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ZstMiaUeb 1835. /. L. MIMS_....Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield. S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries. Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. LARGEST CIRCULATION IN tEDGEFIELD COUNTY. Wednesday, July 23. *-* The example of a vicious prince will corrupt an age, but that of a good one will not reform it-SVIFT. Who said this is not a Sunny South? How pleasant it is to be postcarded by absent friends! Wonder if his critics will honay-comb Secretary Bryan for delivering a free lecture last Sunday? Miss Milholland's sister suffs are green with envy because she secured her ballot first. Wonder if the new slit skirt is cooler than one of the normal type? If so. why not let the men wear slit trousers? The chances are "sixteen to one" that Secretary Bryan secretly regrets his departure from the straight and narrow path of official precedent. Senator E. 1). Smith wants to probe into the increased cost of bagging. His eagle eye never fails to detect any dis crimination against the farmers. It may prove embarrassing to some one "higher up" for Rembert and MCLE irin both to enter the race for governor. The weather man has given us cooler weather but we poor mortals are never satisfied, the clamor being now for a general rain. The Charleston county boy who net ted $300 on an acre of cucumbers de serves a place in the picture alongside that of Jerry Moore. The man out west who is charged with kidnapping a 327-pound girl should be forthwith acquitted. Such an Her culean feat would be impossible, even with the aid of cupid. When the bride adds onions to her menu and the groom take3 down"his strong old pipe it is not difficult to dis cern that the honeymoon is nearing its close. That Dutchman of Amsterdam is welcome to his American bride of suf fragette fame. Indeed thrice welcome if he will only keep her on the other side of the Atlantic. That was an unmerciful judge who kept a Savannah jury in the room for 48 hours last week with the thermometer soaring around 100 practically all the t while. In spite of his salary of $12,500, Tyrus Cobb, the champion baseball player, is said to be dissatisfied. Wonder if he is contemplating deserting the diamond for the lecture platform? An aviator by the name of Luckey entertained the other "high flyers" at the Isle of Palms last week by his daily flights without an accident. There must be something in a name-in his case at least Financial troubles caused a woman in Florida to take her own life last week. In this part of the country the order is reversed. The creditors, not the debtors, are the ones who become desperate. If a man who goes in person to mar ket every morning with a basket on his arm finds it impossib1^ to make ends meet in Washington on a salary of $12,000, how must it be with the fel low who endeavors to keep pace with the "four hundred" on a smaller salary? A ship load of fine bananas from Quatemala reached Charleston Satur day, relieving a banana famine which had existed for some days. The peach famine is being felt in this section far more than a banana famine. Ore lus cious Elberta is more to be desired than a whole bunch of tie-tongue bananas. -m ^ Indicted for Perjury. The marriage license law has passed the experimental stage in South Caro lina, and doubtless after seeing the many benefits to be derived from the practical operation of such a law some of those who opposed ito passage now endorse it unreservedly. The first indictment under the mar riage license law was broughtin Ander son last week against a young white man, who it is alleged swore that his bride-to-be was 18 instead of 15 years of age. If the law should serve no oth er purpoae than that of preventing the I marriage of thoughtless young girls who have not reached the age of con sent, it will be worth more than hun dreds of other laws that have been given space on our statute books. A few prosecutions such as the one that is pending in Anderson will cause the would-be perjurers to think well before swearing falsely. Announcement Concerning High School. An official announcement concerning the High School is made in this issue, a full list of the teachers being given. Especial attention ts called to the mu sic department. The trustees have se lected a strong corps of teachers for every grade and department, and there is no reason why Edgefield can not have as good High School as any other town in the state. We can have 3uch an institution if the patrons and the people of the town generally will give the trustees and teachers their earnest co-operation. The Advertiser would like to see every person in Edgefield enthused over our school. Do not fail to speak favorably of it to visitors who come to Edgefield. We want to build up the High School so it will fill the place in the community and in the coun ty that the S. C. C. I. has filled. It can be done if every shoulder is put to the wheel. Should Provide Adequate Equipment. The Chamber of Commerce should look well to the matter of having the railroad provide adequate and satisfac tory arrangements for receiving and shipping cotton. The building and platforms that are soon to be erected by the Southern will probably stand for 25 or 50 years, and that being the case more than the present demand for space should be provided for. Further more, the arrangement of the depot, tracks, freight and cotton platforms should be such as will facilitate the handling of all incoming and outgoing freights with dispatch. Under the past arrangement there was considera ble congestion around the depot and cotton platform during the cotton sea son. This rush of business, together with an increase in volume, should be anticipated and provided for. The initial outlay to the road in providing adequate platforms, etc., will be com paratively small, while the advantage to be derived by the public, the pa trons of the road, will be very great. Texas to Monopolize Cotton Growing. The remaining cotton growing states will be compelled to hold a conference and take action against Texas, institu ting legal proceedings restraining