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FACTS, THE WEAPON OF POWER Law enforcement, particularly with reference to the laws concern ing prohibition, is the chief concern of the W. C. T. U. during the com-, ing year. A manual containing definite in struction to all those in favor of en forcing the-laws of this country, will be issued shortly by the National W. C. T. U. and distributed widely. No longer will it be possible to say "I'd be glad to help if only I knew what to do." Anyone can help and without ex tra work other than attending to the duties of good citizenship. Prove your approval of law and order by your daily conversation. Remember that humor is often more powerful than cold reason. Try to refrain from making anti-prohibition jokes or countenancing them. Try to find out the . facts of the benefits of prohibition in your own neighborhood. If you note any im proved conditions in your town or district due to the 18th amendment, talk about them. Praise the benefits of prohibition, such as, good looking stores taking the place of the corner saloon and improved family condi tions. Your daily conversation with your associates will help to put the true facts before the public. There's a real fight ahead and everyone can help. To keep the dry legislators in the majority in Congress, returning those who nobly stood by the prohibition cause and sending new dry legislat ors to take the place of the wets, will require greater effort than has ever before been displayed. The prepara tory work will have to be done long before election day. Begin now. Statistics are being gathered by recognized authorities in metropoli tan centers relative to the true re sults of prohibition in this country. This material will be available to all. Make it your business to know the facts. Find out the truth, tell people about it, publish it broadcast so that the subtle, untruthful propa ganda now being systematically dis tributed by the other side will be shown up in its true colors. Facts are the truths that appeal to business men. They will listen if you speak. They really want to know. Remember, the other side, whose mo tive is greed and self-interest, is al ways quick to speak . Let the real sentiment of the na tion be heard. Let the good, law abiding element shout and be heard, from now on and every day until it makes the mightiest noise ever heard -next November.-Palmetto White Ribbon. THE STRATEGY OF FOCH. He came to America a few weeks ago, and ever since our cities have been ringing with cheers for him. A quiet, browned, gray-haired, wrin kled, pious, simple-hearted French man, clad in the horizon-blue uni form of the French army, Ferdinand Foch! I honor him for the sublime selflessness with which he puts by the sword of war to take up the pencil of peace. "This is my sword, now," he said, reaching for his pencil, as reporters swarmed about him for his courteous honor in bringing with him no stock of wines and liquors for his American tour. If some Americans could be faced up to him they might well be ashamed of their own careless flaunting of national mood. I honor him for the devotion which he always displays when, every Sunday morning, wherever he finds himself, he detaches himself from his nearest guards, and makes his way alone to the nearest church of his faith, there to worship in the simplic ity of his need. But I honor him most of all, because he, a student of war, found out in his search, so much about life. One of the simple principles enun ciated by Marshal Foch is: "You cannot lose until you have quit fighting. You may lose trenches or cities or divisions, but you have not lost the battle till you have lost heart and stopped. That army will win which is fighting fifteen seconds after its opponents have stopped." "When being pushed back ,attack. My right is retreating, my left is fall ing back, my center is overwhelmed. The situation is excellent. I shall at tack." What shall we do who carry the fray For civilization on today? The war of the angels for godly right Against the power of brutish might. When patience and courage are wearing thin, And endurance is almost driven in, And the angels wait in a listening hush Then remember the Marne and Fer dinand Foch. From Sermon of Rev. B. C. Clausen. On?y 0?:e "BROMO QUININE" To cet the genuine, call for full name. LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE. Lookforsiffnatureol j E. W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. Stops -?ooah and headache, tud works off cold. 25c I IMPARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF LAW URGED 3Y TENNES SEE JUDGE. With a calendar crowded with moonshine cases, Judge J. W. Ross of Cookeville, Tennessee, opened Federal Court last month with the determination to clear jup the dockets at the earliest possible date. He