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Established 1835. JJL MIMS,._.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. Ko communications will be published ?n?ess accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1912 We judge ourselves by what we are capable of doing; others judge us by what we do.-LONGFFLLOW. Edgefield, the best town to live in and the best town to sell cotton in. Everything depend? upon the weath er man this week. What an important personage he is! If you do not believe that this mar ket is paying Augusta prices for cot ton, bring in a load and see what will be offered. You are not compelled to sall if the price does not suit you. The election of Woodrow Wilson has given everybody a quick-step. Why the other day out in Missouri a woman 113 years of age, accompanied by her beby boy who is in his 89th year, rode ?ai a train for the first time. The white man who had the temerity to store 9?barrels of beer, 11,520 bot tles, in a warehouse in Greenville should be given an assignment on the public roads along with other crimi nals of his class. A lawyer of the female persuasion fe California has advised President elect Wilson to appoint a woman on bis cabinet. After the suffragettes supported the Colonel it ill becomes them to give gratuitous advice to Mr. Wilson. Recently compiled statistics show that the average consumption of candy fe. the United States is 83 pounds per capita per annum. While figures do net fie, yet there are some young sports fe Edgefield who seem not to have eaten that much sweetenin' in their Eves. It is possible though that some mt the girls do not agree with us. As Vaughan has money, about the next thing we hear will be an indefi nite postponement of his execution pending a decision from the supreme court. The infamous Jones of Union, whose crime was second only to that cf Vaughan, delayed the original sen tence of the court for about two years, possibly longer. How a little money dished out to a few scheming lawyers can delay the meting out of justice! Survivors of "Wallace House." The managers of the county fair in Barnwell have arranged for a reunion cf the survivors of the famous "Wal lace House" as a feature for Thursday of this week. Gov. John C. Sheppard has been invited to address these men whose names are written high on the pages of South Carolina's history. The holding of such a reunion was a happy conception, and fairs in other counties can in the future very profitably set apart a day for celebrating some red letter occasion or event in our state's history. Leading Cotton Market. Many years ago it was the policy of the managers of the local cotton mill to buy their raw material away from Edgefield and pay the freight on it. Now, be it said to their credit, the managers buy their raw cotton from the wagons on the public square. The consumption of something like 2,000 bales right here in Edgefield by the Beaver Dam mills helps this market. **The proof of the pudding is the eat ing.", so bring a load of cotton to Edgefield and see how lively the bid ding, is. Throughout the entire fal thia has been one of th? leading cot ton markets in South Carolina. .-.The President's Winter Home. It is probable that Columbia will be ?elected by President-elect Wilson as bis winter home. The house in which he resided with his parents when a boy has been secured and will be offered bim as a winter home. A committee cf prominent Columbians will call on Governor Wilson this week and lay the matter hefore him. Several northern cities are bidding for the honor of hav ing the president pass his vacation pe riods in their midst, but it is probable that this honor will fall to South Caro lina's capital. It was in Columbia that some of the pleasantest associations of Governor Wilson's early life were formed. If Augusta was honored by having a Republican president pass his winters in her midst, surely Columbia will be all the more honored by having a Dem ocratic president winter within her borders. It will not only be an honor to Columbia but the state to have President Wilson spend his winters here. District Attornership. There are a number of applicants for the position of District Attorneyship of South Carolina, but among them ' there i? not one who is better qualified for the place than Hon. J. Wm. Thur mond. By nature, training and through practical experience he is eminently fitted for this important office. Every thing possible will be brought to bear by Mr. Thurmond's friends upon Presi dent Wilson, urging his appointment. Not only would this be an honor to Mr. Thurmond but his appointment would likewise be a distinct honor to Edgefield county. Mr. Thurmond has never failed to make good in every po sition he has filled, and we are confi dent that he would make as able, faith ful and fearless District Attorney as this state has ever had. Record Breaking Yields. According to figures just issued from Washington, the yield of corn for the present year will be the largest on rec ord by more than a half billion bushels. The average yield Tper acre for the country