Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Established 1835. Ju 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. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1912 We are all excited by the love of, praise, and it is the noblest spirits that feel it most-CICERO It is predict-d that T. R. will boss or bolt the G. 0. P. convention. The nomination of William Jennings Bryan by the Baltimore convention would make certain a G. 0. P. victory. Mr. Taft seems to have a majority of the delegates on paper, but we are afraid Col. Roosevelt has 'em in his pocket. . The irascible Roosevelt has a majori ty of the American people on the rack, being gravely apprehensive lest he be the next occupant of the White House. With the old awnings removed the loafer hath not where to seat his trous ers and nothing to shelter his head. Swat the loafer, anyway. Col. Roosevelt can go "muck-raking" all he pleases, whatever that is, but the man with the hoe counts for the most at this stage of the campaign. You say it's hot? You don't know anything. Just wait till the big p litical conventions assemble and have a deadlock for about ten days. If Col. Roosevelt does not receive the nomination, Matteawan should pro Vide room for another inmate. Some might be so unkind as to substitute Sing Sing for Matteawan. With two municipal elections, two county elections, two state elections and one national election on their hands, there is no gainsaying the fact that the people of Edgefield are sorely afflicted this year. Without intending any invidious comparison, the Hon. Thomas E. Wat son seems to have at least two feline qualities. He not only has nine politi cal lives but manages always to fall on his feet- ont- foot if not two. The rt?peated acquitta! of alleged grafters of enormous sums suggests this statement of Dean Swift: "Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.'* Evidently somebody over in Georgia is expecting a big cotton crop. Our sister state has more than 15.000 au tomobiled within her borders. 701 and 821 being purchased during the months of April and May, respectively. There are rumors to the effect that Governor Bk-asc will withdraw from tile race for governor and become a candidate for the United States senate. That is hardly within the range of prob abilities It appears from the number of death sentences that are being imposed by the courts of South Carolina that the death cha/r that is being installed in the penitentiary will not be vacant at long intervals. " Col. Roosevelt may have bearded the lion in his den, but findinghimself pit ted against Woodrow Wilson, backed by the Democratic hosts of the country in one solid phalanx, would likewise give him an experience that he could not easily forget. instead of abandoning the time honored daisy chain procession, as was contemplated recently at Vassar col lege, it will be made a feature of class day exercises. The twenty-four pret tiest girls in the sophomore class will "be selected to bear the chain. If there are that many at Vassar and the se lection is made without bias or preju dice, all of the 24 will be from the South, Dixie girls. Who cares if the <-ooks and waiters do strike this hot weather, just so the ice man sticks to his post. About all one needs these sizzling June days is a palm fan and ice-tea Sixty-nine graduates of the Medical College of South Carolina were given diplomas in Charleston yesterday. Sure ly somebody will have to discover some new diseases in order for so many young "medicine men" to find employ ment. No spring term of the criminal court of Abbeville and some of the near-by counties require an extra term to clear their dockets. Hurrah for Abbeville. Abbeville Medium. Edgefield stands ready to compare criminal records with Abbeville any day or month in the year. Let the poets sing of Arcadia, Ely sium and Utopia, but for us the land of infinite delight would be one that is entirely free from politics. With the atmosphere so thoroughly impreg nated and polluted now with political germs that one can scarcely breathe, what will it be by election day? The Advertiser predicts that the in dictment brought against the Hon. Thos. E. Watson, alleging that the May issue of his magazine contained obscene matter, will be quashed. We rather sqspect that Mr. Watson would invite an investigation by the courts of the matters which he has been en deavoring to expose through his pub lications for some time. _. . . Colored Waiters Unsatisfactory Hundreds of waiters in the fashion able hotels of New York are out on a strike and the proprietors are having great difficulty in filling their places. Negro'waiters are being used as strike breakers but they are not proving sat isfactory. The pastor of a negro Bap tist church in New York has issued a statement urging the negro waiters to remain in the South. He says that the imported waiters are apt to become public charges after the strike is over. "They had better stay down home. It has been shown that negro waiters are not desirable in first-class hotels," says the colored minister. There is no place like the south for the colored race. This h'as been proven over and over again. Cost of Living Higher. Prices of the every-day