did not for that reason, however, make things at all easy for the bootlegger. His charge to the grand jury is worthy of careful reading. A part of it follows: "Gentlemen, I would like to im press upon you the importance and seriousness of your position. You stand as impartial arbiters between the people of the United States and the law violators, and it is your duty to do equal justice to both. Upon your efforts depends, in a large man ner, the enforcement of the laws of your country. As I understand, the most common and frequent viola tions of the law in this district are the violations of the prohibition laws. Gentlemen, it does not matter wheth er you are in sympathy with the liq uor traffic or whether you- oppose it, nor does it matter what your feelings are toward the one whom the gov ernment seeks to indict, you are* bound by oath to weigh the evidence presented and if you are satisfied that a violation of the law has been committed, you must indict. Anyone who enters the liquor traffic is cer tainly to be blamed and most rightly condemned, as he knows it is wrong from start to finish, and for that rea son there is no excuse. It is your duty to indict the rich and the influential man as well as the little man who runs his still up in the mountains. "I think the 'big' man should have a heavier penalty, because he certain ly knows better, and should not be allowed to mask his law violation be hind a cloak of respectability. Gen tlemen, you must close your eyes to the individual and look to see only if the law has been violated."-Palmet to White Ribbon. GOVERNOR COOPER TAKES AC TION ON SHEPPARD-TOWN ER BILL. For nearly two years the Nation al League of Women Voters has been diligently working in Washing ton, under the direction of our able chief, Mrs. Maude Wood Park, for the Sheppard-Towner Infancy and Maternity bill and just before the close of our last session of Congress the bill came to a vote in the house, having already passed the Senate twice. This bill has been signed by the President and the states have ac cepted the Act in rapid succession, in fact so rapidly it has been impos sible to keep up with them. Governor Cooper has already sent in his ac ceptance of the act and it will only be a very short time before ten thou sand dollars will be available for the work in South Carolina. The poll of the House on the bill was as follows: <? W. Turner Logan, Charleston Yes. James F. Byrnes, Aiken-Yes. Fred H. Dominick, Newberry, No. John H. McSwain, Greenville Not voting. William F. Stevenson, Cheraw Yes. Philip H. Stoll, Kingstree-Pair ed for. Hampton P. Fulmer, Norway Yes. This is a most remarkable vote for our South Carolina delegation and the women are deeply appreciative to those who gave their support. In the Senate Mr. Dial is recorded as voting against the bill and Mr. Smith as nonvoting. This bill was endorsed by many woman's organizations and its pass age marks the first mile post for pro tective legislation for women and children and at the same time demon strates, more fully than anything else that has yet happened, the tremen dous power of the ballot.-Palmetto White Ribbon. Soeks to Annul Marriage Contract. Spartanburg, Jan. 6.-Broadus Smith, through his attorney, W. W. Dixon, has petitioned the court of common pleas to set aside his mar riage to Cordie Smith, alias Cordie Henderson, alias Cordie Brewer, alias Cordie Woodie. In his complaint the plaintiff alleges that he and Cordie Woodie were married in Spartanburg county October 9, 1921. He also al leges that in 1918 his wife was mar ried to Leonard Woodie and lived with him until some time in 1919, when they separated and remained separated until December 27, 1921, when Woodie appeared and claimed his wife, whereupon Cordie left him and returned to Woodie and they have been living as man and wife ever since. He asks the court to de ciare null and void his marriage, and to put him back on the footing of a man who has never been married. . A DAILY PRAYER-CREED. 0 Lord, grant that today il may be kind To those around me; that I may be blind To their faults and failures. Help me to praise Each honest endeavor and through the day's Hard tasks to smile. O Lord, help me to speak A cheery word to all the faint and weak, To speak a word of comfort to the sad; And when the day is done may hearts be glad Because I have been serving Thee. O Lord, grant that today I may be brave Against each temptation; that Thou wilt save Me from my sin. Q Lord, help me to be All that Thou wouldst have me be. Speak to me And gently lead me back unto Thy way, When from the path of right my feet would stray; Teach me, O Lord, upon thy strength to lean, And when the day is done may I be clean Because I have been trusting Thee. 0 Lord, grant that today I may dis dain No humble task; that I may not complain; However hard my lot. Help me to do The things that I should do, faithful and true To every trust; and when the day is done 1 will recount Thy mercies, one by one. When death, O Lord, shall beckon me away, Grant that I may see the light of heaven's day Because I have been loving Thee. -New Era Magazine. PROHIBITION POINTERS. In Peoria, 111., formerly a great distillery center, bank clearings have increased $15,000,000 since prohibi tion. The thirteen distilleries in and near Peoria, are now used for other fpurpoaes, chiefly the manufacture of food products, and the three breweries there have also gone into other businesses. The internal revenue collector used to get his heaviest revenue from Peoria. This revenue amounted to something over $35,000,000 a year. ?e admits having opposed the coming of prohibition but said recently-"I fought you hard but now I'm with you. The change in industries has helped and not hurt Peoria." Today 1,000 more homes are needed to house the busy people of Peoria, for the new industries require many more employees than were formerly in de mand. The president of the Bessemer Steel and Iron Co., Birmiogham, Ala., said that he personally has not until recently favored the passage, of the prohibition laws but that now, after seeing the greatly improved condition of the miners and the many benefits they now enjoy because their money is spent on their homes and not in the saloons-he would never vote to bring liquor back. During the recent visit of President Harding to Birmingham, Ala., there was a parade such as before prohi bition would have required a large additional squad of police to keep the huge crowds in order. This time, how ever, owing to the changed condi tions due to prohibition, the boy scouts, unassisted, were able to man age the Taffic. The Eightenth Amendment was passed, not after the soldiers had left the country as the misinformed say, but when only 300,000 had gone. The majority vote in favor of prohi bition in Ohio was 25,000. In a sub sequent vote taken after the sol diers' return, that vote was augment ed to 200,000! Evidently the soldier vote would have meant something, just as the wets claimed. It would un questionably have meant a more over whelming victory for prohibition. Palmetto White Ribbon. Stumbling Along. A tiresome lawyer, in arguing a complicated case, had looked up au thorities dating back to Julius Cae sar. He had dilated on his subject for more than an hour and a half, when he was pained to observe that seemed to him inattention on the bench. It was as he had feared-his worship was unable to appreciate the nice points of the argument. "Begging your honor's pardon," he said, "b'ut do you follow me?" The magistrate shifted uneasily in his chair. ,;I have so far," he ans wered, "but if I thought I could find my way back alone, I would turn around now."-The Argonout. SILVER Aside from tl of ^session G1'* orth f: HA] 814 Broad Street EDUCATE FOR PEACE. As we are daily reminded by writ ers in the daily press and the maga zines, the world cannot afford war, physically, economically, or spirit ually-and the last, though often least noted, is the chief reason for its discontinuance. Just as the list of the physically disabled is growing appallingly, so the number of our young people who were rendered spir itually maimed is also increasing as the months roll by. Every day we see that not only is war itself what Sher man called it, but that selfishness, greed and moral indifference to law and religion have followed in its wake. Often the barriers of pride, good sense, and produnce have fallen through the resultant deadening of the spiritual nerves. That this is not more universal shows that an innate worth, born of goodly ancestry and helpful environment, is mounting su perior to the evil influences tftat are like those poisonous gases which rose from the fields of strife. If permanent peace is to be estab lished, one thing must be done. It is not so simple not so readily accom plished as was the sending of tele grams and letters that urged the re duction cf .armament, but it is even more ne j?ary. Our department of J Peace arluArbitration sums it up in three words-"Educate, for Peace." Just as through education the wo men in the last generation were the chief instruments in bringing about the defeat of the legalized liquor traffic, can they not through the same means, compass the downfall of Mars? The children both at school and at home should be taught that war and its consequences, in very truth, savor of the pit. Instead of studying sim ply the economic causes of'war and learning about the greatest battles and the most renowned generals, let them be shown in history, economics, civics and literature, that both di rectly and indirectly war always has been caused by man's passion and selfishness, and that in its awful ! shadow always have lurked the hor-| rors of suffering, famine, want, crime and disease. As each war in history is taken up, let them think and dis cuss in essays, class or school de bates, and in home circles, how it might have been averted if the na tions conceited had been willing to do the right thing. When the future citizens of this and other nations have thus studied this subject, when they have learned to look upon war as a foolish and a hideous way of settling national dif ficulties, then-and not until then 'shall be brought to pass the saying that is written," "On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men."-Palmetto White Ribbon. PROHIBITION CUTS ALCOHOL DEATH RATE. There was an average decrease of 84 per cent in chronic and acute al coholism in the cities of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, De troit, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Balti more, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cin cinnati, Washington, Milwaukee and New Orleans, comparing the four years previous to prohibition with the first prohibition year. This state ment, made by the Fergus Falk (Minn.) Journal, is based upon sta tistics of the health authorities of these cities. In New York, for in stance, there was a decline from 687 deaths due to alcoholism in 1916 to S>8 in 1920. There was also a.decline of 48 per csnt based on the same comparison in deaths from liver cirrhosis. LRGE ASSORTMENT W ARE AND JI OF ALL KINDS lieir wonderful beauty ; they give the owner, '. onsidering, especially a $25.00 Up RR Y T?NENBJ "Your Jeweler'' AUGUSTA, GA. ! FOLKS NEED A LOT OF LOVING. By Strickland Gillilan Folks need a lot of loving in the morning. The day is all before, with cares be set The cares we know, and they that give no warning; For love is God'3 antidote for fret. Folks need a heap of loving in the noontime In the battle lull, the moment snatch ed from strife Halfway between the waking and the eroontime, While bickering and worriment are rife. / Folks hunger so for loving at the nighttime, When wearily they take them home "o rest At slumber-song and turning-out-the light time Of all the times for loving, that's the best! Folks want a lot of loving every minute The sympathy of others and thefir smile! Till life's end, from the moment they begin it,' / Folks neeifi lo? of loving ail the while. WANTED: Five hundred bushels of pjas. E. C. ASBELL, Edgefield, S. C. THE FARM OF EDGEF THE STRONGEST B SAFETY FIRST IS ANI Open your account with us for Savings Account with us, or inves LNG CERTIFICATES OF D2P0S Lock boxes for rent in which tc All business matters referred handled. WE SOLICIT \ New Cc OLD-FASh Ready foi ? am glad to announce thi to give you good corn me my mill, which is of th rocks run at a very slow sj meal as can be made. My grinding days will be of each week; however, j exchange for your corn ar good sound corn. Farmers who have corn to market for several hundn corn. Also need some pe Come to see me if you Uki JI G CP ? Located at Ginnery OF SWELRY and the pride Diamonds are Lt our present UM Sylvester's Next Door to BE TRUE. Emma Graves Dietrick Be true to thyself, my soul, Be true to thyself and God; There's never a path to go But Jesus Himself has trod; There's never a road so rough Or burden so hard to lift, But Christ has a hand outstretched, His helping a constant gift. Then take Him thy care, my soul, And give. Him thy heavy load, I And ask for His grace to help In every foot of road; So shalt chou be true, my soul, Be true to thyself, ?.nd God. Hapeville, Ga. Box 717. DRINK AND TENNIS. A series of articles on "How to Play Tennis" has recently been pub lished by William T. Tilden, of Ger mantown, the world's champion ten nis player. Surely no one can speak with more authority than Mr. Tilden. We quote the following paragraph: "It is certain injury to touch -al coholic drink in any form during tournament play. Alcohol is a poison ! that affects the eye, the mind and the wind-three essentials in tennis. To bacco in moderation does little harm, although it, too, hits eye and wind. A man who is facing a long season of tournament play should refrain from, both alcohol and tobacco in any form. Excess of any kind is bad for physi cal condition and should not be chanced."-Palmetto White Ribbon. ERS BANK IELD, S. C. ANKJN EDGEFIELD ) WILL BE OUR MOTTO 1922. At the same time start a t in one of our INTEREST BEAR IT. i keep your valuable papers. I to us pleasantly and carefully 'OUR BUSINESS ?rn Mill HON TYPE r Business it I am now in a position al, having just completed e old-fashion type, large )eed, which means as good Wednesday and Saturday rou can get good meal in iy day, provided you bring r sale see me. I am in the ?d bushels of good sound as. e good meal. LfORD Old Fair Grounds