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Establish^ 1035. J.L.MMS,_.Editor Published every Wednesday ih The Aivertiser Building at $1.50 per year fa advance. Entered as second class matter at | tb? postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published anless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at | advertising rates. ? ? A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to man kind.-SHENSTONE. Wednesday, August 4. The water-wagon is now more popu lar in South Carolina than a certain brand of automobiles. "Eight deaths from heat" in Phila delphia. It never gets that bad in the Sunny South. Excursions by boat are not as popu lar around Chicago as they once were. "Nothing succeeds like success" 'most everybody speaks a good word for prohibition now. The unexpected has happened. Ex Governor Blease says "I am about j ready to vote for prohibition." The Daily Mail asks: "Why object to women smoking? They can't talk while smoking." The Russians may go away back and take a rest, but our prediction is that j the Germans will hear from them again. Czar Nicholas believes that "He who fight9 and runs away, May live to fight another day." Considering ' the unpreparedness of France, h er record for the first year of | the war is one of which the French speaking people need not be ashamed. The beleaguered city of Warsaw is still falling. It appears that Warsaw will be as long falling asj,the Leaning j Tower of Pisa. Judging from the frequency that au tomobile horns are blown, the chief de light derived from owning a car is the opportunity that is afforded for "blow ing one's own born. Only IO days remain in which to reg ister for the September election. Be sure to provide yourself with a regis tration certificate before the books close? Secretary Daniels should give Mr. Hobson a place on his newly created board. Had Mr. Hobson's larger-navy advice been taken years ago, there would not be so much concern about increasing our means of defense. They need some kind of a change in Augusta to improve conditions in the matter of cringing violators of the law to justice. Maybe the newly created municipal court will be the one thing needful. Let us hope so. The resolutions that were made early in the war to practice rigid economy have long been forgotten, and the old extravagant ways have been resumed. Before the war closes it may yet be come necessary to renew and abide by the old resolutions. For more than two decades it has been an unwritten law that a governor should serve two terms, but it appears that some aspirants are unwilling to wait until Governor Manning's four years have expired before pressing their claims. Germany has suggested that the national flag be painted larger on American ships, so there's nothing left for us to do but comply. We are glad that the Kaiser will still let us follow out time-honored "color scheme" red. white and blue. The aid of the A. B. C. powers has been; invoked to the end that peace be restored in Mexico. But it is useless to restore peace without taking some steps to improve conditions. The re bellion will, Vesuvius-like, soon break forth again. A big metropolitan daily has figured out that the United States could call out 17,000,000 men should this country become involved in war. As we know of at least one South Carolinian who wouW probably not hear the call, in ordet to be accurate, let's put the number at 16,999,999. Sentiment Strong in Georgia. By a vote of 28 to 8 the Georgia sen ate has adopted stringent prohibition billi, among them being the. gallon-a month law, which has been so helpful in South Carolina. The large majority by which these measures were adopted, 28 \JO 8, should be noted, being indica tive of the strongsentiment that exists against whiskey in Georgia. Mark the prediction which The Advertiser made last week, that the large cities of Georgia will yet be forced by the peo ple of the rural districts to obey the law. Public sentiment is an invisible force but it is also irresistible and finally sweeps everything before it. War Will Force a Change. The announcement that some Edge field farmers have wheat to sell is pleasing information. This ought to be a food-selling instead of a food-buy ing county. We have a climate and soil that will produce almost any crop. While corn can not be grown as cheap ly here as in the West where no com mercial fertilizers are required, yet corn and the other cereals can be produced in Edgefield county much theaper than they can bought in western markets. As the exports of corn and grain will continue heavy during the European war, the' price will be out of reach of the cotton grower. Let us hope that the war will thus force the farmers of the cotton belt to produce their own supplies at home. England's Position