Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?gdgejieM prate. Save Your State Coupons. Ple?9e save your State coupons subscriptions and renewals for me you will find a box for receiving coupons at either the drug stores or Smith-Marsh's store. Snnd sub scriptions to meat Johnston, S. C., or give to Dr. Marah or save until I can see you. Your kindness will be appreciated. Thanking you very much. Theodore Marsh. j Now With Southern. Our young friend Manly Dobson is employed ata good salary by the Southern railroad as auditor or ticket oollector. He is now running between Atlanta and Birming ham but is liable to be given another assignment at any time. It is the policy of the railroads to ?hange the "runs" of the collectors practically every week. Manly spent two weeks in Washington studying the duties of auditor before going actively to work. Self Explanatory Letter From Congressman Byrnes. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: I am today directing the Depart ment of Agriculture to send to your address 200 packages of vegetable seed, and will appreciate it if you will be kind enough to distribute them to those people in Edgefield county who may call for them. ? do this because there may be some people in the county who have not yet received any, and they are en titled to them. With best wishes, I ara, You rs very truly, James F. Byrnes. Death of Mr. Stevens. Last Friday morning Mr. Feb. Stevens died at his home two miles above Meeting Street. Several years ago he v ns stricken with paralysis which ca: sed a permanent disabili ty. About ten days ago he suffer ed a second stroke from which he never rallied. The burial took place Saturday afternoon at Stevens Creek church. Mr. Stevens served for a short time in the Confederate army, be ing too younir to enlist when the war began, lie was a good neigh bor and faithl ul friend-large heart ed and generous by nature. He was quiet, law-abiding and never spoke ill of anyone. Mr. Stevens leaves his wife, three -daughters, Mrs. Elijah Tirnmerman, Mrs. A. A. Hall and Mrs. Pierce Ouzts, and two sons, Samuel and William Stevens. School Petitions Largely Signed. Two petitions are being circula ted among the freeholders of the Edgefield school district asking the county beard of education o order an election to vote upon the ques tion of levying three mills addition al on all property for school pur poses and also to order an election for the purpose of establishing a high school, under the high school act. These petitions have been very '.argely signed an-! it is practi cally certain that at the earliest pos sible moment elections will be or dered. Public sentiment is so strongly in favor of establishing the high school and of providing additional funds with which to run the free scho.l then; is no doubt that the elections will In carried in favor of the school. We have never seen the busin ss meu and patrons generally more thor oughly united upon any question than they are upon the matter o! ! improving tiie purdie shoo! advan tage* of Edgefield. '.Ali a Mistake" Called Off. [Reported From Trenton.] In our own little human stn ngth and with only human foresight, wc said positively to our friends last week that "All a .Mistake"' would be played again, but, "Man pro poses, and Cud disposes" so we say to you now, this piay will not he given any more. We thank the Edgefield press sincerely for tho interest and kind ness they have shown us and for the warm, cordial invitation to play in Edgedeld -we appreciate it all deeply. And too, we remember the interest and lovely invitations from scores of others outside the press. To those of Trenton, Johnston. Edgefield and elsewhere who greet ed us on the evening of the fourth, we like you for it.-you were a lovely, jolly audience, generous with applause and praise, and if nothing unforeseen happens, and we carry out our plans, when we ''appear before the footlights" im mediately after Kaster, in a new play, we hope to see every one of you in your same place or a more comfortable on;;. So in the words Of our now famous Ferdy Light head of "All a Mistake," ?"See you sooner, see you later, you know, doncher know."' Old Reliable Brands. If you want fertilizers that are in every way dependable, fertilizers that make large yields of cotton and corn, use the brands that are made by the Georgia Chemical Works. Their goods have been used by hundreds of farmers in this coun ty year after year for a long time. Their brands have been thoroughly tested and always bring satisfectory results. The Georgia Chemical Works are represented here by the Edgefield Mercantile Company. See them before you place your con tracts for the year. Y. W. A. Entertainment. The young people of the town spent several hours very pleasantly at the home of Mr. Arthur Tomp kins Friday night. The members of the Young Woman's Auxiliary gave an entertainment in order to raise money for their treasury, realizing the sum of $10. 