventor of the motion pictures, believes that their greatest effectiveness will be in education. He wants to make them an integral part of the ] ublic school system, and experiments are now being made in his home town, Or ange, New Jersey. He now has op erators in Africa with instructions io take everything from Cape Town to the mouth of the Nile, to be used in teaching geography. Mr. Edi son's idea is that moving pictures will take the p'ace of most of ; the text books below the ninth grade. He maintains that children will learn geography much more quickly and will have a more intelligent understanding through moving pic tures, where they can see the actual country, the mountains and the riv* ers, the wild animals, the savage people at work and at play, and the life in the cities, than would be pos sible from text books. "In so far as geography is con cerned, Mr. Edison has an argu ment difficult to answer, although it is doubtful if it would ever be wise to do away with text books, but one can supplement the other. The inventor maintains that moving pictures can be used with equal effectiveness to teach history. He has already reproduced the battle of Lexington, and insists, with his torical accuracy. Also he has re produced Washington crossing the Delaware. The familiar painting of the latter exploit, so far as accuracy, is concerned, is about the absurdest fiction that ever became established. "Mr. Edison believes that with moving pictures he can teach al most anything in school except arithmetic. Maybe he is a little o,Ter-optimistic. And there is an other important point which he does not discuss, and that is the effect of the moving pictures upon the eyes. The constant flicker is ex cessively trying to most of us, and it is absolutely necessary that, if moving pictures are introduced into schools, it shall be made certain that this constant vibration does not have any ill effect upon the sight of the pupils." i APPORTIONMENT 0] PRECINCTS Blocker 1 Antioch -? Red Hill 3 Flat Rock 4 Colliers 5 Liberty Hill G White Town 7 North Elmwood 8 South 41 0 H bier 10 Johnsten 11 North Meriwether 12 South 13 Pickens 14 Plum Branch 15 Shaw 16 Talbert 17 Modoc 18 Clark's Hill 19 Wards 20 Wise 21 Moss 22 Harmony 23 Fork 24 Edgefield 25 Parksville 26 Trenton 27 Gregg 28 Meriwether Hall 29 N h Plum Branch 30 wether 31 Ea . Collier 32 Prescott 33 Bacon 34 Long Cane 34 Oak Grove 36 The Edgefield Signers of the Ordinance of Secession. It will only be possible in this paper to give a very meagre notice of each of, these illustrious men. They were, Colonel James P. Car roll, Major Andrew J. Hammond, Colonel James C. Smiley, Colonel James Tompkins, William Gregg and General R. G. M. Dunovant. James Parsons Carroll. Born in the city of Charleston this eminent lawyer spent, his boy hood in Edgefield. Ile graduated at the South Carolina colleqe, read law and was admitted to the bar in Columbia in 183U. Returning to H?geiield he opened an ofHce which Bgirst was not lucrative-bj* dint ijPpatience and hard work he at tained to a position at the Edge field bar second to none. He was? at various times a member of both branches of the legislature. He became a Chancellor in the Equity court, and filled that position with honor and dignity. He died in 1883 at 75 years of age, beloved by all for his beautiful characteristics. Maj. Andrew J. Hammond. Born not far from Hamburg in the lower part of the District the subject of this sketch worthily up held the honor of his revolutionary ancestor Colonel Samuel Ham mond. Major Hammond was a planter, with no political aspira tions, but having the interest of his section at' heart, and enjoying the confidence of all who knew him, he was sent as a delegate to the con vention of 1860. At one time be-. represented the county in the Leg islature. He held the rank of Ma jor in the confederate service, i Col. James C. Smiley. (Chapmans History.) ' Colonel James C. Smiley was born at Meeting Street, iu Edge field county, in 1820, and died in 1872. His mother was a sister of Marmaduke Coates, of Newberry, S. C. He held no office during his life, except that of Colonel of Mili tia and the very important position of delegate to the Secession con vention. He with all the other members of that body, signed the Ordinance of Secession. He was a planter by business and occupation, and enjoyed the respect and confi dence of the people. His wife was Catherine Watson of Ridge Spring. Colonel James Tompkins. 1 Born in the "Dark Corner" of Edgefield, near the place now called Modoc, Colonel Tompkins lived the healthy honorable life of the farmer. A man of considerable ability, having the love and respect of his neighbors he was elected to the State Legislature where he served his constituents ably and well. Afterwards, he was made a delegate to that memorable body of Secessionists who framed and sign ed the famous Ordin ince. William Gregg. Though not an Edgefield born man, Mr. Gregg had identified him self with the interests of our coun ty by marriage with the daughter of one of our most honored men, Col onel Mathias Jones of Edgefield. 