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Established 1835. / L. MIMS,_.Editor Jf .. _ " Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year ic advance. Entered as second class matter at t&s postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published OD lesa accompanied by the writer's dame. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1913. Suppose a man would advertise to F take photographs of the heart; would he get many customers?-MOODY. Thc house knocked that Todd model into a cocked hat-just what it should have done. The governor will have to make some | provision for his friend Stothart if the legislature gives Charleston a high license law. Attorney General Peeples will never ke governor unless his election is some what a political accident, justas it was last summer. The way to have a good agricultural fair is to begin early. The dates for tte state fair of Georgia have already tjeen selected. President Woodrow Wilson's troubles ?ave already begun. The mili tant suffragettes have asked for an audience. Dr. S. C. Mitchell has a stronger llold upon the right-thinking people sjnce that investigation than he has bad at any time since coming to South Carolina. In striking at the South Carolina University through its president, Gov ernor Blease may temporarily injure the .university but he can not injure Dr. SifehelL When Col. Roosevelt was inaugura ted ia 1905 fine weather prevailed and Hr. Taft was inducted into office in 1909 during a blizzard. Now let's SBe what the year *13 will do for Mr. Wilson. TheWestPoint cadet who married re cently has been expelled. The West Point ??t.'orities evidently agree with Shakes peare-who said, "A young man mar ked is a man that's marred." Notwithstanding the fact that there ?3 a reckless mariner at the helm, wjth a Nicholson in the senate and a Nicholson in the house the old Ship ctf State Can weather many a gale. The Hon. Josh Ashley "out-herods H#rod" in attempting to pass a law (hat would virtually legalize murder. The sooner the dny for adjournment ar- j rives the better. Up, up, up. go the tax levies, state, Co.mty and town. The heavier the burden, the greater thr' number of tax podgers. The temptation is almost ir resistable t-> thos1? of elastic con science. The people of Charleston are so ac (?ustomed to b tting on races that some Will probably bet on the congressional race which is now on. There are six intrants and oil of them are veteran racers. Thfi great international exposition tjiat is to be held in San Francisco in 1 13. celebrating the opening of the Panama canal, will surpass anything of (i e kind ever before held. The state Of New York bus appropriated $700,000 ^ith which to provide a state exhibit. Ii appears taat the time has come When Soul^i Carolina will have practi cally a continuous political campaign. Governor Blease has already announc <?d that ha will h.-. a candidate for thc United States senate and Attorney general Peeples has stated that he will be in the race for governor next year. Some people .seem to think that blind tigers can not be found except in pro hibition territory. A walking blind ti.'^er was convicted in Columbia a few : dav s ago and wa: : sentenced to serve ? 80 days ci tbs chaingang. Notwith standing thc Caci that there are near- ! ly a dozen whiskey ar?.i beer dispensa ries in Columbia, the blind tiger plies : fa :.rj.? t. Do Not Be Deceived. When the dispensary profits of Ai ken are parad 3d before you for the purpose of prejudicing you against pro hibition do not be deceived. Any state ment to the effect that the Aiken peo ple are making money out of their dis pensaries is a deception and a fraud. The fact is, the more money chey seem to make the more impoverished the Aiken people become. Although apparently contradictory, this state ment is unquestionably true. Where do the so-called profits come from? Out of the Aiken people themselves, and chiefly out of the pockets of the wage-earners. Is taking money out of one pocket and putting it in another increasing the wealth of the people? What is worse still, in order to get one dollar of profit they have to send two or three dollars away to the northern or western distillers never to return again. Hence the more they seem to pile up as profits, indicate? that they are sending larger and larger sums away. Then there is the demoralization that must not be overlooked. ? The Aiken dispensaries can only increase their so called profits by increasing the amount of whiskey that is drunk. In propor tion as the sales increase demoraliza tion and crime increase. A man is less fit for business when he drinks 50 or 100 quarts in a year than when he drinks only one. The earning capaci ty of the people of the county is re duced more when they consume 10,000 gallons than when they consume 1,000 gallons. Therefore, it is a misfortune to Aiken that she is piling up the so called profits. Would it not be better to advertise to the world that the dis pensaries had to close for lack of patronage than to exploit the fact that