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EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER Established 1835. J. Lt. MIMS . . - . EDITOR TERMS: ONE YEAR - - - $1.50 SIX MONTHS ----- .75 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910 . f -?- < Devote each, day to* the object then in time, and every evening will find something done.-GOETHE. ( Let every man vote as his conscience petates next Tuesday. Beware of the campaign liar and the eleventh hour campaign circular. Every citizen who under the law can exercise the right of suffrage should go the polls and vote next Tuesday. There were 1,752 votes cast in the first primary m Edgefield county two years ago. . It is probable that the to tal will reach 1,800 this year. Liquor*men are delighted when pro hibitionists yield to this argument: "You'd better be satisfied with what you have got " / Ye' candidates, come to Edgefield Tuesday night to learn the result of the election. The two papers haye ar ranged to get complete returns Tuesday night. What a pity prohibition doesn't pro hibit' Beveridge L.The State. Prohibition prohibits Patterson of . .Tennessee, winch ought to cause even The State to jive one cheer for prohi bition. Never vote against a man on the ground that hi: owns an automobile un tilyou have examined the mortgage books.-The S tate. The automobile owning candidate is quite similar to all of the others in that he can blow hi;; own horn. The liquor sellers and distillers of the country ai e watching with keen estjinterest the fight that is now on in South Carolina: Will you vote for the man who has fought whiskey ail down through the yeiis, or will your vote be castas the whi?key trust would have you cast it? Why should Charleston control the | attitude of the state on the liquor question, Does it not seem more fit ting that the st ite should try to uplift Charleston rather than drop to Char leston's level. - lorkville Enquirer. Forbid our dripping to Charleston's leyel ! We haye not made the count, but we see it stated, and do not doubt it, that three-fourths of the county papers are enlisted in the fight to keep the Co lumbia State and News and Courier from electing a whiskey man for gov ernor. It looks like a Lilliputian strug gle against a pair of Gullivers.-York ville Enquirer. Should thirty-odd or forty counties allow Columbia and Charleston to con trol the entire state? We hardly think they wilL Not in Acconl With Charleston. Frankly, now, do you know of any newspaper'or voter who votes again st the dispensary or bar rooms when he has the chance, who favors the election of Mr. McLeod as governor? There's .the rub. Mr. , McLeod may be a local optionist all right, but his votes will come from people who favor the sale, of liquor-either through bar rooms or dispensaries. The News and Courier has always advocated the sale of whis key, and it has . come out for Mr. Mc Leod, and he may well pray to ^ de livered from such friends. The people of Sou?h Carolina and the News and Courier are not likely to be in accord on this subject, or on any for that mat ter.-Bamberg Heia d. We agree with our Bamberg con temporary. The views of the people of Charleston and those of the people of the interior of the state are not in accord upon this great moral ques tion. A G )od Man. The Advertiser seldom espouses the cause of a candidate for office. At times, however, we feel justified in de parting from this custom. In this con nection we might ask, Did you ever know this newspaper to support an unworthy man for office? We have occasionally supported worthy men without reward or hope of reward, but there is not enough money in Wall Street to induce this newspaper to sup port a man whom its editor can not conscientiously ecdorse. As an exception to our rule, we de sire to present the name of the Hon. Charles A. Smith, candidate for lieu tenant-governor, to those who may not know of his fitness. Mr. Smith is a successful business man of high moral character, a man who has managed his private interests with signal success. And he is not with out experience in the legislative halls, having ably repre sented Florence county as a member of the House for four years. ' Mr. Smith is active in- the affairs of his church, as well as in the affairs of state, having served as president of the State Baptist convention lor several years. ''Those who vote for Mr. Smith will make no mistake. Aiken County the Cause; Is it nbt<a shame fer. South Carolina liquor people^to be pointing'to Augus ta as a horrible example of the failure of prohibition, when it is all because of thegroggeryy we ourselves are main taining just across the river, on the South Carolina side? State-wide pro hibition would remove this nuisance at North Augusta.