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^?toetfiser. iotaMut? 1335. /. L. A?/.MS...._&?ifor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.5?) per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published u.iiess 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, June 18. If there is any truer measure of a man than what he does, it must be what he gives.-SOUTH. "Woman wears but little here below. Nor wears that little long." South Carolina has made a bumper crop of college graduate? this year. President Wilson has learned that lobbyists are as elusive as blind tigers. The Woman's Suffrage Congress is in session in Budapest Painfully sug gestive word, isn't it? The Felder-Woodward affair has eclipsed the Phagan murder mystery of Atlanta. Where are the men who said a year ago that Woodrow Wilson, a mere school teacher, would never make a satisfactory president. Wonder if the governor can be in duced to raise the "lid" at the Isle of Palm just a "leetie" bit while the newspaper men are there next week? The falling of snow in Edge?eld on the 11th day of June, 1913, is an in teresting item of information that this generation can pass down to pos terity. The lateness of the cotton crop will give the speculators something to harp upon this fall. There has doubtless been more cotton planted in June this year in Edgefield county than ever be fore. Some of Edgeneld's corn growers are cert ain to apply to Burbank, the plant wizard, for some seed of his "skycraper" corn which growB 16 feet] tall and produces 32 ears to the stalk. Two or three stalks will supply an average family with roastin' ears. In enumerating the improvements that have recently been made at the Isle of Palms, the announcement by the propr ietors that the cuisine of the hote 1 has been enlarged appeals to the newspaper men with peculiar force at this juncture. It is to be hoped that the Hon. John M. Slaton who next week will be in augurated as governor of Georgia will be mere concerned about law enforce ment than Governor Brown has heen. If he does his duty he will give Au gusta a good mid-summer cleaning. The flagrant violation of law in Augus ta affects Carolina on this side of the Savannah. With all of the newspaper men over | the state off duty next week, wrest ling with the wave3 at the Isle of) Palms, there will be no one left to j descant upon the bewitching beauty of t he June brides and to expatiate upon the very marvelous business qualities and achievements of the grooms. It's an unpropitious week in which to get | marked, isn't it? Fortune ?3 graciously smiling upon our good friend James L. Sims, editor of the Orangeburg Times and Demo crat. He is soon to be handed a lu scious plum in the form of the United States marshallship and last Tuesday his twin sons, Hugo and Henry, grad uated from Wofford college, having made a highly creditable record. The Advertiser offers congratulations. Ever and anon a report gains circu lation to the effect that Dr. J. W. Bab cock, ha3 been or will be asked to re sign as superintendent of the State Hospital. It is hardly probable that he will be removed. So deeply im pressed are the people that he is the proper man for this important position that should his resignation be asked for we believe they would rise en masse and insist that hebe re-instated. Capt. W. E. Gonzales Honored. I President Wilson has appointed Capt W. E. Gonzales, the editor of The State, minister to Cuba. Of the hun dreds of appointments that the presi dent will make not one of the appoint ees will be more deserving of the hon or bestowed than Capt. Gonzales. For the past twelve years he ha3 been among the foremost workers for Dem ocratic victory. While Capt. Gonzales deserved, and doubtless could have se cured, a position of greater honor had he consented for hi3 friends to present his name to the president, we are constrained to believe that because of the service which his distinguished father rendered for Cuban indepen dence he preferred this post to some of greater prominence. Capt. Gonzales is not a selfish, self-seeking man. He would prefer a position which would enable him to render a high degree of service to one more promi nently in the limelight but without the opportunity for service. His unques tioned ability, sound discretion and fore eful personality, will make it easy for him to fill the position with honor to himself, to his state and to the na tional government. Conscienceless Quacks. Occasionally in the weekly papers and quite frequently in some of the daily papers one sees large advertisements displayed in bold type calling attention to the free treatment that is offered for chronic diseases by men represent ing themselves to be celebrated spe cialists who never fail to effect a cure. These men are in our opinion quacks of the first water. They are not coun tenanced by men of good standing in the medical profession, nor should they be permitted to thus deceive and de fraud suffering and overcredulous hu manity. vVe have never been able to u nderstandwhy reputable