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?Establishfu 1835. ?. L. MIMS-L_....Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI.50 per year Ca advance. Entered as second class mather 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, June 17th. INothing is le3s in ?ur power than I the heart, and far from commanding I we aje foreed to obey.-ROUSSEAU. | Of course Mr. McLaurin will vote for Mr. Richards. Attend the good roads meeting'Fri day morning at ll o'clock. The drought checked everything in Edgefield except the sale of automo biles. Cansler fro? Tirzah ha? again un furled his banner to the political breeze. About the graduating season there are more Solomons and Solomonesse* in the State than at any other time. It will require most of the sheep in South Carolina to furnish "skins" for the 1914 crop of graduates. "Another suffragist invasion plan ned. "-Headline. That's no news. Why waste time setting suck stale state ments in type? Atlanta is putting on city airs sure ?nough. The celebrated Childs res taurants of the metropolis have taken np their abode in the Gate City. If you can't afford a Ford, you are not "in the swim" in Edgefield And sad to say, instead of "swimming," we are still ambling or shambling along. A house party in Edgefield is com posed of ten Converse girls. We no longer wonder vhy the Spartanburg papers rave over the beauty of the Con verse girls. A Chicago family was saved from asphyxiation the other night by be ing awakened by a kitten. This thoughtful feline deserves a Carnegie medal about its neck. The graduating class of the Citadej numbered 39 this year, and these young men will be worth an hundred fold more to South Carolina than their edu cation cost the State. To the disappointment of an Edge field youth, recently while he was holding pleasant converse with a Con verse girl he learned that her cardiac experiences were the converse of his. That Smith-Blease-Pollock-Jennings -tampaign will be about the warmest .ever waged in South Carolina, not ex cepting that of the early nineties when the atmosphere was permeated with "refawm" germs. It has gone . abroad over the State that all who attend the meeting of the press association at Chick Springs early in July must tango in the ball room of the new hotel. What are we io do? We want to [go to the meeting but can't tango. Who will teach us? And John Lowndes McLaurin did not enter the race for governor. Editor Watson of the Greenwood Index, who confidently asserted all along that Mr. McLaurin would not be a candidate, is more of a seer than his contempora ries gave him credit for being. Not Satisfied with the notoriety gained through furnishing a candidate for governor and one for the United States senate, Sumter has announced that an aeroplane factory will soon be es'ablished within her borders. Many of those Sumter people always were nigh flyers anyway. There were recently thirty-four grad uates from the law department of the South Carolina university and about four-score from the Medical college in Charleston. The young Medicoes have the advantage in that they can bury their ignorance, while the young Blackstones must parade theirs before "th? gentlemen of the jury." The County-to-County Meetings. The State campaign will open to day at Sumter and, following the schedule of appointments that has been arranged by the State executive com mittee, every county will be visited before the primary is held. There is a strong sentiment against holding these county meetings. Those who favor the plan contend that the people can not vote intelligently unless they hear the several candidates express them selves on the leading issues. This ar gument would have greater force if these meetings really gave the candi dates an opportunity to address the people at length upon questions that are of vital interest, but these meet ings do not afford such an opportunity. Not counting the candidates who have no opposition, there are 27 men to make speeches here on July ll. If those who are without opposition de sire to speak, which right can not rea sonably be denied them, there will be about 35 speeches. How in the name of reason can that number of men in form the voters of their views upon the public questions in the limited time that will be allotted them. In truth, such an occasion, instead of giving an op portunity to enlighten the voter, will enable the unscrupulous politician to deceive and delude the people as to his real position. Will Cause General Rejoicing. The announcement has been made that the Southern railroad has dismiss ed 80 ticket collectors or train auditors, and it is rumored that the remaining 60 will be removed after the 1st of July. In deciding upon such a course the officials or the road higher up have acted with wisdom. A railroad is