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Established 1835. /. I. 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. No communications will be published anl^s accompanied by the writer's name. Gards of Thanhs, Obituaries, Resolu tions arjd Political Notices published at ' advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1913. Of all wild beasts pres erve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, from a.flat terer.--JOHNSON. If Woodrow Wilson is as great sue cess as president as he is as cabinet maker, he will not be excelled by any of his predecessors. The law abiding citizen seldom says anything about legislation curtailing his rights. It is the fellow who diso beys the law who is always complain ing of the stringency of law. , The report of the grand jury In this issue con tains several valuable recom mendations. Read the report and use your influence toward having the sug gestions and recommendations carried out The honor that is shown William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State shows what a hold he has upon the people. But for his greatness his de feats would have hopelessly relega tedhim to the rear.JFew indeed are the men in public life who can live down politically three defeats. Monday Senator Tillman formally presented the name of Hon. J. Wm. Thurmond to Attorney General1 Mc Reynolds for appointment to the South Carolina District Attorneyship. Mr. Thurmond is very strongly endorsed and will very likely be appointed. A better selection could not be made for the place. The annual reunion of the South Car olina division of the United Confeder ate Veterans will be held in Aiken on April 23 and 24. As the ranks of the veterans are thinning rapidly, the at tendance upon the reunions grows less with each passing year. The Edge field veterans whose wont it was to attend all of the reunions have passed awav. The Webb bill was not intended to be an infringement of individual or personal rights. It does not prohibit the shipment of whiskey into dry terri tory for personal use, but it is aimed at the shipping of contraband whiskey. Under the Webb bill the shipment of barrels packed with pint and quart bottles of whiskey into Edgefield can be stopped. Edgefield has a marshal who will put a stop to it too. The South in the Saddle. During the Colonial period and for some years immediately following, the affairs of state were administered largely by Southern men, and it ap pears now that history is repeating it self . Although it has been very long, a turn has at last come in the lane. To-day a Southern man occupies the White Ho re and half of the Cabinet are either Southern men or were origi nally fror^ the South. In addition to this, the fact that the Democrats are in the majority in the legislative branch | of the government gives Southern sen ators and congresnmen greater power as lawmakers than they have enjoyed fora number of years. Paraphrasing the immortal words of Lincoln, we have a "government of Southern people, by Southern people for the whole people." Minister to Cuba. Monday the name of Capt. Wm. E. Gonzales, Ihe editor of The State, was presented to President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan for appoint ment as minister to Cuba, and it is al together probable.that the appointment will be made. Both President Wilson and Mr. Bryan have a personal knowl edge of the splendid service that Capt. Gonzales has rendered to the Democrat ic party for the past twelve years and longer. No name has been presented to the president that is more deserving of recognition and honor at the hands of the administration than is this dis tinguished South Carolinian. Nothing need be said of his fitness for the po sition. Capt. Gonzales is abundantly able to represent the United States at the court of any nation. t Month of Fires. . March is regarded as the most fruit ful month of the entire 12 for fires. In fact'statistics ^how that fire losses are heavier thrppghout the country during March than-during any other time of the year.. This is doubtless due primarily to ?the prevailing' high winds.of March. .Not only is fire more likely to break out m March, but once star ted greatendamage is wrought, as it is practically ' impossible to extin guish flames during, a high wind un less modern fire fighting" machinery is at hand. . - . . In the absence pf. a water system, fire fighting machinery or even an or ganized body of men, it behooves the people of-Edgefield tobe all the more careful with fire while March winds blow. Keep the ash-box out in the y ard away from any building, and be fore retiring at night see that the buckets about the house contain wa ter, so they can