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Esiahltahp? 1335. /. L. M/.V?S,_.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at 81.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at he postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published anless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Wednesday, July 26 This continued dam-p bad weather is getting next to a fellow. On with the hand shaking! Only thirty-three more days till the primary. Edgefield county has twenty-four ?candidates running and five Fording for office. If this thing keeps up much longer, j "Mr. Ford will have to turn out some popular-priced submarines. The summer swallows that went away to the mountains for the heated term have turned to ducks. The prevailing mud and mud-holes , -will cause all of the candidates to tack on a good roads plank to their plat forms. A headline writer says, "The Ger man Submarine Win Soon Sail," for getting that vessels of that type do not {pail. _ _ However unwilling he may be to play that role, every man who tra", jls now becomes a mud-slinger, a term of more or less opprobrium during an election year. _ Now, if you want to establish the J greatest get-rich-quick enterprise that was ever set up for business, devise .some way of converting water into gas oline. Without in any degree reflecting upon his prowess, The Advertiser holds . lo the opinion that Col. Aftermath can wield the pen more mightily than the reword. Ordinarily it is not an easy matter to -institute impeachment proceedings against those in authority, but at this juncture the weather man would be an r<easy victim. In times past it was somewhat of a reflection on a fellow to refei to him as having water "on the bruin " but we .challenge you to point oui a man now .who hasn't water on his rr.inr. The man who allows his -mme to be rplaced in nomination for the presidency ?y the National Prohibition party must like newspaper notoriety, for public ity is about all he ever gets out of it. There are not many things under the ;sun that the European war has not af fected. As a result of the increased demand for nickal, the nickel in a .five-cent piece is worth six cents. The silver in a dollar is worth at this time only about 60 cents. As soon as any part of a battleship hecomes obsolete it is removed. Act ing upon that custom or precedent, Secretary Daniels has ordered cut-frlass wine services off all battleships. For -?several years nothing stronger than a cup of cold water has been passed ground on battleships. All possible aid from science and skill 5s being jnvoked in New York to save -the children from the epidemic of in fantile paralysis, which has been rag ing with unabated fury for the past ten days. Yesterday there were 150 ^new cases and 38 death reported. The man who was disfranchised by j failing to enroll his name, as provided t>y the rules of the Democratic party, "has no one to blame except himself, and, furthermore, if his ftilure was due to sheer neglect, he has a lo.v con ception of the duties and responsibili ties of a citizen. The coming of the Deutschland to an American port has caused the British to widen their field of naval operations. A coi-don of battleships, cruisers, de stroyers, submarines and other righting craft are thrown around the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in order to bag the submarine if she has the temerity to undertake a return voyage. After calling out the militia a year .ago to quell a riot in the staid old city, and after waging a relentless war on the lawless element of Charleston for the past eighteen months, who would have thought that an ovation would have been given Governor Manning at the campaign meeting in Charleston "Tuesday? And yet some people say the world is not growing better. The Hon. Old Sol seems to be taking j a vacation. His face has been seen but little during the past fortnight. Let j us hope that he will not work over-time during August to make up for July absence. Whittier sang of Maud Muller rak ing the meadow sweet with hay on a summer's day. But Maud hasn't raked any hay for the past four weeks, and it 'pears like if she cuts any for the next four she'll lose it. Nature Will Reduce Yield. The farmers over the cotton belt, en couraged by the high price which pre vailed at the time, increased the cotton acreage last spring in the hope of mak ing a large yield, losing sight ot the fact that a smaii yield nets as much [money as a large one. Nature has stepped in and through the heavy rains will curtail the yield but, in the end, except in certain sections and in indi vidual cases, farmers will not suffer any considerable loss. It's better to make and sell 10,000,000 bales at 15 cents than 15,000,000 at 10 cents. While cotton in this section is being injured greatly by excessive rain and the lack of work and sunshine, yet such a condition is not peculiar to this section. Unfavorable conditions pre vail practically over all cotton growing states. Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler. The Edgefield friends of Col. Butler, especially those who were intimately associated with him in his boyhood days, were deeply saddened by the an nouncement of his tragic death at Al pine, Texas, Thursday. The first dis patch sent out, giving the mere an nouncement, indicated that he merited the death which had been meted out to him, but later an army officer sent a more detailed account of the horrible tragedy, in which Col. Butler was com pletely exonerated. His wife, who was with him on the border, stated that he was in nowise to blame. His death re moves a valuable army officer. Since his graduation from West Point in 1888, Col. Butler has served continuously in the army, being steadily promoted. Only recently he was promoted from major to the rank of lieut, colonel. He leaves his wife and one son nine years of age. His body was carried to Wash ington and interred in the National cemetery with military honors. Candidates Deport Themselves Well. Nowhere in the State will one find a finer set of men running for public of fice thau in Edgefield county. Where ever you find them they are always de porting themselves well. When the candidates for office in this county at tend public worship on Sunday they go in church and give the minister respect ful attention, instead of sitting nut un der the trees with a group of men about them. We have, since the open ing of the campaign, attended public worship in other counties than Edge field and more than half of the candi dates present did not go in church at all, and in their failure to contribute to the success of the occasion, at least by their presence, they kept others from doing their duty by keeping them out also. Whenever candidates go where pub lic worship is held on the Sabbath they should give respectful attention or re main away. The Advertiser would like to see candidates in other counties follow the splendid example set by as pirants for office in this county. Attention, Sunbeams! A Sunbeam meet of all the Sun beam bands in Edgefield association will be held at the school building, Edgefield, August 3. This will be a large gathering of children, moth ers and leaders of bands and will be a happy occasion for all. The fol lowing is the program to be given in the school auditorium: 1U a. m.: Processional of band? with banners, singing Sunbeam song. Praise service, Frances Jones. Words of welcome, Eleanor Minis. Roll call of bands with verbal reports. Standard of Excellence, Mrs. J. L. Muns. Boys' declamation contest; sub ject, the cigarette. Song contest, open to boys and giris. Story-telling,'Mrs. P. M. Feltham. Delivery of medals. A trip around the world with Jack and Janet, Mrs. Tillman. Picnic dinner on the grounds. The afternoon exercises will be held outdoors and will consist of games of children of foreign na tions, Chinese tug of war, Koreau bag race and other sports of differ ent nations including popular and familiar games that American chil dren love. The swings 2nd slides on the grounds will be open to the children and while here everything will be done for their pleasure, for that day. August :-*? will be theirs. Let all the Sunbeams come and en joy a happy day. Mrs. M. N. Tillman. A Newsy Letter From the West Side. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: A nursery rhyme is insistently presenting itself to me: Rain, rain, go away, Come again April day, Little Johnnie wants to play, On Monday evening Miss Marie Blackwell gave a party to her six young lady guests. It had been in tended to have Japanese lanterns on the lawn, but wind and rain for bade their use. Mirth and gaiety reigned in the hospitable home, aud the weather was forgotten. On Tuesday evening Miss Rosada Tal bert entertained, and on Thursday night Misses Lizzie and Lucy Os borne. Luck favored the Misses Osbore in that they had good weath er for their party. Two of the fair ones visiting Miss Blackwell are Misses Mary and Sunie Talbert of your town. Mr. Clint Parks is having finish ing touches put tc his house. This house on the hill is most beautifully located and commands a lovely view of the surrounding country, and its interior is very conveniently arranged. Altogether it is an ideal home. It is rumored that "local talent" will be