Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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id?cpe?? %tettiiw. Established 1835. imap* /. L A?/.WS_,.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postotSce at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's same. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913. Genius is but a mind of large general Jj powers accidentally determined ia aj particular direction.-JOHNSON. Already South Carolina is hearing echoes from the (in)famous utterance: "To hell with the constitution". Don't you hope the iniquitous tariff] will be reduced on sugar before black berries are ripe? Now that the tariff is to be'reduced on suspenders, maybe the members of the masculine persuasion can all af ford to wear two "galluses" instead of one. The fact that the tariff on mirrors is to be cut in half is enough to make even the militant suffragette smile. Possibly the Solona are trying to con ciliate the Hon. Rosa Jones and her disciples. - m m m - Since wool ie to be placed on the "free" list we can all wear clothes that are all-wool-and-a-yard-wide. But do not understand us to venture the statement that ladies' skirts are to be a yard wide, or a yard long, either. Armed with their equal suffrage amendment, the suffragettes have marched upon congress 500 strong. If the Solons successfully cope with this medley of ominous hat pins and seduc tive smiles, they will prove themselves capable of grappling with the tariff or any other perplexing question. The public confidence is not easily shaken in this good year 1913. The death of Wall Street's financial kin?, followed closely by the convening of a Democratic congress for the avowed purpose of honey-combing the present tariff system, has not even caused a ripple. As the manager and surgeon of the Confederate Home in Columbia have been re-elected it is probable that friction and unpleasantness will con tinue to exist in the Home. In the light of the past it would have been better had a complete change in the personnel of the management been made. The women ot England are demand ing that the word "obey" be stricken from the marriage ceremony. If the offending little word ?3 as meaningless in England as it is in America, The Advertiser does not blame our progr?s sive sisters across the water for mak ing the demand. What's the use of cumbering the marital vow with obso lete words. Everything has gone Democratic. A Democratic president delivering in per son a Democratic message to a Demo cratic senate and a Democratic House is something hitherto unheard of by the present generation. If the long spoken-of national ills are not correct ed by the present administration, the Democrats need never ask for another opportunity. But we are among those who believe thatthe administration will "make good." Journal Changes Hands. Mr. ChaHes O. Hearon, editor of the Spartanburg Herald, has purchased a controlling interest in the Spartanburg Journal and has consolidated the me chanical departments of the papers. The editorial management of the two papers will be separate as heretofore. Mr. Hearon will continue to edit The Herald and Capt. Charles Petty will edit The Journal. We congratulate Mr. Hearon upon his acquiring The Journal, and trust that his expectations will be fully realized. While the editor of The Advertiser has not the pleasure of a personal ac quaintance with Capt. Charles Petty, yet we are a very ardent admirer of him, regarding Capt. Petty as the Grand Old Man of South Carolina jour nalism. During the 50 years that he has been engaged in newspaper work in Spartanburg his heart and soul have kept pace with his brilli <nt intellect in development Whenever an opportu nity is presented we never fail to read what Capt Petty writes. Ko More Whiskey Advertisements. The State which occupies a prominent place in the front rank of newspapers in the south announced last week in an editorial, which we republish in this is sue, that after existing contracts for whiskey advertisements have expired n or more advertisements of that char a ter will appear tn ?ts columns. This voluntary stand by the leading daily in S JU th Carolina has been very heartily commended by those who oppose the sale of whiskey. The refusal of The State to publish whiskey advertise ments is not only a severe blow to toe liquor interests but the decision of this newspaper of great power and influ ence to align itself to that extent with tiose who are endeavoring to suppress the sale of intoxicating liquors gives prestige to the cause. Since the day of its founding The State has always taken high ground. It has never advocated the election of an unworthy man to office, nor have the makers of The State ever failed to champion the right in every exigen j cy that has risen, never counting the ico3t Thia change of its advertising ^policy is only another instance in which The State bes taken hi^h ground, in the face of the fact that the change in volved a financial loss. The loss, how e ver, is more apparent than