be used if you are awakened by the cracking of fire during the night. During the month of February, ac cording to statistics just issued by In surance Commissioner McMaster, the los ses by fire in South Carolina aggre gated the sum of. $177,000. Of this amount but little more than $10 is credited to Edgefield. Let's keep up the good record for .March by using every precaution possible. Of course, fires occasionally occur when nobody is to blame; but?in 'he vast majority of cases' lossfes by fire could be averted by a little forethought and precaution. A Victory for Prohibition. The passage of the Webb bill has put the whiskey houses to confusion. Here to fore the great liquor octopus has on ly been handicapped by local legisla ti on, which it bas ruthlessly trampled under foot when not held in check by a strong public sentiment, but now t hat national legislation is curtailing his power a new problem confronts the wholesale liquor seller. Of course the passage of th? Webb bill is a great 7 ictory, especially so when the enor mous majority by which it passed over , the president's veto is considered, but ] we do not hope to see very much ac :omplished for prohibition by the meas lre. What delights The Advertiser , nost in this connection is the fact that | the national congress has begun to i consider liquor legislation favorably. ] ? eretofore it has been impossible for | ;he prohibition forces to havt a meas- i ire even favorably reported. Attempts < it legislaci?n always met defeat before i he committees of the house and < tenate. i The passage of the Webb bill is only i beginning. We next expect to see ] congress prohibit the granting of Uni- i ted States licenses to sell liquor in dry ] territory. Aftpr this step has been ; taken, crystalized public sentiment I ?viii assert or manifest itself through i the passage of some law that will goa I step farther. Nothing rash or radical mould be done. Let each step be sus- i tained or "backed up" by a whole some public sentiment and then there ; will be steady advance instead of re- ; Lrograding. Make Your Own Ammonia. The most expensive element of plant food, that farmers hav?; to buy is ammo nia. The price ot' commercial fertiliz ers advance in proportion as the quan tity of ammonia contained therein is in creased. In this section farmers who do not use high .grade ready-mixed fer tilizers purchase their ammonia in either cottonseed meal or nitrate of soda, and for that reason they are greatly concerned over the very decided ad vance in both meal and soda. If large yields are to be harvested, a heavy application of ammonia is need ed because of the impoverished condi tion of our soils. This is particularly true of land which has not been rota ted The absence of humus or vegeta ble matter makes the application of fertilizers containing ammonia necessa ry. If crops are rotated and cover crops are used vegetable matter can be gradually restored and then the purchasing of large quantities of am monia will not be necessary. The sharp advance in meal and nitrate of soda, being now around $30 and $60 per ton, respectively, will force farmers to make their ammonia at home by sow ing peas in the summer and vetch and the clovers in winter. Just as high priced western corn causes farmers to make more corn at home, so will the high price of ammonia force them to look to other sources than commercial fertilizers for their ammonia. There is nothing yet that equals barnyard fertilizers for both feeding the growing crop and increasing the fertility of the soil. And while these home-made fertilizer factories have, been in a measure closed down for some years it is probable that the pres ent price of commercial fertilizers will cause them to resume operation. What The Advertiser urges is that as far as possible make the ammonia on the farm. It can be done. There is no better soil restorer than the clay pea and there is no more satisfactory fer tilizer than barnyard fertilizer. It may prova to be a blessing in disguisa if nitrate of soda should advance 100 per cent in price. An Inexcusable Laxness. The people are complaining, and just ly so, because of a laxness that exists in connection with the administration of justice m Edgefield county. The manner in which the courts are con ducted, in other words, the hundling of cases after warrants have been issued, increases the burdan of the taxpayers besides having a tendency to encour age lawlessness. The editor of The Advertiser has been informed by Supervisor A. A. Edmunds that thevo is a negro in jail who was placed there [last August on account of his failure to give oond as a material fcwitness in a homicide case. The case was continued from the