necessities of life have advanced steadily for the past five or more years, being higher to day than ever before. So marked has been this advance that at intervals the national government has made in vestigation-- in order tc ascertain if possible the real cause. But no very definite or satisfactory conclusion ha? ever been reached. It may be said that the increase in the cost of living is attributable to two general causes: increased cost of production and a con- ; stantly growing demand. Let the cost of living be what it may, there is no section of the country that suffers less, or at least should suf fer less than the south. This is true, first, because our climate and soil are 1 adapted to the growth of practically all 1 of the necessities of life, and, second, ' to the fact that the vast majority of the ( population of this section reside in the country districts instead of being crowd- > ed in congested cities. f We often wonder if our people will 1 ever awaken to the lact that they car. ' be independent and really live unci<.^ ' Lheir own vine .and fig tree. Nov.hcr ;1 'n the world can one live more cheaply}' than in South Carolina, than right here ( n Edgefield county. Our soi! will not . >nly grow almost any crop, hut its fer- * lility can be increased to such an extent ' that world-record yields car.be pro-1 1 luced. Wc hav* no righi to complain of thc ' ncreased cost ol' living, when the most narked advance ir. prices is to be found 1 in farm products. Live stock of all r rinds, con;, graiir, hay, etc., never A :ommarrded better prices than are to be ' nad on tile market today. Cotton is the 1 >ne commodity or product of the farm thatcauses the farmer mose dissatisfac- ( tion and anxiety. And that need not neces ' sarily be the case, for some of the thrift- 1 ?est and most prosperous farmers in the aounty are those who plant but little ! cotton. Instead of complaining of the high \ cost of living, let our people devote less ' time to cotton and give more attention to those things that will ultimately . make them independent. It is not an exaggeration to say that for one farmer 1 who has become financially independent by planting all cotton a hundred have . become independent by subordinating cotton and giving tt.eir attention chief ly to growing corn, grain, and raising live stock. ? few days ago the writer saw land from which oats had been cut being prepared for cotton. What a mis take! It would be far better to have planted corn or peas there than cotton. If Edgefield county farmers are to have living expenses reduced and be in dependent next year of the western corn grower and western packinghouses they mustincrease their corn acreage. The old corn, the acreage of which is less than usual is not very promising. This makes it all the more necessary that more late corn be planted.Theproiitfrom cottonaf ter grain isextremelyuncertain, while a profit from corn is practically certain. JOHNSTON LETTER. Beautiful Graduating Exercises. Y. P. B. Elects Officers. Misses Shaw and Ste vens Entertain. On Tuesday evening, the grad uating exercises were held, and upon the stage were seated the faculty, the graduating class, Misses Eui Satcher, Antoinette Denny, Sue Timmerman, Dorothy Williams, Frances Pratt Andrews, Helen Lewis, Kathleen uart, and Messrs. Stanton Lott, Robert Kenny and Beverly Epes, the trustees and the speaker of the evening Dr. H. N". Snyder, president of Wofford col lege. The decoiations had been changed, and the colors of the class, red and white, were very effectively used. In the rear could be seen the class banner with, "Ich Dien" on it. The invocation was by Dr. W. S. Dorset, and following this came the salutatory,by Miss Helen Lewis; history, by Mr. Stanton Norris Lott; prophecy, Mr. Robert Kenny; poem, Miss Eula Satcher; will, Mr. Beverly Epes; valedictory, Miss An toinette Denny. The address before the class by Dr. Snyder, was heard with keen attention by the appre ciative audience, the keynote of his discourse being co-operation. The distinction of the graduating class had been such that the state high school diplomas were awarded them as well as the school diplomas. Prof. W. II. Hand, of Columbia, was present, and in presenting the state diplomaSjSpoke very coranlimentary of the school and the graduates. Of the 250 high school graduates in the state, 7 of these were of this school. Rev. P. E. Monroe, president of board of trustees delivered the school diplomas. Four prizes were given for the highest average. The S th grade prize was a volume of books from Mr. Spann Toner, and was won by Miss Bessie Bean, and presented by Mr. W. W. Fuller, county superin tendent of education. The Dth grade prize was a watch, given by the K. of P. and was won by Miss Gertrude Yonce, presented to her by Dr. W. S. Dorset. The 10th grade pr:"?, a vol ume of books, given oy Mrs. Octa via Rushton, was presented to Mas ter Newton Dorset by Mr. S. J. Watson. The 11th grade prize, a volume of books, was presented to Miss An toinette Denny by Rev. E. C. Bai ley, of Edgefield. The flowers sent up to the graduates were literally piled about them. On Monday evening . of last week the commencement exer ciess of the high school were continued, and the recital of the music class was had. Miss Mary Pickens Gwyn, is the instructor, and the manner in which the selec tions were rendered showed the painstaking teacher she had been. The stage had been decorated for the evening with many blooming plants and ferns, and from the cen ter was suspended a large basket of Howers, with garlands of blossoms extending to the four corners. A -horus, "Awake with the lark," ivas the first number on the pro gram, and a number of duets and <olos were enjoyed. Worthy of neut iou was the selection, "Polka Brilliante," by Master Fred Paiker. [Ie is quito a musician, and was en jored. The chorus, "Good-night, ?ood-night beloved," concluded the .xereises. Miss Ruth Shaw was the charm- [ og hostess f"r a party of friends t .u Thursday evening of last week, j he occasion b< ing complimentary \ io Misses Jennie Walsh and Emma | ?tansell, visitur.-?. Tuc cool, moon' t it porch attracted the couples and | bey enjoyed tho hours of social ? converse and music. A pleasant do- f fice for partners was arranged, and | ill partook of the tempting refresh liitits served. Dr. VV. S. Dorset, who has ac cepted tiie call to the first Baptist church, Washington, Ga., will enter ipon his duties August 1st. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lott, with .heir two beautiful lbtle girls, Elizabeth and Effie Allen, visited lt the home of Mr. J. A. Lott on Sunday. , Misses Pet LaGrone and Orlena Cartledge have gone to Spartan burg to enjoy thc commencement exercises of Converse college. Miss Julia Trezevant, of Fort Motte, is the guest of Miss Dorothy Williams. At a recent meeting of the Y. P. B. the officers for the year elected were, president, Miss Mary Lucia M obley; vice-president, Miss Elber ta Bland; corresponding secretary, Miss Elise Mobley; treasurer, Miss Pauline Lewis; recording secretary, Frank Kenny; organist, Miss Bettie Beckham. The young ladies from the colle ges and schools returned during the past week. Misses Ella Smith, Em mie Wright and Flora Kenny, graduates of Columbia college; El la Jacobs, Winthrop college; Mar Now is the 1 light weight c just what the need. Everyt We invite tl fabrics both r( Our gooda are Cool SH in Boys and m< you up from h and oxfords, a Full line of i Mul all-steel sprin.tr tooth Divers cotton. If you ever try One Dain's Mowers Thc Dai ii vertical lift mower is a machine that combines great strength ? with light draft and case of management, being not only correctly designed, but substantially construct ed. Ji you need a mower try a Dain vertical lift mower. No better on thc;-' market. W "Wc carry a full line of f; repairs fur McCormick, ' Osborne, Deering, Cham pion and Dain Mowers. Stev tba Watson, Hollins Institute, Va. ; Miss Mary Spann Harrison, music teacher at Fairfax; Miss Gonya Hardy, teacher in high school at St. George; Miss Ruby Strother, teacher at Winthrop college; Miss Gertrude Strother, teacher at Ehr hardt. , Miss Sara Stevens entertained on Wednesday evening at her horne near town, in honor of her friends Miss Kima Pitts, of Saluda and Miss J?eaks. All enjoyed the ride ont, and w^re cordially greeted by the youufe hostess. Japanese lan terns, lighted up thc two wide ve randas, which was a pleasant place for tete-a-tete couples. A contest oc cupied an hour and thc prize was given to Miss Marion Moblcy, a box of Huylers, the consolation the time when every] clothing and underw ladies, misses, m hing is new and styl ie ladies to see our 3ady-to-wear and th< right and prices vei ppers and Latest Sty m come in to sec us, [ead to foot, stylish ,11 in summer style a underwear, neckwea Yours for busine [ashy Bar; -House e Cultivator. It cnn be used i : you will never be without a E JP rart & Kernag] being given to Miss Emma Stansell, a bottle of Hoyt's German cologne' The guests were both presented with gifts. Ices and cake were serv ed during the latter part of the evening. Mrs. Brannon, of Spartanburg, is visiting at the home of her fa ther, Mr. J. R. Hart. Mr. and Mrs. James Tompkins and Mrs. J. E. Hart, of Edgeiield, spent Sunday here. $.25.0(1 up Suits made to order of fine woolens, made with snap and style to please you. F. G. Merlins, Augusta, Ga. Large stock of wire screen doors , and windows just received. Stewart ct Kernaghan. ; body will need ear. We have en and boys ish. light weight 3 piece goods, ry low. , We can fit hats, clothing nd weight, xancl hosiery, ss, jam attention ti purchasing an implement rmer should aim to have work thoroughly done as 1 as to procure something : will save labor. Both of e aims are accomplished mrchasing a John Deere n cultivating either corn or )ee:e diverse cultivator. . . . . _ ?-. - ? "** han Come to us for paints of all kinds for both inside and outside work. JB. Timmons. Our prices on wire screen doors and windows is very reasonable. ?See us before buying. Stewart & Kernaghan. Announcement. Yielding to the solicitations of citi zens who reside in my ward, I have de cided to become a candidate for war den from the fifth ward of the town of Edgefleld. A. T. Samuel. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for warden for the town of Edgefield as the representative of the 3th ward. J. U. Rives.