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Oldest Newspaf er In South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1909. PROHIBITION PAYS. "Trinco" Relates Happy Experi ence of a County That Voted Out Liquor. Now that the world is gaining so much loss in consequence of the li quor traffic and our county is being arouied on the subject, I wish to give a few facts that. came under my observation a few years ago. I lived in. a county that had been dominated by > the liquor traffic. They had usually three months of schools during the year. For these schools the teachers were paid from $17.50 to $27.50 per month accord ing to grade, and school warrants were cashed at a discount of 25 per rent. The school board was $2,500 in debt and there were very jfew, I think only three or four, respectable school houses in the county. The county, was ?5,000 in debt, and county warrants went at a dis count of 25 to 40 per cent. There were only a, few bridges in the coun ty. The jail houee would have made an interesting curio for the World's Museum. The court .house sold at pnblic auc tion for $5 0.00^ d was moved off the -county square. There were practically no public improvements. The county had tried liquor for more than forty years. v The terms of court lasted as long as the law would allow, one and two weeks re spectively and I have known as many as twelve prisoners carried over from one term of court to the next term at a Cost Si 2 per month board each. The dockets were never cleared. And there teas not a batik in the county. But we put liquor out not withstanding the cry "it will &i7/the county". We knew the county was already dead and liquor had killed it. Liquor will kill everything it 'touches long enough. It never touches a mant but .it leaves a black spot on him, a~hlot on his character. Now listen : As soon.as the "dock ets" could be cleared the terms of court in. that county closed-ad journed-Wednesday night I have known the court to adjourn at noon. Wednesday, ? few civil cases to try. At the end ofjf?nr^yeais of ._Bro=_ hibrtion tK?'CO?Bty ha?fgbod bridges wherever they were needed. They had a brick court house that cost thc county about ?15,000-a beauty. They had a brick jail house with steel cells. They 'had $5,000 to their credit, and county warrants were worth 100 cents on the dollar. The school board had built good school houses all over the county: they had increased the term of school from 3 to 6 mouths with priv ilege to run 8 months. They paid from ?30 to 875 per month for teach ers. School-scrip was worth 100 ct? on the dollar. The school board had about ?2,500 ahead,, and when I left them they were talking of put ting free books in the public schools. There was a bank in the county with $50,000.00 capital stock, with $80,000.00 on deposit, and some of the county officers told me that tax able property had doubled in the county within the four years of pro hibition. The drunken men, the list-ti-cuff bouts the shooting affrays, the pandemonium caused generally by liquor, was not seen on the streets nor in the back store lots, and prohi bition there did prohibit. It will always prohibit when the officers of the law do their sworn duty. If I was an officer sworn, io en force the lair, L should consider itasa/>er.<wtt al insult, for a man to say a prohib itory law did not prohibit in my Junsdiction. Now as to the revenue from liquor investigation shows again and again that every dollar of revenue a city or.a county gets from the sale of liquor costs the city or the county that got it.three dollars in criminal prosecutions, besides the wrecker, homes, the shed blood, the heart aches, the pains and pangs, and the scalding tears of widows and hun gry orphan crying for bread, impov erished by drunken husbands and fathers. But the most dangerous form of ;the liquor traffic I have ever known J is the dispensary. Yours for righteousness, TRUXO. Mrs. Bussey Improving. Mrs. -George Bussey^ nee Miss Eva Wates, was carried to Augusta on Friday last to undergo an opera tion for appendicitis, being accom panied by Dr. J. N. Crafton, Mrs. Bussey, Mrs. P. R. Wates and Mrs. Hugh Wates. The operation was successfully performed Saturday morning and we are pleased to state that the latest received from Mrs. Bussey was to the effect that she w\as doing splendidly. The operation proved to be more difficult than was first anticipated and for that reason her stay at the hospital will be long er than usual in such operations. TRENTON TIDINGS. Cozens Move to Florida, Fair ing Operations Have Begun. The holidays passed off qui pleasantly and very quietly on one death in our community can 1 assigned to disorder. A negro, W lis Brown by name, met death in somewhat peculiar way. He was town on the eve of Christmas ai the next morning he was found < the railroad. His head bore two < three very ugly gashes, whethi caused by a lick from some ?ssa ant or a fall from the train we wi not say. We