employed in our school next winter, that Mr. John M. Bussey will be principal, his wife, "Miss Lily" and Mrs. Ella Langford his assistants. On Wednesday and Thursday, July 10th and 2uththe Baptist Sun day school convention was held here. It was said threatening weatherdeterred many from coming, and during the services the first day there were some light showers in the afternoon. The exercises both days were very enjoyable. There were three visiting ministers present (Revends Dement, Bussey and Littlejohn) and many visiting delegates. While all the addresses were ex cellent. Mr. E. J. Hims' address on graded lessons in the Sunday school was well considered and con vincing in its arguments. Rev. Mr. Dement of Greenwood on Thursday afternoon spoke most beautifully of God's love for man. It seemed less a talk than an inspi ration. It was good to listen to. Rev. Mr. George Bussey spoke of old memories, old days, old friends. It was a feeling tribute to the past. The Memorial service on Wednes* i day to deceased pastors was tou^h ! ing and beautiful. This was a notable .meeting, notable for the ministers and delegates present, and notable because it was the last time we should be Edgefield county people. Parksville has been improving her approactios this week. There was a dreadful "Slough of despond" just below the gin house on the south, another almost as bad a short distance from Col. Talbert's on the north. The work on the bad streets on the south was supervised by Mr. Frank Parks, that on the north by Mr. Joe Brimson. Misses Gazzie and Lucy Osborne vvho had friends in the flooded dis tricts of North Carolina are relieved of their fears for their safety. Mr. "Jack" Osborne returned the first of the week bunging his mother (Mrs. M. E. Osborne) with him. Mrs. Osborne's stay will be short, as ?he intends to return in two weeks. We are sorry to say that Mrs. Williams', wife of the planing mas ter (Osborne) Co., is quite ill, she has been taken to a hospital. Little Corrie Belle Gilmer who has been ill with typhoid fever is up and about again, she is fast re gaining her usual health. Polly Flinders. Parksville, S. C. Will Serve Dinner at Campaign Meeting. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: Kindly announce in the next is sue or your popular paper that the ladies of Stevens Creek church have decided to serve a sumptuous hash dinner, together with refreshments, at the political meeting to be held on the church grounds Thursday, August 3. and the public generally, and all the candidates especially, are cordially invited to be present and mingle with the good people of Stevens creek and Mc-Kendree sec sions on this auspicious occasion. The ladies of the W. M. society have chiefly by their own laudable and united efforts realized sufficient funds to install recently a beautiful baptistry, which is a much needed addition and ornament to bur church, and it is their hearts' fond est desire to be able soon to re-paint and otherwise improve the interior of our historic old church, and the proceeds of this dinner will be ex pended for the purpose above stated, so everybody come and aid our 1 a dies in this praiseworthy undertak ing, assuring each and all an excel lent dinner and a royal country wel come. Speaking of course will be the leading feature of the day, and all candidate will be accorded an atten tive hearing and given ample time to deliver their speeches. J. R. Blocker, For Committee on Arrangements and Ladies of Stevens Creek Church. / Protracted Meeting at Red Oak Grove Church. Editor Edgefield Advertiser: Will you please say through your columns, that we expect to protract our meeting at Red Oak, from the 5th Sunday. The union meeting will meet there then and we will have young Brother Gaines, son of Mr. W. J. Gaines of Trenton, to preach for us. In addition to preaching for us on Sunday he will , be with us through the following wee*. I have just returned from an interesting session of the Sun day school convention of the Edge field Association held at Parksviiie. Dr. Dement preached us a great sermon yesterday afternoon. Affectionately, G. W. Bussey. Greenwood, S. C. Wimberly Branch Picnic. The editor of The Advertiser) passed a day of unusual pleasure] Friday last with the good people of | the Wimberlj Branch school com munity. An ideal neighborhood picnic was held in the grove around the school house. Practically every body in the community was present and entered heartily into the 6pirit of the occasion. Most of the candi dates were present, and were given an opportunity to speak, the writer, by request, acting as master of cere monies. At the conclusion of the