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Adiet? %?mi\Htt. ?fltablifil|p?ia35. J. L. MIMS._Editor. <J_ ~ Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at S2.00 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at Che' postoffice at Edgefield S. C. , No cummunicatibns will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. Card of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, February 1. And still the wonder grows why shoes are so high with hides so low. KV?? Did your New Year resolutions withstand the strain of the past month? m m f m No, sad to say-for the old maids -this is not Leap Year. February -only carries 28 days. . ? * * What do you read these long even ings? Do not let these golden oppor tunities slip by unimproved. m . m m "Old field pine" lumber is' bridging many a fellow in Edgefield county over this season of depression. m . . . The extent to which prohibition prohibits depends upon the alertness ?nd activity of those in authority. After all, do not the old clothes which most of us are wearing feel "better than spick and span new ones? . * . . Planted out any shade trees about jour premises yet? If you haven't, include some pecan trees in the trees you plant. * * * * Better wear patched pants and pay your debts than dress, in newly tailored clothes at the expense of somebody else. ? . . * Some things a fellow gets used to amd some he "don't." For instance, one never gets used to making early fires on cold mornings. . . . . Although we are in the midst of winter, Edgefield county has, in the main, wonderfully good roads. Alto gether unlike the highways of a year ago. * . . * It's wrong, if not unlawful, to slaughter robins at this season. They destroy insects that damage our gar dens and field crops. Befriend, rather than kill, Robin Red Breast. ? . * . A statement-has been given out in Columbia to the effect that 872 miles of the State highway system have been built. Let us hope that all the v rest is better than the Dixie High way. . . . . The eifort that is being made in the legislature to abolish capital punish ment should fail. Thirty-eight states now have capital punishment and South Carolina should continue to be one of the number. ? * ? ? Tlar off the first leaf of your cal endar this morning and look Febru ary squarely in the face in a spirit of optimism and with a determination to make each one of the 28 days ?count for the most possible. ? ? * * The great demand for bottled egg nog in Germany has carried the price of eggs one hundred times beyond the pre-war price. The Reichstag is con sidering the prohibition of bottled egg nog in order that the poor people , may enjoy the luxury of an egg^oc casionally. * * * * Acted Too Late. Now that a catastrophe has occurr ed in ^Vashington which has shocked the entire nation, costing 150 people their lives and injuring hundreds of others, congress has ordered an in vestigation into the safety of build ings in the national capital in which .a large number of people congregate. It is weil to take steps to prevent .a) similar calamity, but would it not have been better had these precau tionary steps been taken before this tremendous loss of life occurred? Unless there is a better enforce ment of the prohibition law in the town of Edgefield and in some sec tions of the county, a shocking trage dy is likely to occur at any time. Whiskey is a great breeder of crime and whiskey is being sold regularly in Edgefield. Drinking and drunken ness seems to be on the increase. Fights and disorder as a direct result of drinking occur not infrequently. Some good citizen may be killed or A may be forced to kill some one else. After that occurs, our people will wake up, as Congress has done, and demand a better enforcement of the ?aw. Why not demand it now before human blood is spilled or other shock ing crimes committed? * * * * Change the Subject. Stop talking about weevils and talk about Berkshires, Durocs, Poland Chinas, Hampshires or Essex, And then when you tire of them discuss Jerseys, Guernseys, Holsteins, Shorthorns, Herefords or Red Polls. And then if you grow weary talk about Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Games, Leghorns, Cochins, Or pingtons, Wyandottes, ^iinorcas, An conas, Mammoth Bronze, White Hol land or Bourbon Reds. And then last'but not least Wheat, Oats, Corn, Peas, Potatoes, Peanuts, Velvet Beans, Sorghum, Cabbage, Collards, Beets, Tomatoes, etc. Anything but cotton. Get your mind off the staple for 192"2. News From Red Oak Grove. Will you find space in your paper for a letter from Red Oak Grove? We are glad to see the sunshine after the snow and sleet of the past week. Few, if any, from our church at tended the union meeting at Reho both on acount of bad roads. We are looking forward with pleasure to the coming of the union meeting at our church in April. Don't forget, readers, that we wish every one bf you to be with us. Mr. P. D. Thurmond, now work ing with the C.