Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1835. . L. MIMS,.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESEAY, FEB. 7, 1912 #? Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.-TAYLOR. I_9 Which plan appeals to you with great est force, the "Rock Hill" plan or the "Wallstreet" plan? The "Rock Hill" plan urges a curtailment of the cotton acreage, while the "Wall Street" phn encourages an increase of the acreage by raising the price of cotton in the spring as has been done recently. Augusta is contemplating adopting the commission form of government. Heaven knows they need a cha^e of some kind on the other side of the Sa vannah. They can adopt the new form of government with assurance that con ditions will at least be no worse than they have been for the past three years. Why is cotton selling for more now than it did last November when the fanners had to sell? Then the large yield, the reason assigned for the de pression, was merely speculative, while j now it is a reality. Speculators know from past experience that by raising the price at this season farmers can be induced to plant a large acreage. Will farmers never learn that this annual advance is but a delusion and a snare. A Bright Newsy Exchange. A new and heartily welcome face has appeared among our exchanges, that of the Greer News-Leader. At the top oi tue eaiioriai commn stanus tne name of Mr. A. Fuller Perkins, who resided in Edgefield several years and had many warm friends here. As Mr. Per kins is a young man of /Sterling quali ties, and a writer of ability, we expect to see the News-Leader take a high place in the ranks of the craft Foe County Local Option. As erroneous reports are being cir culated in some sections concerning his position on the liquor question, the Hon. Ira B. Jones, candidate for Governor, gave out a signed statement to the dai ly press last Sunday, in which he an nounced emphatically and. unequivocal ly for "county local option and the due enforcement of the law in accordance with the result of the vote." It is hardly probable that the whis key question will be made an issue in the approaching campaign, but should it be, with his position being so clearly and succinctly stated, every voter knows what Mr. Jones' position is in this matter. Any furthc. effort by the opposition to muddy the waters and be cloud the issue, will be futile. Delivery of Mails. In many parts of the country, the citizens of the small towns, are urging through their Senators and Congress men the enactment of a law providing j for the free delivery of mails in towns of a population of one thousand and upwards. The mail is carried daily to the door of almost every home in the rural districts of the entire country and delivery service is provided for by larger towns and cities. Thus it is seen that all of the rural and urban population are provided with splendid mail servfce, except those residing in small towrrs?> Towns of the size of Edgefield whose offices report a net profit to the gov ernment of from two to three hundred dollars per month, should be provided with the most modern mail facilities. It is manifestly unjust for the govern ment to expend this money, for the benefit of people elsewhere. The people of Edgefield should join force? with those in other parts of the county, in their efforts to secure the passage of such a law. Co-operative Cannery. In a self-explanatory letter from the agricultural agent of the Southern Railroad, which is published elsewhere in this issue, a meeting of the business men of Edgefield, is called for Friday Feb. 16th, for the purpose of consider ing the matter of organizing a local cannery. Besides several representa tives of the Southern Railroad, Com missioner cf Agriculture E. J. Watson, will come t? Edgefield on that day to meet with our citizens. One of Edgefieid's greatest needs is a number of small industrial enter prises, and no better beginning could be made in supplying this need than by establishing a cannery. Such an enterprise would not only afford em ployment to a number of people, put ting ready cash into circulation through its pay rolls, but would afford a regu lar market for vegetables and fruits that would be grown by farmers in this vicinity. Ouf people should discuss this matter in the meantime, and be prepared to take definite action at the meeting that is called for Feb. 16th. Prescott School. Dear Mr. Editor: As every body else is writing from their schools I believe I will let you hear from Prescott. You know our school is in the little town of Prescott, and nearly every body's name is Pres cott that goes to it. Our school has been closed about