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Ssiafalisl?c?i 1B35. L. MI MS.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI.50 per year i.i advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield. S. C.^ No communications* will be published anless 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, June 3rd. IThose who are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execu tion of them.-COLTON. Carranza clamors for consideration at hands of mediators. lt appears to us that the whole coun- j try went dry during the month of May. Speaking of a river in connection with the Colonel, leads us Nto say that we believe he has "crossed over the river," politically. The Advertiser hopes South Carolina will not be represented in the confer ence of Governors soon to be held in Madison, Wis. That Richmond con ference is still an unpleasant memory. Demagogues are already telling the people that the State Democratic con vention ' 'tried to rob the laboring man of the right of suffrage." Those who are really informed as to what the con vention did know that such statements are positively false. Whatever else may be said of Huerta, he is not lacking in, gray matter. He had the astuteness to accomplish indi '.ectly what he failed to accomplish di rectly After failing by other means to gain recognition from the United States, he refused to salute the flag, and is now being treated with as much consideration as if he were King George. Government For Vocational Education. Vocational education has taken a firm hold on the entire country. The pity is that it was not advocated 50 years ago. Senator Hoke Smith has introduced a bill in congress providing for an appropriation of $1,500. OOO next year to pay the salaries of teachers of agricultural, trade, industrial and home economics. This amount is to increase automatically until 1924, when it will reach the sum of $7,000.000. This is the kind of legislation that is needed to develop the country's resources and to increase the earning capacity of the individual citizen. Had this work been undertaken years ago, one would hear but little now of the high-cost-of lhing question. First Cotton Report. The department of agriculture in Washington gave out the first report Monday on the condition of the cotton crop of 1914. and the percentage is the j lowest since 1871, with the exception of 1903 and 1907. The condition of the i crop on May 25 was 74.3 of normal, which is seven per cent below the 10 year average. It should be noted that Texas is the lowest of the cotton growing States, being only 65 per cent of normal. While we have been suffering from a prolonged drought in South Carolina, Texas has been visited with excessive rainfall for the past 60 days. Else where in this issue will be found a let ter from Brandon, Texas, by a former i Edgefieldman, stating what the actual conditions are in that portion of Texas. It is not probable that Texas will make anything like a normal crop this year. While, of course, we are not elated over the misfortmes of fanners of the Lone Star St<? te. it leads us to believe that a normal crop will not he made over the cotton belt this year and that the price will be equally as good or) better than last fall. "Paid Out of Crimes." In ?. respectful article which is pub-j fished elsewhere in this issue, Rev. Frank Weaver, pastor of Shaw's Creek church, writes of the homicide which occurred at that church about 10 days ago. He says, "We try to keep good order in the midst of this large con gregation, but as long as bad boys are paid out of bad crimes and sent back on our good people we can not hope for better times." This colored pastor calls attention to an evil which should be stopped. It is true that as long as white men pay fines of young negroes, instead of letting them serve a term I o? the chaingang, lawlessness among this class will increase. When ne groes who are inclined to be reck less and lawless, feel assured that they have the "boss man" at their backs, and that if they commit a crime he will pay them out. they are difficult to con trol. The colored people themselves can not cope with these young negroes at their large church gatherings as long as white men thus indirectly encourage them in their defiance of the law. Unless there is a change, conditions will grow from bad to worse, re-acting upon those who are now paying fines. Let the violator of law suffer accord ing to the degree of the offense, and then the tendency will be toward a de crease of crime. Horrible Havoc Wrought. Many a foul crime