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Sstabltsbr?i 1835. : ? L. MI MS,.Editor Published every Wednesday in Tho .livertist-r Building at ?1.no ?vr year ;j advance. Entered us second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, ?. 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, July 22nd. It nevee occurs to fools that merit and good lortune are closely united GOETHE It can truly be said of the newly chosen president of Mexioo that the oliice sought the man. Wonder if Columbia's square meals" have anything to do with the establishment of so many hos pitals in that city? Clinton his been added t? the list of towns in South Carolina that aie to have postoffice buildings erec ted by the government. If Clin ton, why not Edgefield, too? Edgefield people are taking but little Interest in county politics. It seems almost useless to bold regular campaign meetings. Only a few more days remain in which you can -place your name on the Democratic club roll. Do not put it off too late. That 20,000 cartridges are being smuggled daily across the Mexican border at El Taso by both factions means that the internal strife is likely to continue in Mexico not withstanding that a new order of things bas been set np in the city of Mexico. William Jennings Bryan has ta ken a high eat on the woman suf frage band wagon. He is evidently planning to ''come again" about 1020. Having failed for three times to receive a majority of the votes cast by the men he hopes for bettet things from the women. The four candidates for the United States senate will address the voters at Edgefield next Wed nesday. It is probable that the at tendance will be very large, and we trust that each one of the candidates will be given respectful attention Let it be said that the meeting at Edgefield was the most orderly cam paign meeting that was held in .South Carolina. Attend the Farmers' Institutes. *'The man who waits i"or the gov ernment or the college of agricul ture to do for bim what beean do for himself will find considerable delay in securing this assistance The government ai.d the college show the way, but they do not do the work. It is no dishonor to be shown, but it is a great mistake to neglect instruction and suggestions that would mean better farming and better living." The foregoing paragraph from the Fanch is timely, and should have weight in inducing farmers to attend the institutes that are held all over the country in tbe interest of agriculture at this season. "It is a great mistake to neglect instruc tions and suggestions that would mean better farming and better liv ing." Valuable instruction and suggestions will be given the far mers of Edgefield county through the institutes that are to be held un der the auspices of Clemson and Winthrop colleges. The following are the ??laces and dates for these institutes: McKendree, Aug. 4; Cleora, Aug. ?; Edgefield, Aug. 6. Talk up these meetings among your neighbors and friends. j b Is It Not a Disgrace? Is it nota disgrace for people, ca rdia ly the whites who claim su pr'iioiitv, in a presumably civilized ..om m II ni ly, to live in the midst of 50 much filth? In our town, just as in thousands ol' cithers, there is enough debris to brent yellow fever, to say nothing about typhoid amt other diseases conveyed by conta gion and- mosquitoes. Outwardly things look comparatively clean and tiu- interior of these homes are cleansed and garnished, bat when you have said that you have said all: for tin cans, half filled with stagnant water and mosquitoes, rot ten rags, rotten wood, and other un mentionable tilth we have galore. If you doubt what I say, walk around with your eyes half open, and look behind our stores and un der some houses, and you will be come a convert to the gravity of the situation. The sad part of it all is that nobody seems enough inter ested to organize a civic league or to insist on the authorities bavinu au inspector, who knows his busi ness, look after things. These* very persons who accumulate so much and destroy so little tilth make splendid mourners at the funerals for which they are guilty. The authorities give them dis enfectants but they are too lazy to use them. A cat or a dog would use . , but people that will not ?.peak to you on the street are nut ashamed of their back lots and store lots and kitchen window! One .sear ago last spring, making ig h teen months, I purchased a bar rel of rock lime for which was paid one dollar and Hf teen cents. Every day that lime has been used and that bai rel is full to the brim to-day, and daily being used, as it slacks. At this rate I am paying for lime forty cents a year. Think 'of it! And for that foi ty cents, and few other precautions, I