three weeks on account of scarlet fever but will open again on the twelfth. I tell you I will be glad, for mother has had me quilting and making guilts ever since it closed. She says I have plenty of time to make quilts fvf myself yet, and she makes me help her, but she says a girl can't get married 'til she makes a dozen quilts, and knits a hat box full of. socks, so you see I have got some thing to do. Mr. Editor, you ought to come out to see our school some' time. It is just ten miles from Edgefield, and that would be a fine ride over the pood roads now. If I were Mr. Wells I would fret Don Carlos and Mr. Wells to see after the roads a while, and see how fast they would get over them. I guess they would have fine roads around Plum Branch. Any ?body that blames Mr. Wells for bad roads after such a winter as this don't know a green apple from a ripe peach. Clark's Hill News. Owing to illness in bis family Rev. P. li. Lanham was not with us on Sunday, but his place was well supplied by Mr. Leggett. While not an ordained minister he is one of the most consecrated of men. One can not fail to be im pressed by his earnestness. He is thoroughljT conversant with the Bi ble, and is always ready to make practical application of its words of wisdom. Rev. E. T. Snuggs gave us a leo tuic vu rast Tnursday night. But for a misunderstanding of dates, the audience waa not very large, but it was a very interested one, in his talk of his work in China. I He pictured the magnitude of it to 1 us with some startling figures. He < made us realize the immensity of < its population, then by contrast he I told how few were christians. He spoke of the need of more mission- J aries in the field, but how short of '< funds the Foreign Board was and i that if aid did not come promptly, ' i some of the missionaries that were j: now on the field would hive to be i recalled. i Mr. E. L. Fouche has purchased { a combination pea thresher and grain separator. The pea vines are i moved with the mowing machine, then run through tiiis thresher, i which separates the peas from the i linll. Our farmers are quite en- I Lhused over it and are all talking ] pea planting for this year. He will thresh peas and S?y beans for Mr. J ti. II. Middleton this week. Messrs. II. E. Bunch and G. D. < Mims made each a large shipment J of cotton last week. Fortunate is t the man who has been able to hold i his cotton for the advance in price. 1 The engineers of the C. & W. ( C. Ry. are still busy surveying this ? road with a view to changing the I road here. Tho air is full of ru- i mors about the proposed change, 1 the latest being that it will be * straigbtened on the Georgia side 1 tapping the present line about sev- 1 en miles above here, thus leaving t out Meriwether and Clark's Hill, ? We hope that is without foundation, i as we are very dependent on the R. 1 R. on account of the terrible con- i dition of our roads. < One of our neighbors drove to j Augusta last week with a pair of < mules, and loaded his wagon with J about 2,000 pounds. On the Geor- l gia side the mules were scarcely aware of having any load, but af ter crossing the river, then his trou bles began. He crept along at the rate of one and a half miles an hour, j It was from a bog to a wash out, j from there to steep slippery hills, back again to bottomless bogs and so on. On the Georgia side there ? was one bad place which had been 1 made by the recent rain, and which was being repaired, as soon as the weather permitted. A force of con victs were at work hauling sand and gravel. Why can't Edgefield e have good roads? The old saying 1 is, "all things come to those who wait," the amendment being that c somebody must hustle. f A wreck occurred near Clark's s . TWO Cl Which Class h To Which Mr Corn Gr< Stimulated by The Ad contest, for several year making sufficient corn 1 farm, lettiug cotton bc crop. Having had an feeti I have been raising and have given more att( raising. I have a bale < ton left in the yard and debts are paid I don't g about the price. I won get ready. After payinj for the experience I hav< to live at home, and adv farmers to do likewise. Do not wait till you '! You'll be slipping furth< time." $30 Will be. Send Your Names in for ? Hill last Thursday. A negro man who was stealing a ride, was the only one injured. It was prob ably occasioned by the, overload ing of a refrigerater car with cab bage and in coming around a curve on a fill, it turned over. Among the visitors of last week were Messrs. Marshall and Wil liams, ?f Appling Ga., brothers of Mr. J. 0. Marshall. Mr. Griffin of Augusta Ga. is a guest of Mr. Frank Middleton. Flat Rock School. Don't