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J.L.MIMS,_-.-....-Editor Published every Wednesday in The, Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year f j advance. Entered aa second class matter at tb? postoffice at Edgefield, 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 Do not; for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect. -SHAKESPEARE. Wednesday, March 1 Nineteen-sixteen is rapidly passing. We have entered upon the third month. Hereafter when whiskey houses ad vertise in South Carolina they will make a special two-quart price. The fellow whose birthday comes only once every four years deserved a royal feast yesterday. The pacifist who is against prepared ness is inconsistent when he takes his j umbrella along on leaving for a day's journey. The people of the county a?'? ?in debted to the weather man and the1 supervisor for the best winter roads J ever seen in Edgefield. England is extremely kind, having agreed to permit the shipment of two cargoes of dyestuffs from Rotterdam to America. Unless there is a decided change in conditions before next fall, it will be suicidal, for Southern farmers to make j a large crop of cotton this year, The dates for the State fair have just been announced-October 23 to 28. Would not the following week be a good time for the Edgefield county lair? The Germans say, * 'We've gained,1 and the French say, "You haven't.' So there it is. Who'll volunteer to go over there and see what the real situa tion is? The Kaiser visits his army while in the very throes of battle, inspiring ? them to greater deeds of valor by his presence, but who has ever heard of j the King of England visiting his army? According to reports, there will be as many candidates as voters in Mc Cormick county. Well, if they will fill all of the offices from the Edge field territory, they will get some mighty good men. Monday afternoon the Charleston grand jury returned true bills against 19 blind tigers. Now if the petit; jury will do its duty in like manner, there is hope for a new Charleston under Mayor Hyde. The use of explosives for the de struction of lives and. property has be come too prevalent. The government will have to take over the sale of dyna mite and other explosives like it has the sale of some of the habit forming drugs. Southern representatives in Con gress are urging an investigation into the condition of the cotton market, al leging that certain speculators in New j York have combined to depress the | market We would like to see the federal authorities drive the "bears" from New York as Governor Manning | drove the "tigers" from Charleston. Bless their hearts, the whole world would come to a standstill without 'em, and yet women, some of 'em, are | mysteriously strange creatures. There is something strange even about pro nouncing the word. When asked to pronounce t'ie word "woman", you say "wumun." But when asked to pro nounce the word "women"-only a change of one vowel-you say " ?wimin." When Mr. Hobson was in Congress be was looked Upon as visionary an impractical, but had his suggestions for an enlarged navy been adopted we would not now be in such great need of preparedness. He has announced that be will again become a candidate for Congress and fThe Advertiser would like to see him elected. He will be defeated however, if the whiskey trust can have its way. Mr. Hobson was a tower of strength in Congress for the ants-whiskey forces. Let us hope that none of those mines which the Germans have strewn along the coast of Europe s will., leisurely ride the waves to the coast on this side of the Atlantic The "high seas"; will not be altogether without danger for many years after the war clo?es. One-Cent Postage. There is a growing sentiment in fa vor of reducing letter postage to one cent per ounce, and judging from the large number of bills that have been in troduced in congress, forty-four in all, looking to the reduction of postage on local delivery letters it is probable thal; the day is not far distant when congress will consider seriously and favorably a reduction on all first-class matter. The enormous expense which the department incurs each year in transmitting the mails is due o the heavy matter that is transn '"ed, much of this being "".practically w orth less public documents. The actual ex pense of carrying letters is compara tively small, yet the rate is more than double that of other classes. Judging from the enthusiasm that is running high in congress over the re duction in rate on local delivery let ters, it will not be long before the rate on letters will be reduced to one cent per ounce .or fraction thereof. The