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Estabf?shed 1835. J. ?. HIMS,.__.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building; at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at ?be poetoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published vm?ess accompanied by the writer's same. Cards of Thauks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912 [Books only partially .represent their authors; the writer is always greater than his work.-BOVEE. *_-J The echo comes from every quarter: "Wilson will win." Just what Col. Roosevelt thought when he heard of Gov. Wilson's nomi nation would not be printable. Atlanta is already making faces at Staunton, because the latter lays claim to being the birthplace of the next oc cupant of the White House. The "bull moose," as one candidate for the presidency has dubbed himself, was dehorned by the Chicago conven tion and will be beheaded at the polls in November. All true American citizens of every political faith and.order should rally to the support of the Democratic standard bearer. He is an honor to the party, 'an honor to the nation. Chicago handed the Colonel such a vig "lemon" during the Republican convention that it's a wonder he did not decide to hold HIS convention on the 5th of August in some other city. There is no good reason why Edge field can not have as good baseball team as any other town of its size in the state, And who does not relish a good game of ball these long, monotonous, over-heated days? Of the many unique banners display ed in the hall of the Baltimore conven tion thi3 was among the most conspic uous: "Give us Wilson and we'll give you Oregon." Now let's see if the far-away Pacific state will make good.' The reason the session of the nation al federation of women's clubs lasts so long is because everyone who partici pates in the discussions endeavors to have the last word. They may reach an adjournment by Christmas. That Georgians, more specially Au gustans, are lacking in political sagaci ty is shown by their tardiness in trans ferring their affections from President Taft to Gov. Wilson. The wayfaring man though a fool can see that Mr. Taft will soon be numbered among the "has beens." Although the orthography of the two names Bryan and Ryan is strikingly similar, yet the two men are exponents of.'interests that are as widely diver gent as the poles, and the bloodless bat tle that was fought in the Baltimore convention for days and days was noth ing more nor less than a struggle for supremacy between these interests. It is said that the per capita circula tion in the United States has increased 6 cents during the past year, from $34.20 to $34.26. Somebody has his share and a large part of ours too. After reading of the alleged increase we took an inventory of actual cash-in pocket and found ours to be only 73 cents. Who is it that has more than his share? A dispatch from Washington states that paper money as a medium of cir culation is at last growing more popu lar in the south than silver coin. It is not increased popularity, but the in creased cost of living that makes south erners seize gold, silver, paper money, or anything else that will pay bills, with greater avidity than formerly. It is money, money, money, that they are after-just any old kind. A national Democratic convention is a great leveler of humanity, placing the high and the low, the rich and the poor, on the same plane. Some of the pilgrims made the journey to the po litical Mecca by special train, others in private palace cars, and still others in the ordinary Pullman and the vast ma jority in common day coaches, yet when all of them assembled in the convention hall they sat upon the same hard, board-bottom chairs. No special privi leges are accorded the "predatory rich" on an occasion like this. Wireless Messages Around the Globe. A seeming impossible feat, that of encircling the globe with a system df wireless stations, is soon to be achiev ed by the United States Navy Depart m ent. After the system is completed naval vessels, whether in Japanese or African waters, will be under the di rect control of the War Department by aerial communication. Messages will be sent fro-n the pow erful station at Arlington, near Wash ington, to the government station at San Francisco, thence to Hawaii, thence to the Philippine Islands, and so on to the other stations in the cir cuit until it will be possible to send a message entirely around the earth by wireless, each station in turn being able to transmit the message a distance of 3,000 miles. By sending an order from station to station, until the wa ters in which a given vessel is cruising are reached, any battleship in the navy can be communicated with in the short est possible time direct from the War Department. Reflection Upon State at Large. Some of the campaign meetings have been a reflection upon the state at large, as well as a disgrace