ren dered popular or unpopular with the people by the employees who daily come in contact with the public. For instance, a courteous, obliging conduc to~ who is assigned a regular run takes a personal interest in the patron? with whom he frequently meets and there fore has an eye to their comfort, thus rendering the road popular among its patrons. On the other hand, auditors who are here to-day and are given an other assignment to-morrow, with but few exceptions, treat passengers and their interests with the most frigid in difference. Auditors endeavor to enforce the rules of the road to the letter, disre garding the rights of the traveling public altogether, while a local con ductor, who knows the people and has a personal interest in many of them, exercises s erne discretion and occasion ally disregards the rules, knowing that in doing so he promotes both the inter ests of the road and the patron. Auditors not infrequently involve the road in a damage suits when a con ductor could have tactfully handled the situation tn the entire satisfaction of all concerned. Of course there are exceptions but in many instances train auditors discharge their duty in a way that is offensive to the passenger, their arrogant and independent manner being due doubtless to the brief au thority with which they are cluthed by the inflexible rules of the road. The removal of the train auditors will cause general rejoicing among the patrons of the Southern road. Vessels Should be Rendered Safe. Recent disasters and near-disasters on water should bring about a council of nations or conference of shipbuild ers of the world to the end that trans portation by water be rendered safer. The idea uppermost with modern ship builders seems to be to attain a maximum of speed and to transport passengers at a minimum of cost Modern steamers are so constructed that each succeeding vessel that is launched will excel all others afloat in speed, whereas the chief aim should be to render each vessel safer than any heretofore constructed. The ten dency has also been toward larger and larger vessels so as to reduce the ope rating expense. A vessel with a ca pacity of 4,000 passengers can carry them cheaper, proportionately, than one with a capacity of 2,000. What the traveling public desires first, how ever, is safety. One would rather pay double the present rate for crossing the Atlantic were he assured that he would reach the opposite shore. Of the many suggestions that have been made looking ta elimination of the danger of ocean travel, the one re quiring all steamship companies to ope rate their vessels in pairs, seems to be the most practical. For example, in stead of one 50,000-ton displacement vessel sailing from New York for Liv erpool, require the company to send two vessels of 25,000-ton displacement each. One would serve as the escort or convoy of the other, protecting it against possible disaster. If one ves sel shoald become disabled from any cause the passengers could be trans ferred to the companion ship near by. This would of course increase the cost of transportation, but the average passenger would gladly pay for the pro tection thus provided. Who is the proper person to take the initiative in the matter of safe guarding ocean travel? If the congress of the United States would make the first move, we believe a hearty re sponse and accord would com? from every quarter .? the globe. What Others Say Ain't It So. The trouble with a good many met. is that when they have nothing to say they insist on saying it.-Daily Mail. Noah's Sin of Omission. In Noah's ark, a swat in time wou?Y have saved about nine hundred thou sand quadrillion swats which are now necessary. -Greenville News. Wants Something Doing. Huerta has bought an American electric fan. He wouldn'tfeel natural without a few revolutions about him. - The State. Must Serve Dear People. Our idea of a man who wants a job mighty bad is one who will stump the state of South Carolina for it weather like this. -Greenville Piedmont. Then, Please Don't. It's all very well to say we ought to give women the vote, but how do we know that if we do it Mrs. Pankhurst won't come over here to live?-News and Courier. Campaign Thunder For Demagogues. The railroad commission in this state waited until just before the campaign opened to commence talking about chasing the negroes out of the Pullman coach.-Greenville News. President No Tlme-Server. President Wilson belongs to that hard-headed, clean-minded, conscien tious class of persons who believe that if a thing is wrong the time to right it is now. He is no time-server. And he deals openly and aboveboard with the people on all public questions. Newberry Observer. Interested Once a Year. This is the period of the year when every parent wants to jump on the school teacher if his chiid is not pro moted. Surely the teacher knows more about it than the parent. In fact this is about the only time most parents pay attention to school matters.