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Established 1835. \ JL L. M/.MS,_--....Editor ' \ . PnbKshed every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in'advance. Bfetered as second class matter at tbe-postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. Nd communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's ie. fcrds of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tes and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. \ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1912 (Let us be of good -cheer, remember ing that the misfortunes hardest to tear never happen.-LOWELL. E?t's make it a bigger and better | fair still in 1913. Eike the buffalo that U6ed to roam #Hf prairies, the bull moose has be tone extinct As* bow long Democrats will have tirtir day depends upon to what .xtent the party makes good. lhere is no longer any reasonable geagtiA for complaining about the Byefield cotton market. Hundreds .? satisfied farmers are singing its praises this fall. K Edgefield county does not make a accord breaking crop of oats next spring it. Will not be the fault of the farmers. TBS?yT have not only sown largely but nr. most cases have sown their best Bad.. If.those "gunmen" in New York es .apethe electric chair it will not be numy moons before there will be other assassinations similar to the Rosenthal mnrder. Those men appear at long ??stance to be guilty, and if they are their acquittal will indirectly encourage a repetition of the dastardly crime. Latest Millinery Creation. Because she lived in & "sparsely set t5e3 community where funds were searee" a South Georgia minister's wife raade a hat for herself of pine needles. The unique work of art was .xhibited at the county fair and won a prize. We commend the energy, en terprise and independence of this good woman, but condemn her husband's narishoners, or existing conditions, tkat. made it necessary for her to resort to this means of providing iail millinery. No More Free Articles. The contention that has arisen be tween the Georgia-Carolina Power -Company and certain holders of land aleng the Savannah river has been aireu* thoroughly through the columns ?f. The Advertiser. We have given generously of our space to both sides, endeavoring to be perfectly fair to all parties at interest. These articles Baye ceased to have a news value, and hereafter nothing will be published in .ar. columns on this subject except at advertising rates, the cash accompany- I ia& each article. The expense of pub fching such a paper as The Advertiser ie Very heavy and we can not afford to .ont?nue to publish matter of this char acter, without suitable compensation. . He parties at interest are reason .aMe people, and we are confident that Aejr appreciate the kindly considera do* which they have received at our hands and will not ask that other mat ter be published free. Season For Deep Plowing. lt has been generally conceded that .ne thing which made the large yiejd .f cotton possible last year was the thorough preparation. During the preceding fall and early spring practi cally, all of the land was well broken with very heavy plows, which made tire preparation of the seed bed not on ly comparatively easy but put the soil ia: better condition than it had ever keen in this county. Nb cv is the time to begin prepara tion fora large yield next year. The time and money spent now in deep ajpwing will bring large returns when karvesting time comes. Not only so, kat this deep plowing will make the activation of the crop easier and cheaper. Jfest as soon as possible set the two horse plows going. It will store away Ute rains of winter and deepen the soil kesides. Wonder how many farmers will heed this reminder? The Adver tiser generally gives practical, sensible a?Tice. What we urge others todo we *i we proven by actual practice. Favorable Advertising. The coming of so many dreadn?ughts into the Charleston harbor this week gives th ?t port some very favorable advertising at a time when it may bring large returns. In a few years the Panama canal will be a much travelled thoroughfare connecting the two oceans, and the South Atlantic port that offers the greatest advantages as a shipping point wili reap the larg est commercial returns from the canal. Charleston is not only the nearest de9p water port to the canal, but its connec tions with the central west give it an other point of vantage that other ports do not possess. In this connection, the government dry dock at Charleston gives Carolina's metropolis still anoth er advantage. It is to be hoped that Charleston will use to the best possible advantage the publicity that is gained through "fleet week. " Notwithstanding the fast that all of the first-class battleships are vessels of very heavy draft, the dogs of-war glided into port as easily as if they had been sail boats. Not every Atlantic port can accommodate the dreadn?ughts. Georgia and