have heard rumors th tended to implicate certain otb negroes, but these rumors haven developed as yet. The negro died c Saturday night following and whi he was conscious he c< -uki not gr 'any light on the mystery. On h person was found a flask full < whiskey, one partly emptied and third entirely emptied. This ma tell thc tale. The accursed stuff hi been used entirely too freely, to sa the least. Aiken county dispensary have furnished no little liquor f( our county. Augusta it is sai< through blind tigers, has sent 01 quantities. Our prohibition laws ai of little effect when it is with i such easy/reach on, all sides. It i now ui> ?o our law makers to sto the legal sale of it in South Carol na. What will they do? Farm wo/k has already starte< for the new year. Our farmers ar not discouraged with the presen hard times but have gone to wor with a stronger determination tha ever to live at home. Another yea will see a great change in results Mark ivhat we say! The smok house to a noticeable extent will b moved from the. west to our OWJ places and the corn crib will heh more corn than ever before. Th . lesson of economy has been tough and we believe our farmers wi) heed its teachings. The Qld establishment of1 J. M Bettis has been sold and Mr. W. R Furse is now carrying on the bnsi ness as sole owner. Mr. J. E. L?rick and family leav< this week for Florida, their futun home^- IM- -- Mr. ,T. ?>. "Mathis will move int< the dwelling made vacant by Mr Lorick's move. Messrs. J. W. and A. M. Satchel hove also left our section for Flori da where they expect to locate ii the near future. Mr. J. Gordon Hughes, a promi nent lawyer and member of th< legislature from Union, spent th< holidays with his parents. We note with much regret the in disposed condition of our fellov townsman, Mr. F. M. Leppard. 1 Eureka will soon be connect?e here by phone. Some Facts Concerning Rhodt Island Red Chickens From a Specialist. I have so often been . asked abou the good points of the "Reds" tha I will try to call the attention oi the public to a few of the many ad vantages they have over man3 other breeds. First I would say tha' I advise any one who wishes t( start in the poultry business to se lect the breed of fowls that please! their particular taste. It sometime; requires a lot of courage to speal out in public" but when the subjeel happens to be Rhode Island Rec chickens, the''Red Crank" can't stu. press his enthusiasm. Their fame has spread rapidly within the pasl few years, and they now are one oi the most popular "breeds that wt have. The question naturally arises, why this rapid stride to the front? What recommends them so strong to the public favor and fancier? One has only to know them well to be able to answer these questions. In the first place, their beautiful coloring appeals to one with even the slightest taste. '"How pretty." '"They are beauties,' is the univer sal comment. Their gentleness is a strong point in their favor. A very timid person need not fear to han dle the broody Red hen. She is not at all high-tempered and will not take a piece out of your hands as you pass. This kindly disposition makes them the very best of moth ers. They are also very fine foragers, hustling for their own living, not standing around waiting to be fed. They are great, to lay in winter as they have so many nice fluffy feath ers they seem never to get cold, and realize that their supreme purpose m life is to keep the table supplied with eggs. The history of the fancy poultry business has been one succession of booms as each new breed came out, butas we look back we see that many have almost dropped out of existence and others are being bred in thousands to-day, but never in the history of the poultry industry ha?ythere been a breed that has met 4 Iii order to mere county and to stimi crops. The Advertise First Fri farmer who grows on one acre of lan Second I Edgefield County ^ of bushels of corn ? V ' ? ?' ? i . , J The foregoing prizes ; ing or complicated rest when they please, f?rtil system they please. Only one requirement i ground and not compos parts of the farm. rWHO'LI The prizes will aboi will be practically clea] The Prizes wil Edgefield Farmers Can do Like wise. The Enquirer knows of one York township farmer, who, eleven years ago bought a run down farm of I over 200 acres on credit, and since that time has paid for the place, built a handsome residence, large barns and stables, tenant houses, etc., bought nearly enough addi tional land to make a total of 300 acres and the first of last January didn't owe a dollar and had % 1,000 casi? in bank. He did it all by hard work, sticking to business, raising his home supplies and making cot-1 ton a surplus crop. A year ago he1 refused ?50 an acre. We know of another who bought 110 acres of! Bethel township land in 19U1 at about $15 an acre, who made five [ and a half bales of cotton the first year; who made seventeen bales of cotton and 700 bushels of corn this year, who has long since paid for his land and who recently refused $35 an acre for it.