'In addition to sev eral vocal and instrumental selec tions, a pleasing feature of enter tainment was the writing of valen tines-some comic and others de cidedly sentimental. After all of the valentines were collected the young people assembled in the parlor and requested Mr. Tompkins to read them aloud. The personal referen ces to some of the young men pres ent that were contained in the original valentines provoked much laughter. After reading all of the valentines, Mr. Tompkins, in behalf of the hostess, presented Miss Annie Darlington, an honoied visitor in Edgefield, with a box of beautiful jap?nicas. The young ladies* assisted by Mrs. A. E. Padgett, served a deli cous salad course . with coffee and whipped cream. Letter From Edgefield Graded School. Editor Edgefield Adverther: As only one letter from the Edgefield graded school has been written to your paper the other schools in the county may have forgotten the fact that there is an Edgefield graded school. We appreciate very much your kindness in allowing us space enousrh to tell them about it. Our school house is situated on a little knoll; around it is th,e play ground on which beautiful trees are growing. Under the trees are bench es on which we sit to study, to play game, and tell stories at recess. On each side of the steps is a little flower bed, making things seem brighter and mote home like. A lit tle brook runs by the play ground on whose banks pretty ferns and' wild violets lift their heads' to the bright sunshine. Behind the.Hchool house is a little store in which school necessities, fruit, candy, home-made cake and other thin ga are kept. The interior of the school room is very pretty "and comfortable. The lower window sashes are painted green so we can't look out and thus let our minds wander from our les sons. The walls are dotted here and there with pictures, some of Eng lish tand American poets, which, glancing at, cause us to think the beautiful poems they wrote during their lives; and others of our most noted generals, which bring to mind the brave and heroic deeds they did for our country's sake. Over the windows are beautiful ferns and geraniums, which with the smile of our teachers make us work with a will. Our teachers are very kimi. They do not rule us with the rod as was tiie custom when our mothers and fathers were school children, hut rule us with love. lu .-ne corner of the room we have an art exhibit. Ali of the best drawings are pul on a green back ground. In another corner is a mu seum wliich consists ol' different kinds of rock, silkworms and many v. lier things. On Valentines day we had in our room a valentine box thai afforded gr< :a pleasure to a'l of the children and teachers. As we came in we pu: our valentines in a pretty red box : rimmed m hearts. At the close ol' st hool the box was opened and the \ A uitines handed out. We also read compositions about the origen' of \ dentine's day, many of which were -ry interesting. \\ e begin the morning exercise by sin., ing familiar hymns by the music ?d'an organ with one pedal, borrow d books from over at the col leg?. For i ie past week or two we have taken ai, especial interest in physi cal geogi iphy. We have been mak ingobse: ations, such as watching the dire . i ?ns in which lin;, clouds move, not: dug if there is any dew on cloudy lights^ if so where most is found, tv'e have an honor roll for those who m ike tin; most observa tions. The janitor has taught us a les son which we ure trying io follow, ile comes in on tiptoes, thus keep ing down much unncceesary noise. Next month weare to have an enter tainment at th e college for the bene-1 fit of our school. We hope all our friends will be presentas it is going to be good. Ruth Lyon. Senator Nicholson a Busy Man. The editor of The Advertiser had a short conversation with Senator B. E. Nicholson while in Edgciield Monday morning. He has been working hard since the legislature convened. Mr. Nicholson hopes to secure the passage of his measure providing a safeguard for primary elections, which is one of the most important matters that has been brought to the attention of the lawmakers. Mr. Nicholson bas also introduced a bill requiring insur ance companies to invest a part of their earnings in this slate. If such a law had been enacted 25 years ago, the resources of our state would have been developed far be yond what they are to-day. Mr. Nicholson has another bill which prov.des for a state board of ex aminers for teachers, the purpose being to raise the Btandard of the teachers in the public