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?iHiaMtalp? 1S35. ve J.-LMIMS,-..Ed/ror Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI.50 per year lo advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield. S. C. No communications will be published onless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear long the bur den of great joy.-Boree. Wednesday, Nov. IO. Mr. Bryan is adding too much water to his grape juice. . The increased size of the big dailies ?? another evidence of returning pros perity._ England is convinced that not all let ters written by the President these days are love letters. Barbers should supply their needs be fore the "hot-supper" season opens. The increased demand will cause a sud den rise in price. We like Dr. Evans of The State. He advises an afternoon nap. But what's the use, if one can't afford to indulge in such a luxury. It is not now a question of what shall we do with our ex-presidents, but rather what shall we do with our ex secretaries of State. With anything but good grace, the recently defeated candidate for "the mayoralty of Charleston submits to the 3-esult of the primary. / In h":s consistent advocacy of pre paredness as a means pf promoting peace, President Wilson will have six teen followers to Mr. Bryan's one. The theatre of war seems to be ?quiescent everywhere except in the south, where the Germans are dealing cut death to the Serbs as they did to the Belgians. It seems just a bit incongruous. This thing of holding a "six day cookery jr course" in South Carolina's town of j t square meals. Have they fallen below j ? the standard? t c Once in a very great while you come across a recent college graduate who .will admit that he doesn't know every thing.-The State. We haven't yet M seen one so frank and honest. j I ? Sometimes we wisn editors, like j t State and municipal officials, were sub ject to the recall statute. Then, some- i . body else who knows how to run a j . newspaper would be jjut in charge. ? -~- I z The amount fixed for the punsters' s feast in Columbia leads one to suspect j that prices are advancing as the stocks i. diminish with the approaching: drought1 that shall prevail after the New Year. We planed to have several big bugs j1 ?rreet the paragraphers when they m<?et ' ' here in a week or so. and it just strikes ! ? us as rather a cute idea to invite the K chief of police to be present and give ! a little fatherly advice.-The State, i1 What chief, please? If Charleston's, we object. The Emperor of Japan acceded to the throne upon the death of his father < in June, 1912, but has not yet been crowned. In fact, his coronation has been set for to-day. Think of Kaiser William waiting more than two years for his crown! Impossible. The charter mill in Columbia grinds ont a number of new enterprises every day, but never one for Edgefield. We need a number of small industrial en terprises. In addition to swelling the volume of business of the town by the I ? weekly pay rolls, they would give em- i g pbyment to our young men. It is bet- ! ( ter for them to remain at home than to j, go away to the large cities; that is, if I, they can find employment here. It is I j better to go away, however, than to loaf. The sink in 2: of a big Italian liner Tuesday by an Austrian submarine, causing the loss of 200 lives, will neces sitate the writing of some more notes by President Wilson. But as Austria is not at liberty to decide any question v.-ithout consulting the Kaiser. Wash ington bad might as well take the mat ter op with Berlin to begin with. As Germany goes so goes, Austria. We'll wager a considerable sum that Robert Gonzales had his grip packed for a vacation in "narts unknown" be fore he penned off the following para graph: ""The women are making a big hullabaloo over equal suffrage now. But the ope, best bet is that they would get so tired of the thing iii a few years that you couldn't get one to the polls if you promised 'em a new lid apiece. ? Vanquished One Tima. "Pat," the Irishman, usually comes out victorious, but he and about nine hundred of his fellows were vanquished the other day when they planned to embark from Liverpool for America in order to escape enlistment in the English anny. Ignoring the cries of "Coward," Traitor," and refusing to heed the appeals of the recruiting offi cers, the Irishmen marched to the dock, where, to their disappointment and humiliation, they were refused passage. The firemen of the steamship threat ened to strike if the fleeing men were taken aboard, hence the company had to refuse to transport all able-bodied English subjects of military age. Af ter finding themselves thus vanguished, it is quite probable that what "Pat" and his fellow countrymen said would not be printable: To add to their hu miliation, several Irishmen were knock ed down by women in their efforts to decorate the men with white feathers. We believe we prefer the bullets to such a plight. Demonstration by the Lawlessness. Recently the mayor of Chicago mus tered sufficient courage to