Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ' y %gt?i\?f& ?B35. J. L.MI MS,. r.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Aivertiser Building at $1.50 per year La advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgeiield. 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. 4. * People seldom improve, when they hive no other model but themselves to copy after.-GOLDSMITH. .?r* Wednesday, Jan. 13. The "pardon attorney" has had his day. ' Hundreds of be-headed notaries pub lic will soon be re-hea led. "Buy it at home", should be the shopper's guide for 1915. It is to be hoped that South Carolina ' will not be judged abroad by her gover nor. _ How can the neutral powers ever tr-ine about peace when they are in the minority? The legislature ought to adjourn for a week so the entire State House ean be disinfected. Doubtless Newberry is sm'1'n.g be cause Ex-Governor Blease will make his home in Columbia. How many nations will be at war if Roumania and Italy enter the conflict? Thirteen or nineteen? Governor Blease is making footprints en the sands of time that many gener ations can not efface. The pen is mightier than the sword, ? especially when in the hands of a rash and reckless governor. The war will curtail Clemson's reve nue very materially by reducing th? quantity of commercial fertilizer used. Governor Blease has taken the stripes from the convicts and the uniforms from the soldiers. Wonder what next? Every farm in Edgefield should have two hogs squealing next fall where on ly one squealed before-double the pork crop._ Two-dollar wheat means more hog and hominy. -The News and Courier. Does it not mean, too, more cornbread and fewer biscuits? The passing of Governor Blease is "not without its disadvantages. T. B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, can soon come to South Carolina again. Some of the counties seem to have gotten more than their share of par dons. Union, for example, has sev eral big, rich fellows among the home comers from the penitentiary. You can help improve conditions by .$ Jteeping money at home. Dimes and fa dollars are scarce. Do not send any || money away from your home town unies? it is absolutely necessary. If South Carolina has really made progress during the past four years with so much to overcome, just think what she might have achieved had her governor been helpful rather than a hindrance? Before the end of another week South Carolina will have a governor of all the people. During the past four years a considerable minority of the people have had no part in the affairs of the State. Some of Governor Blease's "most ar dent supporters are disgusted with some of his recent official acts. By his reprehensible conduct he may be gaining notoriety but he is losing po litical strength and prestige. By a vote Tuesday night of 204 to 174 the national house of representa tives refused to submit to the States an amendment to the federal constitu tion enfranchising women. Now we j men can take a long breath again, at j least for a season. The closing sentence of Governor Blease's message to the legislature yesterday: "If my people want my services in the future, I will give it to them, but I shall ask them for nothing more." It is not?t all probable that a majority of the people of South Caro lina will ask him to serve them again j in any capacity. > Economy. ? The Advertiser has *n? lengthy ad vice to give to the members of the general assembly, but we would like to see them lean decidedly toward econo my during the present session. The taxpayers, with only here and there an exception, are forced by absolute necessity to economize in every possi ble way in the management of their personal or private interests, and if they were consulted individually as to the expenses of the government for 1915, they would with one accord urge that the most rigid economy be prac ticed hy i he legislature at this session. Let no institution or department of the State government be crippled by false economy, but let all appropriations be made with an eye to economy. Only appropriations to meet actual necessi ties should be made for 1915. No Militia in South Carolina. Governor Blease has let his prejudice outweigh his judgment in many official ' acts during the past four years. But in no instance has this been more no table than in his proclamation disband inr the militia of South Carolina. It is true that many of the companies were far short of what they should have been, yet there were others