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! t ll ?i 01 Boys' Corn Club Notice. The comest will close Saturday, November 30. All reports on yield, and ten ears for exhibit must be in my office by that time. W. W. Fuller, Co. Supt. Ed. Buy A Farm. There is no better time than right now to invest in Edgefield County dirt. It will never be cheaper. There will be several valuable tracts of land sold at Edgefield next Monday, the first Monday in December. Bet ter attend the sales and bid in a tract. Either buy it for yourself, for your son or for speculation. Our word for it, you'll never regret it. Thanksgiving in Trenton. To all Denominations: If you will put your contribution in an envelope for your Orphanage with your denomination written on it, the money will be handed to the treasurer of your church after preaching in the Presbyterian church, Thursday at 11a.m. Ser vice one hour. Come one, come all and let us give thanks. E. C. Bailey. Palmer-Mays. The approaching marriage of our younsr friend Mr. B. F. Mays, tho eldest son of Col. S. B. Mays, has been announced by the following invitation: "Mr. and Mrs. Walker Lee Pal mer request the honor of your pres ence at the marriage of their daugh ter, Audrey Lucile, to Mr. Benja min Franklin Mays, on Saturday, the seventh of December at eight o'clock, Fourth Presbyterian church Washingi.on, D. C." Ce lire Spring School. in som - unacccountable way The Advertiser omitted mentioning the Centre Spring school last week in publishing Dde list of the schools that partiel ?t ed in the parade at the fair. ? nier th.? direction of Miss Sarah S -vens, the very capa ble teacher, the wagon was tasteful ly decorated vit h red, white and blue. Miss S' "vens was among the teachers who took great interest in the parade and for that reason we regret all the m ?re that the name of her school WM left off the list last wevk. Honor Roll For Plum Branch School For 2nd Month. Dear Mr. Editor: Will appreciate your kindness ver\ much, if you will allow me space to put the honor roll of Plum Branch high school iu your paper for seeoml month. 10th grade: Watkins Collier, Lu la Self, Sudie Self, Arnold Miller. 9th grade: Oscar Smrkey, Nellie Bodie, Janie Min2r, Jaunita Miller, Bryan White, Irene Holloway. 8th grade: Esther La-siter, Leona Bodie, Lucile Humphries, Mary Emma Freeland, Evangeline Wide man, Mozelle Hitching?. Lillie Wal ker. Information Wantsd. Hon. Ben R. Tillman, Trenton. S. C. Dear Sir: We are very anxious to find some record of the marriage of one Mary Cassa .J-mes to Robt. C. Jackson. The m trriage, we are informed, took place SOIII^ time between 1840 and 18oU in or near Edgetield County. Mary Cassa Jones was the daugh ter of Thos. Augustus Jones and her mother, before marriage, wa> Mildred Finley. Any information you may give ms concerning these parties, or the mames of persons who might be able to give us some information, will ibe greatly appreciated by us. Yours very truly, Watkins & Latimer. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19, 1912. Primitive Wheat. AU cultivated plants have their "ancestors" which remain iu a sav age state. The greater part of our vegetables and fruit trees come from Persia where they yet have representatives that grow spontane ously. The grape vine grew origi nally only on the plateaus of Cen tral Asia. Wheat originated proba bly in the vallay of the Euphrates, where the necessary humidity first seemed to work on plant life most favorably. A traveler who recently visited the highlands of Galilee re ports that he has found a wild wheat that must be the progenitor of the modern wheat. This wild wheat covers extensive acres and is a vigorous plant with marked nu tritive properties. It seems proof against drought or frost and adapts itself easily to arid soil.-Harper's Week ly. Call To Odd Fellows. The Advertiser has been request ed to announce that a special meet ing of the Odd Fellows will be held next Monday night at 8 o'clock and a fall attendance is desired, as busi ness of importance must be disposed of. Every member is requested to he d this announcement. Has Done Good Work. Rev. J. R. Walker is in Ander son this week attending the annual session of the South Carolina Methodist conference. Mr. Walker has just completed the first year of his work in Edgefield and during that time has not only endeared himself to the members of his own flock but has completely won the people of all denominations. It is the universal desire of the people of our