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EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER Esb??lished 1835,, , -- , -., ' . ' f. L. isms,.^..^...".Eaitor TERMS: - ONE YEAR - - - - "rt $1.50 SIX MONTHS -. - - -. .75 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11^1911. How empty - learning, how vain is art, bat as it mends the life' and guides the hear i.--YOUNG. i ' ' Manufacturers of1'cotton good? cur tail production in order to keep the price nip. Now is the time for farmers to pian a curtailment of production, if they would likewise keep up the price of the raw material. t 'il\X- ... As the lawmakers are notv^directly accountable to the people this year, ??J- there is some danger of their becoming extravagant in increasing salaries and . ' appropriating public .funds for this or i that purpose. Go slow gentlemen, the taxpayers are already verv heavily burdened. . Attend Meeting of Association. Unle3s providentially kept away, ev . ery white teacher in the county should . attend"the meeting of the teachers' as sociation tobe held next Saturday at tie-South Carolina Co-Educational In ' stitute. By an exchanged of ideas, methods and experiences, teachers are better equipped for their w,ork. Teach ers who are altogether mdifferent, tak ing no stock in those things that bet-J ter fit" them for their work, have miss ed their calling, and are not really earning the salary they receive, how ever small it may be. We. want to see the teachers pf this county wide-awake, active, and alert? for more improved j methods, etc. r Teachers, you can not afford to be indifferent. Your efficiency and the j quality of work you are doing will be judged, in a measure at least, by the interest you manifest in th? teachers] association. - - Not Folly C.Tnpensated For Service. ' The rural, free delivery carriers ar? a hard-worked, faithful set.of ' men who [ are not receiving compensation com mensurate with the service they. ren der to th? government. But we are pleased to see that there is a disposi tion on the, part of those "higher up" to give this faithful army of employ ees the consid?ration due them. The fourthassistant postmaster general recommends in his annual report that all rural free delivery carriers be paid , - their regular salary, when injured in the service and that in the event of death frqm injury their legal represen tative bejoAd a certain sum. ,. great? deal to thecarrier,?3a man never! likes to die .toi win, ,yet it; shows that wen the officials feel that these public servants should be shown greater con sideration i hy . the government than ?they are receiving at present. Later on we expect to see a raise in the regu lar salary of the rural carriers. Better to Err on Side of Mercy. ' A lad who had been led astray was convicted of theft in Columbia last j -week and sentenced to six months at hard labor. ..But on account of .the ? boy's youth the presiding judge, sus ' pended sentence during good behavior, expressing the belief that, if given a chancey th? lad would yet make a man of himself; We heartily commend the ^spirit that actuated theCourt in not dealing harsh ly- with the youthful criminal. The hardened criminal who goes deliberate ly into .transgression . should not go un whipped of justice, suiting the punish ment to the gravity of the crime, but it is better to err oh the side of mercy in dealing with the boy who can be re claimed from a. lile of crime and wick edness. If there is a spark of true manhood in the unfortunate Columbia boy's breast,' 'it will be finned into a flame by the kindly words and msrciful dealing of the presiding judge. , / > Small Thrifty Fanners Needed. The great need of Edgefield comity ? -possibly its greatest need-is an in flux of thrifty farmers tc- purchase and improve the thousands or acres of un developed land. Several hundred small farmers could settle within a radius of five miles of Edgefield without crowd ing each other in the least. Instead of I being from three to five miles apart, as at present in some cases, were farm houses located in sight cf each other along {the public roads leading from Edgefield think of the increased-vol ume of business of the town and of the improved condition of the churches and schools. A large'farmer remarked to the wri ter a few days ago thz.t most land-] owners in this county are overburden ed with land, and as a result an effort J is made to plant more to the plow than can be properly cultivated. He stated further that he would be glad to see ? law enacted that prohibited the plant ing of more .than ten acres to each horse or mule. If many of these large tracts, much of which is now waste or ? temporarily-abandoned land, were cut np into small tracts and sold to thrifty, energetic farmers this old county would soon blossom as the rose. Mn his letter in last Sunday's State, written, from Palestine, Mr. Frank G. Carpenter said: '?"There are .but few farms of large size in the Holy Land. The chief cul tivated patchedon the mountains are those which have been cleared of tenses. They are often hot bigger than bed quilts and seldom contain ^ore .tbaji...three/Or fo?i: acres,. Such fields frequently have stone walls aboutthemi Down in the valleys and on the plains of the Philistines the farms are not separated by fences and they are *of a much greater extent. They are planted to wheat, beans and barley and grow luxuriant crops. One of the interesting ?cenes of the wheat fields is often referred to in the Bible. This is pulling the. tares, the seeds of which; if left, will make the flour bit ter. Gangs of girls are engaged in this business all over Palestine. Each gang works under Jin overseer, and the girls bend half double as they pull the weeds from the wheat. I am told that enemies ?sometimes sow tares in the wheat, as is described in the parable of the wheat and the tares as uttered by Jesus." Suppose the farms of this county "seldom* contained more than three or ?four acres." We would have intensive farming sure enough then. It is believed that the advertisement that South Carolina has received in the north and northwest through her re cord of corn production will turn the tide of immigration jn this direction. Let us hope so. Called to Columbia. 4 A' committee of gentlemen came over from Columbia Sunday evening last and extended a call to Dr. C. E. Burts from the First Baptist church of that city. The action of the church was a surprise to Dr. Burts, as he liad no intimation tha* such a call was contemplated. He has the matter under careful con sideration and will notify the Co lumbia committee < of his decision within a few days. The Columbia call has caused the members of the Baptist church here very deep con cern. A number of thermale mem bers of the church held a\onference with Dr. Burts Tuesday afternoon, urging him, if possible, to remain here in Edgefield, as his work here has not been^finished. He did not then intimate what his decision would be, stating; that he had the ' matter . under-, consideration and would decide as early as possible, fie expressed sincere appreciation of the uniform kindness of the peo ple of this community and said that it would grieve him greatly to have to leave Edgefield, should duty take him away. The people of Edgefield, irrespective of church affiliation, are exceedingly anxious for Dr. and Mrs. Burts .to remain'in Edgefield. Pleasant Lane News. We have been silent since th? merry Yuletide, but we want you to know^that we are still here, and that we* enjoyed the Xmas holidays to the utmost. All of the teachers here went to their homes, , but the merry school girls came in to. take their places, so the Pleasant Lane people had a merry Xmas. All is changed tho now. The teachers have resumed tb.eir^^w|B"-"school gggsjmd hickoryJgPlpy an^d^jg^ - girls have returned to different i schools. The same old routine of i life, and we wish for each and eve ry one a bright and prosperous New ' Year. * Mrs. Mollie Hago?d and two lit tie children are spending some time with her brother, ^ Mr. F. L. Tim man. She has been in ill health for several months, and we hope that she'll be much improved ere she leaves our town. The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle died last evening at their home near here. The bereav ed parents have our deepest sympa thy-fa this hour of sorrow, and we can only ask them to look to Him w.ho wounds and iii able and willing to heal. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Tim- ; merman'have recently moved to their new home and we hope that they , will be much pleased with the change. Mr. and Mrs. Rearden have also moved into our midst and seem much pleased in their new home. . .Miss Effie Connelly went to her home near Epworth last Friday p. m., and stayed until Sunday eve ning. The members of McKendree church are charmed with Mr. Fos ter Spear, their, new preacher. We wish him all success in his work this year. - The Holiness sect had three services in the community last S un day. Mr. Clark conducted the ser vices and quite a crowd was pres ent. Mrs. Savannah Timraerman has been quite ill for the past week. Glad to report a. slight improve ment in her condition,' and we hope she'll soon be up again. "Neb." i -?<..# An Act of Necessity. A correspondent writes in to cor rect a story printed in this paper several days ago. "In that snake story I sent you," he complains, "you made one mistake. I told you that the snake was twenty feet long and you had it only ten feet long." We are sorry for this, but the er ror was unavoidable. We were very muclTcrowded for space when we used the story and we had to cut everything down. "I'm sorry, Pat, but I cannot be your wife'" said Bridget, after Pat had proposed. . "Why not?" asked Pat, with a note of sadness in his voioe. "Well, Pat, I suppose I must tell you thtru the, I'm a somnambulist, t "A what?" "Sure, and that won't make any difference. You can go to your church and I'll go to mine."