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EDGEFI?LD ADVERTISER Established 1835. J. L. ??IMS,.'.........._..T."Editor TERMS: ONE YEAR . $1.50 SIX MONTHS ---- .75 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911. t ITbe two great movers of the human mind are the desire of good and the fear of evil.-JOHNSON. The Corn Contest Because the Advertiser Las not con tained any statement recently concern ing the corn contest, let it not be under stood that there will be no contest held this year. Realizing that the two con tests in the past have been of great benefit to the agricultural interests of the county, and believing that the far mers have appreciated the time and ,money which we have expended in their behalf, we ' not only feel encour , aged to hold another contest this year, but it is our purpose to give it even more attention than heretofore. As the number of contestants have in creased-with each year we hope the list of 1911 will pass the one hundred mark, believing that the good accom plished is proportionate to the number of*farmers who enter. Already some have voluntarily handed in their names for enrollment. Another Contest. For some month's The Advertiser's subscription list has shown a very sub stantial growth, but it is our desire to have the paper make its weekly visits to'every home in the county. To that end we have inaugurated a subscrip tion or voting contest," a detailed state ment of which has already been an nounced. We have engaged a thorough ly reliable gentleman to manage th? contest, who will conduct it honestly and fairly, showing [partiality to no one. Votes can not ba bought, but are issued only on bona fide subscriptions either new subscribers or renewals by old ones. In this, as in The Advertiser's corn contest, we are not actuated solely by selfish or . mercenary motives. After paying for the splendid piano which is offered as a prize, and after defraying 'other expenses little if any actual profit, will remain. tn the achievement of our laudable ambition, that of placing The Adverti ser^ every home in the county, may we not count upon the co-operation of our friends of every section? This co operation can he given by encouraging the young ladies who have entered the contest so enthusiastically!. Schools to Se Placed on Cash Basis. The teachers of the county will be pleased to learn that an arrangement is being effected whereby their salaries will be pa?d in cash, instead of in war rants that must be sold at a considera ble discount. While in Columbia a few days ago, the aditor of The Advertiser was informed by Senator Thos. H, Rainslord that he had introduced a bill authorizing the borrowing of the neces sary amount from the sinking fund. The three nrill school tax, poll tax, dog tax and the other taxes for school pur poses, will be pledged to secure the loan. By this means Senator Rains ford estimates that something like $13,500 can be borrowed ? annually at a very low rate of interest. It is hoped that nothing win occur to prevent Sen ator Rainsford from carrying out this plan, as the teachers,- who are poorly paid at best should not longer be forced to sell their school checks at a dis count. Dr. Burts Tendered Resignation. At the conclusion of the service at the Baptist church Sunday morn ing Br. C. E. Burts stated: "I am now called upon to , perform the most painful act in my ministerial life." thereupon tendering his resig nation as pastor of the First Bap tist church in Columbia. Among other things Dr. Burts said, "These changes come about in the providence of God, and I trust that you will accept it as such. As I must go, I hope you will all make it as easy for "me to leave as possi ble." The many tear-b?drm'med eyes manifested the feeling of the con gregation. A committee was appointed to take his rerignation under consider ation and report to a conference of the church on Wednesday evening. Dr. Burts will preach his last ser ?on to the Baptist congregation on Sunday' morning next and in the evening will participate in the union service of all the churches. Before entering upon his ministry at Columbia on March loth, Dr. Burts will take a short period of needed rest, spending the time in Florida with his family. Valentine Party. The library association is plan ning a very interesting and attract ive social event for Valentine's evening, the 14th. The young men of the town will co-operate with the ladies in this laudable undertaking, ?id a most pleasant occasion will be provided and it is hoped one of financial profit to the association also. Let all the young people and older people go and enjoy the de lightful refreshments and renew their acquaintance with Saint Val entine. As Young People Our M Obligation to Our Commun Paper Read by Miss Weinona Str< the B. Y. P. U. Meeting. If God be the author of our itual life-then the best evidenc can give is an unreserved dedie: of ourselves to the actual pr tion of His glory. No one ougl flatter himself that he is in the vor of God, whose life is not secrated