Untenable. Recent events indicate that England is giving as much or more attention to restricting the trade of neutral nation with neutral nations than to fighting the Germans, and unless there is a change at once in this unwarranted course, President Wilson will be send ing notes to England that will cause serious reflection and, ultimately, a change of policy. Instead of waging an aggressive warfare on Germany, driving them from Belgium and Eas tern France back to their own soil, making them feel something of the ravages of war, England seems to have adopted a policy of wearing out the Ger mans and letting the war drag slowly along in the hope that the enemy's re sources will be depleted. Meanwhile, England is making neutral nations suf fer by dictating terms upon which commerce upon the high seas shall be conducted. Ex-Gov. Blease Will Vote for Prohibition. At one time, not many years ago either, the prohibition ranks in South Carolina were weak, comparatively speaking, but the few advocates were mighty in faith, in loyalty and in their determination to fight the monster evil to the last ditch. The tide has gradu ally turned and many of these pioneer prohibitionists will live to see their ef forts crowned with full fruition on the 14th of September. Hundreds and thousands of persons who a few years ago were avowed whiskey advocates are now equally as outspoken in favor of prohibition. While there is practi cally no doubt that state-wide prohibi tion will be adopted by a considerable majority, yet everyone that is won for the cause will make the law easier of enforcement. Ex-Gov. Blease was at one time a strong opponent of prohibition but he has now made up his mind to cast his ballot for prohibition in the approach ing election. This will make it easier for a large number of his political , friends over the Statejto cast their bal- , lots against whiskey, In the follow ing from the Yorkville Enquirer. Mr. Blease's supporter and political friend, i he states his position upon the great question that is now before the people: "In a conversation with the reporter at Filbert yesterday, former Governor Blease said that he is not in the least opposed to the prohibition movement in South Carolina. "On the contrary, " he said, "I am about ready to vote for prohibition. The dispensary system where it exists, is living on rebates, and in most cases the rebates demand ed are so heavy as to make it impossi- 1 ble to jrive the public even a fairly honest grade of whiskey. I am inclined to think that the best thing to be done is to wipe out the whole business. But in this connection, I desire to say that ' I have some doubts as td the constitu tionality of this proposed referendum. There is no question of the fact that . the general assembly has the power to enact prohibition if it sees proper; but 1 as to whether it can delegate that power to the people is doubtful, and it might be wise to get up a friendly test case to enable the courts to decide. I would not care to do it for the reason that I might invite a misunderstand ing; but still I think it ought to be done. Of course if the people vote for prohibition, the general assehibly can confirm their action and that will very probably settle the whole matter." We want the public to know that our restaurant is open at all times. Lunches served on short notice. James Velix. Executor's Notice. AU persons holding claims against the estate of the late R. A. Coch ran will present them to the under signed duly attested for payment, and all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment to me. T. E. Cochran, Executor. Plum Branch, S. C. What Others Say 3 Well Said. Principles above men; but better than that, men with principles. -Yorkville Enquirer. Bad Live Long. The good die young. Then we know some folks who, if they don't change their way, are going to make Methuselah look like an infant - Anderson Intelli gencer. Have to Think So. . We heartily believe that the fellow who stays at home with all his-collar off and his sleeves rolled up and sticks hard at the job in hot weather is bet ter off, both physically and financially than the fellow who roams to the mountains, dressed to his chin, or to the beach, bare from his knees down and from his shoulders out. Er-in fact, we are forced to think just that, anyway, and we will not. argue with those who disagree with us.-Marion Star. Why he Wants Prohibition. A traveling man, whose business re quires him to visit a number of cities j and towns, said the other day: "I am going to vote for prohibition in September, because I need it. I have no trouble in Anderson, for we have prohibition here and the law is en forced, but when I go to other towns where liquor is sold the people with whom I come in contact buy whiskey and ask me to drink. I haven't the strength to resist, and then I buy whis key to treat them in return, and the result often is that I get too much. If whiskey were not sold in those towns I would get along so much better. That is why I am going to vote for pro-1 hibition." We have heard many temperance speeches but we have never heard a stronger argument than this.