Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/. L.MIMS,-.....Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at he 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. Wednesday, July 5 They've already begun guessing at the number of bales of the 1916 crop. Eggs are selling for forty cents each in Mexico, and then they are not guaranteed. Blessed is the man who has roast'n ears on his bill of fare these July days. The Rosevelt-Taft-Hu??hfs combina tion will not be strong enough to dt defeat Woodrow Wilson. The movements of th- soldiers over shadow the movements of the candi didates. The State campaign meetings are the tamest in years. The Advertiser office was adornen with a flood of early cotton blooms, but we haven't yet heard of any ripe melons. The farmer who has planted largely of corn, peas and potatoes is not much concerned about what the price of cot ton will be next fall. As Anderson has sent about 500 men to the front, the Spartanburg Journal will probably say these men would rather live in Mexico than in .Anderson. No more June weddings until 1917. .But June is not the only month. Cupi.i is stirring things up mightily in Edge field, making dates for this and next j month. "German resources are close to end,'' says a headline. But we are of the opinion that German scientists are too resourceful for their resources to be come exhausted. Carranza has already begun to feath er his nest by seizing property of American citizens in Mexico. But he ?will have to return it all and much more besides before "Uncle Sam" finishes with his drubbing. Let's not get it in our heads that Mexico can be whipped before break fast. That 3S per cent, of the inhabi tants of Mexico are Indians rather in dicates that some real lighting must be done before Carranza hoists the white fiag. Governor Manning is right in not neglecting the soldier boys for the campaign meetings. His frequent visits to Camp .Moore are appreciated by the .fathers and mothers at home as well as by the raw recruits in camp. Brave Young Volunteer. Mr. Robert Gonzales, the only son of Capt. W. E. Gonzales, who has made a .national reputation as a paragrapher since he entered upon his brilliant career on The State, has heeded the call for men to go to the front. Al though he might easily have secured an officer's commission, he has not sought an easy place, having entered the service of his country as a private. Mr. Gonzales comes of valiant and brave stock and will, we feel confident, uphold the record the name he bears has made. A Child's Handicap. "Repeated investigation shows that a large p^r cent, of children bear some physical deformity as a result of strong -drink indulged in by parents. An in vestigation in Germany extending over a period of years showed that 82 per .cent, of children born of parents who are total abstainers were normal, while .all but 18 per cent, of those born from regular hard-drinking parents were de fective or degenerate. Scientists in this country have declared that 65 per ..cent of defective children were made .so by liquor consumed by their parents No parent has a right to bring ? .child into existence with an inherited or inborn handicap. Every child has a pre-natal right to a sound body and mind. The vicissitudes of life bear heavily enough upon a child without having a perpetual handicap transmit ted from an intemperate lather. The elimination of intoxicating liquors as a beverage will mean stronger bodies end stronger minds for the generations 'that follow. Hasten the day when children will no longer suffer from in herited weaknesses resru'n? from in .\itemperate fathers. I Anderson's Good Record. In responding to the call for men to serve their country in the army, Ander son county has made a splendid record. The white population of the county numbers about 45,000 and already nearly 500 men have gone to the front from Anderson. Edgefield county has a white popula tion of about 8.000 and, were our peo ple to respond in the same proportion as Anderson, about 80 Edgefield men would enlist for active service. Up to this time not half of that number have manifested a willingness to enlist un der the Stars and Stripes. The Adver tiser would like to see Edgefield send a company to the front composed en tirely of Edgefield men. Will not Edgefield keep abreast of Anderson? Citadel Graduates Invaluable. In every section of the State Citadel graduates have come to the front and are rendering