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m Office NJ. 61. fir Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, Oct. 7th. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Arthur Childrens of Ridge Spring spent Monday here with r.-latives. Services in the Presbyterian church at Johnston this. Sunday ai 11:15. No afternoon or. night ser vice. It seems that Ford cars do not have to <ro in winter quarter*. They are being used on the Edgetield roads in dpi te of the mud. The recital that witT-^e given lr. Signora Carolina Du Fabritis iii the opera house has been postpone-., until Friday exening', October 30. The fall session of the noun ol general sessions will convene n^x; Monday, October 12, with the Hon. George E. Prince as presiding judge. The committee recently appointed to beautify the Baptist church grounds bas commenced active work and very soon the result of their la bors will be observed. After the rains cease it will be a splendid time to begin to put in" a large grain crop. Forget all about next year's cotton and sow your very best land. At a meeting of Contraree Pres bytery last week Rev. P. P. Bla -lock was requested to take charge of two mission churches, the Pres bytery paying the salary. B. Miss Evelyn Edmunds who is at tending a leading business college in Columbia is here spending sever al days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Edmunds. The regular monthly meeting of the Edgetield chapter, U. D. C., will be held Tuesday afternoon, October 13, at the home of Mrs. L. Mims at 4:30 o'clock. All mem bers are requested to be present. Preaching Sunday morning and night ai Methodist church. Hours 11:30 and 8. You are invited. Sun day school at 10:30. Be one of a hundred. Special for young people Sunday night. Cotton insured 840.00 per bale at your house, 50c per bale 3 months, 70c bale 4 months, &4c per bale 5 months, 9Se per bale 0 months. Optional with company to replace cotton or pa> the insurance. E. J. Norris. Cotton is being marketed slowly. It is probable that the maturity of bank notes will cause il lo be brought forth in larger quantities. The majority of fanners will have to sell at least a portion of their col ton when their obligations become due. After they have satisfied their creditors hy paying at le isl part they can then hold the remainder of their crop for a higher prive. .Mrs. T. P. .Salier and her daugh ter, Miss Ruth stiter. spent Friday in Edgetield as guests of Mrs. J. L. Minis. While iure Miss Ruth stood the examination for 3 teach er's certificate. She is well equip] id for teaching, having graduated from the Ililli School in Portland, Maine, and also took a course ol one .\ear at Coker college, this state. Baptist Conference. Immediately after the Sunday soho-I next Sunday morning a con ference of the members of the Bap tist church will be held. A full at tendance of the membership is de sired as mitlers of importance will be presented for consideration. Notice to Veterans. All Confederate Veterans of Sedgefield county who have not al ready ?eut in their record during the war between the States will please do so at as early a date as possible, also give a short sketch of their lives. Miss Mary E. Lake, Historian Edgefield Chapter U. D. C., Edgetield, S. C. Rubenstein's Sale. Read the full page advertisement in this issue in which Mr. Ruben stein not only announces that he will conduct a special sale for lu days but be gives a number of prices showing what great values he will offer during that time. He asks that, in order to prove every state ment he makes is true, you take the | advertisement with you to his store and compare with the goods and prices offered you. Certainly noth ing more could be asked or expec ted. He will make good every state ment contained in the advertise Mr. Ch?ties Hall of Aiken is spending a few days in Edge?eld with Mr. and Mrs. Jame3 A. Tim merman. Public Sales of Land. The attendance upon the master's sale of real estate Monday was not as large as usual at this season. On ly three tracts were sold and thc bidders were few. Owing to the financial stringency land will nos he in great demand this fall. For that reason some of thc public sale^ have been withdrawn indefinitely. The Watson Lind, lU'J acres, was bougl hy .Mr. W. A. Reynolds foi $1,000. The Tutt land in the Anti och section was knocked down to Mr. Irvine Alexander of Augusta, for *07-3. The tract belonging to the estate of S. T. Brimson war bought by Dr, J. E. Brimson and later sold to Messrs. E. P. and VV. R. E. Winn. Two Edgefield Young Ladi^ Honored. Eveiy year each of the female colleges in the state places a scholar ship at the disposal of the organiza tion known as the federation of Women's Clubs. The opportunity of winning these scholarships is thrown open to all of the young la dies of the state. This year Edge held was honored by having two young