real. We conti dently believe The State will gain rather than lose by the change. The Advertiser has refused whiskey adver tisements for the past ll years and we fee 1 that no actual loss has resulted. A newspaper, like the individual, ' 'doth oot live by bread only. ' ' Clean Up Week. Would it not be a splendid idea for Edgefield to have a "clean up week"? In the matter of warding off disease is not "an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure"? lb it not the part of prudence and wi?dom to remove the causes of sickness instead of waiting until the town is in the throes of an epidemic of some kind? Tneee are ques tions that should not be cast aside without due consideration. We are on the threehhold of spring and summer, the seasons when disease germs are on the rampage. A thorough cleansing of the premises now followed by the free use of disinfectants may prove to be the "ounce of "prevention," while, on the contrary, continued neglect may end in great suffering, with something worse than mere physical suffering as a possibility. From the standpoint of economy, which is putting the matter on a very low plane, it pays to observe the laws of sanitation. It is moch cheaper to remove the accumula tions of debris and refuse matter about the place that are hot beds of disease germs than it is to defray the expenses incident to prolonged illness in the home. If every home owner in Edgefield will throughly clean his or her prem ises, the town as a whole will thus be rendered clean and free from disease germs. Take The Advertiser's sug gestion and let's have a "clean up week" in Edgefield. We suggest that the week beginning with Monday the 2)Bt be observed as "clean up week." Help to agitate the matter and let's see how clean the entire town can be made during the week beginning with Monday the 21st. Whiskey Advertism?:nts Are to be Discontinued. From this date o new advertise ments of whiskey will be accepted by The State L\ mpany, and after the expiration of a few existing con tract? no whiskey advert! yiiient* will appear in this newspaper. Perhaps a brief statement of the reasons influencing this change ol policy would be appropriate. The State ha^ never regarded the letral sale of whir-key as immoral traffic; nor do we regard the consumption of whiskey- the use without intern perance-as a moral wronjr. There fore we do not consider the publica tion in a newKpaper of advertise ments of whiskey as improper or illegitimate. But there is another considera tion. A person normally orthodox and with regard for conventions, having a few days or recreation during tho year might convince himself of the morality of hunting or fishing in the wild* on Sunday soould one of those days of recrea tion fall on the Sabbath. But if he were a person having consideration for the religious sentiments of oth ers he would not obtrude tho faci of his hunting or fishing on Sun day upon the attention ol' a church congregation or upon any one wii . would he offended by Hitch action The Slate has not beet? petitioned or oiherwine requested to di.?contni ue advertisements of whiskey, but rnanv of the warm friends of titi - newspaper are earnest believers in prohibition, and we conceive that the appearance of advertisements of whiskey in The State is distasteful if not offensive to them. We recog nize that their feeling in reirard,to such advertising is the logical sen timent of thone who are prohib? tionists on principal. Having readi ed that Conclusion we have deter mined to surrender the few thou sand dollars annually derived from that source in preference to publish ing adveitising that is jarring to the sensibilities of some of The Stale's readers.-The State. ***** * i -I- * ***************** i What Others Say I ?iH'HXIHIM'llfl' I I I H"M-** Hom Soi Qui Mal y Pense. Flattery doesn't turn the average m in's head half as quickly as a flutter ing skirt on a windy corner. -The State. What a Suggestion! The proper punishment for Mrs. Pankhurst will be discovered if you will prefix an S to her name and then drop the last two letters.-News and Courier. She is Sui Generis. The American hobo has given up all hope of understanding the English suf fragettes, who have to be forcibly fed, and then describe the process a? a tor ture. -Greenville News. Even the Great are Soon Forgotten. Let no man ever again fool himself with the delusion that he is indispensa ble. The death of Mr. Morgan scarce ly caused a ripple in the stock markets of the world. -Spartanburg Journal. Allowed Hubby no Liberties. A New York woman is suing for di vorce because her husband had a habit of tickling her feet. Ls a man not to be permitted to progress from tickling under the chin before marriage to the soles of the dear one's Trilbys after marriage?-The State. Agin the University. The governor thought he would even up things by turning Dr. Mitchell out of the State University. He is said to have left there once contrary to his will and has never been in love with the institution. -Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ******** ****************** * * I Smile Provokers f t j - "lt is rude for a man to fall asleep while hid wife is talking." But, good heavens, a man has to ?leep some time!"