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EPG?FIELD ADVERTISER Established 1835. J. L. HIMS,-._Editor TERMS: ' ONE YEAR . - - - SIX MONTHS - - WEDNESDAY^ JANUARY 18, 1911. How, empty learning, how vain is art, bat-as it mends the life and guided the heart.~YO.UNG. , \ , h_._i__ The editor has been sick since last Thursday and[ is still in bed. It is hoped, therefore, .that the readers will bear with the shortcomings of this issue of The Advertiser. Interesting Account of Musical - at Clark's Hill. \ fir.; . . The musical which you so kindly gave notice of in your paper of last - week; that was to be held' at the home of Mr. and;Mrs. D.W. Sharp ton, came off as-scheduled last even ing. ' The,night was in accord with the muse which had been evoked to preside on this occasion, the silvery radiance of tbe# moon which hung in a star-gemmed sky, was all that could be desired, attuning our minds to the feast which awaited us. The new and elegant mansion . of Mr. ^Sharpton was a blaze of light, and t as you entered the open doofs, you felt the hospitality for which these dear people are famous. The liv ing room, hall and parlor had ?been thrown into one by folding doors, arid in this spacious apartment were grouped the men and beautifully gowned women. All honor and praise must be given to Miss Ellis of Due West, a niece of Mr. Sharp ton's. She saw the needs of our church and bravely came to our rescue, to help us raise funds for the needed repairs. And for Miss Ellis to undertake anything means -suc? cess as she is-in herself, "an inspira tion., Need I speak of Miss Ellis', musical talent? Those who have heard her know of her capabilities;, but last evening<*she.ev^en surpassed herself. She'had a most able as sistant in Mrs. Nabstadt of Modoc, who like Miss Eliia is ever reafly to assist in any good work. We haye had her at Clark's Hill before and we know and appreciate her. These ladies gave us some beautiful instru mental duets. On a deserves espec ial attention, being the "Arrival of Santa.Claus." We all love Santa Claus but he was doubly endeared to ns by the charming rendition of his con>ing by these skijl.led perfoiy finers. * They hot only enchanted us ' by the touch of their finger^ but by the sound of their voices, giving , us a gay lilting melody in 'Car mena." The . audience was much delighted by several solos from Miss * Hughes of Augusta, who has a very. . sweet.voice and is in lerself a most charming gjrl. .. Our much lovedr ' teacher, Mrs. Bradley, gave us the "Old Oaken Bucket, a piece which has always had a place in our hearts Miss Frances Rich lang a sweet little song. The musical was inter . spersed with delightful readings and .recitations. Miss Lucile Whatley a dear West Side girl gave a favor ite selection and Minnie Mulvie a little girl of ten years was very pleas v ing in her recital ojf "Little Orphan Annie." The readings were by Mesdames McDonald, Lynch, and Leggett all of these ladies did well and the audience was specially captivated by Mrs. Leggett's selections, which was an amusing description of a man's attempt to ride a bicycle, his wife's advice as to the best way of doing it, which he, of course? man like,1 scorn's! Later in the. evening by special request, she sang "Annie Laurie,!' which she did very sweetly Mrs. Leggett is Mrs. Sharpton's mother and is nearing her three score years and ten. Then Miss Ellis who is full of surprises, eave ns a delicious little bit of dramatic art in a"Burlesque Serenade, "which convulsed her audience. She was roundly encored and ' responded with another taking hit which made all the men feel for the soft spot in their heads to the mortification of their wives. The musical was dosed by a duet between 'Misa Hughes and Mrs. Nabstadt which was beautifully sung. After the jfeast of music for the soul, came the feast of viands-cheer for the inner man. The table was laden with delicacies to which justice was done by all. A bice sum was re alized. The people loft for their homes showering thanks upon the enter tainers, making a last good night to Miss Ellis. li. M.NA. Solves a Deep Mystery. "I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart," wrote C B Rader, of Lewisburg, W. Va., for the wonderful double benefit I got from Electric Bitters, in curing me of both a severe case of stomach trouble and of rheumatism, from which I.had been an almost help less sufferer for ten years. It suited my ease as though made just for me." For dyspepsia, indigestion, .jaundice and to rid the system of kidney poisons that cause rheuma tism, Electric Bitters ba? no equal. Try them. Every bottle is xguaran i teed to satisfy. Only 50c at Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch & Co., B Timmons. ? $1-50 .75 PARKSVILLE NEWS. B. Y. P. U. Well Attended, St ockholders Held a Meet ing Missionary Quilting. New Organ Installed. In my last, I inadvertently left out the name of ' Sov. R. S.