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Established 1835. /. L. M1XIS,_..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, TANUARY 29, 1913. ?4 Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.-WEBSTER. 4 There is a time for all things. Now] the special messages are coming thick and fast, and later in the session the vetoes will have their day. With hundreds of bathers enjoying the surf at Coney Island and people in Atlanta wearing straw hats, it seems that the weather man has gotten things all outof adjustment. The headlines say "Wilson proves a good listener." He is likewise a good talker, possessing the unusual gift of saying the right word at the right time and In the right place, knowing too when to say nothing. There is no more interesting kaleido scope than to read the list of new house and senate bills as published daily. They touch upon almost every fad and fancy of human experience. But in it all give their authors credit for mean ing well. A church choir in Trenton, N. J., has walkedoutona "strike." We have frequently heard of choir troubles in which one member would perchance strike another, but as for a whole choir "striking" at one time, that is something hitherto unknown. The ?wonder is how they ever agreed unani mously to "strike. " In the same proportion that postof fices are being enlarged to accommo date the parcel post packages the ex press companies are contracting their quarters. Had the express companies had less greed and more foresight, mak ing their rates reasonable instead of robbing the people through their mo nopolv, this sharp competition could have been stayed, if not averted alto gether. Augusta is apparently taking active steps to prosecute three men who are alleged to have murdered one of the street car conductors during t..e "strike" of some months ago. This was a willful and cowardly murder for swh'-^h some one should answer. The .evioence against the accused men is said to be very strong. For the sake of law and order, let us hope that the right man or men will be found and given the extreme punishment under the law. Unless Augusta takes steps to enforce at least some of its laws, it appears from the outside that things down there will go to the bow-wows yet. Woodrow Wilson Desires Personal Knowledge. . President-elect Wilson is not only a -student of the classics, and of the whole realm of literature in fact, but he is also a student of men and condi tions. He is not satisfied with less than a personal knowledge of a given .situation, if it be possible to gain such a knowledge. Several days ago while in New York Governor Wilson visited Ellis Island where immigrants land by the thousands daily and personally watched the examination of the immi grants as the officers plied them with questions. In this way he acquired firsthand a knowledge of the conditions that actually obtain at the country's foremost immigrant station. Another indication that Governor Wilson desires to have a personal and therefore accurate knowledge of every .problem with which he must deal as president is found in the fact that he has already planned to spend his vaca tion next summer amid the scenes of the Panama canal, instead of accept ing invitations from this and that sum mer resort to be its guest. Such a high type of man inspires confidence, con strains men to believe in him, whether they be political friend or foe. Talk about a panic, a shaking of the public confi dence, because Woodrow Wilson was elected president! It is the veriest non sense, and Mr. Carnegie had the good sense to say so. Success to You, Col. Bailey. After 14 years of earnest and honest work in Edgefield, Col. F. N. K. Bailey has decided to move the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute to Greenwood and convert it into a boys' school, styl ing the new institution the Bailey Mili tary Institute. Although loath to give him up, Edgefield wishes Col Bailey well in his new field. May his fondest hopes be realized and may his renewed efforts be crowned with full fruition! If his locating in Greenwood will do for that town during the coming years what his living here for 14 years has done for this town and county educa tionally, the people of his new home will never regret that they raised the goodly sum of $40,000 to secure him and his institution, and that they will be thus rewarded we have not the shadow of a doubt. The bent of Col. Bailey's life is con structive, not destructive. He is pre eminently a builder; a builder along educational lines, a builder of charac ter among young men, a builder of high social standards, a builder of whole some public sentiment, a builder of higher ideals for a community, in short, a builder for eternity as well