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Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1911 NO. 40 JOHNSTON LETTER. Mrs. John Marsh Entertains the New Century Club. Lecture hy Rev. Vining. Death of Mr. Bush. On Sunday evening, the Rev. A. J. Vining, representative of the Eu ropean Baptist alliance, spoke in the auditorium to a large audience. Mr. Vining has traveled extensively in southern and eastern Europe and he dwelt principally, upon the condi tion in Bulgaria, Monte Negro, Austria; Roumania and Ser via. His lecture was an education in its self, and all felt greatly re paid for coming out. On Sunday morning, at the union meeting at Philippi, Mr. Vining was present, and gave a splendid talk. Mr. Smyly Stevens, of Meeting Street, was here on Friday, and has had a telephone line to extend from here to his store at Meeting Street. He is a young man of fine business qualifications, combined with great energy, and the splendid mercan tile enterprise that he is opening up will mean much to the community Mrs. John W. Marsh entertainsd, the members of the new century club on Friday afternoon, in honor of one of the members, Mrs. George Land rum, who will leave next week for California, her new home. The afternoon was a typical spring one, and the drive to Mrs. Marsh's pret ty colonial home near town was en joyed. She is an ideal hostess and made the occasion a pleasant one. The music was especially sweet, and at the close, a salad course, with sweets, was served. The club deeply regretted, that, in Mrs. LandrumTs leaving, they would lose one of the most active members.* Mrs. Maggie Hill, of Edgefield, visited MK. Willie Tompkins this week. _ _i -- j-.^.^.-0-xvi ii i> r? iklji wer? visitors here' during the past_ week. - ' Mrs. Stella Gibson Scott, of Au gusta, was here this week, visiting relatives. Mr. L. B. Lott, of Americus, Ga., spent several days here recently in business interest. Dr. Coleman, the father of Mrs. B. L. Allen, of our town, died*>n Thursday evening at his home in Laurens. While he his been in fail ing health for the past year his death was unexpected. Mrs. Allen is ill at the city hospital, Augusta, and her friends deeply sympathize with her in her great sorrow. Mrs. Mary Allen Ashley wont to Augus ta on Friday morning to be ?vith Dr. and Mrs. Allen in their bereave ment. Mrs. Chas. Kenny is at home nom Bartow, Fla., where she visit ed her father, Mr. Macleod. On bei return, she was joined by Mrs. Mar tha Kenny," of Jacksonville, Fla., who will spend a few months hen with relatives. Mr. M. A. Clark is at home fron ; a week's gtay in Columbia, S. C. Mrs. W. J. Hatcher returned 01 Friday from a visit to the family o her brother, Mr. Duncan in Atlan ta. Mrs. Jack A. Lott entertainec with a dining on Saturday in com pliment to her visitors, Mesdame Izaao Edwards, Mrs. R. W, Raw and Miss Aminee Cartledge, .0 Batesburg. Invited to participate i the day's enjoyment were Mesdame W. S. Dorset, M. T. Turner, Anni P. Lewis, H. D. Gr*nt, J. E White, Lona M. Ivy, Jas. Dobe and Miss Addie Ouzts. The remains of-Mr. Jack S. Bus] whose deathfoccuned suddenly ; Edgefield, on Friday, were brougl here on Saturday morning and ca ried to his home near town. C Sunday morning, die burial to?, place at Philippi. Tho Masons a tended in a body a.nd took part i the service. Mr. James Fulraore and Mi Sallie Satcher were married on Su day afternoon, at -the Baptist pi sonage, Dr. W. S. Dorset officiatin Mr. Fulmoreisa progressive farm whq resides a few miles from tow and the happy pair left immediate for their home, after the ceremor Mr. Orlando Sheppard, Jr., a Master Mobley went over to Coln bia op Friday to spend a day two with Mrs. Sheppard, who is the hospital there. We are glad state that she is much improved, Telephone lines ar? being exie; pd from here to sevtral points in country and Mr. J. K. Aller having a line to his residence. . - U. D. C. Successful. The Daughters of the Confed? cy made a most splendid finan< success of their oyster, supper c dy booth, and other enterprises Friday afternoon and evening. '. evening was very pleasant in a cial way and brought into the tr ury of the organization about fo five dollars. v Care of the Sleeping Room. The ventilation of tlie sleeping room is most neglected, especially in cold weather. A mistake too often made when building is to take any space not otherwise used for a sleeping