-Yorkville Bn-*j q hirer. Card of Thanks. Having sold my barber shop to Mr. T. E. Strom I desire to express my sincere thanks to the people of Edgefield for ihe liberal patronage accorded me since I came among them. ? shall always feel grateful to them, and I hope they will con tinue to give Mr. Strom the gener ous patronage that he deserves. A. J. Davis. with such a popular demand as the Rhode Island Reds. They grow fast j and soon get large enough to broil, are strong and healthy from the time they are hatched. All these facts go to prove that these fowls really have the merits that are claimed for them. They have provec? to every one's perfect satisfaction that they are by far the greatest winter layers and their size and yellow flesh make them the most desirable table fowl ajt all ages. As they mature so quickly and are so hardy they are the easiest chicks to raise. Get a good start in this popu lar breed of fowls .and try them to your own satisfaction. Hoping this will give the readers of this? paper i some thoughts for future- considera- | tion. I am, Respectfully, REI* CRANK. , > ?jeen dollars 2v* given the i the greatest number d during^the year 19( ?life' g Ten dolls will be gi ^ho grow| the secon on one acte during th are offered unconditionally i rictions. The ? contestants ize it as th?y ple?se and cul s made: the; ?ere,must be in 3d of two q^fepre rich spots j WIN THE it reimburse tba "winners foi f / 6e awarded at the Mr. A. S. Tompkins Resigned -and Mr. 1W. B. Cogburn Elected. With the close of the work of the old year Mr. j A. S. Tompkins voluntarily retired as superintends ent of the Edgefield Baptist Sunday school. F or more than fifteen years j he has rendered faithful service in this capacity anjjl his resignation j has been very generally regretted by the members of the church and school. On behalf of the committee] that was appointed to consider Mr. Tompkins' resignation and to sug-1 gest a suitable successor, Mr: Or lando Sheppard ga ver utterance on Sunday morning last, to very appro priate words expressing Iiis person al regret, as well as che regret of the entire school, caused by the resigna tion of Mr. Tompkins. The school expressed by a unanimous rising vote Its sincere, appreciation of the loner term of faithful service ren dered, by Mr. Tompkins.. The nomi nating committee without a dis senting voice chose Mr. W. B. Cog burn to succeed the retiring: su-, perin tendent. Mr. Cogburn was duly elected and entered upon his labors the first Sunday of the i icw year. Besides his personal fitness, the newly ejected superintend ent ?has been actively identified with ! Sunday school work for a number of years as teacher and is fully ? ;a pable of conducting the school in a most satisfactory manner. 31 r. Cogburn's election lins met with, very general approval. EXECUTOR?SALE. Notice is hareby given that on the 2?8tcUyoff^a*T?ry 1?0!>, 1 will sell to tho highest bidder, at the residence of the late . Luther W. Walton near Meetingt?Street., in Edgefield county, the following property: One 20 horse? power en gine; one 25 horsepower boiler: one self packing cotton gin; about 80 feet of. rubber betting; one set deag on sc ales; one 3 feet cont rock with gearijug and fixtures for mill; one black;mule; one bay hoi-se, and one milch, cow. Terms caslu W. T. Walton, Executor. I Jon't fail to see. tao beautiful dowdies at prices from CJ cents to 82.,50 per dozen. May *fc Tompkins. V GESESSEN corn In Edgefield i diversification of wo prizes in Gold: in Gold Coin will Edgefield county of bushels of corn )9. irs in Gold Coin iven the farmer in d largest number e year 1909. md without embarass can plant their corn tivate it by whatever one continuous plot of .selected from different. ? . fertilzer, so the corn County Fair. ^ What The Kidneys Do. Their Unceasing Work Keeps] us Strong and Healthy. All the blood in the body passes through the kidneys once every three minutes. The kidneys filter tho blood. They work 'light and ?..ay. When healthy they remove abwit 500 grains of impure matter daily, when unhealthy some part of this impure matter is left in the blood. This brings on many diseases and symptoms-pain in the back, headache, nervousness, hot, dry. skin, rheumatism, ?rout, graved, dis orders pf tho eyesight and hearing, ?lizz i ri ess. irregular heart, debility; drowsiness, dropsy, deposits in the urine, etc. But if you keep the til ters right you will have no trouble with your kidney Walter Dom, Cedar Row, Edge-1 field, S. C., says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills and consider them a tine remedy for any trouble arising from the kidneys. ?I was a victim of kidney complaint for a considerable length of time and my back often pained me so severely that I could hardly do my work. My kidneys acted too freely and the secretions were unnatural in