am proba bly saving the life of some person in my or another family, and saving much distress and expense. Of course the cleanest people in the world have sickness, but it is trace able to some filthy person some where eUe. Kow to get any town in a healthy state it is absolutely nec essary to get rid of any wet and stagnant place where mosquitoes hatch; it is necessary for the town to see that all clogged ditches are cleaned out; that all back premises are disinfected; that the sun be al lowed to shine in these places. The writer is not troubled with these menaces; for he lives at a distance from stores, and his neighbors are painfully carefully about such things. But if I did live near the stores and had such neighbors there would be a warm time in the old town, for it is a specie of homicide ind suicide for a so-called civilized people to be less cleanly than cats ind dogs. If we have bit one of ;hese animals, unintentionally, we aope that the dog will yell and the ?ur will fly! Two ladies met each )ther on the street; one was hand somely dressed; the other in calico. The calico lady scrubbed and swept md limed; the silk lady would not condescend to speak. On the street me was a fashion-plate, the other i real woman. At home one was a ivhat? the other was a plain but iubstantial lady. Oh, this world is i 1 led with shams! If the town au horitios do not look after these choked up drains, iifthy yards, lazy people and fashion platet., there is a class that will look after them, lamely, the doctors, the preachers md the under.akers. Let's get up i little public sentiment and a little private cleaning. If we are ashamed n the day, sneak around in the light, but clean up. Neighbor. Campaign Meetings. The following is the schedule of campaign meetings for the Oongres lioual campaign for this District Beaufort, July 27th, Jasper, July 28th, Hampton, July 29th, Barnwell, July 30th, Bamberg, July 31st, Aiken, August 3rd, ^ ridgefield, August 4th, Saluda, 5th. COUNTY. Republican, July 24th, Trent rn, July 25rd, * Parksville, August (5th, White Town, August 11th, Edgefield, August 20th. Costly Treatment. I was troubled with constipation i nd indigestion and spent hundreds ; f dollars for medicines and treat- i aent, writes C II Hines, of Whit ow, Ark. "I went to a St. Louis I ospital, also to a hospital in New i Means but no cure was effected. 1 )n returning home I began taking ( /haraberlain's tablets, and worked ( ight along. I used them for some ime and am now all right." Sold 1 y all dealer?. j 1 What Others Sar A New Role. Uncle Sam will pretty soon be known as the international policeman.-Char leston Post. -> Doom Approaching. [f Virginia goes dry-and the out lock is that il will-the liquor people had just as well give ap. There will be no hope for them.-Anderson Mail. '.Spies of Life." "Women." says the Cincinnati En puirer, "are the spies of life." Well, wh\t they find out they don't keep secret from the enemv.-Anderson Mail. Poor Fellows! If you are inclined to think your lot in life hard, just consider the case of the poor reporters who have to hear the 6ame campaign speeches day after day on the chance that some candidate may say something new. -Greenville Piedmont. The Wilson Way. Often there is a short way. but cost ly, a long war, but cheap, by which an object can be accomplished. Wilson's way with Huerta was "slow but sure" and-there has been no war.-Spartan burg Journal. Slothful Man a Nuisance. Water confined in a pool soon be comes stagnant and amenace to health. ? Such is the slothful man who prefers ease and comfort to labor. He is not only worthless, but dangerous to oth ers. -Spartanburg Journal. Give Children a Chance. Children in farm homes are entitled to as good advantages for education as the children in the cities and towns. Then why not give the rural schools more revenue so they may extend the term of school, get better teachers anti introduce courses in agriculture and home economics'.' -Farm & Ranch. Smile Provokers Tommy--"Pop, what do we mean by the dark ages?" Tommy's Pop-"The days of knights, my son." Blowhard made one of those Mother Hubbard speeches." "Mother Hubbard-why ?" M 'It covered everything and touch ed nothing.-Indianapolis "Star. . "Oh, George, before you get your razor I must tell you that I I borrowed it yesterday." "What, again! Y-yes. I had to do some rip ping. But it's just as good as ever. You'll never notice the difference. I sharpened it un the stove pipe" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I don't think that one should always obey one's parents, do you, Araminta?'' inquired Arabella. "Why, I don't know, said Ara minta, what makes you say that?" "Last night when Bob was here paoa, called down,Arabella, put out the light, ami of course I did it. j And when he came downstairs and found us in the dark he was raving mad." Master of the house (married to a suffrageite)-What's happening about the dinner, May? Maid-There ain't going to be none, sir! Master-What! No dinner? Maid-No, sir. The missus 'as come 'onie from jail, sir, an' ate up hevervthink in the 'ouse!