Chautauqua. A feast of good things is in store for those who attend the chautauqua that will be held in Edgefield this week, commencing Friday night and lasting three days. Entertainments of this character are wholesome and helpful. They cultivate the musical talent and literary taste of a community. Per sons who attend entertainments of a high order, such as will be provided by the chautauqua, soon have no de sire to patronize cheap shows of a questionable 'character. It is impossible, however, to continue holding chautauquas,.here unless tra people of the community patron! ?a them. The gentlemen who oi . ;d themselves to pay the amount necessa ry to bring such entertainments here can not afford to take the risk unless the community will give them its co operation. Let our people attend the chautauqua this week in larger num bers than ever before. Then these gentlemen who were public spirited enough to assume this obligation will not hesitate to contract for a chautau qua course every spring. , Greatest Battle of All Time. Since the morning of February 24, when the Germans first trained their powerful gun3 on the outlying forts of Verdun, the greatest battle of all time j has been waged. The most powerful ' engines of destruction that science and i human ingenuity could devise are being used by the Germans to batter down the wall of this well-nigh impregnable fortress of the French. The Tuetons and the Allies appear to be cognizant of the fact that the pivotal point, the crucial moment of the deadly struggle, has been reached. A crushing defeat to either of the contending forces would involve such heavy loss, in men and munitions and in breaking the morale of the army, that the tide of the war may be permanently turned. Should the Teutons win and follow up this with other victories, the Allies may be unable to repair the breach in their ranks, especially with their inter nal Gibraltar demolished. Should the Teutons be repulsed, evidencing their inability to cope with allied armies of the west, a state of unrest and demor alization will exist among the people, this opportunity being seized by the Socialist element to further spread : cord and internal strife. The battle of Verdun is being wan ed with bated breath, both on this the other side of the Atlantic. Card of Thanks. We are deeply grateful to our neighbors and friends, and take this means of expressing to all of them our gratitude, during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father Mr. S. W. Long. These manifestations of friendship and devotion will always be treasured by as and we trust at some future time we can in some means at least return the.'-e many acts of thought ful kindness. Mrs. Walter Riddlehoover, Mrs. Nancy Long, Mrs. Willie White, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. Frank Coleman, Henry Long, George Long. There is no excuse to put up with shabby floors when one application of Luca* Floor Stain will restore their beauty. Stains and varnishes with one application. W. E. Lynch & The approach of spring Blight that now is the time to brighten up the home by putting new matting on the floors. We have beautiful patterns at reasonable price. B. B. Jones. BITTERS Family Medicine. .A Fiend ............... I know a little impish fiend, he dresses \'tu allin white, So innocent appearing- he, jrottM think tim harmless, quite, So little space he occupies, he scarcely parts his lips, He often rests tho' quite unseen, be tween the finger tips. He has companions 'by the score, in bundles he's put up, He often breathes his poison breath above the social cup. The beer mug is his special chum, the wine glass is his fellow, And often he seeks comradeship with punch so mild and mellow. You ask, "who is this fiend," that lies in wait for boys, And robs them of their birth -right of manhood's hopes and joys? Where is the monster great or small, who has victims by the score, And yet is never satisfied, but is al ways wanting more? Ah, friends, it is the cigarette, that triffling little thing, Which disease, insanity and death, to many parents bring. If we could summon pictures up, and see the ruin wrought, We never could be happy, till we'd seen the monster caught. -Selected. Petit Jury? Second Week. A. A. DeLaughter, Meriwther;.C. A. Nicholson, Elmwood; T. M. Hammond, Collier; J. R. Griffis, Moss; M. A. Watson, Elmwood; C. A. Chea th am, Moss; Pierce Timmerman, Blocker; J..' T. Reese, Meriwether; R. N. Mayson. I Blocker; G. L. Miller, Collier; J. E. Cullum, Ward; 0. M. Eidson, Johnston; J. L. Scott, Ward; E. H. Smith, John ston; J. B. Pardue, Blocker; J. B. Frontis, Johnston; A. C. Yonce, Tren ton; J. H. Mathis, Collier: N. M. Jones, Pickens; L. R. Brunson Jr,' Moss; H. H. Sanders, Pickens; W. A. Dow, Red Hill; 0. O^Timmerman, Collier; P. D. Wood, Red Hill; G. W. Yonce, John ston; J. F. Lamb, Pickens; B. J. Day, Trenton; J. A. Gibson, Johnston; D, W. Crim, Pickens; J. G. Berry, John ston; Clifton Hall, Elmwood; L. P. Smith, Pickens; T. C. Stillwell, - John ston; E. S. Johnston, Pickens; G. T. Barnes, Johnston; E. M. Bledsoe, Elm wood. Weather Rules. 