town that the bishop retur. him to this field. Program Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. J. P. Ouzts. Subject, Rescue and Purity work. Music in charge of Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman. Devotions, Mrs. T. H. Rainsford. "The spirit of purity in literature and in art." Heading, Mrs. H. N. Greneker. Short paragraphs by various members. Story leaflet, Mrs. J. W. Peak. "Lessons from the Kicheson crime," Mr*. NV. E. Lott. "To the Wise," a paslra, Mrs. W. C. Tompkins. Business. An Instructive Lecture. Dr. V. I. Masters, editorial sec retary of the Baptist Home Mis sion board, of Atlanta, accompa nied by his eldest son, a prepossess ing lad of IG, spent Saturday and Sunday in Edgefield as guests of Col. F. N. K. Bailey. Saturday night Mr. Masters give an illus trated lectuie at the college on the work that is being done by the home mission board. Sunday night he also gave an illustrated lecture at the Baptist church shoeing what the southern Baptists are doing in Cuba, in the large cities and in the mountain regions of Virginia, North Carolin* and Kentucky. The illustrations were placed upon the screen with unusual clearness, the outlines being as distinct and bright as the actual photographs. Many of the photographs were tak en by Mr. Masters himself as he has visited the mission fields in an official capacity. A* Mr. Masters is an eloquent and fascinating speaker aud having too an intimate personal knowledge of the several fields and their Workers, the lecture was ex ceedingly interesting. It was not only instructive but will result in increased interest in home missions. The School Letters. What has become of The Adver tiser's school children? We have missed them. Only 2 or 3 letters have been sent in by school child ren since the session opened. Wake up children and bestir yourselves. You teachers must become interest ed too. Early last year The Adver tiser threw its columns open to the school children of the county in the hope that it would aid the teachers in their efforts to induce their pup ils to take more interest in letter writing, something that is too much neglected in our schools. We were gratified at the prompt and very generous responses that came. Al most ever}' school sent in one or more letteis through its pupils. Now we want to see the same inter est taken this session. The Adver tiser will cheerfully give space for six or more letters each week. Only ?me a week however must be writ ten from a school. Children, be sure to send your name with your letters. We never publish an article of any kind that is not accompanied by the name of the writer. ,If so requested, we will not publish the nan e of the author but -mist have it on file in the office. Several weeks ago we received a nicely written letter from the Gard nerv i le school but the writer neg lected to send his or her name, and for th ir reason the letter was not publis' ed. We did not know who wrote ii, so we could not write the sender .vhy it never did appear in the pap:?r. Send in your letters children. The Advertiser will glad ly bear the cost of publishing them in order i ? encourage you and your faithful t uohers. Large Purchases. We have just unloaded One solid car of chairs, One solici car of furniture, One solid car of Hackney wagons, One solid car of Hackney bug gies, and are now ready to supply you with everything in these lines. Ramsey & Jones. Georgia Yams. Although he is more than a hun dred miles away, our always thoughtful-friend, Mr. S. Cheatham, has not forgotten The Advertiser. We have just received a box of very fine 'Georgia yams which he sent U8 by prepaid freight. They were shipped in time to have reach ed us before the oounty fair but were delayed in some unaccounta ble way. We expected to place them alongside Edgetield-connty raised potatoes, not for the purpose of winning a prize but just to show what our Georgia friends are doing in the way of living at home. The Advertiser is very grateful for Mr. Cheatham's tnoughtininess. Stores to Close. ' We the undersigned merchants agree to close our stores Thursday 28th, 1?) 