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EstaMtefiri 1335. ). L. MmS,......Editor Published every Wednesday in The A ?vertiser Building at $1.50 per year ie 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 rClRCULATION IN EDGEFIELDCOUNTY. Wednesday, March 4th. IHe who is most slow in makit.g a 1 promise is most faithful in its per- I formance.-ROUSSE AW. | Onlv standing room has been left in the new spring skirt. Wonder if it is ever cold enough to kill political microbes? We congratulate The Chronicle up^n its new spring dress. Edgpfield's news papers are getting old but they will keep up with the style. It seems that the Solons lean more toward perennial than biennial sessions of the legislature. Under the changed schpdnle. Edge field people going to Columbia will now bave ample time to enjoy one of those "square meals." If you had ham and egga for break 'd better not tell ii, lest it be )Hma facie evidence that you ? for the income tax. ??T be hoped the tomato club not carry the prevailing styles work. All of us want cans are and without a slit in 'em. is a word that the read c has grown tired of, but ie past few days we have of any who. objected to it led with a little "t." re years of continuous agita lucation, will it be necessary Advertiser to bold another ' this year in order to keep corn in the cribB of the rt un a te it is that "orange unlike other flowers, are d by the extreme cold. Du leaeon of low temperature nand for the^e nuptial neces ites t. irg recently gained distinc nishing the first woman's suffrage organization in the State, ?nd now that Anderson has imported a teacher to teach the tango, wonder what Greenville will next do in order to keep pace with her progressive sis ter towns of the Piedmont? Since the papers induced nearly 15,000 persons to attend church a few Sundays ago in Augusta, the power of the press of that city is not any longer questioned. Think of 15,000 Augus tans attending church in one day! What a pity the ministers can not now induce the papers to use some of thei power in suppressing lawlessness in Augusta, As to Revenue Licenses. When a law was enacted in Tennes see recently making the holding of a United States revenue license prima facie evidence that the holder was vio lating tho prohibition law every place that retailed whiskey was closed. That has been the law in this State for some time but we haven't heard that the of ficers if the law have been instructed to close blind tigers. There must be several hundred license holders in Char leston alone. This, however, suggests the question that the national government should not issue a license to violate a State law. The wishes of the people of a State or county should be respected. And our prediction is that the day is not far distant when public sentiment will force congress to prohibit the' issuing of liquor licenses in dry ter ritory. The Concealed Weapon. Be it said to their credit, very few homicides have boen committed by white men in this county during the past few years, but the same can not be said of negroes. They seem not to realize the gravity of the offense of' -eking human life. Upon the slightest provocation they draw the concealed ed weapon and shoot 6ome member of their race dead. Not such a large percent of the hot supper and church rows would beat tended by serious consequences were ii not for the ready pistol. We have been informed by some of the older negroes that when one of these altercations oc curs at negro gatherings fully a hall dozen pistols are drawn, indicating tha' the practice of carrying concealed weap ons among negroes is growing. When the negro who stole the horse and mule in the Horn's Creek neighborhood Sun day night was arrested on the North Augusta bridge early Monday morning, as the result of a telephone message to the Augusta authorities, a concealed pistol was found on him. Unless the law prohibiting the carry ing of pistols concealed is more rigidly enforced, the practice will grow and the number of murders will continue to increase. When a pistol is found con cealed, the maximum penalty should be imposed. As long as the offense is treated lightly, the nuisance will not only be unabated but will increase. Jail Caught Fire. Several times the grand jury has recommended that some changes and improvements be made in the jail for the protection of prisoners. The fire which occurred in the kitchen of the jail Sunday emphasizes the necessity for these improvements. At present there is only one exit from the two up per stories, and that is by a stairway leading down into the kitchen. Had the fire Sunday made such headway that the flames could not have been extin guished, making it too impossible to remove the prisoners, the four or five human beings that were locked on the second and third stores would have been roasted alive. This is horrible to contemplate, and yet it is liable to occur any time. Several grand juries have in the past recommended that a stairway be placed in the hall leading to the second floor. This would afford another means of escape should fire make the use of the one leading down into the kitchen im possible. This matter should receive attention st. once. We have also been informed that the roof of the jail leaks and is badly in need of repair. These matters should receive prompt atten tion. Climate, the South's Great Asset The very large uncultivated treas make the influx of desirable immigrants one of the South's greatest needs. And instead of having raw recruits from abroad, such as are flocking to tVe large cities by the hundreds of thousands annually, . it ia preferable that we induce small farmers from the northwest to come South. One of the greatest inducements that we can hold j out to these people is tha short and ! mild winters of this section. The ex-1 tremely cold weather which has pre- j vailed in the North and West during | the past fortnignt should makes it easy for the South to attract people from that section. While the mercury has been unprecedently low in the South, yet it has been proportionately lower in the colder regions of the country. There is no denying the fact that one of the greatest assets of the South ?9 the comparatively mild weather. The editor of the Manufacturer's Record who is spending some time in Florida had the following to say by way of editorial correspondence in his excellent iournal la3t week: "Climate as an as;<et for a country's development is tangible in its value as coal or iron or timber. Whenever the biting blizzards sweep ovpr the North and West, leaving suffering, destruc tion and death in their trail, were the pre-eminent advantages of the South generally understood throughout the entire country, millions of people would seek this section, either for a perma nent or