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\,. Established 1835. J, X. Jil?EIS -v - . EDITOB j'TERMS: ONE YEAR.$1.50 SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 TBURSDA?, FEB. 9th, 1910 ppnaamiflimniiBBasuanmiaiiaos? I All oar actions take their hue = * from the complexion of the S S heart? as landscapes their va* ? y ? riety from light.-BACON. S Greenwood is again \ in the lime light. Her hens are aiding and abetr ting in the meat boycott by laying eggs that weigh a quarter-pound each-so the Greenwood papers say. / -, - . - A car of beef cattle and milch cows was shipped to Charleston from Greenwood last week. What's the matter with Edgetield? Our far mers should not be outstripped by (greenwood farmers in the matter of stock raising. Not satisfied with reaching the -topmost* round of the ladder of fame, Peary wants to go still high er by going in quest of the South Pole next fall. If successful in this \ venture, he will then weep because there are no inore Poles. Not since 1888 have snowfalls been heavier throughout the north than they have been this winter. And, strange to say, it has been so long since a full-grown snow fell in this part of the country that there seems to be something of a very general longing for snow experien ces. It has been announced that th e legislative jajauts are over for the present session; but we hardly think "so. The negro .college at Orange burg and the Cedar Springs Insti tute have not been visited yet. Let none be slighted. There's plenty of time and the taxpayers received fourteen cents for cotton. j.j. As the legislators seem to use every conceivable ground upon which to base some new legisl ation, < .the boast of a fellow-not an Edge field man, however, in the papers a few days ago that he had not taken a bath in fifteen years should be suggestive in these days of compul sory laws. The organized farmers of the south are endeavoring to secure na tional legislation against cotton gambling "in Wall street. While some things may be said in favor of New York cotton exchange, we believe that in the main it is a great gambling scheme that fleeces the southern farmer. The cotton grow ers are after 'em and we believe something will happen before they let up. Enters Seventy-filth Tear. With this issue The Advertiser enters upon the seventy-fifth year, a record that can be pointed to with pardonable pride. This paper claims the distinction of being the oldest newspaper in South Carolina. So far as we know only one lays claim to being older, and that paper gets its age through consolidation, hold ing to the age of the oldest paper to the consolidation. The Advertiser has been published for seventy-four years under one name. We hav% three subscribers upon our list who have been taking The Advertiser for nearly sixty years. South Has The Advantage. While the southern farmer i. complaining of the high price o? food products, the western farme is protesting against the advance?, price of cotton goods. So there i goes. Human nature is the same th. world over. As long as the othei fellow has to pay 'the high price w do not mind it, but when ?our toni comes then a protest is raised. Hundreds of western stockraisers have pledged themselves to with hold their hogs and cattle from the market in order to keep the price of meat up. In doing this they are following the example of the south ern farmers, who endeavor to cur tail cotton receipts in order to hole np the price However, in the battle against high prices that is now being wager to the hilt the southern people have the advantage, in that they can if they will-produce their food ' products at home, while the North, West and all nations of the earth must purchase their cotton good , from them. inte.esting News Items From Rehoboth. Mc J. If. Gilchrist from. North Augusta visited hcnie folks Satur day and Sunday last. Miss Jennie Gilchrist, who had the misfortune of getting her ankle fractured some time ago, is doing nicely and will be able to return to her home in a few days. Her sister, Miss Tillie, has taken tharge of her school at Lyon's. Mrs. W. P. Winn and Miss Mary Winn, we regret to report, have been on the sick list for-'sev?ral days. Mr. W. M. Strom and Miss Louise Lipscomb paid your town a flying visit last Saturday. The Stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Seigler and left a fine, bright, bouncing boy several days ago. Several from this community will go to hear Hon.. Seaborn Wright Tuesday night. Quite a goodly number were pre ent at Rehoboth last Sunday morn ing. After Sunday school our young people held their regular B'. T. P. U. meeting, and a very helpful and inspiring meeting it was. Martha Strom read an excellent paper on "Young ladies' influence in a com munity." Next came the subject of "Faith, Hope and Charity." One of the best papers we have ever heard read was presented by Miss Carrie Burkhalter on "Charity." Some of .our young men spoke to the subject of "Faith and hope?" we were delighted to have with us, in our worship Miss Constance Long and Mr. West of Red Hill, Miss Long is a zealous Christian, and is very much interested in B. Y. P. U.. work. We hope to have her meet with us often. It was the happy privilege of your correspondent to assist in per fecting the organization of a Sun day school at the Morgan school liouse last Sunday afternoon. About fifty have been enrolled, and the