-Abbe ville Medium. Defends "Grape Tuice." To sneer about "grape juice diplo macy" is about as senseless as was the sneer of several years ago about Sunday School politics." A little more grape juice in personal habits and a little more of the ethics of the Sun day School in political life would not come amiss.-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Smile Provokers Mrs. Hiram Offen-"your recom mendations are rather poor, I must say." Maid-"Well mum, yez weren't recomminded very highly to me, ayther." "No; I'll never vote for that fel low again." "Why not?" "I wrote him that I wanted a government plum and he sent rae a couple of seedlings from the Agri cultural Department. Newedd-I was worried for near ly three years for fear I wouldn't get, you. Mrs. Newedd-What are you thinking of now, dear? Newedd-Thinking how foolish I was to worry.-Boston Transcript. "Doctor, said he, I'm a victim of insomnia. I can't sleep if there's the least noise, such as a cat on the back fence, for instance." "This powder will be effective, replied the physician, after com pounding a prescription. "When do I take it, doctor?" "You don't take it; you give it to the cat in some milk." Dr. Parkhurst, at a dinner in New York, said of Sabbath observ ance: "There are too many of us who are like the Hempstead woman. "This woman said to her little boy the other day: "You must not roll your hoop in the front garden, dear. It's Sunday. Go and roll it in the back garden." "Isn't it Sunday in the back gar den too, mama? the little boy ask ed." - Washington Star. "Bill," the poet gasped, stagger ing into his friend's room. "Why, what's wrong the friend inquired, startled as he grasped hold of the tottering man." "Wrong, the poet muttered. Ye gods! I wrote a poem about my lit tle boy. I began the first verse with these lines:" "?My son, mj'pigmy counterpart." "Yes? Yes?" The poet drew a long breath as he took a newspaper from his pock et. "Read! he blazed suddenly, See what the criminal compositor did to ray opening line'" The friend read aloud: "My soul my pig, my counter parti" House Party and Brilliant Reception. The rellim of college boyp ari'1 girls for their summer vacation has rejuvenated the. erstwhile deserted villasre, Edgefield being now orn continuons round of social gaiety. The eclipsing function thus far wa? the reception given by Miss Nellie Jones. She id entertaining a house party which is composed of ten ol her classmates at Converse college during the session just closed, at follows: Misses Sarah and Ruth Hazzard of Georgetown, M ins Ra chael Brown of Spartanburir, Miss Julia Henry of Durham, N. C., Miss Lucile Aughtry of Georgia, Miss Ruth Smith, Miss Natalie Hunter of Columbia, Miss Marion Mobley of Johnston, Miss ?Emily McDowell of North Carolina and Miss Mamie Young of Union. All of these young ladies arrived in Hdgetield Friday, and Friday even ing Miss Jones gave a reception in honor of her college friends, aon? of whom, with one exception, have ever visited Edgetield before. The handsome colonial mansion was a veritable blaze of electric lights within and bonfires were dotted about the lawn. As the guests crossed the threshold they were re ceived by Misses Clair Grice, Snow Jeffries, Sadie Mims and Mae Tomp kins, who presented them to the ten guests of honor and the popular young hostess who composed the receiving line in the parlor. From the parlor .they were ushered into the dining room by Misses Bertha Hill and R?sela Parker. The punch bowls, two in number, were presided over by Misses Rose Jeffiies and Gladys Padgett, Misses Majorie Tompkins and Genevieve Fitzmaurice. The hall, the library and front parlor were decorated in the Converse college colors, purple and gold. The ladies present were beautifully attired in gowns of the latest mode, and the gentlemen wore the conventional evening suits. The reception was faultlessly plan ned and the charming voong hostess had an eye single to the pleasure of her guesia. This happy occasion was one that will stand out in bold red letters in Edgefield's social cal endar Souvenirs in the form of minia ture college girls painted in purple and gold were presented to the guests of honor by Misses Florence Peak and Natalie Padgett, who also pin ned on each guest present a dainty Dutch card containing the inscrip tion, "Call again." A salad course was served buffet ktyle, this being followed by ice cream and several kinds of cake. Those who assisted in serving were: Mrs. N. M. Jones, Mrs. L. B. Jones, Mrs. A. T. Samuel, Mrs. J. E. Hart and Mrs. J. G. Edwards. Shower in Honor of Miss Shep pard. On Friday afternoon June 12 Mrs. W. B. Cogburn