journals will allow their columns to be used to de fraud their readers. There should be a law protecting unsuspecting persons from quacks and frauds of this kind. When in need of medical treatment call in your family physician. If he is not equipped for relieving your physi cal ills he will direct or carry you to some specialist who is thoroughly relia ble. Never under any circumstances jeopardize your life and your purse by consulting a conscienceless quack, whose advertisement beers evidences of dishonesty or unreliability.to 3ay the least of it, on its very face. Organized Effort Keeded. Call it a Business League, Board of Trade. Chamber of Commerce or by whatever name you please. Edgefield needs an organization by and through which the interests of the town can be advanced. Spasmodic efforts by indi vidual citizens can accomplish but little along the line of town and community development What every town needs, and what every-wide-awake town al ready ha3, is an organization through which all of the citizens can work to gether with a common purpose. When information is asked by an outsider, a would-be investor, con cerning Edgefield, whose duty is it to furnish the desired information? When it is possible to secure some new en terprise for the town, who feels au thorized to take the initial step? If we had an organization, a meeting could be called and such matters fully discussed, suitable committees being appointed to act for the town. An electric railroad is in contempla tion between Graniteville and Colum bia. If our people were to take the matter up in earnest with the promo ters, it is within the range of possibili ties that Edgefield could be included in the chain of towns that will be connect ed by the trolley. "There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the Rood leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life ls bound in shallows and miseries.'1 As it ?3 with individuals, so it is with towns. Not many years will pass be fore this section will be adequately supplied with railroads and none of them will come this way unless our people exert themselves. When sur rounding towns shall have secured these roads, leaving Edgefield high and dry. then we will be "bottled" for all time. The first step in an undertaking of this kind is to provide an organization in and through which to work. Why not call a meeting of our citizens at once and talk the matter over? No harm can result and possibly much lasting good will result from such a conference of our business men. Our High School. No one in Edgefield who is informed as to what has been done doubts for a moment that we will have a first-class High School to open the latter part of September. If this school is to be all that it should be and all that it is pos sible for it to be, it must have the en thusiastic support of the people. Not alone of the parents but of all of the people. It must be regarded as the school of every white person in the Edgefield school district. Furthermore, if this school is to fill the place that it should fill in the edu cational system of the county, the peo ple who make and support it must be I not only interested but enthusiastic. Be enthused over the educational out look for the town to the extent that you will be constantly telling those w ith whom you meet of the splendid educational advantages which the town is offering not alone to the people in the district but to the people of the en tire county. While the High School will not, the first year at least, advance pupils as far as the S. C. C. L, yet there is no questioning the fact that for thoroughness, solid, satisfactory work, as far as it goes the High School course will equal in every respect the trainifig that was given at the S. C. C. I. Tell your friends this in order that they may be informed as to the splen did educational advantages that Edge field will offer to the people of the county in the future. Another excellent and very inviting feature is the tuition will be absolute ly free to all who come. While there will be no boarding department in con nection with the school, young people can secure board here at a reasonable rate in many of the home3 of Edge field. Do not fail to make known these splendid advantages to others whenever an opportunity i? presented. Pleasant Lane News. (Written for last week.) After a long illness Mr. G. G. West died at the state sanitarium Saturday May 31. The interment was held at Berea church, R?v. P. P. Blalock conducting the funeral. It is a custom to eulogize the dead, but certainly no eulogy could do justice to this good man. In mai 7 things he gare evidence of the high est type of christian life not ouly in paternal duties devolving upon him but in following the precepts of his "Savior in the example set of never mentioning his friends and acquaintances save in terras of respect. No slander or unkind com ment on others was ever heard from his lips. He was no lover of gos- I sip, but confined himself to the more commendable conversation 1 which tended to the injury