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fdgcfkt? S?tafaliab^? 1835. /. L. A?/A1S,-.-.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edenfield. S. C. No communications will be published ai?ess 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, July 16. A noble heart, like the aun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.--SIDNEY. .I After mu eli fuming and frothing and much ado about nothing, as is fre quently the casi1 when little men en deavor to fill big jobs, the South Caro lina militia is at last going to camp for ten days. Instead of sealing the bonds of friend ship and peace, according to tradition, over in Georgia the pipe causes the shedding of human blood. One man Killed another in Dalton last week while quarreling over a tobacco pipe. It ls not only dry in many sections of the interior but down on the coast, even to the water's edge, farmers are suffering from lack of normal nin fall. The grower? of Sea Island cotton on the islands around Charleston are said to be losing thousands of dollars a day on account of the drought. When the members of the Georgia legislature visit Augusta next Saturday toinpect the Medica! college we wonder if the officials will in pointing out the city's assets point to'the nearly one hun dred barrooms that are licensed in open defiance of the laws of Georgia? Chinese are somewhat like the fiery little yellow jackets. When one is as sailed all come to the rescue. When a British vessel reached Newport News last week 14 Chinese were arrested as a result of a mutiny aboard ship. Be cause one of their race was disciplined, all of the little yellow men who were serving as stokers attacked the officers of the vessel. The proposed plan of Senator E. D. Smith for hedging off the boll weevil may or may not possess real merit, this can only be decided by an intimate knowledge of the weevil infested re gion, but it serves to show that Sena-1 tor Smith is constantly on the aiert to promote the welfare of the farmers of the south. He seizes every opportu nity to advance the interests of the tillers of the soil. An Engine of Death. The pleasure car not infrequently, through the indiscretion of the driver, becomes an engine of destruction. Sat urday the daughter of a prominent Charleston attorney was killed while motoring near Lake George, N. Y., where the family had gone to spend the summer. While the 20th century provides more pleasures ar.d luxuries than the "dark ages" it at the same time is attended with more dangers and pitfalls. Mr. Bryan Makes a Mistake. In leading his post in Washington to go upon the lecture platform for a month or six weeks Secretary of State Bryan has made an egregious mistake. Gran ting that the affairs of the gov ernment will not suffer, his absence upon a mission of personal aggrandize ment will give the enemies of Presi dent Wilson an opportunity to criticise the Democratic administration. We do not believe Mr. Bryan conferred with the President before making the engagements to lecture. President Wilson is too wise and prudent a man to have consented to 3uch a course A Commendable Example. Vincent Astor who, following the tragic death of his father. Col. John Jacob Astor, became the possessor of many millions of dollars, is setting a very commendable example to wealthy young mea who shall come after, and older ones, too, for that matter. A few days ago he spent many thousands of dollars providing an outing for 5,000 poverty stricken children who eke out a miserable existence in the slums of New York. It is said that young As tos will provide a number of similar outings during the summer. In addi tion to this, he is erecting a home on the Hudson for invalid children of indigent parents. According to our way of thinking this is an ideal way for millionaires to unload some of their wealth. Will Become a Thrice-Blessed Town. Blessed is the town that has a strong agricultural backing and upon whose streets hundreds of cotton laden wag ons are seen in the fall, but twice blessed is that town whose streets are crowded with tobacco wagons in the summer in addition to the cotton wag ons of autumn. We read with envy of i the heavy tobacco sales in some the Pee Dee towns. The prosperity of such towns, like that of the farmers who live at home, is not dependent upon tariff or currency legislation. There is but little hope for an in crease in Edgefield's cotton receipts, for the immediate future at least, and as for the tobacco there is nothing for us except to consume instead of pro duce the golden weed. But in the mat ter of increased and enlarged support for Edgefield, we are looking hopeful ly to lie establishment of sundry in dustrial enterprises ?vhich will provide all-the-year-round pay rolis, which will enable us to be classed among the thrice-blessed towr.s. Worthless Dogs a Menace. Worthless dogs are undesirable ac quisitions to a community the year round, but particularly at this season are those of the vagrant type a menace to the community. In the summer a larger number of dogs bocome victims of hydrophobia, and it is at thu season too that children as they play in the yard or on the streets are more exposed to roaming dogs. Scarce ly a week passes that the head of a dog, a hydrophobia suspect, is not sent to the office ol the State Board of He alth in Columbia for examination in order to determine whether or not the animal was a victim of hydrophobia. Sin :e the first of