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f?t?gcfielt? ^dtTtlisrx EBtablialjf?l 1835. ?BBBBBB---Mg? /.L.M/MS,.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, Auj?. 3 "Going, going, gone," can't be said .of the first regiment at Styx. Capt Koenig of Deutschland does'nt seem to think that delays are dan .gerops. __ In the matter of leave, give the sol diers at Styx an inch and they take a ^watermelon. Let's not have any mud-slinging in .-county politics. The people long ago ;got on a higher plane. Atlanta envies Baltimore the pub licity gained through the coming and .going of the Deutschland. What has become of the old-fash ioned candidate who gave a water melon cuttin' for his friends? With 21 candidates seeking legisla tive honors in Anderson that county should send a tip-top delegation to Columbia. Having tired of watchful waiting, ^be Advertiser has grown its own ?watermelons this year-some forty pounders, too. The attack of Hughes, Roosevelt, et. al., on the Woodrow Wilson admin istration will be like the Germans' at tack on Verdun. It is not infrequently the case that -when you see a fellow gazing intently across the street a short skirt is at the other end of his vision. j It has, been announced that Sarah bernhardt is planning to make another tour of America and that she will bring ter artificial leg along with her, as if that were an additional attraction. Judge Hughes has broken his long .silence with a veritable cloud-burst of words. It has been estimated tha'. S,000 words were required for his ac ceptance of the Republican nomina tion. They have been having hot times ir the towns of the middle and northwest. During three days last week there were 160 deaths from heat in the city of Chicago. The Hon. Old Sol does not behave himself so unseemly in the ^unny South. orr m m -- So many millions of shells have been 3ired around Verdun, burying tons upon tons of metal beneath the ground, that when raw material is needed for making munitions after the war it can he mined or unearthed around that im pregnable fortress. Having lost all through the recent flood, a North Carolina farmer turned the disaster to profitable account. With four mules, all that he saved of his farm equipment, he realized the sum of $1,700 by pulling automobiles sont of the mud, charging some as high ?as $8 for a lift. It is the opinion of the men whose ?business takes them about the State that Governor Manning grows stronger .with the people. His open, honest, rmanly, business-like speeches, recount ing the why and wherefore of his offi cial acts, are makirg a profound im pression upon the people. lt is encouraging to note that it mat ters not what candidate declares him self emphatically for "law enforce -ment" he is greeted with chesrs, It should be borne in mind in this connec tion that Governor Manning has made Jaw enforcement paramount and popu lar in South Carolina. In the matter of high-priced gaso line, you should be thankful that it is ?swell with you as it is. Owing to the supply being nearly exhausted in Hen -dersonville and other mountain resorts, with no prospect of any being shipped In soon, this liquid explosive is said to be selling for $1 per gallon. There are not many of the old-style, le?ky, ramshackled, weatherworn school houses left in the county. And here's^ hoping that their number will steadly decrease. We know of two or three that will be torn down this fall. How's the school house in yoi* aommunity? Are your people among the Progres sives or Old-timers? Speaking of the traditional bitter pill, about the bitterest pill that Col. Roosevelt ever swallowed was having to attend the notification of Judge Hughes of the Republican nomination Monday night. It appears that at the beginning of the third year of the war, the tide of battle has turned in England's favor, suggesting these words penned by one of her brightest literary stars: "This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. " Does He Not Deserve Support? Does not the man who, as governor, put a stop to lawlessness in high places, in the social clubs in the cities, deserve the support of the people? What man did this? Does not the man who, as governor, stamped out horse racing conducted in open violation of the law, bring ing South Carolina into conspicu ous and unfavorable notoriety among the States, deserve some recognition and expression of appreciation from the people, whose servant he is? What man did this? Does not the man who, as governor, closed the several hundred blind tigers and gambling dens in Charleston, be ing the first chief executive who had the conviction and moral courage to deal with the difficult Charleston situa tion, deserve the votes of men who de sire to see law respected and obeyed? What man did this? Corporation Provides Pension Fund. As so many corporations now-a-days deal very generously with their em ployees, one seldom hears it said that "corporations have no souls." Some of the largest and most powerful cor porations of the country are among the most generous. Swift and Company, the great pork packers and manufac turers of sundry articles of commerce, have announced that henceforth they will pension employees under certain reasonable conditions. A fund of $2,000,000 has been set apart from the earning's of the com pany, not one dollar of which was con tributed by the employees, as a pen sion fund, and more than 30,000 men and women over the country are eligi ble to come under its provisions. In the city of Chicago alone 8,000 persons will come under the plan as outlined. Surely it can not be said of a corpora tion like this that it is inhuman in its dealings with men. Not many indi viduals can bs found who will deal with employees more considerately or more generously. Rather 'et it be said hereafter that not all corporations are without souls. Federal Appropriation a Beginning: The recent appropriation by congress to be used in improving the public roads of the country was a decided vic tory for those who have advocated government aid. While the amount is comparatively small, considering the tremendous area that must be covered, yet it is a