room without any thought for tho light and ventilation and then to locate the bed in any place large enough for it. Some hotel rooms have no outside windows. The bedroom windows should be open whenever the room is occuoied. In the morning the bedding should be thoroughly aired. Do not for get to open the windows in the day time, nor to run up the shades and let in ?ll the sunshine possible. Too many people manifest more interest in preserving the colors of their carpets than in keeping the healthy color in the faces of the members of their families. A physician recently made the statement that in the city slums where the^houses were illy ventil ated, and big fires were kept up, mostly in cook stovesjand wbere windows were seldom opened, that nine-tenths of the children are vic tims of throat or lung trouble. One visit to such homes would convince us of this statement, and of the im portance of fresh air to both sleep ing and living rooms. A lady from New England told the writer that she had been keeping her sleeping rooms free from deco rations of any kind; no pictures on the walls and nothing on the dresser or wash stand but the absolute ne cessities, and that she liked the plan very much, as the room required much less care and the sanitary con ditions were better. I presume it would be a step in advance if we would discard the use of carpets in our sleeping rooms, and use some loose rugs or have hard wood or painted floors, as in most of our sanitariums. Many sleeping rooms are now being; made-, - ??^e^toft?-"bg^^^*ealth."'J be- " 4^tf?vetn? good sound thinking people of today are beginning to understand the importance and ne cessity of good fresh air, and the proper use of it.-Farmers Union Sun. Methodist Missionary Society, Friday afternoon at the Method ist church a most delightful treat was given to all the ladies of Edge field, fortunate enough to be pres ent. By the thoughtful considera tion of the Methodist missionary society all other mission workers and Christian women had been in vited to participate, and the church was full. Miss Lou Gary, President of the Society had the meeting in charge, and welcomed all present in her characteristic way, making them at home. That grand old hymn "From Greenland's Icy Mountains" was sang afiCTresponsive read in gc were led by Mrs. B. E. Nicholson. Then came the most "tmique and interest ing feature of the program, when America received the nations of the world. Miss Sadie Mims represent ed America, and all the nations among whom the Methodist denom ination does Mission work were represented in the costumes of the various countries. All the young ladies of the Methodist church took part in this exercise. After the exercises delightful re freshments, ice ci earn and cake of varied kinds were served to all present. The young ladies of the orient, the dark continent, and the isles of the sea, partook of viandi to suit their taste in the comforta ble Sunday school room adjoining the main auditorium, and made a beautiful picture. Real Japanese tea, in Japanese style was served. Every one present came away ful of enthusiasm for the gracious hos pltaljty and enjoyment affordet them. The Lost Shipping Tag. A Missouri mule was being shir ped to a farmer in Virginia, i tag with directions on it had beei tied securely around his neck wit a rope, but in the course of th journey the mule grew restless an chewed up both tag and rope. This gave the ritegro brakema great concern. He hurried to th conductor in the caboose. "Marse George," he yelled, "fe de Lawd, where yo' 'specs to pi off dat mule? He done eat up whei he's gwine!"-St. Louis Star. It is related of an Irish coachmi that, being in failing health, h doctor prescribed more animal fo< for him. Remembering his case a fi days afterward, he called upon P at the stable, "Well, Pat," said he, "how a you getting on with the treatment "Oh, sure, sir," Pat replied. " manage all roight with the gra and oats, but it's mighty hard vjfi the chopped hay." DO WORK OF TWO. Farmers Must Meet Increased Price of Labor by Making Each Day's Work Count For More. Messrs. Editors: One of the most important problems that confront the farmer of today is that of ad justing our system to meet the high and increasing price of labor. The same man that only a few years ago was thankfnl for the opportunity to work for "50 cents and dinner," now requires from Si to $1.25 per