money is being made hand-over-fist by them. Speaking of crime in connection with the dispensary, Aiken stands self-con victed. Her frequent tragedies and court records speak loudly against the dispensary. Governor Blease has just ordered an extra term of the criminal court for Aiken in order to relieve the congested docket. Contrast Edge field's criminal record and court rec ords with that of her sister county. While our jail has only one prisoner, and has not had more than two since Christmas, Aiken's has had more than a dozen. While it requires generally not more than from one to three days to dispose of Edgefield's criminal busi ""?ss, it requires sometimes two weeks or more in Aiken. Notwithstanding the fact that there are a few blind tigers here and there in this county (they are also found in dispensary counties), our people are growing in sobriety and as a law-abid ing people. Let the thoughtful, ob serving man contrast in mind condi tions in Edgefield with what they were ten years ago. Is not such a desirable transformation worth ten-fold more than the so-called profits? Is it not worth millions of dollars to know that our people, particularly the boys and young men, are becoming more and more a sober people as the years paris? Let other counties do as they please, but as for Edgefield county we believe our people have put their foot on liquor once for all time. South Carolinians glory in the fact that, this state stands alone in the matter of refusing to grant divorces. None are granted because our people believe divorces, while accomplish ing good in some instances, are de stroyers of home and happiness. In like manner, let Edgefield stand alone if needs be in the matter of keeping out whiskey. News From Rose Cottage. Cold Spring, Feb. 17.-There w as a large congr?gation t at Red Hill yesterday for preaching, The pastor's subject was Sowing and reaping," Gal. 7, 7. The pastor treated the subject under the follow ing heads: I. There is always a sowing: J. There is always a har vest; 3. Always thc same kind of reaping as sowing: 4. There is always the same proportion to the son ing. There was also a good congrega tion at Colliers in the afternoon. We ?ire surry to report thal our friend Jack Harlin;: has been sick for some time. Wc hope and pray for his speedy recovery. Mr. Ernest Quarles went to At lanta today Lo buy a pair ol' horses. Mr. Holmes Wood and Mies Mat tie Kubanks were married at Hose Cottage last week. We extend con gratulations. Miss Annie Quarles is visiting her brother, Mr. Levi (?naries, this week. Messrs. Dave (?liarles, II. H. Smith, Ed Holmes, and Dr. Pres cott went lo Augusta this morning. Thc cemetery here is being en closed with a handsome wire fence. A Cemetery association bas been or ganized. Mr, Charlie McDaniel is having a large bill of lumber cul and his friends are laking notice. Mr. T. C. .Mathis after spending sou;''months in Augusta, isa- home again to the delight of his many friends. Mr. Tom Wood has had a large barn built. He will soon re-model bis dwelling. .Mr. Mei Mrs. Walter Hohnes j spent yesterday at Rose Cottage. I i lose Cottage. ' JU ^ ! What Others Say ! * * Uninjured by Traducers. The charges of indirect dealing against Dr. S. C. Mitchell peted like a boomerang. The ones wh? made the charge were more injured than Dr. Mitchell. -Spartanburg Journal. Does This Apply to You? Any dirty dog can bring a filthy bone and lay it down at your feet. You are not obliged to pick it up and han dle it as though it was u sweet thing. The application is to vicious retailers of gossip.-Spartanburg Journal. Must Maintain Reasonable Kates. The Johnson bil! in congress to pro hibit Washington hotels, boarding houses and restaurants from raising their prices for the inauguration ana extending the same restrictions to cabs and taxicabs, with penalty of a fine of $100 for each violation, is a good measure. The inauguration is not for the entertainment of the rich. -Columbia Record. "General" Jones Criticised. General Rosalie Jones has not yet told us who is performing that most sacred of duties, preserving home, while she is foolishly gallivanting about the country- on suffragette hikes. If she thinks her cause is a just one, she is right in working for it, but she is settirg a bad example to abandon everything and waste time walking from place to place. -Greenville News. f * I Smile Provokers | Nell-Jack told me last night he had given me his heart. Belle-Well, it's damaged goods. He told me last week I bad broken it.-Boston Transcript. Indignant wife-"I wonder what you would have done if you had lived when men were first compelled to earn their bread by the sweat of their brows." Indolent husband-"I should have started a little notion store and sold handkerchiefs."- Chicago Trib une. ''Are you hungry, little girl?" said Oliver Wendell Holmes to one whom he saw looking with longiug eyes at ti e good things before. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "Then why don't you take a sandwich?" "Because I haven't any fork." "Fingers were made before forks," said the doctor smiling. The little girl looked, then saidti? "Not my fingers."