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Absolut! Insures I delicious and NO ALUM-NO A New Year Prayer., I ask not wealth, but power to take And use the things 1 have aright; Not years, but wisdom that shall make My life a profit and delight I ask not that for me the plan Of good and ill be set aside; But that the common lot of man Be nobly borne, and glorified. I know I may not always keep My steps in places green and sweet, Nor find the pathway of the deep A place of safety for my feet; But pray, that when the tempter's breath 1 . . Shall fiercely sweep my way about, I make not shipwreck of my faith In the unbottomed sea of doubt; And that, though it be mine to know How hard the stoniest pillow seems, Good angels still may come and go About th i places of my dreams. I do not ask for love below, That friends shall never be estranged; But for the power of loving, so My heart may keep its youth un changed. Prohibition Will Not Increase Taxes. A. C. Bane. In every wet and dry campaign the liquor men cover the bulletin boards with the statement that tax es will be increased if prohibition is adopted. They mail to the voters circular letters containing the same statement. It does not concern the liquor men in the least that the statement is untrue, for it often works, in alarming men who are opposed to the saloons, into voting to retain them. The liquor men never go into de tails and tell the name of the city, county or ?t?te where a loss of li quor revenue increased taxes, for the simple reason that such places do not exist. We challenge the liquor men to truthfully name one state, county or city in this nation that ever raised its tax rate because it lost its liquor revenue. In some wet cities, most of the revenue has gone to play politics, and no municipal improvements have been made for years. When such cities have voted dry, the peo ple begin to wake up, become en terprising, want a clean city, and they immediately demand an in crease in taxes for much needed im provements, such as schools, streets, sewers and a water system that have been needed for years, but not sup plied by the wet administration. The loss in saloon revenue is easily made tip by two facts: First: It costs less to govern a dry city than it does a wet city and less revenue is needed. Second. Closing the saloons leads to a saving in money, increased im provements, enlarged business, in creased property values, so that! there is au increased value of prop-, erty to be assessed, which keeps tax [ rates low. We knew a wet city oflu0,u00' population and a dry city of 5U,UUU, population, sid'? by side, i#nly al street between, but the tax rat* in j the wet city was il.Tu per hundred i and the tax rate in me dry city was j 90 cents per hundred. In 1S80 the tax rate in Kansas, was 5.? mills on the dollar aad tue ; lix rate of Nebraska was 3 mills;! botii were ^et. Since I8b;2 Kansas has bad prohibition and tu U?14- its tax rate was 1.2 mills; ?ince 1882 j Nebraska has bad saloons and her j tax rate in 1914 was 7.8 mills. The tax rate in div Atlanta, (-ra., which is larger thau Toiedo, Ohio, and nearly as large as Colambas, Ohio, is ?7.50 per thousand, ?viiile the tax rate in wet Columbus is ?13.50 per thousand, and in wet To ledo is $14 per thousand. We will continue to deny that prphibitiun increases laxes, until the liquor traffic lurnishes us the evidence to the contrary.-Ameri can Issue. Come to see us before Christmas. We can please you in anything you want for Christmas gifts. We al>o have a strong line of Shot-s ai>d Dry Goods at very low prices. Siuith-Mai?h Co. the most healthful food I PHOSPHATE Feeding Frost-bitten Corn and Sorghum. A reader wishes to know if oorn and cane (sorghum) are dangerous to feed tcj lifestock after they have been frost-bitten. As applies to corn at least, the danger, if any exists, is in the condi tion which develops after the freez ing. If it is cut promptly-which should be done if it is green be fore the frost and is killed or seri ously affected, by the frost-and properly cured, so that neither de composition nor mold develops, the cured corn will make good feed and will probably contain about the same feeding value as if cut and cured just before the frost. If the) frost is severe and the corn green and if it is allowed to stand and die and dry out after the frost, be fore it is cut, the feeding value will probably be considerably lessened, but if cut at once there will be only slight if any loss in feeding value. As to the sorghum, there is prob ably some more danger of the frost producing changes or causing the formation of injurious sub stances in the stalks. If such dan ger exists, it will probably be much greater if the sorghum is allowed to stand for some time after the frost. If cut at once, we do not think the conditions will be dif ferent from those stated as to corn. If the sorghum is only partially killed by the frost and is thou al li wed to stand for some time, we would advise caution in feeding it until it has been thoroughly cured or made into hay. While green sorghum, that has been stunted or checked in its growth, especially as with tho necond growth during dry weather, sometimes develops prus sic acid, a deadly poison, we have not heard of poisoning with cured sorghum hay and if the frosted sor ghum is promptly cut and cured we