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QEdge?dd Ivette. fetai?liBt?e? 1835. /. L. MIMS.E?itor\ 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 EDGEFIELD COUNTY. Wednesday,August 20. The test of every religion, political or educational system is the mac that it forms.-ARIEL. J* New York is over-stocked with ?rovernors. New cotton will infuse new life in the old town in less than 30 days. Farmers are in the grip of the bagging and tie trust. The Edgefield High School is a FREE school to all who wish to attend. Wonder how^ long before Thaw's thrilling escape will be spread upon the moving picture screens? November 5, 6, 7,-the county fair dates. Let's make them mean much for Edgefield county. The rejuvenation and re-organi zation of the Edgefield Rifles is a movement in which the people of Edgefield are deeply interested. Let the Chamber of Commerce get squarely behind the county fair and assist in making the very best fair that hat? been held. When governors fall out crimi nals remain ?it large, While the governor of South Carolina and the governor of Georgia are playing a spite game criminals in both states go scot free. Sheriff Swearingen and his dep uty are keeping criminals on the move. They are reaping a rich harvest of mean whiskey and pis tols-two evils or nuisances that should be banished from the face of the earth. Much is said abo? otton oloth ing the world but it has another ad vantage in that it is the best lubri cator for the wheels of trade that has yet been discovered. Put a few hundred bales of cotton on the market and the business machinery which has been practically idle all summer begins to hum. An Agricultural Page. Not since the day The State was founded in Columbia, nearly a quar ter of a century ago, has it been lacking in public spirit. To the support of every worthy enterprise The State's managers have always contributed generously. Another evidence of the paper's public spirit is found in the fact that it now devotes in entire page once a week in the daily and in one issue of the [semi-weekly to the pro motion of the agricultural interests of the state. In addition to val uable reading matter, under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture, Col. Watson, The State will co-operate with fruit growers, truckers and farmers generally in the marketing of their produce. Taking it all together, nothing Las been undertaken by the press of the state that will be of greater benefit to farmers than will this page in The State that has been set apart aa the agricultural page. Will be Forced to Diversify. Farmers who resided in the wee; vii stricken district of Texas thoueht for the time that they were rai ned when the weevil forced them to stop growing cotton. But in stead of resulting in bankruptcy it has proven a blessing in disguise. Lands that had formerly been plant ed year after year in cotton were devoted to stock raising, grain, hay, potatoes and other crops, from which a handsome profit was realized. After paying well for the experi ence, farmers in this county are learning that it is unwise to attempt to grow cotton and purchase high priced mules, horses, corn, oats, hay, meat, lard, etc., in the west. Even when cotton sells for a good price it is impossible, in view cf the unprofitable labor and other handicaps, to make both ends meet by pursuing such a course. Then, too, if Texas farmers continue, through the use of commercial fer tilizers and by the adoption of la bor saving implements, to increase the production of cotton, farmers of South Carolina and Georgia can not compete with them. The time is not far distant when the all-cotton farmers will be forced to diversity. Would it not be bet ter to begin diversifying before the ohange is forced upon them? Let Them be Punished. So far as our information goes there is but little whiskey being sold ?D the county now by white men. We do not mean to say there is none, but most of the ilLcit whis key is being sold by negroes. It be hooves the white men of the towna and rural communities to rise up and put a stop to this traffic which is demoralizing to both races. The labor is being demoralized, crimes are being committed as a result of the whiskey selling and then the white men must step forward and pay the negroes out in order to pro tect what money they have already advanced to them. Then, too, it is probably true that in some rural communities some white boys and young men are being debauched by the mean liquor that is being sold by negroes who obtain it from the Aiken dispensary. When negroes are arrested and convicted of selling whiskey lei them go to the chaingang, instead of paying a fine, and it will not be long before the traffic will stop. Give the"officers of the law your co-operation in their efforts to con vict the negroes, and after they are convicted let the offenders suffer for their wrong doing. Thoughtless Rather Than Impolite. We have recently heard com plaints because of the failure of some of Edgefield's young people, particularly young ladies, to treat their seniors with proper respect when meeting and greeting them on the streets. All ground for this complaint should be removed. There is no reasonable excuse in a small community like this for the failure ' :ng people to speak in a cour teous manner to persons whom they meet, especially when these persons are neighbors and friends of the family. We are constrained to believe that this seeming lack of politeness is due to thoughtlessness rather than to a deliberate act of disrespect. We can not believe that Ihe young people of Edgefield are deficient in home training in this respect. They should bear ' mind, however, that any lick of aspect on the part of young people for older persons is a reflection on their home training on father and