-The Strand^ A little boy, seeing a gentleman in the street, placed himself in a convenient place to speak with him; when the gentleman came up the boy pulled off bis hat, held it out to the gentleman, and begged for a few cents. "Money!" said the gentleman, "you had better ask for manners than money." "I asked," said the boy, "for what I thought vou had the most of."-Life. ! Letter From Red Hill School. We did not have schor l last week on account of the illness of our teacher Prof. A. J. Ashil!. We are glad to report that he is able to re sume his duties at school again. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper McDaniel gave a valentine and pound party on the 14. There was a large crowd there. And all had a linc time. Misses Kssio Bussey and Maggie Deal were among the visitors to our community Saturday and Sunday last. Miss Essie ts teaching the Whit? Town school. Her many friends always welcome her when sb" corneu home. Miss Annie Quarles of your town is visiting friends and relatives of our community. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. (?naries, arc visiting .Mrs. Quarles' parents Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown of Parks ville. Mr. Willie Brown visited his sister Saturday and Sunday last. Mr. Jim Talbert made a Hying trip to Red Hill Sunday. Mr. Tom .Mathis has returned home after working a few months in Augusta. Mr. .lohn Heese of M od oe visited his sister .Mrs. .1. W. McDaniel last week. .Mr. Tom Williams made a Hying trip to Hod Hill Sunday. Miss Lula (?naries spent last week at home. Willi best wishes to you and your many readers. Two School Girls. Cold Spring, S. C. No.. 666 This isa prescription prepared espe cially tor Chills andFuver. Five or j six. dioses will break any case of Chills I and Fever, rino if taken then as a tonic! tile Fever will cot return, lt acts on I lue liver better than Calomel und does I not gripe or sicken. 35c. Statement of the condition of The Bank of Plum Branch located at Plum Branch, S. C.. at the close of business Feb. 4, 1913. Resources. Loans and Discounts $11,744:83 Overdrafts 110.86 Furniture and Fixtures 2,345.03 Due from Banks and Bankers 4,909.33 Currency 332.00 Gold 125.00 Silver and other Minor Coin 613.72 Other Resources 325.02 $20,505.79 Liabilities. Capital Stock Paid up $10,000.00 Due to Banks and Bankers K 40.22 Individual Deposits Subject to Check 4J55.37 Demand Certificates of Deposit 525.70 Cashier's Checks 184.50 Bills Payable, including Certifi cates for Money Borrowed 5,000.00 $20,505.79 State of South Carolina, I County of Edgefield [ Before me camsjno. K. Faulkner Cash ier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and fore going statement is a true condition of\ said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. JNO. K. FAULKNER. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of Feb. 1913. J. W. MILLER, Not. Pub. CORRECT ATTEST: J. L. Bracknell, ) J. W. Bracknell, . Directors. J. W. Miller, ) S. C. C. I. News. The Y. M. C. A. was led by G. H. ?urress who read the 70th Psalm. A very enjoyable selection of music wa? rendered by the Y. W. C. A. chorus. Capt. Taylor then made a few remarks in which he stated that he had been unfortunate in securing a speaker but that he boped we would have one next Sun day night. Ajsong and prayer closed tue meeting. Dr, J. D, Chapman connected with the Greenville Female College conducted chapel devotionals for us last week. His talk on "Creels" was attentively listened to by the j students and greatly enjoyed by all. We hope Dr. Chapman will again pay us a visit. Dr. M. D. Jeffries spoke on "At titude" to us last week. Rev. T. H. Posey of Wards, con ducted chapel exercises for us Sat urday night. Col. Bailey has been away from e college for a week. We under ?d that he has been in Georgia d Kentucky. The Pierian Literary Society had another good meeting Monday af ternoon. The extemporaneous speak er spoke on a very vital sub ject, "Human nature, my favor ite study and why I like it. " The fieb3te, "Resolved that Robert E. Lee is the greatest American gener al," was fully discussed. The decis ion resulted in favor of the affirma tive. The senior critic announced that this had been one of the best meetings held and he prophesized better days for the Pierian Literary Society. The following boys have been on a furlough but have returned and are now hard at work again. 