order al) sa loons closed on Sunday. Hitherto for the past score of years and more than 4,000 saloons in Chicago had vio lated the Sunday-closing ? ordinance. Last Sunday a demonstration was made by the saloon keepers and their friends against the Sunday closing. A pageant of more than 100.000 persons passed I through the main streets, of the city and the mayor was invited to review the parade. He very properly declined to give sanction to this disrespect for law. According to a dispatch from Chicago the demonstration was conducted by foreigners, being "under the direction Df the United Societies for Local Self aovernment, an organization compris ing 925 American, German, Lithuanian, Italian, Bohemian, Polishs Roumanian, iewish, Croatian, Swedish, Swiss, Dan sh, Norwegian, Irish and Austro-Hun ?arian subsidiary societies." ' Officers of the United Societies said 101,470 persons participated, 32,930 op 'oot and 68,540 in vehicles. Those on loot marched ten abreast, paralleling it first a double line of automobiles ind horse-drrwn vehicles. It required nore than two hours for the pedes rians to pass the reviewing stand in jr rant Park." "The marchers were grouped ' by ?aces, and many wore the brilliant cos ;umes of their native lands. By the lide of each division rode the women of ;he same race, many also in national .ostumes." * This demonstration against law and >rder by the foreign element of Chicago ihows what a problem large cities have n dealing with the undesirable class of )eople who flock to America from al )ar.ts of the old country. After the European war closes it is probable that he influx will be greater, unless more itringent laws are passed regulating mmigration. Of course, there are iotable exceptions. Not all foreigners ire bad. Some of them make good cit ons; but the vast majority are a men ice to our government. Bethany Sunbeams on Honor Roll. The Sunbeam society at Bethany inder the direction of their leader Urs. B ST. Talbert, recently held ?plendid exercise at the church. The lou-je was filled and a collection .iken which amounted to enough to inisb raisintr their annual appor ionment. This society with one Uher were the two honor roll Sun beam societies in Edgefield associa ,ion this year. 'Uncle" Iv Morgan Moves t? New Home. Editor Edgefield Advertiser:- I vrite to let yon know th it we are iow housed near Harlem, Ga., in McDuffie county. We finished mov ng last Friday evening. Can't tell ret how we will be phased with )iir new place of abode. I have met l?verai of ou?* near neighbors and ill insist on our attending Sunday ichool and preaching at their ;hurch (Missionary Baptist) but rery little over a mile from where ive live. A good day school in about ia!f a mile. My address will now 3e Harlem, Ga, R. F. D. No. 2, rvill write yon more about this sec ion when I know more. Uncle Iv. Harlem, Ga. For Sale Or Rent-My nine-room louse in north Edgefield, eight acres >f land, pasture, good well and 'pring-, ? ervant bouse and store louse on the premires. Terms easy, ipply to W. C. Jackson. i & . f What Others .Say All Wasted. If the amount of brain, ingenuity, money and time that have been put into the present war had only been con secrated to the service of humanity what an advance in happiness and con tentment would have resulted.- On angeburg Times and Democrat. Improve the Opportunity. What are you going to do the long winter nights from dark to bedtime? Mighty good time to mark out a course of good reading. The picture shows and rook are well enough in their places, but should not monopolize all $ne' leisure.-Spartanburg Journal. Not Wisely Spent. While the navy of the United States ranks fifth among the navies of the" world, this country has spent more for naval purposes than any other country except Great Britain. Most of the money was spent under republican ad ministrations, ii the republicans had spent the people's money honestly and economically, we would now have a better and stronger navy.-Abbeville Medium. Speak a Good Word. Speak a good word for the schools, I ana the churcnes, and the business aha professional men, and tne industries, and vo?f neignoors, and frienas, and the people generally. Speak a good word lor thc whoie community, and keep^on speaking until others ?et the habit and begin speaking witn you. It is a good thing ior the town, and in? time others will be speaking well of you.-Anaerson Intelligencer. Americans Like Sweets. People of the United States evince a] great ionaness tor sugar, according to statistical reports, lt seems uirhcultl to Delieve tnat every man, woman and | child in the country last year consumed an average 01 b? pounus of sugar, ana yet sucn is tne iact, as reported by the department oi commerce. An indica tion ol the importance of the sugar in dustry may be found in the statement j that the worjd's total production last | year was sometning like 4U"ouU,Out),, ooo pounds.