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? Enfield Advertise J. Ii. MIMS, - - - EDITOR TERMS: ONE YEAR $150 SIX MONTHS .75 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1908. r I Let us be of good cheer. Re member that the misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never happen.-LOW ELL. There is no gainsaying the fact that the Republicans have put up their biggest man. Why is it that nobody has heard of "Brother Crafford" thus far this summer? No one dared oppose Attorney Generai Lyon. Thie of itself is the highest possible endorsement of his administration. The newspaper men who kuow Editor DeCamp, the host of the prees association next week, will go to Gaffney or break a trace. A post card famine is reported from Charleston, the soldier boys having exhausted the,supply. The receipts at the Edgefield office are heavy. Horry county has thirteen can didates for supervisor. Doubtless after August the 25th, twelve of these gentlemen will be more fully convinced thau ever that thirteen is au unlucky number. The investigations into the affairs of many of the colossal corporations of the north made during the past few years will cause a considerable diminution of the Republican campaign fund of 1908. A number of towns require all dogs io be muzzled between May and October. This would be a good law for Edgefield. Better for dogs to wear muzzles than even for one child or older person to be bitten and have hydrophobia. Governor Glenn has issued a a proclamatiou declaring prohi bition effective in North Carolina after the first of Jauuary, 1909. Last week the supreme court of Alabama rendered a decision to the effect that the prohibition law of that state is constitutional and must stand. Newberry hus the best churches and the best preachers of any town in the state. That is why the town is the cleanest,.moraHy/.tp^d: Brother Wallace, ?orne down to Edgefield, spend Sunday and. look around $he town, ancT you'll hast en to modify ' the foregoing state ment, or retract it in toto. We think it is decidedly the part of wisdom for Goven or An sel to give his personal attention to pressing official duties rather than appear at all of the forty-odd campaign meetings. Governor Ansel's platform and official acts are both known to the people, and, fortunately for him, he does not have to appear to "explain" this or that deed or misdeed. His administration has boen honest, straightforward, business-like. Concerning Assessments. "The county executive commit tee met last Friday and Arranged a schedule for tho county cam paign. There has already an nounced about 40 candidates with yet one month before the fiual close for entries. The rate of as sessments levied will raise some thing over $1,000 for the cam paign fund." The foregoing paragraph from tho Conway correspondence to the State tells how the candidates in Horry county have to go down in their jeans to pay heavy campaign expenses. While the sum of $1,000 is required to conduct the campaign in Horry, the campaign in Edgefield two years ago cost only $35. Candidates in this couu ty ehould doff their hats and bow very low to .Sedgefield's ecomomic executive committee. There's not another in the state like unto it. Insurance Department Needed. The account of the state cam paign meeting at Oiangeburg cor. tained the following statement: "Col. Blease referred to the crea tion ot au insurance department and various other things as bear ing out his statement that lhere ls extravagance in the running of the State's affairs." WThile it is true, as Mr. BleaBe pays, that it costs money to main tain new departments of state government, yet the legislature never did a wiser thing than when it created the insurance d?parte ment.*Tbe people of this state arc annually pay in^ millions of hard earned dollars iuto the treasur ies of insurance companies, con cerning whose solvency and busi ness methods t hey know absolute ly nothing. Therefore, it became imperative that some one be cbcseu to safeguard their inter esta. Furthermore, if wo reinen, ber aright, the expenses of the in surauce departuueut ar? paid by the insurance companies and uot from the public treasury, just as the state bank examiner is paid by the banks. Sentenced to Chaingang. The Advertiser ia pleased to see that tho circuit judges are com ing one by one to real'z 3 that for the best interest of society a cer tain