Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Your JOB Printing T HE ADVERTISER Job Office solicits your orders for printing of all kinds. We are well equipped for doing all classes of work. Satisfac tion guaranteed on every job. Place your order now for your offic e supplies, large sup ply of th highest grade of printing material just re ceived. All Orders Receive Careful Attention MIGHT LEARN FROM GERMANY Features of City Building In That Country America Would Do Well to Copy. The writer recently heard an elo quent extemporaneous address by Mrs. Willoughby Rodman on features of Eu ropean city building that was one of the most powerful pleas for the adop tion of sane methods in street building and maintenance ever delivered in this city. Ia epite of this and the fact that Mrs. Rodman has talked on the some subjects to our city officials, not one of the latter has had the courage of even the common sense to advocate changes which cannot but appeal strongly to every hearer. Still more does the pathos of the matter appeal to the writer, for in th.s department has many times appeared every recommendation, urged by Mrs. Rodman, based on ber actual obser vation of the best solution of the sev eral problems as seen in the noted cities of Europe. Several times have we stated the following: When a street in a German city is to be im proved, a Bewer (and nothing else) ls placed beneath the surface of the street Laterals arc run to the curb or property line on every lot, whether a houee stands on said lot or not. The street is then never torn up. All other public-utility services are placed un der the sidewalks and are reached by a minimum amount of labor by dig ging from private property or the parkway. How much more sensible than our absolutely "fool way" of put ting down a costly pavement this week and allowing any and every utility corporation to dig it up next week-Los Angeles Times. PLANNING AN IDEAL SUBURB Chicago Architect Announcea Inten tion to Depart From Usual Geometrical Arrangement. In bis plan for the development of an ideal residence district within or near Chicago, Wilhelm Buriihardt, the Chicago architect, who won first prize in the City club's contests, discards ge ometrical arrangement. Flowing linet and Irregular boulevards characterize his plan; trees and shrubs are to be used freely. It IR an attempt to gel . _away from the stiff and prosaic effect of straight lines and has a precedent familiar to many Chicagoans in thc suburb of Riverside, where windin* Btreets were laid out at the founding of the town with happy effects. Lovers of the picturesque lament the inartistic results of the gridlror i plan which has been followed in most ! towns of the United States. Much o: j the charm of old world cities lies ir their irregular streets, and in thii country Boston is an example of sim ilar effects. The curving street nat urally finds its greatest use in s hilly country; on flat laud the com mon impulse is to build all thorough fares in straight lines. Utility, o course, seeks the shortest distance between any two points, and for thii reason Mr. Burnhard believes his idea residence district will not be marree by business traffic. Whether Chicago ans will take kindly to the plan is tc be seen, but the City club and Mr Burnhard are to be congratulated or its artistic features. As our civiliza tion matures the truly artistic will bc sought more and more by com muni ties and individuals.-Chicago Record Herald. To Attract the Home Seeker. Every city vies with its fellows tc prove most attractive to desirable home-seekers. This class of residenti ls progressive or wealthy, or both The growth and influence of all citiei depends upon their success in adding such people to their population. Dc you think bare, unsightly, un plan tee streets will attract them? Certainlj not. We are essentially a Mecca foi tourists. The burning question is: Where will they leave the mos! money? It is said that tourists an nually leave In Italy a sum of mono greater than the interest upon the na tional debt. The great mass of visit ors to Paris each year go there be cause it leads the world In civic arl and beauty. Do our American citiei enjoy such a reputation, or in any wise approach it? Will they ever do so? The whole exterior appearance of Parle closely approaches the ideal. When shall we make a beginning looking to similar results ? Garbage Cans en Lampposts. Some 800 lampposts and telephone poles In the downtown district of Portland, Ore., have been utilized as standards for rubbish receptacles. All that is necessary to empty one of the cans ls to unfasten a catch, which allows two semi-cylindrical sections to ?wing outward. A conical cover is set around the post, about six Inches above the mouth of the can, to prevent rain from entering. Fruit, papers, paper bags and like rubbish must be thrown into these receptacles, and persons litter ing the street with such things are liable to arrest.