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EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER v Established 1835. J. L. MIMS,.L_-.".Editor TERMS: ONE YEAR - - - - - $1.50 ?SIX MONTHS - - - - .75 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1911. r---- > jj Ir I am faithful to the duties of the J present, Go? . will provide for the fa ltare.-BEDELL. x LJ_ J -. i.. The legislator? voted, early and late, and the Governor vetoed late and early. Who said the back bone of winter was broken? " \ , Judging from reports that reach our office, the farmers of Edgefield county are more determined than ever this year to grow their corn at homfe. I. ? m m m t . ' It's an ill wind that Blows' no one good. The unfilled seat on the su preme bench effects the saving of sev eral thousand a year. /In spite of frequent : interference from the executive d?partaient, and the prolonged dead-lock- in the Associ ate Justice election, the legislators did good work. . 1 Notwithstanding the fact that the past s*'x weeks has been unusually mild the tourist travel has been exceedingly heavy. Both of Augusta's large hotels are filled to their utmost capacity. Let us hope that Edgefield's cotton receipts next fall will be in keeping with its guano deliveries of this spring. Judging from the number of wagons eeen daily on/the public square, a larger amount of guano is being hauled from ' this market than ever before. The mest phenomenal record of wireless telegraphy was made last .week, when a message - was sent from California to Japan. The messages v/ere not limited to a few words, but was, in fact, a lengthy conversation between the two'operators. Gov. Blease* is busy reading, approv ing and disapproving the bills passed by "the ' recant session of the leg-" islature. .Among those thatvhave received the marks of his blue ' pencil or ' veto are two important acts, one providing for the distribution of the dispensary funds and another relating to exemption! in jury^duty. Senator Smith never loses e^i oppor tunity to get in some^good work for trie agricultural interests. Through his influence the appropriation made by congress, made for the purpose of fighting the boll weevil^ was increased from $250,000 to $350,000. He also se cured an increase -of ^50,000 in thel drainage appropriation. -The attention that is being given to the moral and religious training of the, young men of the cities of the south, portends well for the future nf this sec tion of the country. A notable in stance of this is found in. Atlanta, where a movement is on foot to raise $600,000 for a Y. MV a A, building. "While it may be impossible to remove the temptations and corrupting influ ences of city life, these can, in a meas ure at least, be effected by developing the young men along right lines. Although Charleston contributed more tc? the election of Gov. Blease than any other locality, he handed out to the staid old city a "lemon'? in the form of a'veto, providing for commission gov ernment for that municipality. Not withstanding the fact that the Char leston delegation, backed, by a peti tion containing the names of something like 1500 citizens of the city favored the measure, Gov. Blease has denied -them the privilege of even voting on the question as to whether they would adopt the commission form of govern ment. The 'reason given for the veto is that he is opposed to government by commission. \ The impression prevails in the minds of some that the illicit selling of whis key is to be found only\ in the thirty six dry counties of the state, but the facts do not sustain this. At East over last week notwithstanding the fact that Richland county has five or more dispensaries, a dozen men and women were arrested for sell ing whiskey. Fines aggregating $720.00 .were imposed by the town authorities, and four of the offenders were sent up to the higher court for a "trial. Illicit selling of whiskey is also reported fre quently from Aiken county, wliich also has about eight dispensaries. Contest, a Success. The Advertiser's subscription contest is progressing very satisfactorily. Be sides the renewal subscriptions, more than seven ty-five ' bona fide