that were a credit to the State, and to mus ter them all out of service with one stroke of the pen was an act on the part of the Governor that can not be justified from any standpoint. South Carolina needs a militia, and I Governor Blease knew at the time j he issued th? order disbanding the I military companies over the State that .he was injuring rather than help ing his people. But what does he I care? This is not the first ti.ne tnat he has deliberately done that which he j knew was harmful. Cotton Going Abroad. Figures given out from Washington show that during the past four weeks more than a million bales of cotton : have been shipped abroad. A consid erable portion of this has found its way into Germany. A recent report from Germany indicates that that country, in spite of the war, can con sume 2,500,000 bales during 1915. If that be a conservative estimate, and England and France con mme the same quantity, proportionately, the surplus! next fall will not be so large as it seem ed early last fall. This indication of improving condi t'ons however should not lead to the planti ng of a normal acreage. If the war is in progress next fall and the de pression continues in this country, cot ton can not be marketed at a profita ble price. Better leave off cotton al together this year, except as a sur plus crop. ' Make at home the necessi ties that have, heretofore consumed a large portion of the money realized from cotton. Wireless Telepbone. The wireless telegraph has always been one of the wonders of modern times, many scientists even being amazed that communication with oat any tangible medium was possible. E/en more wonderful than the wire less telegraph is the wireless telephone. By the telegraph the communication is through dots and dashes, each pf which has its own meaning. But with the wireless telephone the human voice is borne through space by the electri cal waves. Following many months of practical experiments, it has at last be come possible to communicate by tele phone witthout connecting wires, the principle being practically the same as that emyloyed in communicating by wireless telegraph. Several nights ago a vessel about 100 miles out from New York communicated with The Herald office by wireless telephone, the results being quite satisfactory. It is proba ble that the human voice viii yet be transmitted a great distance by the electrical wives. High Cost of Living. First one phase of the high cost of living and then another is brought j prominently to the front. When the j price of meat places it beyond the average purse an investigation into the ? cause is ordered. Sugar occasionally ! comes in for its turn, the refiners being charged with making exorbitant profits. Just at this time the record-breaking price of wheat has caused bread to come to the forefront. Some bf the large cities are on the verge of a bread famine, the bakers claiming that at the present price of flour they are unable to make a loaf of bread weighing from 12 to 14 ounces for 5 cents. Unless there is a decline in the price of wheat and flour, the size of a loaf of bread will have to be re duced or the price must go beyond 5 cents. The mills state that they are not responsible for the high price of flour, som*1 of them claiming that they are making only 8 cents net on a barrel of flour. In Chicago the bakers have taken the matter up with the government offi cials, who assert that, owing to the very large yield of wheat last year, the present price of wheat is unwarranted. So say we ali who have flour to buy. ?.KING'S NEW ttitxCOymi Will Surely Stag) Tho?1 Couah. I What Others Say j "At Hard Labor.? President Wilson in his Indianapolis address referred to his term so far as "twoyears at hard labor." Well, Gov ernor Blease has intimated that if it had been left to him he would have let him out long ago. -News and Cou rier. Assure Election. We believe that the President will win again, anyway; but if the war should end in the next eighteen months and Europe turn to him to do the peace making, nd power on earth could pre vent his overwhelming re-election. The State. Conserve Your Strength. Now that the pneumonia season is .here, it is important to remember that the pneumonia germ is powerless to affect normal, healthy people, and that the best protection against .pneumonia is the physical fitness given by proper nourishment, exercise and fresh air, and the avoidance of excess of all kinds, says the Boston Globe. -The Record. The Newspapers and Prohibition. A decided majority of the. newspa- ? pera of South Carolina favor prohib?