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&EFIELD MIVERTIS Established 183?. J. L. DHUS .... EDITOR . \ TERMS: .ONE YEAR.$1.50 > SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 WEDNESDAY, APRIL S3, 1909. ? Let the farmer for evermore be honored in hi a calline, for they whe labor in the earth are the chosen people of God. JEFFERSON. . Thirty-odd names have been re corded for the corn contest,, with many others yet to follow. Send yours at once. The state board of health has acted wisely and "well in deciding to establish a bacteriological laboratory in Columbia, also an institution^for the treatment of thosfc' bitten by mad dogs. Senator Overman, of North Caro lina, has introduced a bill, providing for ? tax of $12 on each immigrant coming to this country. The object of the pbill is to raise revenue, as well as to protect American labor and to keep out to some extent the objectionable class of immigrants. The trouble at Clemson seems to have Become more complicated. One member of the board of trustees publishes a card condemning Presi dent Mell and endorses what Com mandant Minus, has said, while an other member of the. board in a re" cent interview took the opposite po sition. Hon. C. C. Featherstone con tin. ues to occupy a high place in the confidence and esteem of the people of the state. He was recently com missioned by the governor as judge to hold a special term of court at G reenwood, and now the bar of his own county, Laurens, has requested that he be appointed to preside over a special two weeks term of Civil ..Court (This is a Well deserved com pliment to Mr. Featherstone. In a lengthy editorial upon the actibn of the Florida legislature in deciding by a large majority to submit the prohibition question to a vote ef the people, the News and Courier says the way is being pre pared to. convert the state into "the greatest blind tiger j angle on, earth." We lise Ito ask, ii it possible tb make any place a greater "jungle" than Charleston? Notwithstanding the fact that that city has five or six .dispensaries, it is reported that there are between two hundred and twenty-five and two hundred and fifty blind tigers in the county. Could Florida be a greater "jungle" than this? M OD OC CORRESPONDENCE Educational RaJy Postponed Until August, Prize Offer ed to Chrysanthemum Growers. 'The barbecue and speaking an nounced foir the eighth of May has been postponed until the fifth of August, the day now appointed by Mr. Swiiaringen. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cheatham of McCormick, have been on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. J. H. Mar shall. Mr. Reese and his mother, Mrs. J. P. Marshall, from Appling, are . in town. Miss Mao Harris, of Lincolnton, spent Thursday night with her niece, Mrs. Warren McDaniel! She was on her way from the music festival in Spartanburg, of which she spoke so enthusiastically that one inwardly resolved not to miss. Augusta Mon day and Tuesday. No one in Mod oe is favored with even a glimpse of Mr. Pat Robert son these days for he is staying closely at home accustoming him self to the idea of "papa." A ten .pound boy after six years of wait ing is enough to make a fellow V ile and feel proud. Mrs. O. J. Holmes returned to Red Hill to-day. She has been spending some time with her aaugh ter, Mrs. Pat Robertson. The friends of Mr. Goxdon Bus sey are glad to see him oat again. Mrs. Bire Morgan has the finest garden around. Her chrysanthe mums too look as ii they expected to win the dollar piize offered by the club. The timely shower of Thursday night was so refreshing. The river is reported too high for crossing to day. . The W. O. W. is growing. New memD'ers at every meeting. Ttey are talking hall improvement now. SOJOURNER. Obvioias. Tommy-"Pop, what is meant by 'circumstances over which we have nb control?" Tommy's Pop-r-"Modern children my son.", Nearly $300 a Day. The sales at the Orangeburg di& pensary for March were $9,213.39. The sales *were a little - less last month than, they were the month before.-Orangebnrsr Times and Democrat. That "was an average of nearly three hundred dollars a day; more than, that, not counting Sundays. And the people who' bought.and drank that liquor would probably not have drunk one fourth that quantity if it had not been on sale for them there in their own town and by their own county, tempting them to buy it.