-Pearson's Weekly. ^_ Robbie's grandfather was a veter an of the Civil war, and in talking to his little grandson about the bat tles be said: "Nearly a generation and a half ago, Robbie, my head was grazed by a bullet in the battle of Chickamauga." Robbie looked at the bald pate of his grandsire attentively and said: "Not much grazing there now, is there?"-Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. The moving picture director was saving trouble in getting one of the scenes right. The girl was supposed to resist and attempt to kiss her, but the rehearsal was far from sat isfactory. "Think now said the director, coaching her, haven't you ever tried to stop a voting man from kissing you?" "No, was the girl's frank reply." "We receive many queerly direct ed letters, of course, acknowledged a post office assistant iu answer to in urgent question. But the queer- ( ?st I ever remember having seen had , in address that ran somewhat as , Follows:" ( "To my son Thomas if he is as- j iodating with decent young fellows ind calling on respectable girls. If ; ie ain't, please return to above ad iress, because the letter has two lollars in it." I "I've often wondered whether the etter got back all right."-Cleve and Plain Dealer. ? "ls the Young Man Safe." | All "day long at the city gates The royal watcher sits and waits, While the buttle rages fierce and wild Gainst his traitor son. his rebel child. The lagging sun to the westward creeps, ?ut rhc King bia lonely vigil keeps, Caring naught For his haughtyfoes, But tense with the pain that a father j Lo'nlc! O'er the {'lain, with failing: . breath. | A courier corned from the fieid.of death. ' "New.-- i'rom the strife, my lord, the ' King. , I Tidings glad from the field I bring: I For the lighting's e'er anil the foemen flee, Thy throne is save and thy kingdom free!" "Is the young man safe?"-the htart wrung cry Has an age-long ring that brings it nigh. 'Tis the nameless dread at the father's heart. As he sees his son from the home de part: 'Tis the burden of many a mother's prayer For the boy who wanders she knows not where: 'Tis the harrowing fear that will not sleep Till it plows in the forehead its fur rows deep. "Is the young man/safe?" can he safe ly tread In a path with clime and pitfalls spread? Can he pass unscathed the devil's snares. That are clustered thick in the city sqares'.' Can he rest secure when he little knows That his seeming friends are his subtlest fees' "Is the vomis man safe" when in very truth His path is strewn with the wrecks of youth? Safe? When the state protects the den That gluts its till with the lives of men? Safe? When a man for a paltry toil May seta snare for a fellow's soul? "Is the young man safe" when our laws condone The "Thou shalt nots" on the slab of j Stone? "Is the young man safe?" Let the church and state "Heed David's cry at the city gate; Let the church forget its warring creeds And wake to the call of living needs; ? Let the city guard as its choicest wealth The young man's vigor and moral. health. God make us wise-for the hour is; near When the youth is gone, and the man ? ?5 hure. - Selected. Engineers to be Honored. Atlanta, (4a., July 10.-Southern Railway engineers who have made exceptionally good records in keep ing their locomotives in good'con dition are to be honored by having their names painted on the panels of their cabs. In announcing this new plan, vice-president and gener al manager E. H. Coapman states that it has been adopted as a mark of Southern Railway's appreciation of the interest which its engineers have taken in. the condition and ap pearance of their locomotives. Southern Railway practice is, as far as possible, to allow each regu lar engineer to have his individual locomotive. The engineers feel a great personal pride in the appear ance of their locomotives aud many of them have been beautifully deco rated in which the company has co operated with the men. As a result of the attractive appearance of Southern Railway locomotives, they have attracted wide spread at tention and much favorable com ment. L'nder the new arrangement each engineer who has run an in dividual locomotive for a stated number of miles, rated according to tue class of the engine, without go ing into the shop for general over hauling, will have his name placed on the cab panel. The arrangement was effective July I, but mileage made during the past tvo years by enginetrs running individual loco motives will be applied. Notice of Dissolution \ By mutual agreement the firm of A. M. Timmerman & Company has this day dissolved. I having pur chased the interest of W. A. Tim merman, will assume all indebt ness of the firm. All persons in Jebted to said firm are hereby noti ied to settle with me. A. M. Timmerman. r-21-14--3t. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite , Thc Old Standard general strengthening tonic, , GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out ' Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonio ' UK! wre Appetizer. For advlU ann children. 50c Candidates Column For Congress. I respectful!}' announce that I am a i-anniuale for Congivss from th*? 2nd Congressional district, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. R. M. Mixson. 1 hereby announce my candidacy for re-nomination by the Democratic party for Representative in Congress from the Second District, pledging myself to comply with the rules of the party. James F. Byrnes. For House of Representatives. . I respectfully announce that I am a cand?ate for the House of Representa I tives from Edgsfield county and solicit ? the (support of the people, pledging : myself to abide the result ot the Dem ! ocratic primary. S. B. Marsh. I respectfully announce that I am a ? canidate for the House of Representa ! tives and solicit the support of th** people, niedging myself to abide the re 1 suit of the Democratic Primary. S. T. Williams. I I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to" the House of I Representatives, and pledge myself to abidje the result of the Democratic party. J. P. DeLaughter. Thereby announce that I am a can ' didate for the House of Representa tives, subject to the rulesof the Dem ! ocratic Party, and I /gree to abide the i result of the election, and support the I nominees of the party. M. P. Wells. For ounty Treasurer. Appreciating your past favors for j Treasurer of Edgefield County, I an ! nounce my candidacy again for said office ?and pledge myself to support the nomi nees of the Democratic party. The term of this office is now four years. E. S. Johnson. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of j Treasurer of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. T. Mims. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of county treas urer and solicit the votes of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary, ?A J Am Smith. Auditor. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of auditor of Edgefield countv and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. R. Timmerman. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for rtv office of auditor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic pri mary. C. M. Mellichamp. For Judge of Probate. This is to announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge. I shall abide the re sult of Primary Election and support nominees thereof. W. T. Kinnaird. For Master. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Master in Equity of Edgefield County and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. S. M. Smith. I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Master in Equity of Edge field county and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide by the result or the Democratic prima ry election. A. R. Nicholson. This is %to announce that I am a candidate for election to the office of Master of this County, and that I will abide the result of the Primary Elec tion. J. H. Cantelou. For Magistrate. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magistrate of the 4th judicial district and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. F. Pardue. I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of magistrate of the 8th judicial circuit of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primarv. W. E.Turner. The friends of R. N. Edmunds beg to announce his candidacy for the of fice of magistrate in fifth judicial dis trict, subject to rules of democratic primary, and pledge him, if elected, to the faithful discharge of the duties of the office and to support nominees of democratic party. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate of the 1st judicial district of Edgefield county, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. N. L. Brunson. The friends of W. W. Miller anf nounce his candidacy for the office o Magistrate of the 4th Judicial District sf Edgefield County, piedging him to abide the result of the Democratic pri mary. Friends. VOL. 79. EDGEFIELD, S. C., \#DNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914 NO. 15.