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??fablialp>fc 1035. J.L. Af/.MS,-.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year ia advance. Entered as second class matter at ?he postoffice at Ed gefield, S. C. No communications will be published onless accompanied by the writer'i name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. f_-:-* The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. -PARKER. 4- * Wednesday, Jan. 26 Somehow or other guano costs more | tmt smells leas . The "tiger" that loses its sight re ceives no sympathy from the public in its affliction. We are not losing any sleep over the j proposed tax on automobiles. Our "ox" will not be gored. If the young men wear their pants much shorter, they will be wearing fur top shoes too. r**; A model girl, one modelled after the tatest fashion plate., does not necessa rily make a model wife. The weather man is very fickle and ; unstable in his ways. One day he ftt?ds out April weather and the next j be drops back to January. Edgefield has not been visited by a disastrous fire in several years. Let's | keep up the good record by using every possible precaution against fire. According to the figures in the Edgft field marriage license office, leap-year opportunities are not being improved. Probably the reason is because they are not golden. The counties that have some of the *'wet goods" yet on hand have the sat isfaction of knowing that this merchan dise is improving with age, instead of deteriorating. An Indian woman who was reputed to be 150 years of age died in Califor nia the other day. Possibly a woman is willing to disclose her age after j reaching the 150th mile post. In their deep concern as to what commercial fertilizers to boy, farmers should not forget that a liberal applica tion of "brawn and brains" will bring forth a good yield of almost any crop. The papers are chock full of agita tion about rural credits, but not a word about urban credits. It appears to us that the agitation is entirely too one sided. _ Mr. Bryan was astute enough to let J some others. experiment with peace proffers before he would take hold of the enterprise. Our prediction is**that he will not go abroad in the interest of | peace for many moons. According to The State, and the point is well made, the members of the general assembly who voted to reduce; the passenger rate to two cents should also vote to reduce the amount they re ceive for transportion from five to two cents per mile. There appears to be something con flicting about the announcement of the President's cruise on the Potomac while preparing his speech on "prepar edness." The dispatch said he spent a quiet day, and yet it also stated that be took his wife with him. Who said the Panama canal would not help the South? Farmers will have to pay a good many dollars per ton more for nitrate of soda this spfing be cause it had to be shipped all the way around the Horn instead of coming; straight up through the canal. "Anyone with half an eye,"beginsi a Newx York American editorial. If j Brother Hearst will show us any one with half an eye, or even two-fifths of an ey??, we'll cheerfully engage to read the rest of the stuff.-The State. Sounds like the editor was "half shot." Income Tax Constitutional. The supreme court, the highest tri bunal in the land, ha3 just handed down a decision to the effect that the federal law taxing all incomes above ~$3,000 is constitutional. According to last year's government report there are 357,515 persons who are liable for this tax. There are 60 persons in the United States who have an annual in come of more than $1,000,000, and there are 82,754 whose income is between $3,000 and $4,000. During the past year the tax col lected from the levy on incomes amounted to about $90,000,000, and it is proposed that the levy be increased so as to raise more than double that amount. The government would have individuals and estates of large income pay a large portion of the amount needed for national defense. Liquor-Soaked Kentucky, The Kentucky legislature refuses to submit the .question of prohibition to a vote of the people. The whiskey inter ests wield a powerful influence in that State, it being said that three-fifths of the whiskey in bonded warehouses in the United States is in Kentucky ware houses. But, finally, Kentucky, like some of the wet counties in this State, will be forced to fall in line. Prohibi tion sentiment all over the country grows stronger and stronger, and even liquor-soaked Kentucky will be unable to stay the rising tide. Safety and Service First. We do not believe the time has ar rived in South Carolina when the rail roads should be forced to reduce the passenger fare. The people want bet ter service on the part of the railroads more than they desire a reduction in passenger rate. And it is unreason able to expect a maximum of service for a minimum pf compensation. Rail roads should be required to provide comfortable and sanitary depots, im prove their roadbeds and equipment, and then al ter these necessary improve ments'shall have been made, if the vol ume of business warrants, make reduc tion in the passenger rate. It will be unreasonable to expect the railroads to make needed improvements after the income from the passenger service has been reduced one-fifth. A Novel Suit. There is nothing new under the sun except damage suits. There is always something new coming up in the form of a damage suit A novel suit has been brought against a merchant in Spartanburg by a farmer who alleges that he was damage 1 by having seed Irish potatoes not-true-to-name sold him. Last summer the aforesaid aggrieved farmer bought 100 bushels of seed Irish potatoes from the defendant in the case, and as the crop was a total fail ure the farmer lays the blame at the door of the merchant. He alleges that the potatoes were not a fall variety, but were intended for spring planting) only. Thus the matter stands. The result of the case will be watched with interest, as a new precedent will be established in South Carolina should a verdict be awarded the plaintiff. Old Soldiers Rapidly Passing. One is often reminded that the ranks of the Confederate soldiers are thinning rapidly. How few there are in Edge field and in every other community of the county. Not many years ago when one desired information concerning! this or that battle or concerning some company or regiment it was aa easy matter to find an old soldier who could supply the information from his store of personal knowledge. But it is now difficult to find one who can give in formation concerning the things of the past. An unmistakable evidence that the old soldiers are dropping out of sight rapidly is found in the fact that there is not one in either body of the general assembly. Probably this is the first j session since the Civil war that the leg islature of South Carolina did not con tain one or more veterans. Of the few who remain most of them are too old to take active part in public life. The younger generation should show the old veterans who are yet with us every possible consideration. They de serve all we can do for them. Western District Attacked. During the last session of Congress an act was passed, practically without opposition, making two judicial dis tricts of South Carolina. But since Congress re-convened there has been a disposition on the part of some to re peal the act, again making one district of the entire State. A great many of the other States have two districts and we see no good reason why an excep tion should be made of South Carolina. If there is to be but one district in this State, let the law be so changed that it j ?hall apply to all States. Since the western district was formed in this State the business has been handled with greater dispatch, and much new business has been created as a result of the efforts of the officials in the new district, which has caused the government's interests to be bet-1 ter safeguarded and protected. We do not believe that the efforts to disturb the present status will succeed. After the matter has received careful consideration by the opponents we be lieve that all opposition will be with drawn. All South Carolina asks is that she receive the same consideration that is accorded other States, and if that be \ done the district will be allowed to stand. E?iE?TS?C fe yest Tonic, MIT??P5{Q Mil0 - Laxative iHilEliO Family Medicine. School Entertainment at Red Hill. Other News Items. Come to the "Spinsters' Conven tion" and see the old maids trans formed into beautiful young maid ens before your own eyes at the Red Hill Behool house Friday night, February 4. A small fee of 25 cents will be charged for admission. After the old raaidt have been trans formed into beantful young ladies they will sell boxes for the benefit of the new piano fund. Don't for get the time and place. Come, all of your friends will be there. . Rehoboth church has been re covered since the fire last second Sunday morning. Willing hearts and ready hands can bring about wonders. Judge Bell, of Clark's Hill, was in town Monday shaking hands with his many friends. We are al ways glad to see the Judge. . He still parts his hair in the middle, and we are wondering why he does not have a pompadour. Judge Lee Bodie bas moved to Plum Branch. Judge Bodie bas a contract with the Plum Branch Lumber Company to haul lumber. Dr. Crafton and your correspond ent went to Greenwood last Tues day to see the "boys." While in Greenwood we called to see Mrs. Am ie Williams. She is in the Greenwood hospital. Miss Annie is loved by all Red Hill. She was an earnest worker in the church, Sun day school and Woman's Missionary Society. We are glad to report that ?he will soon be well again. . Mihs Lydia Holmes has accepted a position in the school at Modoc as assistant teacher. Rose