ladies of this county win scholarships. Through the Federa tion a scholarship to Coker college has been awarded to Miss Lena Lanham and a scholarship to Lime stone college has been awarded to Miss Ruth Long. These two popu lar young people have been greatly honored by being chosen from among the many applicants over the state. Kemp-Bussey. The announounceraent that Miss Leila Kemp and Mr. Joseph ?ussey were married Sunday, October 4, ..t the home of Mr. P. H. Bussey was a surprise to a large number of their friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George W. Bussey. Miss Kemp is a daughter of Mr. P. B. Kemp of the Callisou section ?.r?d is greatly belove J. ?he bas taught several years in the wes tern portion of the county and has a host of friends who extend hearty congratulations. Mr. Bussey is the representative of an old Edgefiekl family whose name has always been highly respected and honored. He ;s a successful farmer. The Adver tiser extends hearty congratulations io these young friends. Fawners Met in Court House. A mass meeting of farmers was held in the court house here Thur. day. the meeting being orgauized by the election of P. N. Lott as president and P.-. W. 8. Stokes, secretary. After a discussion of the colton situation and the business outlook a resolution was adopted rr commending thai the legislature enajt a law limiting the acreage of cotton for next year to seven acres to the plow or 50 per cent ol' this year's acreage. The meeting also endorsed the Toxas warehouse tplan .md oppos 1 the McLauria bill with reference tu the establishment ol* cotton war: houses. A resolution wax passed in dorsing liie bills introduce] in con gress by Representative Henry of Texas andSRcpresentativti Finley of .South Carolina providing for the lending of money direct to the far mers upon cotton warehouse re ceipt. ''.'lie convention to day was op posed to the enactment of a stay law and likewise opposed to extend ing the time for the payment of taxes. School Improvement Associa tion Organized. Monday afternoon, the occasion having been previously announced, a number of the women of Edge field ' .ul all the High and graded schojl teachers assembled in the school auditorium to consult to gether on the advisability of or ganizing an association in which parent and teacher might co-oper ate for the improvement in many ways of the school conditions and environment. Prof. Lyon took temporary charge and brought the matter to a con clusion by the election of a presi dent. Mrs. Hallie N. Greneker hav ing been elected to this position presided during the remainder of meeting. The other officers are, vice-president, Hrs. W. E. Lott; secretary, Miss Grace Tompkins, and treasurer, Prof. C. C. Ross. A committaeon membership consisted of Mrs. T. J. Lyon, Mrs. T. H. Rainsford and Mrs. W. L. Duno vant. Committee on rules and regu lations, Mrs. J. L. Minis, Mrs. .1. G. Edwards and Mrs. W. C. Tompkins. On the early report of the last named committee, another meeting will be called and arrange ments perfected. The Right Man Twelve years ago when Mr. J. R. Scurry was elected steward of the County Home the right man was chosen. Instead of becoming care less and indifferent, feeling that the position now belongs to him by right of possession, Mr. Scurry has grown more and more faithful. The inmrr.es of the Home ave devoted to him, realizing that, in him they have an abiding friend, who really carts for their comfort and wel fare. At the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners Tuesday Mr. Scurry was re-elected to serve for another yes.'. All a'ong the board has act- I wisely, realiz ing that no better man can be found for the position of steward than Mr. Scurry. Planning Farm Buildings. EverjT home owner who expects to make improvements and get the benefit of economy and attracive ness in the arrangement of farm buildings should have a definite plan. This is especially desirable when a new place is being improv ed and the farmstead is yet to be laid out. So much depends upon the arrangement of the varios build ings, the layout of the various fields, situation of the highway to market, etc., that this is often the difference between success on the one hand and failure on the other. When one has an old farm where the farmstead has been in conveniently and unsightly arrang ed it maj- be a difficult problem to change the arrangement in accord ance with economy and attractive ness. But in man., instances it will be possible, perhaps economical, to move minor buildings, change roads or drives, remove objects that mar the landscape and remodel the gen eral scheme of the farm. Conve nience means much where there are livestock to care for implements to shelter and crops to store. In these days when labor is expensive and machines and implements must be sheltered it pays to economize with both man and machine labor. Making money, a3 important as it is, is not all of farm life. We need comfort and convenience and a farmstead that represents skill and artistic planning where we may enjoy the open country and have favorable environment for rearing the family and contributing the best possible service to society.