the Lone Star state from monopolizing in cotton production. It has been con servatively estimated that Texas alone in spite of the boll weevil will market 5,000,000 bales of cotton from the pres ent crop. After more of the plains and prairie lands become arable and labor saving machinery is more gener ally used Texas will practically mo nopolize in supplying the world's de mand for raw cotton. What are the other states going to do about it? As Texas increases her yield from year to year farmers in other portion of the cotton belt will be forced to diversify, curtailing the cot ton acreage and planting more largely of cereals and other home-supply pro ducts. After everything is adjusted to the changed conditions, it would doubtless be better if Texas could sup ply 50 or 75 per cent, of the demand for cotton. Then thousands of far mers would stop losing money in their efforts to make money by raising cot ton. Good Order Prevails at Picnics. Those who attend large gatherings in the county, particularly large pic nics, are commenting freely upon the splendid deportment of the people. How unlike the gatherings of a decade and more ago! This good order is at tributed largely to the almost total d?. ;,?ice of whiskey. At some places not t* breath is tainted with the odor of intoxicants. If there was a dispensa ry at Edgeheld, whiskey would be car ried to these gatherings by the'bug gy load. There are a few men who were rear ed in the long age under entirely differ ent conditions who will have their dram, and nobody can really blame them; but that which ia peculiarly gratifying in this county is the sobriety of the boys and young men. Of course there are exceptions, but in the main Edgefield county is rearing a generation of sober boys and men. Prohibition has made this possi ble by removing the temptation from them. Some of the most ardent sup porters of the dispensary in the past have been convinced of the many ben efits to be derived from curtailing the consumption of whiskey and are now among the most active advocates of prohibition. And the most gratifying part of it all is that conditions are growing bet ter and better in the county. Edge field prefers a generation of sober boys and young men to the so-called dispen sary profits. What Others Say Danced to Death. A New York woman died while danc ing the turkey trot. Her example is highly commendable.-Spartanburg Journal. Forced to Work Outside. It is just awful fora poor man to be a member of the cabinet and be forced to go ou1: and work by the job to get a little spare change to keep the family going.-Spartanburg Journal. Angelic Away From Home. If some husbands and wives were half as angelic at home as they are when away from home what a gain it would be for their families,-Orange burg Times and Democrat. Bardens'Anticipated. People do not sink under the burdens of to-day. It is when to-morrow's burdens are added to those of to-day that the weight crushes one down. - Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Hating Hypocrites. That is a low sort of religion which causes you to hate others who do not agree with you in your opinions. Pure religion and hate will not dwell in the same heart, utterly impossible.-Spar tanburg Journal. Primary Needs Reforming.J TJohn J. McMahan, of Columbia, in a series of weekly letters to the press of the state says South Carolina needs reforming and pleads for a clean pri mary. He says: "The primary needs reforming. Let us hammer it. Line upon line. Precept upon precept." Here's hoping that he may be success ful in ridding the primary of its disa greeble features. -^Belton News. Unequally Yoked Together. When a married man joins about six fraternal orders and attends meetings every night in the week it is evident that his wife faced the parson with the wrong man.-Spartanburg Jour nal. Not necessarily. OP. the other hand it might be taken as an indication that it was the other way 'round. When a man "faces the parson" with the right woman he will hardly find it necessary to join six fraternal orders.-Barnwell People. Banks Help Farmers. A new bank in Barnwell we are in clined to think, is taking the right view of things in that community and is going to help the farmer. This bank proposes to lend money on miscellane ous products. It is done to encourage the farmer to raise adiAersity of crops. No matter whether the bank makes or loses its risks, it will make money for che people of the county, and will be doing a magnificent work. We can not think of a better work that a bank in this country could do than that of encouraging the diversification of the crops of its supporters.-Florence Times. Smile Provokers The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells of a conversation overheard be tween two little girls. "When I get to be a big lady," said one of them, "I'm going to have a Day." "What kind of a day?" asked the second. "Why, don't you know? All susiety ladies has days. It's when you have company, or do somelhin' nice. Mama's Day is Wednesday, an' the hired girl's Day is Thurs day. An' the Lord's Dav is Sun day." The Pennsylvania Dutch have the reputation of being very eco nomical and very careful in watch ing the details of domestio affairs no matter how small. "Hei.iey!" called the father. "Vat!" answered son. "Run an' count dem geese again, Heinev." "All right." Heiney went; Heiney returned. "Heiney," said the father. "Vat!" said the son. "Did you count dem geese again Heiney?" ^Chess." "How many vas dey, Heiney?" "Vun." "Dat's right, Heiney!" 