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THE GROWTH OF ADVERTISING iProof That Newspaper ls Quickest Working Force for Bringing Buyer and Seller Together. ! Pol?tica. European complications 'which have more or less influence on 'the trend of American business, strikes, floods, tariff revision and like factors which usually hamper and re tard business ha; e had no effect on newspaper advertising in our country. !To the contrary this line of advertis ing has continu?e! to grow and thia igTowth is not confined to certain sec tions or cities, but was national, which ia evidence that our business men ?have learned that newspaper advertis ing not only as a force to make all kinds of propositions known, but also Ito create demands, ls the best method Ito combat adverse influences and to ?keep goods moving. Newspaper advertising has in the last few years constantly grown and by many it has been thought that :the last year, which has been a rec ?ord-breakiug year in this line, has iseen the acme of expansion. Yet, the mew year has brought increased activi ties and there is no sign of a let-up. 'There is no reason for one. Our pop ulation continues to grow, daily wants .and desires of the people continue unabated and have to be satisfied. The newspapers themselves have by 'educational talks on the importance 'Of ad reading influenced their readers ito look at their advertising pages as (important sources of information on ^markets and economics as on the news ipages that keep them posted on the ?local, state, national and international ?happenings. It is interesting to note that coin cident with the fact that in this time, when wide-awake, active and progres sive business men and those who have made a profession of advertising are constantly studying advertising and i merchandising problems, newspaper I advertising alone has phonemenally ?grown, while other lines of publicity ?have either contracted or come to a halt. If this admits of a conclusion, it i can be no other than that the busi ness world and ail who depend on ?publicity have become Imbued with ithe conviction that newspaper adver I Using is the best and quickest work ling force to bring buyers and sellers ; together, to inspire confidence, and to jkeep merchandise on the go.-Mail ?Order Journal. CHURCH AD BRINGS CONVERT Announcement In Display Type Landa Young Man Who Had Lived in I Neighborhood Six Years. That church advertising on a large ;Ecale and by concerted appeal in dis play type brings quick and definite j results to individual congregations I has been made clear by the letters I which have come to the publicity com jmittee of the associated churches in j Philadelphia. One well-known Philadelphia pastor, IRev. J. Alvin Orr of the Norris Square ?United Presbyterian church, wrote (that within forty-eight hours after the I first of the display advertisements ap peared in a newspaper a young man, who had lived in the neighborhood i for six years, but had not attended religous services, asked to be admit ted into the church membership. As he left the pastor, the young man said, "It was yesterday's advertise ment that led me to come tonight" The publicity committee reports the .hreceipt of letters of various sorts, all in praise of the plan. Two business men were so Impressed by the ad vertisements that they Inclosed checks In their letters to further the project of display advertising. It is expected that the work will so commend itself to the Christian public that larga ?gifts will be forthcoming to assure Ithe continuance and expansion of the I committee's work. The religious press continues to I comment with uniform praise and 'enthusiasm upon this modern form fof tract distribution. In a Calcutta Daily. When the kind of advertisement fa miliar in the agony column of our ?newspapers ls made use of by orient .ais for announcements connected with j their family affairs, the effect may be tof peculiar Interest Witness the fol lowing, which appeared recently in a [Calcutta daily: "Sriman Jagadiah Chandra Bhattach rerjee, we are very sorry and anxious ?Tor you. Your absence has stood in ?the way of your father's Saplndaka ran ceremony. Please do come home tat once and free us from ashouch by ?giving pindas. You are at liberty to ?go away afterwards if you so desire. "Mohendra N. Bhattacharji." The meaning is that the father (a ?Brahman, as the name shows) is dead. ?The absentee ls the eldest son, who is Irequired to offer pindas-oblations to ?the spirits of the ancestors. This is tan essential part of the ceremonies iwhich close the period of mourning, ?which varies according to the caste of ithe family. Until lt has been com pleted in dqe form the household is ?not fre from ashouch, the ceremonial uncleanness associated with the pres? ence of death. Flower Beda Used as "Ads." Now that the large advertising post iers that were so great a disfigurement Of the country on either side of tho {French railway lines have been ren dered illegal by act of parliament, ad vertisers on the Orleans railway have "begun to plant flower beds of bril liant colors In the fields on either side of the line, with the flowers arranged so as to spell the name of the goods to which they ar? to call attention. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina-County of Edgefield-Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. MaryK. Barr, et al, Plain tiffs against Jessie Rushton, et al. Pursuant to the decree in this cause, I will sell at publio outcry to the highest bidder before the court house, town of Edgefield and state of South Carolina, on sales day in December 1913, the same being the first day of said month the follow ing described realty to wit: "Two tracts of land as follows: One tract containing two hundred and ninety acres more or less, sit uate and being in Edgefield and Sa luda counties in the state of South Carolina and known as the Elsmore and Bush land, and founded by landa of James Satcher, A M Mitch ell and Burrell Nicholson; and the other tract of land contains one hundred and fifty-one acres more or less, situate in Edgefield county, state of South Carolina, and known as the Snipes land and bounded by lands of E L Yonce, Wm. Hare, James Temple and others." Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. If purchaser doe> not comply with the terms of sale within one hour after sale, I will re sell same at former purchaser's risk, unless satisfactory i arrangement.? can he made with plaintiff's attor ney and thc Master. S. M. Smith, Master E. C. S. C. Backache Miss Myrtle Co thrum, of Russetiville, Ala., says: "For nearly a year, I suf fered with terrible back ache, pains in my limbs, and my head ached nearly all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave mc temporary relief. I was certainly in bad health. My school teacher advised me to TAKE The Woman's Tonie I took two bottles, in all, and was cured. I shall always praise Cardui to sick and suffering wo ? men." If you suffer from pains peculiar to weak women, such as head ache, backache, or other symptoms of womanly trouble, or if you merely need a tonic for that tired, nervous, worn-out feel ing, try Cardui. g-s V. A. Hemstreet Ga. R. R. Bank Make the Old Suit Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. Make ycnr old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al- V so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS PROP. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL.a sur gical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. 50c. 11.00. Cares Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't tare. The worst cases, no matter of how lons standing; are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve? Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, fa. .00 GIANT OF THE MODERN RAILROAD Boiler of Most Powerful Locomotive In the World. Tho Fire Box Is Largo Enough to Hold a Donkey Switching Engine. -Popular Mechanics. 1EN TO BE PROUD OF - Clocks Placed Along Line Make lt Im perative for Men to Be Always FORTITUDE AND HEROISM SHOWN "Qn the Job " BY RAILROAD BUILDERS. - _ "Move along! Move along! Move along!" incessantly chirp the little Driven to Sea When Houseboat Parted clocks with which the track welkers From Her Moorings, Workers on on., ?*tions of a prominent eastern mt -J J . w. ^ i railroad have been equipped. Flor.da and Key West Une ? track walker " supposed to walk. Saved Themselves. Hia UUe ,g nQt honoraryi and his jljb is not a sinecure-unless he trans ?a the Wide World there is a story forms it into one, and that is against feinted in connection with the building orders. of the Florida & on his walking and ftis watchful js. Kev West rail- ness depend the lives or thousands of ?f^^/^y road. Many of the travelers, for he is supposed to ascer IB^gf^pW Hjr laborers were tain that every inch of rail on hls iME?ffl&F-^?h hou?ed in hug0 "beat" is fit for the safe passage of lo ^fc^Z^SCfeJf? barees' cr "^aT' comotive and cars. % WV^*?