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ifield ^?tcr?iset ?atabli?l|ru 1035. J, L. MI MS,.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. j -PARKER. Wednesday, Jan. 19 Charleston had the monotony of the 4*drought'' broken by the arrival of a blizzard. It appears now that the political bawl season will open earlier this year titan usual. The fellows whose thirst refuses to be slaked this month by a gallon are in a bad fix. It's too early after Christmas for us to be disturbed over the coming of yegg men into the State. The weather man who broke the back of the blizzard last week before it reached Carolina deserves a Carne gie medal. Uncle Sam's experience has been that neutrals have rights but it is the part of prudence to forego the exer cise of these rights. Some of the wet counties have thou sands of dollars worth of whiskey but not a drop to drink, lt must be dis posed of by the legislature. -4 . - - The handing in of 72 internal reve nue licenses in Charleston indicates that there is improvement under the prohibition dispensation. The Mexicans are climbing upon the water-wagon, which means that inter nal conditions in that part of the west ern hemisphere will be improved. Doubtless 'the whiskey trust is say ing the right?: of newspapers should not be curtailed by not being allowed to advertise ir lox i eating liquors. Tliere'll be no more volunteers for naval service unless an iron-clad guar antee is given that no assignment will be made to the submarine service. When we read of the snowfall of 52 inches on the level in Arizona we arc convinced more and more that the Sun ay South ii) the best place to live. Women are depriving themselves of the righi: to thrust their hands in good warm pockets these cold mornings. A mas wouldn't wear a pocketless suit two minutes. Slate Treasurer Samuel T. Carter has announced that he will be a candi date for re-election. He has made a good officer and deserves another term without oppos: non. It's a pity that experiments with new-type submarines cannot be made on terra firma. Wonder if Mr. Edison can lot devise some way to try out his next battery in his laboratory? There is a marked difference in the j operations of the American and the I ' German submarines. Those of Ger- j1 many are used to blow up the enemy, j while ours blow up our own people. A freighter from the west coast of Chile arrived at Charleston a few days ago containing 72,051 bags of nitrate of soda. Wonder how much of thie> the most expensive element of plant food, will find^its way to Edge neM? _ J Having promised to be good while here, Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst was al- ; lowed to land at New York Monday. ' Among other things, she promised to ' keep the lid on her Pandora box of 1 militant germs while on American ' soil._ j President Wilson will need the J volubility of Mr. Bryan and the enclu- 1 rance of Col. Roosevelt if he accepts 1 all the invitations extended him. He bat received invitations from more than J 400 cities to make speeches. 1 How strange it is that some farmers . will work all the year to make cotton : and then thoughtlessly throw it out ' in the weather to become seriously ; damaged. A few dollars spent in ' erecting a cotton shed would be ah jprofitable investment. i The Minnesota father and mother who had four children added to their brood in one year, twins twice, would be not only cordially welcomed by the European countries whose citizenship is being depleted by the war but they would be paid a large bonus. A bill prescribing chaingang sen tences without the alternative of a fine for the violation of the prohibition law has passed the houae by a vote of 71 to 18, and it is likely that the senate will approve of the bill. This means that there will be less whiskey selling in South Carolina. The latest scientific coup of the Germans is making shoes without leather. That is nothing ne won this side of the Atlantic. Yankee manu facturers have been making shoes without real leather for these many years and have been getting the price of real leather shoes. So the Germans have nothing to boast of in this achievement. We Rise to Favor the BUL i Mr. Speaker, we rise to urge the passage of the bill increasing the capi tation tax on dogs to one dollar. And to go a little further, Mr. Speaker, we would like to see an act passed provid ing for the decapitation of about half of the dogs in the State and at the