-Farm and Fac tory. Planting Home Grounds. Let us not forget to beautify our. homes, improve the home grounds and plant an orchard for ourselves and our children. Remember, we are making arrangements for com fort, convenience and contentment for next year and perhaps for many years and if we should fail this fall we will hnve lost a splendid oppor tunity and perhaps ono year ot" preparation. Let us look to the futuro. Tho \ war in Europe, as disastrous as ii is to ilie Europeans and as much as it may disturb us temporarily, will soon be over and its horrors known only til rough history. Our farms are our homes; they are to furnish the sustenance for our families and the environment for our children and we eau not afford to neglect to plant fruits, shade trees, shrubs and il o wers. Conditions are very favorable for planting the home grounds. With plenty of moisture there i. no reason why we can not plant abundantly this fall and winter and prepare lo ''live ?it home" and en joy *.he "fruit, of our labor." Laud owners wouid find il a splendid in vestment in many instances lo plant orchards, shade trees and improve the homes of their tenants. This would oller inducement to the most progressive and perhaps cause ten ants to take more interest in the home and thc farm.-Farm and Ranch. Brilliant Reception in Honor of Bride and Groom. Mrs. Lizzie H. Folk gave a re ception at her home Thursday eve ning in honor of Ur. A. H. Colley and his bride who returned Wed nesday from their wedding journey. It has been pronounced the most elaborate and most delightful func tion of the kind ever held in Edge field. About three hundred guests were invited, a large number attending from Johnston and other places, as well as from Edgefield. The drives leading through the beautiful grove to this attractive horne were brilliantly lighted by electric lights suspended from the trees. As the guests arrived they were received at the door by Mrs. D. B. Hollingsworth and Mrs. W. C. Tompkins. They were then ushered into the left front parlor and presented to the guests of honor by Miss Virginia Addison and Miss Marie Key. It would be difficult indeed to arrange a more beautiful living picture than was presenied in the artistically d .oraied parlor, i the decorations of white and pink roses with a generous draping of smilax forming a pleasing back ground for the constantly moving mass of richly gowned lidies and handsomely attired men as they came and went i.i extending greet ings to the bride and groom. The hall and dining room were likewise tastefully decorated in pink and white, a profusion of pink roses br log used. The northern end of the wide piazza proved tc be an ?ttractive rendezvous throughout the evening, for it was there under a dense cano py of pine boughs that rive pretty lassies, Ida Folk, Lydia Brimson, Margaret May. Genevieve Norris and Florence Minis, served delicous fruit punch. It was in the spacious dining room that the guests lingered long after being served with delicious ice cream and several kinds of cake by Misses Marjorie Tompkins, Eliza beth Rainsford, Lillie Morgan, An na Hollingsworth and Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Jr. Mints were also served, these, like every other fea ture of the occasion, conforming to the pleasing color scheme of pink and white. As the guests passed from the dining-room they were intercepted bv Misses Natalie Fad^ett and Charlotte Strother who pinned on each a golden slipper suspended by dainty pink and white ribbon. Rev. Maxcy G. White and His Bride Wi" go as M:~~:ona ries to Brazil. Rev. Maxcy Gregg White, an Edgetield boy who has made a fine record, his been appointed a mis sionary to Brazil. He wa9 married early in September, and his bride will also go as a missionary. The current issue of the Foreign Mis sionary Journal contains the fol lowing sketches of Mr. White and his young wife: Maxcy Gregg White was born in Edgetield county, South Carolina, December ll, 1688. His father died November 20, 1S96, leaving his mother with five little children, he being the oidest. Her health was not srood, consequently on Septem ber 9, 1S99, she put four of the children in Connie Maxwell O.* pbanage, Greenwood, keeping the baby with her. Maxcy lived as an inmate of the orphanage until he left there to en ter tlie freshman class of Furman University in SepteuiDer, 1906. His own personal possession at that time amounted to the handsome sum of twenty dollars. Hythe aid of some friends he got along until at the commencement in June, 1910, he graduated with the A. B. degree. During the next yeal he taught school as the principal of the State High School at Fluni Branch, S. C. The first of October, 1911, he enteic 1 the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky.-., and June 2, J'.! 14, gradu?t 1 with the Th. M. degree. ile decided to enter th'.' minis* try during his freshman year at Pnrman. rle became a Student Volunteer for Foreign Missions in Colnmbus, Ohio, while attending the [nier ? national Bible C-JUTerence, October I 22, 1908. tie was licensed to preach in September, 1911. Ordained in September, 1913. Appointed :: missionary to Brazil May 14, 1914. Mrs. M. <4. White was Miss Kate M. Cox. ?Sil!.' was born in Bona parte, Iowa, Juno 12, 13!H, and was reared and educated in Kansas City. Mo. While in the High School she took some extra work in order to enter the university, but when tho time came the way was blocked and it was not her privilege to en ter college. She biavely went to work, securing a position as book keeper iii Kansas City, which she held two years. During the last two years she has attended the W. M. l\ Training School at Louis ville, where she graduated in June. She has been active in church work tor several yeais and worked in the Settlement in Louisville. She was married to Kev. M. G. White on September 4, 1914, and expects to sail with him for his field in Brazil as soon as the Board can afford to send them out. GOOD PAINT is cheap; and Devoe is not the only good paint; it is one of a doz en; and veiy likely, the only one in your town-there are hundreds of middling and bad. You can see what change there is o.f another good one there: perhaps one in ten at the most. Bad paint is dearest; middling is dear; costs 2 or 3 times as much as the best. No matter about the cost a gallon : that isn't it; the cost a square foot; the cost a job; better yet, the cost a year. There's a whole education tn paint in this advertisement. Devoe. Stewart & Kernaghan sells it. An Unsettled Problem. The whiskey question will always be like the tides of the sea, until the Millennium comes, rsing and fall ing. It is very difficult to secure an impartial hearing upon this, as upon other subjects. Bat after all is said, the final test of anything is the kind of fruit it bears. And we think it will generally be conceded, that whether prohibition be the cause of public sentiment or public senti ment is the cause of prohibition, both have contributed to the better ment ot our country. And thc mere fact that a good thing may bc badly abused is no argument against ic. We were reading some statistics re cently, copied from the Omaha News, which if accurate, shed abun ilant light upon the unsettled prob lem. It is said that Kansas has an hundred and five counties with a population of 430,274. Of the hun dred and five counties, forty-eight of them did not send a single pris oner to the state penitentiary dur ing the past year. The author goes on to say that fifty-seven of the hundred and live counties had not a single pauper; eighty seven of the hundred and five counties did not send a single insane patient to an institution; and it is repute! that Kansas' death rate is the lowest in the world, seven and a half in a thousand persons. That state still boasts of the lowest percentage of illiteracy. The bank deposits have increased from seventy millions to an hundred and ninety millions. This marvelous growth and phe nomenal conditions is supposed to be traceable to ten years of prohibi tion. Even if only half of this were traceable to it, surely we would be encouraged in the warfare against liquor. Some of it, of course, is due to the enforcement of law and the execution of crime. But we could have neither if our officers of state were miserable drunkards. It is easy to see how such favorable con ditions would prevail where sobrie ty reigned supreme and public sen timent was (pieen of the palace. However, we must not imagine that liquor is the main cause of all crime. It simply unbridled crime and allows it t? go free like a mad dog. Sin is the cause of crime, and li quor is the fertile soil in which sin is developed into its enormity. Nor should we make liquor the scape goat to bear all the other crimes we, as a nation, commit against God! It is absolutely unfair to make sobriety and enthusiasm for prohi bition, atone for all the other crimes, many of which are riot as sociated with liquor at alL., But fol lowing the principle of justifying a tree by its fruits, we should be loy al to the cause of prohibition, prac ticing the principles in our lives; but enforcing the laws through civ ic (not church) channels. Those of us who love this dear old state of South Carolina feel a deep .sense of shaine when we compare existing conditions with Kansas. E. C. Bailey. No: "ce of Stockholders Richmond, Va., September 1G. Th'* next annual meeting of the stockholders of Southern Railway, to be held at the