appearance. Upon ]oarnin<r of Dean's kidney pills I went to Penn tfc Holstein^ drug stom and bought a box. Since using them I have been free from pain in nay back and also from the kidney j weakness." For sale by all dealers. ' Price 50 j cents. Foster-Milburn Co., I] Buffalo, '?srew York, sole agents for tile U. S. Remember the name-Doan's Insul take no other. . Card of Thanks. Please allow me spape tty t?jank the ?rood people of Monoct Pafibi-J ville and the surrounding country for their .kindness and Iliberal con\ tributions which aide$ mo in re-] covering from my heajvy loss hyi fire on October thc 2t)th. ; I lost nearly everything I bald except my stock, land and some tenant houses. Words cannot express ray gratitude to those who were so'f kind io me. I also feel very grateful to the j members of the Masonic lod^e at j Parksvill? for their veVy generous contributions to me. 2 .I. & Ha rv ley. M od oe, S. C, - i'.-. S'; 3TATJSW lilli mumm nun Letter From Rev. J. L. Harley State Superintendent of Anti-Saloon League. As was to be expected when the prohibitionists of South Carolina net and declared for state-wide pro hibition, we began to hear criticism pro and con in every direction. Some of our so-called prohibitionists jays the "Florence Times" have ictually taken a trip to Savannah, Georgia, to learn that prohibition is i farce. We do not know who these gentlemen are, .but if the ed itor of the "Florence Times'"' will kindly publish their names the cit izens of South Carolina would be better able to judge of the worth of rinrfr^tateHient. The cry is raised on every hand/that if we have state wide prohibition conditions will be worse in Charleston than they are now. We are peremptorily told that the law cannot be enforced in the lower couties, and that we must wait until the people are educa up to a higher standard of citizen ship and morality. It is the purpose of this paper to bring some things to the atttention of the people of the. state. First of all, I wish to ask Can conditions be any worse in Charleston than they are now? With 14 dispensaries running full blast from sun to .sun-more than 300 licensed blind-tigers selling li quor night and day-hundreds of other blind tigers selling without any license at all, and the people of Charleston ordering one hundred thousand dollars "worth of liquor a year. I ask again, Can conditions be any worse? After all, without any intention of reflecting on the good people of Charleston, what is Charleston, that the whole state1 should be called on to bow to her will in an important matter like this? Charleston represents about four per cent of the population of South Carolina and every one kn ows that more than one half of her pop ulation is made up4 of the colored race. If Charleston does not wish to enforce the law let her do as she is doing noSv. It cannot be worse. Bniiin Heavcn'rt/name do not ask tue \rhut<y si:.: :! : Chafes" toil. Again some of our people seem to think they will force prohi bition upon some cor mnnities be fore they are ready and, thereby bring reproach on our cause. Thanks for consideration. Here let us call attention to the following fact: We have now 21 counties in this state without the legalized sale of intox icuating liquors. In these 21 coun ties live a large majority of the pop ulation of the entire state. This majority is made up principally of white people. In other words, a safe estimate would be that three fourths of the white people in ;he state now live in prohibition territo ry. We are democratic and we claim that the white people are in author ity-that we can rule, must rule, and will rule. And yet, this large ma jority of the whole state, are now being told by a small minority of white people, "Wait for us and the negroes of the love counties until we get ready for prohibition." And the plea they make is, that they are afraid of worse conditions. Worse conditions indeed! With blind-tigers plying their trade, es* | pecially in dispensary counties, all over the lower part of the state, buying liquor from the dispensaries for that purpose, and in some instan ces municipal authorities making no attempt whatever to enforce the law, I raise the question, can the good people of the lower part of the state, and a large majority of the white people of the state wait any longer for an improvement in conditions? We believe it is the duty of every good' citizen to throw the weight of his influence against such conditions, and thereby help to change them as speedily as possible. Our pro hibition convention did not adopt my plan in trying to get state-wide prohibition. I wanted a prohibition bill passed with a proviso that it be submitted to the people in a state election for their confirmation. But if our legislature at the next session shall pass a prohibition law for the whole state, and will provide for assistants to the attorney general, making financial provision for the enforcement of such a law, I believe