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EDGEF?ELD ADVERTISER ^ Established 183$. J. L. KIMS,.^....Editor TERMS: ONE YEAR . $1.50 SIX MONTHS - - - .75 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1911. -.-^ One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good .for tune.-LEW WALLACE. Continue to talk up the educational rally to be held at Edgefield, Friday April 14th. The governor says he's going straight | to the Senate, but if we were to ven ture a prediction \ye would substitute Newberry for the-Senate. The Hon, M. F. Ansel bx?.s many) personal and political friends in South Carolina who will, be highly pleased to see him commissioned United States judge. Talk up the educational rally that is to be held at Edgefield Friday, April the 14th. Every word that is spoken in behalf of the rally will contribute to its .success. It gives South Carolina some mighty unfavorable advertising abroad to be known as the state with a lawniefying governor. The good that Jerry Moore nas done is being counteracted. A word to trustees: See to it that the teacher of your school is provided f with a way to attend the great educa tional rally. Do n;t stop there, but| urge the children of the school to at tend also. Boys, send in your names for enroll- j ment as members of the corn club. The club will be formally organized the day the educational rally is held. There ought to be at least fifty to enro il. Better clean up your premises and put on spring dress at once. When j all of those new boards and commis sioners down yonder in Columbia begin their investigations the price of white wash will advance. Possibly non^j^i" be left at all. . * \ Those who entej^j The Advertiser's wheat contejjfafe not talking much bat with tjjjg'coniing of the recent rain, fol by a liberal ?pplication of soda, we are expecting to see some wheat in this county that will rival any to be seen in the"great ''wheat belt" of the west. It is to be regretted that every teach er, trustee and patron in the county did not hear the magnificent address of Dr. Mitchell Saturday. As stated by Pres ident Breedin, Dr. Mitchell is doing a greater work for the cause of educa tion in South Carolina than any other individual within the borders of the State. We are pleased to see too that his efforts are being1 appreciated. Great Blow to South. The death of Dr. Seaman A. Knapp ] is a great blow to agriculture in /the south. This section hardly knew that there existed a national .agricultural [ department before Dr. Knapp projec ted the farm demonstration work in the south. Through personal contact, and through the great army of demon stration agents under him, Dr. Knapp | has ^egun a work that will immortal ize his name among the southern far-1 mers who have kept sufficiently in formed as to really know what he has accomplished in ti cir behalf. "Joe Smith" Comes Again With | Newsy Letter From Modoc. Editor Advertiser: Our little town Modoc is moving quietly along, the merchants' doing a very good business. In fact Modoc is always on the alert. We have four stores, and j now Mrs. W. P.Cromer will open at | once, an up-to-date millinery store. So you can bring your sweethearts j and wives and treat 'them to a new ! spring hat. ,Mr. Grover McDaniel is in the lead selling bee/ steak. Call almost any Saturday and get something for breakfast. Then we have two barber shops, by Messrs. Freemen Glanton and Willie Parkman. So you see, Modoc) is coming at a rapid fate. Oats is a little off, in fact unusual-1 ly small for the time of year. Mr. Capers Ilolson has a line prospect] now. Say Mr. Editor, we visited the] home of one of our neighbors say Mr. Cromer last Sunday morning, he was at breakfast, his wife in formed us Mr. Cromer had been eating since sunrise, we were there about one hour, and he yet eating. Finally he came out declaring he had a very good breakfast-twenty large mackerel. Don't you think a little tincture of iron might give him an appetite? A thief tried to steal Mr. Richard Buchannan's horse last Saturday night. They had succeeded in bridling the horse, but Mr. Buehan nan heard thc noise, shot, but do not know whether he hit or not. Mr. Tori Bussey has pulled in home 0. K. Dr. Bell told Mr. Bus sey that li?le babies enjoyed pull inu hair. So h'j had his hair clipped. Cow Mrs Bussey will enter suit J against the party for causing Tom to be such a nuisance to the baby. Mr. H. K. Holmes sayo if this year does not find him married next Christmas, then he is off for Mexi co. Mr. Wi McDaniel is having some work added to his already hand some residence by [the gifted fisher man Mr. Cromer. Some pt the farmers are ready, but it is most too cool for cotton, and you know seed is just a little bit high. Just a word. I forgot to mention one more boom for