January, the Board of Health has administered the Pasteur treatment to 199 persons who were bit ten by dogs. So large a number as this may not impress some readers of these lines, but if the next victim to be car ried to Columbia for treatment should be a member of his or her home circle, then the realization of what a menace these worthless dogs are would be more keenly felt. It behooves the citizens of every rural community and of every town to see that all diseased, vagrant dogs are killed. An ounce of prevention may be worth a million pounds of cure. Nothing is more horrible to contem plate than the death of a little child, oran adult, too, for that matter, from hydrophobia. Reasons For Abolishing Farms. One of the leading arguments in fa vor of abolishing the State farms has been that they are used to grow cotton in competition with farmers who are compelled to produce the fleecy staple for a living, and, furthermore, that the convicts are needed on the public roads of the counties from which they are sent up. This argument is strength ened by an advertisement recently published in one of the daily papers asking for bids for supplies for the penitentiary for the ensuing year. Among the items upon which bids are requested are 20,000 pounds of bacon and sufficient quantity bagging far covering about 1,000 bales of cot ton. These items reflect an unwise policy in the management of the insti tution and strengthen the position of chose who advocate the sale of che state farms. Why should cotton be grown in competition with farmers and the money used, a portion of at least, to purchase meat from western pack ers? Why not produce less cotton on these farms and grow more corn with which to feed hogs? As long as these farms are maintain ed they should be conducted as far as po3i ble as model farms. The Depart ment of Agriculture of South Carolina advocates the growing of all home ne cessities as far as possible upon the farm, and yet the State farms grow cotton with which to buy western ba con. This is, after all, a comparative ly small matter, but it reflects a policy in the management that should not exist. The Advertiser has all along advo cated the sale of the farms, reserving a limited area upon which the actual necessities for maintenance may be produced. We have also urged the placing of the convicts on the public roads. Let the counties which have suffered injury through crimes com mitted receive direct benefit from the labor of the criminals. What punish ment anyway is it for a negro to put him behind a plow in a cotton field? It is suggestive of Uncle Remus' rabbit and the brier patch. They were enjoying a motor ride and had just entered a country road. "May I kis8your hand? be asked, a little confusedly. She removed her veil. No," she replied: "I have my gloves on."-Lippincott's Maga zine. What Others Say Drives it Out. Atlanta is trying to get rid of the smoke nuisance. Send for Senator Tillman. Heran it out of the senate chamber.-Anderson Mail. Men Plentiful. The suffragettes can't get around the fact that when a girl says she ?3 having "a perfectly lovely t;me," she means that men are plentiful and at tentive.-News and Courier. Let Politics Alone. If you know a little and aspire to know much more and be a well rounded man, keep out of politics. No practical politician can rise to the high est plane of manhood. -Spartanburg Journal. Worthless Dogs Killed. The Charleston dogcatcher has killed more than 200 dogs since May. And the city is that much better off. Other cities and towns, and country districts, also, might follow this good example. -Newberry Observer. Heavy Shipments. The Southern railway announces the shipment of 116 cars of cucumbers from the section around Blackville this season. How many "tummy" aches will 116 cars of cucumbers make? - Yorkville Enquirer. Should Keep Statistics. Over in Georgia Governor Slaton is urging legislation which will provide for the systematic collection of vital statistics. The importance of keeping an accurate record of births, deaths and marriages is recognized in every civilized country, and the people of the South have been paying dearly in various ways for their backwardness rn enacting and enforcing laws to this end. - Newa and Courier. Say No More About lt. The way to keep up hard feeling and antagonism between the North and South is to keep eternally prating about the twosections beingreunited and that now they are one people. If a man and his wife are constantly parading their happiness and harmony before the public and telling every one how happy they are, yo-i may expect a hot old time in that home.-Spartanburg Journal. Smile Provokers Inspector: "Any abnormal chil dren in your class, Miss Pedagog?" School teacher: "Yes, one of them has good manners."-Life. Ho: They say ?Sally Simpson is married at last. She: Who's the happy man? He-Her father, of course. Judge. He-A penny for your thoughts, Miss Sterling-but I suppose you value them at more than that? She-Oh, no! The fact isl was thinking of you.