entertained Miss Josephine Sheppard, ?he brid?, elect with a linen shower. Her many friends were greeted most cordially on entering by Mrs. J. B. Kennerly, Mrs. W. S. Cog burn arid Mrs. William Lott. From there the hostess directed the guests to the punch bowl which waa grace fully presided over by Margaret May and Pebby Drake. The unique souvenirs were pinned on by Onida Pattison and Eloise Hart. Each guest was presented to the guest of honor, after which wedding bells were given them, and all were asked to write a word of advice to the bride. This was unanimously en joyed. At this time all assembled in the artistically decorated dining room where the pretty chest of linen met every ones gaze. The words of advice were read by Mrs. R. G. Shannonhouse, some were humorous, some sentimental while others were very practical. Little Effie Lott appeared in the doorway dressed asa bride, wearing the bride's veil and carrjiner a beau tiful bouquet of coriopsis and fern. She made her way to the bride and rendered the following poem most exquisitely, giving the bride the golden key with which she opened the chest containing the gifts and these were given her by little Effie. Dear Miss Josie so dainty and fair, Cupid has said that Mr. Rogers with .voa must ?hare, The many rich gifts which to you we bring, Before the haj py wedding bells shall ring. To you the handsome bride-to-be I now do give this bright gold key, It fits the chest in which to store Away all the deep great joys Of your wedding day. Tho gifts were indeed lovely but showed only in part the love and esteem of Miss Sheppard's host of friends. Delicious ices, silver and angel cake was served by Mrs. S. M. Craig, assisted by Miases Florence Peak and Willi? May Hart. Guest. POLITICAL NOTICE HON. R. I. MANNING. Article From Sumter Herald Giving Some of His Pro gressive Ideas. Editor Sumter Herald: In reading political articles and listening to political talk it striken me that the merits and demerits of the various candidates are founded too much on politics, and not enough nn the men themselves and what they have done or are doinsr, and what they?tand for. It is, therefore, a source of satisfaction to the friends of Hon. Richard I. Man ning, that there is behind him something solider than an ability to shake hands, to honey-talk aud to pull wires. Mr. Manning stands f^or progress and advance, and Mr. Manning stands for honesty. The two must go together. Honesty with stupiditv, idleness or backwardness is wasted progress. Accomplishment, or busi ness ability without honesty are good qualities but on a foundation that will soon crumble. Hand in hand they must go if they expect to g? far. Hand in hand they go with Mr, Manning conducting them. Mr. Mannii ?. ?tanda for honest election laws, inough his opponents are doing all in their power to dis tort his views and words and to fool tb>.MB who are not so well posted ii ?.. believing he is trying to de p 've8ome of the people of their v. ii?. He has said time and again tl-it be wants every Democrat to vole once and only once; does any honest man want mote?. He has not and does not favor registration for primary voting, or any other form of restriction. ?His opponents are trying to make people believe he does, but they are dishonest in their efforts. Mr. Manning stands for a more equal assessment of property, be tween mun and man, between town ship and township, and between county and county. Are you satis fied with how the matters stand in this state, or are you with him in this? Mr. Manning is a practical farmer; he has al was s been a fa ni er, not merely a farm owner-there's a big difference; he manages his own farm. He is well posted, there fore, on all rnatteis that are of vital interest to theout-of town dwellers; the preserving of peace and good order in the country; the founding of a system ot rural credits, some thing like the building and loan as sociations of the towns; the stand ardizing of cotton grades, which will mean better prices; an adequate and safe system of warehousing; the improvement of rural conditions, and all things that will help make country life more profitable and more pleasant. Another matter be understands perfectly and knows the importance of is protection against dishonest fertilizers shall Bhow their analyses, and shall meas ure up to them; but there is matter, known in the fertilizer world as "worthless filler" which will give the analysis all right, but which is without value as plant food. The farmer must be protectsd against this, so must the honest manufac turer, and to enact the legislation that will accomplish this without falling short or without going too far is going to require skill, and an intricate knowledge of a difficult subject. Mr. Manning believes of course in pushing educational advantages and facilities as much as possible; he believes in law and order, and law enforcement, he believes in supporting the constitution of South Carolina, and in government along constitutional lines. Last, but by no means least, ho is striving to put down fellings of factionalism in this .state; he is trying to keep men on the opposite sides of the road from being bitter toward each oth er because they do not happen to vote alike; he is endeavoring to make former friends once more friends, and to re-unite the De mocracy of South Carolina again into a happy family. Oitis??