-Top Notch Magazine. PARKSVILLE NEWS. Public Insinuation of W. O. W Officers. F.icts Connected With History of Carno B Y. R U. Officers. \ Parksville i? exceedingly quiet now, having resumed the usual ac tivities, with renewed energies, so to speak; the farmer lo his field, the merchant taking stock, the banker to his desk, and the doctor in th mud, the teachers at the helm,, one and all looking forward with bright hopes for a prosperous year. It is well, and may God grant that all these hopes may be realized. The Woodmen of the World held a public meeting in their new hali over the bank Tuesday night, Janu arv 3rd, at which time said hall was christened, and' the new officers publicly snstailed. The public were invited and our gallant andchival rous young Woodmen amply pro vided refreshments for our female visitors which seemed to be enjoyed to the utmost. One of the retiring officers brought out the fact that Dur camp is in its 13th year, read in g the names of the charter mern hers, sadly referring to the fact, that six esteemed names have drop ped out, having joined the silent majority over whose earthly re mains appropriate monuments Have been erectrd. These honored names areas follows: W. A. D. Blackwell, W. H. Goddard, P. C. Reynolds, J. C. Bussey, J. L. Stone and L. F. Dorn. The organization is justified from the fact,. that no member is any poorer by having joined and we have paid the beneficiaries, thirteen thousand dollars "besides contribu ting to sick Woodmen, and erect ing six monuments, at a cost of one hundred dollars each. It is a striking and remarkable fact, that three of these sovereigns lojst their "lives by accident. Sovereign J. C. Bussey was killed by an engine while man fully trying to remove his hand car off the track vafter the hands had deserted it. Sov. JP. C. Reynolds went down to his, death in that ter rible catastrophe on the ot. Law rence river in . Canada when that world renowned bridge gaye way, and all remember the death of Sov. Dorn at Trenton; S. C., by a terrible and unaccountable accident. These are some facts that should stimulate and encourage Woodmen. Sov. R. N. Edmunds is now at the head of the W. O. W. . in our town with Rev.. T. 'JL Garrett sec ond in* command, arid we predict ? successful year. Sov. C. Robert sori-was elected a . delegate to the head camp meeting in Sumter to be held in.. March. We aTe glad to state that Mrs. Hattie Bussey Gilchrist, oldest daughter/of .the Rev.: ff~-W^ Bnsey, is on a visit to her old nome, friends and kindred hereabouts. . Sunday school here yesterday was largely attended and we were glad to see Miss Lucile Seigler from Rehoboth?in the audience. Mr. Willie Whatley from Reho both, and Milledge Strom from Cleora are visiting friends, sweet hearts and relatives in this town. Mrs. Redd and a friend from Augusta are visiting Mrs. Redd's father of our vicinage; Mr. Thos. Barrett. Miss Sadie Smith left this morn ing for her post of duty, that of stenographer, in the city of Atlan ta. I am sorry to report that the health of Mr. Rheube Smith is in a precarious condition and fears are entertained as to his recovery. Miss Ellie Rich whom we report ed as quite sick of typhoid fever is We trust, some better. Miss Mary Middleton Bell who has been spending awhile with her cousin in this town returned to her home in Meriwether Saturday. Mr. Hoyt Cartledge from North Carolina is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Virginia Stone. Mr. Luther B. Stone is at home on a furlough. He has a lucrative position on the C. & W. C. rail road. There was a large crowd out last night at the Baptist church in at tendance upon our B. Y. P. U. meeting, the subject being Sin. Mis ses Maggie Mae Robertson and Carrie Cotton, and Mr. Dan A. Bell read appropriate selections. The present president having fill ed the office for ten consecutive years, and declining re-election in the hope of developing a younger man, brother Wallace M. Robert son was elected president and J. G. Parks, vice-president and D. N. Dorn secretary and treasurer. More Anon. Saves' Two Lives. "Neither ray sister nor myself might be living to-day, if it had not been for Dr. King's New Dis covery" writes A. D. McDonald of Fayetteville, N. C., R. F. D. No. 8, for we both had frightful coughs that no other remedy could help. We were told my sister had con sumption. She was very weak and had night sweats but your wonder ful medicine completely cured us bojh. It's the best I ever used or heard of For sore lungs, coughs colds, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asth ma, hay fever, croup, whooping cough-all bronchial troubles-its supreme. Trial bottle free. 50c and $1.00..Guaranteed by Penn & Hol stein, W E Lynch & Co., B Tim Beaut?furS??t^ of Rooms. Dr. James. S. Byrd has recently purchased new., furniture, new rugs and art squares for his dental rooms over the post ? office. His reception room is especially elegant and in citing. Besides his r?gulai opera ting room, Dr. Bj-rd has recently Stted up a comfortable room for his colored patrons. We heartily com mend his progressiv? spirit. . Solves a Deep Mystery. "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart," wrote C B Kader, of Lewisburg, W. Va., for the wonderful double benefit I got from Electric bitters, in curing me rf both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism, from tvhich Iliad been an almost help less sufferer for "ten years. It suited my case as though made^ just for me." For dyspepsia, indigestion, jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheuma tism, Electric Bitters has no equal. Try them. Every bottle is guaran teed to satisfy. Only 50c at Penn & Holstein, 'W E Lynch & Co., B rimmons. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin *le Mills, Engines, Boilers, supplies and. repairs, Porta ge , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw'Teeth, Files, Belts ind Pipes. WOOD SAWS ind SPLITTERS. Gins and. Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. J A S.S. BYRD, SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. C. : ?ffic| to'ver Post-Office. Death in Roaring Fire. may not result from, the work o.Fj firebugs, but often severe burns are saused that make a quick need for j Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the quick ?st, surest cure for . burns, wounds, j mises, boils,. SODS. It subdues in carnation. It kill pain. It soothes ind heals. Drives off skin erap ions, ulcers or piles. Only 25c at | Penn<fc Holstein, W E Lynch & B Timmons. A H; CORLEY, Surgeon ft* Dentist. Appointments it Trenton on Wednesdays, >own and Bridge werk a ?pecialty^. ?;. James ?. Dobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. Office over farmers Bank~Building Or. F. L. PARKER, Dentist, Johnston, - - S C Over Bank of Johnston. Old Soldier Tortured. "For years I suffered unspeakable orture from- indigestion, constipa ion and liver trouble," wrote A K ?mith, a war veteran at--Erie, Pa., jut Dr. King's New Life Pills fix id me all right. They're simply jreat. Try them for any stomach, iver or kidney trouble. Only 25c it Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch fe Co., B Timmons. Master's Sale State of South Carolina, Edgefield County Court of Common Pleas EL W. McKie et. -al.,-against-G. A. McKie et. al. Pursuant to the decree in this sause I will offer for sale at public jutcry to the highest bidder, before ?he Court House, town of Edgefield, md State of South Carolina on sales lay in February 1911 (the same be ing 6th day of said month) between the legal hours of sale, the follow ing described realty, to wit: All that tract of land, situate . m ?aid County and State, containing! two hundred and forty-three (243) icres, more or less, and bounded on the north by the land of W. K. McKie, on the east by land of A. S. &. Miller, on the south by land of Gr. A. McKie, and on the west by land of J. B. McKie. Terms of sale Cash. The land bas been rented for the year 1911, md the land will be sold subject to the lease, bul the purchaser shall be entitled to the rents and profits of the land for the year 1911 under j ?he lease. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. F. Roath, " Master E. C., S. C. Jan. ll, 1911. i < Your Plans for entering The ADVERTISER'S Fuller Announcement will be made later %mmm Fertilizer Materials and Fertilizers Ready Mixed for 1911 ^ Fifteen cents cotton, dollar corn, two hundred and fifty, dollar .mules, have, taught our farmers that they must fertile their crops or quit the race. izers manufactured only by the most reputable man ufacturers.' 8.85x2x2 , ? ' 8X3X3 f.'-' 8x2 1-2x2 9x3x3 ' ?.-'... /. '8x4x4 .'; '? ... . . : 8x4 Acid . 10x4 Acid .: 13 per cent phosphate : - ? 14 per cent phosphate 16 per cent phosphate Royster's Goods Armour's Goods Georgia Chemical Works Goods American Agricultural Chemical Co's, goods Columbia Guano Co's, goods. Cotton Seed mral, Kainit^ Nitrate of Soda,.Top Dressing, Muriate of Potash. Call on Mr. R. C, Padgett, Or Mr. A.E, Padgett. EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY The Advertiser $150 Per Year REGISTERED. Thc Origin of Roystcrtatilizcrs. Mr. Royster believed that success awaited the Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster's idea Twenty-seven years ago and this is his idea to-day; the result has been that it requires Eight Factories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers* T. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY. FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK, VA. TAR BORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. 8 PARTALO UR<2, 9. C. MACON. QA. COLUMBUS, GA? MONTGOMERY, ALA. BALTIMORE, MD.