class of crimiuals in this state -nust feel the consequence of their wroDg doing. Raceutly Judge Gary seuteuced a notorious keeper of a gambling den in Co lumbia to a term on the chain gang or- imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary, without the usual alternative of a fine. Judge Aldrich also sent two white men to the chaingang iu Aikeu county for selling liquor. What does -the keeper of a gambling] den care for a fine? He can decoy and defraud enough unsuspect ing persons iu one night to raise the necessary amount. And, ae for bliud tigers, they laugh at flues. The mau who will sell adulterat ed, pop-sku'l liquor at almost fabulous prices does not mind a line. Surfeited Summer Swallows. While this is a mouey-getting generation, it is also to a large ex teut a money-spending, self-in dulging, pleasure-seeking genera tion. Not many years ago those ?who enjoyed a season of rest, from their daily toil in mid-summer spent the time quietly at home. As the yearB passed, monotonous home life did not satisfy, so it be came the wont of many to spend the annual vacatiou at some quiet rendezvous. Later on, the quiet- re treat failing to satisfy, the gay, fashionable resorts were establish ed. Now, to a certain class of "summer swallows," all Ameri can resoits, whether beside roll ing billows or^upou mountain top, have become too tame; they must go abroad for the healed term. The tide of summer travel to Eu rope was nev?r greater than now. Ten of the largest ocean steamers left New York duriug one day last week laden to their utmost capficity with human ireight. C^pod Results Follow. In opposing prohibition legis lation, especially when moral questions are involved, some per sons argue that morality can not be legislated into people. While this is true, yet, it is also true that when certain temptations and measures, good results always fol low. A notable example was the out lawing of the lottery; another in stance is the law prohibiting speculation in cotton futures, auu still another, and later example, is the prohibition of gambling on horse races throughout Now York and several other states in which horse racing is exteusively prac ticed. To come nearer home : So briety can not be legislated into people, but, just as good results were accomplished through the above cited prohibitive laws, the evil of intemperance can by legis lation be minimized and the temptation removed to such an extent that fewer of the bright boys of the present generation will meet a drunkard's fate. Prof. Swearingen Gaining in Favor and Popularity. Edgefield has no candidate this year in either the senatorial or congressional campaigns, and only one in the state campaign ; that one is Prof. John E. Swear ingen, who aspires to the office of State Superintendent of educa tion. Through natural endowment, technical training aud practical experience as ? teacher, Prof. Swearingen is well equipped for the duties of this responsible po sition, and his Edgefield friends are very much gratified to see that he is gaiuing'iu favor and popu larity as he goes from place to place over the state making the schedule of campaigu meetings. The account in The State of the first meetiug at St. Mat chews last week contained tho following: "Mr. Sweariugen has not seen the light of day since the year 1888, when his eyes were putout by a shotgun, but overcoming ob stacle after obstacle he has achiev ed his present emiueuce. The brave heart of this young man thrills tl J strong man and inanes the weakling wiuce. His simple story of his early education aud his tight for an education at the university was a tragic recital but full of brigbt hope and promise |Of his vibrant personality. He said that when he entered L,h? univ-erhity he was advised by the piofessorof English and the pro fessor of modem languages not to mu Ice the attempt for a degree. He told them he -asked no favors. Mr. Ssvearingen's success is well known- He pfead for a persona! contact and private study as a pr^rt of education and touching on the question of education of the races, said he favored f.iiruees for each race and for all. Ile wishes more spent for education than the oue third now already used."