Cottage. Honor Roll Edgefield Graded and High School. First ?rade: Effie Allen Lott, Elisabeth Johnson, Martha Thur mond, Mary Thurmond, Sara Hughes. Advanced first: Margaret Strom, William Cogburn, Herman Ruben stein, John Curran Feltham. Second grade: Elizabeth Bailey, Frances Moore, Kathryn Stewart, Julia Strom, Hansford Miras, Car rie Dunovant, Renaud Shannon bouse, Annie Lawton, Jeanette Tim mons. Third grade: Felioia Minas, Per cy Marshall Feltham, Lucy Shep pard, Robert Tompkins, Mary Marsh. Fourth grade: Elizabeth Lott, John Well?, Gladys Lawton, Edwin Rives, Allen Edwards, Harold Pres cott. Fifth grade: George Tompkins, William Strom, Lillian Pattison, Mitchell Wells, Raymond Folk, Robert Ouzts, Eleanor Mima. Ger trude Tdurmond, Frances Carpen ter. Sixth ?rade: Lois Mims, William Folk, William Jones, Ethel Car penter, Thelma Jackson, Geneva Quarles, Dixon Tim merman, Willie ?hie Man ns. Seventh grade: Frances Jones, Edith Ouzts. Eighth grade: Edwin Folk, Ar thur Britt, James Porter. Ninth grade: Margaret May, Willie Peak, Neta Ouzts. Tenth grade: Ouida Pattison, Janice Morgan, Peudleton Gaines, Emmie Broadwater, Pearl Quarles. Eleventh grade: Ida Folk. Honor Roll Lott School. First grade: Elise Franklin, Ruth Coursey, Evelyn Salter, Gertrude Pardue, Lewis Jackson. Second grade: Frontis McGee, Azilee Salter, Martha Derrick, Eva Lou Rankin, Olivia Pardue. Third grade: Iona Ripley, Clyde Pardue, Haston Carpenter, Inez Rankin, Nolan Salter. Fourth grade: Jasper Derrick, Pearl Franklin, Rubi' Jackson, Sa die Franklin, Wayne Derrick, Car rie Onzts, Masrgie Ripley. Fifth grade: Ruth McGee. Eighth grade: Cephas Derrick. Magazines I now have the agency for Geor gi^ News Co., handling Red Book, Tip Top, Munsey's Popular Maga zine, etc. O. P. BRIGHT. Stock for Sale ! 1 have some valuable stock which I will sell. Will take them to Edgefield the First Monday in Feb ruary. I will ?ell a mule 5 years old that weighs 1,000 pounds for $200.00. I have a mule 8 years old, about the same size, for $150.00. I have a Percheron mare 12 years old, weight 1,200 pounds, for $150. I have a very fine 30 months old mare colt, saddle bred, for $150.00. I guarantee this stock to be sound and all right. GEORGE W. BUSSEY. Modoc, S. C. (R. F. D.) PROGRAMME National Missionary Campaign Laymen's Missionary Con vention, Columbia, S. C., February 6-9,1916. 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, 30:30 A. M. Meeting of Pastors for Conference and Prayer, led by Dr. Worth M. Tippy. "A Tourist's View of Missions," Dr. 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," Dr. W. W. Pinson, Nashville, Tenn., Generar Sec'y Mission Board 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 sionary 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 Str?ot 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 to 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. Ti 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, Rev. William A. Guerry, D. D., Charleston, S. C., Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. ' f ? 3:00 P. M. . Denominational Conferences. \ 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. WAR UPON PAIN! Pain is a visitor to every home and usually it comes quite unex pectedly. But you are prepared for every emergency if you keep a small bottle of Sloan's Liniment handy. It is the greatest pain kill er ever discovered. Simply laid on the skin-no rubbing required it drives the pain away. It is really wonderful. Melvin H. Soister, Berkeley Cal. writes: "Last Satur day, after tramping around the Pan ama Exposition with wet feet, I came home with my neck so stiff that I couldn't turn. I applied Sloan's Liniment freely and went to bed. To my surprise, next morn ing the stiffness bad almost disap peared, four hours after the second application I was as good as new." all 25c druggists. - 1 FOR SALE-My house and lot on Columbia street. Terras can be arranged. Mrs. S. A. Morrall, Edge field, S. C. FOR SALE-2 young home raised horses. For terms apply to T. E. Miller, Colliers, S. C. M9-2t. Collett & Mitchell PHARMACISTS -MM-?----M (Prescriptions Compounded from Pure Drugs at all hours. Prompt and Accurate Fancy Groceries 0LOBMAN IS C0PUNG January 31st (Some m-^m^ ?andie these fine wpleftsin ifie full piece <? ^gm^?sured by Wi ORDERS TAKENi :J)eliVery mc REPRESENTING ^ GLOBElJi LORING ?. CINOpNNATI - DORNS & MIMS - Ford Cars Have Stood the Test The experience of scores of own ers of the Ford Automobiles has proven that there is nothing better made for the Edgefield roads. Ford cars will carry you safely over any road that a buggy or any other ve hicle can travel. 1 An All-the-Year-Around Car They are light, yet substantially built. They are cheap, yet the best of material is used in their con struction. Are you contemplating , purchasing a car? Let us show you a Ford Run-About or Touring Car. G.W.ADAMS Edgefield Auto Repair Shop Next to Court House