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fetabliahe? 1B35. /. L. M/MS_..?/ifor Published every W^dne?day in The Advertiser Building at Si.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published tt.iless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanhs. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. Wednesday, July 2. The memory is the treasurer to whom we must give funds, if we would draw the assistance we need. ROWE. A real live, aggressive Chamber of Commerce will mean some new enter prises for Edgefield. Political capital and campaign thunder come high when the cost is something like $70,000 annually to the State. As an exchange has aptly remarked, those who most need a change this hot weather haven't the change with which to make a change. ' With Charleston just acros3 the bay, the newspaper man laughed at His Ex cellency's attempt to make the Isle of Palms "dry" last week. In cutting off the Federal appropria tion from the South Carolina militia, Secretary Garrison is well fortified in his position. When the shoulders of more than half a hundred business men are put to the wheel Edgefield will be moved out of the old rut The C. O. D. feature of the parcel post law went into effect yesterday and the department has ordered that henceforth the ordinary stamps and the special parcel post stamps shall be in terchangeable. Either can be used on letters or packages. The attendance of 450 teachers upon the summer school now in session at Winthrop college, representing 42 of * the 44 counties, means that new life will be infused and new methods will be introduced into hundreds of schools throughout the state during the ses sion of 1913-14. All honor to the veterans of the blue and the gray who have assembled at Gettysburg! But of the teeming thou sands who are participating in this love feast, those most deserving of honor are the seven gTay-haired wo men who 50 years ago" nursed the wounded and dying Confederate and Union soldiers who bravely fought at Gettysburg for what they conceived to be right. An Inexcusable Delay. The supreme court has at last filed a decree in the case of T. U. Vaughn of Greenville, sustaining the findings of the lower court More than a year ago Vaughn committed a series of hor rible crimes and was sentenced by the court of general sessions last October to the e'ectric chair. As this demon in human form possessed some wealth, his lawyers appealed upon some flim sy technicality to the supreme court, where the matter has been pending for these many months. Such delays are inexcusable, there being no reason able ground for so long a delay in such cases. This long-drawn-out process of administering justice tends to encour age crime, while speedy trials followed by a prompt enforcement or execution of the court's decree or sentence tends to stay the hand of the would-be crimi nal. Clemson Scholarships. As announced in a notice published in this issue by County Superintendent of Education W. W. Fuller, an exami nation will be held July ll for the pur pose of awarding two Clemson'scholar ships. Surely the young men of the county will not have to be urged to ap ply for these scholarships. There should be at least a score or more of applicant". lt was a reflection upon the young men of the county that only two ap peared before the board last year to be examined for the Clemson scholar ships, and as both of these failed to make the required 60 per cent, on the examination the scholarships were not awarded for last year. Had a larger number appeared for examination it is probable that two would have made the required average, thus enabling our county to get the benefit of the Clemson scholarships to which it is entitled. Should any desire to compete for these scholarships who have not had the opportunity of obtaining the neces sary blanks to be filled out, they can procure the blanks on the morning of the llth, which will not be too late. Much Work For New Organization Just as every farmer should diversi fy his crops so as to be able to convert some kind of farm produce in tc cash during every month of the year, so should a t07/r. so diversify its enter prises as to have weekly and semi monthly payrolls putting cash into cir culation throughout the entire year, Edgefield is distinctly an agricultural county, consequently there is but little cash money in circulation except through the sale of farm produce in the fall. What we need in Edgefield is sundry industrial enterprises which will be constantly putting money in circulation, in addition to giving em ployment to many of our young men, who are nov/ unable to find remunera tive employment in Edgefield. There is sufficient local capital to es ta blish such enterprises and there are also men ir. Edgefield who are capable of managing them. What is needed is organized effort and concert of action. ; which will come through the new com mercial organization that was formed at the mass-meeting yesterday after noon. There is much v/ork ahead for this new organization. Let something definite be taken up at once and let all efforts be concentrated upon it until actual results are realized. A Unique Bequest. That was a wise uncle out in Califor nia who recently left the sum of $5,000 to a nephew upon condition that the young man make and deposit in bank the sum of $1,000 before.the bequest was to be paid to him. The old gen tleman had doubtless seen money fall into the hands of young men which proved to be a curse rather than a blessing. The provision of the will requiring the young nephew to earn a considerable sum himself in advance of receiving the bequest taught him. at least to some extent, the value of a dollar. It is not infrequently the case that a father will deny himself almost to the point of enduring hardship in order to leave the members of his family in comfortable circumstances at his death, forgetting that placing responsibilities upon his sons and teaching them the real value of money is of vastly more importance than amassing wealth, that will fall into inexperienced, irresponsi ble hands. In this day of extravagant living, when the yielding to temptation is made so easy, no greater misfortune can befall some young men than to have a considerable sum of money placed at their disposal. Of course there are exceptions to this just as to everything else, but generally speaking young people do not know how to use money wisely. The example of the old gentleman out in California is well worthy of thoughtful consideration. Needs Fire Protection. Just as a nation should prepare 'for war in time of peace, so should the in dividual and the community prepare for extinguishing fire before the fire actually occurs. Foremost among the needs of Edgefield is some adequate means of extinguishing fire.s For a number of years the small chemical engine rendered effective service, but for some reason, very probably neg lect, it is now out of commission. When the engine was purchased some citizens who are always ready to decry every forward movement, predicted that it would be altogether useless, being nothing but a toy. It is well known, however, that the engine actually saved property worth 10 or 20 times the money paid for it. Looking carefully into the matter of providing some means of fighting fire should be one of the first things to command the atten tion of the Chamber of Commerce, acting of course with the town council. As the town now owns two mules it would not be as difficult to arrange for carrying fire fighting apparatus to the scene of a conflagration as it was when the chemical engine was purchased. Possibly the chemical engine could be overhauled and be made todo effective work again. Who knows? Whose du ty is it to see that the engine is in proper working order? Edgefield is liable to have a fire any day or night that would invo'.ve a prop erty loss of five, ten or even fifty thou sand dollars. Now is the time to put out onion sets. We caa furnish you with flash sets. Ttmmons & Morgan. Firsiclass floor oil at only +0 cents per gallon, quality and satis faction guaranteed. B. Timmons. We can supply you with roof paint, a good quality, in red and black at 50 and 75 cents per gallon. Just as good quality as that which costs more. Penn <fe Holstein. I What Others Say f .fr * v->^-: : : ^----^-:--x-*\-->vv^->*-:-v Tell The Good Things. Tell all the good tL.ngs you know about neighbors and let some very vicious person give the faults and short comings in detail. -Spartanburg Jour nal. Funds Cut Off. Secession may be a very fine thing but some of the militia think that the treasury at Washington should be the last of the government to secede from. -The State. "Stretchable" Currency Needed. The kind of "elastic currency" we need is one that will stretch over the butcher's and the grocer's bills and still permit us to buy gasoline for the auto. -News and Courier. Heavy Loss to State. Last year the militia companies in South Carolina received something like $85,000 from the national government. Unless something happens pretty soon we won't get anything next year, but in the meantime we will be helping to pay the militia in other states.-Or angeburg Times and Democrat. Education Needed. A state is largely estimated by the interest its people manifest in educa tion. The people of a state must ?e willing to invest in education and see that their schools, colleges and univer sity are efficient or bear the responsi bility for ignorance and inefficiency, which mean more crime, pauperism | and insanity.-Farm and Ranch. Millions Spent For Canned Goods. According tb Col. E. J. Watson, South Carolinians spend about thirteen millions of dollars each year for can ned goods. \ ne census is quoted to show that the State sends out each year a little over one thousand dollars worth of canned tomatoes. The natural ques tion is why send out even that much when we have co import canned toma toes in such quantities. While canning I factories do not seem to thrive, there | is certainly room for each owner of a garden to can enough vegetables for the winter use of his family and the surplus can be marketed easily to less fortunate friends in town.