^^ ter boats" TIth Until recently, the company relied ^MlanSW^IIl tW? " Bt0ry SUPer' solely on a card SYBtcm t0 keeP l:ab on ^^^\\\\\^ structures, says these employes. This was an excellent ^* ~ 016 writer. These incentive to good walking until some p^--TV craft were towed i track walker, who some day may be from key to . key president of a railroad, discovered as the work advanced. One of them, that a friendly station operator, with a "Number Four," was torn from its f?w strokes of his pen, could cover moorings at Long Key before the 146 miles of ground. The operators were men aboard could try to get ashore, instructed to sign the cards of the Shortly before daylight it drove out track walkers when they appeared at across the Hawk channel, in a smother their stations. Collusion between the of sea and a roaring wind, and wac card bearer and the signer was pos smashed on the back of the Florida slble, and the company cast about for reef. The great barge waa pounded a system which would eliminate lt to pieces In a twinkling, but there The "move along" clocks were the were men in her who showed heroic answer. Patrol stations have been resolution even in this terrible sit?a- placed along the track walkers' beats, tion. Bert A. Parlin/one of the resi- Each station has a different key. Each dent engineers, and the leader on key registers differently from every board, might have saved himself, but other key. To have a clean sheet in he went below to try to put heart into his clock the walker must visit each his men, and WBB killed by a flying patrol station. There is no possibility beam when the superstructure ?ol- of collusion between him and keys, lapsed. The men who had the grit whereby he can sit on a pile of ties and courage to use their wits crowded and dream away the time that should out on the balcony to windward to be spent in walking, escape this falling wreckage, and "Move along!. Move along 1" chirp swore that they would pall through, the clocks. Those who had the will to live were saved under almost incredible circum- ??,y?: MUCH TIME AND LABOR stances, while the cowards who had " _ crowded Into the hold perished to a E?tctr?c f^ggm and Packago Truck> man- ^ = Have Found Favor With the Men As the quarter boat floundered to- Who Hand|e ppe| ^ ward the reef, with the seas breaking _ clean over her, and with death for all An electric truck deslgned Bolely for on board apparently certain, a barge U?e ,n thfJ baggage ^ fre|ght Bnedfl whirled past her in a fog of spray. of rallroads> on steam8hip docks, and Two mechanics, Kelly and Kennedy. ln factories. warehouses and like places stood side by side on the deck of the where much package good8 la handled, quarter boat. jg flndmg faVor in the motor world. , Kelly jumped for the burge a? it The electrlc ^ a Blngle mo. sped past, and Kennedy was at his tor reCeiving current from a storage heels. A gray sea rose and swallowed ^Itery. ^ ?u four wheelfl are both them, and their comrades counted them as lost Almost a week, later the ?? barge was picked up with Kelly and iK? Kennedy aboard, crazed and almost JniH dead for want of food and water. They recovered, however, and returned to BEsH the keys. As many as 87 of these quar- Hwfi?tf ter boat men were picked up out of the idffl^J&MBx Bea alive. With remarkable strength ^ggggg*gffl^||^^^^^^w^^ and with courage truly indomitable. **^^^?^^^^^^^^^^???^B^ they had ridden out the hurricane. W^MO^^^j^?^?^ ?????f?B clinging to bits of wreckage, to t " les ^PM| and to trunks. The Italian steamer '^^^???Em^??^^?m^^? Jenny passed them late In the after noon of the wreck, found 44 of,them J^lXfrv '--L-J and took them to Key West. Her Form E|ectr|c Tnjdc boats risked the dangerous seas all night long and lt is tragic to record driving and steering wheels. This .that they heard the voices of others four-wheeled drive is claimed to give in the darkness, but were unable to lo- the exceptional traction necessary for cate the calls for help. The British climbing the excessive grades encoun steamer Alton picked up 26 more and tered in transporting freight up the landed them at Savannah. For days Inclined gangplanks of ships, onto and weeks news of other castaways platforms, and the like.-Popular M? came from distant ports-Mobile, Gal- ebonics. veston, New York, London, Liverpool - and even from Buenos Aires, whither Track Made Flower Garden, they had been taken by passing ships. The Romney branch of one of the Without boats or life preservers, largest railroads of the state is so pro knowing nothing of the sea and undis- fusely blooming with flowers for 28 ciplined for such a crisis, these hardy miles that trains are moving along the toilers battled for life with a success line with difficulty, says the New York which makes their story remarkable Sun. in the annals of shipwreck. The abundance of flowers came -about through the breaking of two Life Convict Invents Safety Rail. boards in the floor of a car loaded with