-Ander son Daily Mail. Select Good Seed. From the best watermelons save your seeds for next year. The prac tice off cutting off both ends of the melon and taking seed only from the center is not a bad plan. There are plenty of melons usually, hence it is' not necessary to save anything but the seed from the best melons and from the center, where the best matured seeds are likely to found.-Farm and Kan ch. Don't Get Mad. Never get mad with the paper when you read something you don't like. In vestigate and see who brought the event into public prominence. News papers have to print the news. -Or angeburg Times and Democrat. Require Licenses. Spartanburg, Columbia and Green ville require the washwomen of those cities to have licenses. Each washwo man has to register and get a license before she can take in washing. The reason is plain. She must have a sani tary place in which to wash clothes; it is a wise precaution against the spread of disease. The Inde < commends the scheme heavily to city council. Do you know what sort of a house your family wash spends much of its time in? What sort of persons live in the house? Is there tuberculosis or some other com municable disease preaent?~Green wood Index. ^M?M?M^I frfc ?I? ifc ?j* ill ifc ?{* rfc *}? l$M?NtM?M?MfM?M8?ft Mt I Smile Provokers i rfc ?fr ifc try trfc ifc I?MSM1N^?^I t\t *\? ?\* if-fp *{* *?* *?> *f* ?fr ?fr Judge of divorce court-"Aren't] you attached to your husband?" Plaintiff-"Certainly, I came here to be detached."-Boston Trans ?cript. "I wonder why she thinks Jinx is crazy?" "Jinx had a chance to propose to her and didn't take advantage of j it." "I wish to purchase a nice razor for my husband?" "What kind, mam?" "'Oh, one that is nice and sharp and that will be sure to trim a corn as well as beard."-Florida Times Union. . "I think I made a mistake in ar guing the question of expense with ray wife. What do you mean? She wanted an automobile, and I in advertently told ber that I couldn't afford it. Well. Now she wants it worse than before."-Detroit Free Press. Barnes (to Shedd, who has just finished a long letter)-Funny that you should write such long letters to your wife when you have so little to say to her when she is presant. Shedd-Not at all. When I am writing I have the floor.-Boston Transcript, _^ _ "Jim-John, why is it that all you fat fellows are so good-natured? John-We have got to be good natured. You see, we can't either fight or run.-Tpye Tattle. "Here, have this put up. It will cost you about 50 cents?'* "Doctor, will you lend me the 50 cents?" "Let me have the prescription. There, you can have it filled for a quarter. The itera I scratched out was nerve tonic.-Nebraska Awg wan No Booze for Medicine. Another blow has been dealt to alcohol. The medical profession has abandoned it. Such, at least, is the interpretation placed on the omis sion of whiskey and brandy from the pending issue of the "United States Pharmacopeia" an official reference book used by pharmacists, physicians and chemists. It is explained that up-to-date physicians are generally agreed that alcohol isn't much good as a raedi* cine anyway, and very few of them now prescribe it as a tonic. The commission in charge of the Phar macopeia has had difficulty, too, with the terms "whiskey" and "brandy." Not being satisfied with the government's authorization of those names for various blends in stead of the chemically pure arti cles, they chose to play safe by rul iog out everj'thing of the sort. It was felt too that drug stores would be subject to less temptation to car ry on an illicit liquor business if the medical sanction for keeping a stock nf ardent spirits was done1 away with. After this scientific repudiation of the Demon Rum in the sphere of medicine, a man who wants a drink won't have any good excuse to offer except, perhaps, one of the old familiar "Seven reasons for tak ing i drink" "Because he's hot, because he's cold, because he's young, because he's old, because he's wet, because he's dry-or any other reason why." -Anderson Intelligencer. Time to Quit Splitting Up Coun ties. There is too much of a tendency in the South to split up school dis tricts and counties and neighbor hoods into ineffective small units. Just as a community cannot support schools and churches and farmers' organizations unless it is large enongh to include a sufficient num ber of persons, just so a county can not economically serve its people if it is too small in