at l"rge has been placed at 29.3 against 23.9 last year. The price is lower than last year, and let us hope that it will be lower still next spring. On account of the very unfavorable conditions, scores of farmers in this county will have tp buy corn next year who never bought a bushel before since they have been farming. On account of the men who will have it to buy, The Advertiser rejoices that the sup ply is greater than it has ever been in this country. ^ Farmers Should Co-operate. While the editor of The Advertiser was in conversation yesterday with a representative farmer, the latter de plored the fact that the farmers c* the county have not in the past given ..ore loyal support to the managers of the fair association. This thoughtful citi zen stated that farmers seem to lose sight of the fact that it is primarily an agricultural fair and that the agricul tural interests of the county receive the greatest stimulus and benefit. A few men, some of them residents of this vicinity, have endeavored to create the impression that it is a money making scheme for the promoters of the fair. These few undividuals are piqued because they were not put at the head of the enterprise at first and allowed to run it according to their o?vn selfish wills. As to the so-called money making scheme, those who know anything at all about the finances Df the association know that a few men, among them being J. R. Cante lou, Dr. J. G. Tompkins, B. B. Jones, R. S. Anderson and two or three oth ers, have not only given their time to the fair without compensation but have personally incurred a large finan cial Mab ility in providing the necessary equipment and paying the expenses of running the fairs that have been held. This statement is made in order to prove that the enterprise is not, nor has it ever been, regarded as a money making scheme by the stockholders and managers. So far as we are informed it is the purpose of the members to put every dollar that is realized above expenses into improving and enlarging the plant, instead of paying salaries and divi dends on the capital invested. How then in the name of reason can anyone truthfully say that it. was designed, and is being conducted, as a money making business for a few individuals? The fair this week promises to be the best yet held. Come forward far mers of Edgefield county, and if you have been unable to make exhibits, show your interest and sympathy by your presence. Give the managers your moral support and thereby encourage them to undertake greater things next year. Did the members of the fair associa tion not realize that the county needs an agricultural fair and that the fairs that have been held are at least in a measure filling that need, they would have abandoned the enterprise before now. Plans would never have been made for the fourth annual fair which begins to-day. There were reverses last year on account of the unfavora ble weather, hut the managers-are not discouraged. There is no good reason to be discouraged, SB the undertaking has passed the experimental stage and has already succeeded far beyond simi lar enterprises in other counties. The great need now, if the fair is to fully p"complish,that for which it was originally planned, is larger co-opera tion on the part of the farmers them selves. We have confidence in the good people of this county and believe that the needed support and co-operation will yet come. Why not let it begin this week. + 4 ! Current Comment ! i# * The Governor's Opportunity. Is Charleston going to be permitted to do as she pleases on the race track proposition?-Greenwood Journal. She will unless the governor takes hand in the enforcement of the anti gambling law. Jack Johnson Again. Jack Johnson is behind the bars in a Chicago jail. Our sympathy is with the other prisoners in the jail who have to remain confined under the same roof.-Spartanburg Journal, This burly black brute should be put in an electric chair instead of in a cell Republicans in Doubt. Each of the three leading presiden tial candidates, Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft went into the elr^tion this morn ing feeling that he was certainly a winner.-Yorkville Enquirer. Gov. Wilson was confident of victory but we believe that both Taft and Roosevelt were in doubt. On Low Plane. The national campaign just closed has been the cleanest and most high toned within our recollection. There have been no scandals, and the discus sions generally have been on a credita ble plane.-Yorkville Enquirer. You have forgotten what ugly names the Republican candidates called each other early in the campaign. Some Convictions Needed. We hope the time may soon come when negroes will learn the folly of disposing of crops under mortgage and giving five or six mortgages on the same property. Honesty is the best policy.-Winnsboro Herald and News. A few convictions in every county w ill cause the negroes to learn this ira portant lesson. Good Advice. Every young man who has a few hundred dollars in money should invest in land. It is the most valuable asset a person can own, and as some philo sopher has well said: "The Lord is making people every day but he is not making another foot of land."