prospect bids fair for a good Sun day school. Miss Janie Rosenwike Of Troy, S. C., the Christian heart ed and attractive day teacher, has worked faithfully and successfully in getting up their organization. SUBSCRIBER, Should be Commended for Faith ful Work. The very thorough and beautiful manner in which the village ceme tery is kept now, as contrasted with its sadly neglected condition of several years ago, speaks in the highest terms of the splendid work that is being done by the members of the cemetery association, the burden of which has been borne by Dr. C. E. Burts and a few faithful ladies.. The money for carrying on this labor of love is raised la gely by voluntary subscriptions. A great many of our'people contribute gen erously, while some fall short of their duty. In order to supp ement the amount contributed locally, and feeling too that some non-resident persons would esteem it a privilege to contribute,the secretary of the as sociation, Mrs. C. E. May, has writ ten letters to some persons who live elsewhere but have loved ones buri ed in the Edgefield__?emetery. The responses have been very gratify ing. Not only were generous con tributions made by some but the tone and spirit of the letters have been most beautiful and encouraging to those who are in charge of this important work. The following, with the writer's name and address omitted, is a specimen of the replies received: \ Mrs. C. E. Maj, Sec. Edgefield, S. C. My Dear Mrs. May: Yours of the 29th Jan., just received this morning, and I thank you for the nice information contained in it, it is very gratifying to me to know that our loved onesj resting place is so well looked after. You will please find my checked enclosed for 85.06 and should you at any fu ture time find that you need more to carry on this work, please let me know, and I will be too glad to as sist. With my very kindest wishes, Yours very respectfully, CHILDREN In disorders and dis eases of children drugs seldom do good and often do harm. Careful feeding and bathing are the babies' remedies. Scott's Emulsion is the food-medicine that not only nourishes them most, but also regulates their digestion. It is a wonderful tonic for chil dren of all ages. They rapidly gain weight and health on small doses. FOR SALE BY AU, DRUGGISTS . Send 10c., same of paper and this ad. for our beautiful Savings Bank and Child's ,/Skctch-Book. Euch bank contains a Good Luck Pensy. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St, N. Y. fl? " ' ....;..;,.;..;..;..;..;..;..;.,;..;..;";..;..;,.;";";..;..;..;..:. . ^n. "I"^!'?I*^1 ?l"!*?I""-!--S??!??;. ?I??t?^??!? || What Othai'? Say. ii Remember This. There are two things the value of which is seldorned realized until j they are lost-good health and true friendship.-Farra and Factory. Vo Plunger Well-Balanced. The latest big cotton' plunger? is named Scales. But his judgement is not well balanced, for he lost all of his money.-Anderson Daily Mail, f Taxed at Full Value. A Kershaw county darkey in mak ing his tax returns returned his wife at the value of $2.00. Now who says Comptroller Gen. Jones is not succeeding in raising the returns of Kershaw county to an equitable basis?-Abbeville Fress and Ban ner. Great Sacrifice. The wonder is, not that a man should have paid a woman $4,000 to keep silence, but that she should have been willing to become a party to a bargain involving so great a sacrifice in consideration of so pair] try a sum.-News and Courier. "?fiore Backbone.*' In his speech at Riohburg Senator Tillman charged that the state sen ate was under the control of the cor porations and the other day the sen ate refused to join the house in an invitation to the senator to address the 1 jgislature. We ara glad to see them getting more backbone and self respect into them.-Chester Lantern. I South Would Object. We are just about to say it, when we found it already said-and bet ter perhaps- -in thc ' News and Courier: "Suppose everybody wrho wears a cotton shirt should take it into his head not to wrear a shirt .intil the price of cotton comes down, what would we people in the cotton belt think of that sort of boycott? -Greenwood Index. Serving a Sentence. "I ain't seen de boss man for de longest. Whar you reckon li3 gone ter?" "I thought you knowed whar he gone. He rode' de conn try talkin' and talkin' ever' day and Sunday, an' de fust thing he knowed dey give him fifty days in the leg islatur' an' he won't be back 'twel he sarves his time out.-Atlanta Constitution. ..Worse Than Dirorce." The infelicities in the Tillman family in South Carolina are, to say the least, not edifying. Senator Tillman's reported exclamation, "Thank God there is no divorce in South Carolina,'' will not strike most people as amending matters at all. A law which may deprive a good mother of the care of her children is even more obnoxious to the modern sense of humanity and the proprieties than the absence of a divorce law.-Charlotte Observer. Our Mr. Parker. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Green ville, has donated $1,000 to be used in the development of cotton in this State under/ the auspices of farm demonstration. Mr. Parker is one of the most prominent mill men it the South. He is interested in every movement to build up the South and is public spirited to a marked de gree. It is a hopeful sign of the times that intelligent men of wealth are finding other avenues for the operation of their intellectual gifts besides the mere making of money. -Union Times. Times Have Chanced. The State-Senate refused to invite Senator Tillman to address it and the House of Representatives in a rather perfunctory way, invited the Sena tor to address it and the Senator declined the' invitation irracefully enough. Times have changed a ?rood deal and conditions are mud nore they should be. There is no reason why a United States Senator should be asked to address the General Assembly every timi he happens to be in the capita1 when the legislative body is in session, but there was a time whei "driftwood legislatures" looked t? the appearance of Tillman as tin chief feature of their sessions -Charleston Post. Pianos at Wholesale Price. Holland Bros. are offering theil pianos now at a special reduction All pianos have been placed about nt the wholesale price. From seven tv-five to one hundred dollars cu' on all the instruments shipped t? Edgefield. They have only one slightly used piano-not second hand-upon which they have made a reduction of $140. This is a new instrument which has had about six months use, and is ?as good now as if it had never been used. If you want to g t a, birirain :n a piano come quick. These cut prices last nly during this month. All bistro ents fully warranted. Sad Deaths o.i th? West-Sid? Rey. T. M. Garrett- preached a most appropriate sermon to a good congregation Sr.nday in o?r Baptist church from the subject: "Grow in Grace." The B. Y. P. JJ. meeting at night was enjoyed by a goodly number, and good talks were made by breth ren T. G. Talbert and T. H. Garrett. Our community was saddened Sunday morning by news of the death of Clarence Stone at his fa ther's home near Red Hill. Young Mr. Stone had been making Parks ville his home for some time and two months ago was the strongest young man in the whole county. He was a Woodman and was buried with W. O. W. honors Sunday af ternoon in the Red Hill cemetery. We are sorry to report the death of Mrs. Minta Cotton who died at nine o'clock Monday night, Februa ry 7th of pneumonia, after a week's illness. Mrs. Cotton was a Miss Moultrie before marriage, sister of Supervisor Moultrie, and leaves a husband and a daughter to mourn her loss. ' Capt. James is rejoiced over thc advent of a young Mr. James. This is the Captain's first-born and on this account we excuse his queer actions. Mr. T. G. Talbert has about com ?deted his move. Having sold the larger store-house to his father he has moved his stock of goods to his other store across the street. Mr. C. Robertson is fixing to build a nice residence on North Main street, which will be quite an addition to the residence portion of the town. The little children of Mrs. J. J. Gil mer are quite sick. Mr. J. C. Morgan who has been quite sick some time weare glad to say, is much better. Mrs. Virginia Stone, Misses Mar tha Dorn and Janie Bell Jaro lefi to-day to attend the W. C. T. JJ. meeting at Edgefield. Dr. D. A. J. Bell and Rev. T. H. Garrett hupe to get there to hear the lion. Sea born Wright at night. We are glad to chronicle the fact that Mrs. Hattie Ridlchoover, who luis been sick so long is able tn be np and out again and was among the Baptist worshippers Sunday. Thc farmers fear that the grain crop is considerably injured from the continued cold, though it is not all killed. We hope, however, that the stand is better than we now sup pose, and that a fair yield may yet be harvested. MORE AXON. Red Hill Mourns the Death of ' Clarence Stone. Increase in Population One of the ladest scenes over witnessed in the community was the funeral ^f Clarence 'Stone on last Sunday afternoon. Clarence was one of tie?most handsome young men of our community and up until a few weeks or days ago little would we have thought that today his body would be in the grave and his soul with Him who gave it. But that dreadful disease diabetes had seized his body to which even tho. young (lacking a few weeks of being twenty-one) strong and active it was forced to yieTd, and body and soul were sep erated. During v his short illness many friends and'relatives watched, and waited anxiously. The popu larity, of this young man and his family was shown by the unusuallj large crowd present- at the church to pay their last respects. Being a member of the local W. O. W. camp, the-hall was heavily draped with black and the pallbearers were selected from among the youngest Woodmen. The funeral sermon w is preached by his pastor, Rev. Littlejohn, from the text "No man is sure of life." His remarks were very appropriate and among other things he mentioned his private tilks with Clarence before and since his baptism, less than two years ago. The services were conducted at the grave with the beautiful Woodmen ceremony. He leaves behind devoted and heart stricken parents, sisters and brothers to whom our hearts go out in sym pathy and we commend them to " Him who doeth all things well.'" Tho it is hard to give him up and we almost wonder why he was ta ken from us, but "some day we'll understand.'' Our genial citizen Mr. Toni Brown has been whistling bigy<.r than ever, all on account of another nttle boy. Little Blackwell Dae us Brown has taken up his abode at ids house. Just arrived! at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Winston Diar on Sunday morning a little girl and Wence is now the happy father of a little