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J.L.MIMS.-.Editor Published every ^Wednesday in The ?Uvertiser Building at $1.50 per year I J advance. Entered as second class matter at j the postoirice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied^, by the writer's j same. 9 Cards of Thanlcs. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at | advertising rates. The worth of the State, in the long ron, is the worth of the individuals composing it. -MILL. *l Wednesday, Jan. 20. Who said the new moon would be a j dry moon? Yesterday was set apart for Manning | the Ship of State. ? The resignation or impeachment of J the weather man is in order. Having -reached eight cents, cotton is again getting in the neighborhood of the cost of production. Travel is about at a standstill in this county, especially when some of the j mud-holes arc reached. All we wish for that White House j baby is'thet he become in' after years the replica of his maternal grand-j father. ? Governor Smith was probably the only governor of South Carolina who did not gather about him a host of | colonels. We are admonished to be neighbor ly. But how can a fellow be neigh borly when t!ie roads make it impossi ble to reach his neighbor's home. It is well that Governor Smith was sandwiched in between the outgoing ?.nd incoming . administrations. Pass ing suddenly from Blease to Manning would have been too Budden a jolt The step upward would have been too great for one stride. Prohibition Sentiment in Edgefield Comity. . It is exceedingly gratifying to those who have been struggling for more than a decade to create a strong public sentiment in. this county against the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage to know that the sentiment is stronger, after' having tried prohibition eight years and more, than it has ever been. \ The very cordial .manner^inT which those who recently circulated the pro hibition petitions were received i every section is convincing that th ' cause has taken deep root in the ci ti zen ship of Edgefield county. Not one tenth of the citizens to whom the peti t ms were presented refused to affix their names. In instances'too minier ous >o mention voters sought the peti tions in order that they might have pn*t in bringing about the election next summer. In spite of the prolonged rainy sea eon and in spite of the almost impassa ble condition of the roads, nearly 1,000 names were signed to the petitions Had :onditions been favorable fully nino-tenths of the voters would have signed their names. We know not what the result of an el ^ction will be next summer upon the question of state-wide prohibition in the other forty-four counties, but -as for Edgefield we have not the least doubt of an overwhelming majority ag linst the sale of whiskey in ?South Carolina. * Wrecked by Earthquake. Practically all of Europe is sorely af ?cf.ed. Added to the horrors of war northern Europe is the unspeaka wreckage and suffering wrought by ;:i earthquake in Italy, southern Eu .O". Nearly a score of towns have f>< en demolished beyond recognition. iJuiidings that were not at first totally destroyed are wrecked by subsequent shocks. Teeming thousands of pople lie dead and dying under piles of stone. Where some members of a family es caped they are without shelter, food and clothing. After reading from day to day of the horrors of war, one was almost con strained to believe that the limit of human woe and suffering had been reached, but the account of the earth quake in Italy convinces us that there is something more horrible even than war. In the dispatches Monday from Italy one of the officers in charge of the work of removing bodies from the debris is credited With the following! statement, which serves to give an in sight into the horrible condition precip- ' itated without a moment's warning: "In this square I saw a father place the forms of his wife, three sons and three daughters. One little son stood beside the father, but the child seemed not to realize what had happened. The man stares vacantly at those who speak to him. He has not eaten for two days." After reading of the awful calamity that has been visited upon others we should be ashamed to bemoan what we at times regard a cruel fate be cause we did not realize our expecta tions in business for the year 1914. As a matter of fact there has been practi ly no suffering in this country, and we should show our gratitude for the num berless blessings that have been show ered upon us by contributing of our