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iEstahlisljr? IS35. /. L MIMS_.....Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI. 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. v . ... . _ Wednesday, December IO. No hurnan being, man or woman, jj can act up to a sublime standard I withojt giving offense -CHAFNIN?. | Only 21 more days in 1913. Nothing so unwelcome as these cold "snaps." How many Christmas brides for Edgefield? The patriotic spirit is rapidly gi'ing way to the Christmas spirit. Edgefield envies Yorkville the U. D. C. convention of 1914. The Carnival has gone and Christ mas is coming-two reasons for re-1 juicing. The yeggmcn have headed this way but The Advertiser's safe is in no im mediate danger. Only one "Daughter" wore a dress woven in Dixie. Quite unlike the six ties. Needn't send off to catalogue houses for Christmas remembrances. Edge field merchants can supply your wants. Nothing else pulls a community out of the old ruts quite so effectively as a convention, especially a woman's con vention. We heartily commend the Communi ty Christmas Tree movement in Co lumbia. That is the Christlike way of observing the festive season. Carelessly handled weapons will in flict wounds that are as fatal as when the instrument of death is deliberately aimed. No danger of ward politicians or un popular stump speakers being "egged" these pre-Christmas days. Only the wealthy can afford such extrava gance. Yesterday's papers stated that the Mexican rebels have ordered the price of food reduced. We need a train load of those rebels in this part of the country. The sum of $32,000 which was paid for the Robert and Elizabeth Brown ing love letters in London was not a big price. We have known of people who would pay a million in cold coin of the realm-if they had it-for just one letter like those of Browning, provided of course it was from the right daugh ter of Eve. Attorney General Peeples has been ex nerr.ted, the coroner's j iry having pronounced the unfortunate tragedy accidental homicide. 11^ has the sym pathy of the people but there are net a few who believe that the circum stances did not warrant his having the pistol at the time. Only in extren e cases are persons warranted in ha\ ing firearms about their person. Should Wear Prison Stripes. The headlines a few days ago: "Fake Doctor Under Arrest in Greenville." More of them ought to be checked in their career of deceiving and defraud ing suffering humanity. The men all over the country who pose as gifted specialists and offer a "guaranteed" cure free to all who will write for it should occupy prison cells instead of de luxe suites in "skyscrapers." In the first place no reputable jour nal should publish their fraudulent ad vertisements, and in the second place their literature should be debarred from the mail. This to some extent would lessen the number of their over cr.uuiOLS victims. Food Inspection Laws. S y what you please about good an< bad laws, one of the best laws eve: enacted, one that has benefitted thi masses of the people probably mon than any other, is the pure food a nc drug law. After Congress passed i law requiring that drugs and foodstuff! contain labels giving the actual con tents of the package or receptacle, th< individual states also enacted similai laws which enabled them to deal wit! the offenders independently, and ir the aggregate all of these laws hav< resulted in untold benefit to humanity. Prior to the enactment of laws safe guarding the food of man and beast al sorts of deleterious materials wert placed upon the market in attractive packages without any intimation or the label as to the actual contents. Frequently these labels were mislead ing if not positively false. Forced to Advertise. Prior to thejenaetmentand operatior of the parcel post law the large ex press companies maintained such i complete monopoly of the transporta tion of small parcels that they nevei used the magazines or newspapers tc advertise their business, knowing thal all of the shipping of the charactei handled by them had to come theil way. Now since the parcel post has made such disastrous inroads in theil income, very materially reducing the volume of their business, they have been compelled to employ the columns of the press to exploit trie advantages to be gained through shipping mer chandist by express. Had they been more considerate