-Newberry Observ er. Dry Goods Stores to Close. We the undersigned Dry Goods and Clothing me/chants of the town of Edgefield hereby agree to close cur respective places of business at 6:30 a. m. beginning May 1st and, continuing until September 1st. Saturdays excepted. ' ' < May & Tompkins, Jas. E. Hart, Dorn & Mims, Rives Bros. J. Rubenst^in, W. H. Turner, J. W. Peak, W. A.Hart. Erecting New Shops. Mr. Henry W. Powell is erecting* two buildings on his lot in the rear of the Parker and Advertiser build ings. One is to be 20 by 30 feet, in size and the other 22 by 42 feet two stories high. Later he will add a large shed on the side of thel?' r building. As soon as the carpe bave completed their work M w ell will move his carriage ana re pair shops now located to the r?ar of the court house on Jeter street. He will not stop short of installing complete and up to date equipments in every department of his shop. Chosen Special Agent. Mr. J. B. Haiti wanger has ac cepted a position as special agent for Mr. W. S. .Cogburn's company, the Great Western Life Insurance Company of Kansas City. Possess ing very decided mathematical tal ent, together with Iiis wide personal popularity,, will enable Mr. Halti wanger to take rank among the in surance agents in a very short time. Mr. Cpgburn and his growing com pany are to be congratulated upon securing Mr. Haltiwanger's services. Horseshoeing. Whenever you have horse-shoeing repairs on your wagon or baggy, whether steel or rubber tired, come ?o my shop We are prepared to do first class work of every kind and guarantee every job we send out. Give us a trial. That's all we ask. W. H.Powell. SUPPORT OF GOSPEL. (Continued from first page) financial an spiritual interests. It is the influence of the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ that first opens up the way for a great volume of business. Then thro' her ed ucating and civilizing enterprises fits mer with capacity to handle this great volume of business; and last (here) but not least, by her hu manizing and moralizing influences, makes it possible for men with com parative safety and security to pros* ecute successfully the great enter prises of our country. The gospel thus appeals to business men of all classes for their hearty, honest sup port. The plan of support which God fixed, amply provides for all the de mands which should be made upon the church, and guarantees in re turn, to all who follow this plan, health prosperity and salvation. The divine plan for the support of the ministry is tithing. The church does not demand this, but God does,- and the church ought ttl. Christ said, "This-tithing-ye ought not to leave undone." Matt. 23, 23. And God regards the leav ing off our tithes as robbing him. Ged says "The earth is mine and the fullness thereof. The gold and silver are mine and the cattle upon a thousand hills. The birds and the fishes are mine also." And we our selves, are God's stewards. We are in charge of God's business on earth That is all we are here for. And God demands 1-7 of our time and 1-10 of all we make, as rents. If we do not pay this rent freely and prosper, God sends his deputy sher iffs and collects with interest. Frosts out of season, mildew, blight, wee vils in grain, worms in fruits {ind vegetables, and in meats, diseases in stock and barrenness; drought, fire, flood, wind, storm, ; cyclones, consumption, lack of grass for stock, war, pestilence and famine; all are results of our failure to pay God all that we owe Him. And all these calamities could and icauld be avert ed if we were faithful to our trusts. See Dent . 28; Haggai; Zacheriah; Malachi and other scriptures. We get more out of the ministry in return for what we put in it than we do from anything: else. If . we gave no more time nor support to our material interests than we do to the support'of the ministry, an ordi nary farmer would not make a cart load of nubbins a year. Our schools would not teach out half their terms; lawyers would quit the practice at the barj doctors would go into other business; and merchants into bank ruptcy. Yet all acknowledge that there is nothing of such vital, infin ite interest to man as is the eternal interest of the higher.?spiritual' na ture. ''' . ? "And I will senl fire .oa:.Mngo? and among thom -that'tTwell -careless ly-in isles: andlhey sh?ll know tba I am the Lord." Ezekiel 39, 6.