day. Then what is the solution? Simply to make this man accomplish as much in a day as he formerly did in two. If one man can take two good mules and do as much in a day as two men formerly did with the same two mules, then we have saved the wages of one man. This, I claim, is entirely practical through the use of better farm im plements. Take, for instance, j the prepara tion of the soil. Instead of using one little mule and a pony plow and turning a furrow from 4 to 5 inches wide, it is just as easy for the same man to take a good team, say three good mules, and a good disk plow and turn from 8 to 10 inches. Be sides, the work is better when fin ished. In December I saw a gen tlemen in Montgomery county break ing a field that ?had been cultivated in corn last year. Owing to the rainy season it had grown up in grass and weeds so that it would have choked an ordinary turning plow, yet he was probably breaking 10 inches at the time, and so com pletely was he doing his work that you could scarcely tell by looking behind him what had been planted there last season. In buying these pl_ow8J^?P?'^"^-^t3.-T.-^oojCxnC' -si narrest disk they can find, as thoy have an idea that the draft is lighter. This is a mistake. For breaking' the same depth, say from 6 to 8 inches deep, the larger disk will pnll light er and give much less trouble, a& it will not have to run its full depth and in this way choking or drag ging will be avoided. I should never advise any one to buy less than'a 24-inch disk, and 26-inch disk is still better. In cultivating the crop we should and in the future must, use imple men?s that will enable us to gel over the ground rapidly in order tc be able to cultivate often. In^mj opinion, there is no more effective implement for the rapid cultivador of young crops than the harrow.Th< use of this implement should be be gun in some cases even before tin corn or cotton is up, as the surfaci is often packed so hard by heav? rains that many of the young plant are unable to break through. B; running the section harrow diag onally across the rows this crust i broken and the plants may come n\ readily. This can bc done ver; rapidly, as we harrow a strip eigh feet wide at a time. Then after th plants are up more young grass cai be killed with this harrow tha with two or three single plows i the same time. It requiros som nerve on the part of the farmer t use this harrow on his cotton c corn, as it looks like he is ?:playin havoc with it at the time, but it wi be all right in the end. An extensive cotton planter mad the statement last year that he save by actual count in labor ?242 t cultivating his crop the first tin with the section harrow, and left in better condition than if it hs been cultivated the old way. ( course, it requires some judgeme and common sense to set the tee at the proper angle according to tl nature of the soil. When the cn is too large to admit of the use the section harrow, we should, 1 all means, use a good 2-horse cul vator that will cultivate a whe row at once. The best corn tha evor made, taking the fertility the land into consideration, was c ly cultivated four times after it v> planted. I went over it thorougl; once with a section harrow, tw with Avery's Comet walking cir vator, and one furrow in the midi with a large short sweep. I do not think any farmer is pr erly equipped for making a crop til he has a good team, a large d harrow, a good combination pla er and a 2-hbrse cultivator.-R, Wilson in Progressive Farmer. An Irishman settled in Can wrote home-to his old mother ing in Dublin and asked her to s him an ulster from a well kn< shop in the city. Ile received coat, and with it the following ter: "Dear Pat-I send you the < you asked for and, as the but! are rather heavy, I have cut then to save postage, and put then j top lefthand pocket." j Prize Essay Contest. All teachers in the county are re quested ?o begin at once to give in structiontto children in regard to the essay? contests, for which prizes will be offered by the county Wo man's C|ristian Temperance Union. A prize m five dollars will be given 1 for the best essay on the "Relation betwe?n:.iAlcohol and Crime," and two dollars and a half for the next best, thesfe essays to be written by a girl or . boy over fourteen. A prize of fire dollars will also be giv en the boy br girl under fourteen who wruek. the best essay on "the effect Of ^tobacco on the nervous system.1'!