size. The Atlanta Constitution does well to sound a note of warning against the multi plication of counties in a state which has already suffered too much from this tendency. Take a good-sized county and it is easy to have a whole time county school scperintendent, a whole-time county health officer, a whole-time farm demonstration agent, and an efficient road supervi sor. Cut this county in two and put the people to the expense of supporting two sets of county offi cers, two sheriffs, two registers, two clerks of the conrt, and probably two useless treasurers where even one is not needed, two county homes, two jails, etc., etc.,-and the result is that word probably goes that the people cannot have a whole-time su perintendent of schools nor farm de monstration agent nor whole-time county health officer. All the peo ple's money goes to pay salaries for doing routine work, and every form of genuine progress is handi capped. Search to the bottom and it will usually be found that a movement for a new county is the result of the ambition of some little town to be come the county seat. It is high time for farmers to begin taking a stand against such extravagance. Give us country communities large enough to support strong schools and other social agencies. Give us strong counties large enough to support government agen cies that really benefit the people efficient officers working for better schools, better farming, better roads and better health-instead of small er counties absorbing all the peo ple's taxes for merely keeping the wheels going round. In union there is strength. In division there is weakness. It would help the South a great deal to consolidate not only a great number of school districts but a considerable number of churches and small counties. Progressive Farmer. Notice of Registration. As provided by the law govern ing the registration, of voters, we hereby give notice that the books of registration will be open until the night of Saturday, August 14,1915, and that for the convenience of the voters we will visit the following places on the dates named: Trenton, ?Saturday morning Au gust 10. Johnston, Saturday afternoon Au gust 19. Meeting Street, Wednesday morn ing August ll. Pleasant Lane, Wednesday after noon August ll. Parksvillc, Thursday morning August 12. Modoc, Thursday afternoon Au gust 12. The books will be open at Edge field in the office of Clerk of Court through Saturday August 14, 1915., N. R. BARTLEY. S. W. PRINCE, E. M. HOLMES. Supervisor's of Registration. Edgefield Aug. 2, 1915. The South and the Administra tion. Woodrow Wilson, the President, is a Virginian; William G. McAdoo, the Secreta ry of the Treasury, is a Georgian. Thomas Matt Gregory, Attorney General, is a Mississippian; Albert Sidney Burleson, Post master-General, is a Texan; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, is a North Carolinian; David Franklin Houston, Secreta ry of Agriculture of is also a North Carolinian; W. P. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board if? an Alabamian, and John Skelton Williams, Comp troller of the Currency and a mern* ber of the Federal Reserve Board, ii a Virginian. Many other strong Southern men are in the most responsible positions in connection with the work of the administration at Washington, and yet a few Southern politicians, often guilty of "pernicious activity" in bad causes rather than in good ones, and a few Southern papers are un dertaking to berate the administra tion as though President Wilson and those around him knew noth ing about the South's needs or the best way of securing every advan tage that can possibly be had for the South's cotton crop.-Manu facturers Record. What Bill Did. Bill Turner was a farmer, he la bored ?11 his life. He did'nt have no sc hool in' and neither had his wife. But Bill for 'business and made the wheels go round, and left a healthy fortune when they put bim under ground. He was always taking chances, paid a hundred for a bull. His neighbors called him crazy, but he left a stable full of cows that broke the record, making butter by the ton, an' Bill had his picture printed in the Sqeedunk Weekly Sun. He had newfangled notions of making farming pay. He even bought a foolmachine to help him load his hay. The neighbors fairly snorted when they saw the bloomin' thing; said Bill would never make it work, it wasn't worth a ding! Bill didn't say a single word, an' didn't care a darn 'bout what they said, fer slick as grease, his hay went in the barn an hour before a thunder storm came sail in' out that way and caught his neigh bors in a pinch and spoiled their new mown hay. Bill's neighbors put their milk in cans, and set 'em in a tank. Bill skimmed his milk with a machine and turned it with a crank. Smith chops his fire wood with an ax. Bill used some gaso line and saws a hundred cords a day with another blame machine. To day Bill's wife rides in a car and dresses np in silk. Smith's wife rides in a wagon and keeps on skim ming milk.