Oc tober term of court and the negro, who is only a witness and not particeps criminis, was still kept in jail. The case was continued again last week from the March term of court and the negro is yet in jail. Granting that the case will be disposed of next August, which is doubtful if we are to judge the future by the past, the negro although accused of no crime will have been im prisoned practically a year before be ing given an opportunity to testify. In the first place, common justice de mands that the negro be given his lib erty instead of being ? imprisoned for a year. It was his misfortune that he was unable to give bond last August and it was then proper to place him in jail for a reasonable time. But af ter two terms of court come and go, is it right to thus deprive an innocent man of his liberty? The sense of jus tice that is implanted in every human breast answers this question emphati ly in the negative. We do not know anything about the case with which the negro is connected as a witness but we say let it be brought to trial or thrown out of court and the negro discharged. Aside from the view point of right and wrong, there is a financial aspect to the question that must not be over looked. Up to this time, in board and per diem as witness, keeping the ne gro in jail has cost the county $178. That is not the worst of it. If the ne gro is held until the August terra of court, the total cost to the county will be $314. This money will come out of the pockets of the taxpayers without jne cent m return. It is worse than no return. Such laxness in adminis tering justice tends to encourage law- ' lessness. Speedy trials and vigorous prosecutions have a deterrent effect apon the would-be criminal, while, per :ontra, laxness and continuance after :ontinuance, together with long-drawn- , jut trials, make the committing of :rime easy. Should the prosecuting attorney be lacking in diligence, become careless in conducting cases that are sent up to " him, then the grand jury and presiding judge sb' u.d look more closely into mat ters an . know the reason why the dock et is not cleared, why cases are not brought to trial more promptly. The keeping of a witness in jail practically a year, as is probable in the case above cited, costing the tax payers more than 5300 in cold cash, is a matter that should receive the im mediate attention of the grand jury. Court of Common Pleas. The civil conrt convened Mon day morning, being presided over by Judge L W. Bowman, of Gr au ge buri;. The case set for the first day was called but resulted in a non-suit. It was an action brought by the Cen tral National Bauk of Kansas City, Mo., against Messrs. Garrett, jlar kert and others to collect a note of something over $3,000 that was given for the purchase of a French Coach stallion. The plaintiff was represented by Folk tfc Sirakins and the defendants by Thurmond & Nicholson. The court was engaged yesterday with a suit by W L Sanders, of Spartanburg against the Charleston & Western Carolina railroad to re cover damages in the sum of $10, 000 for injuries alleged to have been received while in the employ ment of the defendant company. Mr. Sanders was a member of the construction force which was at work on the road ,at some place in Barnwell county and while lying on a bed in his car a freight traiu was backed againstthe carr,esuiting in the injury alleged in the com plaint. The railway company was rep resented by Sheppard Bros and the plaintiff by Thurmond & Nichol son and Capt. N. G. Evans. After being out about an hour the jury rendered a verdict of $750 for the plaintiff. The case of Owens vs. the West ern Telegraph Company will be called this morning. Guaranteed Hosiery. Why not wear guaranteed hosiery when you get four pairs of Buster Brown lisle hose or half hose for one dollar guaranteed by Rives Bros. for 4 months or a aingle pair for 5c, with no guarantee. The best goods sold for the money start ing at 15c. The silk half hose start at 35c up, and silk hose at 50c upward.-Adv. I What, Others 8ay | .i. * Let's Be Up ard Loin?. Augusto also wants the Interurban. Now is the time tor Fdgefield and Sa luda to get busy.-Greenwood Journal. Post Mortem Virtues. There are some people whose virtues are unknown until the writer of obitu ary notices and tombstone inscriptions get on the job.-Spartanburg Journal. Same's True of Edgefield. .If you do not believe that Charles ton was the original site of the Garden of Eden, just leave the old town for a while andeee how axious you are to get back.-News and Courier. Dormant Microbes Disturbed. Time draweth nigh when the assort ed microbes that have been lying snug and innocuous in the carpet all winter will be roused up by the spring-clean ing housewife and scattered all over the place.