as for time. While he has benefitted Edgefield immeasurably materially, yet those which far outweigh all others are the intangible, the unseen benefits. These though unseen are as real and as plain ly discernable as the rays from the noonday sun. Farmers Pay the Freight. The subjoined editorial from the Pro gressive Farmer showing the amount of freight paid on western corn that is shipped into this state reveals the fact that South Carolina farmers can grow corn on their farms cheaper than they can pay the freight on corn and haul it from the railroad to their cribs. A care ful study of these figures should cause farmers to resolve to produce sufficient corn on their farms to supply the home demand: "This country is today a network of railways, and one would suppose that the price of farm crops would vary little from state to state. But let any man who cherishes such an illusion, take a glance at the official statement issued by the United States depart ment of agriculture some weeks ago showing that corn was selling at that time at forty-eight cents in Minnesota and ninety-six cents-exactly twice as much-in South Carolina! How prices varied is indicated by the following complete table of corn price? by states: "Illinois, 50 cents; Iowa, 50 cents; Kansas. 53 cents; Missouri, 50 cetits; Nebraska, 52 cents; Texas, 63 cents; Oklahoma, 50 cents; Indiana, 53 cents; Ohio, 56 cent??; Georgia, 92 cents; Kentucky, 59cents; Tennessee, 65 cents; Alabama,. 84 cents; Mississippi, 77 cents; North Carolina, 85 cents; Arkan sas, 69 cents; South Dakota, 41 cents; Minnesota, 48 cents; Virginia 76 cents; South Carolina, 96 cents; Louisiana, 69 cents; Wisconsin, 55 cents; Michi gan. 63 cents; Pennsylvania, 70 cents. "Such a table furnishes a most damning arraignment of our present antiquated and costly system of distri bution and marketing. Unnecessary middlemen must be eliminated and buyer and seller brought closer togeth er. How long shall we endure the enormous waste and loss between the farmer selling corn in Minnessota at forty-eight cents a bushel and the far mer buying in South Carolina at nine ty-six cents a bushel?" Proposed Reduction of Interest Rate. Among other things, Governor Blease urged in his annual message that the legal rate of interest be reduced from eight to six per cent. Such a sugges tion may catch the popular ear and please those who do not look beyond the surface, but that which concerns the thoughtful man is will a reduction of the rate charged by banks in this state to six per cent, be the best fer the people in the end? Within the past five years the increase in the number of banks and in the amount of banking capital has been unprecedented in this state. The fact is in many sections the banking field is overcrowded, so much so that many small institutions are put to their trumps to make a divi dend at the prevailing rate. In pro portion as the rate of interest is de creased, many of these small banks, ot uncertain existence at best, will be crippled. The curbing and the embarrassing of banks must in the end react upon the masses of the people or the borrowers. Reduce their present limited income and not a few small banks will have to close their doors, which will force farmers in some sections to fall back on merchants and brokers for cash and advances, paying therefor not only eight but 20 or 25 per cent. Another aspect of the question is this: Reduce the rate of interest and banks will of necessity have to be more cautious about the kind of Security re quired. This of itself will handicap and embarrass the small farmer whose security is limited and generally not of the "gilt edge" kind. Money is worth eight per cent at this time in South Carolina, especially when the character of security that the small borrower must offer is considered. Generally competition and the law of supply and demand will regulate a matter of this kind, and any drastic legislation looking to theimprovementof conditions will in the end react upon the dependent class, the borrowers. I Current Comment | * * "Liquid Fire" That Consumes. It may be that alcohol will solve the fuel problem, but the trouble is that too many men already think they have to have it to keep them going".-News and Courier. It "keeps them going" at a rapid gait and finally "burns them out." Not Many of Hia Kind. What do you think of the old-fash ioned man who used to iiay about the first day of January: "Well, I don't owe a cent in the world and I've got corn, bacon and flour enough to last till Christmas?"-Spartanburg Journal. Would that his tribe han increased instead of "extincted." Figures Speak. How can Governor Blease reconcile the fact that Senator Tillman got more votes than he did in the last primary with his statement that the Senator was rebuked and repudiated by the people.