-A second prize of two dollars.and a half for the second best essaj?on. this same subject by girl or^bgjr: under fourteen. Fer fiirthe^^ormation, write t? Mrs. J. A. Dobey, Johnston, S. C. All essays must be in by March first. It .\is requested that every teacher insist on this essay work, as a part of &eir scientific temperance instruction; Rev. C. E. Burts Pastor ol First Baptist Church. Rev. Charles E. Burts, D. D., has accepted i)?? cali to the pastorate of the First baptist church of Colum bia. His Acceptance will be pre sented to the congregation at the servies thiS\morning by the chair man of the committee which pre sented thej call, Rev. Dr.- W. C. Lindsay, pastor emeritus. The resignation of Dr. Burts as pastor of .| the Baptist church at Edgefield "ipili be tendered also Sun day. Notxmly the members of the ! Edgefield fSaptist church, but all I the people .;"pf Edgefield, city and ' county, have been loath to think that Dr. Boy'ts might leave hi?Lores-, >y ie it id )f nt th oe 5P Of oy ti de tl Offlj ?n ras "ly ice Iti Jle op un isk ,nt . S. ada liv end >wn the let joat ions i off i in when his -decisi?n is made known. It is expected that Dr. Burts will come to Columbia next week to make preparations for taking up his new work here and he will very shortly remove to Columbia and enter upou the duties of the pasto rate. The New Pastor. Dr. Burts is a son of the Rev. R. W. Burts of Abbeville county, who has only recently retired from the active ministry himself. Dr. C. E. Burts attended the Honea Path high school and entered Furman univer sity, from wEich he was graduated in 1893. He was not then a student for the ministry, but entered the Southern Baptist Theological semi nary, after teaching two years in Aiken county, and after his gradua tion from the seminary his first pas torate was at Gallatin, Tenn., where he served the Baptist church two years. He then accepted a call to Blackville, S. C., where he remained four years, going from that point to Edgefield eight years ago. In 1906 the degree of doctor of divinity was conferred on him by Furman university. He is now a member of the board of trustees of Furman and of the Southern Bap tist seminary and has also served on the boards of ministerial education and State missions. In 1905 Dr. Burts was married to Miss Sadie Watson of Anderson. They have one child, a boy 3 years of age.-The State. Death of Mrs. Hagood, Mrs, Mary Timraerman Hagood who for many years has made hei home in Georgia returned to Edge field several months ago bringing with her two little children. Hei health was very bad, and she saic that she had returned to her ole home to die.- On Sunday at tin home of her brother Felix Timmer man of Pleasant Lane, Mrs. Ha good passed away, having receivec the tenderest and most devoted at tendon. Mrs. Hagood's husban< had preceded her to the grave se\ eral years ago, but she left in he Alabama home four grown sons. Rev. P. P. Blalock conducte tile funeral services at Berea churc on Tuesday, when the large famil and friends of her youth gathere to pay this parting tribute. He Practiced What He Preach e Two ladies in a street-car we discussing their clergyman, ar one of them remarked severely "Mr.M-does not practice wh he preaches." The caviler received a bhoc when a small boy, who had apps ently been absorbed in looking o the window, turned and said indi nantly: "Well, he does, tojo, for he's r own papa, and I hear him pract ing what he preaches : every Sund in his study before he goes church." I \ . \ - DO YOUR PLOWING NOW. It Should Have Been Done Ear lier, But Now There is Not a Minute to Lose. Ad vantage early Plowing While in a broad sense it is not true that "tillage is manure, yet for all practical purposes, to a certain extent, this is true-for a good preparation of the soil at this time is often equal to the application of several hundred pounds of commer cial fertilizer. It is even more im portant to the man who is goine: to invest in fertilizers, for it will go a long way toward insuring a profi table return therefrom. The sooner we can all realize that our soil fer tility is not primarily a question of absolute plant food but rather one of available plant food, the better it will be for our pockets.The freezing and thawing action of winter and the admission of air are great fac tors in increasing thc available plant food in our soils, and were