is the result of liquor. Many a good character has become a savage character, and many an honest man has become a degraded being from the effects of strong drink. With such general facts as these we are all familiar. But never before to our knowl edge of men experienced in court room work has liquor wrought such horrible havuc as that revealed in the case of the state against H. T. Thompson. A farmer of good repute he was. A man of family. Drink became a habit of his, then down, down, down came his moral percep tions, while stronger and stronger grew his temptations. He ran with vile persons. And then finally, though the human mind revolts and imagination is powerless to conceive the deed, he outraged one of his own kin. Thompson to-day stands a con demned man; condemned to death in the electric chair. Six years ago he stood a respected man in his community. Kow could such a fall have occurred, we asked? *'It was booie," answered the man to whom we talked.-Greenville News. Plans Made by County Execu tive Committee. In response to the call of the chairman, B. E. Nicholson, the county Democratic executive com mittee met Monday and carried ont the provisions of the new party rules for conducting the primary elec tion. Practically every club was represented and the meeting was altogether harmonious. There were several changes made in the clubs. Instead of being designated as the Edgefield and Hampton clubs, here after the two clubs here will be known as Edgefield Nos. 1 and 2 and the two clubs of Johnston in stead of being designated as John ston Nos. 1 and 2, will hereafter be known as Lee club and Calhoun club. All persons residing east of the Southern railroad track will be members of Calhoun club and those residing west of the track will com pose the membership of club Lee. The town of Edgefield is divided by the Columbia road, Main street, Jeter street and Abbeville road. The name of the Washington precinct' was changed to Modoc and two new clubs, Clark's Hill and Parksville, were formed, all of these being towns on the Charleston ti Western Carolina railroad. Enrollment committees were ap pointed for all of the clubs in the county and a place was designa ted for opening the enrollment book for each club. At the meet ing Monday the committee arrang ed the details for the county cam paign, which will open July 21. All pledges must be tiled and as sessments paid by noon of July 10. The following: assessments were fix ed: House of representatives, $10; treasurer, 810; auditor. *10; master in equity, $7.50; judge of proba'e, *7.50; coroner, ?2.50: magistrate, $?2.50. Seven county campaign meetings were arranged as follows: Johnston, July -?I: Long Branch, July 22; Trenton, July 20: Repub lican, July 24; Parksville, July 25: Gilgai, duly 28, and Edgefield, Ju ly ol. Flower Mission Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the W. C. T. I", will take place on .Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. E. S. John son, when the animal dower mission meeting will be held. A pleasant program is being prepared, and every member is cordially invited to attend. During the week all are requested to spend as much time as possible in dispensing kindness and loving service to those in need. Write down your experiences o? a slip of paper, and without a signature these will be read at the meeting. Remember the flower mission meeting on Monday afternoon June 8. On Tuesday the W. C. T. U. will pay their annual visit to the County Home where a picnic dinner will be served in connection with the other county unions and reli gious services held for thc residents therp. Mrs. J. L. Mirna, Pres. What Others Say A Lui Generis. Col. Roosevelt, there is only one, so further designation is superfluous, says he is politics more than ever. He is R most interesting personality, but his Progressive party is one of the histori cal has-beens. -Greenwood Index. Chewing Gum Unclean. Don't know about that chemical substitute for use in making chewing gum, but it certainly can be a cleaner substance than the present basis of chewing gum. Few people" stop to think that their chewing gum is prac tically just as it came from the Mexi can forests, handled by unwashed peon hands, with insects caught by the li I quid chicle as it flows frrm the trees. , The flavoring and the tasty package cover a multitude of undesirables. Greenwood Index. Pleased With New Rules. The Newberry Herald and News, and the Yorkville Enquirer, both sup porters of the present administration, approve the new primary rules. Many supporters of the Governor have been heard to express the opinion that there were no objections to them. Of course it will be some trouble to enroll your name, and many will not do it. A large number of people never voted under | the old system either, and of course, all will not vote now, for many of them will not go to the trouble to en roll. It will be their own fault if they do not do it, however.