new sub scribers were added to our lisi; during last week. Considering the fact that the contest really, began only three weeks ago, this is a splendid showing. Most of the contestants are greatly in terested and enthused. One young la dy among the .leaders in the rs.ee, has been kind enough to say that sh3 does not expect to win a prize, but knew that she could do good by helping to increase the circulation* of The Adverti ser J Up to this date the contest man ager says it is^ one of the mosit suc cessful contests he has ever seen. m Farm Demonstration Work. The writer called to see Mr. Ira W. Williams, while in Colu.nbia a few days ago, concerning, the inauguration of the farm demonstration work, and it is probable that an agert will be putin the field by the first of March. ? Mr. Williams sent his district agent Mr. W. H. Barton to Edgefielc! last week to confer with several persons concerning the appcintinent^of an agent, butas the authorities in Washington pass upon the appointment, it will be sever al days yet before a definite announce ment can. be made. As soon as an agent is appointed, The Advertiser will make a full announcement con cerning his work, plans, etc The be-, ginning of the Demonstration Work in this county will mean much to the agricultural interests. i PARKS VILLE NEWS., Good Collection For Orphanage. Deacons to be Elected. Very Pleasant Valentine Function. Rev. T. H. Garrett preached a very strong and appropriate sermon yesterday at our Baptist church from the words of the Psalmist: "The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles." Mr. Garrett raised 31 dellars, the amount pledged at the state convention from this church to help replace the conven tion building at Connie Maxwell Orphanage, which was burned while the^state convention ~was in session at Laurens., Mr. Garrett also an nounced, that he would ordain the four new deacons recently elected by this church, 1st Sunday in March. Their names are: Thos.R. Cartledge, J. G. Parks, C. Robertson aud T. Garrett Talbert. They do not, take the place of the older deacons, four in number, but have been elected to assisi the older members in carrying on the'Lord's work in this part of His moral vineyard. At the risk of being: accused of1 mixing the ridiculous^ with, the sub lime, permit me to tell you'of one of the most enjoyable social, func tions ever conceived by Parksviile's young set, held at the beautiful residence of Mrs. Virginia Stone, and called a valentine function. The parlor was beautifully adorned and festooned with carnation and.rosesby the deft fingers of the following beautiful young ladies: Mrs*. Stone, Misses Sa'lie Parks, Annie McDon ald, Carrie Cotton, Janie Bell Jaro, Barbie Christian, Maggie Mae Rob ertson, Rosa Minor and others, whose names I did not get. The major play of the evening was sweethearts, and the beaux on the occasion received somejrery softancl t?nder epistles, while the old maids and bachelors got their share of oomic ones. Poor old Anon is too old for such things, and the above story is about all I could get out of the young folks, which may, or may not be exaggerated. Verbum sap sapienti. Mrs. Nan Minor, wife of our es teemed friend, J. M. Minor, I am glad to say is convalescing from a severe case of erysipelas of the face. Little Ruby and Alice Middleton are quite sick with grippe. They are children of Mrs. P. C. Middleton and we hope for their speedy; re covery: Mr. Johnnie Middleton, the old est brother is at home on a fur lough. He belongs to the U.S. army, and his friends are glad to see him shaking hands among his old time acquaintances. Mrs. Leona Seigler spent some time last week with relatives in Modoc. Mrs. Nan Moultrie of Augusta is on a visit to Mrs. W. P. Parks. Miss Effie McCarthy of Gleen wood is spending a pleasant time here with her cousin Miss Annie McDonald. Messrs. T. G. Talbert, and Jas per Talbert, Jr., are rendezvousing for a few days in the goodly town of Edgefield. ? We beg to correct the report in last week's Advertiser in which we said there were 16 drummers here at one time and one patent medicine man. The truth is, there were 22 in all, and 15 of them, together with