_^_^ Whiskey Planks From Plat forms of Candidates - for Governor. As the liquor quotion is one of the leading issues in the pres-, eut campaign, v/e publish for the benefit of our readers the plat forms of the two candidates for governor in so far as- they relate to this particular question. Governor Ansel's Solution. "My position on the liquor question is what I call restricted local option-that is local option as between county prohibition and county dispensary. Those coun ties voting to sell liquor shall be restricted to one dispensary in the county and that one at the couu ty seat, t-xcept in those counties wherein there ia a city of more than 25,000 population, i ri which counties more than one dispensa ry may be established. This is in accordance with my recommenda tions to the general assembly as set forth in my annual message of 1908, is in the interest of tem perance and will minimize the sale of liquor. "With the experience that T have had in the past two years in the proposed electious that were desired in some counties o-i the liquor question, J. ara of the opinion to at it will be better to enact a law by which a county can vote on the question of voting in the sale of liquor as above re stricted, instead of voting it out, as now provided-that is, make all th3 couuties dry un'il a ma jority of the qualified voters ot a county vole to sell liquor in that particular couniy, and if a ma jDri?y of the qualified wters vote to sell that one county dispensary then be established aa above pet. forth, with the right to vote the dispensary out at a subsequent election. "In no State can liqnor be sob! as a matter of right. Permission has to be obtained from th? pro per authorities in the way pro vided by law, and it seems to rn'' that the better plan in this State would be to provide for voting the sale in, rather than voting it out, under the restriction above set forth. Whatever lav,', how ever, the general assemblv, in its wisdom, may enact, I shall en deavor to enforce." Hr. Blease's Soluci?n. "Since the elimination of the Sta?e dispensary I am in favor of county local option as allowed and restricted by the constitution. Should there be license, however, voted I favor the mos?-, rigorous enforcement of tho Saws in the sale in this maimer, piohibiting under any circum.-^'-nces any ! whiskey to be sold in less quan tities that one-half pint or bs- j tween sunset and sun up or to b''? drunk on the premises or to boj sold under any circumstances to j tumors-and inebriates or behind j closed doors or screens, or allowiug any boscene pictures on the premises, and providing that any person holding a license wh"> shall violate any provision of the law shall immediately upon con vict jpn-forfeit his iicense??nd be forever thereafter barred:'from being'' licensed and imprisoned j at bard labor in the State peni tentiary without the alternative of a fine. "I am absolutely opposed to the old barroom Fystem and ^"uld under no circumstance? sign a bili to reinstate that sys tem. "If the general assemblv should pass a prohibition bill I would not veto it, but would sign it and euforce it as honestly as any cth?r law on the statute books. "I am opposed to the passage of a State prohibition law allowing the voting in of dispensaries, ss I do not believe that "hose coun ties which now have dispensaries and are satisfied with the conduct and management of them should be put to tbe necessity of going through thei'orm, trouble and ex pense of getting what they want when jthey already have it and aro satisfied, for if they are not uow satisfied they have the op portunity to abolish it. "Nor am I iu favor of allowing but ooe county dispensary in auy county where liquor is allowed to be sold, but ara in favor cf leav ing the law in regard to the loca tion of the dispensary as it now etands. as it would be manifestly unjust to the other towns in the county to restrict the county to one dispensary aud place that at the county seat." Neither of the forgoing plat forms measure up to Tho Adver tiser's standard, the last, given missing it wide of the mark. Gov ernor Ansel's restricted local op tion may be called another step toward prohibition, but have we not already tak^n enough steps "toward" prohibition? It's time we were going the whole way. We sell the "Hackney" and 'Old Hickory" wagons, which have stood the severest test in this sec tion for many years. Two carn now on the road. Ramsey & Jones. Tornado Insurance, Dwellings 20 coats $100 00. E. J. Morris. An Interesting Account of the Baraca Convention by Edge field's De't^ate. I Complying with