-Yale Record. Pat: Nixt toime Oi pass wid a lady Oi want yer to remove yer bat. Mike: And suppose Oi refuse? Pat: Thin, bedad, you'll have ter remove yer coat. Well, sonny, did you take your dog to the 'vet' next door to your house, as I suggested? Hoy-Yes sir. Old Genn-And what did he say? Boy-'E said Towser was suffer ing from nerves, so sis had better give up playin' the pianner." "A little girl wrote the following composition on men: "Men are what women marry. They drink and smoke and 6wear, but don't go to church. Perhaps if they wore bonnets they would. They are more logical than womeu and also more zoological. Both men and women sprung from monkeys, but the wo men s.orung farther than the men." -Answers. p "Have you no decent brands of cigars?" demanded the man who was pawing over the case. ''I think lean suit you," said the dealer. Here are three brands of my own-the kicker, the grumbler and the El Groueho." The man made a quick selection without further comment.-Louis ville Courier-Journal ''Here's a joke for which Capt. "Jim" Bell, compiler of the Con gressional Directory, is responsible. " Wharfo, you didn't preambutate to our camp meetin' on las week, aunt Ca'line?'' "Lawd, chile, I low'd to went, but I found de gwine so bad it was on possible for me to came." Washington Sta?*. I A Knightly Blow. Lest we forget-and in no sense to re-kindie any of the'dying flame of animosity -we recall a noble in cident which happened right after the war. It is suggested to us by the Sunday .school lesson of last Sunday, where Moses upon seeing one of his own down trodden race cruelly treated by an Egyptian task mahter who had him in his power, smote the Egyptian to the ground and buried him in the s ind. Of this noble and patriotic deed Mr. Ellis says in his lesson com ments: "Ons day Moses struck a blow that made him an exile and an emancipator. Our hearts warm to the young Hebrew prince for that deed although we know that he was hasty and that maturer judgment would have made him patient. Without condoning the act of Mo ses may we ^ot speak a word of caution against that cold, calculat ing spirit which from prudential considerations stifles all brave and chivalrous impulses. Let us be glad of the men who have nothing of the jelly fish in their composi tion and who dare to blunder be cause they 'abhor that which is e?il.' ' Occasions do not make heroes; they only reveal them-' Back of the blow that Moses struck was the life that he lived and the thoughts that he had been thinking." It was when our couutry was down trodden and under the cruel heel of the scalawags of our home land and the carpet baggers and thieves from the North, and when most young people in the language of some lady of Georgia, thought "Dara-Yankee" was all one word; and when federal troops of rather a low type of foreigner and some ne groes were stationed at Edgefield court house and were tyranizing over not only the white men, but delicate white ladies of oui land, that one sale day Mr. John C. Strother, who lived up on Saluda river in, at that time, a part of Edgefield district, was standing near the court house here in town, and saw a Yankee soldier attempt ing to shoot Mr. Coleman, a friend and neighbor of John Strother. The place was crowded with armed fed eral soldiers. Mr. John Strother, without a moment's hesitation and in the face of what seemed almost certain loss of his own life, pulled his pistol from his pocket and killed the Yankee and saved the life of his friend. In the confusion thaUfollowed this open and manly dnTpiay of bravery, Mr. Strother ran back of the court house and jumped on the first horse he Cuuld find and went speeding down Beav er Dam creek and near the place of Mr. R. C. Padgett he galloped out in the field, got right in the middle of the creek and rode several miles in the water and bed of the stream and thus left no impression for pur surers, by riding in the rocky cur rent and ia this way he eluded the angry troops who were following. After riding down about the Eichelberger plantation, some four miles, he rode across country to the residence of his aged uncle, the late Mr. David Strother. It was night when he got there. He went in and told Mr. Strother, who was an in valid., that he had killed a Yaukee in defence of his friend and wauted $300 to run off. To this his uncle and aunt readily consented and while Mrs. Strother was counting out the money in gold, John thought he heard the troops riding up, but it was really an old negro man bringing in some stock from the pasture. But John went out a window and hid down in the pas ture in a gully, and the good wife, Mrs. Strother, walked all about for quite a while in the starlit night, filled with patriotic anxiety, with the gold in her hand and whisper ing in a low voice, "John here's your money-here John, take it." He finally heard the low and sweet words of his aunt and crawled out of the gully and took the money and got on a fresh horse of his kind uncle's and rode thru the woods up to his home on the willowy banks of the Saluda river and after a few hasty preparations and tearful part ing from his family had to flee to the mountains of Tennessee, and for many weary weeks his residence on the Saluda where his family lived, had au espionage of Yankee troops prowl inj; around the prem ises ai d coming rudely into the sacred privacy of home at all times of the night, searching in every room and nook and corner of the house. Some time after Reconstruction times Mr. Strother came back and lived with his family. John C.Strother was a handsome, brave man, and this knightly stroke of self-saoi ificing bravery deserves to be recorded and filed among the archives of the noble deeds of the heroes of the South. A. S. T. Mon's and boys summer under wear sold by Rives Bros. 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