-Orangeburg Timesand Demo crat. The figures do not bear out the gov ernor's assertion. Such Men Needed. Wilson and Marshall are not in for the fun of it. Wilson doesn't care if there is no inaugural social function and Marshall will live at a hotel during his vice presidency, so that he will have little chance for social entertainment. -Columbia Record. At this juncture particularly the na tion needs two safe, sound, sensible business men, such as Wilson and Mar shall are. Could Dispense With Them. Ic is remarkable how important some people think they and their affairs are! If you could buy them at their real worth and sell them for what they think they are worth you wouldn't make a "killing. "-Spartanburg Jour nal. Edgefield has a few who think their ideas, suggestions, interests, etc., are of paramount importance. But they could leave the community and nobody would miss them. Edgefield Likewise Interested. Greenwood friends of State Treasur er Sam Carter are pleased to note that he has finally had his bond approved. It was absolutely good all along, and that he has done the handsome thing by appointing Former Treasurer R. H. Jennings his chief clerk.-Greenwood Index. Mr. Carter also has many friends in Edgefield who are interested in his ca reer and who are delighted that he made a good beginning as state treas urer. More Like Her Needed. Helen Gould is a rich woman who has the respect and love of all classes, from the working girl to the rich gen tleman. And she is one rich woman and one Gould that deserves it. Her idea of celebrating her wedding with a feast to the poor among whom she has worked so lovingly is a high and noble one and is a manifestation of ner char acter.-Columbia Record. If there were more multi-millionaires who possess the spintof Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard there would be less fric tion between capital and labor. ?Si *?** \* *i* *}. .** "J* *J* *$. *$* *?**?4 .****. I Smile Provokers | * + "Stockings?" said the salesman. "Yes, ma'am. What number do yoii wear?" "What number?" snapped the stern-visaged lady. "Why two, of course. Du you take me for a cen tipede?" When little Bob bnmped his head, Uncle Jim gathered theyouug sterin his arms and said, "There! I'll kiss it, and the paiu will all be gone." Cheerfully smiling, the youngster exclaimed: "Come down into the kitchen; the cook has the toothach."-Judge. Belle and Ben had just announced their engagement. "When we are married," said Belle, "I shall expect you to shave every morning. It's one of the rules ot' the club I belong to that none of its members shall marry a man who won't shave every morning.'' "Oh, that's all right," replied Ben, "but what about the mornings 1 don't get home in time? I belong to a club too."-Lippincott's. "So you have thought it over carefully and decided that young Moneyblower is the man you must marry?" said her father gravely. "Yes, father," the young woman replied. "Are you sure that his habits are such as will make for you a happy married life." "Yes, indeed. He buys a new mo te* car every year, and that's just th. ?ort of habit I want my hus band to have." PRAYER OF MODERN WOMEN Inez Haynes Gillmore Gives lt a New Expression That Makes Food for Thought. "Lord, we have come out of the dark and the quiet and the calm of the past into the dazzle and the noise and the hurry of the present. But yesterday we lived inside four sealed walls, the hearth our earth, the fam ily our world. Today the door and the window have swung wide and we gaze out. The earth lies before us. Thy world encompasses us." These are the opening sentences of "The Prayer of the Women." by Inez Haynes Gillmore in Harper's Bazar. In it are also the following: "We thank thee that we were born In this day. "Help us to give back to the chil dren who toil all the tender love and all the fairy lore of their lost child hood; Its green fields and sweet wa ters, its bright flowers and blue skies, its soft winds and warm sunshine, its golden sands and changing seas. "Help us to give back to the wom en who sin all the love and honor of their lost womanhood, its gaiety and security, its helpfulness and happiness and peace. "Help us to open the hearts of all good women to their new duty. "Help us to make easy the way of the working woman. "Help us to point out new paths of service to the idle women." SEEMS A POOR OCCUPATION Demand for Female "Kennel-Maids" Said to Be the Latest in the Old Country. Ladles have been advised to take up the profession of "kennel-maid," but the latest development of this oc cupation appears to be that of "ca nine nurse." Reports from the old country tell that there are actually