same time raising the capitation tax on the other ^half, as provided in the bill now before the House. Mr. Speaker, we don't believe in everlastingly cuss in' dogs but we do advocate sending those to the "happy hunting ground" that are not worth a cuss. Again we say, Mr. Speaker, we are not "agin" this bill that would tax the head off of some dogs. Millionaire With a He^rt. Mr. Frick, the coal and steel mag. nate, who probably, like Mr. Ford, has more money than he can use, has come to the financial aid of thousands of school children in a most touching man ner. A Pittsburg bank failed some time ago, causing a loss to 41, OOO school children. They had been taught to open a bank account and deposit their small savings. When Mr. Frick learned that these children had lost the money that was so dear to their little hearts, he came forward and offered to pay each one the amount that had been de posited in the defunct bank. The schools are being visited by Mr. Frick's agents and the actual cash paid to the children. Such an act will call forth the admiration of people everywhere, lt may be true that the benefactor will never miss the $167,000, and yet he could have used it some other way, leaving the children in their ./disappoint ment. Farmers to Hold Conference. Leading farmers from all parts of the State will hold a conference tn Co lumbia to-rnorrow for the purpose of discussing matters of interest to farm ers that are now being considered by the legislature. Unfortunately, the legislature has not a large per cent, of farmers in the two houses as it ought to have. Therefore, it is well lor those who are actively engaged in farm ing to hold a conference and decide what is best along certain lines, and then get in touch with the lawmakers in an advisory way rather than as loby ists. If farmers were thoroughly alive to the promotion of their interest^, they would maintain an organization, acting in concert whenever tne necessity arises for such action. They have a fragmentary organization in the form af the Farmers' Union, which ought ?io be revived and re-organized in every county in the State. Co-operative buy ing and selling can nevor be made of benefit to larmers without an organi sation of some lorm. Acting as indi viduais, larmers can never assert them selves in a way that will bring results. Tne conference in Columbia to-morrow would be larger, more representative and more effective if farmers in every :ounty were organized. Would Substitute Plants For Seed. One of the pioneers among the cab bage plant growers of South Carolina has suggested to congress tnat the government send out free cabbage plants every spring instead of free cabbage seed, and it is said that tue proposed change is meeting with favor among congressmen. We have never thought the people were benefitted to any considerable extent by the free distribution of seed by the government. As the cost of garden seed is so small, at least the cost of such seed as tne government sends out, that is would be better for the consumer to go to a re liable seed dealer and select just what ne wants, rather than have some en tirely disinterested person a thousand miles away to select them lor him. The same objection would apply to plants ready for the gurden. Howev er, as the latter plan is something new, it may be well to make a change fox a /ear or two just to see wnat the ef- ? tect will be. Should the farmer re ceive the plants at the proper time and transplant at once, it may give . .lim "greens" and pot "licker" earlier , than he is accustome i to having them i jnder the old free-seed plsn. I New Navy Year Book. The Navy yearbook f or ' 1! compiled by B. R. Tillman, Jr., published as a Senate docum has been received from the pu printer and is b?ing distributee meaJbers of Congress. The appearance of this ye book has been awaited with ea ordinary interest, and Mr. 1 man's appreciation of this fa< responsible for the completion publication of the book in adv? of the usual date. The new edition of the yearb is the most valuable reference w on the United States Nav\ that ryet been published, being as w? handbook on warship statistic! all the great naval powers, tho the scope of these statistics has consequence of foreign consors been limited to the date of the i break of the European war. In the new form in which latest yearbook is issued infor tion concerning the Navy, and | ticulary concerning the developm of the "new