-Dillon Herald. Young men put your dollars in Edge field dirt. Have a farm of your own. Farming lands will never be cheaper. A Real Statesman. When the news reached Governor Wilson at his home on the night of the election that he was elected his first comment was "the cause has triumph ed." He did not think of self at all, but of the cause he represented on be half of the people.-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. By his every public utterance Gov. Wil son has shown himself to be a broads minded statesman. A Good Suggestion. Clarence Poe of North Carolina would make an ideal secretary of agri culture. He is a young man without a great deal of experience in politics; but there is no discount on his broad enthusiasm, or his administrative abil ity.-Yorkville Enquirer. As editor of the Progressive Farmer Mr. Poe has done excellent work for the agricultural interests of this part of th*? country. He would be a worthy successor of Secretary Wilson. .i* I Smile Provokers f * * I presume you never quarrel with your wife?" "Certainly not!" replied skinny little Mr. Hennypeck. I am merely a husband, not a lion tamer." "Jack and I have parted forever." "Good gracious! What does that mean?" "Means that I'll get a five-pound box of candy in about an hour." Louisville Courier-Journal. "My dear," said the eminent sur geon's wife, "I shall need a new fur coat this year." "All right," said the great man, "I'll look over my list and find ?orae one who can afford an operation for appendicitis."-Ex. A Scotchman visiting in America stood gazing at a fine statue of Geo. Washington, when an American ap proached. . "That was a great and good man. Sandy," said the American, "a lie never passed his lips." "Well," said the Scot, "I pray sume he talked through his nose like the rest of ye." A man of considerable wealth and very conscientious as well, was obliged to dismiss hiB gardener for dishonesty. As the gardener had a wife and family dependent upon him, how ever, the rich man gave him a "character" and framed it in this way. * I hereby certify that John Dodge has been in my employ as a garden er for three years, and during that time he has got more out of the gar den than any other men I have ever employed." November Us\ "JMS Chill wine weather so there is a d that makes to warmer i needs from THE CORN] Suits, coa gloves, swe* the least, ladies a We are sh velvets, bro1 We solicit The Cor lV,.ik?.. i: German Soldiers Are Swimmers. All German soldiers must learn to swim. Some of them are so export that, with their clothing on their beads and carrying guns and ammuni tion, they can swim rivers several hundred yards In width. When to Breed Mares. What is the best time to breed Qy mares? I want them to earn omething besides doing farra york. The best time to breed your marep 8 at a time to have the colts come vben the mares are doing least pork. If the mares do most work rora April to September, then we eould have the colts come in Feb uary or November. The fall sea on, October or November, is prob hly the best time, if the mares are veil cared for. The colts are then veaned at a time when good pas ures are available, and if fed a I i ti le oats during the first summer and ed well during the following win er, they are practically raised. If, m the other hand, they come in the all, and the mares are not well fed ,nd cared for, it would be better if hey were dropped after the rush of pring work in July and August; ^SWOOBHBWHBBMOORBnES The Fii A Tri "Syrati the hors you wa: m get the 9 food, m & Son, < ? F. L. T. MAY, H. nally is a Month of < is, rainy days, and far has been altoge' elightful crispness one's thoughts tur wearables. Come s SR STORE'S SEI ts evening wraps, iters, then last, but I md Children's H lowing many beaut! wns and soft fels. ; your patronage. Respectfully ner Store, ???ii but at this season the weather is hot and the mares are rather heavy for hard work during May and June Novembe, m jg The selection of awe( easy at our store becaus |f? stock of fi GOLD AND SILVER M PIECES, CUT GI ? WAKE, CUTLERY, C s| New and original dec and most reliable manuf M Augusta Wm. SCHWEI Augusta when they are most needed. For| these reasons, we prefer to have the colts dropped from November to lest-The I the Money ?ai WS? Cow on" molasses : ;e and mule, nt the hens to i "Sunny Soul ade by John Df Memphis Te -For Sale By L. TIMMERMAl H. SANDERS, H Biting Frosts. while the ther lovely, in the air n naturally ?upply your JECT STOCK underwear, >y no means eadwear ful nats in W. H. TURNER Proprietor. February, and have the mares well fed and housed, so that the colts will not suffer for milk. We would Weddings lding preseat is made ;e of our very large JEWELRY, TIME .ASS, SILVER HESTS OF SILVER. ;igns from the largest acturers. GERT & CO. ., Ga. have mares that do not work at that time, foal in April or May.-Pro gressive Farmer. Jest for yince feed for And if cackle bh" hen L Wade nnessee Si, . C. WATSON