-Yoi" villr Enquirer. At first the prohibition law was rea sonably well enforced; in Augusta but after the dispensary was established in North A/ugusta, which put liquor under Augusta's nose, the people of that city made no further attempt to enforce the law. Aiken County's dis pensary, established under so-called lo cal option, made Georgia's prohibition law of none effect. It is with poor grace indeed that these men now point to prohibition as a failure in Augusta. Warning to Prohibitionists. Those who have been fighting whis key in South Carolina should be careful in casting their ballot for a candidate for governor next Tuesday, lest by their vote they con tribute to the un doing ol: that which they have already accomplished. s The liquor interests of the country have always opposed local option when ever and wherever they have been in the majority. Such was the cas?1 in Nebraska recently when the Hon. William Jennings Bryan suffered de feat in his own state. He only asked the right cf local option in dealing with the whiskey evil. This the liquor men de nied, i In the palmy days of the dispensary, when South Carolina was in the clutches of the whiskey grafters and defrauders of the north and west, local option was strenuously opposed. Liquor men 1 said nothing then about this so-called Democratic principle. It was not until 1 a long and . arduous fight had been 1 waged that the Brice bill was passed, giving the counties the right to vote out liquor. Mark you, in the good old days of dispensary graft, some ?of those who opposed local option are now among the loudest to clamor for it. Therefore, prohibitionists should be slow to fall in ' line with them. The local option li quor advocates hope to continue the* sale of whiskey in certain counties un til the profits that are being made, to- , gether with the corrupting influence upon the adjoining counties, shall cause the latter to vote the dispensary back. 1 We know that many good men, some of them prohibitionists, favor local op- I tion but if they will give the matter serious thought they will not cast their 1 ballots along with the liquor men of South Carolina and of,the coun- 1 try at large. Mr. Garr?s Explains Apparent ; Newspaper Support. ; I wish to call the attention of the people to what appears to be news paper seppbrt of candidates for Congress. It would appear from the various editions of the County Press that one candidate is popular , one week and another the next. I , wish to advise the public that prac- , tically every word said in this cam- ; paign for. or against a candidate, , and every picture made of him has j been paid for at agreed rates with . the printer. So that the number of , good things said about any candi- j date in any paper is the exact meas ure of the cash paid for these things. I do not blame the proprietors of - the newspapers; they have space for sale, and thc space has been sold. ; I only write this for the benefit of 1 those who think that certain news- ? papers have been supporting the ? candidate they advertise. These ,1 columns have been open to me upon : the same terms, and I could have i said any amount of good things ? about myself if I could have con- ? veniently parted with thc price. 1 have written this purely for i the benefit of the public, PO that . they would know that what has i been said of other candidates has : been paid for just as I am paying : for this article. I havn made a : clean campaign in* the interest of j my country. I have stated my ? views frankly, keeping them strict ly within party bounds They have '. been unanswered and upon this rec ord I ask the support of the people. . Signed C. W. Garris.v Very Fine Prize Corn. . Several afternoons: o the Adver- \ tiser man had the pleasure of going < through the prize acre of corn of . Master William Ouzts. The rows i are five feet apart and the corn is from six to twelve inches in the drill. Batt's prolific corn was plant- : ed, and where it is not too thick ] stalks with three and four ears can 1 be found. Of tourse, 'some of it has i ov\j one ear, while much of it has < two to the stalk. Ia some places it fired" considerably, apparently through lack of moisture. Upon thc whole, we consider it a very fine 1 piece of corn, and we feel confident ? that it will win one of the prizes 1 offered through the Boys' Corn ? Club. This prize acre is certainly a < very beautiful and inspiring sight. < Surrounding William's acre is a '. large field of very fine corn, con- i taining in all twenty-odd acres, 1 which belongs to his father, Mr. J. ] P. Ouzts. This is not a prize patch, i nevertheless it is very fine for up- ? land corn. It has been estimated \ that* Mr. Ouzts will harvest'800 bushels from the entire field. I, Card From Congressman Patter son. To the voters of the 2nd Con gressional District: I have endeav ored to get before you ? record o f my work and efforts as your repre sentative in congress. It is a politi cal as well as a personal regret to me that I have been providentially hindered from meeting you face to face and addressing the campaign m'eetings throughout the district; nevertheless, it has bean no fault ol' mine. I have no charges to prefer against mv opponents nor have I anything to conceal from my friends! and constituents. I thank you most heartily anil j ?incerelv for the confidence and j _i Why Shouid Mr. Patterson be Returned to Congress? Mr. Editor:- 1 am thoroughly convinced that the Hun. d.O. Pat terson.should be returned to con gress by the voters of this district: 1st. Because he is a conscientious Christ)an gentleman. &nd. Because he has demonsi?rat- j ed his fitness and competency to represent his people. 