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Ridgefield ?ytedisec Establish 1S35. /. L. MIMS,_Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI.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, Aug. 30 Some political platforms of the 1916 model can now be bought cheap. "Every little helps." said the Allies -when Roumania cast her lot with them. _ _ The only post-election comment we have at this writing is: We regret that some of them had to be defeated The man who was away on election day and made no effort to return to vote is not as good citizen as_he should be. Asbury F. Lever, congressman from the seventh district, was the only con gressman who had no opposition. No man in the district dared oppose him. Well, don't worry over election dis appointments. None of us have every thing just as we want it. A part of our ticket was elected and a part was lost ^ Cotton seed are considered so valua ble now-a-days hat farmers do not handle them as carelessly as formerly. They now pick up and gather cotton seed almost as they would ears of corn. The Bremen is said to be on its way to Baltimore. If a man of the Capt. Koenig type is in charge all will go well. . He it was who brought the Deutschland safely over and carried her back. The political game has become a very expensive one. We doubt if a poor man could be elected governor of South. Carolina if he had a wealthy man opposing him or a man who had wealthy friend:;. Tl is well to stop kissing the ba bies, but let's keep up the practice of hand shaking. Don't stop shaking the hands of your friends just because the election is over. The hand shaking habit is a good habit. In making the charge that all preach ers' sons are bad, let us not forget that the present occupant of the White House is a minister's son and that the man who hopes to occupy it after the 4th of next March is a preacher's son. When your merchant tells you that cotton goods have greatly advanced in price.do not complain. Remember that raw cotton is 50 per cent higher now than it was at this time last year. You can't have cheap cotton goods and high priced cotton. Have you planned your cover crop for the eariy fall? Farmers can reduce next year's fertilizer bil) by covering their land? in winter with the legumes. While the soil is supposed to be rest ing in winter it can be made to pro duce; a part of the fertilizer for next .year's crop. The Roumanians haven't yet fallen upon the Germans but they have hit the wheat market a heavy blow, caus ing a decline of about 10 cents per bushel. Wonder if some other oriental nationality can't be induced to follow Roumania's exapiple and keep wheat tumbling down? The contention between the 225 rail roads and their-100, OOO employees grows graver each day, and unless there is some permanent and satisfactory way of reaching a settlement of such dif ferences, the day is not far distant when the railroads will be taken over by the government. . An effort is being made to move the State capitol of Georgia from Atlanta. If this should occur, and we do not be lieve it will, Georgians should select a more creditable design or style of archi tecture for their State house. We have never thought the present capitol of Georgia was a creditable building. The past few issues of the daily and weekly papers show that candidates realize the value of -publicity. The cheapest and most satisfactory way for candidates to reach the people is through the columns of the newspa pers and the most effective way for mer chants to reach the buying public is through the columns of the paper that goes right into the homes of the peo ple. Stop Talking Politics. Whether your favorite candidate was elected or defeated, stop talking poli tics. While another election is yet to be held two meeks hence, every voter knows now how he will vete. Let's not discuss politics any more until 191S. lt is very unprofitable even during the campaign and certainly less profitable after an election. Do not blame any body for the way they voted. Ac you claimed the right to vote as you thought best, you should concede that privilege and right to others. All Honor, All Praise to President Wilson. There are now fourteen nations of the earth at war and no power or com bined powers under heaven can put an end to it at this time. Each nation feels and claims that it is fighting a righteous war, one for national exist ence, and for that reason no heed is given to proffers of peace from any source. Not until the resources of some of the leading belligerents are entirely exhausted will an end come to the deadly struggle. The one hundred millions of people in the United States should be profound ly grateful to President Wilson for his refusing to be drawn into this cruel war, and at the same time he has pre served the honor and dignity of the American flag. For this reason, if for no other, the people should elect him for another four years. The crisis has not passed and he is needed at the helm of the Ship of State at least un til the cruel war is over. He has prov en over and over again his ability to cope with the situation. The Election of Yesterday. The Advertiser publishes a tabulated statement of the votes cast in this county yesterday, the returns being complete from all of the 16 boxes. The Advertiser received complete re turns by nine o'clock last night. A study of the figures show that -Mr. Nicholson has been re-elected to the senate; Mr. Cogburn re-elected clerk; Mr. Swearingen re-elected sheriff, and Mr. Walker and Mr. Evans elected to the house. There will be a second race for county supervisor between Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Broadwater and siso a second race for two county commis sioners between Mr Herin, Mr. Cheat ham, Mr. DeVore and Mr. Griffis. Among the State officers, there will be a second race for governor between Mr. Blease and Mr. .Manning and a second race, for railroad commissioner between Cansler and Fant. The la test reports show that Mr.'Blease has received 49,925, Mr. Manning 33,5338 and Mr. Cooper 25,196, with about 20, 000 votes yet to be heard from. Mr. Byrnes has been re-elected to congress from this district and incom plete returns indicate that Mr. Tim merman has been re-elected solicitor. The county Democratic executive committee will meet Thursday to tab ulate the votes and officially declare the result. A Good Game. The second game of base ball be tween Colliers and Edgefield was played at the county fair grounds Monday afternoon, and was wit nessed by a large number of people. The stores closed during the g^me in order to give the clerks an oppor tunity to attend. From start to finish the contest was full of inter est, both sides playing good ball. The ?core stood lu lo S in favor of the Edgefield team. Those Colliers boys are splendid young fellows and are always welcome visitors in Edgefield. Colliers is justly proud of her young men and of her bast ball team. Card of Thanks. To My Fellow Citizens cf Edgefield County: I am indeed proud of the very nattering vote which I received at your hands in the primary of yester day. Ly your vote you have placed me in the second primary with my worthy onponent, the present in cumbent. I have endeavored to conduct my campaign on a high plane, and will make the second campaign in the same manner. I am still asking at your hands your support, and will promise you if you will place the affairs of our county in my hands that I will so administer its affairs that you will never have cause to regret your choice between us. I wish to thank you from the depths of an apprecia tive heart for the compliment you have paid rae, and will respectfully ask your further support. Very truly yours for the job, R. N. Broadwater. CLEAR BAD SKIN FROM WITHIN Pimply, muddy complexions are due to impurities in the blood. Clear up the skin by taking Dr. King's New Life Pills. Their mild laxative qualities remove the poisons from the system and bright en the eye. A full, free, non-grip ing bowel movement in the morn ing is the reward of a dose of Dr. King's New Life Pills the night be fore. At your Druggist, 25c. 1 DUTIES OF OUR SOLDIERS: Strenuous Training and Discipline at the Army Posts Teach Men Love of Country. A soldier's day is from the first note of reveille to the last note of retreat, a writer in the National Magazine ob serves. In the gray light of daybreak the bugle calls him from sleep. From that moment until retreat sounds at sunset the day is one of strict routine and discipline. A rough outline of a routine day at Fort Myer is: Rise, roll call, break fast, groom horses, fall in line for drill, which lasts several hours or until time for the noonday dinner. For the after noon there are various designated du ' ties for officers and. men, which may include attendance at lectures, or dem onstration work, board meetings, court martial, training for extra drills, at tendance at military funerals and other services, either obligatory or vol untary. At sunset again comes roll call, followed by one of the most im pressive ceremonies of the day. The troops assemble, facing the col ors; the band plays the "Star Spangled Banner" as the colors are slowly low ered, every man standing at attention till they reach the ground. The sunset gun booms across the field; the bugle sounds retreat, and the garrison work day is over. The strenuous routine and spirit of patriotism that pervades post life teaches reverence for the flag as noth ing else can do. To the man on the outside the flag means much, but to the trained man of the anny it is his colors ! He will live for it or die for it as needs be-and he will do it un questioningly! And so it is "They bend the bow and make ready the arrows within the quiver." BLUFF" DECEIVES NO ONE Foolish Pretensions of Means Beyond Command a Stupid Though Most Common Fault. Trying to make people believe that we possess more than we really do is what keeps most of us in debt. It is far better to have a less preten tious home, and even to entertain less lavishly than our neighbor, than to be constantly harassed by collectors whom we are unable to pay. It is a foolish idea of living which prompts us to spend more than we make. It may be that you have never been thrown out of employment when you did not have a few dollars ahead. If not and you are making no prep aration to meet such a contingency, the sooner you get some experience along that line the better. The earlier in life you learn the les son which it teaches, the more profit able it will be to you, and the effect may not be so disastrous as in later years. Other men with just as firm hold as you have lost their jobs, and it is fool ish for you to think that you have a | life Interest in your place. Better be prepared for the changes which are sure to come to most of us, and never wind what other folk think about the way you spend or do not spend. Be sure, anyway, you are not fooling them much, for the foolish spender is always easy to detect.-Chicago Exam iner. "There's Many a Slip-" Few, probably, know the history of "There's many a slip "twixt the cup and tlie lip," which is a translation of a Greek proverb. Ancaeus, an an cient king of Sames, was fond of gardening, and planted seme vines in his garden. But he was told by a prophet that he would never taste wine from them. Time went, and the wine being duly made, Ancaeus was lifting a cup of it to hii: lips, at the same time asking 1 the prophet mockingly where his prophecy was now. "There's many things between the cup and lip," re plied thc prophet. As he spoke a loud tumult was heard outside, and An caeus was told that a wild boar had broken in. Hurriedly putting the cup down without drinking, he rushed out to join the hunt against the boar, and was killed. And the prophet's re mark, turned into a hexameter verse, passed into a proverb. Capsules for Oiling Machinery. The operation of oiling machinery, especially where it is desirable that the oil should be kept from the hands and clothing of the operator, has been devised recently in making use of col lapsible lead capsules, widely used for artists' colors, druggists' products, paste, etc., in the United States. The capsules are provided with a screw thread, which is screwed into an adapt er, which in turn is fastened to the part to be lubricated. The lead cap sule and the brass adapter make a tight joint, and all that is necessary is to apply pressure from time to time, as desired. When the grease capsule is emptied, one merely unscrews it and puts a new one in Its place. No refilling ls necessary, and the pressure of the fingers is usually sufficient to force the grease into the bearing. Agreed With Him. Farmer (to autoist who has stopped and ls reading his guidebook) What's the matter, MiBter? Autoist-I'm puzzled. According to the guidebook there ought to be a sa loon at these forks in the road. Farmer-You bet; that's just what I've been arguing for thirty years. Puck. CHAPERON By JANE OSBORN. I've known a great many pretty girls in my life, but oniy two or three times before have I seen a girl so exquisite as Gwendoline. She had brown eyes that reflected the golden lignt of the sun, lashes that turned up like a baby's-I am not very adept a' de scription, but in every way Gwendo line was charming. Had she been a little sturdier and fired with a little more girlish spirit she would have been a goddess. But had she been sturdier there would be no story to tell, for it was because of Gwendo line's rather delicate health that we lingered at the beach after Mrs. Pen field had gone to open their home in the mountains. To me, of course, it didn't much matter where I stayed, and an excuse like that of chaperoning Gwendoline was sufficient to make me stay three weeks longer at the beach than is my usual habit. "Now, Sophie Jones," Mrs. Penfield said, "I know you are capable of the task If you keep your mind on it. But I want you to know at the outset that Gwendoline usually attracts too much attention. She !s much too indolent to fall in love anyway, and if she were in a mood for romance there are three or four very desirable affairs that she I dropped in a half-finished stage when I we came to the beach. For one. Tom ! Lowther will have all his father's mil I lions." I Gwendoline and I got along famous I ly-barring, of course, the fact that she, like most excessively pretty girls, was almost entirely incomprehensible to me. Every morning we would start off somewhat after ten and walk along the seashore, Gwendoline finding ap-1 parently infinite delight in picking up shells from the sand and later spend ing hours in sorting them out under the shade of her beach parasol. I musn't forget Busoni-or Mr. Hen ri Busoni as we soon learned to call j him, though at first we, like the rest j of the people at the beach, simply . thought of him as Busoni-Busoni and j his orchestra. Every one knew him. | In fact, he was one of the chief attrac tiona at that resort. He was more than ! the usual boardwalk orchestra conduc tor. I had always known that Busoni was of finer clay and it was because of my admiration for his werk that I ! had been especially glad to stay longer I at the beach with Gwendoline. But j Busoni was middle aged and, as the women who rocked for hcurs cn the j porch at our hotel all told us, he was quite without a heart. Never had he ' been seen with a woman. Gwendoline likes music almost as I ', well as I do myself, and it was quite ; by mutual consent that we daily went1, to hear Busoni. It was during the ? morning concert, when we were seated ! in our usual seats at one side of the auditorium in what I thought was a secluded corner, that he first noticed us. After that number Eusoni sent his first violin to us. Every one in the audience was interested, and it I was quite clear to every one that Bu soul had been struck by the girl's ! beauty. The messenger told us that | Busoni had sent him to ask us if we ? wished tc suggest the next number; j that he had often seen us and could I not fail to see that we were levers of 1 music. It was dreadfully conspicuous and ' every one at. once knew why, for j Gwendoline was so irresistible. Then Busoni asked to call and 11 consented. No, I didn't forget Gwen doline's mother's injunctions. I sim- | ply decided that I could take matters in my own hands. Busoni was nc or dinary admirer and clearly Gwendo line did not want to have me refuse for her. He called more than once j and then one evening we went driving, we three, in the twilight through the j grove of pine trees just northwest of the beach. Meanwhile several letters had come from the men at home. Then one from 1 Tem Lowther, who was to be worth j millions, saying he was coming down j for the final answer that week end, and the next mail brought one from Gwendoline's mother, who had heard of Tom's intentions, saying that she was coming too. Then Busoni telephoned to the hotel, j He said he wished to call that eve ning. He had something important | tc say. He must cerne. When I tried i to make excuses he would not listen. I He would come anyway. Of course, I knew exactly what to do as chaperon. In view of the com- j lng of Gwendoline's mother the next ! day and of young L-wther, tee, Gwen doline ought not to have to face the decision of a proposal from Busoni. Gwendoline laughed a queer little whimsical laugh when I told her that I would see Busoni and make her apologies, and then she went off to bed. And I went down to Busoni. And then Busoni told me. Can you imagine what? Busoni the genius, the recluse-Busoni whom every wom an at the beach would have adored Busoni there and then in the little)j private reception room of cur hotel, actually went down on his knees and proposed to me-poor little middle aged, blue-eyed me. Gwendoline did accept Tom Low ther and I suppose in her way she is happy. But I sometimes wonder-but no! How absurd! It is only because I love him so myself that I fancied overy other woman at the beach made j < an idol of Busoni. |i (Copyright, 1916, by the McClure Newspa. per Syndicate.) COMr?ght 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co -No. 44 0 F all the unhappy homes noe one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, Vice-President E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. Crystal . Spring , Water t * Nature' Health-Giving Water t t -:- ? Unexcelled for Indigestion, Stomach and Kidney J Trouble. Highly Recommended by J Prominent Physicians. * - * * 4* A Trial Bottle Will Convince You of Its Merits. % _ * - *. ? * * Crystal Spring Water Co. AT F. G. MERTINS Phone 101 854 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. 1 ? Bring Your Autos to US When your cars are in need of repairs bring them to our shop, where they will receive the atten tion of expert machinist at reasonable prices. All work done with dispatch and only the best of material is used. Edgefleld Auto Repair Shop J. T. MIMS, Jr., Proprietor mnDBHBBBBnHH&UBBBlBBnHi Ready for 1916 Season I have had my entire ginnery thoroughly overhauled and am ready to serve the people, giving entire satis tion in quantity and quality of lint. I pay the highest market price for seed, and give my personal attention to my ginnery and seed business. R. T. HILL FARM LOANS! Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted as security WITHOUT ENDORSER or Dther COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. JAMES FRANK & SON, Augasta, Ga,