to the counties in which they have been held. Those who read the reports of the meetings that are sent abroad do not understand con ditions within the State and wonder why candidates for governor are not accorded a respectful hearing at meet ings that are arranged by the state ex ecutive committee. While in a northern city recently the editor of The Advertiser was asked by a gentleman who had been reading the re ports of the meetings why it was that such a condition of affairs obtained. If these disgraceful spectacles are to con tinue, we think the remainder of the schedule should be cancelled and no more county-to-county meetings held. On Thursday, the 25th of July, the date fixed for the meeting here, the people of Edgefield will be put on trial, and let us hope that the rowdyism and disorder that has characterized some of the meetings will not exist here. All of the candidates, particularly those for governor, should be accorded a respect ful hearing. Let it go out to the world that the meeting at Edgefield was the beBt of the entire forty-six. South Carolina Leads. While South Carolina is regarded as one of the poorest of the southern states, due to the excessive ravages of the Civil war, yet it is encouraging to note that this state is taking the lead in progressive agriculture. For severa' years South Carolina has held the world's record for the maximum yield of corn grown upon one acre, and now the government figures show that for the year 1911 this state led in the larg est average yield of lint cotton per acre. The average yield per acre in South Carolina last year was 280 pounds of lint, Georgia being second with a yield of 240 pounds. The splendid showing which this state made is attributed to intensive farming and improved meth ods generally. It has been demonstrated over and over that our soil can be made to pro duce large yields cf all of the staple crops. The next thing for our farmers to consideris the improvement of the fertility of the soil so these crops can be grown as cheaply here as elsewhere. In this connection, it is encouraging to note that hundreds of farmers have al ready awakened to the importance of this, and through deep plowing, rota tion and diversification are steadily im proving their impoverished lands. Bryn Mawr College, the Third Female College in Impor tance in America. In discoursing upon birth and the education of genius a promi nent writer has said, "Education makes the man." That this applies with no less force to woman also i's being recognized and appreciated j to-day as never before. Some o. the leading universities that do full graduate work are admitting wo men, yet there are others which confine their student body to "men only." Fortunately for women, however, they are now independent of masculine curricula and even masculine savants. They have sev eral institutions of their own winch for high standards and thorough ness of work are unexcelled. The three- for "women only" which in many respects are the peers of any institutions of learning in the coun try are. mentioned in the order of their rank or importance, Vassar college, Wellesley college and Bryn Mawr college. While in Philadelphia last week, the editor of Tho Advertiser, ac companied by h is little daughter, spent two hours very pleasantly and profitably at Bryn Mawr college, which is ten miles out from the "City of Brotherly Love." The first impression that is made on one's mind on reaching the campus through the massive, arched granite entrance is that the institution has a handsome endowment or enormous wealth at its back. The buildings, possibly twenty or thirty in num ber, are constructed of rough or quarried granite, which gives them a somewhat antiquated, at the same time imposing and enduring, ap pearance. Their unique beauty and I picturesqueness are enhauced by the luxuriaut growth of ivy that almost I completely covers some of them. These buildings, such as the library, chapel, executive building, crymua siuni, laboratory, dormitories, and class rooms, are designated as halls. F??r instance, there are Rockefeller hall, Carnegie hall, etc., each, pre sumably, being named for its donor. Unlike that of Vassar college, in stead of being level, the campus of Bryn Mawr, which covers altogeth er an ai ea of about 5U acres, is suf ficiently rolling or undulating to give the whole a picturesque ap pearance and environment that most institutions, in spite of their wealth, do not enjoy. Large trees afford dense shade in some portions of the campus, and the effective arrange ' 2nt of hedges, evergreens, flower ing shrubbery and plants of all kinds indicate that a gifted land scape artist has been in constant at tendance. All of the instructors, about GO in number, and the student body of 500, were away on their summer vacation, but the custodian of the property cheerfully, and with com mendable patience, answered our numerous questions concerning