beginnine; in the right direc tion. It means much to have the na tional government commit itself to this new policy, that of aiding the States in improving their roads. Under the appropriation that becomes available the first year, South Caroli na's portion is only $71,807, which is not a large sum to be apportioned among 45 counties. However, this is only a beginning. When the first rural delivery routes were established the an nual appropriotion was small but as pub lic sentiment increased, demanding the lengthening of established routes and the establishment of new ones, the ap propriations steadily grew. So it will be with the road building appropria tions. A beginning has been made in the right direction, and much real benefit to the people will follow, especially to those who reside in the rural districts. Keep Warehouse Out of Politics. A large number of right-thinking, unprejudiced people who are disposed to support a State warehouse system, if properly safeguarded, have some what withheld their support from the present system because there were ev idences that it would be used as a po litical machine, just as the old State dispensary was in its palmy days. The writing of a lengthy letter by Ware house Commissioner McLaurin to one of the leading semi-weekly newspapers in the State in which he comes out boldly for one of the candidates for governor, discussing the warehouse system in the same article, serves ' o confirm the sus picion or apprehension of Che men re ferred to. In our judgment Mr. McLaurin has made a mistake. The warehouse sys tem is yet on probation-has not alto gether passed the experimental stage - and if he is to make it a complete success, serving all of the people, he should have refrained from openly ad vocating the candidacy of either of the aspirants for gubernatorial honors. Yes, it is evident that the warehouse is in politics, or politics in the ware house, whichever way you choose to look at it. And mark our prediction, under the present management it will never be a success, such a success as will make it a permanent institution, in South Carolina. NECESSITY FOR REPORTING CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS TO THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. (By James A. Hayne, M. D., Secre tary and State Health Officer.) All authorities agree that tubercu losis can be cured in the majority of cases if diagnosed in its incipiency and the individual who has the dis ease properly instructed in the meth od of taking care of himself. There is no specific for the disease, although symptoms sometimes require medi cines. Routine administration of med icine is useless. The best means we have of combating this disease is by a campaign of education. By this campaign we prevent the self ad ministration of nostrums containing usually either alcohol or opium. Al cohol is not only contraindicated, but is about the worst drug that a person suffering from tuberculosis can take. ?Opium by dulling the sensibilities of the patient is a most insidious and dangerous drug in this disease. It deceives the poor sufferer into a be lief that his disease is being arrest ed, and for this reason millions of dollars have been made by unscrupu lous quacks and sellers of patent med icines. The only cure for the disease is rest in bed when there is tempera ture, sleep in the open air, taking an excess of nourishing food, . such as milk, eggs, meat etc. Exercise pres cribed by a competent physician, and not too much exercise. Careful at tention to personal hygiene and the cure of intercurrent diseases which may accompany the tuberculosis, such as malaria. The State Board of Health wishes to desseminate the above knowledge. It wishes to be in touch as far as possible, with every tubercular pa tient in the State; to send them in structions so that they may know how to take care of themselves and how they may prevent those with whom they come in contact from con tracting the disease. It also wishes to advise them that a course of treat ment at a properly conducted sana torium, which the State provides, will give them in a practical manner a method for the cure of this disease in themselves, and how to instruct others who are afflicted. We have an ideal sanatorium, where the best of food and the" best of medical atten tion is furnished for a nominal cost, and we want the public, especially those who have tuberculosis to know it, but we have no method of reaching or even of knowing who are suffering with this disease unless the attendis^! physician reports same. - i j The regulations of the State Board of Health promulgated under author ity of A.ct 419 entitled, an act to au thorize the executive committee of the state board ol* health to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for the betterment and protection of the ouldie- health of tho state of South Carolina, is as fol lows: "Every physician in the state of South Carolina shall report in writ ing or by an acknowledged telephone communication to the local health au thority, where such exists, where one does not exist, to the state health of ficer, immediately after his or her first professional visit, each patient, he or she shall have suffering, or sus pected to be suffering, with any con tagious disease. And if such a dis ease is of a pestilential nature, he shall immediately notify the State Health Officer at Columbia by tele graph or telephone at State expense. He or she shall report, as required above, every death from such contagi ous or pestilential disease immediate ly after it shall have occurred. The attending physician is authorized and it is made his duty to place the pa tient, the household and the premises under the restrictions as hereinafter provided for the management and control of said disease." The penalty is as follows: "That any person who shall, after notice, violate, disobey, refuse, omit or neglect to comply with any rule of said executive committee of the state board of health, made by it in pur suance of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days: Provid ed, this section shall not apply to any person until the rules of the state board