of no ] on. He was for several years afflicted but he did not murmur at the de- \ crees of the most high, and when at last paralysis fastened its re mortjeless fetters around his weak ened and attenuated form he quiet ly acquiesced in Heaven's decree, and laying his head upon his Saviour's pitying bosom, breathed out his life in quietude and peace, without a murmur or a groan, giv ing full testimony of his acceptance 1 with his Savior and his God. He j is survived by a wife and three children, Mrs. M. E. Etheredge, Mr. J. B. West and Mr. Frank ? West of Augusta, Ga. "Ibo now the tender ohain is..J risen." , And Angels bore his soul away, < Tis with his God, in yonder heaven, J In endless peaoe, eternal day. , Miss Jennie Briggs and Master 1 L. H. Hamilton are visiting friends in Augusta Ga. Misses Helen Strom and Pauline ' Byrd attended tho G. F. C. com- ; mencemeut last week. ? Miss Ruth Etheredge has return ed from a delightful trip to Green wood and Phoenix S. C., where . she visited friends and relatives. Mr. W. Frank West of Augus ta, Ga., was up for a few days last , week to see his mother. Miss Ruth Strom has returned home from Greenville, S. C. She was one of the gradutes this year of the G. F. C. Mrs. J. C. Williams and Mrs. Ruth Etheredge were in town shop ping Saturday. Round Trip Excursion Rates for Fourth of July. Account Fourth of July, the Southern railway announces very low round trip excursion fares be tween all points, tickets on sale July 2, 3, 4 with final limit July 7, 1913. Call on any ticket agent or address, S. H. Hardwick, PTM., Washington, D. C. H. F. Cary, GPA., Washington, D. C. W. E. McGhee, AGPA.. Columbia. S. C. A. H. Acker, TPA., Augusta, Ga. Most Children Have Worms Many mothers think their chil dren are suffering from indigestion, headache, nervousness, weakness, costiveness, when they are victims of that most common of all chil dren's ailments-worms, peevish, ill-tempered, fretful children, who toss and grind their teeth, with bad breath and colicky pains, have all the symptoms of having worms, and should be given Kickapoo Worm Killer, a pleasant candy lozenge, which expels worms, regulates the bowels, tones up the system, and makes children well and happy. Kiokapoo worm killer is guaran teed. All draggist8 or by mail. Price 26o. Kickapoo Indian Medi ?me Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis. Penn & Holstein, W E Lynch & Co. I What Others Say | * * Unfathomable Tho. The three moat unfathomable things in this world sre a woman, a doctor's prescription, end a Chinese laundry ticket.-The State?. ? Hopeful View. With the economy that has been forced this spring, if there is a good crop and good prices this fall, the south can cut loose from Wall street. - An derson Mail. Expensive Charms. In view of the fact that false hair and cosmetics are getting more and more expensive, the modern husband sees more truth than poetry in the old song "Dear were her charms to me." -The News and Courier. AB Honest Confession. Lee County is worried about a heavy criminal docket that faces its court officials. Pshaw, they ought to stay in this old principality a few months, then they'd see some dock-it!-Aiken Journal. The June Bride. Behold the bride, in white arrayed. And is she nervous or afraid? Oh! No!-although she looks that way She feels like shouting out "Hurray, I have him clinched-oh! happy Day!" -New Orleans Daily States. Kot So Ia Edgefield. A little touch of powder, a little daub of paint, tum te tum te tum te tum, look what she ain't, etc.-Laurens Ad vertiser. Shame 'pon yourself, man. for calling public attention to it. Newberry Herald and News. Establish Credit at Bank. Credit at the bank is one of the greatest assets a farmer can have. It increases his ability to buy and sell; it places him in the class with other bu siness men and thus gives him an op portunity to deal satisfactorily with Business men; it places a certain guar antee upon the products he has for sale, which enables him to sell to the best advantage; it secures favors from the banker and others when these are needed. Open an account with the bank and take the banker into your confidence. -Farra and Ranch. Clad as Mother Eve. An Impudent, thief robbed the cash register of a Pa'chogue, L. I., fruit 3tore while the wife of the fruiterer was looking on from behind a screen and couldn't do anything but cry, "Stop thief!" But the thief wouldn't stop because the woman was taking a batu and he dared her to chase him. "I thought," the woman said afterwards "of wrapping myself in two Turkish towels, but I couldn't find any pins, fcnd there he was, emptying the money ?rawe?-! And there I was! it was only sight dollars he got, but, dear me, it would have been the same if it were sight hundred. Indeed, I would't have run out to catch him if it had been eight million!'