3rd. Because having i done much already, his experience as a repre sentative and acquaintance with congressional legislation will give bim the knowledge and facility that will enable him to be of more bene fit to hi3 countr than ever before. ?1th. His heart and hand are in his work and be clearly evinces the progressive spirit of the times. There is nothing to be urged against his opponents-nothing for or against them-only that neither gentleman is suffering for lack of honors or emolument. One is a bank president, the other was elected solicitor for a term of four years at i handsome salary, and he has serv id two years-half the task the peo-, pie gave him. Citizen. -O I ? Beautiful Ancestral Home. While in Clark's Hill last week, accompanied by Mrs. Minis, it was the writer's good fortune to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Adams, ind only those who have visited this happy home know how beauti ful, how who.e-souled is its hospi tality. This stately old home, the ancestral home of Mrs. Adams, was granted by King George to the pio neer Meriwethers and has remained in possession of the family. The view from the veranda, and from different nlaces ul out the premises rivals mountain scenery. In one di rection the home of Mr. Jame* Gaiv rett six miles away can "oe seen, and in the opposite direction thc hills of Columbia count}*, Georgia, are in full view, with many chains of hills in the fore ground. We are in deed very grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Adams for their thoughtful kind ness, both in their home and at the picni c. We were made happy by meeting Miss Caddie Meriwether who was visiting Mrs. Adams, her cousin. Miss Caddie made many friends during her stay in Edgefield. Our visit in Clark's Hill was entirely too ?hort. The more we saw of the peo ple of that comm un itv, among whom we have many -warm personal friends, the more loath we were Lo leave. However, wc hope to make them a longer visit at some futur.1 time. We shall have more to say ol Dur Clark's Hill visit next week. Good Meeting at Red Hill. The largest congregation since the dedication of our new church gathered here yesterday (Sunday). The large house was packed and a ?reat crowd was turned away that 30uld not get in. Our pastor preach ed both morning and afternoon. Much interest was manifested in the service. The meeting will continue through the week. There will be preaching at Rehoboth next Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Preaching and baptizing at Antioch Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Rose Cottage. -sCold Spring, S. C. I ?." : .' : j trust which you have.heretofore reposed in me and ask that you give me and my. work fair and impartial consideration and reward me ac cording to my deserts. With a feeling of the most pro found regard and love for the peo ple who have honored me so highly, and for whom I have, spent the best years of my life, the.greatest desire of my heart is to "further werk for and serve you, and.Iussnrc you that if I am re-elected,. | as I hope to be. my time and efforts will bo devoted to tho' promotion of the interest of my district. Fa: thf idly?'your-servant, .1. O. Patt-.-rson. ?Jai n well, S. C. C?untj'' Fair of IS ? 0 Promises io be a 'Great Success. Tin.- following wry excellent presentation of the County ?'air is taken from .Monday's Augusta Chronicle, having; been written up In its local correspondent, Mr. Wni I*. ( 'alhoun: "The premium list of tho Edge field County Fair association, this county, has been . delivered to tho association and is now.ready for distribution". Two thousand copies were printed and' they do great credit to ihe.-gcnt.]c-rnen named Every indication is that the fair next fall on October 26th, 27th, and 28th, will, be .record-breaking, and a complete success. The peo ple of the county are generally in terested in the fair and it is becom ing the chief talk among our peo ple. The fair of last year far ex ceeded the expectations of .our peo ple and that has '.given the enter prise a good send off. "Amongr.the features of the cata log of thc prizes are cuts of Messrs. Jas. R.sCantelou, president of the association; B. B- Jones, manager; L. W. Cheatham, secretary, and Dr. J. G. Tompkins, treasurer, all men of the best standing in the county and- men who have their hearts in the undertaking. "All of the committees arc given in full, together with all necessary instructions. The premium list is full and attractive. Anyone desir ing a copy of the brochure, can ob tain it by applying to Mr. L. \V. Cheatham, secretary of the associa tion. "The house room at the fair grounds will be materially increased before October^and every accomo dation will far exceed that of last year. "Edgefield coutr.y is making fast strides in the matter of agriculture. Its corn crop this year will be a bumper one. Sonic 25 or 30 young men are contending for the cori' prizes offered for the best yield pei acre; and, it is presumed that some wonderful results will be made pub lic during the EdgeiicJd fair of 1910. Tlie ol?ccrs of the association-arc well known in thejeounty. Presi dent ins. li. Cdntelou is a success- ' ful farmer living several miles south bf this place. Besijles be:ng a suc oessful farmer, he makes a success of raising cattle,/ l ogs and Angora ' goats. His farm s well equipped 1 abel contains np-to-dute barus of every kind. 1 "Mr. h. \V. Cheetham, secretary, ' is well known as tbi editor and pro prietor of Thc Edjeiield Chronicle j and a successful bisiness man. Dr. .T. G. Tompkins, u|easurer, is a sue- 1 cessful practicing physician of-this place and a man of means, while 1 Mr. B. ii. Jones, jof thc firm of ( Ramsey cr Jones, is one of the ^ largest merchants of this place, j Vice president J. U Minis is editor , and publisher of ri'he Edgefield Ad vertiser, a substantial citizen and a man of means. Those officers are (' backed by such men, composing the board of directors, as .?. Wm. Thurmond, S. B. Nicholson, N. G. Evans, W. W. Adorns, J. P. O'nzts, John C. SheppardjuV. E. Padgett, n 6. B. Mays and W E. Prescott. "Edgefield couvty is among the P leading agricultura counties of the s* LET' US BU SOE i tn I 1 yj? Belvedere is twenty ?fa utes; to Broad Street. .1 water at Belvedere. 