fall and winter plowing more common there is no doubt that there would b? much less work next summer and spring for the plant doctor and the bug man. The dry winter offers still anoth er strong reason for winter plowing and emphasizes the fact that this should be deep. Already many are predicting that crops are apt to suffer this year for lack of moisture, and in this prediction we/find a confirmation of the fact that our soil should be well stored with moisture during winter for summer use. With an abundance of rain during the winter, many soils are able to store an ample supply of moisture, even if not broken. But a soil that has been deeply stirred and alnd as it'now seems likely that we ' are not to get our usual precipita- ' tion before the next crop is pitched, it would be well to put oiir soil in a condition to save as much as does < fall. Not only ' deep turning of the surface but the following of this with the subsoiler will certainly be found profitable. It has been many a day since conditions were so fa vorable for a fair test of subsoiling. As a rule during winter, even when the surface soil was in fair tillage condition, the subsoil was too wet to be stirred, and there is no doubt that doing so under this condition has often resulted in actual injury.. Doubtless this fact will often ex plain some of the unsatisfactory re sults that are reported therefrom. The good farmer will see to it that his teams do not stand in the lot while this bright sunshine is call ing to him to get into his fields and turn over the soil that nature may have more ample opportunity to store it with gold in the form of available plant food. Whether he is preparing to plant more cotton to be used in making up for last year's deficit, or more corn and feed stuffs, to be used in feeding his increased supply of live stock and thus inci dentally add to the permanent fer tility of his land, the dirt should still be turning. Miss Tillman to Wed. Special to The State: Washington, Jan.. 28.-The en gagement of Miss Lona Tillman, daughter of Senator 43. R. Tillman of South Carolina, to Charles Sum ner Moore of Atlantic City, N. J., was announced today. TJie mar riage is set for April at Trenton,the home of Senator Tillman. Mr. Moore is a lawyer, practic ing in New -Tersey. He is promi nently connected throughout that state. He is a nephew of Judge Joseph Thompson and a cousin of Judge Allen B. Endicott of Atlan tic City and of Rear Admiral M. T. Endicott, U. S. N., retired, of Washington. _ Every Precaution Taken. During a recent small-pox epi demie in Alabama special precau tion against the disease was taker in the mining camps. In one o: these camps the president of th< mining company paid a viait of in spection and came upon an oh negro leaning against the side of ? building. "Jake," asked the president, ar you afraid of the small-pox ou here?" "Some may bc, sah," Jake n plied. "As io'mo, I ain't scahec I'sc jest swine toh get me some lin: an' limate mah house; an' den cl doctah, he's comin' up an' 'sass nate mah fambly; so dat, den sah, we do git de small-pox, 'twon't I nothin' but de celluloid-" A man never gets rid of his ter per by losing it. Loafing is a business whic doesn't bring in the loaf. It is all right to be on pleasu bent if you do not bend too far." Christian Herald. L O Somewhere Between Sunris Opportunity. No Reward be regained. You will Golden Opportunity i The Advertiser's Gr The Piano is Here! And is now on exhibition at J. W. Peak's store. "Yesterday is gone, today is short," if you wish to win this beau tiful piano, begin now as if you thought to-morrow would never come. Enter the race, let your friends know that you mean to- win this handsome prize, and ask them to help you. How to Enter. Cut out the nomination coupon, fill in the name of the young lady you wish to nominate and send it in to The Advertiser's Contest De partment. It is free to all to enter. In each issue of the paper you will find a free voting coupon. Cut them out and ask your 'friends to ?ave them for you. They are good for 25 votes each if sent in within 10 days from date on coupon. A Jolly Race. This will in truth be a jolly race. There's fun in it, lots of fun. You really can't afford to miss getting into this race either as a contestant Dr by helping some friend who is a contestant. The beautiful piano is now on exhibition at J. W. Peak's store and every one ?9 de