to his cause. Life ig grand-God made it rious-its banks he fringed flowers. He overarched it 1 stars. Around it he overspread glory of the universe. How rt then our life means-words re to tell-they cannot. The mys of our being-the necessity of tion, the relative cause to effect, dependence of one thing upon other, assures us that our life is a purpose. The moral obligation of yo men and young women to their c munity differ in some respects, field for doing good in every c munity is ''white unto harvest." We are told there is no m< law so beautiful as the conscienti christian young man. He ree temptations he bears the sarcasm the prolifigate. He sees the h of a creating God and rejoices ii To be a woman in the tn sense of the word is to be the i thing beneath the skies. To I woman is something more than or 20 years. Something more tl to be a belle. A young ladie's wo is estimated by the real goodness her heart, the greatness of her s and the purity and sweetness of character. Young women shoi hold a steady moral sway oyer young men in their community, strong as to prevent them from coming lawless rowdies. Tl would'nt have a drunkard for a h band. But they would drink glass of wine with a young m; They would not use profane 1? guage, but they are not shocked its incipients language and associi with young men whom they kn< to be as profane as "Lucifer." Th would not be dishonest, but th countenance the society of you men whom they know to be < ceivers. They would not be in ligous, but they smile upon the nu irreligous men. This is the moi standard of too many of our youi women. A young lady by her co stant, consistent, christian examp1 may be an untold power in raisii the moral standard of the commui ty in which she lives. ' Young women we must beware the influence that we are constant exerting. An invitation to take glass of wine or play a game oard8 may kindle tne fires of inteii perance or gambling which, wi burn-forever.. .? jest, given atti expense'of religion in a - light ti fling manner m the house of God i the numerous ways in which m:i be shown disregard for the souls < others may be the means of ruii in g many for time and eternity. Young people, let us remembi we are not designed by our * ere tor" to live for ourselves alone. El there is a nobler, higher destin; that of doing good to others, < making others happy. As the quiet streamlet which rui along the valley nourishes a luxi riant vegetation, causing flowers 1 bloom, birds to sing along its bank so do kind and loving deeds sprea joy and peace around. Truly bles ed are those who walk the way c life as the Saviour of mankind did t he walked on our earth, filling a the air about them with the aroin which is distilled from kindly deedi helpful words and useful lives., j It is a great thing to proclaim ot love for God. If you show youi self a young man or woman in th truest, nobler sense of the word, vg to the widow and relieve her wo? go to the orphan and speak word of comfort, go to the lost and sav him, go to the fallen and raise hir up, go to the sinner and whisper i: his ears words of eternal life. Ou truest wealth, hereafter is the goo< that we do in this world to our fel lowman. The best of the I.umai race is poor and needy and all hav a mutual dependence on one an other. None of us are too small, too fee ble,' too poor to be of service. Eve rybody can set a ?ood example bi it to many or few. Everybody cai in some degree encourage truth and religion and discountenance vic? and folly. Everybody has som? one whom he cari advise and in struct or in same way help to guid< thro life. May we insist that the Hf? of our Savior be our ideal in exalt ing the moral standard of our com munity? May we look to him in al our undertakings and when everj community has attained the idea then will "Christ's Kingdom conn and His will be done on earth as il is in heaven." Life Saved at Death's Door. "I never failed so near my grave," writes W R Patterson, of Welling ton, Tex., as when a frightful cough and lung trouble pulled me down to 100 pounds, in spite of doctor's treatment for two years. My father, mother and two sisters died of consumption, and that I am alive to-day is due solely,to Dr. King's "New Discovery, which com pletely cured. Now I weigh 187 pounds and have been well and strong for years." Quick, safe, sure, its the best remedy on earth for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup, and all throat and lung troub I les. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch & Co., B Timmons. JOHNSTON LETTER. [Continued, from page 1] sions, and some time ago, he sent a request to the I>. of C., that they make it their duty to see that he was buried in a 'uniform. As one of the chief features of the work of the chapter, is to give pleasure to these old soldiers, it?was decided that his desire for the uniform be gratified. Several other matters were discuss ed, and at fan early date, the Rat cliff Entertainers, of Richmond, Va., will be here under the auspi ces of the D. of C. Arrangements were also made for the next histori cal meeting, which is always on Thursday following. The subject for the afternoon will be "Belle Boyd,'* the spy. At the "past time theatre," on Saturday evening, the watch and gold dollar, which were offered to ones bearing the lucky numbers, were given to Masses Beatrice Work man and Marie Lewis. Similar prizes will be offered on February 17th. A new feature has been added to the evening's enjoyment. The male quartette, composed of Messrs. F. M. Boyd, J. Howard Payne, N. E. LaGrone and Frank Bland have been delighting the audience with their music. It Pays to Trade at Peak's. In bleached homespun. Andros Coggan and other leading brands. Lonsdale cambric, check muslin, dimity at special prices. PARKSVLLLE NEWS. i The placid waters of this quiet li ttle village is sometimes disturbed by the endeavor to mix inharmoni ous material, but the world moves on just the same, getting better all the while. The truth of the matter is, in my judgement, if all of us on the west siue, or the east side were to drop out, the world moves on just the same, suggesting the idea, that man is of infinitesimal importance in the plans of Jehovah. But while we are in the flesh, trav eling along the road, we should be useful and enterprising and this re minds me of the "Bee Hive" about which, you will permit to speak a word. This is tho enterprise of Col. W. J. Talbert, who has been a suc cessful farmer, politician, and finan cier,and he now competes for honors in the mercantile world, and the "Bee Hive" is the product of this ambition. His large two story store building is being Ulled, his grand sons are busy like bees, and we hope for a long life and much prosperity to this enterprise. The little girl in very prevalent and impressive, though inelegant English expresses it when she says: "Parksville shore do grow." What about i;he new hotel; the truth is other matters have so en grossed our attention, the hotel seems side tracked, but if the idea expressed by the child as to growth is ever realized, we will have to have the hotel. Mrs. Anon said very unexpected ly the other day, "Mr. Anon, I am going to Clark's Hill to-day. What for? said I very deferentially, as obedient husbands know how to re ply. "Why" said she, "I am going to a function." The truth is, Mr. Anon, I believe I shall move to Clark's Hill any way. Well eh said I Clark's Hill is a mighty good town, I found my wife in those dig gings, but why are you dissatisfied with so enterpriijing a town as ours. Well, she said the* explanation is easy: those people are not moss backed, like some people I know, but they have functions, goose functions, hen functions, at home functions and the Lord knows what all and I wait to go where they have functions. So Mrs. Anon put on that pretty coat about the cost of which this old gentleman hath a faint recollection, and off to the function she went, and I wager she was as good looking a woman as there was present. Off she went to the function, and being alone, I went for the dictionary, but I tell her, these here f unctions ain't in my dictiouary, but she shames me and says they are mighty nice things, these functions is. Mrs. C. Strom, and Miss Wilson the teacher from Rehoboth, spent Sunday with friends and relatives in Parksville. We also noticed Mr. Willie Whatley from the same com munity, whom we are glad to wel come on his regular visits. Miss Weinona Strom, one of the teachers in Plum Branch nigh school was with us awhile Sunday afternoon. . Judge Luther Bell and pretty lit tle Mary, spent Saturday evening with friends. There is a report, for the truth of all of it, I do net vouch, and it is with reference to poor R. J. Moul trie, (Bob) one of the best fellows in the world, and seems somewhat trusty: Sunday night, or rather Sun day morning about 2 o'clock poor Bob was seen down on thc new steel bridge at his home, "skinning the cat" on the very top of the mid dle arch and cutting up didoes generally. No acrobat ever per formed some of the feats he did, as he whirled and acted there alone in the "wee small hours. " At first it was thought, so it is told, he had lost his mind or was rejoicing over the completion of so nice a bridge for it is a magnificent structure, but the matter was cleared up when Bob stopped acting, and perched away up on the tip top of that high arch he began to sing the old fa miliar tune in sonorous and melodi ous accents "By-baby-by," etc. Such Binging you never heard, as the tune echoed and re-echoed first up and then down the creek, i Well we do not vouch for all this, but one theory we do vouch for and that is, that his little girl only a few hours old is as fine a chap as you ever saw, and Bob is about as proud an old codger. Her name we are told is Virginia to whom we all politely make our bow. More Anon. CHARLOTTE NEWS. [Continued from page 1] L. association $723.76 From which deduct 664 weeks next at $1 per week, amounts to $644 Thus showing that the $500 house will cost that man more than his rent would have