nur request, Mr. Lovick M i mrs, who recently attended the world-wide Baraca convention in Oincinnati, has prepared the following aecouut of the convention for UR:* ''From Chat tn u?osa to Cincin nati WR pses through about 27 'tunnels. The scenery ie grand, es pecially crossing the Kentucky high bridge. From rbis bridge one cnn see up the Kentucky river for a great distance. The mountains on both sides and lit tle cottages in the valley make it very beautiful. As we passed along sometimos we could also see villoges far above us and at Mmes .beneath us. It certainly ip avery beautiful rente for those who enjoy ecmierv. I did not meet any of tho Baracas until I reach ed Chattanooga. There were 35 delegates from North Carolina andabout4 or 5 from South Oaroh na. We were met at the depot in Cincinnati by a enmmittee and carried to th? Eighth Stree* Presbyterian church where they gave the Baracas and Pbilathea's a reception. ^We spent a very pleasant" evening. Sr.nd.iy morning we attended the 9th street Baptist Baraca class, there being about 250 pres ent. At 9:30 a great many nf th? delegates spoke in difF-ren' churches on the subject of win ning men and women vto Baraca and Philathea classes.^ At 3 p. m. a mass meeting was held at. ^?usic Pial], there being about 4,000 people present. Mr. W C Pearce of Chic-ipo and Mr A Hudson, of New York, mad* very ab'e adi!r0sse<i. 'The mu?ic was excellent. Mr. W A Post, nf Syracuse, N. Y . lead the chem' of 200 voices. Ol? Monday morn ing the convention met at. the Sth Street Presbyterian church. Rey W D Stem, of Ashland, O. lec tured on liv n^g're-ed elem^ntp in the Snndav school. Conference onnduered BVL M Tosh, of N ?rth Carolin?, on "Who hhouUl t?acb the c'a?8?M 1st question: la v better to h ive a min or a woman to t"Hcb Uv clapp? A very warn discussion foll"w?-d. Rom? said I hat a man wee better suited, be cause a young man could go to OTC of his kind and tell him his troubles easier than he coul l to r woman. Others said, that a woman could sympathize with them and bring men c^ser to Christ. It wai finally dee'd^d by examples fha' w?re mentioned that a woman in most instances is as successful Bf a man as tec-cher. 2nd question : Should a minister teach tb' class? Ihr-" majority did not think that the minister ought tr? teach, stating that if he gave his best talent to tho clas3 between 10 and II o'clock he could ?not give his < best to h IR sermon. Some of the ministers oljected to this, claim ing that after teaching the young men it inspired them to preach better sermons. One of the minis ters said that he objected to tb|ir trying to get rid nf the' preacnVr as teacher. Said^he did not want to lose bis job. 3rd question: What, sort "of a person should a . teacher be? A consecratsd Chris tian. Then thev discussed how the^ should use "printer's ink, maps and blackboards. Whether they should have separste rooms, and how to organize. On Munday evening at 8 o'clock the Baracas and Phila theas met together at the Baptist church. The speaker was Marshal A. Hudson, president of the world-wide Baraca Union. He said there are 300,000 Baracas and 200.000 Philatheas, and thai 75,000 Barucas wem brought to Christ last year. A few years'bnck he had a very few men in hie colass at Syracuse, while now he has 59 cl.issfs and about 2,000 members. Next followed a conference upon '.The best way to teach a class,'' condue'ed by A G Caldwell, of Atlanta, Ga., whether by lectures or by asking tho claw questions Mr. Hudson said when he first commenced to teach he gav*} his class lectures but found that they did not seem to gut tho class in terested j did not seem to tnnch them anything. Then he decided (ogive different members of tho class questions to be answered on the following Sunday, and found that in this way he could keep the class interested. He gives 3 few minutes lecture at the close of the meeting. On Tuesday afternoon the first address was made by G F Zanies, of Chicago, who spoke of how necessary it is to have the social side of the ass. Often young men are brought j the Sunday school by sociable nd in that way are brought to ^ist. Otherwise they would not, 1 . gone to church As an exam pl he said he knew a ycung man it was a member of a base ball . ,igue who for some cause was discharged. He wanted to join the Buraca team, but did not want to sigu a pledge that he would not play Sunday ball. Finally