girl. Mr. Alonza Wood of Augusta, has been spending awhile with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Maston Wood. Mr. and Mrs.' Pat Robertson have been on a short visit to /her parents. Mr. and Mts. Wal er Ilolstoh were in our town Sunday. .Ino. Iioltii'-s s ivs he is going to have anothe r shave and hair cul vvhen his eye gets ?roll. Am glad to say that he has done at least one commendable thing recently and that is he subscribed for The Ad vertiser, through your correspon dent, and paid in advance. Go thou and do as Jno. Holmes has done (in this respect.) Beautiful iron and ena., e ed beds just what you need. Ramsey & Jones. Death of Mr. l i 3 lian d. A useful lice was brought to an gbrtipt close when the spirit of Ben jamin Stevens Hv/Iland entered into the Great Beyond just before dawn Thursday morning, February 3 rd nt his home in Trenton. He had been ill with pneumonia buta short time. Many of his friends had not even heard of his sickness, consequently the announcement of his death was ta great shock to them. Mr. Holland's father, mother, brothers, sister were buried in the Stevens' burial ground at the late home of Capt. W. L. Stevens, but his body was interred in the Duri soe square in the Edgefield ceme tery. The funeral was conducted Friday morning from the Baptist church here, Rev. Graves L. Knight and Dr. C. E. Burts officiating. Not only Trenton, but Edgefield county has lost a valuable citizen, one whose place can" not be easily rilled. "Steve" Holland, as he was called by his intimate friends, was apright and honest, possessing the sterling qualities that go to make a true citizen-the highest type of citizen. His devotion to his family ?vas beautiful-an ^tieotionate hus band, thoughtful and indulgent lather. Mr.Holland was an active and zealous member of Ebenezer church. He leaves a devoted wife, one son M.*. VV. D. Holland, and one daugh ter, Mrs. Gi).'gc O? art? i ?y. Mr. Holland .vas near ?be close of bis .58t,h year a: the time of his dsatb. To this bereaved household The Advertiser begs to offer sincere and very profound sympathy. Hige-Gra.de, Cotton Seed Meal. It matters not whether the trans action he in selling seed or buying the products of the mill, the far mers of Edgefield county will al ways get a square deal from Mr. B. F. Zimmerman, the manager and treasurer of the /?eaver Dam Mills. On our front page will be found the official analysis of their cotton seed meal, showing what a large per cent of plant food it contains Beaver Dam meal is of higher grade than the mill claims for it. Insurance I represent a strong line of Fire In surance Companies and can insure your property. Your patronage will be appreciated. H. A. Smith, A God-send to Edgef?eid. The coming^of iMrs. Adeline C.1 ?Zehner, visiting and meeting ~ith the people of almost every section of the county, has indeed been a God-send ;fo Edgefield. Almost from the day she began in the low er portion of the county, nearly & month ago, we have been hearing very favorable reports from her work, some of the most complimen tary expressions coming from per sons who heretofore have not been in sympathy with the worker in which she is 'engaged. Not until she reached our town did we have an opportunity of hearing this consecrated Christian woman who has given twenty years of her life to the cause of temperance and eradication of social evils Her lec ture in the Baptist church Monday night was a?em, and the only re gret in connection with the occa sion is that the entire citizenship of the community was not pr?sentoirs. Zehner speaks with remarkable fluency, reasons logically, and is withal the most effective temper ance worker who has ever visited Edgefield. May' other portions bf the state he as greatly blessed through her efforts as Edgebeld has been! For Rent: Five'room house con venient to college. Possession given at on ce. Apply to J. L. Mims. ' m m ra ra sm ? c m Fertilizers for 1910 The Edgefield Mercantile Co Announces ready to supply the trade with commercial fertilizers of thc- highest and most reliable manufacturers tor, 1910. Wc have also a good supply of fertilizer ma-? terials tor mixing at home. Cotton seed meal, Kainit, Syl vinite, muriate of potash, blood, top dressing and nitrate ' * soda. Weare handling thc foods of such well knov .1 man ufacturers -:s Royster, Armour, Georgia Chemical Works American Agricultural Chemical Co., Navassa, Macmurphy Planters, and several other high class manufacturers. We can furnish fertilize! s for sandy land .clay lands^ l inds that french or rust, for corn and,g ain, for cotton and other croios. Call on . lim mn Mr- A. E. Padgett or Mr. R. C- Padgett mm Cfc. . "t> C- . OJ <"_; ?.>Ti *.H-*********************^ * * V f V * * * * * v The Southern States # J. B. HALTIWANGER, General Agent Life Insurance Copy. ! As our southern cotton mills are now % keeping our money among irs, so are*! southern insurance companies. f I represent the Southern States Life % Insurance Company of Alabama-a | strong and reliable company-head | office in Atlanta, Ga. Thet contracts' offered by that company arie not ex ceeded by any other. Give me your patronage and you will not only be building up your own section of country, but you will add both comfort and wealth to your own family. * My office, is over W. W. Adams' | store, Edgefield, S. C. % * * * * * ?* * * % ** ****** ******** * **v * ** ***** *****