schools of the state. This should also become a law. A great need throughout the state is a higher standard in our public schools. Mr. Nicholson was unable to say when the legislature will adjourn sine die. He (.returned to Columbia Monday afternoon. Sand Rock School. Dear Advertiser: It has begun to look like winter again after two weeks of real spring we' ther. Mrs. R. L. Rountree ia our teach er for this terra. Miss Beulah Cori ey has returned to Greenwood after three week's stay with home folks and friends. We are glad to know Mrs. C. C. Pendal is improving after several weekes .illness. Miss Maggie Winn is at home for a few days visit from the S. C. C. I. with relatives and friends. Mr. W. A. Reynolds has returned home after a few days traveling. Misses Cleo, and Mattie Lou Cole man and Lillie Mayson spent a very pie?sant day with Miss Elizabeth Sullivan last fourth Sunda3r. The farmers that visited the Co lumbia exposition from our commu nity were Messrs. George Jordan, J. K. Corley and R. L> Rountree. Miss Nettie Seiglej speut last Saturday night ed S?fy?ay with her cousin, Miss Cleo Coleman. Mrs. W. L. Winn, Mrs. L. M. Jordan and Miss Clara Jordan were the guests of their sister Mrs.George Jordan last Sunday. Callison, S. C. School Girl. Letter From Flat Rock School. Good morning Mr. Miras and cousinn all: Now, if you will excuse me I will write on this subject "Work." All know work is our life. We all have to work in one way or another, for without it nothing can be accomplished. It takes work and a lot of it to keep this old world going. All that is irreat in mau came through work. Of course there are people who die of over work but I believe more die of idle ness, don't you? Life is too short to spend it in idleness and really I don't believe an idle person is ever happy. Wc were placed on this beautiful earth to work and to try and make others happy. There are so many ways we can help to make the world better, and our lives of more use. We can't ail do big things, but there are many little things th.u. we cm do and it is the little things t hat eounl; so cousins don't waste our precious time. 'Work for the night is coming." Over and over the great wheels turu, evening, twilight and morn ing sun, what reward has our labor! won? .Mr. M ?ms. I was in hopes when 1 started my letter I could give you a nice one, but my heart almost breaks, for since I started it the news has just reached us that a true friend of ours is d<ad .Mr. Jones Etheridge, and justa week before hat dear lady, cousin lili/, i Bussey twas buried. Mr. John Cosey spent the day at ray home last week, also Mr. Lamb. Come again. Cousins our school is invited to a Valentine party. You all must think of us and we will let you hear from it. Next Sunday the singing will be at uncle Piokins and he is iroinir to help sing. It is so dari: and dreary I must close for this time. ( !lod Breaker. Notice to Stock Raisers. Castrating done by safest and best method. Horses and mules ?5 each, also dehorning 50 cents each. Anyone wishing me notify me at Pleasant Lane. 2-10-4t J. C. Buzhardt. The Corner Store's Special Shoe Offering is Now On! Values $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50, to go at the one price of $1.69 pair, cash only ' This is a sale of broken lots in which you will find many good values. Look them over, winter will be with us a long time yet and you may need a pair later on. THE CORNER STORE Edgefield Mercantile Company Fertilizers and Fertilizer Materials For 1913. Cotton Seed Meal, Nitrate of Soda,Blood,Kainit, 16 per ct. acid Mixed goods manufactured by Royster, Armour, Swift, Ameri can Agricultural Chemical Co^ Georgia Chemical Works. Call and see Mr. R C. Padgett or Mr. A. E. Padgett, m ig 9J S? ?<?<A m SS m m ?Ms? This Store Has Engaged the Services of a New Delivery Man to tak'? thc ffoods to our patrons on rural mutes His name is UNCLE SAM, ?le is the worlds leading expert in hi* line. Ile gets there with !)he goods. He is careful and holiest, ile be gins work with us on February 1st. In other words, on the first of February we are going to avail ourselves o? our privileges un .der the new Parcels Post and send you goods trom our Store by Wail, Buy whatever you want in our compl?tenme o( Hardware, Cutlery, Tools and House Furnishing Goods-anything at all that does not exceed i i pounds in weight and we will send it to you hy rural free delivery. The serviere won't eost you a cent. WE PAY THE POSTAGE. Matu times you have wished that you could telephone the store for a thing and have it deliver ed. Well, von can hereafter, if you live on a rural route. Call us up early in the morning and the goods will reach you the same dav. 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