the patent medicine man were in the Parodo at one time. I need not add, as the pubjic by this time is quite well aware, nQ hotel, as yet, but one "acoming." Messrs. Elbert and Eulie Dorn, father and son, spent a pleasant day in Parksville Saturday. Mr. J. C. Harvley and wife from Modoc, worshipped with us Sunday morning. r Miss Martha Dorn is quite busy working The Advertiser contest. It will save Mr. "So and So" Borne money if she can win that excellent piano. Being of a musical turn of mind she will be obliged to have one anyway. Watch Parksville for orang blossoms soon. . The B. Y. P. U. was well attend ed last night and I desire to say Mr. W. M.Robertson is making an ideal president. We missed, however, some familiar faces who are wont to attend when not providentially hindered. More Anon. Photographs. Miss Eliza aUlms is car rv ing on the Photograph business of Mr. R. H. Mims, at his Residence. The latest city styles and fine work guar anteed. Petit Jury, Second Week. v E. J. Moultrie, Talbert. W. P. Johnson, Red Hill. J. H. Holston, Pickens. ' J. W. Quarles, Red Hill. H. A. Smith} Pickens. W. P. Winn, Rehoboth. Sherman Floyd, Meriwether. C? B. Crawford, Plum Branch. E. M. Whatley, Talbert. J. E. Derrick, Wash. ' J. W. Christian, Modoc W. A. Stevens, Meriwether. G. T. Duncan, Trenton. *B. L. Ergle, Jr., Johnston. J. H. Byrd, Moss. ; F. A. Johnson, Red Hill. Amos Eubanks, Red Hill. Charley Hammond, Collier. L. C. Rich, Modoc. J. B. Tompkins, Pickens. C. A. Long, Pickens. W. L. Dun o vant, Wise. W. N. Fair, Wise. W. A. Winn, Rehoboth. ? W. F. White, Hibler. D: R. DayTVlrenton. C. S. McDaniel, Red Hill. J. L. Quarles, Red Hill. . T. J. Calliham, Red Hill. J. W. Cheatham, Wise. T. A. Williams, Moss. W. H. Turner, Pickens. Dozier Clark, Ward,. M. E. Padgett, Trenton. Daniel White, Hibler. * C. W. Robertson, Parksville. Interesting News from Trenton. Work will soon begin on the new brick Methodist church, which is to be quite modern and will be an or nament to the town. Mr. J. F. Bettis.and Mr. B. R. Tillman, Jr., have each recently purchased a fine Regal touring car. Hon. Joseph C. Camp will de liver his famous lecture on the "American King" at .Wise Hall Friday evening of this week, Feb-, ruary 24th. Mr. Royal V. Bidez, contest manager of The Edgefield , Adver tiser was in town last week. Among those who have recently added the pleasures of H telephone to their dwellings are Messrs. F. W. Miller, M. M. Padgett and B. R. Tillman, Jr. Quite a number have taken ad vantage of the sudd?n drop in tem perature to kill the fatted hog. Mr. B. E. Nicholson of Edgefield was in town Tuesday of this week. Buttinsky. "fV ~~ Deserved Promotion. j We are pleased to learn that our young friend, Horace Cogburn, has been promoted to th? position of engineer on the Southern ^railroad. About five' and a half years ago he began with the Southern as fireman, and hg's lost possibly less time dur ing the long period than any other employee of the road. NotwithV standing the very arduous labor, shovelling frequently 15 tons of coal a day, he was faithful to duty and the promotion to engineer has come as a well deserved reward. Just as he filled his former position sat isfactorily we are confident that Mr. Cogburn will make good in his new position in which the responsibili ty is greater, but the work lighter. Boys' Corn Club. Superintendent of Education, Mr. Fuller, is busy making preliminary arrangements for , organizing a large Boys' Corn Club in Edgefield county. He has writ ten all the teachers in the county enlisting their co-operation. Mr. Fuller has already secured several valuable contributions te* the prize fund. Ino. short time the prize list 'will be announced. In the meantime let the boys send in their names to Mr. Fuller or they can be sent to The Advertiser, and we will hand them to Mr. Fuller. An Eclipse to Order. On the evening before the last so lar eclipse in Germauy the colonel of a regiment sent for the sergeants and said: "There will be an eclipse of the sun tomorrow. The regiment will meet on the parade ground in undress. I will come and explain the eclipse before drill. If the day is cloudy the men will mefet in