Institutions for training ladles to be come nurses tor dogs. They are taught to study tho different ailments of the canine pets, and have to serve an apprenticeship for at least twelve months before they are qualified. A good nurse can command a good sal ary. Only recently a lady in Dublin engaged one of these canine nurses at $16 a week, besides paying traveling expenses. At most dog shows in Eng land one sees girls in nurses' cos tumes attending the valuable animals that are on exhibition. An advertise ment appeared in a London journal only a few weeks ago offering $300 per year and all found for a qualified kennel maid. Modern Young Lochinvar. A modernized version of young Lochinvar, a l'Apache, is reported from Poitiers, France. A young man was in love with a girl who did not (feciprocate his sentiments, and had promised her hand to "another." De termined that if she did not marry him he would spoil her matrimonial chances elsewhere, he decided on in volving the girl in a scandal, and man aged to induce her to go for a motor car ride with him. Once aboard the car the chauffeur "let out" at full speed, when the lady, perceiving it, broke one of the windows of the car in an endeavor to escape. The chauf feur, thinking that a lovers' quarrel was in progress, calmly went on driv ing until midnight, when the party reached Poitiers. Here the abductor repented of his rashness, and seeing the girl covered with blood as the re sult of an injury sustained while win dow-smashing, the hero of the adven ture calmly abandoned her, leaving her to wander about the streets until she was rescued by a good Samari tan. Viking's Bread. A fellow of the University of Stock holm (Schitzten) has discovered a loaf of bread dating from the time of the Vikings. Microscopic examination show that the bread was made of the bark of the pine tree and the flour of peas. This discovery shows that peas were cultivated in Sweden nine hundred years after Christ. Few archaeological discoveries of bread have been made and very little bread dating from antiquity has been found. In 1908 a cooked loaf of wheaten flour (a find dating from the fourth century after Christ) was dug out of the ruins of an ancient castle in B?berg.-Harper's Weekly. Bombay Plans to Fight Cholera. Bombay is taking steps to cope with the cholera and other epidemics. Dur ing the recent visitation of cholera there the need of a hospital for cases of infectious diseases among Europe ans was emphasized. This want was brought to the notice of the municipal ity and later to the government. As a result of the agitation the Bombay government has addressed the cor poration on the subject of providing a new hospital for the tr?atment of these diseases, and the Bombay gov ernment proposes to co-operate with the municipality by assuming the en tire cost of the hospital building, pro vided the municipality will furnish the site and maintain the institution. In Ancient India. A writer on Indian womyn of 3,000 years ago says that they were "treated with suspicion," and quotes from Kranya Kauda to support his asser tion: "Women will continue to like their husbands only so long as they are rich and Influential; but the mo ment they are reduced in circum stances they will be abandoned by them. Women resemble the lightning in their waywardness, weapons in their sharpness, and the high gale in ind'3creet haste." McCall Patterns in Stock WE We wish to inform the ladies of EdgefieU and the surrounding country that we now han dle McCall patterns and are keeping some in stock that you will not have trouble of waiting to order. We will take orders for the McCall Magazine for SO CENTS A YEAR and give you any 15c pattern out of stock. Any little girl 12 years old and under calling at our store will be given free by asking, one doll pattern. Yours to serve, Rives Brothers Horses And Mules I am now located at Edgefield in the western part of town at the place of Mrs. Emma Marsh and will have on hand mules and horses for sale or exchange. B. L. HOLSTOIN General Insurance Agency I beg to annouuce to my friends and the public generali}7 that I have re-entered the fire insurance business, and am in a position to place any business intrusted to me with a due and proper regard for the confidence placed in me by my patrons. I also represen: one of the leading Life and Acci dent Health companies. Respectfully soliciting a share of your business and with appreciation ot past kindnesses shown me, 1 am, truly yours, C. A. Griffin, Rear of N. G. Evans, Esq . entucky Stock Our second ear of horses has just arrived They were purchased in Kentucky by our Mr. B. B. Wilson in person. Come in to see us when you need a good horsa or mule at a reasonable price Wilson & Cantelou