1. When the temperature tails suddenly, there is a storm forming sooth of you. 2. When the temperature rises suddenly, there is a storming form ing north of yon. 3. The wind blows from a region of fair weather toward a region where a Btorui is forming or isj?h progress. 4. Cirrus clouds move from a region wh re a storm is in progress toward a region of fair weather. 5. Cumulus clouds move from a region where a storm ?9 forming. 6. When cirrus clouds are mov ing rapidly from the north or north east, there will be rain within twenty four houri?, no muter how cold it id. . IV* 7. When cirros clouds are mov ing rapidly from the south or south east, lhere probably will be a cold rainstorm on the morrow, if it be in the summt-r, or a snowstorm it it be in the winter. 8. The wind blows in a circle round a storm. When it blows from the north, the heaviest rain is east of you; when it blows from the south, the heaviest rain ia west of you; when it blows from the east, the heaviest rain is south. 9 The wind does not blow unless rain or snow is falling within 1,000 miles of you. 10. Heavy white frost is evi dence that a storm is forming with in 100 miles north or northwest of you.-Youth's Companion. Using Marl. "The North Carolina Department of Agriculture finds that my marl has 88.44 per cent of calcium car bonate. What will it be worth as plant food?" ?flarl with that percentage of car bonate of calcium will be nearly as good for tho land as any lime you could buy, if used liberally. But we do not use lime as a fertilizer or plant food direct, but to restore something of the alkalinity of the soil, aud make it better adapted to the growth of many plants. Sweet ening the soil with Hine is essential to success with clover and many other crops, but it does not take the place of manure cr fertilizer. Hav ing an abundance of such marl as you have, you can use it on your land at the rate of one to two tons an acre profitably once in six years, with a good rotation of crops and the growing of peas and clover for the improvement of the soil. But lime alone will never make poor land rich. The old proverb is, "Liming land without manure will make the farm and farmer poor." But lime, used iu connection with a good rotation of crops, is one of the most efiicient means for the mproveraent of the soil. - Progres sive Farmer. Don't throw that old chair away when you can easily make it look new- Paint and varnish it with oue application of Lucas Paints. W. E. Lynch & Qo. FOR SALE-My Hom's Creek farm containing 200 acres. For par ticulars and terms apply to me at Edgefield. N. L. Brunson. _ Union Meeting* The Gn i On .meeting of the first di vision of Edgefield association- will convenei-wHji Stevens. Creek church April 29-30. All parties on the pro gram please take notice and pre pare their subjects or get a substi tute and see that he comes prepared. 11:00-Devotional, by modera tor. 11:15-What can we do to im prove our Sunday schools, W B Cogburn, J E Allen and others. 12:15-Missions. (a) Home missions, Rev. H B White. (b) State mission, M B Byrd. (c) Foreign missions, Rev. E P Jones. 1:15-Dinner. Afternoon. ^^5:30-The best methods of im proving our union services, Whit Harling, W B Collins and ethers. 3:15-Systematic and pioportion ate giving, Rev. H. B White, F L Byrd and others. 4-Business. Sunday. 10:00-Sunday school vin charge of local church. 11:30-Sermon, Rev. E P Jones. 1-Dinner. 2:30-Education, W W Fuller, O Sheppard, W E Lott. M. B. Hamilton, E. P. Jones. . * Committee. ? How to Mix Paint for Tints. Red and black makes brown. Lake and white makes rose. White and brown makes chest nut. White, blue and lake makes purple. ? Blue and lead colov makes pearl. White and carmine makes pink. Indigo and lamp-black makes silver gray. White and lamp-black makes lead color. Black and venetian red makes ohocolate. White and green makes bright green. Purple and white makes french white. Light green and black makes dark green. White and green makes Pea green. White and Emerald green makes brilliant green. Red and yellow makes orange. White and yellow makes straw color. White, blue and black makes pearl gray. White, lake and vermillion makes fresh color. Umber, white and venetian red makes drab. ' White, yellow and venetian red cream. Yellow, white and a little veletian red makes buff. , . Red, blue and black makes olive. For Your Child's Cough. If your child has a cold.nose runs or coughs much cet a small bottle of Dr. Bell's Tine-Tar-Honey. Its a pleasant Pine-Tar-Honey syrup, just what children like and just the medicine to soothe the cough and check the cold. After taking, children stop fretting sleep good and are soon entirely well. Insist on Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. 