12 : Ramsey & Jones, Smith Marsh Co., Ti m m ons & Morgan, Dorn & Minis, Penn & Holstein, W. L. Dunovant, Israel Mukashy, Dunovant & Co., The Edgefield Mercantile Co. J. Rabenstein, Stewart & Kernaghan, H. H. Sanders, W. H. Turner, Rives Bros., W. E. Lynch & Co., J. W. Peak, W. W. Adams & Co., JuncM & Son, . W. A. Hart, L. T. May. Berea and Stevens Creek. Next Sunday morning at the regular hour for service a special service will be held at Berea church. Rev. and Mrs. John Lake will be present and Mr. Lake will conduct the Berrico. This is the nearest church in the Edgefield association to the boyhood home of Mr. Lake and we are confident thal it will afford him peculiar pleasure to meet the people of that section. On the other hand, we are sure the peo ple will be very glad of the oppor tunity of again seeing Mr. Lake and meeting Mrs. Lake. From Berea Mr. and Mrs. Lake will go to Stevens Creek church to conduct a special service Sunday afternoon. This was the church to which Mr. Lake's ancestry belonged and it will also give him pleasure to meet the good people of that sec tion. If we mistake not he served Stevens Creek as pastor when he was a resident of the county. Next Sunday should be a happy da?*j?T the peo >le of the Be rea-Pleasant Lane-McKendreeS-tevens Creek communities. The public is cordially invited to attend the services at both Berea and Stevens Creek. From Stevens Creek Mr. and Mt J. Lake will go to Greenwood, and thence to Abbeville to attend the state Bap tist convention next week. Defeat of Bond Issue May Mean Higher Taxes. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 24.-The general impresi?n in South Caroli na was that only a majorty vote was required to pass the bond issue for ?1,000,000 to relieve the con gested conditions at the State Hos pital for the Insane. Investigation of the joint resolution providing for the election, late last night, devel oped the fact that a two-thirds vote was required. The measure only carried by 99 ? votes and is, there fore, lost. The defeat of the asylum bond issue means that the state of South Carolina will have to do some "high financing" next year. It means tl t the annual budget will have to be increased by several hundred thousanl dollars to meet the loans from the sinking fund commission, and that the state tax levy will have to be increased from five mills to possibly seven mills. The resolu tion providing for the election on the issue was introduced in the house by Lowndes J. Browning, chairman of the ways and means committee. Tho resolution provided that the bonds were to run for forty years at 4 per cent, per an num. The property of the old State Hospital for the Insane was put upas security. If the issue had carried the taxpayers would not have had to pay one cent extra, as the property in Columbia is very valua ble, containing several hundred acres. South Carolina is trying to re fund her debt of ?0,000,000. This throws the state on a rocky way. Separate Your Seed For Planting. Fat seed make fat crops. Fat crops make fat bank rolls. With my improved separator I can sepa rate your cotton seed for planting better than ever this winter. A postal will bring me. John W. Spann, Edgefield, S. C. Judson Memorial Fund. As a fitting celebration of th founding of American Baptist For eign Missions, and as a snitabh memorial to the founder, Adoniran Judson, Southern Baptists are plan ning to raise a special fund $1,250, 000 for foreign missions, which ii to be expended in building and en larding churches, hospitals, colleges seminaries and in equipping print ing plants for publishing the Bibi in foreign languages. Of this spe cial fund the Baptist? of this stati will be asked to contribute $100,000 and of South Carolina's portion tht Edgefield association is expected t< raise $2,000 a year for three years making ?6,000 from the association In order to discuss the matte and formulate plans looking t< raising the ?6,000, all of th? 1 hurches in the Edgefield associa tion werp requested by Mr. Orlinrh Sheppard, the moderator of the as sociation. to send representatives t< a conference at Edgefield. Thl conference was held h^re in th< Baptist church Tuesday, the follow ing churches being represented Clark's Hill, Ebenezer, Horn' Creek, Republican, Red Oak Grove Antioch, Red Hill, Parksville, Rc hoboth, Mountain Creek, Bob Spring, South Side Baptist church Hardy's, Mt. Zion 'and Edgefield Mr. Sheppard presided over tb conference and Rev. J. T. Littlejohi acted as clerk. As Rev. John Lake is not onb fresh .from the field and knows per sonally of the imperative need which the special lund i.