of the interests of the public before the parcel post law was enacted, they could probably have delayed its passage, for a time at least. As a rule, the greed of monopolists leads ultimately to their own ruin. A Camp Fire Dream. [Agatha Abney Woodscn.] This poem is dedicated to the memo ry of Sergeant Pickens Butler Watts of Laurens, who was killed on the 24th of June 1864, in a battle before Peters burg, and his young wi ff Isabella Madison Abney Watts cf Edgefield. L Around a camp fire si'.ting, Are soldiers-perhaps a score, Who talk of the years that are fleeting, Of days to return no more. While off in the distance, lending Soft encnantment to the scene, Comes a chorus of voices, blending In songs known and loved by these men. IL On the wings of the wind, aquiver, Are words of the one so sweet, "Way down on the Swanee River," Sung oft where they used to meet, In the home where a Southern beauty, The hour of her country's cali, Gave up, at the instance of duty, The one of her love,-her all. III. "There's where my heart in turning, ever," - A voice throbs out on the air, For 'tis down on a Southern river, He has left his bride of a year. Sadness creeps o'er the listening group, Their gaze in the fire grows dim, Each dreams of his loved one with bright'ning hope, And knows she is praying for him. IV. One dreams of that^far off river, Of the dear one waiting there, To greet her husband-lover, The one of her tenderest prayer, He dreams of a happy morrow, Not of the day of dread, When in agony of sorrow, She'll look on the face of the dead. V. He dreams of his home with emotion, The young wife-the child on the floor It is graced with patriot devotion - Love standing supreme at its door, He sees there a vision of beauty A vision passing fair, A woman who gave up for duty All that she held most dear. VI. The dream fades-a battle-and dying, The young hero wounded lies, When faint comes the sound of sighing, And thus in his death, he cries. "All de world am sad and dreary, Every whar I roam,. On! darkies how my heart grows weary, Far from the dear ones at home." VII. Falters the voice in the singing, j The death angel hovers near, His spirit to heaven is winging, Yet the voice rings faultless and clear. "When I was playingwith my brother, Happy was I Then take me to my wife and mother, There let me peacefully die." VIII. Near the banks of a Southern river, In deep sorrow, hand in hand, Walk the girl and the soldier's mother, And speak of that little band, Who, looking on lLra as a bubble, Left home to go to the wars, Nor wist of the heartache and trouble, TJ the women atj home with their cares. IX. They speak of a woman's duty, I To the cause they both hold dear, - What Others Say Unwelcome Adornment. Mrs. Pankhurst received her first Christmas gift, John Bull having do nated a nice pair of bracelets.-The State. He's Gone Forever. Do you ever see that honest old-fash ioned man who pours his coffee in his saucer and cools it by blowing loud enough to be heard by -he near neigh bors?- Spartanburg Journal. - Not Burdened With Clothing. An Indian chie? has presentedJUary Garden with a pair of moccasins, and Mary promptly stuck 'em ia her purse with the rest of her costumes. -The State. Having Wife Save Taxes. Thesergeant-at-armsof the house of representatives will collect the income tax from congress nen's salaries "at the source. " Married members will be assessed $35 and unmarried mem bers $45.-Columbia Record. A Vain Hope. The President of Peru writes long messages and sends them to all the newspapers as advertisements. This is a wise and beautiful custom; one which we earnestly recommend Preri dent Woodrow Wilson lo introduce into thi? country.-The State. Did Sis Best. Adjutant General Moore did his best, to hold the militia up to the required standard, but powerful influences were against him. If he had hts way all the companies would have been brought up to such a lush stannard that the war Jepartment would have been glad to pay them a'l their quota.-Newberry Observer. Depends Upon Citizenship. If you are a knocker anda tight wad, you have no right to complain that your town is slow. Progressive, public-spirited men make a live town and if you do not answer this descrip tion yourself, don't blame the town. The fail ..re or success of a community life depends entirely upon the attitude of its citizens.