& W. C. railroad, with headquarters in Laurens. S. C., was on a visit to his grandfather, Mr. J. B. Dorn, the first of the week. Miss Kathlene Kenrick was a pleas ant visitor in the home of Miss Lou Eva Parkman on Monday and Tues day last. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Senn, with their attractive children, spent the week end with Mrs. Senn's father, Mr. E. C. Dcm. Mrs. ?enn and children spent the following week. Misses Minnie and Nettie Senn came with them as far as Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hammond's. Friends in this neighbor hood regret very much that they came no farther. Mrs. P. E. Thurmond has been with her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Thur mond for the past two weeks. She leaves for her home tomorrow at Morgana. Mrs. James Rearden and her sweet little daughter spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Willis. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dorri and chil dren were visitors in the home of Mr. Eugene Thurmond, Mrs. Dora's brother, on Sunday last. "Mr. George Dorn and little son, and Alva Jordan were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Dorn, recent ly. Mr. Earl and Miss Thelma Dorn were callers at Miss Lou Eva Park man's Sunday evening. Mr. Clarence Willis attended Sun day school at Flat Rock. Tack, what is the attraction? Mrs. Frank Sharpton is on the sick list. We wish for her a speedy re covery. All persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs. Belle Jones Gallo way, deceased, should present them properly attested to the undersigned for payment, and all persons indebt ed to the said estate should make payment to the undersigned at once. J. W. PITTS, Administrator. .Saluda, S. C. HAHBONE'S MEDITATIONS t-;-s PEY5 LAU6HIM' BOUT ME .SWINE r SLEEP SUNDAY MAWNIN' IN CHU'CH,BUT AH WANT E?R-SLfcEP- AHS JES' PLAYIN' POSSUM ON COUNT .pE WAY DE PARSON WUZ TECHIM' UP WE-ALL SINNUHS? y-7/^_^?v Coejr/lght 19z; by Mcciw? Ke*?w?, ayndteM* Locating a Horne for the Lepers. On Board the Chinese Governmi Transport, "Po Pik," in the Ch: Sea, October 22, 1921. Last Saturday, Dr. Sun Yat-iS left the Southern Capital, Cant on this boat, for a tour of milite inspection in the Provinces; and 1 Wu Ting-Fang became the acti president. Yesterday, Dr. Wu, with a rep sentative of the Governor, thirte members of the leper work comm tee, and others of us, left Canton, visit the island which Dr. Wu has pi chased and donated for a model lei colony. My wife and I are the only foreig ers in the party; but my wife is ri the only lady aboard, as two Chine ladies came, one of them being t wife of Rev. Frank W. Lee, past< teacher, editor and Commissioner f Foreign Affairs in Canton. We were to have taken ? this ti s?veral days ago, but for the fact th President Sun needed this particul boat; but he sent it back for us soon as he reached his first stoppii placj. Acting-President Wu, on s count of this delay, will not ibe al to get back to Canton in time for ti regular meeting of the Cabinet ne Monday, so he has postponed th meeting till Tuesday! Affairs of state and governme: boats are giving the right of way the leper work just now! This is tl fifth time the writer has been giv< the use of Chinese gun-boats fi trips like this, to the islands in ar near the Canton^delta, one of whi< Tai-Kam Island, has at lsat been s cured-all through the generosil and good offices of Dr. Wu, blessinj on the venerable statesman, who 5 loves his people, and is so loved ar trusted where he is best known! 1 recent years, all kinds of boats, ? well as two aeroplanes, have bee used by the scribe, who has bee working on the problem of such a island colony off the Sz Yap coast c Kwong Tung Province, for more tha ten years; and whose prayers and h bors have now been rewarded by th assurance of large financial help froi America. We are planning to tak care of several thousand lepers o that beautiful and most suitable h land, here in the China Sea, abou ninety miles as the crow flies, in a almost southerly direction from Car ton City, and about two miles fror the shores of Chik K'ai County, unt: recently a part of the County o Sunning. Sunning and the Sz Yap section ar famous the world over, as the hom of the tens of thousands of Chines who are in business in America am many foreign lands; and in a semi circle, southwest, west, north, am northeast of Tai-Kam Island, then is much of historic and general in terest. San 'Wooi County, *he anees tral home of Dr. Wu, is in plain view especially from the island belonginj to it, where in 1279 the last of th< emperors of the Sung dynasty mad? his last capital, and lost his life, witl the coming of the troops of Kubla Khan. St. John's Island, where Fran eis Xavier died, in 1552 is easily seer