While serving a life term in the nasturtium, sweet pea and morning North Dakota state penitentiary, glory seeds several weeks ago. The Peter Olson has made an invention seeds were scattered along the track that has removed his family from all for raileB. Then came heavy rains danger of immediate want, and may which turned the roadbed into an open the prison doors to him. elongated flower garden. When Olson was sent to the prison While the road is more beautiful In for life he was placed at work In the appearance than usual, the posies are tool house and the blacksmith shop, interfering seriously with th? schedule Following a series of railroad wrecks and the section hands are busy trying caused by broken rails he conceived to kill out the unwelcome blooms. the idea of a reversible rall, exactly the same thing on each side, Instead Acotder.es on Railroads. of having a thin base on the ties. In the last year an investigation has The plan has been patented and been made of every, accident on an the rails will be tried first in this eastern railroad, whether lt was the state. case of a woman tripping on station - steps or the derailment of a passen Rallroaders? Low Wages. ger train. The study has brought out Official German statistic show that the practioe which cause every kind the average yearly Income of the of accident on railroad property, railway maintenance workers in Probably 70 per tent, of all the acci Paden is $260; in W?rttemberg, dents in 1912 could have been pre $250; In Bavaria, $230; in Saxony, vented if employes had exercised spe C335; in Prussia, $210. dal caution.-Safety Engineering. KEEP TAB ON TRACK WALKER &<Mi$m %m Fresh Seed For Green Lots and Cover Crops. i The farmers of Edgefield county have learned the value of winter cover crops and are year by year by year increasing the acreage of winter crops. The sea son is approaching for sowing these crops, also for sowing green lots, and we have received large shipments ot Barley, Rye, Vetch, Crimson Clover And Appier Oats. We ordered these seed from the larg est and most reliable house in the South, therefore we knaw they are dependable and will germinate. Come in and let us supply your needs. W. W. Adams & Co. fif?? I Don't Read If not interested. Bot you are obliged to be interested where mon ey is to be saved in the parchase of necessities of life both for your self and livestock. We are now in our warehouse, corner of Fenwick and Cumming streets, two blocks from the Union Passenger Station where we have the most modern warehouse in Augusta with floor space of 24,800 e^ua.e feet and it is literally packed with Groceries and feeds fi bi cellar to roof. Our stock must be seen to be appre ciated. Our expenses are at least $450.00 a month less since discon tinuing our store at 863 Broad street, and as goods are unloaded from cars to wareheuse, we are in a position to name very close prices. If you really want the worth of your money see or write ns ERRINGTON BROS. & CO. Augusta, Ga. Farm Land-Bargains 50,000aores of improved and unimproved landsat prices that will sell them. These lands are situated in " Wire-Grass Georgia*' the best farm ing section in the state. No terracing and no irrigation. 202$ acres, 65 under cultivation, 85 acres fenced, mostly wire, 55 cleared, not broke. Near three churches, good school; on one publio road and nearing another. Good 4-roora frame house, two fire placts. good barn and good well. 10 miles to two good markets. Bents for ?300 cash per year. Will sell for $15 per acre cash. 175 acres, one and one half miles from Lumber City, Ga.; 90 acres deared, stumped and under cultivation; extra good 4-room house, two tire places; good barn; good well also spring on place. 130 pecan trees three years old and all under good wire fence. For quick sale will take $25 per acre. These lands have good clay sub-soil and we have a number of others A'hich we can not describe in this space. If these do not suit yon let us hear from you and we will give you further information. If not as rep resented will pay your railroad fare. A. J. Wismer & Co. Lumber City, Georgia. FIRE INSURANCE E. J. NORRIS, Agent Edgefield, South Carolina Representing the HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, and the old HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut. The HOME has a greater Capital and Surplus combined than any other company. The HARTFORD is the leading com pany of the World, doing a greater Fire business than any other Co. See Insurance Reports PRUDENTIAL LIFE "HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR." E. J. Norris, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE