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E0tablial?*iUa35. J. L. MIMS,~.Editor. gfs - Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 ..per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at . ?he postoffice at Edgefield S. C. No cummunications will be pub Sshed unless accompanied by the writer's name. Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and ' Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, May ll. Says a headline: "New York Bank ers Will Help Export Cotton." That sounds good. ? * * ? Things are getting better. The . -courts of Georgia have denied Herod Nero Williams a new trial. * . . . Weevils hold high carnival when -cotton is plowed up and replanted shis late. * * * * The fellow who has been gold bricked by a vender of oil stock de serves but little sympathy. * * * . As soap can again be had two cakes for a nickel, this deflation business is not altogether bad. - * * a The way wives are shooting hus fcands over the country, it's getting io be doubly risky to get married. " * * * ? The decline of interest rate of the Reserve Banks hasn't made it any ?better for us yet but we are hopeful. ? ? * . Those in authority, financially, tell xis that the worst has been reached and that the country is again on a .sound financial basis. * * * * That was speedy justice in Green ville-the sentencing of a negro who Hailed a policeman to die in the elec tric chair within seventy-two hours after the crime was committed. ? * ? * Count Tebaikowsky, whoever he is, says that . within ten years America will be running Russia. Unless the Russian Reds are kept out, Russia ?will be trying to run America in less time chan a decade. * * * * ' Did you ever see so many people ?wearing old clothes, old shoes and "old hats before? It's a fine thing to clean up as well as clean out one's wardrobe occasionally. Better wear old ones than to buy new togs and .not pay for them. ?aaa. They say gold is coming into this country in such great quantities that Uncle Sam hardly has storage room for it. Would that his coffers would , overflow and spill some of it down this way! When did you last see a piece of the yellow metal? ? * * . "How wonderful is the transforma tion wrought by a college course ! It not infrequently happens that a girl enters college with the simple name of her grandmother and graduates ? with some Frenchy or finicky spelling . of the beautiful old ancestral name. How foolish! * * * ? Committing a crime and then at tempting to run away from justice is about like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand. The means of apprehend "ing criminals are too numerous and ' too varied for a fellow to make a successful get away: Better face the crime at once and get it off your con science. -* -* ? t -Germany 'Taking Her Time. Tt ?appears to ?us?that Germany has been winning one long, continuous victory since their suggestion of an armistice was accepted. When thoy, the Germans, wanted to lay down -arms and quit fighting, the Allies . agreed upon the terms of peace, at least what amount Germany should ; pay by way of -partial reparation for '.the devilment she had done, and now for one flimsy reason and another she in taking her own sweet time about complying with it. Suppose for a moment conditions were reversed. Wtere .the Allies dewn Germany would issue .a decree or mandate and it would have to be complied with to the letter within twenty-four hours or less. Germany is putting off com pliance with the Allies' terms until it suits her to comply. It appears to ns that England and France are lack ing in real Red Blood. It will be a lon, long time before order is fully restored if the present dickering .continues. y Taxes Already Too High. These who recently paid theil as felt very keenly the increase burden, being about double th: the previous year. For 1920 th levy in the town of Edgefield more than 70 "mills and the lev; 1921 will probably be gre?ter cause of the county bond issue are informed- that at a meeting yesterday the town council was ed to pass an ordinance increi the town levy for this year. To i further increase at this* time Vv be a great mistake. Already the is too high and the town is suffc because of this great burden of ation. Outside capital will be slo .come to Edgefield under even ] ent conditions. We knpw of several persons are contemplating building ?ho but they are hesitating becausi the high taxes that have to be on property in the town of Edgef Whether it be due to high taxe; not we do not know, but it is a that the Standard Oil Compan: planning to move its supply sta beyond the town limits. It is but : ural for people, whenever possi to get their property out from ur the enormous levy that we are ready paying. The Advertiser would like to the building boom of a year ago sumed in Edgefield, but until th is a reduction of the present levy say nothing of an increase, we can reasonably expect it. What Edgefi needs most now is retrenchment curtailment of expenses, so the pi ent levy can be decreased. Certaii if retrenchment be made, a furt increase should not be necessary. .?**.' Edgefield Boys Making Good. As Edgefield's oldest business la: mark, now in its 87th year, The i vertiser is always pleased to learn and record the professional and bi ness achievements of young n who go out from Edgefield to. larj fields in order to give full play their several talents. Just this wt the achievements of two Edgefi< boys-cousins they are, by the way have come to our notice. One is lawyer and resides in the capital Georgia; the other a real estate de er and business man of broad cali! who resides in the national capita It caused our heart to well up wi pride yesterday when we read of h< Solicitor General John Boykin li completely overthrown, root a branch, the incompetent and corm police force, together with the poli cal ring, which has shocked the o' cency of Atlanta for several yeai As a result of his able and determine efforts the grand jury has returm fifty indictments against men wi have unblushingly sold out to tl violators ''of law in Atlanta and . Fulton county. This great victoi was not accomplished without hai work and much that was personal disagreeable to the prosecuting a torney, whose good name the vii lators of the law made a futile effo: to besmirch. Undismayed by hand caps and discouragements, Solicite General Boykin forged ahead unt he aroused the public conscience c Atlanta and gained a victory for goo government and civic righteousnesi which is without precedent in Fulto county. The Advertiser offers heart congratulations upon so signal a vic tory, which is but another instance o Edgefield's red blood being un daunted. A success of as great proportion as the one above referred to but in ? different field of endeavor, is that o Mr. Felix Lake, another Edgefieh boy whom we, and all Edgefield love and honor for what he has dom and is doing. Since Mr. Lake locatec in Washington several years ago h< has steadily forged his. way to th< front. Besides being immenselj wealthy is recognized today as on? of the leading, if not the leading authority on real estate values ir Washington, his transactions mount ing up into the millions. A clipping from a Washington paper received by a gentleman in Edgefiaid a fev? days ago showed the cut of a large apartment house, desirably located ir Washington, for which Mr. Lake has just paid ?3,500,000. When he walk ed the streets of Edgefield a bare footed and short trousered boy, seem ingly but a few years ago, no one thought that there was so much lat ent force and power wrapped up in his slender form. Many of his Edge field contemporaries had more aus picious beginnings but they haven't made good as Felix Lake has. His success and wealth have been achiev ed with the Golden Rule constantly before his eyes, and not through trickery and short cuts. All honor to him! It gives us pleasure to raise our hats very high and bow very low to this Edgefield boy who has made good and who deserves the same measure of honor as the men in the ' Senate or House but a short distance from his office. Let us not think that fame and honor come only through, political channels. Frequently such j fame and honor are cheaper and les meritorious than that which comes from other sources. Miss Florence Mims Writes of "The Playgoers" and "The Florist Shop." Dear Advertiser: If anything could have been writ ten on my heart for the past month, the words would have been Senior Plays. I, being the coach, have felt like a mothef bird teaching her I young ones to fly, or to be exact, teaching the students how to con duct themselves under the sway of certain given emotions on the stage. I well remember how I felt whe^ II first began rehearsing for our big play at the Leland Powers School in Boston last spring. It seemed to me as I stood behind the footlights, that I was a large oak or pine growing up between the boards on the platform, so well rooted that I could not move. All I could do was to stretch my arms and hands as my branches and twigs, but soon found that I was as free J { there as elsewhere, when I had once gotten my sense of direction fairly] fixed in this place -to wjiich I was newly transplanted. So the students here must have felt, though behind their masks of paint and^powder and their more ef-.g fective masks of character, they re vealed the thoughts of other people whom they were impersonating, and kept their own fears concealed. It all depe> ds on the clay which ? the potter has' to work with, as to whether he deserves a great deal of "j | credit or not in succeeding. If the'* clay is soft and pliable he is but the motive power back of it, and if the clay is unyielding, he then deserves double credit for making a thing of beauty. In my case, I had but to speak, and the thing was done; but to sug gest and the suggestion was taken; but to work, and the students worked with me, so the credit goes mostly to the thirteen characters who were wise enough not to mind giving two-.J performances on Friday afternoon and evening. If I could have been in a dozen places at once, invisible, I would have been there, behind the scenes- (where I was'in reality, book in hand) or out in the audience clapping, for I knew they deserved it, or out on the stage spurring them on with a smile, for j they knew also that I believed in, \ them everyone.' . .- " In a way, it is more interesting to see an amateur performance than a * ! professional, for though the profes sionals may give perfection, the ema- . teurs are so evidently trying that we enjoy watching them. Their acting is * a process of development, the other is a polished product. The first play was English. "The . Playgoers,"' written by Sir Arthur ^ Pinero, and the leading man, *by A chance, was an Englishman with a t really good English name, Clarence ( Mitchell, while his wife, who to all j intents and purposes should also have ? been English, since they were sup- ? posed to live in.London, was an Aus- s trian, and would more properly have j been a Viennese, but those are stage' secrets that should not be revealed ^ for fear that you might think the do- j mestic warfare was also a war of na- ( tions. The six servants who were*the other characters were mostly Finns, and this isn't a fish story, but clearly i the truth. i I behaved myself very well, that is I was calm and controlled on the out side, as a school ma'am should be, until the orchestra began to play and nobody knew it then, but I was very, very thrilled that the Red Sea cur tain would soon part and my foreign children might or might not embark and arrive safe and dry on the other) side. But I came to from my good dream, when the cheering of the au dience informed me, not through | words, but by a more intelligible sound just then, that all had gone well. There is no other reward that can be truly called a reward for labors well done except the inner knowledge and humble satisfaction that follows fast on the heels of success, for after all, success to me was the joy that surrounded the achievement and not the achievement itself. After this first play had gone well, I felt safer about the next one, "The Florist Shop." This time the curtain parted on a scene of springtime, a florist shop) with a show case filled with orchids, violets, carnations and roses. There were five characters in this play, an Englishman, a Swede and three Finns. One of the Finns took the part of a Jew, and people are still talking of his good Jewish speech.With the aid of curling irons he made his hair look quite Jewish, and a little paint heel0F Progress is kept rolling by the efforts of the multitude. The wheel of bargains has to be. kept rolling by the efforts of the merchants making them. For this week we want you to know of the effort we are making to do our part in keeping the wheel moving. ... We are -closing* out a special Igt of Ladies' Georgette and Crepe de Chine Shirt Waists, assorted colors <^5^ Q& and sizes, values up to $14.00, now going at f EACH $3.50 value at $4.00 value at HOUSE DRESSES . $1.69 . . $1.89 $8.00 value at $1.75 value at . . . ' . . 