-Do you blame her? - Columbia Record. $* 4* I Smile Provokers | j. + "And a very suitable bride for you, too, old chap." "Whyf*" "Well, you say she has brains enough for two!" Suppose, said the paraimonious uncle to the little, boy, "you have half an apple and I give you anoth er half. How much have you?" "A whole apple," said the boy. Well, continued the uncle, ' sup pose you had a half dollar and I gave you another half dollar. What would you have then?" 1 A fit," promptly answered the boy.-Yonkers Gazette. An old oolored woman oame into a Washington real estate office the other day and was recognized as a tenant of a small house that had become much enhanced in value by reason of a new union station in that neighborhood. 1 Look here, auntie, we are going to raise your rent this month," the agent remarked briskly. "Deed, an ah'a glad to hoar dat, pah," the old woman replied, duck ing her head politely. "Mighty glad fo' sh?,' case Ah des oome in hyah terday ter tell yo' all Ah couldn't raise hit dis monthl" "I am selling encyclopedias," he remarked on reaching his intended victim. ' I have the finest thing in that line on the face of tho earth. Don't you think that I might inter est you in one?" "Don't believe ye kin, young fel ler," slowly responded the farmer, resting on the handle of his hoe. "Gueffl I hain't Rot no use fer one." "No use for an encyclopedia?" eloquently responded the book agent. "Why, my dear sir, every body has use for one." "Yes, they're all right in a way," deliberately admitted the farmer, but ye see, young feller, I'm afeared rm too old now to ride the dearned thing." Issues Induction? in Dam Site Case. Angust?, Ga., June 16.-Petition for injunction filed in the United States court in Charleston by Wil liam H. Fleming, representing him self, E. F. Verdery, H. C. Middle ton and W. E. Andrews, against the Georgia-Carolina Power com pany, wbioh is developing the $300, 000 power at Stevens Creek, re sulted in Judge Smith granting temporary injunction and setting the hearing for permanent injunc tion on Wednesday of this week in i Charleston. The petitioners own 42 acres of land above the dam which they hold at such alleged ex cessive prices the company refused to pay and proceeded under its charter to begin condemnation. The land owners hold they have not the right of condemnation and ask the court for injunction thereon. The company has aoquired eve ry foot of property it needs in Georgia and South Carolina other than these 4-2 acres. A train on one of the transcon tinetal lines that runs through Kan sas City, and is usually late, was re ported on time a few days ago. The young man who writes the I particulars concerning the trains at that station, put down his statistics about this train: "'Number 616 - from the west-on time." Then he wrote underneath: "Cause unknown"-Saturday Even ing Post. WE CARRY A COMP! Galvanized aud black piping Elbows Ties Unions Reducers Nipples Valves Ejectors Injectors Guage glasses Asbestos packing Rubber sheet packing Saw teeth Saw rings We cut and thread pipe to Stewart & Hot W Gam You cannot control tr suit your clothing to the old summer time" is here so you had better provid ments that will insure cor We have light we igt popular colors and weaves We have light weig! can ?t any size and satisfy We have stylish hat felts. We have the lar we have ever carried. We aie sole J Eclipse the best shirts on the i Dorn & Great Mass of Proof. Reports of 30,000 Cases of Kidney Trouble, Some of Them ridgefield Cases. Each of some 6,000 newspapers of the United States is publishing from week to week, names of people in its particular neighborhood, who have used and recommended Doan'a kidney pills for kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder troubles and urinary disorders. This mass of proof includes over 30,000 testimo nials. Edgefield is no exception. Here is one of the Edgefield cases. W B Paul, clerk, Butler street, Edgefield, S. C., says: *I was both ered by kidney complaint from childhood and it got worse after I had the measles about twelve years ago. I suffered from acute pains throughout my body and I had much trouble from weakness ; from the kidneys and bladder. Doan's kidney pills were just what I needed, driv ing away my pains and strengthen ing my kidneys and bladder. When ever I have felt in need of a kidney medicine since, Doan's kidney pills have come to my aid. ? consider them thc best kidney medicine to be had." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbura Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doaa'a and take no other. MOST JETE LINE OF Gandy belting, 2-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 8-, and io-inch, 6 ply. Pump cylinders Sinks Bath tubs Lavaratories Gas tanks Cypress tanks Gasoline engines Rapid Fire hay presses Sisal and Manilla rope Fifth chains Coil chains sketch. Write for prices, Kernaghan tents ie mercury but you can weather. The "good to remain for 4 months, e the light weight gar nfort. it clothing in all of the tm We have oxfords for men and boys that are stylish and dura able. Try a Grosset or a Selz-Schwah J Oxford it underwear of all kinds, 1 any taste. s in strawy panama and gest assortment ot hosiery loents for the Shirts narket tor the money. & Hims