means to alleviate the suffering of those in sorely stricken lands. Governor Manning',! Inaugural Address. The address which Hon. Richard I. Mauning delivered yesterday upon tak ing thc oath of office as governor of South Carolina is dignified in character, statesmanlike in conception and busi ness like in tone. After a fitting pre face, in which he stressed the impor tance of law enforcement, he refers to the most important matters that will come before the legislature, stating unequivocally his views with reference to each question. Governor Manning declares himself in favor of honest elections and to that end he urges the legislature to enact into law the rules and regulations that were adopted by the State Democratic convention last year. The cause of education is given a prominent place in the recommenda tions to the general assembly. Gover nor Manning deplores the large per centage of illiteracy among the white citizens of the State, and urges that this stain be wiped out He advocates increased taxation for the support of the public schools and favors additional State aid for weak rural schools, t?ov I ernor Manning recommends that the State department of education give closer.attention and greater assistance to the schools in mill towns. He also favors the enactment of a compulsory ?ducation law with a local option pro vision. In connection with the compul pulsory school attendance law, he would have the law on child labor amended, raising the age from 12 to 14 vears. Governor Manning calis attention to the steadily accumulating deficiencies and urges that the revenue be incresed or expenditures be decreased. In con nection with the State's revenue, Gov ernor Manning calls attention to the inequalities in the valuation of proper ty returned for taxation, and advises that a tax'commission be appointed to re-adjust all.. value 3 throughout _ the State. He favors the repeal of the in come tax law, giving the failure to en force the law and the existence of the federal income tax law, as his reasons for the repeal. The Governor recommends the ap pointment of a commission to draft a law to be known as the workmen's compensation act, to the end that dif ferences arising, between employee and employer may be adjusted without re sorting to damage suits. Governor Manning has for a number of years been an advocate of a law pro viding for the registration of titles to real estate similar ^to the Torrens sys tem of registering deeds, which is in effect in a number of States. He advocates the appointment of a fertilizer commission to be composed of Clemson experts, farmers and man ufacturers, whose duty it shall be to revise the law regulating the manu ture of commercial fertilizers, so that farmers and honest manufacturers may be protected. He recommends that all State insti tutions he examined regularly and all accounts property audited, suggesting 1 that this duty be placed upon the State bank examiner, increasing his facili ties in order to met the increased de mand. Governor Mat.ning regards with favor the enactment of a law providing for medical inspection of pupils in the public ' schools. Concerning the management of the penal and charitable institutions. Gov ernor Manningrecommends that a State board of charities be croated and this board have general supervision of the penitentiary, reformatory. State hos- " pit*l, jails, chaingangs, etc. He strongly advocates the mainten ance of the State militia and will re commend that an ad?quat* appropria tion be made for this purpose. Governor Manning advises that the most rigid economy be exercised, es pecially'at a time when the taxpayers are passing through a period of unusu- ? al business depression incident to the European var. - \ In concluding his address Governor Manning appealed to all citizens to join him in his "determination to place and to keep South Carolina in the fore- | front arning her sister States in ( progress, in moral tone, and in an en- { lightened and educated citizenship." . Our expert machinist can pull ? you out. ol' the hole when your en gine, ginnery or other machinery breaks down. He can also do first- I cbs* plumbing. Call on UH. ! Edgefield Auto and Repair Shop. ' / St ft I What Others Say ? i$$$9??^ft?ftae?$&&???efliw No Liquor Lobby. The whiskey people will hardly es tablish a lobby in Columbia because they will recognize the hopelessness of their task.