1). ii. Woodward, Julian Williams, Harry Strom, E. Kearse. Milton Meyers is still at home. Capt. Taylor organized two base ball teams on Monday and they played a match which resulted in a score of <> to 20. The hoys played exceedingly wei!, several home runs being made. Tbs Y. W. C. A. again had a song servic e Sunday night. Miss j Faith Snuggs entertained t hc asso ciation by reciting the Ten Com mandments in Chinese and Miss .Ia-j nie Keel followed by ;i reading. Monday afternoon saw the mem bers of the Pierian Literary Society in their places answering their names with quotations from Shakes peare. The debate, resolved that; "Franklin did "?nore for his country than Washington" was beautifully and thoughtfully discussed. The judges decided in favor of the negi tive. Miss Jean McLucas rendered a beautiful piano sob? which was excellent in taste and enjoyed by all. ll. II. S. Death of Mr. Geary. Early Tuesday morning Mr. M. J. Geary died at the home of his brother-in-law in the MoKendree section. The interment will take place in the MoKendree cemetery to-day. Mr. Geary was a native of the str.te of Maryland and came to this county soon after the Civil war. Before and during the wat he server1 s a government pilot on the Chesapeake Bay. He was high ly esteemed among the people who new him best. Mr. Geary was al member of the Catholic church. He luaves ii" relatives in this county i ur stale. Iiis-.vile, who before lier j marriage was a Miss horn, died on : the 3t!i of January. Entertained in Honor of Miss Darlington. Last evening Mrs. Marnie Till man entertained a larpe number of young people in honor of .her guest, j Miss Annie Darlington, of Wash- j ington, I). C. Tho merry company was composed of moro than haifa hundred.ol' Edgefield's "four hun dred. " The parlor, hall and library j were thrown en suite and tastefully decorated with early spring Howers and evergreens, with here and there a scene from the national capital and pictures of George and Martha Washington, these being suggested by the game which the hostess had arranged. After all of the guests had arrived, some by carriages, oth ers by autos and still others by Edcefield's beautiful walks, which particularly in winter, are ideal and altogether free frcm mud, they were paired and seated about small tables to engage in the popular game en titled "Travel." The journey was made from Edge field to Washington by rather a circuitous route. There were 10 ta bles, about each of which were seat ed three young gentlemen and three young ladies. Eight of the tables represented eight stops along the journey, these places being selected because of their historic interest and because too they were associated with some achievement of Gen. Washington. As the game was pro gressive in character-not a Roose veltian Progressive-at intervals those who made a certain score would advance to another table. All -FORI We desire to notify o are ready to supply them w the popular brands and loi ebrated brands Bradley, and E These goods have bee county for many years anc We also have contract ingredients for mixing ferti mind that we can fill your plant food, the dependable 1 W. W. Adi Ready for We have in our wa rebe all thc popular brand? < zers from reliable mar also supply tiie farmer: ingredients for Mixing Theil at H $] Drop iii anti get our 3 vour contracts for the i ?ra Pa tapseo, M as todok j h erti -of ? Georgia Chemical 1 have au established positi any other goods on the mar ienee and careful study cf t up every bag ol these good as til i s eau be furnished by iment with the uncertain. -FOR PRICES, TER! ?! Tur: TT^^?T-?7Fif oc the jolly plagare seekers .nude better headway, however, than the party of suffragettes who are making the journey afoot from New York to Washington. Finally, the great city which I* famous tfoi .its art, culture, intel lectuality, statesmen, politicians, lobbyists, political pets, etc., wa* reached, and as all of the leading cafes were congested with after theatre parties, the hostess had compassion upon the famished, way worn travelers and served a generou* and very delicious salad course with ooffee. At the close of the game the ar tistic score cards were collected by the committee of judges, and a care ful examination of the cards showed a tie between Misses Lura Mims, Florence Peak and Marion Blalock for the lady's prize. Lots were oast and the beautiful box of candy wa? awarded to Miss Lura Mims, being presented by Prof. Taylor. There was a tie for the gentlemen's priza between Mr. Wad Allen and Mr. Henry Medlock. When the tie was broken the latter beeame the pos sessor of a bottle of cherries that were lineal descendants of the tree which contributed to Washington's fame. These were presented by Capt. Collett. The guest of honor was presented with a beautiful sou venir sp jon of ridgefield. After making an iron-clad agree ment to hold are-union ou the capi tol steps in Washington at 10 o'clock on the morning of March 4, the merry party disbanded. ur farmer friends that we 'ith fertilizers in all of .aislas. We sell the eel Baldwin ?tiwan n used by farmers of this i have given satistaction, :ed for a large supply ot [lizers at home. Bear in orders for any kind of kind. Come in to see us. ams & Co. msc ready for delivery commercial tertili lufacturers. We can > with the necessary prices before making year. p Fertilizers TSSMi?&SEOBESSBB SE3SHBSBSEEHBH , and other ia mous izers :he iYorks, of Augusta on which is unequaled by ket. 38 years of exper te fertilizer question back s. No such reassurance others. Then why exper ?li, ute, ??us.ii 'Jr. CO.