the drill shed as usual." Thereupon the sergeants drew up the following or der of the day: "Tomorrow morn ing by order of the colonel there will be an eclipse of the sun. The regiment will assemble on the pa rade ground, where the colonel will come and superintend the eclipse in person.If the sky is cloudy the eclipse will take place in the drill shed. " -Christian Register. Elected Cashier of Bank. The editor of The Advertiser met Mr. J. P. Lowrey while in Colum bia several days ago and was pleased to learn from him, that without seeking the place, he waa-.elected cashier of the bank' at Eastover about a month ago. Mr. Lowrey has been living in Eastover for several years, and is now recognized as one of the foremost young business men of that town. Mr. Lowrey and the writer were schoolmates in our boy hood days, and for that reason we feel a special interest in his career. He is the son of Mrs. America Lojv rey of Velma, this county. Surveying. I offer my services as surveyor to the people of Edgefield county. All work carefully and satisfactorily done. Rates reasonable. J. H. Cantelon, Edgefield, S. C. \* \ Marriage of Mr. W. Allen Mob- I ley of Johnston, (to Miss . Hamilton of Staunton, Va. Middlebrook^ Feb. 16.-Miss Eva ? Watts Hamilton, daughter of Mrs. i W. W. Hamilton/and Mr. William j Allen Moblevj.. of. Johnston, S. C., j were married Wednesday morning j at Bethel Presbyterian church, near ? Middlebrook, at Il a. m., by Rev. I C. D. Waller. The church was beautifully decorated, evergreens j and potted plants being banked in ! every available space. The bride, charmingly gowned in j a trav2ling suit offgreen broad cloth with hat to match,: entered the j church on the arm of her brother, ; Henry M. Hamilton, who gave her j hand in marriage. She was attend- ? ed only by her maid of honor, Miss i Cornelia Wallace Mish, who wore a j charming costum? of brown mar- j quisette with coral bead trimmings. ? Mr. Hugh F. Latimer, of Birming- ! ham, Ala,, was best man, and the j ushers were Mr. Ollie W. Hamilton, Dr. H. Welland, Mr. S.'F. Gilkeson and Mr. R. H. Clemmer. Mis? Elizabeth Wallace presided at the organ and rendered Lohengrin's wed ding march as the party entered the church and Mendelssohn's after the ceremony. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. W. W. ^Hamilton, of Middle brook, and is well-known and popu lar both here ancl- in other p?rts of Virginia. She is a young lady of, t many charms and graces and will be j greatly missed by her friends here. The groom is a prominent young .merchant of Johnston, S. C., where he and his bride.^wtll make ?fre?r future home. They- were the recipi- . ends of numerous and beautiful wed ding presents. On the evening prior to the wed ding an elegantvreception was ten dered the wedding party at the home of the bride, al which a course dinner was served! "Valentine decor ations were_ used, the hou'se being made extremely attractive with hearts in various 'designs and other Valentine Day emblems. When the bridal cake was cut, Dr. Welland 3:0t the darning needle, Miss Mary Larcw the coin and Miss Virginia Mish the ring.-Staunton, Va. Rehoboth News Our correspondent from this place has been silent so long, we aak leave to say a few wordB-in regard to the happenings of this* community. On Saturday afternoon last, a Valen tine party was given the Sunbeam society of Rehoboth church by their efficient leader, Miss Fannie Joe Stj-om. The parlor, hall and dining room were, tastefully;- decorated in 1 hearts and arrows. Ari amusing feat ure of the afternoon was placing an arrow in the cente^of a large heart, the children.beini, .?md folded. This was very difficult for them, Master Johnnie Coleman winning the first prize and littl^ '.Miss Mabel Kleb ings the booby 'prize. Then -.me the cake walk which was parti cipa- j ted in by all present, the cake j being won by Miss Lenora Whatley, j Fruit was served, after vakich games i were played and good old St. Val- j entine favored' all with a remem- ? brance. A liberal offering was given and each little heart went away hap py and gay. jj a Mr. ; Preston Stjrom who is in school at McCormick is home on the sick list. , . .Miss Annie Lee..