1 thirty houses. ' Tan of ter own a home and paj will not be able to ciFer Lets at Belvedere will i nice, large lot, 100 by ! nient with us, go out building for you. Whj rent money? 1 1 SJjf i as. rid ii B We have' city .pro you w . Li 1 Real Estate and inves Bi state, and it proposes to show next October what it can do. .Notwith standing the unfavorable weather, the cotton crop of the county will be good; and as already stated, the L-orn crop will be a bumper om'.'" Melon and Liquor Won't Mix. Liquor and melons won't mix in a man's stomach. At least that's ?'hat they say. And while ringed 'round a real red-hearted Ge?rgiji rattler just after the speaking last Thursday afternoon, one ol* the boys" told us how this fuss 'twixt liquor and meian once saved the late Senator Latiiner a bit of money herc, ll was back in thc- days Of the'dispensary's glory in Old Edge lield, when so many of "the boys" had thought they had to have ari extra -nip" or two on speaking lays" to help them keep up the sr ra nd old county's political reputa tion} that the big-hearted Senator thought to treat "the boys" to mel: )iis. Brit it didn't take but two! But two on that hot day!' The man with the liquor had gotten there hirst. Liquor and melons won't mix and the boys knew it. J lut y ou.could safely bet that no 3andidate- could have treated last Thursday's crowd with any two Groorgia-r?ttlers that ever grew; for nobody was afraid to eat mel ons! Nobody was drunk! Yet rumor comes with her very certain hearsay tales and says that ?here was even last Thursday a thousand gallons of liquor sittiug roundin EdgcHcld town just awaiti ng to be drunk. What a proof Lhis is of the wonderful strength of he police power of Prohibition! Read it over: Think of it! A thou sand gallons-in historic Old Edge ield during a political meeting and ret nobody drunk, nobody killed, ?obody afraid to eat melons! Boys, if that rumor really be true, Prohibition is no tottering power. That's how it sounds to me! How loes it strike you? Why let me tell rou something. Gens. Gary and lintier were counted wizzards of lower (and they were) when in Re ionstruction days they outwitted he blue-coat?d Yankees and awed he freedom drunken darkies with 'The Red-shirt's" - fiery liare; but a .ing higher methinks must stand he mayor, marshal, or policeman vho can bring the candidates to own with a thousand gallons of iquor just kinder floating 'round md yet have nobody killed, nobody Irunk, nobody af'aid to eat melons. The melons owe them their first neda! for keeping the market open: idget?eld womanhood, her fairest miles: and the manhood of our irave old town, their heartiest con gratulations. But we won't be hard on our an i-prohibitionist, whoever he is, or calling a calf's tail a leg-never fives it an extra foot to IKSC. Real y, we seriously doubt if there has teen that much alcoholic liquor in own during the last year. Ile that s it may, so lung as the liquor deal r must, sneak his goods into town; o long as he must peddle it from locket and barn and from swamp nd alley; so long as he needs preens and blinds and curtains be ween his sales and the street; so ong as the man who sells it is bought of as a half-brother to a bief; so long as the boys at the lose of iv , campaign-spe?king-day are gather sober and jolly 'round he great red-hearted.. Georgia-ratV lers-just so long will we say Pro ibition does prohibit. Boys, lets eep the melons and let the good Liken "licker" go. Melons and li uor won't mix. One-of-thc-Boys. Country Farmer-I always set ly hens in the spring. City Farmer-Indeed? Why my onltry book says emphatically to ?t 'eui in a dry place.-Judge. state and Investments. 'Phone 2728 214 Union Savings Ul Bank Building ILD YOU ? ae facts about Belvedere five minutes' ride to the moni:meir?, ty/enty min--, Belvedere is high, dry, healthy ai:cl cool. Artesian lt Belvedere, we have made arrangements to build these are engaged, only Wentj ML Do you want \ for it monthly? If you do, ste us ai once, as we . you this great chance for a vary long period, cost you from $20 io $200 each. Can sel] ycu a, 200, for $200. Just think of it! Mcke an engage to Belvedere, select your lot and let us commence r pay rent, when you can pay for a house with the' perty, lots, timber land and farms. If ant to sell or buy, see us. WM $ LAMAR. it.. V tments. 'Phone 2726 214 Union Savings Bank Hiding. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA . M SUITS, FALL AND WINTER i OM. '< < ?}) mn \% mn v* mu E will have on exhibition from September 1st to 15 an early shipment of la dies' tailored snits. These suits are made by* one H of America's leading manufacturers m, i? E extend to the ladies of Edge field and vicinity an invitation IS to call and see our exhibition of f? this line. 0 E will take your order for a suit made to your measure. 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