-Lancaster News. Smile Provokers "What are you thinking of, Miss Wombat?" "Of your name, Mr. Muggins." "My name?" "Yea as Shakespeare says, is there anything in a name?"-Seattle Post Intelligencer. "We don't have honest elections in dis town like we used to, ?aid Mr. Erastus Pinkley." ? "Like you used to." Yassub. lt used to be dat when dey promised you $2 for yell vote you'd yit it. Now dey won't even promise."-Washington Star. "Mow do .you like my biscuits, hubby ? 1 got the recipe out of a , aper." "Well, my dear, I found a button m one and a feather in another Maybe you got the Cooking recipe mixed u uti the fashion bints." Louisville Courier-Journal. "What caused the coolness be tween you aud that young doctor? I thoughtyou were engaged?" "Mis writing is rather illegible. Me sent me a note fur 1,UUU kisses." "Well?" "I thought it was a prescription and took it m be filled."-Indiana Normal Advance. The late Timothy Woodruff once attended an alumni dinner in New Vork, the dinner of a co-ed college, and at this dinner, in the course of a toast, the president of the college said: "You can always tell a woman who has taken a university degree." "Tell hm' Mr. Woodruff inter rupted. "\< You can't know s ?; As ;. . Wi}.. No in ) . Th. . duto Walkin^ For each o eye That cot in the hospital tent, The sol lier breathing his last drawn sigh, While voices thus are blent, "All de world am sad and dreary, Ebery whare 1 roam, Oh! darkies, how my heart grows weary, Far from de old folks at home. Dec. 1913. Wc have just received a large shipment of Nunnnlly's celebrated candies for the holiday trade. Penn & Holstein. yon tell ber? beauy), unan Hi land, nan, , :.d. v:,h tear dimmed How to Bankrupt the Debtors A prominent New York physi cian sax*, ''If it. were not for the thin st< ckin?rs and ih:n soled ?hoes wo'-n hy women' the doctors would nrobahlv be baiikr?ipl.V Valien you ..outrant a -old do not wait for it to develop into pneumonia hut trear it at i.e. Chamberlain's Con1.?h Rented \ is intended especially for coughs mid colds, and lia? .won a .vi 'e reputation by its cures of these diseases It is most effect in! .md is pleasant and safe to take. For -"ale b.v all dealers. Croup and Cough Remedy. Croup is a terrible disease, it at tacks children so suddenly they arp very apt tn choke unless given the proper remedy at once. T'ipre is nothing better in the world than Dr. Kind's New Discoverv. Lewis Chamberlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes about bis children: "Some times in severe attacks xve were afraid they would die, but since we proved what a certain remedy Dr. King's New Discoverv is, we h ive no fear. We rely on it for croup, coughs and colds." So cnn yon 50c and 81.00 A bottle should be in every linnie. At a M druggists H E Kucklen & Co., Ph ila. St. Lours. Fit His Case Exactly. M\\'h'*n ialher was si?-k ab.mt six years ng?? li? read aji advi;rti?M*iti<<iit of ? haiut-erl lin's tal ?hos in ilie pa per- that lit hi-*c iso exactlywi.ilcs Mis< .Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith, Aik. He purchased a box of them and he bas not been sick since. My sister h id stomach trouble and was also benefited l?y them. For sale bv all dealers. California Woman Seriously Alarmed. "A short, time a<ro I contracted a severe cold which settled on my langs and caused me a great, deal of annoyance. I would have bad cough ing spells and my lungs were so sore and inflamed I began to be se riously alarmed. A friend recom mended Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy, saying she had used it for ye irs. I bott i'll ta bottle and in a week I was rid of the cold and soreness of my lung*," writes Miss Marie Ger ber, Sawtelle, Cal. For sale by all dealers. Cured of Liver Complaint. I w.a,s suffering with liver com plaint,"' says Iva Smith of Point Blank, Texas, and decided to try a 25c box of Chamberlain's tablets, and MIT happy to say that I am com pletely cured and can recommend them to every one. For sale by all dealers. Try one of our special ?15 suits or Overcoats, money back if not pleased. A full Hue of Trousers. F. G. Merlin* Augusta, Ga. St vt son Hats a full line, we also 'nave some f?H and $4 Hats good ?tyles we are closing out at ?1.75, wi itv. us for one. F. G. Mertins Augusta, Ga. Beautiful assortment of velvet, Axminster, Ingrain, Wilton and li russe I ls art squares 9x12. Smaller mys lo match. Ramsey & Jones. Leggpit's Premier cream cheese and imported macaroni. TimmotiK & Morgan. Use Votan or Lord Calvert coffee and you xviii use the best. L. T. May. Raincoats from $3 up, guaran teed rain proof. F. G. Mertins Augusta, Ga Our stock is complete in every! xvay and it will he dur pleasure to j show you through Mukashy Bargain House. Lar?e assortment of sterlinsr sil ver flat wa ce in single pi?.s and sets direct from the manufacturers Ramsey <fc Junes. Every "THORVHILL" wagon 1 is made by the most improved iwii nds, in 'lie most modern plant in the world, and quality n?is?ns sn preme. Wilson it Can tel o II. See nie about your leext barrel of Hour L. T. M av. The largest and most, oom pie'e line of fancy Groceries in RdgefiVM fount v. Come in and see what we narry. L. T. May. Christmas goods, Ladies and Rents Umbrellas, Walking Cam s. Holeproof Hose in fancy b >xes, Suspenders Sets, Sox Sets, N -ck Tie Sets and other things for Gents md boys, write F. G. Mertins Augusta, Ga. CHRISTMAS AND WEDDING ' PRESENTS. The season is on for making gifts to friends and loved ones, and with it comes the perplexity of?making selections and fitting the price to the means. We oller our friends of ridgefield county our services and shall be pleased to show our large well-selected stock of Silverware, Clocks, Cutlery, Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry. of all kinds. Considering the quality of goods, our prices are very reasonable. Christmas shopping is made easy at our store by the very large and varied stock which we carry. Gifts for ladies and gentlemen. Come in to see us when in Augusta or write us and it will he a pleasure to serve you. Wm. SCHWEIGEST & CO. 7o2 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Large assortment of mattings, malting an squares and rugs. K imsey & Jones. I) m't miss getting one of those y I 7? Hats that are worth up to $3.30, fruin F. G. M er ti us, Augus ta, Ga. Come to us for window shades, curtain pules, etc Ramsey & Jones. You're as good as man in a Uart Schaffner <fc Marx suit from P. G. Merlins, Augusta, Ga. REAL ESTATE TRACT KO. 1. 215 acres one mile this side Mays Cross Roads old May place. TRACT NO 2. 221 acres, Norris place, adjoins Rube Johnson place. TRACT NO 3. 473 acres, Joel Corley land, near Cleora. TRACT NO. 4. 425 acres, Dock Swearingec place, near Ropers. TRACT NO. 5. 50 acre5, Bacon tract near Ezra Talbert place. TRACT NO. 6. 110 acres Ex?a Talbert place. TRACT NU. 7. 42 acres, Char ley Dobey piace, Antioch road. TRACT N0."8. 60 acres, part of Holson lands, Antioch road. TRACT NO. 9 50 acres, part of said Holson place. TRACT NO. 10. 52 acree, an other tract of said Holson lands. TRACT NO. ll. 100 acres of said tract. TRACT NO. 12. 63 acres Tank ley farm, near Red Hill. TRACT NO. 13. 57 acres, Isaac Harris place on Antioch road. TRACT NO. 14. 40 acres, Robt. Cobb place, near County Home. TRACT NO. 15. Acres Kohlrons place adjoins A. A. Edmunds in Collier township. TRACT NO. 16. 1006 acres, the Burt place, the finest farm in Edgefield County. TRACT NO. 17. 170 acres near Edgefield, 2 miles north, highly improved in every way. TRACT NO. 18. 5 acres in Edgefield lying between two streets, 4 good lots. TRACT NO. 19. Dwelling and lot well furnished and ornamented, in Trenton. I have a good horse and buggy and would take pleasure in showing you over these places. E. J. NORRIS, Real Estate and Insurance. Edgefield, S. C. ^^^^^^^^ ^jLji Planters Blood and Fish Guano 1 The dry fish gives body to thc fertilizer and insures lasting benefit p to the soil. It contains highest priced soluble and available Phos- K phoric Acid, Ammonia, Potash mixed in such exact proportions, F. that increased yields arc assured. DiiTerent soil requires different M formulas-buy the fertilizer best suited for your land-make your g land more valuable, "I* Ask our agent about these standard brands. ?y Planters "Cotton and Truck Fertilizer" . 7-5-5 g Planters "Soluble Guano".8-3-3 Planters "Standard Fertilizer".9-2-2 Write us for information and prices. Trade-mark on _ Bj every bag is guarantee that you are getting the Best 1 "?*Tjxa W Fertilizer made. f /S*j^ Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. M ?Sk Manufacturers ?ffflfVjl? Charleston, South Carolina \XILT/i rRAonfr/ ?MAR," Wo us? only the best 8. C. Phosphate, Fish Scrap, Blood. I il W? Tankage, German Potash, etc ItsfM^