-I1 ann and Kancn. England Holding Back. When the great Napoleon was run ning rough snud over Europe, England o?a little until sne was directly thr?at eneu oy army invasion. So in the pres ent war, she stood still and saw poor little Belgium literally wiped out ol existence. bhe also witnessed the great drive of the Austro-German wedge into Rjissia and now brave little beroia is oeing sacrinced. During the wnole war the ftirave Frenchmen nave been standing in tne brtacn. riow long will England continue to use the cat s paw to pull ' the chestnuts out oi th? nre?-Lancaster News. + Smile Provokers I . j "Doesn't it ?ive you a terrible feeling when you run over a man?* they asked him. ''Well, if he's a lar?e man, re plied tbe automobilist, it does give me a pretty rough jolt." l4Whtt kind of meat have yon this morning, asked the husband of the butcner." "The beet steak we have ever had, sir, replied the butcher. Here yon a/e, sir; as smooth as velvet and as tender as a woman's heart." The husband looked up and said:J "I'll take sausage." A Missourian from the Ozarks recently went to St. Louis to see the sights. He had never been in a big city before, so he walked down the street, looking in the windows and enjoying himself hugely. At one place he saw a sisrn reading, "Wo man's Exchange." The mountaineer hurried into the store, which was filled with various specimens of leminine handicraft. "Be this the woman's exchange?'' he asked. "It is, answered a very tall, very gaunt and spinster-like person be hind tie counter." . < "Be yon the woman?" and he eyed* her keenlv. "I srue^S'I am." "Wa'al, I guess I'll kejp Sal," he said apobgetically, hurrying oui. "Mary!" Father's voice rolled down the stairs and into the dim and silent parlor. "Yes, papa dear." "Ask that young man if he has the time." "Yes, George has his watoh with him." "Then ask him what is the time/' "He says it is 11:48, papa " *'Then ask him if he doesn't think it about bedtime." Another moment of silence. r "He says, papa, the silvery voice announced impersonally, he says that he rarely goes to bed before 1, hut it seems to him that it is a mat ter of personal preference merely, and that if he were in your plaoe he would ero to bed now if he fAf sleepy." Where Your Money Does Extra Duty Where Satisfaction is Certain The large crowd that visited our store last Sat urday was beyond our expectation: Our store was crowded from morning until night, and a great m'any of our customers left our store ,not waited on, but we promise to be better prepared next Sat urday. We nave also received a big line of new goods this week. . * A large assortment of Ladies' and Misses' Hats, Trimmed and Untrimmed. ? A handsome line of Ladies' Dress Skirts in all sizes. Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks and suits. SPECIAL We have bought Seventy-five 'Ladies' Coat Suits from one of the leading houses of* New York at almost at half of the price. We will have them by express in time for Saturday. So be on hand early. We are receiving goods daily by express. i 1 Remember We Sell Everything for Less ???MMBBMBBMBBBBEHKB Edgefield, South Carolina mm? e and i Having received profitable prices for your farm products, and having paid off pressing obligations, is it not a good time to make some needed purchases for the home? The rigid economy that has been wisely practiced by many during the past year has caused scores and scores of persons to let their household needs go unsupplied. Now make the home brighter and happier by adding some new furniture and other things that are needed. FURNITURE! We have a carefully selected .stock of furniture that was bought from leading manufacturers at a close price. Let us sell vou a suit. We are offering solid bed-room suits for #20.00 up. Come in to see them. We also carry a large assortment of mattresses and springs. ROCKERS! We have a beautiful line of Rocking Chairs, just what you would like for your home, and the price is wk h in your reach. RUGS AND ART SQUARES! We invite the ladies especially to-call and Jet us show them our large stock of art squares with Rugs to match. The largest assort ment of rugs that we have ever carried, all sizes and all grades. Also see our linoleums in attractive patterns. STOVES, RANGES AND HEATERS! Do you not need a new cook stove or range \ We can sell you one at a very reasonable price, and have a large assortment to select from. We are af?o well supplied with heaters, both for wood and coal. Vou will make a mistake if you do not see our stock before you make your purchase. . BUGGIES QTid WAGONS! Oneof our strongest departments is our vehicle department. We can show you a large stock of buggies to select from-all of them made by manufacturers that are absolutely dependable. Let us show you our buggies before you purchase a new one this fall. There is no better farm wagon made than our "Mitchell" wagons. Do not take our word for it, but ask those who have used them for years. They stand the test of bad roads and heavy loads. * Every department of our store is well supplied, and we invite you to call before making your purchases. * HSSB Edgefield Mercantile Company | i