-The State. A Good Suggestion. ' Use the split log drag just a little before you begin plowing, and natural ly before you begin hauling fertilizer, and you have no idea what a money maker it will prove to you.-Newberry Herald and News. Akin to Modern Styles. A French sculptor-, has carved a statue of Salome, using white marble for the lady's person and pink marble for her garments. The statue is al most entirely white,-News and Cou rier. The People Haven't Forgotten. Should Ex-Senator McLaurin enter] the race tor Governor, his relations with Standard Oil while representing the people at Washington would be thoroughly ventilated, much to his discredit, if the letters we have recent ly published that he wrote to Arcnbold are true. He must think the people have very short memories.-Orange burg Times and Democrat. .fr v I Smile Provokers | ?fr ?> ?J* ?J? -*- * |i sji ?J? tSi A ?J* .{?.J* ?fi . Bessie-Did you scream"when he trii'd to kiss you? ?MBOT Jessie-No, there is a poor man across the street who is dreadfully sick.-Philadelphia Telegraph. Johnnie, asked his teacher, "can you give us a sentence using tl e t?Wd income in it?" Johnnie hesitated a moment, then: "Yes'um, he replied. "The boy opened the door and in como a cat." -Woman's Home Companion. "Look here, now Harold," said a father to his little son, who was naughty, "if you don't say^ your prayers you won't go to heaven. "I don't want to go to heaven," sobbed the boy; "I want to go with you and mother."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. Arthur: ''Did you ever notice how one person alwin's reminds you of another." Jim: 'Well, I notice that when ever I see one of my creditors I al ways think of that cute little heir ess I'm going to marry in June. " Ex-governor Penny-packer, dis cussing the divorce evil in Philadel phia, said, with a smile: "In these times one never, as the saying goes, knows where one is at. An acquaintance of mine extended his hand to me at the Historical so ciety the other day and cried: "Congratulate me! I am the hap piest man alive!" "I looked at him doubtfully." "Engaged, married or divorced? I asked." The Cincinnati Enquirer, relates that a school teacher recently re ceived the following note from the mother of one of her pupils: "Dear Mis: You writ me about whippin Sammy. I giv you permis sion to beet him up eny time he won't learn his lesson. He is just like his father and you hev to beet him with a club to lern him eny thing. Pound nolege into him. Don't pay no attention to what his father says, I will handle him." A young ladysnd her fiance were waiting for a street car. After sev eral cars had passed that they were unable to get aboard, the young man became impatient. He waved frantically at the next car as it hove in sight, then leaped upon the plat form and said in a pleading voice: Como on Helen, we can manage to squeeze in here, can't we? She blushed faintly, but sweetly replied: "I suppose we can, dear, but Cdon't you think we'd better wait until we get home?"-Ladies' Home Jonraal. We will hold our annual spring millinery opening next and Thursday, March 18, 19 and 20. Our milliner, Miss Eva Lasseter, of Atlanta, will take pleasure in showing the ladies the new styles and new trimmings. 10,000 ? i, IP??. IRON FENCEI CHEAPER ?^fc^than Wood i?TV/TVriii 11111 e if 11 111E1111M The Stewart Iron Works Coi CINCINNATI. OHIO ] The Largest Manufacturera of Iro? Fence In the World, have purcfcaBed enough raw material to make .^tj 5,000,000 Feet of Iron Fence ! and have allotted 10,000 Peet for thlaf territory, which wo ar* authorized t* sell at a price never before heard of.' i Now is The Time to "FIX UP!'! Take advantage of thia opportunity!" and put up a neat Iron, Fence In ir oat of your home. IRON FENCE FOR ALL PURPOSES ! I Renlt? cn ce?. Schools, Churches, Cernea terlcs, Grave iat Enclouures, Bte ?par~Over 200 DESIGNS to Select from.1 For a EST PRICE con on os od?tc?> Metal Fence Cheaper Than Wood We can sell this fem:. . r 35 cents per foot with posts. Mail us your nann- ?nd nd dress on the following blank ?md we will send you n catalog. NAME. ADDRESS. Stewart & Kernaghan Patapsco, Mastodok, and oilier famous Fertilizers -of the n Georgia Chemical Works, of Augusta have an established position which is unequaled by any other goods on the market. 38 years of exper ience and careful study 1 f the fertilizer question back up every bag of these goods. No such reassurance as this can be furnished by oth*;rs. Then why exper iment with the uncertain. -FOR PRICES, TERMS, Etc.,|Call On THE EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE CO.