mother. Young la dies and young gentleman, always be thoughtful, polite and kind to those with whom you meet, and es pecially to those who are advanced in years. By doing so you will not only brighten the lives of oth ers but it will react upon you, mak ing your lives sweeter and nobler. boubtless Edgv. * >d, like every other community, .s a few per sons who in their shortsightedness and in their habit of judging by false standards feel that they are superior to their fellow mortals, and for that reason speak either in an indifferent, haughty or condescend ing manner when they meet people on the streets. These shallow brained individuals are to be pitied rather than censured. As some complaints have been made, wouid it not be well for.the fathers and mothers of Edgefield. to speak to their children about being polite and courteous, lest they be numbered among those who are habitually thoughtless, if. not dis courteous. What Others Say Weakens Confidence. This eternal graft of public officers and the ease with which they escape penalties do93 much to weaken the con fidence of the people in our financial system.-Spartanburg Record. ' Freaks of Fashion. The folly of fashion brings about many changes in dress and social life. A great many women are wanted to day who are able to "rise above the foolish freaks of fashion."-Spartan burg Journal. Corn to be Higher. Corn is going to be high the coming year. The crop in Kansas and other great corn states is millions of bushels short. The South Carolina farmer with a ful' corn crib is going to be "in it" and the number of that kind will be larger than ever this time.-New berry Observer. Decrease of Beef Cattle. A Chicago master butcher predicts that by 1928 none but the rich will be able to afford beef. Any one who heard Congressman Lever's exposition of the beef cattle that is proceeding in this country is apt to think this situation will be reached long before 1928 if something is not done to change the course of events.-Columbia Record. Hearst a Democratic Enemy. t.* If this country shall escape war with Mexico the result will be a great dis appointment to Mr. William Randolph Hearst. All the genius of his writers and the skill of his cartoonists is be ing employed to provoke a resort of hostilities. The Hearst papers, it may be remarked in this connection, have never before gone to such lengths* in their efforts to bring ridicule upon the President and high officials of the Ad ministration at Washington.-News and Courier. Homicides Among Negroes.' J The the negro population are kill' h other off the next census rn expected to show that the race v dually disappearing. Every day newspapers contain accounts of ?omicides among the negroes; some times several in the same day. They kill each other for the most trivial reasons. Much of this evil is owing to the bad example the whites set them. Negroes always imitate the whites; they imitate th?ir worst traita particularly, and usually excel in these traits, as they are now doing in crimes of violence. Certainly not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has there been such a prevalence of crimes of vio lence among the negroes.-Newberry Observer. Smile Provokers "I hope you are following my in structions carefully Sandy, the pills thre9 times a day 'and a drop of whiskey at bedtime." "Well sir, I may be a wee bit be hind wi' the pills, but I'm about six weeks in front wi' the whusky." They had been talking as they walked through the leafy groves of Cherokee park. She had remarked pathetically : "Oh, it must be terrible to a man to he rejected by a woman." "Indeed it [ must," was his res ponse. Then after a while, with sympa thetic ingeniousness, she exclaimed: "It doesn't seem that I could ever have the heart to do it'" And then there came a silence be tween them as he thought it over. Louisville Times. Last year I did not want to em barrass my best giri to make ber propose to me, so asked her to be my wife, and she said: "I would rather be excused,1' and I like an idiot excused her. But I got even with the girl. I married her mother. Then my father married the girl. Now, I don't know who I am. When I married the girl's moth er, the girl became my daughter, and when my father married my daughter he is my son. When my father married my daughter she was my mother. If my father is my son, and my daughter is my mother, who in the thunder am I? My moth er's jiother (which is my wife) must be my graudmother, and I being my grandmother's husband, Lam my own grandfather.-Na tional Monthly. Report of Grand Jury. Edgefi?ia, S. C., July 28, '1 To the grand jury of Edgeti county; S. G: We the committee appointed your foreman at the March Term court thi* year to examine the bo( and accounts of the county offic of pur county have examined I same and make the foilowing port: In the Auditor's office we foi everything in good order. 1 books neatly kept aud accounts good form. ' We find that then on the Auditor's books a total turn of property for taxation vail at $4,415,653, composed of items follows: Farm lands valued at $2,010,8 Town real estate , $465,5 Corporations 897,0 Personal property $1,042,4 The total amount of taxes sessed for all purposes on tl property is $71,754.36! We found that there had be returned in our county, for tl year for taxation 3,780 dogs whi pay a tax of 50 cents each and al are assessed on a valuation of $5. each at 16 1-4 mills as persoc property. We ilso noticed that c ly 971 head of sheep and goats we returned for taxation at a valuati< of $115.00, only about one fourth a goat or a sheep for each dog. T ?only comforting compensation fro the dogs being the fact they are ? sessed per capita at 50 cents and ? so taxed again at $5.00 each as pc sonal property. There are returned for taxatie in our county 