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Cdgrjirf?j ^?tctfisrr. Successful Gardener. Our friend C. W. Watson says lie is not only an amateur gardener but the large box of vegetables that he brought to The Advertiser Monday proves him to possess the skill of one whose experience extends through many years. His cabbages and beets are the largest of the sea son and the fully developed roast ing ears are the earliest and finest that we ever saw. Think of roast ing ears the first of June! The Ad vertiser household is very grateful to Mr. Watson for his kindness. Doing Maximum Amount of Work. The aggressive, active farmer ~who takes a pride in doing every thing at the right time is not only stirring early and late but is carry ing everything on at a double quick gait. Right at this season more things demand his attention than at any other time of the year. .Cotton must be chopped and plow ed, grain must be harvested and housed, late corn planted, peas sown, and the old corn is al so pressing its claim. The time is short, lhere remaining now but six or eight weeks in which to make the crop. Whether properly culti vated or not, nature demands that practically everything be "laid by" with the passing of July. No won der farmers are working under high pressure these June days. Announces For Re-Election. The Hon. James F. Byrnes has announced his candidacy for re-elec tion to Congress from the 2nd dis trict. He is now serving his first term having been elected to suc ceed the late Congressman J. O. Pattersou. Mr. Byrnes, though one .of the youngest members of Con gresSjhas been a useful servant of the people. Though at first lacking in experience, which is a common .handicap to all newly elected mern bers. he has by hard work and close ^application to duty gained consid erable influence and brings things to pass in whatever he undertakes for his constituency. He is always active, alert and at his post of duty. It is probable that he will be cho sen to represent the district again. Cotton Growing Rapidly. The outlook for a normal or average yield of cotton in this coun ty improves daily. Where cotton has been thinned to stand and plow -ed the growth has been phenonenal .during the past week of hot weath er. As cotton growing and harvest ing is attended by grievous disap pointments, git likewise at times brings very gratifying surprises. Such was the case last year. Owing to the prolonged drought of early spriug and summer, not until some time in September did the average farmer realize that a record-break ing crop would be made. Many ex pected early in the summer that the yield would be cut almost in half. While conditions up to ihis-tirae have been exceedingly unfavorable for a normal crop, who knows but that another surprise in the form of a satisfactory yield may be in stare for the farmers. Nobody wants to make as much as was made last year. That would be a calamity. Well Equipped For Life-Work. Rev. P. H. Bussey has finished the full course at the Southern Bap tist Theological Seminary and will soon enter upon his life-work, that of preaching the gospel. But few, if any, young men from this coun ty have entered the ministry or any other profession who have been better equipped than has our young friend. After completing the course at the South Carolina Co-Educa tional Institute, Mr. Bussey was a student at the Peabody Institute for several years, and after gradua ting there he taught in Louisiana, for two years, continuing his stud ies all thc while. Upon reaching a definite decision to enter the minis try, he gave up a lucrative position as teacher in order to take the course at the Seminary. This de cade of hard work has developed and equipped young Mr. Bussey for the exalted work upon which he will soon enter, having already ac cepted two churches in Darlington county near Hurtsville. Tho pray ers and good wishes of his friends all over the county will go with him to his new field of labor, where we are confident Heaven's richest bless ings will be showered upon his ef forts. Large Purchases. We have just unloaded One solid car of chairs, One solid car of furniture, One solid car of Hackney wagons, One solid car of Hackney bug gies, and are now ready to supply you with everything in these lines. Ramsey & Jones. Installation Service. At the Presbyterian church last Sunday a very interesting service was held, installing Rev. E. C. Bai ley as pastor of the church. The service was good, and the choir was composed of the best voices in the various churches.. A very pretty se lection was a violin duett b^ Miss Ellen Dunovant and Mr. M. P. Wells. The sermon was preached by Rev. W. li. Hamilton of Nine ty Six, and was a very interesting and instructive discourse ]!on the high place which the scriptures hold in intellectual, national, moral and spiritual life. The service was up lifting and very much enjoyed by all who were present. Telephone Great Boon to Edge field. Ever}' farmer all over this broad land should have a telephone in his home, making neighbors of those who live many miles away. Our friend Charlie Da\is called up the writer the other afternoon for a pleasant chat, and notwithstanding the fact that he was in his home at Fruit Hill, Saluda county, his voice could be heard and recognized as easily as if he had been but a few feet away. Mark our prediction, it is not many years distant before a farmer who has not a telephone in his home will feel that he is hidden away in the backwoods. This is one progressive step in which the west ern farmers .and rural dwellers have outstripped us. Charged With Making $10 Bi1! From$l Note. A preliminary hearing was given Lonnie Randall Tuesday before United States Commissioner W. D. Karney upon the charge of al tering a ?1 bill by raising it to ?10. He confessed to cutting the figures from a tobacco stamp and pasting them on the bill. Randall, a young white man who resides in Aiken, went into one of^the Aiken dispen saries and ordered a quart of whis key, the price being 60 cents, and tendered as payment therefor the spurious $10 bill. The dispenser detected that the money was not genuine and passed itback toRandall, telling him that he was liable for indictment for having such a bill in his possession and attempting to pass it as genuine. Nothing daunt ed by this refusal to honor his new ly made money, Randall went straightway to another dispenser and repeated the attempt to pass the bill. His arrest immediately followed. Commissioner Ramey committed bim to jail in default of bond. He will be tried at the June term of the L'nited States court, which convenes in Charles ton. Terrible Calamity to More Anon. Perfectly Awful. He Begs His Friends Not To Read it. More Anon has passed through experiences the past week, which he desires to relate in order to get sympathy. Science teaches, that if there were no one present at the falling of a tree in the forest, there would be no noise; and it has been suggested, that men and women would bear their pains without a grunt, if it were nov for the hope of gaining sympathy. This article is written in the hope of gaining sympathy, but I moste arnestly beg, that you do not read so harrowing a story for I fear, that you cannot stand it. Please do not read il. The story I am aU<ut tu relate is, or ought to be true, more or iess, and tba*, which ?3 not must be charged to Poetic License, whoever he may be, and is substantially as follows: Mrs. Anon had undoubted ly been planning, for she called Mr. Anon and said: I have taken a no tion to have all that old papering torn out, and thu rooms painted in stead. "I have al reaily arranged*' said she with "Eff" and "Uouh" to do the work so you just please, dearie, order tho paint to-day so thu work can lie done right away." Oh, well, said Anon, the papering looks very well, besides its a mighty busy lime to have the house torn up from roof to cellar. "But you know dearie" she said, "it will take but one time to do it, and I think you can get at it right away." Mr. Anon spoke indifferently, where upon his beloved wife shook her fingers, in her characteristic way, and said, she wanted no foolishness now, and the work had to be done. Well Mr. Anon knew what that meant and ordered the paint and re marked, that it would have to be done, but he wanted it distinctly understood that he had contempt for a hen-pecked man and always did. Said he had known men in his life time whom he felt sorry for on account of being so badly hen-peck ed, bu*, one thing certain no woman, however sweet, should hen peck him. So the work started. It was pitiful to see Anon crouching around under the shade of the trees Copyricht 1909, C. E. Zimmerman Co.-No.. 9 . ARE M( The colors nevi they show qualitj In fact they are r will recognize at ; NEW THINGS fads to be used o because everything had to be taken to pieces, and piled, first in one room and then in another, or in the middle of the room. At nijrht, poor old fellow had to sleep on a palet on the porch, and every time he touched anything he got besmeared. Finally the comforters came, as they did to Job of old, and while two of them did not say much, ' T. G." was talkative, ^and comforted on this wise: I painted a house while we were trying to live in it, and will never ?do such a thing again. The truth is, said he, fool men fix up and build houses, while wise men live in them. Anon dis missed them, as did Job of old, and as he walked in the "old woman" said lookout there Anon, don't spit on the "hath." She had just had it beautifully painted, and she made the old fellow, everytime he wanted to spit, get up and go out doors. . ' The next day after these experi ences, Anon had tc take a trip,-and needed some clean apparel, and having paint on his nose, and on his hands, in fact it was on him pretty proraiscously, he needed a bath and, lo and behold, he had to go out on the back porch. Fearing some one would come along, he operated with great rapidity, and in his innermost soul he praised father Adam and mother Eve for their ingenuity in rapidly sewing np the Hg bushes. At night Anon had to sleep on the porch, and fearing a burglar, he went to sleep with gun in hand and in the "wee small hours" dreamed the monster was upon him. On to the supposed burglar bo went, ran over the swing which "Sick" had bought for the baby, which entirely lilied one end of the porch, struck his nose a terrible blow against the swing, fired his gun, and then be gin hollowing manfully, saying, he was wounded. Mrs. Anon came run ning and in her swed, way says she, ''dearie, is yoghurt." Yes mortally] wounded. r4s i were, said Anon. 'Xo you are not," she insisted, bu\ Anon declared, he was shot smack through the bead for he saw the j Gre, and some stars when the bur glar shot. Ai'i-r considerable rub bing and bandaging Anon recovered but declares lill yet that he was al most fatally wounded, as it were. The bruises on his nose, however, turned out to be blue paint and when he learned this lie subsided, as it were, to some extent. Mrs. Anon declares she had a big job on her hands, ,the biggest of which was in managing her dear husband, and that these experiences had been very worth fill in teaching her husband, as well as herself pa tience, as it were, and that the mor al of the story is the fact, that eter nal vigilance is the price of any thing, and that we can't have any thing worth having without troub les, annoyances, hindrances 2nd per-1 plexities. The truth is, we will all feel fully more than repaid, as it were, when the children and grand children conic to see us for the pleasure it will give them. Besides, said she the boys are manouvering as if they mean business, and if a pretty daughter-in-law, should bc brought on a visit, thc general cleaning up will give us pleasure, which will compensate, as it were for the accidents and misfortunes 3STLY LIKE T sr turn. Then too 1 and tone as much eal summer things, a glance that they ner Store in shadow lace t _ Venice and linen n the summer froc of her dear, sweet, submissive hus band. More Anon. Kind Words From Fountain Inn About Rev. Mr. Bussey. Seven years ago last December Rev. G. W. Bussey accepted the pas torate of the First Baptist Church Exeu Augusta to Jacksoi and ] -v Georgia & FL Tuesday, Ji Tickets to , limited to 5 day Special train to Jacks< for seat passengers. Li eastern time, arriving Ja 6 :3o a. m. Special trai June 22 leaves Jacksonv Augusta 6:25 p. m. schedule will apply. W. E. Bli Trav C. H. Gat Assistai Augusta, Diozo drives away mice, moths and all ii DIOZO CABINETS just hang it up. DIOZO PHONE each, lasts 1 year. DIOZO CAKES, 15 lo ns ol spray, or a sinai shovel in closed room Y a small piece in the cl and lice will disappear. FOR S/ W. E. LYE O. P. BRIGHT, Age and Salud f JOODS Wi 'HE AMERICAN they are moderate so as the more ex , light in color, light are the kind which ] cool, feel cool and \ in, look them over. >ands, Nottingham, cluny. These bands ks. of Fountain Inn. For six years he served the church, and then resign ed. Since his resignation lie has made Fountain Inn Iiis home, and preached at other churches at a distance from the town. Yesterday Rev. and Mrs. Bussey left for Greenwood, where they will rsion wilie $5; Tampa $7 Return IA arida Railway me 18,1912. Jacksonville s; Tampa 7 days. on vi lie with sleeping cars save Augusta 8 105 a. tn. cksouville S p.m., Tampa n returning [tine 21 and ille 7:10 a. m. arrives On other days regular tollington, eling Passenger Agent. tis, it Trafile Manager. Georgia Hies, mosquitoes, rats, ?scct?. Lasts 2 years. , $1 each, lasts 2 years, DI S INFECTOR, 50c c each, makes two gal .1 piece used on a hot :ills all all insects, Put ricken nest, and mites LLE BY ?CH & CO. nf Edgefield, Aiken a Counties. ?omer Stores Summer ish Goods \ ly priced. Yet pensive fabrics, in weight. You make you look [eep cool. Come let, Pout De 1 i ) ci re the latest make their future home. With them goes the love of Fountain Inn, for they were kindly, generous folk. While he served the First Baptist church, Mr. Bussey was, not alone a preacher to the Baptists. He was a pastor of the community. Whore ever grief came to dwell, Mr. Bus sey followed with kindly words and genuine sympathy. Wherever there was sickness Mr. hussey ministered and gave himself with unstinted generosity. He was and is a man's man, but he h'is the tender heart of a woman. And Mrs. Bussey-that dear old lady has a heart as big as her little body will hold. She is an ideal pas tor's wife-an humble, beaming ser vant in the vineyard of her Master. A thousand little incidents might be mentioned to more clearly portray her usefulness, but one occurs to mind just now that will make the point clear. Mrs. Bussey knew that they were to movi away from their little home before much benefit could be deriv ed from the garden. But the place had been rented to Mr. and Mrs. Stokes, and so she cared for the garden day after day. A neighbor a'Ked her why she cared for the garden when she would derive no benefit from it, and Mrs. Bussey re plied: "When Joe and Etolia move in, it will be too late to plant a gar den and I want to have one ready for them." Inasmuch as yo did it unto one of the least of these! Fountain Inn will miss Rev. and Mrs. (4. W. Bussey. Mrs. Emmie Redding will not leave with her parents, but will re main to complete ber work in the music department of the Fountain Inn schools making her horp- mean while with Robert..* nd Mrs. Quillen. -Fountain Inn Tribune. Statement of the . edition of The Bank of Modoc, located at Modoc, S. C.. at the close oft business April 18, 1912. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts..52,915.55 Furniture and Fixtures__.2o6.93 Due from Ecnks and Bankers_2,385.55 Currency_-_250.00 Silver and other Minor Coin.._15.85 Expense_._31.00 Total._.$5,804.89 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in_53,760.00 Individual Deposits Subject to Check_._1,974.89 Cashier's Checks_'_70.00 Total_.$5,804.89 State of South Carolina, ) County of Edgefield. f Before me came B. M. Bussey, Cash ier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shewn by the books of said bank. B M BUSSEY Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 day of April 1912. Jas. M. Reese, Notary Public S. C. ' CORRECT ATTEST: M. C. Dowling, A. V. Bussey, J. C. Harvley, Directors V