a winter home. Even now rail roads are overcrowded with tourists into the South, but if the South's climatic aduantages were as widely known as they should be it would be impo. iible for years to come to have rolling stock enough to bring the people who would take up their march southward. "To hundreds of thousands in the far North and West who have to suffer six months of snow and ice and zero weather the short winters of the Pied mont region? of the uppnr South, and ev -n some of the mountain sections, where nature has engirdled beautiful valleys by protecting mountains, wou'f;: seem to make tha]: region a Garden of Ed -n. To others, seeking a warmer climate, there is a great coastal plain stretching along the South Atlantic and the Gulf coast, taking in Florida and all the region that stretches to the Rio Grande. IP thia Southern country, with its mountain ranges, its Piedmont region of hills and valleys and the level country of the seacoast, there is every variety of climate that the heart ef man could wish. "Today while the North and West are freezing, while mil;ions are suffer ing, while railroads are blocked by great snowdrifts and many schools are closed because of thc weather, there are signs of spring throughout Florida and the coa9t country, the trees are budding forth, the flowers are bloom ing, the birds are mating, at J man and beast are free from tlie suffering of the dpath-dealine: blizzards. In this climatic advantage the Fonth has an asset worth billions in its material developments. This climate lessens the cost or living, lessens the cost of live stock raising, and makes possible out door work 12 months ta tho year. It gives to the fruit growers and the farmers productive power at least twice as great as that of th?ir competitors in less 1 avered regions." I What, Others Say Better Service, Wot Lower Rate. We have heard no general demand for a two-cent railway fare. What th? people demand is better Bervice. -An derson Intelligencer. . President Can Say No. Still another thing we admire about Woodrow Wilson is that his won[tpow sr is as fully developed as his will power.-The State. Precedent Broken. Another precedent has been broken. A New York trained nurse married a wealthy patit nt and then let him get well.-Daily Mail. Somebody Wot se OS. "Snow Six Feet Deep hi Some Pla res in Indiana"-headline. Weean ilways find somebody in worse fix than yourself if you will just look around a-bjt-Greenville Piedmont. Retrograding. When a body like the state senate puts itself on record as opposed to pri mary reform we cannot throw off the feeling that South Carolina is retro gressing politically.-Dillon Herald. In Great Danger. Senator Sullivan, of Anderson coun ty, had the courage to speak a lund word of the press of South Carolina in the senate the other day. It is to be hoped he will escape impeachment. Spartan burg Herald. A Suggestion to Edgefield. The city council of Aurora, UL, does not believe in race suicide. It has pass ed an ordinance exacting a tax ot $5 a head from every male resident of the city over 25 ye*rs of age who is not a father.-Greenville Piedmont. Treaty Troubles. The United States is making more treaties in spite of the fact that it has been rather conclusively shown that treaties are nothing more than trouble breeders and that we get on in our in ternational affairs very much better without them. -Florence Times. Doesn't Seem So Fanny. We agree with our friend, Ed De Camp, thst the phunnygraph writer of the Columbia State is one of the most brilliant writers in the country, but when one of those squibs is pointed right at you it doesn't seem so funny. Reminds you of Lee Holleman's story about the old negro who lost $10 in a bank failure. He had heard of such things before, but this was the first bank he had ever had to "bust right in my face."-Anderson intelligencer. Smile ProYok?rs1 ! Heck-Do you play any instru ment? Peck (sadl\)- Second fiddle, at home. -Boston Transcript. He-Why do you women persist in wearing such tight skirts? She-To match the allowance dur husbands give us to buy them. . -.- . Teachei-Tommy can you tell me what great men were bora io Feb ruary? Tommy-George Washington, Abraham Line?lo, St. Valentino and Mr. Groundhog.-Birmingham Age-Herald. "My gracious, boy, said the un cle, you do certainly eat an awful lot for a little boy." "Well, sir, replied the boy, may be I'm not so little as I look from the outside." Freddie-Are you the trained nurse mama said was coming? Nurse-Yes, dear, I'm the trained nurse. WWI : Freddie-Let's see some of yonr tricks, then!-Tit-Bits. ''Oh, by the way, dear, said the merchant as he was preparing to leave the bouse in the morning, if i find I can't be home to dinner I will send a note by messenger." " Don't trouble yourself, said the wife, sweetly,. I have already found h on the blotting pad."-Western Mail. . A miner once got killed, you know, and a tactful associate was delegated to break the news to the ... ?dow. So the tactful fellow called at her house and said: "With your golden hair, blue eyes and pink and white complexion ma'am, you'd break every heart in town if you wore widow's weeds." The young woman laughed and blushed for pleasure. "On, go on, she said." And you are a widow, too, said the tactful miner quickly seizing his chance. Bill's head and legs and arms was just blown off in au ex plosion. But, by crinus, ma'am, ain't you goin' to look good in black, though!" mm The Corner Store Mi Cold weather time is practically over. Soon the snow caped hills will blossom forth in beautiful Spring attire. We make the first bow of the season with SHIRT WAISTS in Crepes, Voils and Flaxons. See the lovely Spring Creations and elegant values all with the new sleeve effects priced all at the one price of $1.50 each. Respectfully, The Corner Store WM TURNER, Proprietor. mm 1?J 8? mp Cotton Requires Fish-Scrap TRADE MARK - f SR*. REGISTERED Aro {Ks orignal fisli fert?izors Fertilizer ammoniated with Fish-Scrap is universally admitted to be the plant food best suited to the cot ton crop. This is not a theory, but a fact proven by the experience of many. The popularity of Royster's, the original and genuine fish-scrap fertilizer has caused a host of brands to appear with fish in the name: if you want to be sure of getting fish in the goods as well, be sure to buy the brand that made fi^h-scrap famous ; F. S. R. If you are not already acquainted with the splendid results from ROYSTER'S fish-scrap fertilizer, we simply ask that you test it alongside any other brand and abide by the proven results. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Charlotte, N. C. Tarboro, N. C. Spartanburg, S. C. ' Columbia, S. C. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. .n's ?-i-M i,-- .-;.. >.. ?&?ffi? Wu