4341 mules at an a erage valuation of $56.80 per hea and 2151 horses at a valuation i $52.30 per head. So you see th there are more dogs in the coun than there are horses, very near two dogs for each horse and almo as many dogs as there are mules. We also note that the tot aggregate valuation of merchandii returned tn our county for taxatic is $154, 115.00. In the Treasurer's office we foun the books, accounts and vouchers i proper shape and that the Treasure had closed his accounts for the fisc: year ending July Ist, and was read to make a settlement as required b law. This settlement sheet w checked with the voucher's in hi office and with his books and foun the same practically correct, an proper amount of funds on hand t his credit as Treasurer in bank. . We found the office of Superir .tendent of Education in prope shape, with books and account neatly and well kept. From his of fice we noticed that there are in th .county supported by public fund 54 white schools, with an enroll ment of 2049, pupils, 73 colorei schools with an enrollment of 538' pupils. ' From the office of clerk of cour Wv* found that all fines licenses col lected by this officer up to July 1st 1913 bad been paid over to the coun ty treasurer and that the books anc records of his office were in prope shape and well kept. The offices of Judge of Probate Master and Sheriff were examinee and al! public funds in the hands ol these officers had been properly en tered. The public funds in hanc by these officers, as shown by theil records, were found to their credil as such officers in the banks of oui couuty. In the office of the county super visor and county commissioners we were glad to note an iraprovemenl in the administration of said office so far as the form of claims made against the county. We were very glad to note that the common cus tom of most c]aims being attested by the supervisor himself individu ally when the law requires that each ! claim must be attested by the per son making the claim, has been di mest entirety discontinued. The supervisor should follow the law in this matter though it sometimes caused a little trouble to some claimant who lives in the country. From the books in this office we found that claims against the gener al county fund amounting to $51, 840.33 had been approved from the 1st of July 1912 to the 1st of July 1913. We noted that the supervi sor and county commissioners bor rowed during the year 1912 from the banks in our county the sum of $21,000, all of which had been paid. We noted that for the year 1913 thct this office had borrowed up to the 1st of August $14,000. Our committee after going through the - books accounts of the countv officerd request the grand ju ry of our county to recommend to our delegation in the legislature that an Act be passed at the next session creating a sinking fund for each township in ouf county in which any tax is levied and collect ed for the payment of Railroad bonds and coupons. Our reason for requesting this is that it is im possible to 'evy a tax for this pur pose that would raise the exact amount of the coupons or annual payments on such bonds. The re sult is a levy put on the taxable property of the township wh usually raises a little more tl the amount necessary and this cess is usually thrown to the gen al county fund, and lost to I township. There should be a sii ing fund commission in each toi ship whose duty it would be look after any excess or deficien in the amount reduced by this s cial levy and whatever excess is c lected over the amount necessary pay the coupons on such bonds any township should be held such sinking: fund commission some solvent bank until the amou aggregated enough to pay the pr cipal of said bonds or some porti thereof. We found that there are o standing against Pickens towns! railroad bonds to the amount $5400.00 which have matured s< eral years since. These bonds or inally bore interest at 7 per ce and the county is now paying int est on these matured bonds at t rate of 7 per cent. We requi that the grand jury recommend th the county commissioners have funding bonds issued to take these matured bonds and at a low rate of interest than is now bei: paid. Respectfully, W. L. Dunovaot, Jas. R. Cantelou, W. H. Dorn, P. B. Day, Jr. J. W. Stewart, A. E. Padgett, Committee. We the committee on publ buildings make the following recor mandations. 1st. The iron windows in the jc be put in a safe condition at one 2nd, That the jail be co vere with a metal roof. 3rd, The lightening rods be remo ed at once from the jail roof. 4th, The Supervisor have tl back yard of the court house clea ed and thoroughly renovated. We further recommend that tl supervisor and commissioners mak some provision to protect and pr serve the records of the Judge c Probate and Auditor offices. That the stairway in clerk's offic be removed from the inside of th building and placed on the outsid on the south side of said building t lead to the offices of superintended of education and county comraii sioners, and that the office of cler of court be enlarged by taking ou the paitition next to the presen stairway to make room for record and books which are accumulatim in said office of the clerk of cour for which there is now no room. Respectfully, Jas. R. Cantelou, J. W. Stewart, . J. R. Strother. Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 14, 1913. To His Honor, H. F. Rice, Presid ing Judge August Term of Courl Edgefield County, South Caro lina. We have passed on all the bill handed to us by the court, and re ported same, excepting the follow ing; The State vs. Charlie Haramonc for murder and carrying concealec weapons. We were unable to in ves tigate this case from the fact tha: we had no witnesses. From wbai information we received the Coro ner of this county. J. E. Holmes, held an inquest over the dead bodj of Tom Sullivan Oct. 23rd, 1912, said to have been killed by the said Charlie Hammond, and the follow ing verdict was rendered by the ju ry of inquest: We the undersigned jurors decide from the evidence of the witnesses that Tom Sullivan came to his death from a pistol shot wound in the hand., of Charlie Hammond." (Signed) H. W. Mc Kie, O. D. Prince, J. E. Ham mond, Louis Tucker, E. Ham mond, T. W. Hammond, Jonas Stuart, Ed. Henderson, Johnnie Glover, Robt. Collier, Gus- Ham mond, D. T. Mathis, (Foreman) jurors before us. No witnesses ap peared in this case and we found no evidence that any of the witnesses who testified at the coroner's in quest were bound over to appear at court. We are informed that the party charged with the killing is now living in Edgefield county and has never been arrested. We present the coroner J. E. Holmes, who is the present coroner of our county for failure to dis charge his duty in not issuing a warrant for the said Charlie Ham mond and in not binding over the witnesses to appear before this court as was his duty under the law. We hold the indictment in this case for further investigation. The other two indictments held for further investigation, which we hope to return to the court at the October 1913 term are indictments of Jim Henry Norman and Carrie Norman for murder, and of John Murray for murder. We commend that the parties charged under these two indictments be held in jail un til the Ootober 1913 term of court for further investigation of the charges against them. We acknowledge the many com plaints that come to us from thc country districts in regard to illegal sale of whiskey, which we respect fully refer to the deputy sheriff of our county, who is requested" to look after lawlessness in the couu try districts. The committee on roads, bridges and ferries request us io recommend to the county supervisor that bushes and obstructions to sight be removed on the inside curve io all places on public roads to remove the danger ot head on collisions of automobiles with approaching ve hicles. That limbs be pruned from trees which overhang public roads and endanger vehicles with tops. That the bridge across Beaver Dam creek on public road leading from residence of R. A. Wash to Red Hill church be repaired at once so that the public may cross Stephens creek at Parks Mill. That bridge across Cuffee Town creek on the line between Edgefield and Greenwood counties be re paired. That they believe that the super visor is working the roads of our county as rapidly as possible, and they especially recommend that he hasten to have mud holes in the roads filled, and to accomplish this, that he have a squad of hands for this purpose and k*>ep them going over i he roads. That the bridge across Log creek near Pleasant Grove church is in dangerous con dition and that it should be re paired. The committee on Poor House re port that on the county farm of 277 acres thsy find about 125 acres un der cultivation, planted in corn, cotton peas and potatoes. That they find on this farm two head of horses and 2 head of mules, ll head of cattle including 5 milch cows, 16 hogs aad pigs, one 1 horse wag on and one 2 horse wagon and a good line of farm implements. There are in the county home for the poor 16 inmates-6 white and 10 colored-all of whom seem to be well cared for. There are on the farm 6 houses, five of which are used for inmates, and also ample barns and othei buildings. It is their opinion that the county farra and county home are well managed. The report of the committee on books and accounts of county offi cers was submitted to us in writing and we submit same herewith mark ed "Exhibit A." as a part of our report, and we refer the recommen dations therein to our delegation in the legislature and request that same be carried out. The report of committee on pub lic buildings to us in Writing, mark ed "Exhibit B." we herewith sub mit md make a part of our present ment. We present to the court Mr. W. A. Kirby, who was appointed and acted as one of the commissioners of state and county elections of No vember, 1912, who is reported to us for having collected from the Comp troller General the money for pay ing the per diem and expenses of managers and clerks of state and county elections, and failed to pay same to the managers and clerks of said election. We recommend that be be indicted for mis-applications of public funds or breach of trust. We find that he received from the state the sum of $145.00 in war rant of Comptroller General drawn on State Treasurer to pay the ex penses of state and county elections and that he has not paid over said sum to the parties who acted as managers and clerks of said elec tions. We submit the following names as witnesses in said case. W. R. Parks, W. McDaniel, W. O. Whatley, N. W. McDaniel, W. McDaniel, W. McDaniel, Jr., George Jordan, J. 0. Seigler, Ed mund Harrison and W. D. Cheat ham. We desire to express our thanks to Judge Rice and the other oourt officers for the courtesy, patience and assistance extended to us du ring this term. Respectfully, A. E. Padgett, Foreman. Good Reason For His Enthusi 4 asm. When a man has suffered for sev eral days with colic, diarrhoea or other form of bowel complaint and is then cured sound and well by one or two doses of Chamberlain's col ic, cholera and diarrhoe remedy, as is often the case, it is but natural that he should be enthusiastic in his praise of the remedy, and es pecially is this the case of a severe attack when life is threatened. Try it when in need of such a rem edy. It never fails. Soli by all dealers. Notice. In order that ray patrons may not be inconvenienced, I give no tice that my dental office will be closed from Wednesday, August 13 to Monday, August 18. J. S. Byrd. \