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f?gefiels! gJiTtfoet Eatablioh?o 1B35. _ . 0 J.L.MIMS,..Editor Published every Wednesday in The Aivertiser Building at $1.50 per year la advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield. S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's j name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at j advertising rates. *1 + He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it. -CHARRON. - Wednesday, Dec. 22 "Darn the Dardanelles," say the? Allies. _ The crop of 1916 calendars seems to be about normal. The Christmas that one gets out of a is a deception and a fraud. If you would spend a happy Christ mas, spend it in making others happy. What does the fellow who has money to burn care, if gasoline does go to 30 cents? While some are calling for peace British Premier Asquith calls for a million more men. Give a little boy a little pistol and when he becomes a big man be will want a big pistol. The season for buying Wes tern mules will soon open, and we predict that the sales will be heavy. It appears to us that it is just as trne to speak of some of them as "sweet girl undergraduates." The Advertiser welcome most cor cordially the Auguata Chronicle into| the ranks of prohibitionists. Are you one of those who believe at the Christmas season that it is more blessed to receive than to give? Would you like to "get even" with . an enemy? Then, send him or her a token of some kind Christmas morning. Judging from the way the warring nations are mobilizing recruits in large numbers, the war has only fairly begun. The greatest heroes of the European war are herones. Scores of Florence Nightingales will emerge from the conflict. Woodrow Wilson's fame now encir cles the globe. Recently a soldiers' home in Berne, Switzerland, was .named for him. The heathen nations would marvel ?t our inconsistency could they see ?ow the Americans have prostituted the Christmas festive season. The Republicans have selected the place. Chicago, for their convention, but they will not know whom to select as a nominee to defeat Woodrow Wil son. Cotton is not perishable. Just store it away long enough and a handsome price will be realized. The South has never been in a better position to hold cotton. As the President will henceforth have eas his close adviser a descendant of Pocahontas, those European powers "had better toe the mark. The notes .hereafter may not be so pacific. Following the order of the board o? health of New York city permitting the sale of horse flesh for food after the first of Jaunary, the high cost o? living should decline. But we'd rather the cost of living would stay up. All three of the counties from which the proposed new county of McCormick is to be formed claim they have been reduced below the constitutional area by the new county. Surveys should be made to settle the matter once for all, one way or the other, Closing Out Stocks. From a prohibition standpoint, do not "be unduly disturbed or discouraged should you observe within the next ten days more whiskey drinking than usual at this season. Bear in mind that this is the last Christmas that whiskey will be sold in South Carolina and that the dispensaries are swelling their sales in every possible way, in order to close out the supply on hand by the I fir3t day of J anuary, at which- time all dispensaries must close their doors not to be opened again. Then, too, in some of the near-by States new and more stringent laws will become opera time in a short time, making it neces sary for dealers to dispose of their stocks. Our prediction is that during Christ mas 1916 one will rarely see a drunk man. By that time even the habitual drinkers will have adjusted themselves to the new order of things. After the first of next May Augusta will be a dry city. Already the near-beer deal ers have been notified that licenses will not be granted after that date. Viewed from every standpoint, the future looks brighter for the suppression of the sale of whiskey than it ever has be fore. And better still, within a few short years the seal of NATIONAL DISAPPROVAL will be placed on the liquor business. Happy Christmas Impossible. A happy Christmas is impossible to persons who selfishly shut themselves within themselves, taking no thought for the happiness of others. If you would have the days drag heavily along, altogether devoid ,'of happiness, leave others and their happiness out of your thoughts and plans. If there be one I season when unselfishness should abound more than at any other time, it is the Christmas season, if we celebrate it properly. A happy Christmas is im possible to the selfish person who is in I different to the happiness of others. Try our recipe for a happy Christ mas: Give the greatest possible hap piness to the greatest possible number of persons. New Day for Charleston. The election of Major Tristam T. Hyde as mayor of Charleston marks the dawn of a new and brighter day for the metropolis of the State. While the large foreign element has always been a handicap to Charleston and a great barrier to law enforcement, there is no denying the fact that the failure of city officials in the past to perform their duty has likewise been a great drawback to the city's progress. Corruption in politics and flagrant disregard for law have brought reproach upon Charleston that cannot be over come in one short administration. The election of Major Hyde as maj'or, how ever, indicates that the people are tired of the old order of things and have faced about with a determined purpose to make Charleston what it ought to be and what the other portion of the State has a right to expect it to be. In the selection of their new mayor, no mis take has been made. Major Hyde is not only a man of extraordinary execu tive ability, and one whose integrity of character is above reproach, but he is constructive in his ideas and ideals just what is needed to pull Charleston out of the rut in which it has moved for generations. Will Protect ihe Consumer. For some time The Advertiser has been advocating the enactment of ?i law that will prohibit fraudulent ad vertising. The national government protects the consumer from the un scrupulous manufacturer who adulter ates food-stuffs, but up to this time this State has no law which protects the consumer against misrepresenta tions as to the quality and value of other merchandise. Few people really know the quality of merchandise, be ing solely dependent upon the state ments and standards of values fixed by merchants. And as some merchants are unscrupulous enough to misrepresent values, especially in their advertise ments, in order to draw trade, there should be a law making such misrepre sentation a misdemeanor. We are pleased to see that a member of the Richland delegation has framed a law tha: will meet the neeJ. The bill will be intioduced at the approaching ses sion of the legislature, the text of the measure being in part as follows: "Any person, firm, corporation or association, who, with intent to sell or anywise dispose of merchandise, securities, service or anything offered by sucn persons, etc., directly or in directly to the public for sale or dis trioution, or witn intent to increase the consumption thereof or to induce in any manner to enter into any (obligation relating there.o or to ac ! quire title thereto or an interest I tnerein, makes, publishes, dissemi nates, circulates or places before the I public or caus?s to be made, etc., in I this State in a newspaper or other publication or in the form of a book, notice, nandoill, poster, bill, circular, I pamphlet or letter or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort re garding merchandise, securities, ser ! vices or anything so offered to the public, which aoveriisement contains an assertion, representation or state ment of fact which is untrue, decep ! tive or misleading, shall be gun ty of a misdemeanor. " DR. BELL'S PINE-TAR-HONEY For your cold, for your cough, for your feverish throat, ' nose and head, use Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Lloney. Honey soothes the irrita tion, Pine-Tar outs the phlegm, thus relieving congestion. Pine Tar also acts as an antiseptic, as a result general relief follows. Breath ing becomes easier and further in-j (lamination is arrested. Insist on Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It in an i (ideal treatment. Price '?bc. 3 J Th? Protest. We sent word to the kaiser ' We didn't like his ways, And for torpedoed vessels, We wanted speedy stays. We stuck to our contest, Our commerce must be free, And all our .rights safeguarded Upon the open sea. Now John Bull, it is your turn, We're sending word to you We want hands off our shipping Whatever else you do; We've done our natural duty, Been fair to either side, And you must, like the kaiser, Respect our proper pride. The ocean broad is ours As much as it is yours; You must not close it to us Because you think it scores, .. So let alone our vessels, Is what our pen indites; Stop your high-handed measures And yield to us our rights. -Baltimore American. f + .I- * I Smile Provokers + t . * At the close of his talk before a Sunday school the bishjp invited questions. A tiny boy with a white, eager face, at once held up his hand. "Please sir, said he, why was Adam never a baby?" ''-? ',: The bishop coughed in doubt as to what answer to give, but a little girl, the eldest of several brothers aud sisters, came promptly to his aid. .. ; "Piesse sir, she added smartly, there was nobody to nuss bira!" London Tit-Bits. A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer he said: ''Now, boys, if I stood on my head the blood as you know, would run into it, and I should turn red iu the face." "Yes ,sir, said the boys." "Now, continued the teacher, what I want to know is this: How is it that while I am btanding up right in the ordinary position the blood doesn't rush to my feet?" And a little fellow shouted: "why sir, because yer feet ain't empty!" A Lee line Mississippi steamar! paused in its course down the river I at a point near Memphis, lt was al pitch dark night. An old lady of restless disposition came on deck in her night robe and asked the cap? tain the cause of the delay. "Too dark and foggy to see up the river, he answered, rather sharp ly.'; "But I can see the stars overhead, pursued the passenger." "Yes, madam, replied the ca$ tain, but unless tho boiler bursM we are not going in that direction to night." MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A sluggish liver can cause a per son an awful lot of misery. Spells cf dizziness, headaches, constipa tion and biliousness are sure signs that your liver needs help. Take Dr. Kiug's New Life Pills and see how they help toue up the whole system. Fine for the stomach too. Aids digestion. Purities the blood and clears the complexion. Only 25c. at your Druggist. 3 Buildings For Sale. I ara authorized to offer for sale the two wooden buildings on the school grounds that were??fornierly used for the graded school. Persons contemplating building should see me. J. C. Sheppard, Chairman of Board of Trustees. See our line of Handkerchiefs in holiday boxes before you buy your Christmas gifts. Smith Marsh Co. We have the toys to please the children. Don't buy until you see our line. Smith-Marsh Co. LOST-Disappeared from my place in South Ediretield about noon Monday, two setter dogs, one of them is a very large white setter very fat, with curly hair and has a black and tan head. His name is Frank. The other is black and white body, black head and eaiv, blaze in face about seven months o'.d. His name is Joe. Both dogs had on col lars. Any information concerning them will be appreciated by W. S. Adams, Edgefield, S. C. FARMST Two Good Farms in Burke Coun ty near Waynesboro, Ga., well lo cated, will sell or exchange for citv property or a good paying business. One of my farms has 500 acres and a good 7 room house. 5 tenant houses, open land for 8 or 10 plows. The other place has 1030 acres, ten 3 room houses, rented next year for 15 bales cotton, will trade one or both places. Address P. O. Box i 173, Waynesboro, Ga. Tir The annual season for Christmas giving is again upon us, and we have made large purchases, anticipating the demands of the people. In selecting some Christmas remembrance for friends or loved one, why not get something ?or real service and value; something that will be prized for it usefulness? Come tous. Your selection will be made easy. Here are a few suggestion : Bicycles, Bicycle Tires, Velocipedes, Wagons, Goat Har ness, Pop Guns, Air Bifles, Boy-Scout Bifles, Parlor Rifles, Leggins, Hunting Coats, Horns, Guns, Skates, Bocking Horses, Shew-Fly Hockers, Air Eifle Shot, Gun Shells (12 ?auge, 16 gauge and 20 gauge), Eifle Cartridges, John son's Floor Wax, Pocket Knives, Bazors, Safety Eazors, I BazoF Straps, Scissors and Shears, Percolators, Savory Boasters, Cake Pans, Jelly Cake Pans (deep and shallow), Layer Cake Pans deep and shallow, Mountain Cake Pans, Fruit Cake Pans, Brass Fire Dogs, Brass Shovels and Tongs, Coal Hods, Jewel Banges and Stoves, Grates, Inger soll Dollar Watches, Bath Tubs, lavatories. Bath Boom Fixtures, Towel Bods, Soap Dishes, Paper Holders, Glass Shelves, Glass Bods, Glass Knobs, Ocedar Mops, Ocedar Polish. It will be a pleasure for us to show you through our ?tock and assist you in making your selections. '_ _:_a_. _ STEWART & KERNAGHAN - mm ts ? Ts <-V . TJ For Christmas. Beautiful patterns in rterling sil ver ware. The highest quality goods I at reasonable prices. Come in to see what we have in this line. Penn & Holstein. -I C'f?TRIf? "-~E BEST TOR J hlfzSSJLE?SSL BILIOUSNESS ? BITTERS AND KIDNEYS FARM LOANSI Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted as security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga. gefield. Fruit. Store has anticipated your Christmas needs by purchasing the largest and best selected stock of tropical fruits ever brought to Edgefield. A part of the purchase has arrived and other shipments will come by express daily. Let us have your orders for Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Grape Fruit, Grapes, Raisins, Figs, Dates and Nuts of all kinds. Large assortment of candy. 4TA To every chase amounts to of Bananas FREE. m io tmas whose Christmas pur 5.00 we will give a buneh Having purchased in large lots, we can undersell all other fruit dealers. Get our prices and you will be convinced. Large assortment of fireworks of all kinds at low prices. Meals served to order at our restaurant at all hours. Come in to see us. Make our store your, shopping head quarrers for Christmas. Next Door to Post Office Edgefield, S. C.