invaluable service in get ting South Carolina's quota of soldiers in marching condition. Without these men who have been trained in the school of the soldier it would have been almost impossible to have re sponded to the President's call in a creditable manner. At Camp .Moore will be found Col. Blythe, Lieut Colonel McCully, Major Brailsford, and Capt. Lainey of the I machine gun corps, all of whom were cadets at the Citadel with the editor of The Advertiser. Think how little real progress would have been made had it nut been for .these trained leaders! There are scores of others who will prove to be ol' as great value before tne conflict with Mexico is settled. Just yesterday a dispatch from Rock iliil stated that the "Catawba Guards" nave been organized with three Citadel graduates holding the positions of cap tain und lieutenants, lt is true that there are men over the State who have never worn the Citadel uniform who are rendering " splendid service, but when a war cloud appears above the erstwhile peaceful horizon Citadel graduates are a tower of strength to the State. Torrens Land Systsm. Probably many persons have over looked the law enacted at the last ses sion of the legislature which provides for the Torrens system of registering titles to real estate in South Carolina. The law became operative on the first of July. For several years the ques tion of enacting such a law has been agitated. The Farmers' Union has al ways advocated the Torrens system and Governor Manning twice recom . I mended it in his annual messages. The Torrens system isa great boon to land owners, especially to those who borrow money on theirreal estate. Un der the^old system of registering titles hid to be ''looked up." And if the loan was obtained from a corporation outside of the State the expense of making an abstract of title was con siderable. Under the Torrens system, after the land is once properly regis tered as provided by the spejial act, the State guarantees the title. In stead of incurring the expense of hav ing the records in the Clerk's oiiice examined, when a mortgage is to be given, it will only be necessary to secure a certiticate from the clerk. As the application o? the law is optional, it is a matter of conjecture to what extent land owners will avail themselves of the benefits of the law. It is reasonably certain, however, that when the advantages to be gained be come generally known, there will be constantly increasing numbers who will have their real estate registered under the Torrens system. Edgefield Rifles to be Rt-or ganized. Edenfield has never been fourni wanting in the past when there was a call to duty and it will not now be found laer<ring in this crisis. The Edgefield Rifles will be re-organized and volunteer for service. In response to a mass-meeting called through the county papers last week, looking to th? reorgani zation of the Edgefield Rifles, about 200 persons assembled in the court house Saturday afternoon. After several stirring addresses were made a motion was unanimously adopted to the effect that the Ioctl infantry company be re organized at once. 1 Capt. W. A. Collett, a former corn mandingofficer of the company, was appointed chairman of a committee of citizens who shall be charged with the enlistment of the required number of men. The other mem bers of the committee are to be clusen by the chairman. When the call for enrollment as members of the company was made this after noon a number of young men res ponded and it is believed that with in a short time a sufficient number will have enrolled. There was much genuine interest and enthusiasm manifested Saturday afternoon. FOR SALE: A seven-eighths Tersey milch cow, calf one month dd. A very fine cow. Apply at Phe Advertiser office. Gilberts Convicted on Charge of Beating Up School Teacher. The case of tbe State against El lis Gilbert, Susanna Gilbert, Law ton Gilbert, Roton Gilbert, Estelle Gilbert, Ruby Gilbert and Albert Shirley on the charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the offense having been com mitted upon the person of Miss Emily Broadway, of Paxville, a teacher in the Liberty Hill school in Lee county, was tried in the Lee county circuit court at Bishopville this week and all of the defendants were found guilt3' except Albert Shirley, who was acquitted. Motion was given for a new trial and sen tence was defer? ed. This case, it will be remembered, caused quite a sensation at the time it occurred. The Gilberts were charged with meeting Miss Broad way in the road and maltreating her because she had dismissed Ru I by Gilbert from school. Mi** Ethel Lugan, of Edgetield, the assistant teacher in the school, was the chief witness for the State besides Miss Broadway. They told of the as sault which had been ma le on them by the Gilberts in sight of the house of one of the trustees, also a Gilbert, testimony which was de nied by the defendants, who claimed that Miss Broadway had attacked Susanna Gilbert when she accused .Miss Broadway of not tellm? the truth.-Slimier Item. Rules for Eating. Prof. Irvine ^ishpr. of Yale, one of America's foremost, health au thorities gives those rules for eat ing: "Teeth and gums should be brushed thoroughly several times a dav and floss silk used between the teeth. Persistence in keeping the month clean is good not only for the tooth but for the stomach. Masticate all food up to the point of involuntary swallowing, with the attention on the taste, not on the mastication. Food should be chew ed and relished, with no thought of swallowing. There should be no more effort to prevent than to force swallowing: It will be found that, if we attend only to the agreeable task of extracting the flavors of our food, nature will take care of the swallowing, and this will become, like breathing, involuntary. The more you rely on instinct, the more normal, stronger, and surer the in stinct becomes. The instinct by which most people eat is perverted through the "hurry habit" and ike the use of abnormal foods. Thorongh mastication takes time, and there fore, one must not feel hurried at meals if the best results are to be secured. Sip liquids, except water, and mix with saliva as though they were Solids. Thc stopping points for eating should be at thp earliest moment when ono ?fl really satisfied. Nor malized instinct is the best guide here, provided one eats without hurry and masticates thoroughly. Tho frequency of meals and ti mp to take them should be so adjusted that no meal is taken before a pre vious meal is well out of the way, in order that thp stomach may have had time to rest and prepare new juices. Normal appetite is a good guide in this respect. One's best sleep is on an empty stomach. Food puts one to sleep by diverting blood from the head, but disturbs sleep later. Water, however, or even fruit, may be taken before re tiring without injury. An exclusive diet is usually un safe. Even foods which are not ideally the best are probably need ed when no better are available or when the appetite especially calls for them. Use som* raw foods-nuts, fruits, salads, milk, etc., at each meal. Progressive Farmer. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Scholarship and Entrance Ex animation. The University of South Carolina offers a Teacher's Scholarship to one young man from each county. The scholarship is worth $100.00 in money and exemption from all fees, amounting to ?I58.00. The examination will be held at the county seat Friday. July the 14th, 11*16. General entrance ex aminations will be held at the same tim? for all students. The Univeisity ofTers great ad vantages. Varied courses of study in science, history, law and busi ness. Write at once for an appli cation blank to THE PRESIDENT University of South Carolina Columbia, S. C. Programme of the Edgefield Baptist Sunday School Con vention. To he Held Wiih the Parksville Baptist Church on Wednesday and Thursday July the 19th and 20th.. 191?: Wednesday morning from 10.30 to 10.45, devotional exercises, con ducted by th2 moderator J. D. Hughey. From 10.45 to 11.15 a. m., or ganization. Welcome address by J. C. Mor gan, response by W. J. Gaines. 11.15 to ll 45, reports of the Sunday schools. 11.45 to 1 p. m., the graded Sun day school. (a) Is it advisaole to have thc graded Sunday Mellool? Opened by W. 13. Cogburn. (li) How to apply the principles j to the rural schools, J. AL Bussey. | (c) To what extent doc the ara-j ded Sunday school increase the school in number and efficiency, E. j P. Jones. Adjournment for one hour and a half for dinner. At 2.30 tu 3.15 the Sunday school in benevolence, J. T. Littlejohn, John i-i Alel? ie. From :j.ld to 4 p. m., What re lation bas the Sunday School to our future citizenship? P. 13. Lanham, M li. Hamilton. Night meeting, sermon at 8.30 p. m. Thursday morning at 10.30, de votional exercises by moderator. At ll a. m., Sunday -?cnool pre paredness in tue light of tbe World Wine War, Kev. T. B. Wells, A. S. Tompkins, T. G. Talbert. At 12 to 1 p. m., the importance of Baptist literature in the Sunday school. Kev. John Warren, O. Shep pard. 1 o'clock to 2.30 dinner. At 2.30 to 3 .Miscellaneous, re ports tfco. 3 to 4 p. m., Open parliament on the future conduct of our Sunday school conventions, open to any member. .'New business. Adjournment. J. T. Littlejohn, Sec. tor Com. July 3, 1916. What National Guardsmen Are Paid. Brigadier general, 816.07 a day. Colonel, $11.11. Lieutenant colonel, 89.72. Major, 8S.33. Captain, ?(5.07. First lieutenant, $5.56. Second lieutenant, $4.722. Privates, 50 cents. First-class privates in engineer or signal corps, 150 cents. Corporals of infantry, 70 cents. Corporals of engineers, signal or hospital corps, SO cents a day Sergeants of infantry, $1. Sergeants of engineers, signal or hospital corps, $1.20. Battalion sergeant majors of Held artillery, chief trumpeters and prin cipal musicians, $1.33. Quartermaster sergeants, first class sergeants, sergeants majors of sitrnal corps and first-class musi cians, $1.50. First-class sergeants of hospital corps or sergeants of field musicians, $1.67. First class sergeants of engineer corps, 82.17. Master electricians, quartermas ters of coast artillery, master signal electricians and chief musicians, 82.50.-Exchange. Testimony of Life Insurance Companies. Statistics prepared by either the wets or the drys are. apt to be viewed with suspicion because both sides are biased, says Arthur Hunter of the New York Life Insurance Com pany. But statistics put out by the life insurance companies are known to be absolutely without bias and the public has confidence in them. Mr. Hunter cites the experience of seven American companies and one Canadian company to show that mortality is from ten to thirty per cent lower among abstainers than among non-abstainers. He shows further that mortality among total abstainers is markedly lower than among "temperate" drinkers, and very much lower than among mod erate1' drinkers. The mortality among those who at the date of ap plication for insurance took two glasses of whiskey?a day, but did not [ drink to excess, is eighty per cent in excess of the normal. There is an extra mortality of forty per cent among the policy holders who drank to excess at least five years prior t<> date of application for insurance, but had been very temperate for five years before acceptance. Students who wish to mwke up work to prepare for College to see me at once. If a sufficient number apply a class will be formed. T. J. Lyon. Z Congressional Cam j paign Meetings. The following schedule campaign meetings for Congressional candi dates in our Congressional District has been fixed as follows: Beaufort, August 1. Jasper, August 9. Hampton, August 3. Bamberg, August 4. Barnwell, August 5. Saluda, August 7. Ed gefiel d, August 8. Aiken, August 9. B. E. NICHOLSON, County Chairman. Clemson ScMarship Examination. The examination for entrance to Clemson College, and for the vacant scholarships will be held Friday, July 14. ridgefield has one four year scholarship, and the regular one year agricultural course. Wrok begins promptly at 9 o'clock in the court house. W. W. FULLER, Co. Supt. Education. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for county commissioner of Edgefield county and will abide the re sult of the primary election. WALTER L. HOLMES. Low Summer Fares to Mountain, Lake and Seashore VIA di ray For complete information regarding Summer Excursion fares. Week-end and Sunday fares, and for illustrated and in formative literature about cool and de lightful places at which to spend the summer or vacation, call on J. A. TOWXSEXD, Ticket Agent, Edgefield, S. C. F. R. McMILLIN, District Passenger Agent. Jackson and Ellis Sts., Augusta, Ga. Cerealite! Cerealite! We are prepared to fill your or ders for Cerealite for corn and cot ton. The yield of both crops can be largely increased by the use of this popular fertilizer which con tains a very high per cent, nitro gen. Ask those who have used cereal ite as to the results obtained. Try it this year, if you have never used it bei ore. Adams & Co. . TWO ft PUT ON 1687 W&T? LL GOOD 1916 METAL SHINGLES CORTRIGHT Their record is proof of their worth. On the market twenty-nine years, and the first roofs laid are still tight and good today. They are fine in appearance, storm-proof and inexpensive. 4 For Sale by STEWART & KERNAGHAN