-Popular Mechanics. i_* Duluth to Plant Trees. Duluth will plant this year 4,000 trees in streets and parks. treasurer^ notice. The County Treasurer's office will b open for the purpose of receiving taxe from the 15th clay of October 1913, t the 15th day of March 1914. All taxes shall be due and payab, between the 15th day of October, 191; and December 31st, 1914. That when taxes charged shall no be paid by December 31st, 1913. th County Auditor shall proceed to add penalty of one per cent for Janvan and if taxes are not paid on or be fot February 1st, 1914. tqe County Audi tc will proceed to add two per cent,. an five per cent from the 1st of March i the 15th of March. After which tim all unpaid taxes will be tollected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1913 ar* as follows: For State purposes 51-4 mills 44 Ordinary county 5 " Special county sehwl 1 " Cons. school tax 3 ** " Special tax 2 " " Bacon-Shaw S. D. sp. 2 " " Edgefield S. D. 5 " M Long Cane S. D. 3 " 44 Liberty Hill S. D. 3 " Johnston S. D 5 '* u Colliers. D. 3 '! Flat Rock S. D. * 4 " Prescott S. D. 3 " " P. Branch S. D. 15 5 ' White Town S. D. 3 '* Trenton S.D. 2 " 44 Ward S. D. 2 44 Moss?. D. 3 44 44 Parksville S. D. 3 * M Modoc S. D. 2 44 Oak Grove S. D. 3 44 44 Red Hill S. D. 2 1-2 44 44 Antioch S. D. 2 44 '. Bacon-Pickens S. D. 2 44 Shaw township 2 4* 44 Talbert S. D. 2 44 RR Bonds Wise T'sp 11-4 44 44 RR Bonds Pickens 3 M 44 RR Bonds Johnston 3 44 44 RR Bonds Pine Grv. 12 44 R R Bonds Blocker 12 44 RR Bonds Town of Edgefield 1-2 44 RR Bonds Trtnton Pickens 8 ,4 44 R R Bonds Elmwood 12 44 44 RR Bonds Elmwood Picktns 3 " 44 R R Bonds Johnston 3 44 Edgefield seh'l bldg. 2 44 School Bonds 1 Town of Edgefield. Corporation purposes 10 4i All male citizens between the ages ol 21 years and 60 years except those ex empt by law are liable, to a poll tax oi One Dollar each. A capitation tax o: 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens be ".ween the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. At this is optional with the individual, nc commutation tax is included in tnt property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt w?en you desire to pay road tax. James T. Mims, Co. Treas. E. C. Ideal Pressing Club NEAT CLEANING AND PRESSING. We can please the most fastidious person. AU kinds of repairing and dyeing. We make a specialty of cleaning and pressing-ladies coat suits and skirts-and do the work nicely. We appreciate your patron age. Guarantee satisfaction. FRANK MAYNARD, Prop., Beaver Dam Street, Edgefield, South Carolina. HOTEL ANSLEY ATLANTA, GA. Open June 30, 1913 The South's finest and most modern hotel. Fireproof. 306 rooms. Rooms with running water and private toilet $1.00 per day. Rooms with connecting bath $1.50 per day. Rooms with private bath $2.00 per day and up. Finest Ratnskellar, Cafe and Private Dining Rooms in the South. J. B. POUND, Pres. J. F. LETTOft. Mgr. "HAS. G. DAY, Au't MgR I Make the Old Suit Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-claw work in deaning and press ing of all kinds. Make your old panta or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS PROP. PROFESSION AL. J. H. Cantelou, Attorney-at-Law EDGEEIELD, S. C. ' J Next door to Catholic ?hureh. A.|H. Corley, Surgeon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays* DR J. & BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER PO STOFF ICE. R?sidence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. lotira of Final Dis charge. 'o All Whom These Presents May Concern. Whereas, J. F. Carswell has lade ai plication onto thin Court .r Final Discharge as Executor in * the Estate of Mrs. Adeline Wj?e ?f above County and State deeeas . 1 on this the 3rd day of Jan iary 1914. These Are Therefore, to cite any nd all kindred, creditors, ??r pir ies interested, to show cause be ore rae at my office at E-ljretieid 'oort House, South Carolina, <?n he ?th day of February 1914 ?t ll .'clock a. m., why said o?der of Discharge should not he granted. W. T. Kinnaird, J. P. E. C Jan. 3, 1914-ot. i FIRE INSURANCE Go to see Marling & Byrd Before insuringielscwher- V\ ? represent the best old lin? com pe mea' Harting & Byrd At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield ?.ight Saw, Lathe anti eic Mills. Engines, b Supplies and repairs, I I ie , Steam and Gasoli iii.?es, Saw Teeth, Fiie^ .nd Pipes. WOOD b ?nd SPLITTERS Gins and Pre.-s Rep; "Try LOMBA* AFOrSTA. OA Real Est?t e -FOR SALE 125 acres land coar Hib in Saluda county. 120 acres near Merion luda eounty. 330 acres in Aiken eo< near Eureka. 100 acres near Ropers. 300 acrts ?ear Celesti Davis' mills in {?reen and Saluda eooniies. 59 acres Dear Kd gefiel. H. 250 aeres Dear Treeton, Several tract? near m<?? Street, and other tracts .Monetta and Batesburjj. -Apply ko A. .8. T0MPKII EdjLefield, S. C. 1 ta S. mm GEO. F. MIMS OPTOM ETRIST Eyes examined and ?tesse* fm* only when necessary. Opt o-1 work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. ?.