principal ot?ce of the Company in the Times-Dispatch building i:i Richmond on October !3th at JO a. m., will mark a new era in the history of the Company as it will be th' first meeting ai which the 12,000 stockholders have had the opportunity to vote direct ly, the voting trust, in existence since the organization of the Com pany in 18'.?4, now being in process of dissolution. "An effort will be made to make of this meeting more than the con ventional routine which current criticism linds to be characteristic of the meetings of the stockholders of American railway companies," says President Fairfax Harrison in a letter addressed to all stockhold ers, "and the co-operation of the Stockholders is necessary to that end. The principal officers will bc in attendance to any questions di rected to the policy of the manage mentor to anv detail of its business, and the rcpoiL of the operations during the past year will be before the stockholders for discussion." The principal business to be transacted will be the election of rive directors, four to fill vacancies due to the expiration of terms of directors of the 1?14 class, among them Messrs. Finley and Fannstock who have died during the past year, and one to fill a vacancy in the 1016 class due to resignation. lt is expected that this meeting will be largely attended and that the gathering of the stockholders of Southern Railway Company will become an annual event of great importance in Richmond. Our stock of dress gopds this sea son is larger and better assorted than ever before. We have anything you can mention in cotton and wool goods and silks. Hubenstein. PKOFE SSIO "tSTAI DR J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. A. H. Corley, Sure-eon Dentist Appointments at Trenton On Wednesdays. ELROY C. SMITH Hydralic and Sanitary Engineer. Water Supply,, Good Roads, Land Sub division and Surveys. Investigations, Reports and Plans. 316 Harrison Bldg. Augusta, Ga Classified Column. FOR SALE: Pure Fulghura oats for seed. J. H. R-.l, Edgefield, 5. C. WANTED-A middle-aged white woman to help with house work, aho wishing said lady to be satis fied to live in country. Good home [,'uaranteed. Mrs. H. H. MeElraur ray, Grovetown, Ga-R F D 2. TORRENT: Residence of seven rooms and pantry, near High School. Well on back piazza, and all neces sary out buildings. Apply to J. L. Mims. FOR SALE- My home adjacent to the High School. Price and terms on application, J. F. Entzminger, Greenwood, S. Cv LOST: Monday afternoon, Octo ber 5, a lady's purse between Edge field and Antioch; contained about &27 in cash, pair ear-rings, letter addressed to Dr. W. E. Prescott and two express notices. Suitable reward will be paid. Mrs. W. E. Prescott, Modoc, S. C. A Card. We have received a most comp? tent lady from Asbury Park, N. J., to take charge of the hoarding de partment at our Electric Springs [Hillman Shaft) Hillman, Ga. Write for particulars. J NO. B. CLOT WORTHY, Proprietor. Sept. 22-SS. A Good Drug Store. It takes more than a stock of il rugs and good intentions to make :i good drug store. It requires an intimate knowledge ol' weighing, measuring and mixing, which comes Duly after careful study and experi ence. Your prescriptions will be properly filled at our store. We have every modern facility and-we know how. Fenn & Holstein. Best Time to Plow LTnder Pea Vines. A reader asks, "Wheo is the best time to ?urn under pea vines for fertilizers?" This is an ever present problem ind there will also always be differ* mees of opinions regarding it. Moreover, conditions, which vary greatly, will always influence a cor rect answer to the question. By all means the best time to plow under pea vines is as soon as they have completed their growt.., provided another crop is to follow immediately. But if the pea crop ioes not mature until fall and no winter cover crop is to be sowed on the land, and this land lies &o that it will wash away badly, it is prob ably equally certain that the land liad belter not be broken-the peas plowed under-until late winter or ?arly spring, or not until a few weeks before sowing the next crop. Jn the other hand, if the land is reasonably level, so that it is uot ivashed away badly by the winter *ains, the pea vines may be plowed mder at any time during the late rall or winter, or at least the pea fines had better be plowed under lurHciently in advance of the plantr ug of the next crop to allow them o partially decay and become easily ind thoroughly mixed with the soil. In other words, the time the pea rines should be plowed under de )ends more on the cropping system ,i\d the way the land lies, than on he condition of the pea vines. But, ve repeat, if another crop is to fol ow immediately, as is always de irable, then the sooner the pea ?nes are plowed under after they lave completed their growth, the nore good that will be obtained 'rom them.-Progressive Farmer.