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J. L. MIMS.....Editor. ? **** ?-' Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $2.00 per year in advance. ? Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield S. C. '.? No cummunications 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 15. Bonus Would Give Ex-Soldiers Start. Washington, Feb. 5.-To the ?"Yank" who got into the war early and stayed late, the soldier bonus bill, ? which now seems certain to pass the .senate speedily, would mean a sum sufficient to set him up in business in a small way and to secure his fu ture independence if he invests it ju -r Viciously. If he served overseas the full poricd of war he could draw a maxi mum, in cash, of $953.25. If he served heme he could draw a maximum of $755. This is figured on the full pe Tiod from April 6, 1917,'to June 30, 1919, inclusive, the maximum period for which a soldier will be able to draw adjusted compensation of the "bill is passed. If he served overseas lie would get $1.25 a day less the $60 "bonus alerady paid, and if he served at home he would get $1 a day less the same $60. But there are features to the pro posed bill by which he could draw nearly half of much more if he .doesn't take it in cash. He could even get his additional amount in cash if le uses it to pay his way through school. Five different plans-for compensa tion are provided, The four, in addi tion to the cash plan are the "adjust ed service certificate" or paid-up en dowment insurance plan; the "voca tional training aid" plan, the "farm or home aid" plan and the "land set tlement aid" plan. Insurance Plan is Explained. The "adjusted service certificate," or insurance plan, is the nature of a twenty-year insurance policy. At the end of twenty years the veteran would receive in cash 140 per cent of what he would receive if he took* a cash payment at once, plus the 4 1-2 per cent interest. That means if he served overseas the maximum period of the war he would get at the end of the-twenty years $1,342.25 in cash, plus 4 1-2 per cent compounded and semi-an nually. If he served at home for the max imum period he would draw $1,057 plus the same interest. If he died before twenty years his estate would receive the full amount that would be due, ordinarily, at the end of twenty years. If he wished to borrow on this cer ti.'icate he could get, in the third year 90 per cent of his adjusted ser . vice pay at 4 1-2 per cent interest. As the certificate grew "older" he would be enabled to borrow contin ually* incre?sing amounts. Vocational Training is Optional. If the veteran chose the vocation al training plan he would also receive 140 per cent pf what he would ordi narily receive in cash. He would re ceive this monthly at the rate of $1.75 a day fer the period of training. As in the insurance plan this would mean the overseas man could receive a maximum of $1,342.25 and the home service man could get a maximum of $1,057. The "farm or home a d plan" would authorize the veteran to re ceive from the government the ad justed service pay plus an additional 40 per cent if he applied the money toward the purchase of a farm or home. As in the insurance and the training plans, the maximum amounts would be $1,342.25 and $1,057 for the two classes of veterans. The "land seulement aid" plan ?would give the veteran the prefer ence right to take lands on the open ing of public or Indian lands or of reclamation projects. He would be , permitted to file on such lands as early as sixty days prior to their op ening for general public entry. In ad dition under this plan, the veteran would be entitled to his adjusted com pensation plus 40 per cent, but would have to apply it entirely in making payments "in connection with the lands" on which he has mace entry. Majority Will Not Get Maximum. Of course, the majority of former service men would not receive the maximum amount due for either fl.me or overseas service. The latter jroup would include soldiers and sailers who were on foreign service it the outbreak of the war, mostly regulars. The "full period" home service men would be very consiredable and would include, in addition to the reg alar army and navy men who were in the service at the time the war broke out, many national guardsmen who had not yet been mustered out after Mexican border duty and many who "jumped into the game" when it seemed that war was imminent. However, even the veteran who served only one year or six months would receive amounts of tidy pro portions. If he served one year overseas he could drftw $396.28 cash or $554.74 on either of the other four plans. If Ihe served one year at home he,could draw $305 cash or $427 on one of the other four plans. If he served six months overseas 'he could draw $175 cash or $245 on any of the other four plans. If he served six months at home he could draw $128 in cash or $178.20 on one of the other four plans. v Bill to Prohibit Advance Charges Phone Service. Columbia, Feb. 9.-Representative O'Rourke, of Charleston, has intro duced in the house a bill to prohibit the telephone companies from charg ing in advance for service. Representative Barnwell has in the house a bill to require all water plants, public and private, to have their water examined ' every quarter by the state board of health and also by a private chemist. The bill is advo cated by the state board of health. For the Sake of Votes. The Lower House of Congress after solemn deliberation recently passed an "anti-lynching bill.. The vote co incided roughly with the partisan di vision of northern Republicans and Southern Democrats. Theoretically, the object of the bill was to reduce lynchings, which have had for their most numerous victims, the Negroes living in the South...Ac tually, the ob>ect of the bill was to cater favor with Negro voters, who I are numerous in some of the northern voting centers. \ Theoretically^ the opposition to the bill was insured" by the altruistic belief that Federal interference with state officials for shortcomings in pun ishing lynchers, is an unwarranted and dangerous extension of the Fed eral paternalistic rule. Actually, the opposition felt that the southern vo ters would resent 'any vote which'j might be construed as catering to Negroes. Negro voters may look forward with confidence to the appearance shortly of some franked copies of the Congressional Record in which the sufferings of their race are eloquent ly denounced. So, too, ardent uphold ers of the Old South may enhearten themselves with the thought that printed patriotism, of their own par ticular brand, will soon be delivered free. As for the bill, if it becomes a law, there are few southerners who fear that it will have any more effect than did the constitutional amend ment giving the Negro the vote. Neither do the northerners. But viewed simply as an arrange ment of words, the measure is entire ly commendable. So too, would be a constitutional amendment prohibit ing murder.Dearborn Independent. Specials-Buckwheat Flour, Cris co, Brown Sugar, Shrimp, Fish Roe, French Sardines, Asparagus Tips, Gelfand's Salad Dressings. COLLETT'S WANTED: Representatives to sell monuments. Attractive proposition. Write Charlotte Marble & Granite Works, Charlotte, N. C. Largest inj the Carolinas. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS TAIN' NO SENSE BR DE STo'-KEEPUH CHEATIN' WE OUTEN MAH MONEY, CA'SE HE KNOW ?OOJ> EN WELL HE GWINE GIT IT ALL ENNY-HOW? Copyright, lm by McClure N*w*p?p?r Syntitrata VVomsyn Voters' League C vention as Viewed by a; Edgefield Woman. The state convention of the Wo Voters League met in our capitol on Wednesday, February 8, and held in the Y. W. C. A. building, previous evening a banquet and ception having been held at the ferson hotel. The first persons in hall to be seen on entering at an e hour, were Mrs. Joseph Sprotl Manning, state president of the man's Christian Temperance Un and Mrs. N.,G. Gonzales in close i versation. Mrs. Sprott and1 Mrs C zales are devoted friends. The p ent office of Mrs. Sprott in her idence in Manning was thy; r< where Miss Barron was married N. G. Gonzales which was at 1 time the Barron home. One wc have thought from the intentne-? the conversation that Mrs. Sp: and Mrs. Gonzales were' discus? politics at this woman voters' lea convention, but they were not. T were talking about some Sun school work they were mutually terested in and Mrs. Gonzales ' regretting that she would have to absent from the meeting on acco of a wedding which was to take pl in the family at the same hour. . Tunning from these two, I ca face to face with Mrs. Dan Ouzts greenwood, where they have i members "of the Woman Vote League. Mrs. Ouzts is superintend' of the Woman's Missionary Union Abbeville association and when ? was accosted with the question to what she was doing there she si in substance, "We are away ahe of Edgefield in everything, and pecially in the Woman Vote League where we are holding on our Farm and Home Demonstrati agents in spite of the adverse reco mendation of the Grand Jury. Next was another product of Ed| field's older territory, whom I h never seen but 11 recognized her soon as I saw her face, Mrs,. Richa Williams, president of the Greenwo Woman Voters' League. Mrs. W Hams was Miss Annie Gaines, ai that is how-she was first described us before I had met her, as "a mei ber of that intelligent Gaines fai ily." She is related to a great mai people in Edgefield county, especial the Ouzts family. She is tall and sie der and blonde, and i&de later, tl response to the address of welcon in a most gracious and graceful mai ner. She was perfectly at home in tl presence, of the Governor of Soul Carolina, Hon. John Gary Evans an other celebrities, both men and w< men who were presnt. Later in th day she was unanimously electt state chairman of the Woman Voter League, nominated for that office b Mrs. J. L. Mims of Edgefield. Mrs: Kate Kernaghan of Edgefiel was also there assisting the Y. W. C A. of Columbia in their serving of ?delightful dinner to the conventior [The organization in the cities of th Y. W. C. A. is under the patronag J largely of the wealthy and influentia women ,and it is considered an hon or to be selected on their board o management. Mrs. Pope Matthews i intedested in the Y. W. C. A., am her mother, Mrs. Kernaghan wa there in cooperation with her. Other distinguished guests werf Hon. and Mrs. John Gary Evans, wh< have just returned from Europe. Mr Evans made a very interesting anc instructive address to the conventior on the importance of registering anc enrolling in the Democrat!'' 'ubs, anc being represented in county anc state Democratic** conventions. He stated that the law required that a man and a woman represent the va rious states as national. Democratic committeemen. He said that the pro gram ^as carried out by the Woman Voters' League convention, the sub jects they discussed, their intelli gent plans of procedure, their sense of justice were significant and with out precedent. That in all the history of the centuries such groups had nev er before met for the unselfish a?id earnest study of citizenshpi. Mrs. John Gary Evans was present as a member and one of the officers and generous supporters of the League, having been a friend in need when the work was friendless and persecuted. It is not so now. The wo men fire no longer supplicants, except as they use their increased power to make the world more homelike for all people, moi-e responsive to the higher and more, ennobling things of life. We can not speak of all the great speeches and subjects which were dis cussed, but if all the things are done, and they will be done, this world will be a safer and happuier place to live. Mrs. Dodd, of the State Board of Health, spoke of health conditions, child welfare, public nursing and kin dred subjects. Miss S^outh of Win throp college of Cooperative Market ing and Home Demonstration, Mrs. Best of Washington, D. C., of the re cent inv3stigation as to labor condi-. tions surrounding mills and indus Get Your tandie WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF THE , -_ . ? Famous dimer M?tch Bundles To Retail at $1.00 Each See these new bundles. . Your money will be refunded if you are not satisfied with your purchase. See the New Royal Society Initial Books Over 500 initial for the small price of 15c. Just think of it. Also tile Royal Society Transfer Books at the same price. They are going fast. THE CORNER STORE tries of all kindi, Dr. Reid Smith'and Governor Cooper, of the tax prob lem, both taking high ground; Mrs. W. C. Cathcart of the Child Placing work; Dr., Guignard of Soci?l Hy giene. Local Woman Voters' Leagues gave some practical illustrations of what good women and good men -co operating can do and have done for their communities, for the women do not hope to accomplish anything without the help of the good men. One of the most conspicuous fig ures in the way of popularity in con vention was a lady whom the presid ing officer, Mrs. F. S. Munsall, intro duced as E. A. D., and those in the convention who did not know her, argued .themselves unknown. It means Enthusiastic and Distinguish ed. In other words Mrs. W. L. Duno vant of Edgefield, was loudly, no not so loudly, for women ?re gentle, but melodiously cheered, as she arose to make her publicity report and her address oh organization. Mrs. Dtino varit is highly esteemed and greatly valued by the organization, for three characteristics, her willingness to work, her enthusiasm for the cause andj ready pen, her articles eliciting mqrie comment in South Carolina to dayjthan those of any publicity chair man of any organization. ' .One old man whose name is not known, sat all day and listened to the women with the most rapt attention and.the most admiring and fatherly countenance. He did not move or speak until late in the afternoon, when the advisability of carrying the registration books to different points in the county was being discussed as has been done in several counties for the convenience of the -women. He j % arose at once a^id.said, "Ladies, I have no right to speak, anl I am, out of order, but that is the jest thing you have done today. We need the ballot of our women and their elec tion on school boards that we -nay im prove the condition of our runl com- g munities especially." We must not stop without a word for. Mrs. J. B. Salley, though are*si dent of Aiken. She herself carriel the books all over Aiken county and reg- ' istered about two thousand wonen. She has grown by service.. Greatress is won by sacrifice. '< A VOTER. ' ! Long Branch News. The sick ones in the community art very much better. Mrs. Amanda Clark, better known in "this community as "Grandma Clark" was buried at Rock Creek last Saturday. There -vfere quite a number who attended the service. Mr. Anderson Creede of Warren ville was a visitor of Mr. Lewis Clark last week. Mr. Fletcher Derrick went to Lex ing ton last Saturday. Miss Azilee Salter spent a few days last week with her sister at Johnston. Mrs. Thomas Ripley's sister, Mrs. Caldwell of Augusta came to see Mrs. Ripley Sunday. Mrs.' G. W. -Scott went to see her mother last Sunday. iMiss Lorene Scott spent Saturday night with Miss Pansy Derrick. - Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Salter, Myrtle and Avery visited relatives near Batesburg last Sunday. R?v. G. M. Sexton preached to a very large congregation last Sunday afternoon. We are glad to know'that Mr. Joe Cullum is improving. He and his wife are missed very much at church. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lybrand spent the day with Mr. T. T. Lybrand Sun day. ' Mr.> and Mrs. Williani Ripley spent one day last week with Mrs. A. E. Yonce. The Long Branch pupils stood their monthly test and the follownig are on the honor roll for January: Eighth Grade": Alma Clark, Ruby Ripley, Chloe Rhoden, Myrtle Salter. . Seventh Grade: Vera Clark. Fifth Grade: Nora Derrick. Fourth Grade: Mary and Annie Mae Glark. Fourth Grade: Gladys Lybrand. Second Grade: Clyde Clark, Edith Rhoden and Henry Williams. First Grade: Guy Scott, T. W. Der rick and Cohan Day. Time to Plant and the best varieties of vegetable and field seeds to plant for each purpose is told in the 1922 Catalog of WX3?8 SEEDS Now ready to be mailed, free on request. Reduced prices are quoted on Seeds, Poultry Supplies, and Feeds, Garden Tools and Spray Materials. Write- for your copy today. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, 17 S. 14th St., Richmond, Va. Eyes scientifically examined and dasses properly fitted. GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. 1 ? Many persons', otherwise SH 9 vigorous and' healthy, are ?2 Q| bothered occasionally with Jg g Indigestion. The effects of a ga disordered stomach on the ? System are dangerous, and T . prompt treatment of indiges- B m\ tion ls important "The only ?J mt medicine I have, needed has ma been something to aid diges- Jj B tion and clean the liver," B H writes. Mr. Fred Ashby, a n ?S McKinney, Texas, farmer. T D 'My, medicine is a Mord's I n for tdlgestlonv and stomach BJ! trouts of any kind. I have B never found anything that SI n touche the spot, like Black- Q n Bvaugt, i take it in broken S li doses aer meals. For a long B Q time I ned pills, which grip- H Bed and idn't give the good ? results. Black-Draught liver fl B medicine r easy to take, easy B mm to keep, Lxpensive." ~ ~- Get, a Pikage from your 5? ?J druggist toiy-Ask for and B B insist uponThedford's-the B B only genuine gg gjj Get lt. toda. gg BBBSSBBliBQBQBaiS SUMMONS The State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield In Court of Common Pleas. The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S. C., Plaintiff, Against G. W. Adams, Martha E. Barker, Lillie F. Adams, W. A. Pardue, Mrs. Hattie W. Adams, The Osborn Company, Ben jamin T Crump Company, The Bai ley Lebby Company, Shapleigh Hardware Cmopany, A. L. Kanter, The McGraw Tire & Rubber Com pany, Hood Rubber Products 'Com pany, The Bank of Johnston, Brown & Bigelow, Indian Refining J Company, Carolinas Auto Supply J House, Michelin Tire Company, and The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Defendants. (Copy Summons for Relief. Con*-; plaint not Served.) To the.Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in and for the .County of Edgefield, State of South Caro lina, and to serve a copy of your Ans wer to the said Complaint on the sub scriber at this office at Edgefield, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ;and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. EDWIN H. FOLK, Plaintiff's Attorney. Edgefield, S. C./ Dated Fe. .mary 9th, A. D., 1922. Attest: P. L. Cogburn, (Off. Seal) Clerk C. C. P., E. C., S. C. To the Defendants, The Osborn Com pany, Benjamin T. Crump Com pany, Shapleigh Hardware Com pany, A. L: Kanter, The McGraw Tire & Rubber Company, Hood Rubber Products Company, Brown & Bigelow, Indian Refining Com pany, Carolinas Auto Supply House, Michelin Tire Company, and the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Com pany, in the above entitled action, who are non-residents of the State of South Carolina: TAKE NOTICE, That the Origi nal Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Edgefield, State of South Carolina, on this the 9th day of February, A. D., 1922, and the same are now on file in said office. EDWIN H. FOLK, Planitiff's Attorney. Edgefield, S. C., February 9th, A. D., 1922. Attest: /P. L. Cogburn, (Off. Seal) Clerk af the Court of Common Pleas, Edge ?eld County, South Carolina. 2-12-3t NOTICE I take this means of notifying the mblic that I have reopened my black imith and repair shop at my old rtand to the rear of The Advertiser milding, facing the street leading last from the residence of Mr. W. A. Strom. I respectfully solicit the pa ronage of the people and will do my ttmost to give entire satisfaction, al lays guaranteeing my work. I make , specialty of horse shoeing. Call to ee me. GILES BUTLER.