brief, informal speeches, a sumptu ous dinner was served on the long j table under the oaks. The afternoon was given over en tirely to pleasant conversation, the older people gathering under the trees in groups while the younger set were seated in pairs in buggies and automobiles. Iced refreshments j were served in order to raise money for the building fund of the school. An effort will soon be made to erect a modern building, which is much needed. In his remarks Mr. W. W. Fuller assured the patrons of the school that if they would do their part the county and State would meet them half way with ap propriations, making the erection of a creditable building easily possible. The people svho reside in the Wim berly Branch section of the county aie sterling citizens, all practical, successful farmers. The fine crons and well tilled fields speak for them selves. I Malaria. A few years ago, before we knew that malaria was always caused by the bite of a mosquito, people used to attibute every fleeting indisposi tion to "a touch of malaria." We know now that we cannot have a touch of malaria without the touch of the insect that carries it; but the phrase is a convenient one, and the belief in it dies hard. It is quite possible to mistake other things for malaria, and when there is any difficulty in making a diagnosis a microscopical examina tion of the blood should be made. The characteristic malarial parasite will be found if it is that which is making the trouble. The sufferer may have typhoid fever or tuber culosis or some septic condition of the blood. If so, it would be a pity to waste valuable time making guesses at a diagnosis that the blood examination would make cer tain at once. Mala?"':, yields to proper treat ment and is not often fatal, espe cially in non-tropical countries. The disease is most likely to attack the very young or the very old, those who have not had time to become acclimated to a new place of resi dence, and those who live in hard circumstances -such as the poor and soldiers in trenches. Malaria is one of the disorders that we know how to prevent. We must destroy the mosquito that, carries it, and until that is done we must try to keej) it from getting at human beings. The Anopheles mosquito usually bites between sunset and sunrise, and it is at night, therefore, that we must be most careful. The best way is to have our houses and porches thoroughly screened. Sleep ing in the open air is a royal road to health, but not if we share the open air with the Anopheles. It is not enough to screen the windows, for the insects may gain access somewhere else, and then the bed room will become merely a trap to keep them in. Windowsand doors and chimney openings both upstairs and down-nothing must be forgot ten.-Youth's Companiou. ??GKLEN'S GENUINE IS THE ONLY mmU SAL"; Petit Jury-August Court. C. P. Morgan, Moss. W. P. Johnson, Pickens. F. M. Boyd, Johnston. J. B. Minick, Blocker. R. A. Timmerman, Roper. R. W. Glover, Meriwether. L. E. Wood, Collier. G. D. Mims, Collier. W. D. Cheatham, Collier. J. E. Yonce. Ward.; James Watson, Ward. E. W. Callison, Hibler. S. A. Brunson, Pickens. W. E. Clark, Johnston. Ernest Whitlock, Ward. J. T. Adams, Elmwood, T. J. McDowell, Blocker. W. F. Holston, Pickens. Joe S. Smith, Wise. J. M. Mathis, Red Hill. T. A. Williams, Moss. W. H. Pruitt, Ward. W. F. West, Collins. Henry Salter, Ward. V.\ M. Harling, Edgefield. J. P. Adams, Elmwood. Y. M. Dorn, Elmwood, T. S. Milford, Johnston. W. D. Dorn, Edgefield, Frank Quarles, Colliers. F. W. Timmerman, Elmwood, Geo. Rhoden, Ward. W. H. Russell, Edgefield, J. A. Timmerman, Edgefield. J. W. Sawyer, Johnston. J. B. Holmes, Red Hill. HOTEL MAN KILLS MAJOR M. C. BUTLER. Also Fatally Shoots His Own Wife, Who Was Riding With South Carolinian. TRAGEDY AT ALPINE, TEX. Dead Man Son of Late U.S. Sen ator-Mrs. Butler Bringing Body Home. Alpine, Texas, July 20.-Major M. C. Butler, of the 6th United States cavalry, and Mrs. H. J. Spannell, wiih whom he was out riding in an auto mobile, were shot and killed this afternoon by H. J. Spannell, husband of the woman. Immediately after the shooting Spanneil went to the jail and surren dered. Mrs. Spannell was the daugh ter of Mr. and John Holland, wel1 known residents of Alpine. Spannoll is the proprietor of the Holland Ho tel here. Native of S.outh Carolina. Columbia. S. C., July 20.