Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 29, 1913, Page FOUR, Image 4
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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
WEDNESDAY, TANUARY 29, 1913.
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Every unpunished murder takes
away something from the security
of every man's life.-WEBSTER.
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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.
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"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.
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I Smile Provokers |
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"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