- "Cm sed is every -one that doeth th Lord's work negligently.'11 The ministry of the gospel is no a plaything for us to neglect or car for merely as suits-pur convenience And we cannot neglect; the suppoi of it, to the extent that God dc mands of us, without bringing dow upon our devoted heads, the curse which God so forcibly pronounce against the faithless. . In the third place we deceive om selves in regard to onr ability t support the ministry. I have know: men to say "I am just notable to d anything now:" and hand the stew ard 25c on the support of the gospe for three rrionths ami go right oi and spend from 85 to $10 for fis! ing tackle and other equipment fo a two or three day's camp fis! which had no promise of anythinj in it but a frolic and a sinful wast of time and \o? means-I wish to sa; h?r-? that I do not object to fishin; and to needful recreation wher some good may come as a result God holds us responsible for on time as well as our money. Wi may not waste either and be guilt less. I have known men who claime( they could hot pay 85 per year t< support the gospel, who really spen from 850 to 8100 and more to sup port the devil in various ways. I believe this meagre support o: tim ministry, and inconsistencj among our people is largely the re suit of underestimating the minis try. We lose sight of the cardina fact that the ministry is the only le gal organized, bodjr of representa Uves Almighty God has on earth The true minister of the gospel is His "ambassador." And whatevei regard or disregard we as member* of the church of Christ in particulai and as men and women out of thc church, generally, may accord tin ministry, is written down by the re cording angel, for or against us, af being so much regard and service pi so much disregard and neglect offer ed directly to the Lord Himself. Ii it, is contempt shown orihs'^t offer ed, or merely withdrawing e need ful support. Christ acc?pts u all as so much wrong done Him. On the other hand, no real service, howevei small or however large, is done the ministry, but Christ accepts it as done for Him. "He that heareth\you hearoth me; and he that despiseth you des pised me."-Luke 10-16. "He. therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us His holy spirit."-L Thcss. 4-8. The treatment we accord our minister, therefore, represents truly ?the love we have in our hearts for God\a Christ and. Saviour. If he goes hungry and ragged, and foot sore; hampered in his work, and forever embarrassed, for lack of our needed and reasonable support, that shows unmistakably our love for Christ and the way we would treat Him personally if He was on earth again. There is no way to shun this conclusion. Christ says it, not I. Agajn, if only "God gives us power to get wealth." We ought to show our gratitude to Him by a liberal support of that gospel thro' which He gives us our wealth. A business man would do that much on purely business principles along any other line. Shall we do less for God and his cause, which is our Salvation, and unquestionably, our greatest concern; than we do for merely temporal, perishable things? It seems strange that we should. But who can deny that we do. Still, again; people require a preacher to "go in good style." They discount him if he f ails to do so; they also censure him for going in debt; which thing ought to be done; no charge should make it necessary for a minister to go in debt. But we often fail to pay them enough to live decently. Neither the teacher, the doctor the lawyer, the farmer, the merchant, nor the politician, could live and move in the style we exact of our ministry, on anything like the mea ger support we usually grant them. In conclusion: we read our bibles God requires us towhet'ie.- w > do or not, and hblds us respou.-ihla for the good influence we would exert if we did read them-we read our bibles, and the world reads us. A man of the world may read a chapter in the bible once in twelve months. But he reads us, professed Christians, 365 days in the year. And his esti mate of the real worth of the Chris tian religion is based QB-not what the bible says on that subject-our consistency, and what he conceives to be our real moral worth. The ?world knows how men in the differ ent avocations of life are supported: to what extent: and they look at our minister and judge our piety from his appearance and equipment, for his (our) work. Christ says "Not hearers, but doers of His word, shall be justified before God." "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye them. Study to show thyself approved-a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. And your reward shall be great in heav en." The advancement, of Godcs king dom on earth, and to prepare you for an abundant entrance therein, with the promise of a hundred-fold of blessing added here is my only apology for writing thc above. TRUXO. 