* Stinter Herald, Maj St. DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING News From Mt. Zion Community Improvement of Plank Road Urged. Rain Has Fallen. The blessing of rain has come at last to our parching fields and our farmers' faces ara several inches shorter than they were a week ago. But this blessing, like many another bas not come to some without alloy, for lightning has been active ia our community. On last Friday night the new home of Mr. W. A. Pardue was struck by two bolts, which did considerable damage to ihe building. Thin, thousrh, is lost .dght of in thankfulness that, n? lives were lost, as several members of the family were very near where the,lightning struck. On the same night, a barn on Mrs. S. T. Hughes' place was struck, and burned to the ground. Those of us living down this long sand road are looking forward with great interest to the meeting which is to be held next Friday. It ie t? be hoped that all public spirited citizens will attend thia meeting, and lend aid and encouragement io the plan of making a good road. For years past, the taxes from thia section have all gone to work th? roads in other parts of the county, as there was nothing to be done- te this sand stretch. This accumula ted, sum would spread on a goo? deal of clay; so it is but fair play that our main thoroughfare should be made more tolerable. Mr. Sam Garner, who is in pre carious health, was quite sick oa last Sunday, bot is now better. Misses May and Ella Ergle front Graniteville have been np visiting their sister, Mrs. W. A. Pardue. Mr. Benj. F. Gaines comes home to-day from his third year at the Citadel. He in Ed gefiel d's scholar ship boy and each year has graded among the highest in his class. Mt. Zion, B. G. June 1 Sib. An Ordinance. >To Regulate the Operation of Aa tomobiles, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Buggies, Wagons, Hacks, Car riage?, Carts and Horseback Hi ding in the Town of Edgefield, S. C. Be it ordained by the Tow? Council of the Town of Edgefield, S. C., and by authority of the same: Section 1. That it shall be unlaw ful for any person or persons-to--f drive an Automobile, Bicyole, or Motorcycle, at a greater rate of speed lhan of fifteen miles per hour, oa any of the streets of the Town of Edgefield, S. C.; Provided further, that in turning a corner from one street into another street, the rate of speed shall not exceed six miles per hour, by said persom or persons, operating said machines. Sec. That all persons driving Automobiles, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Buggies, Wagons, Hacks, Carriages, Carts and Horse-back Riders shall always turn to the right when meet ing all traveling conveyances and when turning a street corner oral ley. Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ope rate an Automobile or Motorcycle within the corporate limits of the Town of Edgefield, S. C., after dark, without having at least one head light and one rear light on said Automobile, and one head light on said Motorcycle. Seo. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons operating an Automobile or Motorcycle upo? any street within the corporate limits of the Town of Edgefield, S. C., to release what is known as "the Exhaust" or "Cut out," thereby creating harsh and unusual noises, to the terror and fright of animals upon the streets of the said Town. Sec. 5. That in running or opera ting Automobiles in the corporate limits of the Town of Edgefield, it shall be the duty o? those who are running or operating the said Au tomobiles to sound at all corners and street crossings, the honk or whistle, or other appliance of said machine intended to give notice or warning of approach thereof. Sec. 6. That any person or per sons violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprison ed not less than five days nor mor* than twenty days. Sec. 7. That all Ordinances here tofore passed or ordained by the Town Couucil of Edgefield, S. C., inconsistent with this Ordinance, ? are hereby repealed. Done and Ratified this 10th day of June, A. D., 1V14. A. H. CORLEY, Mayor. AttcBt: R. C. PADGRTT. Cl'k & Treas. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a cur rica! 4rwaiaff that rati?re* pain and koria at