the institution. The grass, flowers and trees presented such a strikingly beautiful 6cene at this, the summer, season, we asked him as to the ap pearance of the campus in the win ter. His reply was, "Everything looks very well when the winter is not severe and long," remarking in this connection that the ground at Bryn Mawr was covered with snow for three months last winter. When asked about the depth of the snow, he said that last winter it was not over two feet ?but frequently is more than waist deep. This institution is not noted for the largeness of its student body, being less than that of Winthrop college, but its prestige has come through its splendid equipment and through the hisrh grade of work that it does. Weare not informed as to the actual cost of tuition, etc., but judging from what we have read of the institution there are on ly a few parents in South Carolina, comparatively speaking, who are financially able to educate their daughters at Bryn Mawr. And, un fortunately, too, there are but few young women in the state whose ambition leads them as high as the Bryn Mawr standard and curriculum. The Advertiser's little daughter greatly admired Bryn Mawr and-J its beautiful surroundings, even more than she did Vassar college last summer, but when she heard the custodian of the property speak of the length, breadth and thickness of the Bryn Mawr snows she became disenchanted, deciding that, for the present at least, the S. C. C. I. and the "C. I." campus are good enough for her. Mr. Owdom Writes on Road Working. Mr. Editor: I would like to say something in regard to the road building. Now the job is not done when the ro<<ds are put in good shape. One of the hard jobs is to keep them in good condition. Now good roads are subject to weather conditions. Bad weather makes bad roads in the clay. Especially the roads in this section might be put in good condition in the winter or spring and with a spell of bad weather they would become bad again. We need a different plan of road working I think the peo ple should bond the county and most ly grade the roads; make them wide enough, put in culverts and filling so the water could get across the roads. Make all the road smooth so there would not be any sinks, ditches across roads. Have steam or water rollers to continue to run over them that would drag and compact them until they become like cement. Then have them worked four to five times a year by the old plan, everybody to do work on them all over the county the same day. All public roads need work at the same time. We need a different plan to work the roads, then we viii have more money and more labor. Respectfully, T A. Owdom. Meeting Street, S. C. 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. $25 up suits to order of fine woolens, perfect fit. Also ' ready made clothes, all wool $10 up.Wash suits *4 up. Write F. G. MER TINS, Augusta, Ga. S. S. CONFERENCE. Sunday School Workers ef Co lumbia District Hold Very Profitable Conference in Edgefield. The third annual Sunday school conference of the Columbia district convened in the Methodist church at ;Edgefield July 8th at 8:30 o'clock. After scripture readiug hy Rev. E. II. Beckham and prayer by Rev. J. 13. Traywick Rev. W. M. Duncan, presiding elder, introduc ed Mr. J. M. Way. field secretary of the South Carolina Conference. He discussed 2nd Timothy 2:15 in its practical application to the Sun day school worker. His address was earnest and forceful. He emphasiz ed earnest study on the part of the teacher such as God would approve of when the teacher appears before the class. Rev. J. R. Walker, pastor of the Methodist church here, spoke in a happy vein of the kind reception given the delegates by the people of Edgefield. He said this was ir respective of denominational lines and that the people of other churches had contributed largely to the success of the conference. Then he set a very high but practi cal goal for the Sunday school workers this year. The conference was then formally organized with election of secretary Rev. C. E. Peele, and the enrollment of dele gates. The Tuesday morning session was opened by a song and prayer ser vice directed by Rev. Mr. Duncan the presiding elder. Revs. S. H. Booth and C. S. Fields led the con ference in prayers. Mr. J. M. Way discussed our standard of excellence for the Sunday schools. 