1 LOT ] ? ii m LOT m: Til Easter millinery. Better choose, your hat earlyi A beautiful rlisjjlay of the very newest New York and Paris styles are now ready at Rubenstein's Millinery Department. Full supply -of . mineral water always on hand. Glenn Springs water Si.75 for 5 gallons and Har ris Lithia water 8l.50for 5 pallons. Penn & Holstein. Fresh shipment of Nunnally's candies and bon hons just received by expre?.-;. Penn & Holstein. Let us supply you with garden seed. W* sell both Buist's and Fer ry's seed. Either will give perfect satisfaction. B. Timonms. When in need of a buggy try a Chase or Moyer hu^try. As to the lasting and easy riding qualities of the Moyer buggies ask T. G. Talbert B L. ,Tones,A. A. Edmundii,Dr. J. N. Crafton, W. H. Powell, W. R. Swearengen, M. C. Parker or J. M. Cobb. Edgfield Mercantile Company. For i Sale. 100 bushels of home-raised corn at my mill near Trenton. T. P. Salter. We are always up-to-the-minute in styles. New millinery goods ar riving by express several times a week. J. Rubi'iistein. There are mere Mcdill Pattern N told inthe United State? than of any other make o ( patterns. This is on account of their style, accuracy and simplicity, McCall'? Mli|razlne(theQiieen of Fashion) has more subscribers than any ot her Ladies' Magazine. One year's subscription (ia numbers) costa 50 crnlH. I-atest number, 5 cent*. Every subscriber gets a McCall fal ters Free? Subscribe today. Lady Agent? Wnnted. Handsome premiums or liberal cash commission. Pattern Calalsgucf of 600 de. aient) and Premium Catalogue (showing' 400' premiums) .eut Ire?. Address TUS McCALL CO., Kew York. The rains have come. The harvest we hope is assured We offer Deering binders, mow ers and binder twine. Come early and avoid the rush. W. W. ADA & CO. How to Increase the Yield of Fruit Increased fruit crops are more often the result of good manage ment than of good luck. Fruit trees and fruit plants need a liberal supply of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers The trees absorb plant foods-that is, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash-from the soil just the same as any other crop. Experi ence has shown this over and over again. This truth has become so well recognized that " return to the land what the tree removes if you would expect the best results " has become an axiom with the best growers. Apple, pear, peach, orange and other fruit trees soon respond to careful fertilization.. But be sure to use the best fertilizers. " I made a test with other companies' fertilizes," says Mr. H. 0. Lowry, of Manatee County, Fla., " and yours proved to be the best. The yield where I used Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer, was just twice as much as where the other two companies' fertilizer was used." Hundreds of users say Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are cheapest because of their good qualities-give better satisfaction and quicker results. Many facts of great interest and value to fruit growers are pub lished in the new 1909 Farmers' Year Book", a copy ot which will be sent free on application to any of our sales offices. / Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Sales Offices ? Richmond, Va. Norfolk, Va. Columbia, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Savannah. Ga. Memphis, Tenn. Sales Offices Durham, N. C. Charleston, S.C. Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Shreveport, La. Let us sell you a stylish hat. If our millinery department does not contain what you want, we will or der it for you. J. Rnbenstein. NOTICE. Notice of final settlement and discharge. On the 8th day of May 1909, in the office of Judge of pro bate at Edgefield, C. H. S. C., the undersigned will make a final set tlement on the estate of Mrs. Mary H. Toney, deceased; and at the same time application will be made for a discharge from their trust as administrator's of said estate. William Toney, H./Spann Toney. Notice to Teachers. Notice is hereby priven that under the direction of the ?State Superin tendent of Education I will hold the regular spring teachers' exami nation at Edgefield, C. H., Friday, May 14th, 190i>. Teachers whose certificates expire this year, as well as those who purpose becoming teachers, should he examined on the above date. A. R. Nicholson, Supt. E. E. Co.