-1 don, and while some are for local op tion, probably those favoring the sub mission of the stite-wide proposition to the voters largely outnumber those opposed to this proposition. The news papers may be wrong, of course, but it is a fact that the majority of South Carolina newspapers have generally I been found on the right side in the past.-Rock Hill'Herald. What Makes a Community, v Give us men with public spirit, with the welfare of the whole community at heart; with et.l?ouragpment far every laudable enterprise; with assistance for mankind and with a feeling of pride ? for the town in which they live, thrive and gain wealth; with a welcome to the stranger who has come many miles in qnest of a home; with charity in their hearts as large ss their pocket-books; with a kindly feeling for home news papers, and then support and aid them. Such men we need; such are admired; such men go about the world through j rosy pathways, and never a frown o'ershadows their brow, but they are hapjfy in the supreme knowledge that ) they have done the best they could they worked for their fellowman and thereby assisted themselves.-Gaffney Ledger. ?I m ? m .?_. m m ?. m m t ' t. a t. t ,L y f..t. A. TT . T'VTfVT-?'i YTTTTTi * rt'i-iT V ? I Smile Provokers ?. 9. ?..a. m..9. AAj . * ?.???.? ? a. a. .a. * ^f-jLA , T ?Iii " P T " T T i ? I T I I T i' " I I I F ? 'I Pars ?n-How is it I haven't seen you at church lately? \ Hodge-I ain't been--Printers] Pie. rrv^B^1 Father- Son, can't yon possibly cut down j our college expenses?. Son-1 might possibly do with out any books.-Hartford Times. "What do you suppose makes baby cry so awfully loud?" , "Why, both of its parents are hard of hearing, you know."-; Chicago Tribune. She-It seems strange that ?ou did not remember my face, and yet you remember my name. He (awkwardly) - Well you know, you have an attractive sort of name. -Yonkers Statesman. Mr. Manley-Well, my dear, I've had ?ny life insured for $?,OUO. Mrs. Manly-How very sensible of >ou! Now 1 shan't have to keep telling you to be so careful every place you go.-The Pathfinder. The minister of a small Missouri town called the gsooer on the phone the other day and gave the follow ing order: "Send a dollar's worth of meat out to my house. If there is no one at home, juett poke it through the keyhole." "Your honor, said the foreman of the jury, this lady issuing this gent for $lu,UUU for a tttoleu kisu." "Correct, responded the judge. You are to decide if it was worth it." "That's the point, your honor. Could the jury have a sample. Louisville Courier-Journal. "I underhand your wife is doing her own cooking?" "You are mistaken." "liut Jinx told me she was." "Oh, that was just for a little while. Jinx was making U3 a visit and 1 guess *he thought he had stayed long enough,"-Houston Post. "My dear, said the proud father, I cannot understand your objection to young Mr. Prudely as a suitor for your hand. I am sure that he is a model young man." "There is no question about his being a model, replied the bewitch ing beauty, but father dear, the trouble is that he is a 1912 modeil" - Uuffalo Commercial. '?X? .? . Prohibition States. ARIZONA: Constitutional pro hibitiun adopted November 3, 1914; tn effect January 1, 1915. COLORADO: Constitutional prohibition adopted November 3, 1914; in effect January 1, 1916. GEORGIA: Statutory prohibi tion enacted August 5, 1907; in ef fect January 1, 19U8. KANSAS: Constitutional prohi bition since 188U. Under the law of 1880 intoxicating liquor could bu sold fur medical, scientific and me chanical purposes. The Legisla ti re of 1911? I?HH-.?M1 a la.v elimina ting the three exceptions. MAINE: &tatutor> prohibition enacted 1851; repealed 1856; re-en acted 1858. Constitutional prohibi tion adopted 1884. February ll, 1911, the Legislature passed a reso lution resuomittiritr the question. At the special election, September ll, 1911, the citizens of Akine, af ter a notable fight, voted for the retention of the prohibition amend ment. MISSISSIPPI: Statutory prohi bition enacted February, 1908; in effect January 1, 19u9. A bill to submit a constitutional amendment, "brought before the L-gislature im mediately after the passage of the prohibido.) statute, failed by only a small vote. NORTH CAROLINA: Consti tional prohibition adopted by popu lar vote, May, 19U8; in effect Janu ary. 1, 1909. NORTH DAKOTA: When North Dakota entered the Union in 1889, the prohibitory clause of the constitution was voted upon sepa rately and adopted. The first leg islative assembly passed a strong law for enforcement. The consti tutionality of the law bras been sus tained by the Supreme Court, ana its enforcement has been strength ened by legislative enactments. /OKLAHOMA: Constitutional prohibition adopted September 17, 1907. November 8, 1910, a local option and high license amendment was submitted to a vote of the peo ple and defeated. Shipment of in toxicating liquors by freight and express has been prohibited hy a federal court decision in that part of the state formerly known as In dian Territon, because of the twen ty-one-year provision in the enab ling act. OREGON: Constitutional pro hibition adopted November 3, 1914; io effect January 1, 1916. TENNESSEE: Statutory prohi bition enacted January, 1909; pro hibition of sale in effect July 1, 1909; prohibition of manufacture in effect January 1,1910, , VIRGINIA: Statutory prohibi tion enacted September 22, 1914; in effect November 1, 1916. WASHINGTON: Statutory pro hibition adopted November 3, 1914; in effect January 1, 1916. WEST VIRGINIA: Constitu tional prohibition adopted Novem ber 5, 1912; in effect I, 1914. The Test That Tells. Is the Test of Time. Many Edge field People Have Made 1 his Test. Years ago this Edgefield citizen told in a public statement, the bene fit derived from Doan's kidney pills. The statement is now confirmed the testimony complete. Instances like this are numerous. They doubly prove the merit of Doan's kidney pills. Can any Edgefield reader de mand more convincing proof? It's Edgefield testimony, it may be in vestigated. Mrs. C. H. Key, Wigfall avenue, Edgefield, says: "I very seldom have any trouble from my back or kidneys now, but when I do, I al ways take Doan's kidney pills and they relieve me. You may continue to use my former statement, recom mending them. I have just as much faith in Doan's kidney pills now as I did some years ago when I first endorsed them." Price 50c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's kidney pills-the same that MM. Key had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Southern Railway. , N. E. Schedule figures published only as information and are not guaranteed. Trains depart to No. Time 209 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 ara 231 Trenton, Augusta 11:10 a m 229 Aiken,*Charle8lon 12:20 p m 297 Trenton, Augusta 7:20 p ra Trains arrive from No. 208 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am 230 Columbia, Trenton 11:55 am 232 Charleston, Aiken 4:00 p m 20:6 Columbia, Tienton 8:U5 p m For additional information, Tick ets, etc., Communicate with Magruder Dent., District Passen ger Agent, Augusta, Ga. J. A. Townsend, Agent, Edgefield, S. C. Put some money in the Bank of Edgefield and you will defeat pov erty. Everybody has a horror of poverty. There is only one way, to insure against it, that is to culti vate a habit of thrift which you can .easily do by putting money in this bank. Courteous and prompt attention given to all business. OF FIERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pre*.; B. E. Nicholson Vice pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier; J. H. Allen, assistant ashier DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams* Thoa. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller, E. J. Mims,J. I?. Allen - : . INSURE M. ??NT WAIT. It is an ' 'overthrow" to a man's confidence when a bachelor's stove is accidentally overthrown and he remembers he has neg lected to insure his effects. Do not let it happen to you. Cover the value of your belongings with a Fire Insurance policy, for you never know when a blaze will occur. We can insure you in a good and reliable Company for a trifling annual premium. Edgefield, South Carolina. '?' Plant Oats and Help Solve the Cotton Problem We have BEST of ali Varieties: Fulghum Genuine Texas Appier's Oklahoma Your order or inquiry will have our best attention. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS See Charlie May. * AUGUSTA, GA. Ranges, Stoves, Grates Furniture Now is the time to purchase a New Range, Stove, Heater or Grate. See Our Pretty Eockers and Full line. of Furniture Prices in keeping with seven-cent cotton. Jones & Son FARM LOANS. Long term loans to Farriers A Specialty. Your farm land accepted as security WITHOUT ENDORSER >r other>COLLATERRAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in denominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga.