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?IfltstJ?ettJspapErlIn^wJth tartina VOL. 78. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29,1913 NO. 38 The Advertiser's Frize Capital Prize The piano, 7 1-3 Octaves; three strings throughout; copper bass strings, milled pressed bar; repeating action with continu ous brass flange rail and capstain screw in key; full iron plate; handsomely bronzed throughout; cross banded Maple tuning pin block; felt hammers; three pedals; improved muffler attachment; polished ebony sharps; Boston fall board; tuning pins set in Ma ple bush; continuous hinges for fall board and top; Norris patent noisekoS pedal action; double veneered throughout; guaranteed ten years. First Prize $400 Piano. , .... $sm& ?ST1 $100 Diamond Ring Other Valuable Prizes to be Announced Later. Rules and Regulations: Rule 1. All money obtained by the contestants shall be turned over tu the Contest Manager. Rule 2. Contest manager's signature must be affixed to all votes before they are of any value in the contest. Rule 3. Votes cannot be bought or exchanged; the contest will be run on a fair, square basis, fair to all. Votes can only be obtained by securing subscriptions, getting renewals, obtaining advertising, job work, or by cutting the nomination or free vote certificate o*it of each issue. Each contestant allowed one nomination coupon, giving her 2,000 votes. Rule 4. All votes must be in the ballot box Tuesday of each week by noon. Rule 5. No votes will be allowed on subscriptions held out more than one week after being secured by contest ants. Subscriptions must be turned in promptly, togeth er with the money collected for them. Votes will be is sued when the money is received, but the contestants may retain these votes and cast them whenever they wish. Rule 6. Nominators and contestants in The Advertis er's contest must agree to and accept all rules and con ditions. Rule i. The right is reserved to reject any name of contestant for a cause; also to alter these rules should occasion demand. 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With every subscription to The Advertiser paid in ad vance or renewal, a coupon good for a certain number of votes will be given. The number of votes is according ,to "SCHEDULE OF VOTES." The coupons may be clipped from the paper, and if sent in to The Advertiser before the date of same ex pires, they are good for their face value. Who May Vote. Parties living in one district are not confined to voting for candidates in any particular district but may vote for any candidate in any district in the territory of the contest. Anyone desiring to vote may do so, using for the purpose of voting the coupon published in The Ad vertiser or the ballots secured on subscriptions, adver tising or job work. NOMINATION BALLOT, 2,000 VOTES. To enter this contest fill ont this coupon and send to th? Contest De partment of The Advertiser. Each contestant entitled to one nomina tion good for 5,000. In the prize voting contest. I hereby nominate Mrs., or Miss. Postoffice._.State. Signed_._.. Address._ Date. JOHNSTON LETTER. First Lyceum Attraction Held in New Opera House D. of C. Making Plans For Flower Show. The first lyceum attraction was held on Tuesday evening in the new opei a house, which Mr. H. W. Crouch has fitted up. The stage is a modern one and the different scenes of the stage fixtures are ad mirably selected. The curtains rep resent a scene in Venice. A sweet toned piano has been placed for the orchestra. During the winter a num ber of excellent attractions are an ti ci pated. Mesdames W. K. Hoyt and Lau ra Ready are at home from a visit tc relatives in Orgletborpe, Ga The D. of C. are making plans to have the flower show, which is to be on Tuesday, November 4th, a very enjoyable day. A bountiful dinner will be served. The baby show which was to have been in the afternoon has been postponed until another date. Mr. O. D. Black spent a few days of the past week in Anderson in the home of his brother, Rev. J T. Black. Rev. Black is pastor of the Christian chureh which was oompleted during the past year, and it was principally through his efforts that a more handsome ho of worship was erected. S Mrs. F. A. Tompkins went-to Knowlton hospital on Saturday last for medical treatment. :?M?88 Daisy Sawyer has gone to L Vidalia, Ga. ^Visitors to Augusta during the < pajst week were Mr. and Mrs J. A. t Lott, Mrs. E. R. Mobley, Mr. and { P., B. Waters, Mrs., A, T. } fflng.' . t Mrs. Frank Lan dr nm of Florence ?j is spending awhile here with rela tives. . ?Mesdames A. P. Lewis and T. R. Denny attended the national W. C. T. U. held in New York last week, j Before their return they will visit j relatives and spend some time sight seeing. Mesdames Elvira Yonce and W E. Moyer were delegates from the Lutheran mission society to the convention held recently in Lexing ton. Mrs. Wilmot Ouzts and Misses Orlena Cartledge and Nina Ouzts are at home from a visit to Tenille, Ga. Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Lawson have returned to Laurens after a week's visit to friends. Their stay here was a source of great pleasure to all, and it was regretted that their | \ visit was not of longer duration Miss Lylie LaGrone entertained a few friends on Thursday after- [ noon in an informal but delightful 2 manner. A salad course was at- t tractively served. f Mis9 Hallie White, who has been at Knowlton hospital for two months so critically ill, is n >w so much improved that, she will be J t able to be brought home this week Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cogburu of y Edgefield were visitors here the lat- ( ter part of the week. f Mr. and Mrs. George Galphin of f Ninety Six are visiting the latter's t parents, Mr. and Watkins. < c Miss Griffin, who has been visit ing in the home of Dr. S. T. Mobley, has returned to Texas. Civil War Experiences. r t a i The following interesting paper t was read by Mrs. Thurmond before r the Daughters of the Confederacy t at the last meeting of the ' bapter. r The request has been made of me s to enumerate some of the late facts h and experiences of home life in the a south during the late Civil War. c Much has already been written H upon this sacred subject, but "the 1 half has never been told and never t will be known. This enumeration of t facts must necessarily be concise e under the rules regulating these ar tides. c At the beginning the late Civil f War it is probable tbit no other I section on the surface of the earth r was in such plenty and luxury. The \ people of the south as a people, were \ educated and refined, owned their r own lands, millions of personal \ property, and had played an i m por- g tant part in the establishment of the c government and maintained perhaps g higher ideals as io honor, integrity, t and purity than the world had ? 1 r Fair Pr WEDNJ 9.00 o'lock. 10.00 o'clock. . 10.80 o'clock. 11.00 o'clock. 11.30jo'clock. 12.30 o'clock. I. 00 o'clock.Demonst 3.00 o'clock. 3.30 o'clock. THUR? 9.00 o'clock. 10.00 o'clock. 10.30 o'clock_. II. 00 o'clock....:_. 11.30 o'clock. 12.00 o'clock. 12.30 o'clock._ I. 00 o'clock.Exhibit! 2.00 o'clock. ' FRIC 9.00 o'clock. J 0.00 o'clock. 10.30 o'clock. II. 00 o'clock. 12.30 o'clock.Di 2.00 o'clock. Spend the afternoon in a last ins up with the gayeties of the Grand! N mown up to that epoch. The war same. The flower- of the manhood >f the south marched to the front, .he heroes went to the battle field, ,he heroines fought their battles at tome .w,itb. copdiMons --sad. att&sfc? hat never confronted, them before. Soon the south was deprived of nost of its grain, meat and horses, ?vhioh had to be supplied to. the loldiers: sugar, coffee and walt ^vere limost unobtainable. A substitute "or coffee was parched wheat brand, ,he only substitute for sugar, was ?orerbum molasses. The earth in the iraoke houses was dug up, boiled, md the accumulated salton the sur ace of the water dipped off and Med for salt. Ladies highly educated in litera jure and music, willingly enlisted n the noble cause and went to the ;ook and wash pot, to the spinning vbeel and to the loom, and soft vhite fingers that were formerly so lirable on the keys of the piano, were loon educated to shoot the shuttle >f the loora. The writer often now wonders low the mothers and wives surviv ?d the distress incident to the ab ence of their husband* and sons in j lattle, liable to be penetrated at j my moment, with bullets, shells or he bayonet. News traveled home rora the front very slowlv, and the luspense suffered by the women at lome was more than many deaths. The women did not fear death hemselves, but the probable death if their fathers, brothers and hus lands, constantly haunted them. Jaesar said he would not live in the ear uf death, and would suffer its )an<is over and over, dozens of imes, in suspense about their loved ines on the battle fields. It is sin rular that with the exposure of so nany white women in the south, he misconduct of a negro toward i white woman was never heard of; n fact, the negro race in this sec ion ot' the county was loyal to their nasters and treated v\ ith great rev iren ce their mistresses. In the hor ors of war there was some s us pen ion of grief, the loved ones came lome on a furlough, and ocoasion Jly the daring solditr boy would tome home and take to the altar orae fair girl, and the neigh bor tood was called in to participate in he festivities, and for the moment he grief that seemed to hang on ?very door knob was dispelled. A certain quantity of bacon and torn constituted a valid substitute br a soldier, who had a number o' irothers in the array, and such a nan was said to have greased out, ie was called a greaser. During the var the women learned the strictest ules of industry and economy, and vere thus prepared for the recon duction period following. Thc ?ause in which the south achieved io much, although worn out; the ;ause that confiscated our property, jroke our heart strings, distracted .og ram ESDAY. .Gatea open .Concert by band .Exhibition of stock m arena .Driving in arena ._.Midway opens ..Dinner by Cemetery Association ration of canning by J. H. Bussey .Horseback riding in arena ._.Driving in arena 3DAY. ._.Gates open -.-Music by band -,_.Judging in arena .Judging departments in buildings ._.Concert by band ..Driving single and double teams ..Dinner by Cemetery Association on of "blue ribbon" stock in arena .-Automobile parade )AY. -.- Gates open -Music by band .Exhibition of stock ..Floral and school wagon parade inner by the Cemetery Association ._.Driving in arena pection of all exhibits and wind fl id way. I our minds, destroyed and blighted the flower of our manhood; tb9 cause which our husbands now de ceased, so loved, and for which they ( willingly shed their Jblpod, must GViif pd io us b<?uo*ved"unJ g?orrous,"" and tho brightest pages in Ameri ca's history to us, its women sur vivors, are those pases which re late the deeds of valor of the boys in gray. I say forever and forever, hurrah! for the boys in gray. With great reverence for the lost cause, I remain, Mrs. Mary J. Thurmond. U. D. C. Convention Commit tees. At the last meeting of the Edge field chapter, TJ. D. C. the follow ing committees were appointed for tlie entertainment of the state con vention: / Committee for U. D. C. leoeptioi Thursday evening, December 4.: Mesdames A E Padgett, chairman, Lovick Mi ms, N G Evans, A A Woodson, R A Marsh, J B Xenner ly, C E May, B E Nicholson, C A Griffin, J D Holstein. Lunch committee for Wed nesday December 3rd.: Mes lames 0 E May, chairman, J E Hart, K P Wells, James Tompkins, M E Barker, Maggie Hill, J W Peak, Misses Annie DeLoach and Sophie Dobson. Lunch committee for Thurs day December -iib. : Mesdames ii M Jones, chairmau, J B Kennedy W P Calhoun, B B Jones, A B Broadwater, H A Smith, J H Can telou. J M Wright; W A Byrd, P P Blalock. Hospitality committee: Mesdames J D Holstein, chairman, W P Cal houn, A E Padgett, N M Jones, T H Rainsford, C E May. Committee to ask merchants to decorate: Mesdames W P Calhoun, W A Byrd, J S Byrd and Miss Ma ry Abney. Committee to arrange committee rooms: Mesdames B L Minis, chair man, T H Rai ns ford, A K Padgett, J B Kennerly, J W Stewart Decoration committee: Mesdames A A Woodron, chairman. R A Marsh, W L Dunovant, J L Mims, Mamie Tillman, B B Jones, Susan B Hill, Misses Mary Abney and Sophie Dobso.i. Committee for Dixie Auxiliary reception: Mesdames J E Hirt, chairman, J H Tompkins, A E Pad gett, J H Cantelou. Mrs. O'Hara: li's the iligant job rae man has now, Mrs. McClune. 'Tis a night watchman he ts. Mrs. McClune: An' why do ye like that better than the other, Mrs. O'Hara? Mrs. O'Hara: Why, sure, he sleeps all day, and that eaves his board; and he works ali night, and thal saves his lodging.