-Lanford is vis iting her sister Mrs.- R. A. Wash. Mr. and Mrs. J. t). Hughey wor shipped with the .Red Hill congre gation Sunday*. 'M Mr. Ralph Winn is recovering from a painful injury sustained by a run away team. Mrs. Mattie and Sallie -Strom, Mrs. P. P. Doolittle, Mrs. R. A. Wash and children, Mrs. E. H. Wash and Miss Annie Lee Lan ford dined with Mrs. Eddie Strom Thurs day. Mr. Tan Seigler and daughter Elizabeth spent Saturday and Sun day with relatives. * Messrs. Sampson' /and Chariie Strom of McCormick visited their homes Sunday. Mr. Sam Battley' and family of Cleora visited their brother Mr. Nat Bartley recently. Miss Tillie Gilchrist returned to. Atlanta Saturday. Mrs. Jennie Gilchrist and James Perin spent the week end with her sous, T. B. and W. R. Gilchrist. ? Mrs. Virginia Stone of Parksville is with Mr. R. J. Moultrie for a few. weeks! Substitute. Reminder to Lawmakers. Dean Collins, in The Portland Ore gonian, sings a song whose large con tent of wisdom legislators everywhere do well to recognize. We present the first two stanzas here: '. Ho, gallant Solons, 'neath the State House dome, There are voices calling; calling, from the ones back home, And a thousand institutions throughout our mighty State Are urging on a thousand claims, and none of them can wait, And a thousand things divert you from your other legislation, V Demanding several thousand each for their appreciation; Then for these impecunious institutions small and big, Dig deeply in your cti&ers, but remem ber, as you dig: CHORUS'. To keen your foot on the soft, soft pedal; Go slow, don't go too far; For cash has legs, and it surely can skedaddle, If you leav? the lid ajar. Munificence is lovely, but don't give it too much slack; ,Tis a virtue one should measure by the volume of his stack. So keep your feet on the soft, soft pedal, And please don't dig too far. BUGGIES AND WAG( _;_ /_ We take this means of saying to our friends and public that we h^ve J 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. Also a full line of wagons. Our motto: "Everything guar- 1 anteed to be as represent?d'" mm Wilson & ?iiM?:cm%m ~sm m? ms* fe hr WS: cost of production, buy from the COMBAHEE FERTILIZER CO., CHARLESTON, S. C. i j We manufacture all grades of fer?lizers.and carry a/large stock of the best quality of fer. ? tilizer material. If you want fertilizers for Cotton, Corn, Grain, Tobacco, Truck, - W : buy only'the best from a well known company such as the v COMBAHEE FERTILIZER CO., Charleston, S. C. "The Home of Good Fertilizers" WRITE FOR PRICES. I fWBEEBSR Fertilizer Materials and Fertilizers Ready Mixed for 1911 Fifteen cents cotton, dollar corn j two hundred and fifty dollar mules, have taught our. farmers that they must ?ertilize their crops or quit the iace. : ; % We are now ready to supply our trade with fertil izers manufactured only by thejnost reputable man ufacturers. . 8.85x2x2 8X3X3 . 8x2 1-2x2 9x3x3 8x4x4. 8X4 Acid i0x4*Acid 13 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, Kainit5 Nitrate of Soda, Top Dressing, Muriate of^Potash.^ Call, on Mr. R. C, Padgett, or Mr. A. E. Padgett. EDGEFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY _\_-j_ 14 per cent phosphate 16 per cent phosphate I That there is more to a Fertilizer than fx Analysis is proven conclusively by the results obtained every year from Royster Fertilizers. ^ They are made from experience obtained by [actual field experiments of what the plant requires, and not from ready reference formulating. Every ingredient in Royster Goods is selected for its plant food value, and has its H work to do at the proper time, therefore the I plant fertilized with ROYSTER goods is fed ,|| regular from sprouting time until harvest. Ask your dealer for Royster goods and see that the trade-mark is on every bag. When you see this a? f g ft > you knew that m 1 you are getting the genuine ?nd original ROYSTER Fish Fertilizer. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, fi ? FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES? NORFOLK, VA. TAR BORO, N.. C COLUMBIA. 8. C. BALTIMORE, MO. MACON. CA SP ART AUBURG. S. C. COLUMBUS, GA. MONTGOMERY, ALA.