7 SCHOOL FUNDS FOR EDGEFIEL O fi ?131.70 79.GO 4 8. S^ oO.65 97.74 141.53 15.05 95.50 10.00 40.20 1.22 8.99 33.11 9.61 263.89 455.45 1.53 20.15 33.93 209.75 .43 29.80 120.00 44.21 65.81 5.37 3.56 19.97 113.17 .04 ?180.00 108.00 98.00 49.00 63.00 94.00 93.00 90.00 54.00 30.00 395.00 118.00 91.00 184.00 156.00 135.00 156.00 116.00 103.00 243.00 189.00 262.00 95.00 71.00 332.00 170.00 277.00 41.00 153.00 115.00 91.00 99.00 49.00 155.00 86.00 63.00 ?70.00 39.50 30.50 15.00 30.50 23.50 31.50 27.50 24.00 17.50 80.50 50.00 49.00 87.50 48.00 37.50 70.50 65.00 46.50 73.50 85.00 94.00 25.00 32.50 74.50 71.00 75.50 18.00 70.50 37.00 52.00 37.50 12.00 58.00 35.50 25.00 W. FULLER, County Superintend Mr. Gregg waa born on the 2nd of February 1800, in Monongahela Co. West Virginia. He was a mem ber of the 1860 convention, and died Sept. 12th 1867. He was bu ried in Magnolia cemetery near Charleston- A good, honorable, just man, whose influence lives af ter him. Gen. R. G. M. Dunovant. Gen. Dunovant vas a native of Chester county. After graduating at the South Carolina College he moved out to Texas and stayed there until the breaking out of the Mexican War where he returned to his native state, raised a compa ny in the town of Chester of which he was elected Captain, was promo ted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Having identified him self with Edgefield by marriage with a sister of lion. Preston S. Brooks, he represented her in the State Legislature and wa? a member of the convention of 1860. He was General in charge of the State troops during the first year of the war between the States. 'Af ter the reorganization he held the rank of Colonel. Great good men, all, and they were worthy representatives of this good old county. Agatha A. Wroodson. Mr. D. A. Tompkins Makes Sug gestion Concerning Road Im provement in County. The only way to have good roads is to get up the money to build them and select a civil engineer to lay them out, and a select finance committee composed say of tbe leading bankers in th? county to disburse the fund upon ??due proof of value received. Mr. D. A. Tomp kins who lives in Mecklenburg county, N. C., where there were model good roads all over the coun ty, writes from his mountain sum mer home at Montreat, enclosing a sketch with 5 proposed good roads radiating from Edgefield, one to ward Augusta, one Johnston, one to Meeting Street, one to Pleasant Lane and further one to Cleora and fur ther he says: Mr. A. S. Tompkins, Edgefield, S. C. My dear Arthur: I inclose a rongh sketch showing some roads that Edgefield county sorely needs. "I think a sand and olay road could be built from Edgefield to Angusta, or to the Aiken line near Belvedere for 1,000 or $1,500 a mile. The three stretches that would have to be graded and macadamized or made of sand and cia" would be about 10 to ?20 miles each, one each to Meeting Street, Pleasant Lane, and Cleora, or possibly to thj coun ty line in each case. Many North Carolina counties have redeemed themselves by bond issue. Iredell county, for example, has just issued $450,000 worth of bonds. Gaston county issued $3000,000 worth of bonds. I think if Edgefield would issue about $100,000 worth of bonds and pay the road work indicated, the county would be ,;eved at once of a great deal of L. troubles. I believe it would settle the disputes D COUNTY 1912-13 ? co ?28.00 184.00 122.00 12.00 128.00 59.00 .07.00 ?55.00 U0.00 41.U? 58?.OO 9'J.O? L81.00 $32.00 ?17.00 L98.00 ?28.00 ?78.00 .97.00 L83.00 ?39.00 01.00 198.00 128.00 168.00 i42.00 141.00 22.00 115.00 86.00 ?42.00 21.00 23.00 135.00 145.00 52.?? 8155.94 140.50 107.68 165.21 113.52 147.71 2684.30 666.98 461.83 207.16 273.40 273.40 254.91 463.32 1152.14 395.51 414.28 65.28 403.43 155.38 92.81 ?009.76 827.10 64S.52 343.53 684.45 531.55 554.26 468.00 178.00 240.70 4045.80 268.22 261.00 612.49 1421.09 841.94 1225.55 1187.85 621.43 1074.56 846.93 1730.07 418.00 331.93 2426.64 1208.31 1407.78 181.00 058.50 382.21 450.86 262.87 252.84 971.40 635.05 432.85 lent of Education. and contentions you are having with the negroes. You ali eady have a road tax which could go to pay ing tiie interest on these bonds, and I believe you could start a sinking fund to retire them, and increased taxes would more than retire them in li fteen or twenty years. The ma n thing is for the county not to do what it did before, to wit: issue bonds and get no roads. You should be ?ure that the money issued slum id go for roads. 1 write simply that the subject is on my mind, and so as not to forget to suggest the idea to you. You will certainly have to have some good roads before the county gets out of its quagmires and other troubles. Modern prosperity is based on an easy social and commercial intercourse,which means good roads" Yours verv truly, D. A. Tompkins, Per. M. A. Importance of Healthy Kidneys. Edgef ield Readers Should Learn to Keep the Kidneys Well. The kidneys have a big work to do. All the blood in the body is coursing through the kidneys con stantly to be freed of poisonous matter. It is a heavy task when the kidneys are well, but a cold chill, fever or some thoughtless exposure is likely to irritate, inflame and con gest the kidneys and interrupt the puri ying work. Then the aching frequently be gins and is often accompanied by some irregularity of the urine-too frequent passages, sediment or re tention. Thousands testify to the wonderful merit of Doan's kidney pills, a remedy for the kidneys on ly, that has been used in kidney troubles 50 years. You will make no mistake in following this Edgefield citizen's advice. Mrs. J T Pattison, Edgefield, S. C., says: "I have given Doan's kid ney pills a thorough trial and I know them to be a splendid kidney remedy. On several occasions I used them and received lasting relief from kidney trouble. I do not hesi tate to recommend this remedy as the best one I know of for kidney complaint." For ?ale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agenta for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Mahogany, walnut and oak bed room suits from $18 up to $175. Ramsey & Jones. Pound packages of talcum pow der for only 25 ce.ots. B. Timmons. $25 up suits to order of fine woolens, perfect fit. Also ready made clothes, all wool ?10 up. Wash suits $4 up. Write F. G. MER TINS, Augusta, Ga.