-Taylor County (Ky.) Enquirer. A negro exhorter shouted to his audience: "Come up and jine de army ob de Lawd." "I'se done jined, replied one wo man." "Whar'd you jine?" ased the ex horter. "In de Bapti8' church." "Why, chile, said the exhorter, 'you ain't in de army of de Lawd; you is in de navV ROPER HOSPITAL Medical College of the I CHARLES' -Schools of Medici \ owned and Contre Eighty-seventh session begins Octol . Fine new three-story building ?mme oratories of Chemistry, Bacteriology, A cal Pathology, Pharmacology and Pharr ment The Roper Hospital, one of the larg South, contains 218 beds, and with an e: surpassed clinical advantages. Practical work in dispensary for ph Two years graduated service in Roj year. Department of Physiology and Emt ton Museum. Ten full-time teachers in laboratory For catalog address: OS' Box 17. FARM 1 Long-Term Loans to ] Your farm land accepted as sec other COLLATERAL. Unlimited nominations of Three Hundred and u JAS. FI Raising More Cotton Than the World Needs. Tempted by the big prices of the preceding tive or six years, which ought to have enriched all of. the farmers of the South who were thrifty enough to raine their own foodstuffs, this section produced in 1914 a cotton crop, including linters, of practically 17,000,000 bales, or, to be exact, 16,926,374 500-pound bales. This exceeded the 1913 crop by nearly 2,000,000 bales. It was 1,234,000 bales larger than the hitherto record-breaking crop of 1911. This production was far be yond the world's requirements, and a heavy decline in prices would have been inevitable even had there been no war. So long as the South persists in raising cotton far beyond the world's necessities, so long will its growers be forced to accept un profitable prices in every year of extraordinarily high production. In view of the fact that it was known even as far back as early last win ter by intelligent men everywhere that the crop would run from 16, 000,000 to 17,000,000 bales, it was worse than folly for the Sooth to have committed the blunder of put ting as much land to cotton as it did this year. Every cotton grower, every country merchant and every banker knew the situation folly, and to have planted for another fairly large crop has only intensified the situation. / We of the South have ourselves to blame for having more cotton on hand and in sight in the field than the world requires, and as hard as it may be for the individual grower, the merchant and the banker, and all other business irterests connec ted with cotton, we have to face the situation that we have too much cotton. But there is no use in hys terics. With the increasing ware house facilities that have been pro vided, the ease in financial circles as agaist the intense closeness in fi nances last year, and with the co operation of the Federal Reserve Board, there is no reason, why the South, if it is wisely guided, should not handle its crop far more ad vantageously than it did last year's. It cannot throw this orop on the market without breaking prices, but it can meet the situation, cai ry the crop over, or such portion of it as may be salable at a fair figure, and await the inevitable time when the world will need all tbe cotton that weare storing np, and need it at high prices. Moreover, the Son th can more nearly live at borne by reason of its immense graitr crop than at any time since' 1865.-Man*' ufactarers Record. Thirty-Six For 25-Cents. Dr. King's New Life Pills are now supplied in well corksd glass bottles, containing 36 sugar coated white pills, for 25c. One pill with a glass of water before retiring is average dose. Easy and plea*ant to take. Effective and positive in results. Cheap and economical to use. Get a bottle to-day, take a dose to-night-your Constipation will be relieved in the morning. 36 for 25c, at all Druggists.-1 Drop in next door to the post office and get a first-class smoke. Lirtre stock of cigars and smoking goods on hand. James Velix. COLLEGE BUILD UM State of South Carolina TON, s. c. ne and Pharmacy ?lied by the State jer 1, 1915-Ends June 1. 1916. diately opposite Roper Hospital. Lab natomy, Physiology, Pathology, Clini nacy provided with new, modern equip ;est and best equipped hospitals in the xtensive out-patient service, offers un armaceutical students. ter Hospital with six appointments each iryology in affiliation with the Charles ? branches. CAR W. SCHLEETER, Registrar, CHARLESTON, S. C. _I .0ANSI Farmers a Specialty. lurity WITHOUT ENDORSER or funds immediately available in de p. Established 1892. 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