President Wilson. In spite of the fact that Governor Wilson married a Savannah lady and was for a time a resident of the state of Georgia, he received practically no support from that state prior to his nomination. Even in the national con vention in Baltimore our sister state voted solidly against Mr. Wilson as long as there was hope of nominating Mr. Underwood. All of this seemed strange at the time; but few under stood Georgia's attitude. With almost unprecedented loyalty Soufh Carolina supported Mr. Wilson in the national convention, while with dogged deter mination Georgia's delegation went solidly against him. A dispatch from Atlanta referring to the defeat of President Taft as elimi nating Augusta as a "winter capital", calls attention to the fact that as a former native of Georgia and a lover of golf, it is not believed that Wood row Wilson, the president-elect "will entirely overlook the natural beauty and advantages of this state as a place for an occasional winter residence." President Wilson will doubtless remem ber all this and more too. He will re member that Georgia supported some one else for the presidency at a time, indeed a crucial moment, when but a feather's weight might have turned the tide against him. When Mr. Wil son thinks of the 46 ballots of the Pal metto state in contrast with Georgia's attitude the preponderence is over whelmingly in favor of South Carolina as "a place for an occasional winter residence." S. C. C. I News. Mrs. Milligan of the Anti-Ciga rette League of America,, gave us two very interesting lectures at morning chapel exercises. Some twenty odd cadets and a few girls joined the league. Dr. Jeffries visited the college last week and conducted morning chapel exercises. We are always glad to see him at our school. Dr. V. I. Masters of the Baptist Home Mission Hoard, will be with us next Saturday night and he has kindly consented to give us a stere optieon display. The association met Sunday night as usual. Capt. Taylor gave a fine talk from John 21, on the "Para ble of the Fishes." He announced that an attractive speaker had been engaged for next Sunday night. Our association has received due recognition from headquarters and membership cards have been sent to us. The young men's Pierian Literary Society held its weekly meeting on Monday. The debate, Resolved: "That Geo. Washington did more for his conn try than any other one man of any country," was very in teresting. The decision resulted in favor of the negative. A committee was appointe? to have a "county election" in three, weeks time. Cadets will run on "tickets" just like a real election. The voters will be the rest of the cadets and the girls of the college Cadet H. A. Joye of Co. A has been transfered to the band squad. ' Cadet Irvin Padgett of the ban squad has been appointed battalion bugler with the rank of sergeant. H. H. S. Buy your clothing from us we can save you money. We have suits, pants, and single coats, all to sell at a reasonable price. Israel Mnkasby Bargain House, Next door to Dunovant Co. The lyceum entertainment that will be given in the opera house next Tuesday evening will be one that will be thoroughly enjoyed by all who attend. The manager has been fortunate in securing the quar tet of talented young ladies. Kid gloves $1.00 up, wool gloves 2? cents up, automobile gloves $1.00 ap and railroad gloves $1.00. F. G. Merlins, Augusta, Ga. 4* v I Current Comment | 4* ?* Be Alert, Active. In all business you should study .the methods of a competitor. If he uses better methods than you, try to go ahead of him in a fair and honorable way.-Spartanburg Journal. Only the alert, wide-aweke business man succeeds now-a-days. Girls Need Flogging. A California cigarette dealer has been arrested for selling tobacco to schoolgirls. A better plan would be to have the parents of the girls ad minister a severe threshing to the girls.-Spartanburg Journal. Edgefield's lasses have no cigarette I stained fingers. A Lively Corpse. With all our heart we sincerely hope the sin-soaked G. 0. P. is dead, but we own to a gnawing suspicion that it will be found a middling lively corpse. - The State. Although almost fatally gored by the Bull Moose, it will yet be found with as many lives as a feline. A Good Law. Ju if one travels a country . road with which he is not familiar he soon' re?P' izes importance and value of having the roads posted. The law requires it, but very few counties observe the law. -Newberry Herald & News. . , . Strangers traveling the public coads in this county are completely in the [ dark, so far as any official information concerning the road goes. A Strong Personality. . One need not be troubled about what the Colonel is going to do now.! fie will take care of himself. He is not foin g to crawl into a hole and pull and ole after him.