-Spartanburg Journal. Present Need. Secretary Houston says the farmer's future is bright. But "what the farmer ne ids is money in hand to pay the cost of transportation to that future. News ano Courier. Speaks With Eyus. Before you get her she can say things with her eyes that make you feel funny all over. After you get her she can say things with her mouth that make you feel funny, all over. Union Times. _ Choose Right Side. There is a wrong side and a right side to every question-that ia, speak ing from a moral standpoint. Every individual should seek to uphold the right side, regardless of which side seems to hold out the greatest imme diate personal advantage-Yorkville Enquirer. , Good Suggestion. If this generation wants to hand something down to the next except bonded debts, let it hand ?own a healthy and intelligent citizenship; and, looking to this, let il; provide for medical inspection of schools and for compulsory school attendance.-New berry Observer. North Carolina Rejoices. - - "The notorious Cole Blease has fi nally taken himself off the gubernato rial roost, and he will no longer be credited to North Carolina," sa^s the Asheville Citizen. And it was so nat ural that those who knew only of his deeds should credit him to North Caro lina. -Greenville Piedmont. Seven Ex-Governors. A number of years ago it waa figured out that South Carolina had more liv ing ex-governors at that time than any other state in the Union. Next Tues day she will be in about the same posi tion again. Her ex-governors then, unless we forget some, .will be Shep pard, Tillman, Evana, Heyward, An sel, Blease and Smith, seven of them. -Greenville Piedmont. Compulsory Education. The outlook is that a statewide com gulsory education bill will be passed J y the general assembly at its present session. There does not appear to be j any especial enthusiasm about the matter; but legislators generally seem to have reached r.he conclusion that such a bill should be passed, although very few of them seem to have any definite idea as to why, andpassed it will no doubt be.-Yorkville Enquirer; c .f....... f . . t t f .t..T..,. . t . I TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTJ I Smile Provokers1 t . j . t_f. JT-.?. ff, ,f. ,f. ff, .ff. JL .f. ,f *?..?- ?. fi >..??- ?. V Cm t*T 1^*VT V V VV "T VT VV V ? V V V V V V | Silas-"What's your etou study ing at college?" Hiram-"Pharmacy." Silas-"Some new fangled farm ing; eh?" . He-"I want to know, once for all, who is bots of this house?" She-"You'll be muoh happier if you don't find out."-Boston Transcript. 1 "Mama, when people are in mourning, do they wear black night gowns?" *' Whjr, no, of course not." "Well, don't they feel just as bad at night as they do in the daytime? ' -Judge. Mrs. Nexdore (angrily)-I wantj you to keep vour dog out of my house; it's full of fleas. Mrs. Nay bor-Your house is? Mercy! I certainly shan't kt Fido, go in there again.-Boston Trans cript. Mistress-Goodness, Bridget, where is our telephone? Bridget-Mrs. Jones, sent .over mum, askin' for the use av it, and I siot it over, but I had the divvil's own toime gitlin' it off the wall mum.- Washington Harald. "Have you Raid your prayers? ' asked the motlier. "Of course, replied the child. "And did you ask to be made a better Hui? girl?" "Yes. And I put in a word for you and father too."-vWashington Star. _ Newlywed-What's wrong with this pie crust? It doesn't half cover the pie. Nrs. Newedd-Why, dearest, I asked your mother all about how to make them to suit you, and she said to make the crust very short.-Bos ton Transcript. An Alaska pioneer was telling Ii jw crowded a certain ship wan ?luring the goid rush. One day a man came up to the captain and ?aid : "You will have to give cae some place to sleep." "Where have you been sleeping?" 'We'l, the passenger replied? J iav<- been sleeping on a sick man, m* he's getting better now. and he ?von't stand it."-St. Janies Gazette. / . The South is Going Dry. Lay the jest about the julep in the cam phor-balls at last, For the miracle has happened, and the s olden days are past! That which made Wilwaukee famous does not roam in Tennessee, And the lid in old VIRGINIA is as tight-locked as can be; And the comic-paper Colonel and his cronies well may sigh, For the mint is waving gaily, and the South is going dry! By the still-side on the hillside in KEN TUCKY all is still, And the only damp refreshment must be dipt up from the rill. Nawth Ca'lina's stately ruler gives his suda-glass a shove, And discusses Prohibition with the . WEST VIRGINIA guv. It is useless at the fountain to be wink ful of the eye, For the cocktail glass is dusty, and the