-Mrs. Margaret Howell Butler, wife of Major M. C. Butler, U. S. A.. tele graphed tonight from Alpine. Texas, to F. W. P. Butler. M. D.. of this city, her husband's elder brother that Major Butler had been killed and that as ?oon as possible she would start with his body for Washington. D. C., via New Orleans. Major But ler was due to bc promoted to lieu tenant colonel. He had been station ed lately at Maria, Texas, a few miles west of Alpine, and had beer, joined there rcently by his wife and child, a 9-year-old son, M. C. Butler, III. Major Butler was born in Edge field, May 1, 1864. His father, thc late Matthew Calbraith Butler, of South Carolina, a former United States Senator, was a major-general in the Confederate army and was a major general of volunteers in the United States army during the Span ish-American war. Major Butler was graduated from West Point ir. 1888. He was an instructor in horsemanship at West Point while a first lieutenant. Most of his army career had been passed in the 5th, 6th and 7th cavalry regiments. He had seen considerable service abroad. KILLING OF BUTLER ACT OF LUNATIC Officia! Report on Slaying of Distinguished Officer. NO CAUSE FOR DEED. "Committed By a Man Crazed by Jealousy," Col. Machert Declares. (By P. H. McGowan.) Washington, July 22.-The war department received an official re port today showing ?hat Lieut. Col. Matthew C. Butler, Jr., was lured to his death by Henry J. Spannell at Alpine, Texas, Thursday, "lt ap pears like a cold blooded, premedi tated murder, committed by a man crazed by jealousy," the official re port declares. It was announced at the war de partment today that Mrs. M. C. But ler and the Misses Butler, with Col. Butler's body, will reach Washing ton Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Butler will be buried in Arlington cemetery with military honors. The report received by the war department from Lieut. Col. J. E Machart. Fourth Texas Infantry commanding officer at Alpine. re garding the death of Col. Butler, i? as follows: "Answering your telegram request ing further details regarding thc j ? death of Col. Butler, will state Col. Butler was sitting: with me and oth er officers and citizens in front of the hotel about 8:45 p. m., July 20, when Mr. and Mrs. Spannell drove up in their car, Mr. Spannell driving and Mrs. Spannell occupying the rear seat. "Mr. Spannell called Col. Butler to the car, reached back and opened th? rear door, asking Col. Butler to take the rear seat with Mrs. Span nell. Col. Butler did so and the car immediately drove off around the cor ner of the hotel. "After the car had proceeded bout 600 yards into the residential part of the. town Mr. Spannell shot and killed both Col. Butler and Mrs. Spannell, firing several shots into each one. He then walked to the jail and surrendered to the sheriff. Just how the killing was done can not be positively stated as there seem not to have been any witnesses present. Col. and Mrs. Butler lived at Hol land hotel here, and both associated freely with Mr. and Mrs. Spannell, proprietors of the hotel. "Both couples took frequent drives in the auto of the Spannells in the evenings. "Mr. Spannell seems to have been of extremely jealous disposition. It 'is stated that he had frequently dis 1 agreed with his wife, who was a great beauty. "The general opinion here is that Mrs. Spannell has never given her husband any just cause for his jeal ousy and the unanimous opinion is that Col. Butler was absolutely inno cent of any wrong. Whatever the cause, it appears like a cold blooded, premeditated murder, committed by a man crazed by jealousy." Notice of Final Settle ment and Discharge. To all whom these presents may concern: Whereas J. H. Stone has made application unto this Court for Final Settlement and Discharge in re the Estate of Mrs. Leila L. Stone Deceased. These arc therefore to cite any and all Creditors and Kindred, or Par ties interested lo show cause before me at my ofiice at Edgefield C. H., S. C., on the 2Sth day of August, A.D., 1916 at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of discharge should not be granted. W. T. KINNAIRD, Judge of the Court of Probate for E. C., S. C. J n'y 25, 1916. Bank of Parksvilie Established 1908 Capital $18,000.00 Resources 547,370.00 Pays Five Per Cent, on Time Certificates of Deposits We have all the resources of this big country behind us to lend you money to the extent of your nteds. We are Conservative We are Safe TVI1I keep the young folk* nt borne. It will make tliPiu happy anti con tented. Invincible Dayton Electric Lighting System lu the best plant on the market. Complete plants installed ns low as si7.">. ot), including engine with built-in magneto. s Cnn you afford to do without lights? A The Dayton ifjjj Electrical r1*? Company, ?Jj, Dayton, Ohio, R. H. Middleton Clark's Hill. S. C., Dealer in Light ing Plants and Wa tor Works. 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