- Black well,, one of our deceased sovereigns, and a charter member of our camp W. O. W. here, which makes seven deceased sovereigns instead of six as reported. The slogan for Parksville and Clark's Hill for 1911 is, a bran new, 5O-room hotel for each. Barglars one night last week broke into the j ?1 ark's Hill depot, also the stores of Messrs. J. P. Nixon and 'D'. W^Sharpton. They ?got a small amount.of money and j postagenstamps ont of the/depot, a suit of clothes from Mr. Sharpton and a few small articles from, ,Mr.. Nixon. They broke off the knob pf Mr. Nixon's safe, trying to get his money which showed they were not professional "safe crackers." On the. same night, we understand, stores were broken into at Troy and McCormick, S. C. . Yesterday was a fine day, and a fine congregation heard Rev. T. H. Garrett's sermon on "The. Primacy of the Gospel." The new organ, which is a good one, with Misses Sallie Parks, Annie McDonald, Mrs. Virginia Stone assisting the organist and chorister added much to the delight of devout worship pers. No community has finer talent not onMy in music, but everything than Parksville, and we are delight ed to Bee our young people thus honor God with their talents, which is a natural outgrowth of consecra tion. The Baptist ladies will have a missionary quilting at the home of Mrs. Garrett next Thursday. The whole community will turn out carrying luncheon, which will make the meeting a social one, as well as one of service. ? The following delegates were ap pointed to represent Parksville church in the union meeting of the 3rd division of the Edgefield asso ciation; to be held at Modoc; 5th Sunday in this month and Saturday before: J G Parks, t G Talbert; W N Elkins, J M hussey and J W Christian. If the weather is good we expect ?* fine congregation both Saturday and Sunday, for the good people of Modoc are expecting us, and are ' making arrangements for Qur comfort. 'rf. Rev. T. H. Garrett attended the layman's meeting in Columbia last week and comes back full of enthu siasm and b?pe for the "future.: SOT. R. N. Edmund*, Head Senr try,Jatte?a?d 'a "called* 'nieeting^f the Head Camp, Jurisdiction ?, in Columbia last/ Thursday for, the purpose of arranging for the Head camp meeting in March. The meet ing Will be held 'in Columbia in stead of Sumter as formerly con templated. v ? Mr. Jasper Parks, big, fat, gener ous "Jas" visited his old home, kinsfolk and friends here Sunday; We are sorry to say that Miss Ellie Rich of Clark's Hill is still extremely ill of typhoid fever. The stockholders of the Parks ville Bank held a meeting one day last week, at which time an 8 per cent dividend was declared, and a neat surplus carried over. Messrs. R N Edmunds, W C Holly and D N Dorn were elected directors in place of J C Morgan, J G Parks and W N Elkins resigned. The B. Y. P. U. was well at tended last night and the new presi dent W M Robertson was much en couraged- The subject "A call to the Ministry" was well and ably discussed by Rev. T. H. Garrett and Bro. T. G. Talbert. Th> union starts out under bright auspices for the new year and we congratulated the new office:rs upon such a com mendable beginning. More Anon. Elegant Luncheon Served Teach er?; by Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The most important, and by far the most delightful feature of the ingathering of Edgefield county teacherers last Saturday was the re ception tendered them at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julian ' L. Mims by the local "Woman's Christian Tem perance Union. This function had been given large prominence before hand, announcements having been put in both papers and personal in vitations having been issued by the entertainment committee, but the elaborateness with which it was car ried out surpassed the expectation of the most imaginative of the guests. The heartiness of greeting, the warmth of cordiality, the large ness of hospitality testified eloquent ly to the strength of supportac corded by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union to the teacher's in their work of training soldiers for the fight yet to come before the last "Battle of the Bottle" shall have been won. If any guest was turned thither by the unholy love of "loaves and fishes" it is a more than reasonably safe wager that such an one was more than adequately compensated. The luncheon served was quite elaborate and only the fear that dwelling on it would place the em phasis on what the committee did not intend to be the principal feat ure of the exercises, prevents a more extended notice of it. It must be said however that a happier com bi nation of daintiness and abun dance, simplicity and bountiful va riety could not have been provided, and the teachers were Unanimous and hearty in the expressions of ap preciation. "When the guests assembled at the tables Rev. Royal Shannon house in behalf of the reception committee gave expression to the welcome tendered