South is going dry! It is "water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink!" We no longer hear the music of the mellow crystal clink; When the Colonel, and the Major, and the Gen'ral, and the Jedge Meet to have a little'nip, to give their appetite an edge; For the egg-nog now is nogless, Bnd the rye has gone awry, And the punch-bowl holds carnations, for the South is going dry! All the nightcaps now have tassels, and are worn upon the head! Not the nightcaps that were taken when nobody went to bed; And the breeze above the blue-grass is as solemn as is death, For it bears no pungent clove-tang on its odorific breath; And each man can walk the chalk-line when the stars a-e in the sky, For the fizz-glass now is fizzless and the South is going dry! Lay the jest about the julep 'neath the chestnut tree at last, For there's but one kind of moonshine, and the older days are past, The water-wagon rumbles through the Southland on its trio, And it helps no one to drop off to pick up the driver's whip; For the mint-beds now are pastures, and the corkscrew hangeth high; AH is still along the still-side, and the South is going dry! -Anonymous. Treasurer's Nqtice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October 1914 to the 15th day of March 1915. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1914, and December 31st, 1914. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1914, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1915, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1914 are. as follows:. For State purposes 6 mills "-Ordinary county 5 " " Special county 1 " '.' Cons. school tax 3 " SPECIAL TAX. " Antioch S. D. * 2 V " Pickens Bacbn S. D. 4 " " Pickens Bacon R. R. ^ 3 " " Shaw Bacon school 4 " " Part Blocker R. R: 12 " " Part Collier Sp. school 3 " " Flat Rock S. D. 4 " " Oak Grove S. D. 3 " " Prescott S. D. 3 " " Red Hill S. D. 4 " " Edgefield Pickens school 5 " " Edgefield Pickens R. R. 3 " " Edgefield Pickens Corp'n 10 " " Edgefield school building 2 " " Edgefiald Wi9e school bld'g 2 " " Edgefield Wise Corp'n 10 " V Edgefield R. R. 11-4 " " Edgefield Wise school 5 " " portion Elmwood school 2 " " portion Elmwood R. R. 12 " " Elmwood S. D. No 38 school 2 " " Elmwood S .D. No. 3 R. R. 12 " " Elmwood Long Cane R. R. ?2 " " Elmwood Long Cane school 3 " " P. Pickens Long Cane R. R. 3 " " Hibler S. D. 3 " " Liberty Hill S. D. 3 " " Johnston S. D. 8 " " Johnston R. R. 3 " " Moss S. D. 3 " " Parksville S. D. 4 ". " Pickens R. R. 3. " " Plum Branch S. D. No. 15 5 " " Shaw school .4 " " Talbert school 2 " " Pickens Trenton school 5 " " Pickens Trenton R. R. 3 " " Shaw Trenton school 5 "' " Wise Trenton school 5 " " Wise >Trenton R. R. 11-4 " " Ward's school 2 " Modoc S. D. 2 " " White Town S. D. 4 " " Wise R. R. 11-4 " The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. ' So ask for rorA tax re - ceipt^when you^desire to pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. Notice. All persons indebted to the es tate of Mrs. Sarah F. Holder will make payment, and all persans holding claims against the said es tate will forward the same, forth with to the undersigned. J. Wm. Thurmond, Attorney for J. H. Holder, Ad'mr. Jan. 12, 1915. Cures Ol?! Sotas, Other i&t.iecks Won't Cure The worst cases, no ra''I *r c / Invv IODR: standinp. ure cured l y tr"* ?ondtr?'i?, old reliable Dr Porter's Antiseptic Kcn'tag Oil. It relieve! | "?aiu nid Heal? ft th: rfme tiree. CFc, ?Oe, ii// | 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, Pren.; B. E. Nicholson Vice pres.; E. J. Minas, 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. H. Allen INSURE m. WS??S?S? 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.'. ?j.?"*?-1 r?*?**** Edgefield, South Carolina. Plant Oats and Help Solve the Cotton Problem We have BEST of all Varieties: Fulghum Appier's Genuine Texas Oklahoma Your order ?fr inquiry will have our best attention. ERRINGTON BROS. & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS See Charlie May. AUG?STA, GA. Ranges, Stoves, Grates Furniture Now is the time to purchase a New Range, Stove, Heater or Grate. See Our Prettv Bookers and Full Line of Furniture Prices in keeping with seven-cent cotton. Jones & Son FARM LOANS. Long term loans to Famers A Specialty. Your farm land accepted ns security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERRAL. Unlimited fund's immediately available ia denominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. 4 JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga.