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SdgcffcM Steden;. The Soldier of !861 and the Soldier of 1916. One of tho most patriotic events that my eyes have looked upon for fifty years, was when Company '"B" of Anderson, S. C., marched down to the depot to take the train for the Mexican border, numbering one hundred and forty-three of as fine looking soldiers as I have ever seen. Every cotton mill was stopped, every business house in the city was c!o?ed unti the train pulled out of the station. Such a spontaneous outburst of patriotic feeling; never such a cheerful and willing answer to a call to arms. Never did the faithful Scott give with better grace his sons for the defense of his be loved chief "Erie" than did the fathers and mothers of Anderson give their sons for the defense of their country. Fond parents were there to bid their sons farewell, and to remind them that they must live like Chris tians and fight like Southerners. Little brothers and sisters were there to kiss their bis brothers good bye, and shed their childish tears. And sweethearts were there, look ing sad and wistful, and yet filled j with admiration for their brave he-j roes going away to face dcadlj* ma-j chine guns. Bright faces, wreaths ? of flowers, brass bands, drums gaily j rolling, ard the bugler sending the ? joyous nov.es across blooming fields; and forest., and that music made the j pulse dance. Through their young! veins blood fiowed like quick-silver, ' singing to them the sweet song of life. It made me feel proud to see the blending of the old spirit of 1861 with the new of 1016. They: will wear a halo no other can hope) to gain. (I mean the soldier fight- j ing in the defense of his country.) Why do I say this? Because they are linked in my mind with the sol-j diers of other days. These true! Southern American soldiers bear j our National colors in life-they j wear them in death, and I say the! soldier of to-day has the old-time! enthusiasm of his race. He will; fight as hard; he will go into battle j urged by the same zeal; he will fire, { and will fall or die in the same way. I The bullet and sword scars in the; father's breast has its impress upon ' the hearts of the boys of to-day. j The battle cry is on; the tramp of; feet not still. The desire to rise and j meet the enemy is only sleeping, '< like the picket at his post, but a! rustle among the dry leaves has; been heard, and an army is awake and ready to march. The Anglo- ' Saxon was ben to govern, to bei free, to create, to build a social and political structure, mighty and mas terful. As I looked at these noble, fine looking men in Company "B" my own heart was made to feel sad, to ? think that they will have to face on \ a foreign field of war a savage mon-? grei race. In a population of some) 15,000,000 thirty-seven per cent, are savage Indians and forty-three peri cent, are of mixed blood, the baser element predominating, and a large majority are steeped in illiteracy.' The United States must take) Mexico in charge. Ir. will prove costly and arduous beyond reckon ing, but it is the only way their wild faces can be turned to civiliza tion; bu", it is a duty to ourselves, to Mexico and to the world. Mex-? ico is no more a republic than the darkest jungle of Africa is a repub lic. It has no freedom to take! away-it has only anarchy and bar barism. Its present condition is not simply a curse to those within its borders, but a menace to all Amer ica. The time has come to drop illusions and, facing the hard facts of the situations, go forward with our duty. For a long while the United States has done its utmost to avoid this step. With marvelous pa tience aud pity it has brooked out rages which r.u other power in the world would have endured. In 1S4?, with General Winfield Scott at the head of the army, the United States marched into the City of Mexico and gave the outlaws a first-class beating then which they did not soon forget, and the boys can do that same thing with them to-day, and can do it quicker and better with the modern improve ments in war material. Wherever the Anglo-Saxon race has put his foot civilization and Christianity have prevailed. I notice that I have a nephew in the Anderson Company '"B," and named for me, and if I was some younger I would be there when the roll is calied. In 1846 Capt. Preston Brooks raised a company aud went to Mex ico. In 1861 Capt. Cicero Adams raised the first company from Edge field. In April 1861 Capt. Elbert Bland raised the second company from Edgefield. I have been won dering who would come forward and muster a company of one hun dred and forty-three men, as Ander son has done. I noticed some time ago that the CAMPAIGN MEETING. (Continued from First Page,) mental in having the teaching of agriculture in public schools pro vided for. Governor Manning closed with a reference to the great improvement wrought in the management of the State hospital through hi? efforts. He was unable to find a capable superintendent for the salary fixed by the iegislature, so he employed Dr. Fred Williams of Columbia at a higher salary and paid the differ ence out of his own pocket. He exhibited his personal check which he gave for this amount. The State did not paya dollar of it. Through Dr. Williams' management about $30,000 has been saved to the State each year and still the patients have had better treatment. Hon. R. A. Cooper thanked the people of Edgefield for the encour aging vote which they gave him two years ago. He urged a just en forcement of all laws on the statute books. Let all criminals feel alike the weight of violated law. He made an earnest appeal for the sup port of the public schools of the State, in which 90 per cent, of the' white children who attend school | are enrolled. The colleges of the( State can not accommodate more than IC per cent. Let the peo-j pie become better educated and bitterness and strife will cease. Mr. Cooper is opposed to free | scholarships, believing that the' principi? is wrong. A boy who is' educated by the State has his inde-, pendence destroyed. Let us teach our boys to pay 100 cents on the' dollar for everything they get. Mr. Cooper favors the State making j loans to boys who are unable to at tend college, requiring them to re pay the sum after they have com- j pleted their education, without in-j terest. Mr. Cooper favors rural credits, al warehouse system and thc teaching! of agriculture in the public schools. The national government has en acted a rural credit system but all the government can do is to open the door of opportunity to the in dividual and he must do the rest. He favors long term loans at a low rate of interest in order to enable many small farmers to own their homes. Mr. Cooper advocates warehouses controlled (but uot owned) by the States just as the na tional banks are controlled by the government. If controlled by the State warehouse receipts will be good iu any part of the world. Mr. Cooper believes we need intelligent farmers. The men who create the wealth of the country should be well equipped and for that reason he stands for the teaching of agri culture in the schools. Mr. Cooper closed with an em phatic denial that he is in any man ?ncr whatsoever connected with any clique or political combination. He j stated that rumors to that effect has j reached his ears and that he desired toset himself straight before th? : oeople. Mr. J. M. DesChamps was the last speaker of the day and, ma withstanding the fact that the audi ence had grown somewhat weary, they listened patiently to him. In fact, he seemed to get closer to the people than any of the candidates who precede him. Mr. DesChamps is making his campaign upon a high plane, and should be commended for the moral tone of his public, ut terances. He advocates smaller farms, higher prices for farm products and better wages. He stated that he is a high-priced-man, re ceiving from *50 to 8150 per hour for his lectures, as well as high prices for his magazine articles. He referred to his extensive travels and to the fact that wherever he went he extolled the merits of the South. He referred partly in jest and part ly iu earnest to his Yankee friends t in the North, paying a tribute to their loyalty and their shrewdness. I Mr. DesChamps is a died-in-the ? wool prohibitionist and gave the whiskey business some sledge-ham j mer.blows. He referred to the fact that he has been dubbed the "barn yard candidate" for governor and injected considerable humor in this connection w7hich was enjoyed by the audience. Mr. DesChamps throws bouquets, instead of mud, which is something new under the sun for latter-day South Carolina politics. government turned down quite a number of men on account of ciga re tte smoking and coca-cola drinking. Their heart and lungs were effected by the use of this habit to such an extent that they could not hold out on the march; and sometimes it is very good tactics to run-and fast at that. Gen. Mosby said, "A good run was much better than a bad stand." Let me hear from you boys, and if you want a leader I am ready. Let Edgefield tum on the light and get ready-horse, foot and dra goon. J. Russell Wright. Seneca, S. C. SUPERVISOR'S REPORT. Commencing April 1st. Ending June 30th, 1916. JR Scurry S64 75 W H Turner 75 60 T P Morgan 3 10 Jas T Miras 1596 50 Henry Se i gier 1 00 Jas T Miras 42 66 Jas R Cantelou 30 98 J R Timmerinan 54 16 J T Talbert 3 00 W P Branson 5 50 N L Broadwater 12 50 Virginia Simkins 5 00 J P Brown 6 25 Collett & Mitchell 13 65 The Edgerield Mer Co 103 73 J G Boyd 10 00 J T Pattison 4 00 Sam Taylor 6 ?'o VV R Ssvearingen Sheriff 107 28 " " 8 45 W H Turner 6 43 L T May 7 28 The Atlanta Tent Awning Co 225 04 W H Timmerman 12 50 F L Timmermau 7 40 J A Clark 50 00 P W Ctieatham 16 66 W A Pardue 24 65 Lyon Merritt & Co 207 39 L C Eidson 7 00 H F Cooper 18 00 Edgerield Chronicle 18 00 The Edgefield Mer Co 133 50 VV H Pardue 28 25 Wilson & Cantelou 6 00 Di A R Nicholson 16 00 .lames Devore 12 50 S A Brunson 4 75 Hallahand & Costello 6 75 EdgefMd Auto Co 3 00 T E Byrd 10 40 W H Bee 5 85 Wallace C Tompkins 2 50 Dr B F Jones 40 00 A E Barrett 50 00 J F Lamb 4 25 E G Bryan 10 05 J M Walton 10 00 J S Byrd ' 4 00 D E Lanham 5 00 W H Sanders 7 00 J L M i ms 14 50 J R Moss 31 50 G T Swearingen 70 31 Champian Supply Co 53 76 Lewis Holmes 30 00 B E Nicholson 20 00 Dr .Ino G Edwards 5 00 WT Kinnaird 1160 D D Brunson 60 00 C F Broadwater 35 50 W B Cogburu 4 50 M A Walker 45 00 L C Parker & Co 14 15 J H Cantelou 3 25 F E Prince 35 00 Board Public Works 1' 15 J W Hudson 45 00 S C Penitentiary 8 ou Sophie Minis 10 00 B E Nicholson Attorney 2U A A Edmunds 83 50 J P Herlong 5 00 J C Lewis 21 7u ilapp Bros 37 88 Total for April 83,771.27. N L Broadwater 12 50 J R Griiiis 2 UU J J Griiiis 2it 47 J G Byrd 20 00 T E Byrd lu 42 C Williams -1 00 Jas DeVore 12 50 J D Parkman 4 00 J R Scurry 01 82 14 OS R (4 Shannonhouse 3 00 W W Fuller 75 53 T P Lvon 1 -1 00 L T May io 15 W II Bee 4 OU W R Covar 8 00 G W Scott 10 8U B ENicholson 20 00 J R Mayson 7 uu W II Timmerman 7 U? O M Burnett 5 50 J E Bryan 7 50 P W Cheatham 27 Ul Dr Walter D Ouzts 5 00 lu uo A R Nicholson M D lu UO .Iones & Sons 9 00 Jas T Minis 41 06 Board Public Works 1 15 W H Powell 14 55 Satcher & Nixon 105 67 Jno J Evans 22 00 The Edgerield Mer Co 261 15 W P Johnson 3 60 J W McCreight ll 22 J L Cori ey IO 00 J O Williams 6 93 Walker Evans & Cogswell 13 53 J S McDaniel 0 25 Lott Walker Co 5 25 S C Penitentiary 4 UU B L Allen M D 5 00 C F Strother MD 5 00 J J Mayson 7 32 l-l E Nicholson Attorney 0 20 W M Sawyer 2 00 J W Doolittle 16 87 W E Lynch <fc Co. 15 65 R D Turner 5 50 The R. L Bryan Co 40 00 A E Barrett 50 00 J W Hudson .45 00 The Edgetieid Mer Co 23 5U J R Timmerman 42 Iii C Carson 4 45 C T Broadwater 35 ou ?33 SK Corner Will place on sale Monday, July 17th, 200 pairs of Ladies' and Misses' Slip pers, worth up to $2.50 the pair-Sale price ne Mostly 3, 31 and 4's J? l?g V E Edwards Edwin H Folk W H Turner Reynolds & Padgett J F Logue Virginia Simkins Dr Ben L Allen J G M obley Edgeiield Meat Market H R Holmes D D Bronson W R Swearingen VV B Cogburn J C Lewis F S Rivjs Stewart ct Kernaghan Goody Lewis A A Edinuuds F E Prince M A Walker L C Parker & Co W W Adams & Co Good Roads Machinery Co W G Corlev J M Wise & Son 87 40 15 02 0 25 9 50 6 50 5 UU lu 00 5 00 4 55 10 00 00 00 Hi? 35 l: 82 .JO 50 20 25 5U 181 OG 4 OO 83 35 35 UU 45 00 13 02 130 10 .JIU O'.? 4 UU 1U UU Total for May $2,062.08. A Gilchrist 50 25 P W Cheatham lo OG W T Reel 73 OU T E Byrd 10 40 J T Timmerman 7 30 Jas DeVore 13 50 A C On/.ts 43 75 W R Hoyt 37 50 J W Cox 52 55 Planters Loan & Savings b'k 28 O? IS' L Broadwater 13 ~>0 J R Scurry Ol 05 E M Crouch 50 00 Wallace W Wise 31 25 Edgefield Chronicle 4 25 J W Hudson 45 00 A R Nicholson M D 1100 J FPardue 5S 75 J R Timmerman 47 ll R M Johnson 18 75 J Boyd Holmes 12 50 F Logan 4'J 77 J T McManus 37 50 W M Parish 10 00 Jas T Minis 41 00 The Shenk Plow Co lo OU W H Hading Nat Surety Co N Y 130 00 A B Lyon 3 00 S A Morrall M D 5 00 Jno G Edwards MD ' 10 00 W W Fuller 70 10 L T May 3'J 87 C T Broadwater 35 00 The Edgefield Mer Co 249 1*8 Wilbur Yonce 0 75 Walker Evans Cogswell Co 00 59 J W Peak 18 75 Board Public Works 1 15 J II Reel 15 09 O M Burnett 20 35 J E Minis W A Reynolds S S Penitentiary E P Winn & Bro R Wiley Glover Happ Bros .1 J Mayson W L Holmes I lapp Bros J W Qnaries I) I) Brimson W K Swcaringen D D Brimson W T Kinnaird N L Branson W H Turner W R Swearingen C A Nicholson J W Kemp F Runenstein A E Barrett T W Qnaries B E Nicholson J L Minis W B Cogburn J F Lamb A A Edmunds II II Sanders li M Boddie F E Prince M A Walker J Neal Lott J R Boddie 17 00 1 00 4 00 12 28 20 05 00 95 2 50 ! 5 00 17 UU 19 Ul 2 0U I 5 35 ' ou 00 j 35 00 j 4:5 75 ii 4S j l07 50 ' 8 25 44 49 3 li? 52 50 ? 00 20 00 ll 00 4 50 0 75 S8 77 13 00 25 00 35 00 47 50 18 25 31 25 Total for Month of June ?2,349.02 Total for Qr. Ending June 30 1910, *8.7S3.27. A. A. EDMUNDS, Sup. E. C. Attest: P. W. Cheatham. WANTED: To buy your remants of cotton seed at 50 cents per bushel, immediate deliver}. R. M. Winn, Plum Branch, S. C. Edgefield County Colored Fair Association. The promoters of the Color Fair As sociation met at Trinity church, in the Town of Edgerield, S. C., June 13th, 1910 to compl?tent?organization. All the officers have been elected cept the Board of Directors. The next meeting, which will be held on the second Saturday in July, the 15th, at one o'clock p. m. The names ofjthe officers elected are as follows: J. S. Ramey, President. W. W. Holloway, Vice President. M. J. Strother, Secretary. J. B. Holme:-., Assistant Sec. C. D. Bussey, General Manager. J. H. Cheatham, Treasurer. The Board of Directors, to wit are: J. S. Ramey, W. M. Holloway, C. D. Bussey, Clarence Blocker, A. W. Nicholson, M. J. Strother, John DeVore, Alvin Cheatham, Rev. F. A. Weaver, Rev. W. M. Peterson, Lucius Dobbs, B; J. Yeldel, Charlie Holloway, Sr, E. G. Bovce, G. S. Stephens, Rev. J. S. Blocker, Thomas Cherry, Jr. M. J. Strother, Secretary. fcrl ki* Nfc ?? h i? itfa-i H-BHB5SB 1"'y^'?^"~'''7:UkV.'.ril"?liiV-I MW {Pnrfeci Preces) il HOSIERY ll Thc!- fc'cc! bcctvilh thc R an:-tocra':c appen rene:, wiheer j RT/] I? 'strors pt ''petrit* cf c'c.tc'\ Reinforced ?t t4potdscfaoa?*\i DORN & MIMS