25c. at your Druggist. 1 In one of the southern states the negroes are great patrons of a mat rimonial agency. One negro, anx ious to rind a wife for his son, went to this agent, who handed him his list of lady clients. Running through this, the man carne upon his own wife's name, entered as desirous of obtaining a husband between the ages of 28 and 35 Forgetting about his son, the darkey hurried home to announce his discovery to his wife. She was not at all disturbed. "Yes, she said, I done give him my name. I puts it down when you was so sick in de winter, and de doctor says we must prepare for de worst."-Tit-Bits. An Ideal Spring Laxative. A good and time tried remedy is Dr. King's New Life Pills. The first dose will move the sluggish bowels, stimulate the liver and clear the system of waste and blood im purities. You owe ii to yourself to clear the system cf body poisons, accumulated during the winter. Dr. King's New Life Pills do it. 25c. at your Druggist. 1 Five-year-old Elizabeth to her little friend Agnes: ''Agnes, I ara going to give my father a fifty cent Christmas present and my mother a seventy-five present." Agnes: "Why?" Elizabeth: "Caase my father is ray father by marriage and my mother is my mother by bosnation." Have you seen our beautiful chests made of Red Cedar. Just what yon have been needing for some time. B. B. Jones. Bible Conference at Parkville Rev. John F. Warren, pastor of the Parksville Baptist church, ha? secured the services of the Rev. J. C. Stillions, pastor?teacher: of th? Baptist Tabernacle of Aujrnnta, for a week, beginning on Monday after the first Lord's day in March. The following program will likely be followed: Monday, March 6. 3:80 P. M.-'TheBeliever's Two Natures." 8:00 P. M.-"The Three Groan ings." Tuesday, March 7. 3:30 P. M.-"Sin and Sins." 8:00 P. M.-The Times of . the Gentiles." Wednesday, March 8. 3:30 P. M.-"Standingand State." 8:00 P. M.-"The Coming of the Sou ol' Man." Thursday, March 9. 3:30 P. M.-"The Tri-Une Shep herd." 8:00 P. M.-"God's Covenant with Melchizadek." Friday, March 10. 3:30 P. M.-"Ar. Outline of God's History of Man." 8:00 P. M.-"The Harvest of the Ages." Saturday, March ll. ? 10:00 A. M.-"The Three Ap pearinga." Everybody is invited. Members of all denominations, especially min isters, are cordially invited and urged to attend from the very first lecture. Come, and the people of Parksville, already noted for their hospitality, will be glad to enter tain you while enjoying this great feast of Biblioal knowledge from one of the most consecrated teach ers in the land. Bible conferences, like the above, are sadly needed at the present time, when man's wisdom is being placed above the plain statements of God's infalible word. We ask for the prayers of all true Christians that really believe the word. Pastor Baptist Church. Parksville, S. C. An angry citizen puffed into the office of the local newspaper. Look here, sir he shouted, what do you mean by publishing mv res ignation from my municipal office in this way?" "You gave the story ont yourself, didn't you?" asked the editor. "Of course I did! But your paper prints it under the hi4Wing of Pub lic Improvements!"-Femina. Wood's Productive eed Corns. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established reputation for superiority in productiveness and germina ting qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catalog tells about the best of prize-win ning and profit-making varieties in both White and Yellow Corns. Cotton Seed. We offer the best and most im proved varieties, grown in sections absolutely free from boll weevil. Our Catalog gives prices and infor mation, and tells about the best of Southern Seeds, 100-DAY VELVET BEANS, Soja Beans, SUDAN GRASS, Dallis Grass and all Sorghums and Millets. Catalog mailed free on request. T. W. WOOD ? SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. Candidates' Column FOR SUPERVISOR. To the Citizens of Edgefield County: I respectfully announce myself as a candidate for Supervisor of your coun ty, and if elected will try to serve the people as near right as I conceive, pledging myself to abide by the results of the election, and support the nominees of the democratic party. W. G. WELLS. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of Supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people, pledging myself, if elected, to serve the people to the best of my ability and to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. i J. W. HUDSON. Morgana, S. C. I respectfully announce to the voters of Edgefield county that I am a candi dats for the office of supervisor and &ledge myself to abide the result of the lemocratic primary election. R. J. MOULTRIE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide by the result of the primary election. J. O. SCOTT. tfR.KPNG'S ftf?W?IBSCOVERI Will Surely Sfoo That Couch. Tania?/ E?d^ by Birmingham Ex-5?ayor. "You W?I Hardly Know Me When We Meet Again. I Am Getting Well/' TELLS ATLANTA FRIENDS. "Since My Second Dose I Have Suffered None of the Trou bles to Which I Refer." Tanlac Endorsed. -T*~ One of the latest additions to the list of leaders 'of thought and action who have come forward with their unqualified endorsement of Tanlac,. is th? name of Hon. Frank V. Evans, former mayor of Birming ham, Ala., ex-Btate examiner of pub lic accounts of Alabama, and one time editor of one of the South's greatest newspapers, The Birming ham Age-Herald. Writing to a personal friend in Atlanta, Mr. Evans says: S "Birmingham. Ala., * "Feb. 2, 1916. ?4 By the way, you will hardly know me when we meet again, be cause I am getting well and strong again. As I told you while in At lanta last month, I have been suf fering a long time with gastritis, as the doctors called it-really a dis ordered stomach, with consequent Constipation, pains in the shoulders, headache^ belching, heartburns, loss of appetite, loss of sleep and faint ing, spells. For weeks I could not sleep on my back. "One week ago, upon recom mendation of friends, who had tried .the medicine, I' purchased one bot tle of Tanlac and began taking it. Since my second dose I have suf fered none oi the troubles to which I refer, and really believe I am go ing to get perfectly well and strong again. Won't that be wonderful at my" age? Well, certain it is that Tan lae ts a wonderful medicine, and you know that 1 am not given to 'puffing' mere experiments, and am rather orthodox as to materia med ica. "I shall continue the treatment with perfect confidence in the final result. (Signed) "Frank V. Evans." Commenting on this splendid en dorsement of'Tanlac, T. W. Gal yon, sute agent f'?r South Carolina, said: '"Although the list of prominent endorsers is a long one. I recall a few loading names that lend both dignity and credit to the entire ar ray. Some of them are: "Hou. C. Vy. Mangum of Atbnta, sheriff of Fulton county; Hu... Mc Kensie Moss, Judge of the Eighth District of Kentucky; Hon. Moses R. Glenn, superintendent of print ing for the State of Kentucky; Col. John B. Gaines, editor and pub lisher, Bowling Green, Ky.; C. C. Cooper, president Georgia Cotton Oil Co.; K. W. Hill, bank president of South Pittsburgh, Tenn.; J. F. Carroll, cotton mill superintendent of Chattahooohe, Ga.; Hon. S. S. Shepherd, former city councilman of Atlanta, and many oth?rs whose names have heretofore been given to the public." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively by Penn <fc Hol stein, Edgefield; Johnston Drug Co., Johnston; G. W. Wisc, Tren ton. Price: $1.00 per bottle straight. -Adv. Colds Quickly Relieved. Many people cough and cough from the beginning of Fall right through to Spring. Others yet cold after cold. Take Dr. King's New Discovery and you will get almost immediate -relief. It checks your cold, stops the racking; rasping,, tissue-tearing cough, heal? the in flammation, soothes the raw tubes. Easy to take, Antiseptic and Heal ing. Get a 50c. bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and keep it iu the house. "It is certainly a great medicine and I keep a bottle of it continually on hand" writes W. C. Jesseman, Frauconia, N. H. Money back if not satisfied but li nearly always helps. 1 Action of Single Spoonful Sur prises Many. Edgefield people who bought the simple mixture of buckthorn bark,, glycerine, etc., known as Adler-i-ka, ire surprised at the INSTANT ef fect of a SINGLE SPOONFUL. This remedy is so complete a bowel cleanser that it is used successfully in appendicitis. Adler-i-ka acts on BO 1 H upper and lower bowel and ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost ANY CASE of constipation, sour or gassy stomach. ONE MINUTE after you take it the gasses rumble and pass out. Penn and Holstein druggist. 4 ,