-Spartanburg Journal. Col. Roosevelt may drop from the limelight for a time but as a national figure and factor he has come to stay. Say what we please about or against Mr. Roosevelt, he is one Of the for& most citizens of the present generation. Parcels Post. If there is a fanner anywhere who is opposed to the parcels post, let him consider the workings of the plan in Germany. In that country the farm ers use the system for shipping their butter and eggs to the city. The ship ping cases may be used over and over again, and the charge for returning them to the shipper is but slight. Greenville News. As the new law will become effective in little more than a month we will soon see how it will work. I Mr. Thurmond Endorsed. Mr. J. William Thurmond, of Edge field, has been mentioned for district attorney under the Democratic admin istration. Mr. Thurmond is a m?n well qualified in intellect and attain ments to fill this high place and is in every way a man who would measure up to the position. South Carolina could hardly do better than having him as her district attorney.-Saluda Stand ard. President Wilson can not do better than appoint Mr. Thurmond district at ney. 4* I Smile Provokers ?j. v v *$**?**?* *?* * *. "J**!* *?**?* *?**. *?* *?* .?**** ."*?. *$. "? Employer-An office boy should be modest, reserved and unobtru sive. Office Boy-Well, say, I can't do all dat fer two dollars a week.-Ex. Some folks, he said, "are so busy putting something by for a rainy day that they get little or no good out of pleasant weather."-Mern phis News-Scimitar. "How did you feel at that fash* ionable wedding?" "About as conspicuous as ray pickle d ish looked among the jew els and bronzes and ropes of pearls." -Ex. Billy-If you'd have me, I'd mai ry you in a minute. Milly-In a minute! Why, the very idea! It takes at least three months to get a trousseau ready. Philadelphia Ledger. Mrs. Dashaway-How long had you known your husband before you were married? Mrs. Gnaggs-I didn't know him at all. I only thought I did.-Phila delphia Record. "if the high cost of living keeps on, the rich themselves will feel the pinch of it." The speaker was Brand Whitlock^ mayor of Toledo. He continued: "I know of a Toledo banker who j has already begun to retrench. His daughter said to him the other day: "Father, dear, I need a new fall riding habit." "Can't afford it," the banker said. "But father, .what am I todo without a riding habit." ''Get the walking habit." ' November Us\ Chill wine weather so there is a d that makes to warmer ^ needs from mm THE CORNI Suits, coa' gloves, swe? the least, ladies a .., We are sh velvets, broi We solicit The Cor mm PAINT-WISE. is to paint when your property leeds it.Paint-foolish to wait for the price to go down. But so many are foolish, they'll vait a good while. The whole rise in the cost of a ob is 10 per cent. The first year's Irop won't be more than half that, nore likely a quartet. Waiting for 5 per cent, more ikely 2?. The average job (with Devoe) is ?S50; 5 per cent, $2.50. Put it off ror $2.50? Guess not. You think oft^-.t job as $100. So it is with inferior paint. Paint Devoe; do it now, ic your jroperty needs it. Edgefield Mer cantile Company sells it. Notice. All pereons indebted to me will please come forward and settle at mee. Having sold an interest in ny business to Mr. S. E. Morgan, [ must close up my books at once. B. Timmons. Heinz's bake beans, tomato sauce, LOc. L. T. May. Feed, I Use the b( will prove it, faifa Mix Dr mules and he Dairy mol for cows. If you war hens Sunny ? Wade & Sons uted by the 1 mt 1 L. T. MAY, H. fi F. L TIMMERMA? JEROME P. T1MMERMAN, ! nally is a Month of ls, rainy days, anc far has been altoge elightful crispness one's thoughts tm wearables. Come ; SR STORKS SE] ts evening wraps, iters, then last, but 1 -nd Childrens E lowing many beaut] wns and soft felts your patronage. Respectfull: ner Store, A full line of fruit cake ingre dients L. L. May. wmmm November m M gm SB sm The selection of a we easy at our store becau stock of GOLD AND SILVEF PIECES, CUT G WAKE, CUTLERY, ( New and original de and most reliable manu Wm. SCHWEi August Heinz's sweet mixed and gherkin pickles, at L.T. May's. ?'eed-A Ne^ sst and be convine . Syration Molass( y Feed, Purity Mix irses. asses feed and Wad it eggs for Christal! south Hen Feed, ni? of Memphis, Te: eading jobbers of A -FOR SALE BY I. SANDERS, J. H. R 1, Pleasant Lane; W. salesman for S. C. and Ga. TOKE Etting Frosts. 1 while the ?ther lovely, in the air ?n naturally supply your LiECT STOCK underwear, by no means ieadwear iful nats in 7, W. H. TURNER Proprietor. mgm mmmmm National Biscuit's Co's. 5 lb. fruitcakes now cn hand. L. T. May. Weddings :dding preseat is made se of our very large L JEWELRY, TIME LASS, SILVER :HESTS OF SILVER. isigns from the largest facturers. ?GERT & CO. a, Ga. 1 BB SSS nm SS Fresh selfrising buckwheat, puff ed rice, threaded wheat. L. T. May. N Feed jed. A trial 3S Feed, Al Dry Feed for e's mix feed as feed your ide by John rm, Distrib ugusta. EEL, Edgefield T. REEL, Cleora.