-Abbeville Me-, dium. Judges Fail to do Duty. We agree with The Greenwood Jour nal that a witness, while on the stand under cross-examination, in many in stances is subjected to humiliation and abuse by the attorney conducting the examination. Of course, when a wit nett is evidently lying and dodging Questions, he need not expect to be ealt with while in the same way as one who is telling the truth in a straightforward manner. But this evil can be corrected by the presiding judge, whose duty it is to see that a witness gets fair treatment, but unfortunately the trial judge is in a close place and will not interpose to protect the wit ness, because of injuring his chances for re-election.-Lancaster News. Smile Provokers There is a woman out in the street hobbling along-^ "Crippled or stylish?" "Henpeekke hasn't spoken to his wife in a year" "Doesn't like to in terrupt ber, eh?"-Judge. "Isn't Deeds, the lawyer, a ra ther extravagant man?" "By no means. I've known him to make one suit last for several years.".-Boston Travelei. Tommy-Pop, a man and his wife are one, aren't they? Tommy's Pop-Yes, my son; sometimes one too many.-Phila delphia Record. A young minister preached one Sunday to a rural congregation and spent the next day visiting the peo-, pie. At the house, the man of the house was expressing his apprecia tion of the sermon in very compli mentary terms, while assisting the minister to put up his team. His lit tle son had followed him and after eyeing the minister a minute or two exclaimed: "Why, papa, you said he was a one boss preacher, and he's got two hosses!" "Children, said the teacher, while instructing the class in composition. You should not attempt any flights of fancy, but write what is in you. Do not imitate any other person's writings or draw inspiration from outside sources." As a result of thi* advice Johnny Wise turned in the following com position. . ) "We should not attempt any Hites of fancy, but rite what is in us. In me there is my stominick, lungs, hart, liver, two apples, one piece of pudding, two cakes of chocolate cream, and my dinner." -Tit Bits. At a social affair the other night they were speaking about the un fortunate faculty some people have of always saying the wrorg thing, and Miss Corine Hamilton, of Co lumbia, S. C., chief sponsor for the Confederate re-union at Jackson-! ville, Fla., told of the sad break made by a party named Jones. Recently Jones attended a fash ionable ball. During the evening he mel a pretty young woman dressed in soft, tilmy white, and wearing the cutest little slippers that ever I encased a dainty foot. Instantly the) Jones eye dropped in that direction. "Pardon me, apologized Jones, j blushfully, it was very rude of me, I know, but I couldn't help notic ing your slippers." "I see, smiled the young woman, good-naturedly. What do you think of them?" "What do I think of them?I exclaimed Jones, with large empha sis; "they are simply immense!"-j Philadelphia Telegraph. Notice of Opening Books of En rollment For Voters in The Democratic Primary Election. Etc. Etc. Notice is hereby given, that the following committees for enroll ment have been appointed to enroll the voters nf Edgetield county in the Democratic Primary for the year 1914, and said books of enroll ment will be opened at the places designated for each club Tuesday, June 9th. 1H14: Enrollment committees for the Democratic clubs of Edgetield coun ty, South Carolina, and places where books are to be opened: Bacon: J AI Wright, Sec., G M Smith and J II Bouknight; at Bouk night's store. Cleveland: C C Jones, Sec., W S G Heath and T L Talbert; at C C Jones' store. Colliers: Dr J N Grafton, Sec., D T Mathis and E B Mathis: at Mathis' store. Edgetield Democratic Club No 1: j Walton W Fuller, Sec., A E Pad gett and W E Lott; at Ramsey & Jones store. Edgetield Democratic Club No 2: J W Kemp. Sec., L L Clippard and T J Paul; at the Mercantile Co store. Hibler: Dannie White, Sec., G S Cartledge and W L Ridlehoover; at Dan White's store. Lee: W h Coleman, Sec., W M Sawyer and W M Wright; at Wright's store. Calhoun: A M Clark, Sec., J A Lott and J W Hardy ; store of Lott Walker Co. Long Branch: RL Scott, Sec., Lewis Clark and Luther Yonce; at LewiB Clarks' store. Meriwether: H F Cooper, Sec., Walter Cheatham and J C Shaw; at Walter Cheatham's residence. Meeting Street: J K Allen, Sec., J R Blocker and W S Stevens; at Steven's store. MOBS: P W Cheatham, Sec., T A Williams and W T Reel: at Reel's store. Pleasant Lane: J T McDowell, Sec., S T Williams and F L Tim merman; at F LTimrnerjnan's store. Plum Branch: J R Bodie, Sec., J H Lyon and W R Freeland: at Freeland's store. Red Hill: H E Qnarles, Sec., J W Bailey and J W McDaniel; at Quarles & McDaniels' store. Rehoboth: D I Morgan, Sec., C Strom and W A Winn; at D I Morgan's store. Ropers: J E Dobey, Sec., J B Timmerman and R A Timmerm,?n; at Timmerman's store. JShaw: W W Wise, Sec., G F j Cong and J R Moss; at J R Moss' i s to re. ! South Hibbler: J D Hughey, Sec., W E Sheppard and R H Quarles; at Quarles' store. Washington: B M Hussey, Sec., A V Bussey and N W McDaniel; at the depot. Parksville: D N Dorn, Sec., W R Parks and C Robertson; at Bank of Parksville. Clark's Hill: J O Marshall, Sec., J P Nixon and W S Middleton; at Marshall's store. The qualifications for member ship in any club of the party and for voting at a primary are as fol lows: The applicant for member ship, or voter, shall be iii yea?s of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election and be a white Democrat. He shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he hts resided in the State two years and in the county six months prior to the succeeding gen eral election and in the club district GO days prior to the first primary following his offer to enroll; pro vided that public school teachers and ministars of the gospel in charge of a regular organized church shall be exempt from the provisions of this section as to residence, or oth erwise qualified. The town of Edge field and tba adjacent territory is divided into two club Districts as follows: All wards north of Colum bia road and street, Main street, Jeter street and Abbeville road shall constitute one club District, and all wards south of said Columbia road and street, Main street, Jeter street and Abbeville road shall constitute the other club district for said town, and that are citizens residing in town ships adjacent to said town and nearer thereto than to any other vo ting precinct north of said line shall vote in the first district, and those residing south of said line shall vote in the second district. The town of Johnston and the ad jacent territory is divided into two club districts as follows: The South ern Railway shall be the dividing line between the two Club districts. The first district shall embrace all of tbe Town of Johnston North West of the Southern Railway, and the second distiict shall embrace all of the town of Johnston South East of the Southern Railway, and that those citizens residing in adja cent townships and nearer to the town of Johnston than to any other voting precinct shall be allowed to vote at the club district situated on ?.he sanie side of the railway as they reside. At Trenton, Modoe, Parks ville and Plum Branch the club dis tricts shall embrace the respective town limits, and those citizens in the adjacent townships living nearer the voting: precincts in said towns than to any other voting precinct. In all other cases the voter must enroll in the club nearest his place of residence calculated by the near est practical route and can vote only at the voting place, of such club and the "territory included by this test shall be considered the club dis trict of such club. Each voter must sign the club roll in person giving his full name, aere, occupation and post office address. The books for! enrollment will remain open until the last Tuesday in July, at which time they will close. AU voters are urged to go in person and enroll their names upon the club rolls of the respective clubs to which they j belong. B. E. NICHOLSON, County Chairman. June 2, 1914. Shake off Your Rheumatism. Now is the time to get rid of your rheumatism. Try a twenty five cent bottle of Chamberlain's liniment and see how quickly your) rheumatic pains disappear. Sold by all dealers. Take Plenty of Time to Eat. There is a saying that "rapid eating is slow suicide." If you have formed the habit of eating too rap idly you are most likely suffering from indigestion or constipation, which will result eventually in se rions illness unless corrected. Di gestion begins in the month. Food should be thoroughly masticated and insalivated. 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