you all like something new? I do. Every girl in the land, whether she be the daughter af a wealthy father or a poor one, Dught to love her parents. I love my papa, and papa loves me. Mr. Mitns, I am one of Miss Ruth's little girls, going to school it Flat Rock. I love to go to ?chool, and love all the girls. Ma ma says I must just like the boys >ret a while. One of my friends :rom school spent the night with ne last night. She is such a sweet rirl. Come again, holender. These rainy days we don't have mail, much to our regret. Mr. Mallie Cleg will move to Shatterfield in a few days, and we ill will miss you Clide from School, jut the best of friends have to aart some time. We got a lon?? nice letter, from Miss Eileen Ouzts hist week. Mr. Minis I know all the chil Iren love you next to cousin Iv Morgan. You are so kind and good o all the school children publishi ng their letters. We all ought to ie good. Mama scolds me just be ;ause she says, I'm getting grown, ind says my face is never clean, my lands are always rough, and I'm lot behaving like I should, but lapa, he takes and pats ray hand, md smiles and smiles, because he cnows most every thing, and what ittle girls ought to have. He nev ?r scolds about the fuss I make, but lays I'm young and must have play ng spells; but Mama shakes her lead and sighs and sa3's, I wonder ,f he's clean forgot, for I got all my ;areless ways from my papa. Ho just says I must be good and con quer all ray foes and you just bet ['rn going to because my sweet lapa, he knows. Roberta Bailey. The Optimist-After all, mar riage is the thing. If you marry ,he right woman there is nothing ike it. The Pessimist-And if you mar .y the wrong woman there is noth ng like it!-London Opinion. The Best of All. j? A man dropped bis wig in the itreet, and a boy picked it up and landed it to him. "Thanks, my boy," said the iwner of the wig. "You are the ir8t genuine hair restorer I have leen.''-New York Journal. ASSES OF FARMERS ? in Majority in Edgefield County? Class Should You Belong Mr. Farmer? jwer. lycrtiser's corn c I have been :o supply my ! a secondary abundance of ray own meat ration.to stock or two of cot as all of my ive a "darn" 't sell it till I ? pretty dear 3 learned how ise my brother Begin norw, 'get a start." er back all the Mr. Cotton Grower "I have not been making my corn at home but expect to do so hereafter. I planted nearly all my land in .cotton last year and when the price went down I caught --'- and caught it bad atthat. The cotton is all sold andi still owe a balance on my bank note. And what is worse, my corn crib is empty and I have got to borrow money to buy high-priced, inferior western corn. If the good Lord and my credi tors will forgive me for past mistakes, I will sin no more. I expect to join The Advertiser's corn contest and ad vocate the "Rock Hill" plan for cot ton. Put me down, Mr. Editor, for. the corn contest." Awarded in Prizes. Who'll win the Gold in 1912 Enrollment in the Corn Contest. It Costs You Nothing Red Oak Grove School. Dear Mr. Editor: Please allow space in your paper for a few lines from Red Oak Grove School: My teacher's name is Mrs. Mag gie McDaniel, and I like her very much. This is the fourth year she has been teaching this school. I am twelve years old, and am in the seventh grade. There are twen^ ty scholars in the school. We have had a lot of bad weather. I guess yesi'all had a merry time Christ mas. Our teacher gave two weeks, and old Santa came to see us all, and brought us lots of goodies. Some of ray school mates are sick, and can not come to school. School Girl. Sand Rock School. As we have not ?seen any dots from our school, I will write a few to let you know we are still in the land of the living. We are glad to see sunshine again after so much snow and ice. But what is more beautiful than to see the earth covered with its white robe, glittering in the sun like dia monds! If you had been with us at school I know you would have enjoyed helping us make snow balls and snow men. I will try to describe our school. The foundation of the school house is on a riat sand rock, and the rock extends out from the house into the yard. There are a great many rocks around measuring about ten feet in height and are in various shapes. The are surrounded with trees, which make a beautiful shade in spring. I know you would be delighted to take lunch with s upon the rocks and listen to the singing of the pretty birds. Miss Maggie Winn is our teacher. She is so kind and has won the love of all her pupils by her kind ness." She has offered perfect cards to every one that has perfect spell ing lessons, and it affords every one great pleasure to receive them. She has also offered three gold medals, two on spelling and one on attend ance and we are all working very hard for the medals. Rev. Foster Spear paid our soho ol a visit, bringing with him four of the school girls. ? We certainly regret the moving of Mr. S. Cheatham and family. We are very glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Winn in our com nity, also Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winn We are very sorry to report the illness of Mrs. W. M. Corley, also the sweet little babe of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Harrison. We are glad to know that Mrs. J. 0. Seigler is improving from a spell of lagrippe. Mr. E. P. Winn happened to a great misfortune on Jan. 26th by losing his barn and contents by fire. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Cochran have the sympathy of their friends in the death of their infant. She was laid to rest in Rehoboth cemetery Sat afternoon Fe*l. 3. Rev. O. X. Rountree is visiting at the home of Mr. T. W. Lanier. We are always glad to welcome Mr. Rountree in our community. 500 Suits, 200 Overcoats and 500 pair of Trousers to be closed out at bargain prices. See F. G. M ERTINS, Augusta, Ga. The Edgefield Mercantile Cc Fertilizers for We now have on hand a full line of fertilizers anc foi mixing. We represent the best manufacturers extend to our customers the best service and goods Kainit, Acid Phosphat Seed Meal, Sod: Mixed goods of every formula made by the mos facturers. Armour, Swift, American Agricultu Royster, Georgia Chemical works and other well k motto is the best goods on the market. Modioc R. F. D. Dear Editor: I have been a read er of the dear old Advertiser for a long while, and think it a good pa per, and I always look forward to its comiug'with pleasure. Even the children delight in readingbr hear ing me read for them. I enjoy the pieces written by the pupils of different schools. I think it a splen did idea as it gets the children in terested in writing and will be a great help to them. Some of the farmers think that oats are injured by the cold in some places while some are looking very well. Mr. J. T. Littlejohn has a field of the finest oats we have seen. Miss Lydia Holmes is still on the sick list, but we hope for her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn visited at the home of Mr. R. A. \Vash. Messrs. Brown and Wood made a business trip to Plum Branch and Parksville last week. Mrs. R. L. Buddie wbo has been quite sick, is improving. Whooping cough and measles are all the rage around Red Hill just now. Mr. J. T. McDonald from Mc Cormick visited at the home of Mr. W. T. Brown Sunday. Dewey Brown who if attending the high school at Plum Branch, visited home folks Sunday. Mr. C. M. Melhchamp from your town gave us a welcome visit Sun day. Come again, we are always glad to see you. Prescott School. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Prince and children have-left us, and gone to Colliers to make their home. We hate to see them leave Choty after they have been living here so long. Wo miss them very much. We are so glad to see the sun shining so bright this morning.^ We are glad to hear that Dr. W. E. Prescott's children are better. We thank you, Mr. Editor for giving us space in your paper to write from the schools. School Girl. Thelma Evangeline Cochran % Dead. A good number of sympathetic friends went to Rehoboth on Feb. 3rd with the bereaved friends, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Cochran, to bury their infant, little Thelma Evange line. Just a short service was held, in which Rev. B. H. Covington read the 23rd Psalm, Rev. J. Earle Freetcan led in prayer, and the pas tor, Rev. J. T. Littlejohn made a few appropriate remarks, after which the remains were reviewed by a number of relatives and lov ing friends. As the parents looked upon the newly made grave, they recalled vividly the sad day just seven years previous to this one when the little brother's grave put beside this one was finished by lov ing hands. Thelma Evangeline was just two and a half months old and died of peumonia after a short illness. Round Trip Tourist Fares Now in effect Via Southern Rail way-Premier Carrier of the South. Tickets on sale daily including April 30, 1912 with final limit re turning May 31, 1912. For com plete information as to schedules, sleeping car service etc., call on nearest. Southern Railway ticket agent, or J. L. Meak, AGPA., Atlanta, Ga. F.-L. Jeukins, TPA., Augusta, Ga. impany 1912 ? fertilizer material and will be glad to on the market. ;e, Cotton a t regutable manu ral Chemical Co., nown goods. Our