-Birmingham Age-Herald. Elsie aged six,-I wish I had a new doll, mama. Mother-Your doll is as good as ever. JSlaie-Well, I am just aa good as ever, too; but the angels gave you a new baby.-Boston Trans cript. "Before married I used to sit un til midnight wishing he wou'.d go home." '"iW ?'Yes.? "Yes, and pince we are marHed I sit ap until midnight wishing that he would come home."-Houston Post. Thesecond day drew to its close with the twelfth juryman still un convinced. k'well, gentlemen, said the bai liff, entering quietly, shall I, as usual, order twelve dinners?" "Make it, said thc foreman, elev en dinuers and a bale of hayi?' Judge. A group of visitors was going thiough the county jail and a burly iifgro trusty was ualled to opeu doors for the visitors. ''How do you like it here?" he was asked. "Like it, ma'am? If ever Ah gets out o' beab Ah'U go so fer from here it'll take nine dollars to sen me a postal card."-Ex. Stubb: What's the trouble, ole chap? You look angry enough to tight. Penn: Oh, I'm sizzling. It took me an hour lo hutton up my wife's waist in the back, and then I told her a joke and she laughed so much the buttons all flew open. What's the use in telling a woman a joke, anyway?-Chicago Record-Herald. Briggs: Here's a fellow who writes about the acme of selfish ness without having tho slightest idea * bal it really is. Cirila: Well, what is it? Briggs: Having your wife a colil-air fiend, insist upon leaving both wiiul'twb in the room open and then roi I ina herself up in all the lifd clothiugl-Cleveland Plain Dealer. In answei to the lady's advertise ment for a laundress, Ellen, a ne urons, black as the-aoeof Hpades, ap plied for ibo work, says the Cleve land Leader. With her was a group of small darkies, some blaok, some brown and some yellow. Her em ployer asked if all these childreu were Ellen's. The latter replied: "Yas'in they's all mine." But, Ellen, said the lady, "they are all different colors." "Yas'iu; you see, it's like dis: My first husband was blaok iike me, my second was brown, an' the one I got now be belongs to the fair sex." xtraordinary April Values. The price bulletin of this unusual sale will create rec ord selling. Go where you will or read any past event you may choose, better values have never been offered this season. An elaborate exhibit ano* display of the newest and prettiest spring styles in Ready-to-Wear gar ments. The prices are good up to the 15th of April only. Boys Clothing 1 lot of ho.v8 8uits in blue and brown mixtures, sizes up to 18, real value $4 special for this sale $2.75 1 lot of suits in light and dark gray prices up to $5.50, your choice $3.50 1 lot suits in dark pray, blue serge, made with belt straps and buckles, with full peg top pants, real value 4.50, at 3.99 100 children's suits in all the best shades, well made, real value 7.50, at 4.75 1 lot boys snits in blue and brown perges only, real value 8.50, special for this sale 5.00 10 dozen sailors better grade prices, 1.25 and 1.50, special for this sale 75c Children's Dresses 200 nobby little dresses for children up to ll years, made with long and short sleeves, trimmed with solid ool ors, prioes up to 90c, ohoioe_S_[49o 100 childrens dresses, prioes np to 1.50, at 98c 25 dozen children's rompers in >?' good colors, real value 50c at 15 dozen rompers in colors a. ?ol id white, real valne 75c at 49c 5 dozen infants dresses, short and long ones in solid white only, real value 75c at 49c 15 dozen of ladies sailors in fblack, white and burned, real value $1, at 59c Men's Suits SO men's blue serge suits, strictly all wool, retails at $13.5c, our price for this sale 8.75 I lot blue serge suits in extra fine quality, prices up to $22.50, special for this sale 11.5C 100 men's suits, all samples, one and two of a kind, prioes np to $18, your choice 6.98 I The progressive policy of this store demands that we not only equal, but sur pass all past records. HUBENSTEIN Let Us Talk Spring Clothes THE time has arrived for you to put ou a Spring Suit, Hat, Shirt, Tie and Underwear. JLet us show you the newest creations in these goods. ^ Suits, all wool, hand tailored, nicely trimmed, color and shape retaining. Our guarantee of satisfaction with every suit we sell, moderately priced | ? $8, $12.50, $15 UP TO $18. Weare showing the best $io and $12.50 suits that ever brought to Edgefield. Famous Shoes for men in every style and all leathers. $2, $3.50, $4, AND $4.50. Our shirt stock is brimming full of new patterns. Let your next shirt be one of our make. Sleeve lengths for every man. Spring: hats are prettier than ever. $r, $r.5o, $2, $2.50, $3.50. A'ew colors and shapes in felt hats. We are ready to wait on you. We have just received jl our spring line of neckwear, shirts, ladies low cut shoes, all st) les and leathers, oxfords for men. Israel Mukashy Bargain House I Next to Dunovant & Co.