Navy" as reflected legislation from 1882 to the pree time is much more accessible tl has heretofore been the case. The yearbooks were fast beet ling too cumbersome for practi use, owing to the addition eaoh y of the full text of the naval app pri?t i on act. Mr. Tillman's < criminating examination of the a has resulted in the elimination all routine phraseology ordinarily peated from year to year; the a of 1882 and 1883 (from which ti tba "new Navy" dates), 1899 (i personnel act), and the latest act, well as all "increase of the Nav provisions and new legislation ing printed in full. The book has in this way b< reduced from 1,000 to about 6 pages. Indefinite expansion of I size and expense of the publicati has thus been checked and the 1 ture continuance, iu useful form, a valuable handbook ou a subject great public interest is ensun The book appears in a new and ; tractive binding of gray buckra To supplement the abbreviat texted a new statement has been pi pared (availabl - in no other publ? tion), showing in detail, under ea head and protect, the .money appi priated by Congress for the "nt Nav v." The statistical tables conta much new matter. Warship dal personnel statistics, and informati; relating to dock yards, armor co tracts, progress of new oonstructio inter-oceanic canals, etc., appear i great detail, and in readily access bte form. In prosecuting this work as dei of. the Senate committee on nav affairs, Mr. Tillman has avaik himself to excellent purpose of a facilities at hand in preparing th timely and authoritative book c reference on the dominant questio of the day.-Army and Navy Ref ister, January 8. News From the Red Hill Con munity. -, at Yesterday was a bad day fo church in the country, but ther wa? a good congregation - both a Red Hill in the morning and Col liers in the afternoon. Miss Maud Rives and Miss Rutl Wash visited Rose Cottage las Saturday and Sunday. Dr. Prescott came home from tin hospital last Friday very much im proved. Alias Alpha Hammond spent thc week-end at home last week. Mr. D. C. Bussey,one of our pro gressive farmers, is having his farm put under a net wire. Mr. Bussej is setting a good example to his neighbors. The woman's missionary society of Red Hill will meet at the home of Mrs. Henry Quarles next Thurs day afternoon. There will be a business meeting of the men of Antioch church next Saturday morning at ll o'clock. We hope to see all the male mem bers present. Your correspondent went to Plum Branch last Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Margaret Black well. Mrs. Blackwell bad lived to a good old age. She served her day and generation well. She leaves a number of children, grand children and a host of friends to mourn her departure. We extend to these friends and loved ones our prayers and sympathy. While at Plum Branch we had the pleasure of shaking hands with so many friends of other days. Plum Branch is a good town. The people are wide-awake to business. They have a good high school and two churches. We dimed with our friends Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Winn and Mr. and Mrs. Evan Cochran. These friends showed us much kind ness while in their home. We are glad to say that the health of Mr. E. C. Winn is much improved. f The teachers of our school will give a play "The spinsters' conven tion" at our new sahool house real soon. Fuller notice will be given of this play. The play will be given in PROGRAMME National Missionary Campaign Laymen's Missionary Con vention, Columbia, S. C., February 6-9 ,1916. I Sunday Afternoon, February 6, 3:00 P. M. "The Task of the Modern Church," Dr. Worth M. Tippy, New York City, Pastor Madison Ave. M. E. Church. "Spiritual Objectives for Men of Business," Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, Green ville, S. C., President of Furman Uni versity. 7:30 P. M. About three central union meetings. Monday, February 7, 10:30 A. M. Meeting of Pastors for Conference and Prayer, led by Dr. Worth M. Tippy. "A Tourist's View of Missions," Dr. I John N. Mills, Washington, D. C. "An Adequate Missionary Motive," Rev. R. W. Patton, Atlanta, Ga., Mis sionary Secretary for Southern Province Protestant Episcopal Church. "The Big Brother Among the Na tions," Pr. W. W. Pinson, Nashville, Tenn., General Sec'y Mission Board j M. E. Church South. Tuesday, February 8, 9:30 A. M. The Hour of Prayer. "The Two Americas," Rev. J. G. Dale, Chester, S. C., Secretary Lay men's Missionary Movement A. R. P. ! Church. "Winning China for Christ," Rev. J. A. G. Shipley, Shanghai, China, Mis I sion ar y to China, M. E. Church South, Member Baltimore Conference, Mis sionary since 1898. "Building the Kingdom in China," Rev. J. C. Lowe, Canton, China, Mis sionary for the Southern^Baptist Con vention. "Financing the Kingdom," Dr. J. T. Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn., Secre tary Laymen's Movement for Southern Baptist Convention. For five years President Woman's College at Bristol", Va. 3:00 P. M. Denominational Conferences. Baptist at First Baptist Church. Methodist at Washington Street M. E. Church. Christian at Y. M. C. A. Hall. Episcopal at Jefferson Hotel. Presbyterian at First Presbyterian Church. Tuesday, February 8, 7:30 P. M. "The World Crisis and its Challenge Ito America," Rev. C. J. Thompson, Raleigh, N. C., Field Secretary for] Missions, Southern Baptist Convention, Wake Forest University. 'A Near View of the Far East," [Rev. Wm. McDowell, D. D., Chicago, [Bishop of M. E. Church. Wednesday, February 9, 9:30 A. M. The Hour of Prayer. "Missionary Progress of Recent) Years," Rev. J. O. Reavis, Columbia, 'S. C., Field Secretary of Foreign Mis sionary Committee Presbyterian Church in U. S. "Missions as a Personal Interest," Bishop McDowell. "The Recent Missionary Opportu nity," The Rt. Byev. William A. Guerry, D. D., Charleston, S. C., Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. 3:00 P. M. Denominational Conferences, j 7:30 P. M. "What I Have and What I Owe Thereby," Dr.. J. Henry Harms, New. berry, S. C., President Newberry Col lege. "Leaving Your Mark on the World," Lientenant Col. E. W. Halford, New York City, Vice-Chairman Laymen's Missionary Movement in U. S. and Canada. "The Dedication of Our Money to Jesus Christ," Dr. J. T. Henderson, Chattanooga, Tenn. The end of the convention is the be ginning of the campaign. Workable plans for the coming years. The unchanging life purpose. FOR CHILDREN'S COUGH You cannot use anything better for your child's cough and cold than Dr. King's New Discovery, lt is prepared from Pine Tar mixed with healing and soothing balsams. It does not contain anything harm ful and is slightly laxative, just enough to expel the poisons from the system. Dr. King's New Dis covery is antiseptic-kills the oold germs-raises the phlef m-loosens the cough and soothes the irritation. Don't put off treatment. Coughs and Colds often lead to serious luug troubles. It is also good for adults and the aged. Get a bottle to-day. All Druggists. ElECTHiii xi? g. BITTERS Family Medicine. Mild - Laxative, the interest of a piano for the school. The way to put the blind tigers out of business is to remove the fine and put a chaingang sentence on them. We hope our lawmakers will pass such a law. The man who runs a blind tiger ought to be on the chaingang. , Rose Cottage. Cold Spring, S. C. Tribute of Respect. Resolutions adopted by the Plum Branch W. M. U. Whereas, it has pleased our Heavenly Father in His infinite wisdom, to remove from our mid?t, on January ll, 1916, a mnch loved j and faithful member and friend, Mrs. Margaret A. Blackw.ill, there fore be it resolved: 1st. That while we bow in hum ble submission to the will of God, we feel with deepest regret that our society has lost one of its most faithful and devoted members. 2nd. That death bas removed her from the service of God on earth to higher service in heaven, leaving us an example of Christian labor and love, well worthy of our imitation. 3rd. That we extend to the be reaved children and relatives of the deceased our deepest and most heart felt sympathies. 4th. That a copy of these resolu tions be sent to the bereaved chil dren and a copy be inscribed on our record book. 5th. That these resolutions be published in the Baptist Courier and the Edgefield Advertiser. 