from our island. Also in plain view are the shores of Heung Shan Coun ty, the home of China's first presi dent, o f his son, the first mayor oi Canton (Mr. Sun Fo), of former Premier Tang Shao-Yi ,and of other famous men. These paragraphs are being completed after our return to Canton-so just a line here to say that, on the return journey, our boat anchored near the home of Mr. Tang, and Dr. Wu took us to call on his old friend, who showed the keenest in terest in the work we are doing, and presented us with a small tree from his beautiful gar'ikn, to plant on Tai Kam Island, whicn he also promises to visit. It was intensely interesting to hear them chat. Both have served as premier of all China, and have held other high positions in different parts of the world. Both studied abroad; and, in their youth, became church members, as did so many who are the leaders on the present government. Our journey, lasting from 2 p. m., on Friday till Monday night, was a week-end of unalloyed pleasure, and of great profit to the proposed work for the lepers. On the boat, we had meetings of the 'committee, prayer meetings, and studies in the geogra phy of this part of the country, and in the problems of the work in hand. On this island, we had the plant ing of a memorial tree, by Dr. Wu, and a picnic, both events being at tended with religious ceremonies. We explored the regions around the south and north bays of the island; and Mr. Chan, the governor's repre sentative, made a pretty accurate map of the island. An expert Chinese photographer made a history of the journey, all his own! Altogether, October 21-24 will make a notable chapter in the work of making a home for thousands of Chinese lepers, is called to the shipment of Stamp and that now is of fancy work t lieve that we h<' we will order it VALENTINES THE wmamm many of whom may now expect to be cured. JOHN LAKE. r. Wu Ting-Fang " Visits Proposed Site for Leper Colony. Dr. Wu Ting-Fang, Minister for Foreign Affairs, left Friday at one o'clock in the afternoon with a party to visit the site recently selected for a leper colony. Dr. Wu is much inter ested in this proposed work for lep ers, having given five thousand dol lars for the purpose of the site on Tai Karn Island, not far from the district of Chek K'al. Members of the committee, together with Rev. and Mrs. John Lake, and Mrs. Frank W. Lee went with Dr. Wu to select a site for the first buildings which will be erected immediately. A. architect was included in the party and will Yemain on the Island to supervise the con struction of the buildings. A modern leper colony, accommo dating hundreds of lepers is propos ed. There will be a hospital, houses for the women and the men, a separ ate building for untainted children, and a laboratory where the trained physicians will carry on research work. This movement had the recog nition and financial support of the Mission to Lepers. Dr. Fowler, the representative of the 1 Mission in China, planned to accompany D^, Wu on the present trip, but owing to the pressure of government affairs, Dr. Wu was forced to postpone his trip several times, so Dr. Fowler had to leave for the north without seeing the island. Rev. John Lake has been working among the lepers in the Sz Yap dis tricts for some years. The establish ment of the present leper colony is largely due to his indefatigable ef forts on behalf of these social out casts. As a cure has now been discov ered for leprosy not only in its initial stages but even in advanced cases, this colony will open the door of hope to many contaminated men and wo men.-Canton Times, Oct. 24. Information Regarding the Engagement Ring. Does good form require that an engaged man present his fiancee with a diamond engagement ring? To be sure, most men in this coun try do present their fiancees with some sort of betrothal ring and when they can. afford it, it usually is a dia mond ring, simply because^ Mamonds are associated in most girls' minds with engagements. But the young wo man ought to be consulted as to her choice in the matter. Many girls nowadays-when girls are given to having original ideas on so many subjects-profess a dislike for the conventional engagement ring simply because it is so usual. Of late years the diamond circlet has been in high favor ard sometimes a young woman prefers her favorite stone-an emer ald, ruby or sapphire, or set with diamonds, to any plain diamond set ting in the world. It is the young wo man who has to wear a ring and the considerate young man suits her taste rather than his own in selecting lt. The only hara and fast rule there need be about engagement rings' is that their value should be propor tionate with the financial position of those who buy them. A young man with enough money to do so would be regarded as selfish.if he cid not give his fiancee any engagement ring, but on the other hand, a young woman, knowing her fiancee had many respon sibilities and little money, would be extremely inconsiderate if she per mitted him to make much of an ex penditure in this way. Young women simetimes differen fact that we have ed Goods and Ti , the time, to complet ;hat she has had in ive what you want for you in record ti] ! VALENTINES! GET THESE AT CORNER S tiate between a "ring engagement" and an ordinary engagement, with the absurd notion that where there is no engagement ring obligations are .less binding. Of course, this is silly. New York Sun. Early Action on -Bonus Bill. Washington, Jan. 26.-Early action in the house on a soldiers' bonus bill was forecast tonight when Republi-, can members at a caucus adopted a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to frame a bonus bill and declaring1 that once reported the measure should be the continu ing order of business until passed. No opposition to the resolution de veloped, it was said . While ways of raising necessary revenue for a bonus were discussed, it was said no instructions were given the ways'and means committee as to what revenue raising provisions should be placed in the bill. Members were generally of the opinion that it would be advisable for the committee first to thresh Wt this point, and have the Republican membership of the house privileged after the bill is reported to caucus again, particular ly on that feature of the measure. Sentiment was expressed, it was said in favor of making the cash pro visions of the bill less attractive and those providing for insurance and home and farm aid a more desirable option. Several members were said to have urged that cash payments be somewhat reduced so that more vet erans would be inclined to take ad vantage of the other benefits. This, it is said, would require less initial revenue. Incidentally several ways of pro viding necessary revenue were sug gested, among them a sales tax, issu ance of bonds secured by the foreign debt and use of interest paid in by nations indebted to the United States. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee assured his col leagues that his committee would act with dispatch. Hearings, he said would begin Tuesday with Lae pros pect that they would be brief and that the bill would be reported very soon. y (Three TURKISH Friendly VIRGINIA Gentlemen BURLEY Hie perfect blend of the three perfect cigarette tobaccos in one perfect cigarette one-eleven hreads :e those articles mind. We be in stock; if not me. VALENTINES! ( Tax Sale Notice. I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Under and by virtue of a delin quent tax warrant or execution for the sum of twenty-nine and 73-100 ($29.73) Dollars issued and deliver I ed to me as Sheriff of Edgefield ?County, State of South Carolina, by 'J. LJ Prince as County Treasurer of Edgefield County, state aforesaid, dated June 14th, 1921, J have levied upon and seized and taken exclusive possession *of the below described tract of land of Laura Ann Griffin in said county and state which said lands I shall sell at public auction be fore the Court House door at Edge field, S. C., on salesday in February next (1922), same being the 6th day thereof, at ll o'clock a. m. Proceeds to be applied to payment of said de linquent taxes and costs and ex penses of this sale. If terms of sale are not complied with within 1 hour thereafter, premises will be resold same day at risk of former purchas er. Purchaser to pay for stamps and papers. [ Description of land to be sold: All and singular that certain piece, par cel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the county of Edgefield, S. C., State of South Carolina, contain ing Sixty (60) acres, more or lees, and bounded as follows: North and East by lands of Clifford Sneed; South and West by other lands of said Laura Ann Griffin and from which'this tract is cut. Same being the north-east corner of the original tract of said Laura Ann Griffin con taining 260 acres. / W. R. SWEARINGEN, Sheriff Edgefield Co., S. C. Edgefield, S. C., Jan. ll, 1922. NOTICE I take this means of notifying the public that I have reopened my black smith and repair shop at my old stand to the rear of The Advertiser building, facing the street leading east from the residence of Mr. W. A. Strom. I respectfully solicit the pa tronage of the people and will do my utmost to give entire satisfaction, al ways guaranteeing my work. I make a specialty of horse shoeing. Call to see me. GILES BUTLER. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing end Feed Grinding Outfit? FOR SALE: Nice, gentle 800 pound, six-year-old pony, will work anywhere, $75; nice three-year-old mule, $125; nice three-year-old horse shows extra style, $125. Pure Poland China beauties four months old breeders, 2 sows and six boars, $8 each. Can be seen at my farm. S. B. MARSH, 2-l-3tpd Trenton, S. C.