'He insisted that every school meet the require ments made by the Sunday school board of the South Carolina Con ference and that they enter the com petitive race for a banner offered the Sunday school showing the greatest attainment of excellence in these set standards. He earnestly recommended th? introduction of the graded lesson system into all otr schools. Rev. J. B. Traywick showed himself the man for the oc casion in a strong discussion of Bible teaching as a means of de veloping Christian character. He said conversions ought never to be necessary in the life of a child. The life ought always tobe rightly or dered by the teaching of the word. Regeneration is necessary but not conversion. fc-^How to make the Wesley Adult Bible class go" was discussed by Rev. A. E. Driggers. He is a speak er of great force and enthusiasm, and what he said inspired the dele gates with greater faith in their cause, and thej' were made to see the great benefits coming tc a church which has one or two such classes. After appointing a com mittee on resolutious the conference adjourned to meet at 3:45 o'clock in the afternoon. The conference bids fair to be a profitable one throughout. The last session will close Wednesday at 12 o'clock The third session of the Sunday school conference convened in the Methodist church at 3:45 oVloek Tuesday. Rev. J. B. Traywick was in the chair, and led the song and prayer services. Making children's day a success was discussed by J.R. Walker, J. L. Quinby and J. L. Wil banks.lt is tho aim of the conference to have children's day observed in every Sunday school of the districts. Revs. S.II.Booth and W.M.Duncan discussed the evangelistic aim in Sunday school work. The superin tendent and his work was discussed under several heads, 1st. in the country by J. J. Shealy; 2n 1. in the industrial village by J. L. Quin by; 3rd. in the city school by Hon. B. E. Nicholson. Mr. Quinby's dis cussion of the so-called problems of mill villages was very interesting and instructive. He has perhaps more experience in Sunday school work in a mill village than any other man in the state. ? After this the conference was ad journed to meet at 8:30 p. m. The night session was presided over by Mr. W.i M. Duncan, the presiding elder. Rev. T. G. Her bert's talk on "All the church and all the children in the Sunday school" was very practical. What he said was drawn largely from his own experience in the largest Sun day school in the conference. He is pastor of Main street church in Co lumbia and is a very practical and tactful manager of young people. Mr. J. M. Way emphasized very forcefully thc importance of ob serving special Sunday school days such as Christmas, children's day, and rally day. Rev. A. E. Driggers in a very en tertaining and forceful way told the convention how to prepare the sen ior leagues and other young people for future service in the church. He is a forceful speaker and the con ference is always glad to hear him. The conference will meet to-morrow morning at 0:50 o'clock for the las session of the conference. Many o the delegates will leave on the ai ternoon train. C. E. Peele, Sec. The following are the assign ruents made by the committee 01 hospitality, the first named bein< the host: W S Adams-Miss Fannie Har rison, Florence ifutto. O B Anderson-P J Lowman. W D Laird. Rev. E C Bailey-Rev. ? B Beckham, J W Barr. Mrs. R N Bailey-J I Hogler H Jackson. Bettis Cantelou-Two men. J H Carmichael-M A Lewis, A L Smith. W B Cog nu rn-J L Smith, J E Eidson. J M Cobb-E O Watson, T G Herbert at home J S Wilbanks al Grice hotel. Wayne Darlington-A E Holler, D A Jeffcoat. R L Dunovant-R N Sinn, T E Hook. W L Dunovant-Mrs. Sallie Craft, Miss Ethel Caughman. W H Dorn-Mrs. Ella Jerald, Miss Lucile Wise. Dr. Edwards-Miss Oxner, Mise Long. N G Evans-S H Booth. Mrs. Lizzie Folk-Miss Lucile Duke. Dr. Jeffries- C E Peele, F F Wilden. W C Jackson-J J Koon, S Ri ser. N M Jones-Mrs. Lula Gunter, Miss Kate Gardner. E S Johnson-D M Shealy, Isaac Widener. Mrs. Marion Jones-One at hotel. John Kemp-J J Shealey, S Gardner. J B Kennedy-Martin Smith, L A Philips. Miss Mattie Kemp-Two men. WT Kinnaird: W T Glenn, D K M Duffie. W E Lott: L G Bouknight, J A Satcher. Mrs. Kate Lynch: J W P Har mon. S Mays: C S Felder. J T McManus: W D Quick. B L Mima: W O Hyer, J K In abinit. J L Mims: Miss Martha Watt, Mrs. J M Bull. E J Mims: W D Ready, Miss Effie Burgess, Miss Gladys Able. J T Mims: Sammie Addy, M B Clemmaus, W W Fortick, WH Wannamaker. Dr. Marsh: W S Marsh, G M Smith. S B Nicholson: J J Kysor. B E Nicholso: J M Way, Jasper Brown, Bookman. J P Ouzts: J W Fogle, J G Dukes. W G Ouzts: Joe Brown, W L Rearden. A E Padgett: J L Quinby, M H Bedenbaugh. J W Peak: Gladys Dent, Celeste George. T H Rainsford: W M Duncan, G K Way, W G Duncan, Nannie Wicker, Julia Trotter. J C Sheppard: J W Lewis, D C Jeffcoat. J W Stewart: J B Tray wick, D li Rawl. Jake Smith: D W Oswald. B E Timrnerman: Room for two. W II Turner: Mrs. O J Salley. Mrs. Mamie Tillman: T A Chofiin, S G Lever, A M Bosser, J J Fox. M A Taylor: G W Smith, A M Smith. J R Tompkins will furnish meals for Martin Smith and L A Philii s, room at? J B Kennedy's. Mrs. Ella Tompkins: Mrs. Joe Philips, Mrs. Mathias. J W Thurmond: F K Mann, G A Robinson, Barkman. Lonnie Timmerman: S C Tim merman. Rev. J.R. Walker: Mrs. A E Driggers. Mrs. A A Woodson: Mrs. J W Kiutler. M P Wells: Starlie Toole. B F Zimmerman: D E Jeffcoat, J H Thacker. B Timmons: H Etheredge. Pragram Baptist Sunday School Convention. To be held with Hardy's Baptist church Tuesday, July 23 and 24, 1912. Tuesday, July 23. 