* intend<-( to relieve, hut is also thoroughl; conversant with the purposes aw plans of 'he foreign mission board he was requpsted to state in detai the object of the conference and t< give direction to its deliberations This he did, notwithstanding hi evident indisposition, in a clear concise and rrost effective way After he had so earnestly and ten derly, and withal, so sincerely an< honestly, set forth the great need of the foreign fields, as well a emphasize the great opportnnit; that is presented, those present fel that ?00,000 instead of ?6,00< could and should be raised. A the conference was altogethe informal, Mr. Lake, at his re quest, was asked questions, whicl enabled those present to ge! in very close touch with China, th< needs of course being similar in th< other foreign lands where work ii done by our board. Just at this time the greatest handicap to Mr. and Mrs. Lake anc their co-workers is a dearth of th? Bible printed in Chinese as inter pretel by the Baptists. As Rev. anc Mrs. Lake and Rev. and Mrs Snuggs are in such close touch wii.l Edgefield and with South Carolina giving much of their time to this section, and are so deeply interested in the work of the China Baptis Publication Society, the board will be requested to devote what Edge field and South Carolina contribu? to this special fund to enlarging anc better equipping the printing planl in China. Knowing that what wt contribute will enable OUR mission aries to do their work easier and more effectively should appeal tc our county and state pride, and therefore make easier the raising ol our portion of the Judson Memorial Fund. We say OUR missionaries ad visedly or with deliberation. Of course John Lake and his bosom companion are ours, and Rev. and Mrs. Snuggs and their dear sweet children have so endeared them selves to us and have so deeply im pressed us with their great value and earnestness as Christian workers that Edgefield and South Carolina have adopted them also. After a full discussion of the pos sibilities of raising Edgefield's por tion of the memorial fund, as well as discussing in detail plans for ac tually securing the money, a motion was unanimously and very heartily adopted to the effect that it was the sense of the conference that this as sociation contribute ?2,000 a year for three years. The clerk will ad vise the foreign mission board in Richmond of the action of the con ference. At the suggestion of Mr. Lake, a motion was also adopted requesting that Rev. T. B. Lanham, who is now engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in Medina, Ohio, be engaged to can vass thc association for the purpose of raising the money. The time during which this canvass is to be made will be left with the board and Mr. Lanham, but it was sug gested that, on account of the unfav orable weather and bad roads, it he not undertaken until early spring. After spending two or three months mingling with the people iu every pa?t of the county Tom Lanham can raise any amount of money he asks for. The Baptist hosts should consider themselves fortunate if he asks for only ?6,000, for in the lan guage of the street, they would, un der his hypnotic influence, have to "come across" with $10,000 or $20,000 if he should so elect A motion by Rev. J. T. Little WEDDING Our.stock of silverware glass, gold and silver jew and silver novelties was ne Designs ? Everything is from the 1 manufacturers in the count Let us supply your need better equipped in every d best our price?? nre very guaranteed. Will be a plea our stock. A. j. R: 706 Broad St , A john pndor?i'ne tho work of Rev. arni Mr?. Snuggs was unanimously adopted. Knowing personally of the real values of the service of these good people, it, always affords the Bantists of this association, both individually and collectively, pleasure to speak a word in their behalf and to bid them Godspeed in their work. With one accord and with unu sual emphasis, all who were present pronounced this informal confer ence one of the most delightful oc casions of the kind that they have ever attended. While the ladies who were present did not partici pate actively in the doli bera ti ons. they smiled approvingly upon what ?asdone, and otherwise greatly fa cilitated the work of the day by providing a bountiful luncheon which was served in the annex of the church. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina-bounty of Edgefield-Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. S. B. Burton-Plaintiff Against-S. Z. Seiglerand the Far mers Bank-Deten Lints. Pursuant to the decree in this cause I will offer for sale at public out-cry to the highest bidder, be fore the Court House, Town of Edgefield and State of South Caro lina on sales day in December 1912, the same being the 2nd day of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following described realty to-wit: All that tract of land situate in Moss Township, in the County of Edgefield and State aforesaid, con taining One Hundred acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Nick Griftis; on the East by lands of Nick or T. J. Griffis, on the West by lands of T. P. Mor gan and Martintown road, and on the South by R. A. Turner and Samuel Cheatham. Terms of Sale. One half of the purchase money cash; balance on a credit of one year, with interest from date of sale or all cash at pur chasers option, if any there be, to be secured by the bond of the pur chaser and a mortgage or the prem ises, said bond and mortgage pro viding for the payment of ten per cent attorneys fee if it should be necessary to collect same by law. If the purchaser fails to comply with the terms of the sale, the Mas ter will within one hour, resell same on the same day at the risk of the former purchaser, unless sat isfactory arrangement can be made with the Master. Purchaser to pay for papers. S. M. Smith, Master E. C. S. C. Nov. 7, 1912. Porto Rico's New Wonder. From far away Porto Rico come reports of a wonderful new discov ery that is believed will vastly bene fit the people. Ramon T Marchan, of Barceloneta, writes: "Dr. King's New Discoveiy is doing splendid work here. It cured me about five times of terrible coughs and colds, also my brother of a severe cold in his chest and more than 20 others, who used it on my advice. We hope this great medicine will yet be sold in every drug store in Porto Rico." For throat and lung troubles it has no equal. A trial will convince you of its merit. 50c and 8I.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch & Co. Executor's Notice. All persons indebted to the late George W. Johnson will please make payment at once to the un dersigned, and all persons holding claims against his estate will pre sent them at once to th*: undersign ed for payment. R. M. Johnson, Executor. Nov-l-1912-ll-6-3t. . PRESENTS decorated china, cut elry, diamonds, watches ver larger. ire New. eading and most reliable s. We have never been epartment, nnd vvhnt is reasonable. Sntisf-;ction sure to show von through ENKL ugusta, Georgia Master's Sale. State of South Carolina-County of Edgefield-Court of Common Pl oas. Bertha E. Rush- Plaintiff 'Against-John G. Horde, et. al. Defendants. Pursuant to the decree in this cause I will offer for sale at public out-cry to the highest bidder, be fore the Court House, Town of TCd?refleld .inri Staff? of South Caro lina on sales day in December 1912, the same being the 2nd dav of said month, between the legal hours of sale the following realty to-wit: All and singular that tra^t of land situate in Meriwether Town ship in the County of Edgefield, State of Sooth Carolina, containing Three Hundred and Sixtv (360) acres more or less, and bounded on the North by S. ?fe W. T. Garner; South by lands of Mrs. F. Gr. Simp son; on the East by lands of Mrs. A. Carpenter, and on the West by lands of Avery Franklin. Terms of Sale. One-half of the purchase money cash; balance on a credit of one year, with interest from d tte of sale, or all cash at the purchasers option; the credit por tion if any there be, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, said bond and mortgage providing for the payment of ten per cent attorneys fee if it should be necessary to col lect the same by law. If the purchaser fails to comply with the terms of the sale the Mas ter within one hour, will resell same on the same day at the risk of the former purchaser, unless satisfacto ry arrangement can be made with the Master. Purchaser to pav for paper. S. M. Smith, Master, E. C. S. C. Nov. 7, 1912. A nice line saddles, prices right. Wilson & Cantelou. Boys su'ts, overcoats, pants and hats a full line, 25 per cent less than elsewhere F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. FREE, FREE, FREE. A nice present to any one that brings in the seven advertisements that I have in this paper mentioning paper be fore December 1, 1912 or we will send present with any order of $1.00 or more. F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Stetson hats and other makes, a full line for ?2.50 up. Welours hats $4.00 all shades. F. G. Mertins, Augusta, Ga. Elk Tailoring Company ofter s free extra pair pants with each order for Suit or Overcoat, this offer good until December 25, 0. P. Bright, Agent Elk-Knickerbocker Lukone and Scotch Woolen Mills