been the sum of $59.76 This brings him nearly 13 years from the time he commenced and it is but natural to suppose that your thriving city will continue to grow and that property vaines will in crease during that time, say, if only 10 per cent, so that his $500 home may then be worth $550 and on that supposition his home will stand his only $9.75." Another great factor in the pros perity ofCharlotte is her good roads radiating all over Mecklenburg county. In riding out in any way from the city one can see beautiful little poultry, dairy and truck farms and every day these thrifty people take a load over these smooth, level mccadam roads to market without much wear to the wagon and no strain to the horses. These good roa$s have run up the price of land all over the county because a farm is worth more when itis easytogoto market, and many of these farmers own automobiles, as they can safely go about in them. The hills are cut down and the dirt piled in the vales, thus making a level, even place and the bridges are either steel or reinforced concrete. Let us all work together for good roads in Edgefield as this is the real road to prosperity, and let us enlarge the Building and Loan association as the agency which furnished a home here is perchance only sur passed by that Power who gives a mansion in the skies. A. T. Wife Got Tip Top Advice. "My wife wanted me to take our boy to the doctor .to cure an ugly boil, writes D Frankel, of Stroud, Okla. I said put;> Bucklen's Arnica Salve on it. She did so, and it cur ed the boil in a short time. Quickest healer of burns, Scalds, cuts, corns, braises, sprains,;, swellings. Best pile cure on eart* Try it. Only 25c at Penn & Hqlstinh, W E Lynch <fc Co., B Timmons. It Pays to Trade at Peak's. White goods at special prices. White madras, P. K. nainsook, long cloth, dimity and linen batiste. Auditor's Notice. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustee are reqiured to make returns of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Aud;tor is requir ed by law to add a pei ny of 50 per cent to all property .hat is not return ed on or before the 20th day of Febru ary in any year. . All male citizens between the ages 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 for taking tax returns in their respective township and they are also required to make tax returns for those who fail 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 of tax payers, I or my representative will be at the following appointed places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: Roper's, Monday Jan. 16. Meriwether, Tuesday, Jan. 17. Collier, Wednesday Jan. 18. Red Hill, Thursday Jan. 19. Clark's Hill, Friday Jan. 20. Modoc, Saturday. Jan. 21. Parksville, Monday Jan. 23. Plum Branch, Tuesday Jan. 24. Will Winn's, 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. TlMMERMAN, Auditor E. C. S. C. Citation. The State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. By J. D. Allen, Probate Judge: Whereas, J. W. Kemp, made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and ef fects of J. H. Kemp, deceased. These Are Therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and Creditors of the said J. H. Kemp, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edgefield C. H., S. C., on the 23rd February next, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this, 31st day of January, 1911. J. D. Allen, ' Feb. 1- 2t -Probate Judge. em BUGGIES AND WAGONS We-take this means of saying to our friends and public that we have added a full line of high class ve hicles and harness that we expect \ to handle in connection with our stock business. Will carry Brock way, Colonial, Ratterman & Luth and others. ?lso a .full line of wagons. Our motto: "Everything guar- , anteed to be as represented*" ms < Cantelou wm rr: 'ms If you would Raise Big Crops, If you would have fewer acres and Larger Crops. If you would reduce your cost of production, buy from the COMB AISEE FERTILIZER CO., CHARLESTON, S. C. We manufacture all grades of fertilizers and carry a large stock of the best quality of fer. tilizer material. If you want fertilizers for Cotton, Corn, Grain, Tobacco, Truck, buy only the best from a well known company such as the?? ^.W*- v- COMBAHEE FERTILIZER CO., Charleston, S. C. ' "The Home of Good Fertilizers" ?t?S WHITE FOR PRICES. WM FeFtilizer 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 fertilize their crops or quit the race. We are now ready to supply our trade with fertil izers manufactured drily by the most reputable man ufacturers. 8.85x2x2 8x3x3 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 mt-al, Kainit Nitrate ot Soda, Top Dressing, Muriate of Potash. Call on Mr. R. C, Padgett, or Mr. AVE, Padgett. EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY | ?nm REGISTERED. Thc Origin of Roystcr Fertilizers. 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. TARQORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. SPARTANBURG. 9. c. 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