1 GOO'S LOVE SHOWN Prophet, Apostle, Preacher and Religious Teacher May All Translate the Message. With our hearts In a responsive mood, r/e cannot read scripture with out feeling the inspiring thrill of apos tolic fervor for the enrichment of others as well as for ourselves, by an appropriation of the "riches of Qod In Christ Jesus." Every one who has sufficiently come to himself to realize that this is not his abiding place, but that his home Iles yonder, must feel the need of something that is not supplied by this material world. There is a longing de sire for something not made, nor cre ated, and therefore past finding out by creatures of time. The spirit of the inner m'an cries out for a some thing of, and belonging to, eternity, that an immortal soul, on the tossing, changeful sea of human life, may be able to rest upon. The apostle claims to havv, found this spul desideratum, and prays and labors that others - ay also find iL He would "make all men see what Is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus ChriBt; to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." ' Such fellowship comes by that faith which honors man and ascribes glory to the Creator, and furnishes the be liever with mental power and facilities to scale the heights, and sound the depths, and gain a vision of the "length and breadth of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge." Strange paradox! To make known the unknowable! Such ls the mission of the spirit through men, their words, and their deeds. The ideal work of prophet, apostle, preacher and relig ious teacher, is to translate the mes sage of God's love through Christ to a world lost and ruined without lt. in a Ufe and language that all men may understand, and he "convinced of sin, of righteousness and of judgment," "He that hath an ear" may "hear what the spirit saith unto the churches." God ls Love. No man can translate the message of divine love until he has learned the divine hatred of sin. Both the love and the hate are revealed In the sa cred history of God's "wonderful works among the children of men." Judgment and mercy each has Its message; one complements the other, and should be studied together. When each is considered in Its .proper rela tion to the other, there are no contra dictions and nothing Incredible, the "paradoxes of divine love" blend as Itg&t and shade in the perfecting of a picture. "God is love," and all his doings among the children of men are acts of mercy and for the eternal good of the greater number. When this ls seen by the eye of faith, the heart yearns and the mouth gives utterance: "0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for nis goodness, and for his wonder ful works among the children of men." For a true Interpretation of the di vine revelation, and for a proper trans lation of the message of God's love to a lost world, there must be a deep, earnest, sympathetic study of the scriptures, under the guidance of the holy spirit, who inspired it. Then will be seen the unity of a purpose run ning through the whole Bible. That purpose is expressed with epitomized brevity in Ephesians iii, 19, "To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." We can go back of all beginning, and say, with the inspired Psalmist: "0 give thanks unto the Lord, for' he ls good; for his mercy eadureth for ever." "In wisdom he made the worlds." He made great lights-"the sun to rule by day, the moon and stars to rule by night." In all this men are ready to believe in the goodness and mercy of the Almighty. But the same inspired truth declares that "He slew great kings and famous kings, for his mercy endureth forever." We must be In harmony with the whole truth, believing that God ls good and merci ful when he destroys aa well as when he creates. The vessel, stamped with the image of its maker, ls marred at the potter's wheel; lt must be broken and made over again. Purposes In His Providences. "Hard sayings,'* "Dark sentences," "Who can stand it?" "An austere man -I was afraid," "My punishment ls greater than I can bear"-These are the unwise who criticise the unfinish ed work of the all-loving father. Pain ls often but the pressure of the father's hand, pressing his way ward child closer to himself. The In activity of months on a bed of sick ness has saved many a soul that would have lost Itself In the swirl of gaiety and pleasure. For some, poverty and toil are needed to save them from be coming ingrates to infinite love, which supplies their need. Labor gives by far a more satisfying and fuller life than idleness. There are many who are blind to the lofty purposes of God in his provi dences, which, to mortal sense, seem hard, dark and terrible. The cause ls not hard to find-"men" still "love darkness rather than light." "None so blind as he who will not see." It is said there is always ar anti dote to DR found growing close to a poison. This is certainly so.in life. If -VP looked about us with intent, we hould find examples everywhere. Jarib Grand. Summerland College For Women NEXT SESSION BEGINS SEPT. 16th, 1913. Offers a liberal education under positive Chris tian influences. Expenses very moderate. Ideal location. Rocms furnished with everything needed: bed, dresser, washstand, chairs, rugs, linen, electric lights, steam heat hot and cold water. For further information address P. E. MONROE, President, Batesburgor Leesville, S. C. Monuments and Tombstones. I represent the Sp*"tanburg Marble and Granite works tn this section and shall be pleased to show you designs and quote prices on all kinds of work. Write me a card if you are interested and I will call to see you. John R. Tompkins, Edgefield, S. Carolina WE CARRY A MOST COMPLETE LINE OF 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 & Gandy belting, 2-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 8-, and 10-inch, 6 ply. Pump cylinders Sinks Bath tubs Lavaratortes Gas tanks Cypress tanks Gasoline engines Rapid Fire hay presses Sisal and Manilla rope Fifth chains Coil chains sketch. Write for prices. Kernaghan Hot Weather Garments You cannot control the mercury but you can suit your clothing to the weather. The "good old summer time" is here to remain for 4 months, so you had better provide the light weight gar ments that will insure comfort. We have light weight clothing in all of the popular colors and weaves. We have oxfords for men and boys that are stylish and dura able. Try a Crosset or a Selz-Schwab Oxford We have light weight underwear of all kinds, can fit any size and satisfy any taste. We have stylish hats in straw^ panama and felts. We have the largest assortment of hosiery we have ever carried. We aie sole agents for the Eclipse Shirts the best shirts on the market tor the money. Dorn & Mims