lighted with it. Enter the contest now for we shall begin to offer oth er prizes within the next week_ oj^ f;oWvo^^^wlIl-also" count on the piano. How to Win! Enlist your father, mother, broth er, sister, sweetheart and friends to hell) you and never stop until the piano is yours. The prize will be given to the young lady securing the largest number of votes during the life of the contest. The way to get the votes ?3 by getting sub scriptions to The Advertiser, either new, renewals or collections on past due subscriptions. Votes will be given according to the scale of votes published in this issue. Contestants. We understand that Misses Rob bie Jones, Fannie Joe Strom, Mary E. Byrd and Miss Alma Hammond have gone to work in dead earnest and while we haven't heard fromot.h er contestants yet, we feel sure that we will some time this week aid we can easily guess they*will make some one hustle. We give the list of contestants tlis week with their standing. Some new names have been entered. The friends of some of them have brought subscriptions in their favor. The race promises to be a lively one so let's o-W^et busy and do our best. The Piano. The piano is on exhibition in Mr. Peak's store, and you are cordially invited to go in and try it. Every one is delighted with it, and while you are there don't forget that Mr. Peak has an up-to-date line of gen eral merchandise and his prices are right. STANDING OF ih re Winona Mathis Robbie Jones Alma Williams Louise Lyon Fannie Joe Strom Martha Dorn Maggie Reel Bertie Horne Lena Stephens Inez Cooper Eileen Ouzts May Roper Mary Emma Williams Lucile Whatley ? Mary Emma Byrd Alma Hammond Addie Stephens Berta Hill Respcclfi Ame Advertiser Cc 0 Janua EDGEFIELD, Good for 25 votes in pi sent in within 10 days frc NAME_ ADDRESS. S T! e and Sunset, One Golden Offered, for it can never Certainly Have Lost a f you Fail to get into eat Voting Contest Rules Governing Contest. Rule (l) All collections made by contestants must be turned over to the Contest manager within, one week or votes will not be'allowed. Rule (2) Subscribers are caution ed to demand a receipt for all mon ey given to contestant and to re turn same to contest manager to be dated according to books, showing date of expiration. Rule (3)- The Contest Managers signature must be affixed to votes before same are of any value in contest. Rule (4) Ballots cannot be bought The Contest will be run on a square and fair basis for all. Votes can only be obtained by securing sub scriptions, either prepaid or re newals, or by cutting the nomina tion coupon or free voting blank out of the paper. Rule (5) No employee of The Advertiser or a member of his or her family will be permitted.to par ticipate either as a nominator or vo ter in the contest. v Rule (6) Candidate! will not be restricted in securing subscriptions to any territory, but .may secure them in any place in the United States. Rule (7) Only one nominating coupon, entitHntLjeai?iJC?jv*^??4-^ Rule 1,8) All votes must be in The Advertisers office by Saturday midnight of each second week from issue or else they will not be count ed on the minor prizes that will be offered during the contest. Votes cast on these prizes will also count on the piano. Rule (9) Votes once issued can not be transferred to another con testant. Rule (io) Contestants in contest must agree to accept all rules and conditions in the contest. Rule (ll) The right is reserved to reject the name of any contes tant for cause, also to alter these rul?s should the occasion demand. Rule (12) Any question that may arise between the contestants will be decided by the contest manager and his decision will be final. Rule (13) Under no condition will the nominators name be divulg ed. The manager will be al ways ready to call and explain any thing regarding the contest. Rule (14) i Contestants may hold their votes until they wish to cast them. Until they are cast yo*r standing will not be published. Scale of Votes. New. 1 vear 2,000 Votes. 2 u 5,000 " 3 " 8,000 " 4 " 11,000 " 5-" 15,000 " Renewal and Collections. 1,000 Votes. 25.00 "t 4,000 5,500 u 7500 CONTESTANTS Votes 3000 4165 2000 1025 1000 1000 1000 1000 * 1000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1125 1825 1015 1800 1000 nily, rican Music Co., Contest Mqps. By Royal V. Bidez, resident Mgr. mtest Department ry 25, 1911 SOUTH CAROLINA ano contest if filled out and >m issue