of health are promulgat ed." Physicians know this law, because each year we send it to every physi cian in the state, yet physicians do not report either tuberculosis or any other contagious disease as they should. To prove this conclusively there were 395 cases of tuberculosis reported by physicians to this office and 2,140 deaths..Now it is true that a number of these deaths occurred in the negro population, and possibly were not attended by physicians. If wo could get the name and address of all suffering with tuberculosis, the state board of health is prepared to se*d each and all of them proper in structions and hold out to them the hope of recovering. We have appealed to the physicians, we now appeal to the public to demand of #ieir family physicians that they comply with the law. Mary's Dedication Service. "John, I want you to go to church with me this morning," Mary Tra cy said to her brother at breakfast one Sunday morning. "You have been at home three weeks and you have not gone to church yet." John Tracy bad been employed away from home three years and had grown careless in the habit of church attendance. He bad taken a position in his home town and Mary determined he must go to church with the family in the fu ture. "Perhaps I will." he answered carelessly, for he disliked to refuse his young sister anything. "All right, I will be ready to start at ten o'clock." She took the "perhaps" as actual agreement to her suggestion. John Tracy could not keep his thoughts on the sermon that par ticular Sunday morning until the minister, Dr. Snow, reached the third and last point, which was that of reverence in God's house. "I found a young man smoking a cigaret in this room the other morn ing," he stated. "That to my mind was irreverence in the bouse dedi cated to the service and worship of God, a desecration of it," Dr. Snow went on to enlarge the thought but he did not carry John's attention with him. He was thinking of the idea of smoking in God's house be ing irreverent. "I have thought a lot about what Dr. Snow said on Sunday of smok ing a cigaret in the church being a desecration of the house devoted to the worship of God," he remarked as the family lingered at the table. "How about cigaret smoking and all smoking being a desecration of man s body, which is the temple of God?" asked his father. ' That is desecration too, is it not?" the question was answered with another. John looked serious and thought ful. "I think if it desecrates a church to smoke in it, smoking des ecrates the body, too. I never had the thought before, but when Dr. Snow spoke of it, I knew that I wouldn't smoke in a church, and I think 1 should treat my body, the temple of God, with the same res pect that I would his church. I have thought it all out and I am going to give up cigaret smoking; I mean I am going to give up all smoking." "My son, I hope yon will keep that resolution." His father shook his hand heartily. That evening, Mary asked to serve the dessert at tea, and when she brought in the plates there was a small envelope on each one and the enclosed card said, "Please be present at my dedication service in the living-room aa soon as tea is finished. Mary Tracy." "What in the world does this mean, Mary?" John asked with a' puzzled look. Toe little girl shook her head. "You must come and see," was all she would say. At ten minutes after seven Mr. and Mrs. Tracy and John were in the living-room waiting for Mary to appear. When she came she had a bag in one hand and in the other a cut-glass jar with a silver top. She placed both articles on the table, made a low bow to her audience and began: "Whereas my only brother, John Tracy, did this day at exactly a quarter to one o'clock declare be fore the family that he had resolved to quit smoking cigaretsaud to give up all smoking, because it was a desecration of the body, I have burned his cigarets, cigars and smoking tobacco and I have invi ted yon to the dedication of the jar that held those things. This jar." she took it in her hands, "has been washed with hot water and soda, hot water and soap and scoured twice. It was meant to hold cigars, cigarets, and tobacco but I hereby dedicate it as a candy jar." She empted the contents of her sack into the jar. "Never again shall to bacco spoil its sweetness. Now help yourself to candy." Mr. Tracy clapped heartily. "That was a fine dedication ser vice, my daughter," he smiled ap provingly. "There was one thing lacking," remarked John earnestly, "I should have signed a pledge-an anti-smok ing card-so people will know where I stand. That is my part in the dedication service." Mary handed him a card which she had concealed under the tablol cover. "I hoped you would think! of that yourself and you did. I was afraid you would smoke this very evening if you saw the cigars, j cigarets and tobacco in the jar^ Now I know you will never smoke again for you will not break your I pledge."-Sarah N. McCreery in I Union Signal. Candidates' Column FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as Representative in Con gress from the Second District of South Carolina, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the primary and to sup port the nominees thereof. JAMES F. BYRNES. ? desire to announce to the people of the Second Congressional District that I am a candidate for the national House of Representatives. I will give my best services if elected and will at all times be faithful to the interests of my people. I respectfully ask your support. ALVIN ETHEREDGE. FOR SOLICITOR. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the Democratic nomination for Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Cir cuit, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic Primary. J. W. COX. I am a candidate for the democratic nomination for Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. GEORGE BELL T1MMERMAN. I am a candidate for the nomination for Solicitor of the eleventh Judicial Circuit in the approaching Democratic primary, I pledge myself to obey the law governing primary elections and to observe the rules of the party and to abide the result of this election. E. L. ASBILL. FORESTATE SENATOR. ^1 respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the State senate from Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. M. P. WELLS.S I announce myself a candidate for re-election to the State Senate, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. B. E. NICHOLSON. FOR THE LEGISLATURE I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the house of representatives from Edgefield county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. N. G. EVANS. I respectfully announce that I am a condidate for re-election to the house of representatives and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic party. J. L. WALKER. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re election to the House of Representatives from Edgefield county, subject to the rules and regu lations of the Democratic party. S. T. WILLIAMS. FUR CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of clerk of court of Edgefield cownty and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary election. W. B. COG BURN. To the Citizens of Edgefield County: I announce myself us a candidate for Clerk of Court of Edgefield County, pledging myself to support the nomi nees of the'Democratic Primary. VV. M. WRIGHT. FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION. I announce that I am a candidate for County Superintendent of Education subject to the rules, of the democratic primary, and, if elected, pledge my eiforts to the educational interests of our County. W. W. FULLER. FOR SHERIFF. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of sheriff of Edgefield county and so licit the support of the people, pledg ing myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. R. SWEARINGEN. I very respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Sheriff of Edgefield county and will abide by the result of the primary election and sup port all the nominees of the Democratic party. W. G. OUZTS. FOR S OPER VISOR. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of supervisor, and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary, and support the nominees thereof. A. A. EDMUNDS. 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 respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of supervisor of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic pri mary election. J. M. BELL. I hereby announce that 1 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. J. W. HUDSON. Morgana, S. C. I respectfully announce to the voters of Edgefield county that I am a candi date for the office of supervisor and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic 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. 0. SCOTT. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of supervisor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. R. N. BROADWATER. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of county commis sioner for Edgefield county and solicit the support ot the people. I will abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. RICHARD HAMMOND. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for county commissioner jf Edgefield county and will abide the re sult of the primary election. WALTER L. HOLMES, I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of county com missioner of Edgefitld county and so licit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Dem ocratic primary. J. W. R. DELAUGHTER. I take this means of announcing that I am a candidate for the office of county commissioner and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. . J. W. CHEATHAM. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of county com missioner of Edgefield county and. pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. J. 0. HERIN. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of county commissioner, and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. JAMES DEVORE. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of county com missioner and solicit the support of the people, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. GEORGE B. TIM 31 ERM AN. Pleasant Lane, S. C. FOR MAGISTRATE. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the position of Magistrate of the eighth magisterial district of Edge field county, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. J. W. BLEDSOE. I respectfully announce that I am candidate for the office of magistrate of the 6th magisterial district of Edge field county and pledge myself to abide the result of the primary ejection. R. M. JOHNSON. I hereby announce that I am candi date for the position of magistrate of the sixth magisterial district of Edge field county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. H. S. WOOD. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of magistrate of the ?th magisterial district of Edgefield county, subject to the rules and regu lations of the Democratic party. J. C. TIMMERMAN. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the oriice of magistrate ot' the 8th magisterial district of^Edge field county and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary. W. E. TURNER. I hereby a nnounce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate of the 1st magisterial dis trict of Edgefield county and will abide the result of the Democratic primary. N. L. BRUNSON. I hereby announce that I am a candi date for the office of magistrate of the second magisterial district of Edge field county, pledging myself to abide the result of the primary election. WALLACE W. WISE. Automobiles We have the agency for Ford auto mobiles for the western part of Edge field county. There is no better car on the market for the money. The Ford owners who have thoroughly tested these cars will tell you that. If you. want a car, drop us a card and we will call on you and demonstrate the Ford, advantages. W. F. RUSH & CO. PLUM BRANCH. S. C. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines. Boilers, Supplies and Repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline Kn o-ines. Saw Teeth. Files. Belts and Pipe?, WOOD SAWS und SPLITTERS. GINS and PRESS REPAIRS Try LOMBARD AUGUSTA. GA.