1 Mrs. T, E. Cochran, Mrs. R. E. Coleman, Mrs. W. G. Blackwell. The Crop is Short The cotton crop is shorter than any one in this immediate section of the country expected-probably because of?the fair crop being grown and ginned in Spartan burg county. But the figures published yesterday, giving the government's report as 10,643,785, show how effective were the campaigns for a reduction of the acreage, the shortage of fertili zer and the unfavorable weather during the latter part of the grow ing season. A combination of these things is responsible for the show ing made. All contributed to the salvation of the south. At present cotton is bringing a good price aud the market appears to be advancing into new high ground with much cotton still in the hands of the men who grew it. The time, however, to test the southern farming wisdom will be in the coming spring when the mat ter of acreage to be given to cotton will again become an important question. If the southern farmer will profit by the experience of the year just endiug and grow his own supplies, bold down his cotton acreage, and act like one who un staudu the advantage he holds, the country will know a new era of great prosperity.-Spartan burg Her ald. MANY P?0PLS DON'T KNOW A sluggish liver can cause a per son an awful lot of misery. Spells cf dizziness, headaches, constipa tion and biliousness are sure signs that your liver needs help. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills and see how they help tone up the whole system. Fine for the stomach too. Aids digestion. Purifies the blood and clears the complexion. Only .25c. at your Druggist. 3 A well-known doctor, living in a Southern city has great difficulty in remembering the names of his pa tenta and often gets into anembar raesing predicament. One day a lady brought her little boy to see the doctor. The doctor greeted the lady very cordially, for he knew her well, but for the life of him he could not recall her name. He examined the boy and started to write a prescription. Not wishing the lady to know his dilemna he said: "Er-do you spell your name with e or i?" The lady was somewhat surpris ed at this and said: "Why, doctor, my name is Hil!, M i l l." STRAYED-A red male pig strayed from a home in Buncombe last week. Finder will bo rewarded if information as to its present whereabouts be left at The Adver tiser oftu:e. Collett & PHARHL Prescriptions Comp Drugs at all hours. Prompt anc Fancy G DR. BELL'S PINE-TAR-HONEY For your cold, for your cough, for your feverish throat, nose and head, use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. Honey soothes the irrita tion. Pine-Tar cuts the phlegm, thus relieving congestion. Pine Tar also acts as an antiseptic, as a result general relief follows. Breath ing become** easier and further in flammation is arrested. Insist on Dr. BelPs Pine-Tar-Honey. It is an itideal treatment. Price 25c. 3 Cut Yossr Store Bill Down One Half Tens of thousands of farmers as weB aa town and city folks cut down their store bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and re duced wages. Absolutely nuTions of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression. How were these burdensome store btts cut down? By the real money-saving power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended through the season. Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how to cut store bills down; tells about gar* den and farm seeds of kinds and a qual ity that cannot be bought from your ?aer chant or druggist. It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for it Write for lt now. EG.HASTINGS CO., At?mta, Ga.-(Advt) Buildings For Sale. I am authorized to offer for sale the two wooden buildings on the school grounds that werejformerly ?sed for the graded school. Persons contemplating building should see me. J. C. Sheppard, Chairman of Board of Trustees. For Sale. Fine two year old Jack, black with v?hite points. Also handsomest 2 1-2 year old Mare in the South. Nice two year old mare mule. J. H. GARRETT. Clark's Hill, S. C. M9-3t FARMS! Two Good Farms in Burke Coun ty near Waynesboro, Ga., well lo cated, will, sell or exchange for city property or a good paying business. One of my farms has 500 acres and a good 7 room ' house, 5 tenant j* howes, open land for 8 or 10 plows. The other place has 1030 acres, ten' 3 room houses, rented next year for 15 bales cotton, will trade one or both places. Address P. O. Box 173, Waynesboro, Ga. Land for Sale ! I will sell that tract of land con taining about 115 to 120 acres"*fyiDg on the east side of Loyd's creek, ad joining lands of L. R. Hammond, H. W. McKie and the undersigned. Plenty of water and timber. Rents well. Apply to G. D. MIMS, Clark's Hill, S. C. l-5-2t-pd. A car load of Cypress shingles just received. While they last I will sell for $4.00 per 1,000 cash. I have also just received a car of flooring, ceiling and weather-boarding that I will sell for $20 per thousand. E. S. JOHNSON. DR J.S. 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