79c. $2.OG value at.89c. . . $3.98 ff For those who are in need of the above goods we only request that they come H early and get their size before it is gone, for we hate to disappoint any one, but 8 first come first served. if ? KEEP AN EYE ON OUR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR OTHER I GOOD BARGAINS AND GOOD NEWS Corner Store jave him a realistic mustache. The story centered around an old naid and an old bachelor, who had jeen in love for lo! these fifteen fears. Through the clever scheming >f the office they were brought to the dtar together. After the plays were over, the Se nors gave a party and presented me vith a lovely bouquet of roses, which vere sweeter and bloomed brighter ;han almost any I have ever had giv ?n me. My heart was too full for nany words, so I threw a kiss and ;old the thirteen they might share it, ;o they all jumped up into the air simultaneously, to get the kiss whjch ! had thrown almost to the ceiling. I As I left the building, after the af ?air, I heard many voices from an up jer story window and it was the ?haracters in the play, and the other leniors giving a yell for me in the :haracteristic school way. I have been a party to many yells :'or other people before, but, I had lever had one given for me. So many joys were crowded into me small night, that I shall have to ?ort them out and live them all over igain, one by one through the years. FLORENCE MIMS. Aurora, Minnesota. May 4, 1921. U. D. C. Meeting. (Written for last week.) On Tuesday afternoon the U. D. C. held the May meeting with Mrs. P. M. Feltham, at her lovely old Co lonial home in Bunlcombe, where in spite of the inclement weather a large number of the members gath ered and enjoyed the gracious hospi tality of the hostess. Mrs. J. M. Wright called the meeting to order and presided over the business ses sion, the principle "feature of which was a discussion of plans for Mem orial Day on next Tuesday, May 10th. Much interest was shown'in this oc casion which the U. D. C. holds in sacred remembrance of those who gave their lives for the Cause and for those who still live and are honored Confederate Veterans in our midst. The exercises will be held in the Court House, beginning at 12 o'clock, where an interesting program will be arranged,, with an invited speaker and attractive music, Special reserved seats will be provdied for the veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy and school children will march- in a procession to the . liv VI*. EXTRA ! FOR 0 COATS' SPOOL CO TON AT. With each cash purchase of i Spools of Coats' Thread for 2 Remember that we have I VOILES, ORGANDIES and STANDARD PATTI Trentoi Phone Court House after placing wreaths T on the graves of the Confederate 1 dead. i Committees were appointed to at tend to all necessaiy details to make the occasion one of interest and pleasure to all who come on Memo rial Day, written invitations having been sent all veterans and their wives and the honorary members of the 1 U. D. C. to be the guests of the Edge field chapter at dinner at the Dixie j Highway Hotel immediately after , the morning exercises. The historical session, conducted by Mrs. A. A. Woodson, historian, was cf peculiar interest as she had compiled from the old files of the ] Edgefield Chronicle the history of j the origin of the first U. D. C. chap- 1 ter, organized by Mrs. L. H. Pick ens, the first president, and the pre ceding events for several years. Mrs. . Woodson deserves great credit for : this valuable research work and hopes ? later to' complete the history up to 1 the present time, giving a continued < record of the work of the Edgefield : Daughters of the Confederacy. i Mrs. Feltham served delightful re- : freshments, consisting of pink and I white block ice cream and delicious 1 iced cakes, which her guests enjoyed J in the warm and. inviting parlor, dec- < orated with bright colored flowers, 1 a sharp contrast, ta the cold outside, < ?PECI?L MAY T: 5 cents one dollar we will sell Five 5 cents. JNUSU?L BARGAINS in SWISS. SRNS IN STOCK ' THE 9 LEADING STORE le Se do No. S vhich was forgotten in the pleasant lours spent under such charming luspices and pleasant surroundings. Injured on Clemson Athletic Field. Saturday morning Mr. J. R. Tim nerman received a telegram from Clemson College stating that his son, Mr. Rhae Timmerman, was seriously injured in an athletic contest Friday afternoon. He, accompanied by Mr. B. E. Timmerman, left at once in an automobile for Clemson. Mr. B. E. Timmerman returned Sunday after noon, but Mr. J. R. Timmerman is not expected home until today. While the injury of Rhae was of a serious nature yet not so serious as was ap prehended when the telegram was received, here. While he and about fifty other cadets were playing push ball, he fell and was seriously bruised an the head and chest by other boys Calling on him. He was unconscious for nearly twenty-four hours, but regained consciousness just before dis father reached him. His friends tiere greatly deplore the injury but felt greatly relieved when they learn ?d that it was not of a fatal charac ter. It is not believed that it will :ause any permanent injury. i'Yir'f'?TWWTBIJW?VI'' *.: r!r- .-.?.'