he consented, and in thal way he was brought to Chrs!' and afterwards became a minister of the g-ap-1. The second spja'<er was W G Monk, of Syracuse. N\ Y., subje1, "Secret Service" The soc;et servie . of th" class ar? Christian im mb-rs. of In? class J that sign a pie.ige to prny for c-r-1 tai:1, unconverted members of the cla-s every iiay. This is o ,e of th'-)] .re-tew' things of tho Baraca wo'k. Th" subj c' ot local unions arri pxteiipio'i work and ii' ld pee-j retarv were discussed. Ii was d -' cid? d ito elect a field s-ere arv.; Mr. Hudson, our prypidon<:, acted i as secretary last year. He ea'd ! ?bat ?I- c'in? n S'-cretary d d not j mean I hat be wou'd giv1 un th>" wnr'c. The o'., o'inn or' oflic rs and ? place of m ...ting ?vere als) dis cussed. lt is very probt ble thal: the convention will meet in Ashe ville next year. I certainly hope that a great, number "will go from our class. It would n.eau so much to thom. They do not seem to realize what tho word Baruca means. It meaus Clubbings. Our motto : "Young men at work for young men, all standing by the Bible and the Bible school." "We do things," taken front "I eau do ail things through Christ which atrengtheutb me." Tuesday eveuing Rev. PI. M. Mamill, D. D., lectured on "The Missing Link." Next was shown tho. model Baraca class by L E Appleby, Texas, whicn closed the 12th annual convention. DO YOD GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Aimost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to know of the w inderiui cures made oy Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, I j the great kidney, liver II and biadder remedy. lt is the great medi rs; ca! triumph of the nine j ??j? tcenth century; dis ' covered after years cf _ j!l scientific research by Hg?kg Dr. Kilmer, thc cmt M>w~. ' nent kidney and blad ' der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing .arno back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney troubie. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is net rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, ?iver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. 11 has been tectcd in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless t->o y ?or ;o pur :hase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers cf this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample boltie sent free by mail, aiso a boo!: telling more about Swamp-Root and how tc ?ind out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous ;ffer in this paper and ?er.d your address to Dr. Khmer St Co., Bing hamton, N. Y. The .egular fifty cent and Homo ot Swomp-itoot loiiar sizes arc s"'d by all good druggists. Dtn't maire any mistake, but remember Me name, Swamp Root, Dr, Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and tho address, Binghamton, N. Y., on e"ery bottle. Fresh supply of Harris Litbia W iter jual received; B. Timmons We Bell Waterman's Ideal fountain P<?ns, which represent rho hrigh'.-S!? standard of exco! :nee, ,2very pen guaranteed to give iatisfaction. Yv\ E. Lynch. & C >. A Grand Famii) Medicine, "it gives me pleasure to speak t good word for Electric Bitters," trites Mr. Frank. Conlan olv No. 136 Houston St., N. Y. It's a ^rand family medicine for dys i>epsia and liver complications j vvhile for lame back and weak Kidneys it. cannot be too highly recommended. Electric Bitters regulate the digedtive functions, purify the blood and impart re newed vigor and vitality to the weak and debilitated of both sex "8. Sold under guara:-.tee at W ? Lynch & Co., Penn & Holstein, ?successors to G L Penn & Son drug stores. 50a, Clemson Agricultural College Examination. The examination for the award of Scholarships in Clemsou Ag ricultural Collage will be held in the county-court house on Friday, July 3rd, at 9 a. m. Applicants must lill out {roper forms, to be secured from the.Count? Su perintendent, jf Education, before they will be allowed to stand thij examinations. For detailed infor mation apply to Supt. of Educa tion or to thu President of Clem son Co!'ego. Applicants for admission io the college, who are not seekiug for the scholarships, will also, stand putrance examinations at the court house July 3rd. The scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. 'The next session of the college opens September 9th, 19CS. For catalogs and information apply to P. ?I. MELL, Pres. We arc dc ter m in ed to m Spring and Summer Goods, duccd thc price in order to r always been the policy of i fresh stock at the besrinninq; c to do this no goods must be < We can save v Organdies, I lins, Chamb] ham, Mi Dimi We still have all sizes of ver Misses and Children. It will pi you nozd them or not. We are selling Lt -Hais ver} Men's and boys' sti Special prices on ribbons, la I w WW 9 ? Twenty Cent a Day for Liquor. The following Jet ter written to a Pennsyl vain ai grocer, make* in festing reading not only to m^n, who spend money for liquor but to men iu legitimate business who have gouds to ee'l: . "Dear Sir:- Having buen accus tomed to ppending twenty cents a day for whiskey, I find by pav ing it, I can order from you dur ing the year the lol ?owing arti cle?: 3 Barrels of flour, 100 Pounds of granulated sugar, 125 Pounds macaroni, 89 Pounds starcrj, 50 Pounds si.da, 6 Pounds of ground pepper, ()0 Pouuds of white beans, 1 Dozen scrubbing brushes, 20 Pounds roasted coffde, 55 Cans tomalia, ? 24 Cans mackerel, 50 Pounds best raisins, 1 Dozen brooms, 40 Pounds oatmeal, 1 Dozen package herbs, 20 Pounds rice, 1 Barrel crackers, 100 Pounds hominy, 18 Pounds mince meat, 12 Bottles machine oil, 20 Pounds Oolong tea, 24 Cans green peas, 20 Pounds dried apples, 25 Pounds prunes, 40 Pounds laundry slarch, 25 Pounds table salt, 25 Pounds lald, 12 Bottles maple syrup, 100 Bli rs 6oap, 2 Gallons chow chow, 2 Kearns note paper, 500 Envelopes, 2 Newspapers lor one year. "I had no idea my drinking had been costing me so much. J know better and buy more for my family."-Ex. FOR SALE: Two veiy fine reg ister^ ?Short Horn bulls, ready for servie ; one Jersey milch cow, arith h"]'*? calf; good young mule, and 30 Berkshire pigs, reg istered si I f*. B. Ca ute lou, Kdgefield, ?. C. JIMMO? & CORLE r, SURGEON DENTISTS, Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Crown .ind llridge Work a Special ty. JAS. S. BYRD. SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD. S. C. ??g-?ffli;e over Post-Office. PROSPERITY COMES to the man who gives his mind to his business. You cannot do that, if you spend half of your time in worrying over how to guard your cash. No way you can devise is as sale as deposit ing it in THE FARMERS BANK Open an accouut to-day and you can give all your attention to your business without having the siigtest worry about the safety of what you alraady have The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S. C. ake a clean sweep of all Therefore, we have r? nove them at once It has this store to have good, )f each,season and in order :arried over rou money on .?awns, Mus rays, Ging iiis and ties. .y stylish Oxfords for Ladies' iy you to buy now, whether idies and Misses i cheap. raw hats very cheap, ces and embroidery. We will soon begin taking stock and in or der to reduce our large stock we have put on I our annual cut-price Sale of high class Dry Goods, Notions, Clo thing, Shoes and Hats. Many of the prices we are making are the lowest that we have ever of fered So you know the sale means big money in your pocket. As our Mf iHiiter, Iftiss Pye, is soon to leave vye are offering aES ftSOIiinery Goods af and BELOW COST. This is the oppor tu re Hy of a S?te time? If we were to publish all we believe ab??ut Cerealite-, you would doubtless think us extravagant in our upraise-it we were to publish all the Manufacturers claim for Ce realite, you might doubt their statement If we were to publish all that OUR satis- , ried customers say in praise of Cerealite, you might think they were laying it on too heavy. We publish none of these things as we might or could do but merely an nounce that we have just received a fresh shipment of Cerealite, tor the special pur pose of enabling our friends and customers to try this wonderful crop maker on their com and cotton as a side application at the m last plowing. CEREALITE used in this way wili pay a bigger div idend than any investment you can make. Try Ce realite and be convinced. Yours truly, We are offering part of our low cuts at cost also offer some low prices in Embroideries, Muslins and other SXJ3VU^EE3S=t GOODS, See our Mosquito Canop ies. . Yours truly, GET YOUR LAUNDRY IN TUESDAYS Largest in Our History Call on us or write us jbr-prices before placing your orders. ,^ 4?fi/NGT0fl BROS ? CO., Wholesale (Grocers, 863 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.