shall succeed in South Carolina as well as they are succeeding in other states. That liquor will be shipped into our state goes without saying but let us add another to the fast growing list of states whose cry jiiiust be heard, and eventually will %c heard, for relief at the capital of rais great nation. Let the weak kifiped back-boneless officials wTho w/|ine and fawn at the feet of their cGt$tituencyrget out of the way and ^iy(|place to men. Let every true maftTjoih in this fight for reform and better government and let us leave ? heritage to our children that will cheeivus in our old age, rejoice and comfort us when we come to the AClXXVJJVXXJL Beautiful Home Wedding, 7 Many Christmas Visitors. Christmas has come and gone and we have entered the dawn pf a new year.' 1908 has gone in history as a part of the past. To many it brought pleasure and happiness, to others it brought the experience of sorrow and disappointment, failures and mistakes, but God permits these so his people may realize their de pendence on him for all things. Our success and the making, of the his tory of the new year now before us depends largely as to the use we make of the opportunities that God places before us for every calling in life, and in the beginning of the new year your humble correspond ent has nothing but good wishes for you Mr. Editor and for every read er of your valuable paper. The most beautiful social event of the seascn was the marriage of Miss Etta !Sula Wash to Mr. J. Eddie Strom, both of this commu nity, December the 23rd, at three o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Emmie Wash. The bride, a charming brunette, was lovely attired in her beautiful wed ding gown of light. brown lafdy's cloth .made in Parisian style trim med in cream colored lace and but tons. The groom, one of RehobothV"*" best young men, was dressed in the latest style and looked handsome in a beautiful regulation suit of black. The decorations of the parlor were very tastefully arranged, the .color scheme being green and white. Just over the door through which the bridal party entered was an arch and in the centre a' wreath in the shape of a horse shoe which was ; very tastefully ?rranged. To the" sweet strains of Mendelssohn's wed ding marchjcharmingly rendered by Miss Weinona Strom, the bridal party marched in. The* bride car ried in her hand a, beautiful bou^ quet of white hyacinths and aspara- ! U gus fern. The marriage ceremony which was very beautiful and im pressive was performed by Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. Quite a large crowd of relatives and friends witnessed this beautiful marriage and the popularity of^these- "yoting people was displayed in the numerous presents which they received, con-.. sisting of silver and glassware and .. many other useful and valuable presents. Quite a number remained after the marriage for the luncheon which was sc r * in the spacious dining hall at^at twilight. And a bountiful supper it was too, con sisting of turkey, pork hash, boiled ham, pickles, macaroni, cakes of all kinds, fruits and many other good things too numerous to mention. The dining hall was beautifully decorated with arbor vitae and mis tletoe. This young and happy couple have the best wishes of a large host of friends. Miss May Bell Strom, one of Re hoboth's most beautiful and charm ing young ladies, now a teacher in the graded school at Reidsville, Ga., came home to attend her brother's marriage and to spend the holidays with home folks she returned to her work to the regret of her many friends last Saturday. The young ladies of this com munity have had as their gu?sts several young ladies from Cleora and Plum Branch last week, also Miss Lola Cheatham, from McCor mick, visited Miss Julia Strom. Miss Kate Reynolds, also from McCormick, visited her sister, Mrs. Robert Seigler and other relatives and friends here last week. Miss Mamie Cheatham, the pret ty daughter of Mr. J. W. Cheatham, of your town, was the guest of her cousin, Miss Kitty Lou Hughey. And where all these charming young ladies were there the young men were to be found also. With ideal weather and>dinings with a large baked turkeys gobbler on the table and social gatherings every night with sober .and refined young men in attendance, this has indeed been [tho most enjoyable Christmas that has ever been spent in this community by both old and young. Mr. B. Mi Hitt, one of the staff of the Aiken Journal and a very pleasant and refined young man, was the guest of a friend here last week. . Miss Weinona Strom returned to her school cEuties at Red Hill last Monday, and Misses Tillie and Jen nie Gilchrist have also returned to their schools, the former just above Plum Branch, the latter to the Lyon school just above Liberty Hill. _SJJB^CMBER^ Blankets, comforts and counter panes a?t money saving prices. May & Tompkins. end of the way, and of which our descendants will be proud when we are gone. J. L. Harley.