feel certain there is very little danger if any at all, in feeding it. -Progressive Farmer' For Christmas. If you would please a gentleman friend Christmas morning, send him a box of cigars. We have just what you want in the popular brands. Penn & Holstein. For Christmas. Spjcial order of Xunnally's can dy in attractive holidav boxes-all sizes. Everybody knows what the Nunnally qualitv is, Penn tfc Holstpjp. For Christmas. Large assortment of popular books at popular prices for boys and men. Come in and look over them. Penn ?fc Holstein. for Christmas. We have made a special order of Bibles for the holiday season. Sa llie teacher's Bibb-s and the red letter e lition. Penn & Holstein. For Christmas. For those who prefer to bake their Christmas cakes at home, we have all necessary ingredients such as currants, seeded raisins, rigs, cit ron, nut-, etc. Let us fill your or ders. All goods absolutely fresh. Penn <fc Holstein. There is no better farm wagon made than the Mitchell. Try ono! ?and you will bo convinced that they are unequaled. We guarantee the skeins against breaking, it matters j not how heavy a load > ou put on them. Come in and make a thorough examination of the Mitchell wagon. ? The more you know of it the bet ter you will like it. EdgeHeld .Mercantile Co. To every customer whose Christ mas purchases amount to ?5.00 we will a bunch nf bananas free. James Velix. To the Spirit oF Christina & BY LOUELLA C. POOLE. - Once more the Blessed Day has come To sooth the hearts of Christendom: Like some cool hand that's pressed Upon the fevered pulse of pain, The Christmas Spirit comes again To quiet our unrest. Forgot awhile are grief and loss, The brooding cares that irk and cross From farthest sea to sea, From northern lands of ice and snow To where the rose and jasmine bloom The Holy Mystery. Its influence benign outspreads; On bended knees, with low-bowed heads With myrrh and spices sweet, Fit recognition we would make, Our alabaster boxes break In tribute at His feet. O holy, blessed Christmas-time, Of perfumed conser, pealing chime, Tny fairest gifts, we pray, In boundless measures, full and free, bestow on those across the sea, So sore their need today! The old and frail, forget them not; And those about whose liv?? ari wrought So much of hope and prayer- . Our little ones, the coming race Bestow on them thy tenderest grace To grow in wisdom fair! Sweet Yule-tide, of thy fulness bring Peace unto hearts now sorrowing, ' And unto great and small, To man, bird, beast-to all thatlive Thy richest benediction give, Thy happiness to all! Small Things? [Mrs. August Burghard, Treasurer Ga, W. C. T. U.] In order to grow it is neceuarj to add to last year's membership not add new members and leave of old ones. VVe lost a number b\ death and removal from th?' State, The majority of those who seem tc be lost are not lost at all-josi omitted to pay. dues in time to bc counted. Do you think it was a small thing not to have placed your White Rib bon dues in the White Kibbor treasury? Others acting like yoi! kept our state from reaching ' th( goal in membership gain. How do*you know that your dues, if sent on a temperance misttiou with prayer would not have been used of God to cause an arrest of thought by the literature it printed and distributed, savingsome youri]; life and thereby giving the World another Frauces Willard, LU liai Stevens or N- al Dow? God mighi have used that money, s an eli li ec by prayer, to save your son from ? drunkard's grave, or your daughtei from being a diunkard's wife! "Farfetched," do you say? Lei us glance over some of the magul indin?os results from just at seem ingly insignificant causes. The great law-giver of the age: was saved in infaucy in a tiny boai of leaves on the Nile; a pebbh from a sling in a youthful hand felled the giant terror of Israel, 2 recent convert let down in a ba?kei from a Damascus wall helped Pau to start on the missionary journey which caused ours to be a Christian aud not a barbarian nation; tin cackle of geese saved mighty Rome; one peasant stood on the shoulden of another, down the human laddei a little boy climbed from his bu ra ing home and John Wesley anc Methodism blesses the world; a mat in Bedford jail wrote a book, anc Pilgrim's Progress, in many lair guages, has led multitudes to a clus er walk with God; the boiling of 1 bettie in his mother's kitchen led ? Scotch lad to discover the propell ing power of steam; the miracle! of electricity came about througl the flying ol a kite; the fall of ai apple disclosed the law of gravita tion; observing the vibrations of 1 hanging lamp gives us the necessary modern clock; the kick of a cow ano a vasfcity is in conflagration; ih< lovely flower, perfume, color anc foliage is bouud up ina seed; tilt towering oak was encompassed b? an acorn; the heavens are reflected in a dew drop. The widow's mit( has been the example for geiierusi ty throughout the centuries. "lli? eye is on the sparrow, anti I know ho watches me." Who can estimate the purchasing power ot a dollar, winged witt prayer, or the power for evil in ; dollar weighted will) w rong usage; Let us begin no* to furnish tin "sinews ol war" in the ba ttl? against the groat intemperance David could not fight in Saul's ar tnor, neither can you organize lik< Miss Willard, lead ?ike Mrs. Ste veus, write like Miss Gordon, 01 speak like Mrs. Armor, but we cati each bu faithful in thc use of om pebbles ami sling, ol giving om money with our prayers, of prac ticing and teaching total abstinence, doing whatsoever our hands find lt do, "here a little and there a little,' until the complete overthrow of tht giant of intemperance who is stil defying the annie? ol the Lord. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warne: not to hunt or trespass in any man uer whatsoever upon the lands 0 ihe undersign d. All Ire-passers wi be dealt willi according to law. Mrs. Susan B. Hill, Mrs. W. S. Cothrau Chr It is time no1 that you intend We have mar ceptable gifts, you u ish. We have a t Neckwear. We will make Blankets to clos You will find wish. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Ederefield, Court Common Pleas, the Bank of McCormick, Plaintiff Against-M. L. Carroll, et. al., Defendants. Pursuant to the decree in this cause I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder before the Court House,.Townof Edgefield and State pf I South Carolina, on Salesday in Janua ry 1916, the same being the 3rd day of ! said month, between the legal hours of I sale, the following described realty, to | wit: All that certain tract, parcel or plan Jation of land known as "Swift Creek Tract," said originally, to contain Seven Hundred (700) acres, now con taining Six Hundred and Fifty (650) acr*s, more or less adjoining lands now, or formerly, belonging to Mrs. Mary Calhoun; Chesley Wells; Martha Black well and others, situate in Edgefield County, State of South Carolina, on waters of Savannah River, being the same tract conveyed to the said M. L. Carroll and R. L. Tucker, by Martha Blackwell by Deed dated April 5th 1879, and Recorded in the Office of Clerk of Court for Edgefield County in Book No. 4, Page 572. j Terms of Sale Cash: If purchaser at I said sale shall fail to comply with the f terms thereof within one hour from the time of said sale, said premises, upon direction of Plaintiff's Attorneys, will be re-sold on said day at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser to be let into possession of said premises on production of Mas ter's deed thereto. Purchaser to pav for papers. J. H. CANTELOU, Master E. C. Dec. 15, 1915. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, Conn tv of Edgefield, Court Common Pleas. John D. Eidson, Plaintiff-against Mrs. Hattie W. Mobley, in her own Right, and as Administratrix of the Estate of James F. Mobley, deceased, and Louis T. Wilds-Defendants. Report of Master. Pursuant to the decree in this cause, I shall offer for sale at public out-cry, to the highest bidder, before the Court House, Town of Edge?ela and State of South Carolina, on Sales-day in Jan uary 1916, the same being the 3rd day of said month, Detween the legal hours of sale, the following described realty, to wit: Tract No. 2. Also ?ll that tract of Land in said county and State contain ing Fifty-eight and one-fourth (58-14) acres, more or less, bounded by lands on the North now, or i'ormeraily, belong ing to J. L. and D. R. Strother; on the East by the Edgelield public road; on tne South by lands of Miss Betty and ? Jennie Warren, and on the West by j land now, or formerly, belonging to J. j W. Grim. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal- j ance on a credit of one year, with in- j terest from date, or for all cash, at purchaser's option; the credit por-, tion, if any, to be secured by the bond : of the purchaser and a mortgage of the j premises, said bond and mortgage to j provide for ten per cent Attorney's lees '. in case same oe placed in the hands of j Attorneys for collection. If purchaser at said sale shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, within one nour from the lime of said sale said premises, upon direction of Plain tii?'s Attorneys will be resoid on said j day, at the risk of the former pur- { chaser. Purchaser tobe let into pos-; session of said premises on production ! or Master's deed thereto, tiigiits to j all growing cropj for the year 1915 hereby reserved. Re-sold at risk of former purchaser. Purchaser to pav for papers. J. H. CANTELOU, Master E. C. Dec. ll, 1915. For Christmas. Large assortment of manicure and toilet sets in the most attractive cases and designs. See them and you will be pleased. Penn & Hlostein. w to buy your Christmas Presents to give. ly articles that will make most ac Buy early, that you may find what >eautiful line of Handkerchiefs and ? special prices on our line of Wool e out the stock we have of them. many things in our line that you BS Brothers VOTAN TEA The Tea of Marked Distinctiveness A reason for it being handled by us exclusively Penn & Holstein COLLETT & MITCHELL CHRISTMAS 1915 You can get a present for every member of the family at our store. In addition to toys, fancy ar ticles and fireworks, we have candy, fruits and nuts of all kinds. Send Us Your Orders Holiday Goods Our stock of holiday goods is now on display. Dressed Dolls, Kid Body Dolls, Toy Trunks, Doll Carriages, Alphabet and Building Blocks, Mechanical Toys, Friction Toys, Christmas Tree Ornaments, etc. j Our prices are reasonable. Now is the time to get the best. We invite your inspection. E. Lynch & Co. f J fiat jk VOTAN The wondefully different coffee in the Hermetically Sealed Can SOLD BY Penn & Holstein