and in apt and' hearty vein oommented on the cor dial sympathy and appreciative un derstanding' and co-operation that should be and is maintained be tween the members of this great temperance organization and the teachers of the county. Col. Bailey responded to the ad I dress of welcome and bespoke the appreciation of the assembled guests, pledging them'to still greater efforts in the dissemination of truth about narcotics and intoxicants. The importance of temperance, in struction in the ; schools was dis cussed forcefully anddoquently by Dr. C. ?. li ur ts, who also > spoke of, the fact that'the laws of every state': in the union require this teaching as well as the laws of England and Germany. Urging the value of essay con tests in school work, Prof. P. P. Bums made the points that only the essay provided clear and accurate statement of the evils of intemper ance and narcotics and logical reasoning on the benefits of absti nence; that the interest aroused in such a contest leads to further in vestigation outside, and stirs up a corresponding interest in the homes of the community; and, that it is in line with two of the oldest axioms of pedagogy: "Learning without thought is labor lust," instruction must be after all largely "Line upon line, precept upon precept." Rev. T. P. Burguess in an un announced toast to the official head of the educational forces in the county discoursed with peculiar aptness, neatness of application on the first mighty fiat, "Let there be light." The dignity and duty of the profession in providing centres of light in dark places was strongly put and most cordially received. The last of the after dinner speak ers was former Governor John ?. Sheppard. On speaking to the toast "The teacher" he stressed particu larly vthe serious and momentously important feature of moral instruc tion in the schools. Athletics and i study are not sufficient in the train ing of men and women, for to put ' all the emphasis on these two ele ments is inevitably to train a crimi nal constituency. Instead, all pur teaching should be along parallel lines, that in the full grown man and ! woman, there may, be the proper, harmonious, and perfect correlation and co-ordination of . functions and powers. f Cornet and' pian?^inusic by Rev. P. P.; Blalock, Mrs. . Tillman ari* Mrs. Entzminger added z?Btto the occasion. Each teacher on, leaving carried as a souvenir some helpful and instructive literature to acid to the effectiveness of temperance teaching. ^ A Guest. Citation. The State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. By J. D. Allen, Probate Judge: Whereas, J. M. Horsey and W. E. Andrews, made suit to me, to grant R. H. Middleton Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of T. R. Rusk, deceased. These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and Creditors of the said T. R. Rusk, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edgefield on the 1st day of February next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my hand this, 17th day of January, 1911. J. D. Allen, Jan. 18-2t. Probate Judge. Successful Meeting of Edgefield County Teachers. Forty Edgefield teachers met at the S. C. C. I. Saturday, the occa sion being the monthly meeting of the Edgefield County teachers. The session was a most enjoyable and helpful one. Several subjects were proposed for discussion and evoked earnest responses. A resolution was adopted calling on the Legislative delegation to pro vide for the "prompt and full pay ment of all teachera\salaries." It Ts hoped this may be produc tive of good for discounts material ly lessen an income usually too small, at best. Professional sub jects discussed were: ? "The bef t means of ^securing dis discipline." This subject was ear nestly discussed by several of the teachers in an informal manner. The other subject concerned a vital topic, attendance, a number of.ideas were presented, being those in successful daily practice. It was most gratifying, the ' freedom with which some of the ladies entered into the discussions. Teacher. Superior Sex. ) "Why do you consider women superior to men in intelligence?" 'A bald-headed man buys hair re storer by the quart, doesn't he?" "Er-yes." " "Well, a woman doesn't waste time on hair restorer; she buys hair." .."'v..'. ' -: ?.*, '. . -*\v". > ?' . ? ? ]' ' . ' 11 The Western Union Telegraph Co's. Ocean- Mail Service and Night Letters. The Western' T?nipn Telegraph Company is now ab?ut to offer to the public ah entirely new and very popular service by inaugurating an ocean mail service. All messages and night letters, addressed care "Ocean Mail" at New York, San Francisco, Seattle or Vancouver, will be de posited in tile postoffice in time to catch the next ocean mail from the port designated, on payment of five cents additional for postage. Messa ges so addressed will be mailed in a special envelope bearing the im print, the Western Union Telegraph Company's Ocean Mail service, and the inclo8ure will bear an appro priate tag, to show the manner of mailing; While this class of 'service is open to all classes of messages it is anticipated that our night letter service will principally be availed in this connection, and on account of the early hoar at which some of the mails closes," it will be advisable to have all night. messages and night letters addressed in care Ocean Mail somewhat exp?dia ted so as to reach the point, of mailing by 6 a. m. if possible. This invocation in the telegraph world is designed to save time in foreign ( correspondence. A letter from San Francisco to London, re quires as much time crossing the continent aa it does, crossing the ocean. A New York merchant writ ing to Yohome must post his letter a week before , the mail steamer sails from San Francisco, or Van couver. The same time applies to Ed ge fie ld, whereas you can file your night letter with the western union telegraph company, any time dur ing the day, and by six o'clock the next morning, it will reach San Francisco. The Western Union has arranged for the-.use- pf night letters and other telegraph service in connec tion with outgoing ocean mails so that this week' of trans-continental time may behaved. Its New York offices will receive- telegrams from any part of the county destined to European addresses and will for ward them in a sealed spedi ally'ad dressed envelope- by - the first out going Atlantic steamship mail? The same.plan will be followed ^in San Francisco*;Seattle. ;?nd. :V?ncpny?r for Trans-Pa:cific mails. This will "enable 'correspondents to dispatch from- jiny part of the United State? ' for an ocean mail within a few hours vof sailing time. The only charge to the usual tele graph tells tb the ocean mail- port, will be fivfeTCents for postage; Tele grams sho?l?.b?ar the-full mailad dress- of the*"foreigncorrespondent, foy whom -unbare in^ded^inarked care ocean1JE&ii, New t York^ iS*n Francisco, 'Battle or Vancouver as the case martie. No charg?s'tri?Lbe made" for tr?e address.. When traveling; nothing is more appreciated at home than a night letter from, y on, upon, reaching your destination; Tell your people at home all about the trip, .what a de lightful time you' haV? had by the nse of night letter system. Make all your contracts by night letters,; buy all your goods -by telegraphic night . letters, which gives you ad vantage erf the1 low '?nd: high mar-, kets* enabler:you to buy. cheap and; sell high... .:?. . rr Night letters can be .filed any time during the< day, lo; be trans mitted from six o'clock in the af ternoon till twelve o'clock at night. The Western Union Telegraph Co., . . ?Per. J. R. Nicholson, . Manager. Auditor's Notice. iff ?".'*..-*:'. ??. AH persona owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband,, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustee are required to make returns'of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Auditor is requir ed by law to add a penalty of 50 per cent to all property that is not return ed on or before the 20th day of Febru ary in any year. / All male-ixitizens between the a^es of 21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. The township assessors are respect fully requested to meet me at the ap pointments j for taking tax returns In their respective township and they are also required to make tax returns for those who fall to make their own with in the time'prescribed by law. The 50 per cent penalty will be added for fail ure to make returns. For the convenience taxpayers,! or my ' representative m\\ be at the following appointe 3 places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: - .. Roper's, Monday Jan. 16. . Meriwether, Tuesday, Jan. 17. Collier. "Wednesday Jan. 18. Red Hill, i Thursday Jan. 19. Clarie's Hill, Friday Jan. 20. Modoc, Saturday Jan. 21. Parksville, Monday Jan. 23. Plum Branch, Tuesday Jan. 24. ' Will Winnis, Wednesday Jan. 25. Liberty Hill, Thursday Jan. 26. Cleora, Friday Jan. 27. Pleasant Lane, Saturday Jan. 28. Meeting Street, Monday Jan. 30. Johnston^ .Tuesday Jan 31. Herrin's Store, Wednesday Feb. 1. Trenton, Thursday Feb. 2. * The office ?will be open to receive re ceive returns from the first day of January till the 20th day of February as prescribed by law. J. R. TIMMERMAN, Auditor E. C. S. C. li . "..If-* . * I Sen| us your or-1 I der^ for Job ! I Printing | ?M"H"1' ?!' ITH i ?!? >V ?! ?H"H^^*frf >M"fr? 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EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY The Advertiser $1.50 Per Year REGISTERED. fl Tk Origin of Royster RrtiDzcrs. 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* F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY. FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK, VA. TAHBORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, 8. C. SPAHTANBURQ.S.C. MACON, QA< COLUMQJ8, QA. MONTGOMERY, AUA. BALTIMORE. MO.