-Greenwood Index. President a Strong Man. It is almost impossible to realize that President Wilson is going to be able to carry out his plans without a great row; but there is no question of the fact that he has been having his own j way up to this time. So far as con gress is concerned it is largely in a po sition to say, "just look what we did," if things turn out all right, or to say, ! "that is what I have been telling you all along." if things turn out other-1 wise. But Mr. Wilson does not'S??qjJI to be asking anybody to divide respon- ' sibility with him. All he asks of the Democrats is to, stand to th? ir pledges of parry fealty and uf the Republicans j he is asking nothing.-York'ville En-1 quirer. .fr +| I Smile Provokers |, --?-i----?- -J--i-?-?-4-5- I "A man may have great con versational abilities, and still have very few conversational opportuni ties/' "I know; I'm married myself." Willie-''Paw, what is a captain of finance?" Paw-"Any salaried man who can live within his income, my son." -Cincinnati Enquirer. Mike: "An' what are ye diggin' out that hole for, Pat?" Pat: "Arrah! an' it's not the hole Fm diggin' out; I'm diggin' the dirt and lavin' the hole"-Ex. "How well-behaved your children are!" 83.d the minister's wife. "They are perfectly lovely chil dren," added the minister. The parents smiled proudly, and up spoke little Agnes: "Pa said if we didn't behave he'd knock our blocks off, didn't you pa?" "Patrick, you were on abad spree yesterday." 'Yis, so rr, I wuz. Bless mo, if I weien't a-layin' in lue gut ter wid a pig. Father Dunn came along, looked at me, an' savs, says he: 'One is known by the company lie keeps'." "And did you get up, Patrick?" "No; but the pig did." Tit Bits. Some years ago in one of the western states of America an Eng ligshman,an Irishman and a Scotch man were found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but were al lowed to decide the manner of death themselves. The Scotchman prompt ly chose to be hanged on an ash tree; the Englishman chose an oak; but Pat said: "If it plaze your hon or; I'd rather be hung on a goose berry bush." "That's not big enough," said the judge. Thin, said Pat, biigntening up, Ot'll wait till it grows. "-Ex. The Battle-Flag of the 7th Regi ment Goes Back to Gettys burg. Editor Advertiser: We leave to day for the Reunion of the Gray and the Blue at Gettysburg, and I will carry with me the Battle-Flag of the Tth S. C. Regt, and let it float once more over the sanie ground that it did so proudly, just 50 years ago. This flag received its baptism of fire and blood for the first time at the battle of Fredericks burg, December the 13th 18*>2. Our first flag being torn to pieces with shot and shell, from Richmond to Sharpsburg, I can't recall just how many men were killed and woundej under its pure folds. John Clark was i?ur color-beater at Gettysburg, and wounded at that battle, and was killed dead at the battle of Chickamauga; with this precious emblem in his hands. Miss Mary Poppenheim of Charleston S. C., is ,the custodian of our flag; and she has sent it to rae to be displayed at Gettysburg one time more. I love this flag, as*a mother loves h?r first born, while I stand ready to strike down to the death any foe, who upholds insult in any wayto the Uni ted States flag; but there never was, nor never will be a flag, that floats on land or sea that I can love as I do this. Three of my brothers were killed t nderitand three were wounded twice, hence I love it. I Yes, I love it. So I am going to take it back and let the boys see what they run from so hurriedly across the meadow, ?nd the wheat field. But then our breast were full of daggers, now the white dove of peace, will spread her silver wings over that once bloody plain; and united we will stand. The blue and the gray. At the re-union at Chickamauga, I was in comversation with a beau tiful little womau from "Ohio." She said tome, Mr. Wright, when i tell you.what l ara you wont like it, I'm a Yankee! Why I said, bless your little soul I never in all my life had one thing against a yankee woman, it waa the yankee boys that I had the'scrap with, and not the girls, so we were good friends there after. So it will be at Gettysburg, I am going to have a better time now than I did when I was there last, and expect to come back a bet ter man. It was there that I had my closest call, as I saw it, and will Uli it later, but I sure did do some clean running. While at Chickamauga at the re union I met a man by the name of jBen Benson, who said* in speaking idf the little battle of Fort Sumter, |feS>ri4-1861 he ...said, -that- Wigfall ?fired the first. gun at the Fort. I told him tkat I would have to take ?issue with him there, for it was j ;Gov. Pickens' daughter that did .that, about which I willspeak later. 'It was Wigfall who carried the dis patch to Maj. Anderson demanding the surrender of the Fort to the Confederate States of America. More anon. J. Russell Wright. 'Items of Interest From Clark's Hill. The union meeting of this divi sion which met at Modoc passed off very pleasantly indeed. It was well attende 1 or both days and the speeches by the brethren on the va rious queries were good. The ladies in their house-keeping department must by no means be forgotten, the table on both dajs being loaded with all manner of delicious virands. The next meeting goes to Plum Branch. The opening of the peach season has brought into our midst many nice young men. Peaches are not very abundant with us this year. The first car was . shipped on Satur day, it being filled from the orch ards of Messrs. Rowland and Mid dleton. Mr. "Gus" Edmunds has reached us at last with his chaingang, and is going to redeem all of the promises which he made us last year. So we will soon have a boulevard. Mr. Frank Sharpton, one of our old veterans left for Gettysburg ou yesterday. . . Miss H. H. Wright who has been in the Farmern States for the past two months in the interest ci Home Missions, spent sevetaldays of last week with Mrs. S. T. Adams. She spoke of her work, of the large audiences which met her at each appointment and what deep interest was manifested. She also spoke of the beautiful hospitality extended her very much like that of her adopted Southern home. Mrs. Eugenia Middleton'is at home again, after a visit of some weeks in Augusta to her daughter, Mrs. Luke. An Irishman, standing in a crowded street c.r, lost his balance, and fell across a lady's lap. She was very indignant, and asked in a stormy tone: "Who are you, sir? who are you?" "I thought I was an Irishman, but it seems that I am a Laplander," waa the instant reply, j Boosters Are Now Organized A largely attended mass-meeting was held in the court house Thurs day afternoon for the purpose of organizing the business men of the town. A number enrolled their names as members of the tentative organization and a committee was appointed to solicit members, fixing Tuesday afternoon as the time for holding the next meeting. The meeting yesterday was well attended and there was considera ble interest manifested. B. E. Nicholson acted as temporary chair man, a permanent organization be ing effected by the election of the following officers: O. P. Bright, president; W. A. Byrd, vice president; W. P. Calhoun, secreta ry, and W. E. Lott, treasurer. On assuming the chair Capt. Bright thanked the members for the honor and expressed his determination to give the work of the Chamber of Commerce his very best effort and closest attention. Mr. Jack A. Lott, the president of the Johnston Chamber of Commerce, was pres ent by invitation and gave a very practical and helpful talk on what is being accomplished for the town of Johnston by a similar organisa tion. His suggestions will aid very materially in making a proper be ginning. A committee, consisting of J. C. Sheppard, N. G. Evans and B. E. Nicholson, was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, the president 3nd secretary being also members of the committee. The president was authorized to appoint the members of such committees as the constitution provided for, the names of the members of the sev eral committees to be announced at the next meeting which is to be held next Tuesday afternoon. This commercial organization has been launched under exceeding ly favorable auspieces and we con fidently believe that something tangible in developing the material interests of the town will result. The officers are active, aggressive men who are enthusiastic over the outlook and the members are the leading citizens of t he town and vicinitv. WE CARRY A MOST COMPLETE LINE OF Galvanized aud black piping Elbows Ties Unions Reducers Nipples Valves Ejectors Injectors Guage glasses Asbestos packing Rubber sheet packing. Saw tee ch Saw rings We cut and thread pipe to Gandy belting, 2-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 8-, and io-inch, 6 ply. Pump cyiinders Sinks Bath tubs Lavaratortes Gas tanks Cypress tanks Gasoline engines Rapid Fire hay presses Sisal and Manilla rope Fifth chains Coil chains sketch. Write for prices. Stewart & Kernaghan I Hot Weather Garments You cannot control the mercury but you can suit your clothing to the weather. The "good old summer time" ts here to remain for 4 months, so you had better provide the light weight gar ments that will insure comfort. We have light weight clothing in all of the popular colors and weaves. We have oxfords for men aud boys that are stylish and dura able. Try a Grosset or a Selz-Schwab Oxford We have light weight underwear of all kinds, can fit any size and satisfy any taste. We have stylish hats in straw? panama and felts. We have the largest assortment of hosiery we have ever carried. We aie sole agents for the Eclipse Shirts the best shirts on the market tor the money. Dorn & Mims