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Devotional exercises, Rev. P. B. Lanham. 10:45 a.m. Organization. Welcome address, G. W. Med lock. Response, C. M. Mellichamp. 11:15 to 11:45 a. m. Report of field secretaries. 11:45. Query 1. Sunday school and evangelism. Speakers, J. H. Courtney, Rev. P. P. Blalock, Dr. M. D. Jeffries. 1:00 p. m. Miscellaneous busi ness and adjournment, recess for i hour. 2:30 p. m. Query 2. The nec essary preparation for the Sunday sohool superintendent. Speakers Dr. D. A. J. Bell, S. N. Timmer man, J. G. McKie. 3:15 p. m. Query 3. The Sun day school as a missionary force in the church. Speakers, R.T. Strom, YV. B. Cogburn, J. E. Allon. Announcement and adjournment. Wednesday; July 24. 10:00 a. rn. Devotional exer cises, C. M. Mellicbamp. 10:30 a. m. Query 4. The re sponsibility of the pastor and male members in the maintenance of the Sunday school. Speakers, Rev. J. E. Johnson, A. S. Tompkins, W. E. Lott, L. lt. Clippard 11:30 a. m. Query 5. The Sun day school and the orphanage. Speakers, O. Sheppard, Rev. J. P. Mealing, Rev. P. B. Lanham. 12:30 p. m. Announcement and adjournment. 2:00 p. m. Query G. Good Sun day school music. Speakers, Rev. P. P. Blalock, L. G. Bell, Rev. J. T. Harris, and paper by Mrs. M. N. Tillman. 3:00 p. m. Query 7. The value of separate class rooms for the Sun day school classes. Speakers. W. W. Fuller, Rev. J. T. Littlejohn. All Sunday schools are entitled to three delegates, and schools with over fifty pupils are entitled to one additional delegate for each twenty five pupils above fifty All preachers and superintendents are ex-ofiicio members THE CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Eurollment Over 800-Value of Property Over a Million and a Quartei-Ninety-four Teach ers and Officers. Degree Courses Agriculture, Agriculture and Chem istry, Agriculture and Animal In dustry, Chemistry, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Civil En gineering, Textile Engineering, Architectural Engineering. Short Courses One year course in Agriculture, Two year course in Text:'es, Four weeks Winter Course in Cotton Grading, Four weeks Winter Course for Farmers. Cost. Cost per session of nine montbs including all fees, beat, light, water, board, laundry and the necessary uniforms ?133.50 Tui tion ?40.00 additional. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE] EX AMINATIONS The College maintains 167 four year Agricultural and Textile Schol arships and 51 one-year Agricultural scholarships. Value of scholarships 8100 per session and free tuition. (Students who have attended Clemson College or any other col lege or university, are not eligible for the scholarships unless there are no other eligible applicants.) Scholarship and Entrance Exami nations will .be held at the County Court House on July 12th, 9 A. M. Next Session Opens SEPTEMBER ll, 1912. Write AT ONCE to W. M. Riggs, President, Clemson College, S. C., for catalog, scholarship blanks, etc. If you delay, you may be crowded out. SPECIAL NOTICE. Thc Business College now being conducted at Augusta, Ga., under the Draughon name is not author ized by Draughon's Practical Busi ness College Co. For catalog of Draughon's Bier Chain of Colleges, address Jno. F. Draughon, presi dent, Nashville, or Knoxville, Tenn. NOTICE. I will have blanks printed for the pledges, affidavits, and statements re quired of candidates in the Democratic primary, and will mail out copies to the various candidates within the next ten (10) days The pledges have to be filed by noon, July 26th, with the county chairman and clerk of court A_ilr R E Nicholson, County Chairman ORDINANCE. An Ordinance Declaring Certain Slot Ma chines Unlawful. Be it ordained by the Town Council of the town of Edgefield, S. C. and by authority of the same: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the town of Edgefield, S. C. to have or keep on his premises or op erated within said corporate limits of said town any s ot machine of what ever name or kind, except automatic weighing, meamring, musical and vending machines which are so con structed as to give a certain, uniform and fair return in value for each coin deposited the-ein and in which there is no element of chance whatever. Section 2, That any person whomso ever who shall violate any of the pro visions of section one of this ordinance shall upon conviction before the town council of said town, be fined in the sum of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one nundred ($100.00) dol lars or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Done and ratified this 25th day of June A. D. 1912. J. G. Edwards, Mayor town of Edgefield, G. C. ATTEST: W. C. Lynch, Acting cl'k and treas, of Council. Notice-Automobile rain proof dusters $5. Also gloves, caps a full line. Write F. G. M ERTINS, Augusta, Ga.