Modoc. Two barber shops, Messrs. Fr?eman Glan ton and Willie Parkman. Call Mr. E., get your wife a new hat, bill of groceries, a good steak, hair cut and horse clipped. Come to see us. Joe Smith. WEST-SIDE NEWS. Misses Morgan Celebrate Tennth Birthday. Marriage An nounced. Union Meet ing Delegates. Yesterday, the first Sunday in April was a pretty day, and vwe had a good meeting. We were pleased to have With us, and worship with us, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dobey of your church. They used to be valua ble residents of this town, and we are always glad to have them. ? Misses Marie and Marion Morgan, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Morgan, Jr., celebrated their tenth birthday yesterday. They are grand daughters of Mrs. H. W. Do boy, who enjoyed the festivities with them. The following little girls also congratulated and visited them on this occasion: Misses Car rie Dorn, Leona Johnson, Gladys Nixon, Cornelia Bussey and Martha Bell. Mrs. Dr. Tom Jennings, former ly of McCormick, now of Columbia, and Mrs. Frank Robinson of Mc Cormick were welcomed visitois one t v last week at the Dr. W. G. Blackwell. Cards are out announcing the marriage, next SuV#?V) April the 9th, of Miss Fanr?Te Joe Strom of Rehoboth,.^JSfr. John Quarles of Red HilhJfve are mUch interested in thisn|ffarriage for natural reasons, ^^m?e being my niece, and we fiope for tbeni much prosperity and usefulness in life. Misses Marie Blackwell and Ro sada Talbert, have just returned from a visit to Rev. Burton and wife of Troy. I am sorry to say that Miss Marie is quite indisposed. I ?am sorry to state that Mrs. Reuben Smith is quite ?ick with pneumonia. We hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. France Prince, we are glad to say is reeoveiing from asevere attack of pleurisy or pluro-pneumo nia, as the doctoi s would say. Mr. Prince is a valuable attendant upon our county chain gang, and is un easy for fear the governer will turn all his hands loose before he returns but we hope not. Miss Maud Hester, and Mrs. R. S. B. Martin of Calhoun Falls visit ed the home of Rev. T. H. Garrett Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Marshall Garrett also visited home folks Sun day. The following "delegates were ap pointed by our church Sunday to the union meeting of the 3rd divis ion of the Edgefield association to convene at Plum Branch 5th Sun day and Saturday before, in this month: J C Morgan, W N Elkins, T G Talbert, J M Bussey, I^T Christian and E G Morgan, Jr. More Anon. Interesting Modoc News. As our West-side correspondent gives some very interesting events of our town, ic is hard for the wri ter to find much to say. We are having fine weather, and grain crops are looking fine since the rain that was so badly needed. There is some sickness in our community but all are better ex cept Mrs. Crawford who is still very sick. , Mrs. W. M. Robertson is visiting her mother, Mrs. Smith, who is quite sick with pneumonia. Her many friends regret to know of her illness and hope she will soon get better. We regret to learn that our good friends, Mr. and Mrs. Nabstedt, are soon to leave us for Boston, Mass., where they wifl stay. They have certainly been a great help to our community and in all religious work, Mrs. Nabstedt being presi dent of the ladies mission society, organist and Bible class teacher. While we hope that we can find some one to take her place, we re gret to have to give up our good friends. We had preaching on Sunday night, the text being 11th chapter of Ecclesiastes "Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shall find it after many days." Last Saturday night our neigh bor, Mr. Buchanan, caught a negro in the act of stealing his horse out of the stable! The negro ran but Mr. Buchanan got one shot at him. Mrs. Cromer, our milliner, will open her spring hats this week so the girls can all get a new hat for next Sunday. WP have heard of hobble skirts but please some one tell me what a harem skirt is. Sunshine. .i* .** % Korn Kontest Kernels. $ They say that Newt Broadwater wore out a brand new guano distrib utor before he planted his prize acre of corn and that about two more will be "the worse for weat" before he lays by. When one passes Ervin Smith's acre at night it is like passing a guano house. The super-saturated soil exudes odors akin to a blending of meal and acid and kainit and blood and bone aad tankage and other thing9 too numerous to men tion. Our friend Sam Cheatham plowed his acre-rather acres, for he has three-so deep that wo fear he un dermined the foundation of the cas tle of the Emperor of China, who would certainly call President Taft to account, but for his present troubles with Russia. , And Tom Brown is going to show those sand-lappers over on the east side how much corn Red Hill's red soil can produce. Ha'll be neck and-neck with the boys when meas uring time comes. We have'nt heard from John Hughey's pet patch lately, but as he has been married long enough now to get down to business again, we expect him to come in with a whoop on the home stretch. We are afraid that John Hoyt has stirred his land so much that he has killed all of the "bugs" that the corn feeds upon. We mean the lit tle things scientists call bacteria. But another supply of these little "animals" has been imported iq guano sacks, which together with Mr. Hoyt's store of good judgment will make a new and larger crib a necessity?on his farm next fall. And they say that Bob Smith ha* a new waj of staking off corn rows for the plow hand to lay off. JJ>* stands a sack of guano at thaf*J^dof pS?^row and m\n?^f0^ theie scores^ jJ^^jSS^Tr? carried back to the house empty. Now, find how many rows he has and it will not require much "tiggerin" to tell how much guano Brother Smith uses. Collier's champion, Tuck Mathis, is not saying much but, having been a successful corn grower from his boyhood days-for many, many, many years-he'll be among the elect when measuring time i.omes. We are expecting Clarie's Hill to have a prominent place in the pic ture this year. Instead of six-ear to-the-stalk corn, Sam Adams has a variety that makes one and two ears that rival a railroad cruss-tle In length and size. That "cross tie" will surprise you rather than dis-' tppoint you, when weighing time comes. Jerome Courtney and James Smith are not saying much but be fore the final wind-up they will show a record of which Trenton witt be very proud. Jim DeVore says he never ex pects to farm without having a 'special" acre in corn. For two years hand-goin' his pet acre kept him from buying corn as some of his neighbors had tb do. For some time we have not heard from our friend Ed. Winn who is easily one of the champion corn growers in the county. If he were to get in the contest with his whole heart and mind and soul and body, he would push somebody close for first place-who knows but what he would come under the wire first? That Suluda-Edgefield county farmer, John Marsh, is hard to sat isfy, as he usually wins honors in two counties. John says he wants to reach the 150-bushel mark this year. As "Uncle" Frank Warren isn't talking much, we believe he is tryin' to slip up OD the "boys"., this year. The Meeting of Teachers. The regular monthly meeting of the county teachers association was Leid in the college auditorium Sat urday. Notwit standing the rath er small attendance, a very profita ble session was held. The eclipsing feature of the occasion was the very inspiring address by Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the Universi ty of South Carolina. Would that every teacher in the county could have heard it. At the close of Dr. Mitchell's ad dress a business session was held, during which arrangements were perfected for holding an educational rally at Edgefield Friday, April 14th. A very attractive program is being arranged. Besides several short addresses by representatives from different parts of the county, ad dresses will be delivered by Ira W. Willia^ and Dr. N. Barrow. As it is contemplated that the boys' corn club will be formally organizedon that day, these gentlemen will speak upon agriculture and its re lation to the public school. An effort will be made to bring all of the teachers, trustees, patrons and pupils together on April 14th, in the hope that a new impetus will be given the course of education in the county. Prof. J. K. Breed in, than whom the association has never had a more capable or more aggres sive president, will leave nothing undone that will contribute to the success of the rally. Col. Bailey, president of the S. C. C. 1^ as \ "raine host," will provide an abon dant supply !of dinaer for all who attendv serving it on the campus in picnic style. In the afternoon a game of base ball will be played at the county fair grounds, at which the splendid team of the S. 0. C. L will make its debut for the reason. Carolina Editors Go to New York. Leaving Charleston oft Sunday J une 4th, the member* of the South .Carolina Press association will make the tri,) to New York aboard the steamer Apache. Definite announcement of the date of sail ing was made here today by the president of the association. It will be necessary to sail on Sunday in stead of on Friday because of the fact that Woodrow Wilson, govern or of New Jersey ; speaks to the as sociation in Columbia on Friday, I June 2nd. It is urgec} that all who are to make the trip write to president Au gust Kohn immediately so that suitable reservations may be had. The press association will meet here May 30th to June 2nd and an attractive program had %een ar ranged for the entertainment of the ^visitors. The Columbia baseball associa tion has provided tickets for the newspaper men and the visitors will be the guest of the qlub on June 1st and 2nd. About one week will be spent in New York. Program of Missionary Institute April 24-25. ' First Session. \ Devotional Service. Purpose and Hope of^r$f?TInsti tute-Mrs. I. W. WiffCgo. Fifty Years.of^Woman's Work ior Foreign ^iftsions-Mrs. A. L. Crutchfip^^ r*"^?ne Bible and Prayer in Life of the Society-Mrs. C. E. Watson. Organization and Aims of the Sunbeam band.-Mrs. W. J. Hatch er. Open Discussion. Adjournment. Second Session. ? v . Devotional Service. Some problems of Society Work and how to solve them-Mrs. C. E. Watson. Some Necessary Factors of suc cessful Society Work-Mrs'. I. W. Wingo. Open Discussion. The Mission Study Class-Mrs. A. L. Cruchfield. Conferences: Band and E. A. Leaders with Dira.'HateherY who will demonstrate her methods of work, and outline a Junior Mission Study. Delegates from W. M. Societies arid Y. W. A. with Mrs. Crutch field, who will give an outline of the Mission Study. Adjournment. Third Sestion. Devotional Service. Organization and Aims of Order of Royal Ambassadors-Mrs. W. J. Haicher. Our services through Gifts-Mrs. I. "Y. Wingo. (?ur Service through Personal Effort-Mrs. C. E. Watson. ' The Conservation of our Ener gie ?."-Mrs. Crutchfield. Open Discussion. . ld journment. Confirmed Proof. 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Fo8ter-Milburn Co., Buf fao, New York, sole agents for the Ui-ited States. Remember the name-Doan's art take no other i e: Saved His Mother's Life. ^our doctors had given me up, Writes*Mrs. Laura Gaines, of Avo d La., and my children and all ray fr?nds were- looking for me to die, wien my son insisted that I use Efectric Bitters. I did so, and they h?e done me a world of good. I w|l always praise them. Electric Biters is a priceless blessing to wenen troubled with fainting and ditsy spells, backache, headache, I w?kness, debility, constipation or kijney disorders. Use them and gjii new health, strength and vig orjTheyr'e guaranteed to satisfy or j mhey refunded. Only 50c at Penn ^Holstein's, W E Lynch & Co., B?Timmons. CORNER STORE'S Easter Proclamation Fashion Decrees Cotton Fabrics for spring and summer wear. We show them in plain and printed Linon, black and white Ba tiste. Black, white and leading colors for evening wear in mercerized mull. Also 40-inch mercerized Lingerie so much used for making the dainty Prin cess slips. Mercerized foulards, silk foulard, linen for skirts, linen for waists, linen for full dresses. Here you also find the newest things in ging hams. Nothing makes quite so ' pretty a child's school dress as^r^jiams. We have than in end ^ErW^^^^ the yard. CORSETS Make your next corset an R. & G. You will discover new graces in your figure. New charms in the graceful fit of the Easter Costume, all with a com fort and freedom which cannot fail to improve the feelings and looks. The Corner K4 W. H. TURNER, Store Proprietor. STATEMENT OF T?TE CONDITION OF The BANK OF EDGEFIELD AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 29th, 1911. Resources Loans and Discounts.$239,878.62 Overdrafts.863.91 Furniture and Fixtures.l',596.98 Banking House and other Real Estate Owned._.4,508.80 Due from Banks and Bankers....43,715.43 Cash in Vault.9,237.95 $299,801.69 Liabilities Capital Stock Paid in..?...57,480.00 Surplus Fund.___i_.15,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid.13,448.48 Due to Banks and Bankers.179.59 Deposits._.213,773.62 9299,801.69 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) i County of Edgefield. | Before me came E. J. MIMS, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. E. J. MIMS Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of March 1911. . W. B. COGBURN, Clerk Court C. P. & G. S., E. C. S. C. CORRECT-ATTES?T: J. C. Sheppard, A. S. Tompkins, W. W. Adams. In Directors. NEW EASTER GOODS Easter is almost here and now is the time for people to dress up in new springjjwearingj apparel. We have the late novelties in dress goods and invite the ladies to call. White and black drop skirts from $i to $2.50. Black voil skirts worth $8.?o for $6.oo.j Heavy worked embroidery worth 35c for 24c Lades' and gentleman's oxfords from $1 to $2.50. See our very stylish strap slipper Large stock of boys' and men's clothing. Men's blue serge suits $10 to $18, assortei suits $5 50 to $12, boys suits from $2 50 to $6, men's pants from $1 to $4, boys suits fror 25c to 75c, men's hats from $1 to $2 75, boys hats 25e to 75c 1 MILLINERY We invite the ladies to see our stylisq hats. Ladies sailors from 50c to $1. Very styli? hats for Easter from $2 to $3 50 Come to see us Israel Mukashy, Hart Building, ~ Edgefield, S.