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?stablis^ 1B35. /. L. M ?MS.....Editor Published everv 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 unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Wednesday, Oct. 25 The clowns and clownesses will all be on the midway. Using press parlance, Mr. J. Sparks' sketches of Mr. B. Weevil in The State are good stuff. One unfortunate attendant or result of prosperity is that it increases the acreage of "wild oats." Mean liquor not only puts more meanness into a fellow but it also arouses all of the latent meanness already in him. The Advertiser is justabit "jubous" about Columbia being able to furnish "square meals" to upwards of a hun dred thousand visitors this week. We've been looking for an announce ment from Harold Booker to the effect that he will exhibit a cow at the State fair that will give buttermilk "right off the bat." You know how vigorously plowing is pressed in the early spring preparing for cotton; well, every farmer should be stirring early and late putting in a large grain acreage. All of the nations at war have more endurance than was at first credited to them. Some of the fourteen nations appear to have as many lives as are credited to a feline. The snap and ginger in the Edgefield cotton market this season has been especially pleasing to sellers. Maybe the phenomenal price has had something to do with it. Western mules and horses are al ready being shipped into the cotton States. But we would rather see the average farmer buy a? western mule than a western automobile. Two fools met when an eighty-year old New York man married a seven teen-year-old girl. While an old fool is generally the biggest, wasn't this young one just about as big as he? If you don't believe the merry-go round music is something of a trans former, making old men young again, you just keep an eye on the merry-go round at the county fair next week. Almost all of the counties are hold ing fairs, which seem to be taking the place of shows. The State has not bean overrun with shows this fall as one would expect with cotton approach ing twenty cents. It's a mighty good time to start a bank account, if you haven't one al ready, and if you have one, swell it to the largest possible limit while dollar bills are floating around almost as free ly as autumn leaves. While most people are rushing pell mell into all forms of extravagance, it's a mighty good time for the pru dent, far-seeing individual to lay aside something for a rainy day. We will not have the sunshine of prosperity all the time. The re-union of former slaves in Washington this week is a unique gathering. Would that these old col ored people of former days could live on and on. They are a sort of ballast to the race, helping the younger set to maintain their equilibrium. The fellow who is ordering his gal lon-a-month regularly had better begin to "taper off." We have a sneaking notion that the next legisla ture will tighten the screws and lower the flood-gates, shutting out some of the mean liquor that is flowing into South Carolina and into Edgefield county. Come Right Along. Acting upon the theory that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," lay aside all work and come to the fair all three days next week. Everybody else is coming and you'll be mighty lonesome if you stay away. In addition to the pleasure derived from elbowing your friends on the fair grounds, you will be benefitted by the agricultural and other features. Take The Advertiser's word for it and COME. J Should be Shut Ont. Indications point to a larger crop of Christmas whiskey circulars than usual. Really, the mails should be closed to them, especially those sent into prohibition States. Public senti ment is crystalizing along that line, however, and the time is not far dis tant when a man's mail will not be cumbered with abominable liquor liter ature. Heed the Warning. However unwelcome a visitor Mr. B. Weevil may be, it will not be more than a year or two before he will take up his abode on your farm. He's go ing to pitch his tent on your best land, your pet fields, and tell you if there's any moving done, you'll have to do it, for he has come to stay. If farmers fail to diversify and get caught, they have no one to blame except themselves. The crash of 1914, caused by the Eu ropean war, carne like a thunderbolt from a cloudless sky, but you have been forewarned of the weevil pest. Being forewarned should cause every farmer to be forearmed. An Advance Will be Forced. When the price of leather advances the manufacturer of shoes raises prices. When the price of wheat goes up flour keeps pace. When the price of cotton goes up the manufactured goods ad vance. But when the price of print paper more than doubles in price some how or other people expect the sub scription price of a newspaper to re- i main the same. Is that reasonable? The cost of producing a newspaper was never greater than at this time, yet some unthinking people complain at the very low subscription price asked. Unless there is a change before the close of another year, every publisher who issues a creditable paper will be compelled to advance his subscription price. _ McDuffie Literary Society. The McDuffie Literary Society was called to order by the President Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. We were delighted to have so many visitors present, Miss Helen Strom, Mrs. Frank Logan, Mrs. Harry Strom, Misses Jeanie Simkins and Annabel Saunders. Before the reg ular progam began, Mr. Lyon made a motion that the society have a public meeting some time in the near future, and the society adopt ed the plan. A committee was appointed to form a program and select a speak er for this meeting. The first num ber on thu program was Reader. Marie Holson and J. W. Hudgens appeared before 'he society for the first time and rendered a splendid paper of current events,-Declama tion, William Gaines, and the de bate followed. R ?solved: "That Man's Intellect is Greater than Wo mins." Affirmative, Sunie Talbert, Eiiirene Tim mons. Negative, Em mie Bnadwater, Strom Thurmond. Many impromptu speeches were made, which helped to make the de bate an exceedingly lively one. Ed win Folk, Lee Timmons and Lydia Brunsen w*?re appointed to act as judges and their decision was ren dered in favor of the affirmative. We attribute this decision to the fact that two of the judges wee bo^s. The lollowing subject for debate at the next meeting was alopted. Resolved, "That the South Will be Benefitted by the Negro Moving to the North." After the report of the Critic, the Society ad journed. The Edirefield basket-ball team will play the Johnston basket-bail team, Friday afternoon at Johnston. Thia is the first game of the season, ahd we want everybody to come and yell for the E. H. S. Price 10c. The flag, purchased by the pupils, is now in position near the building. 1 Mr. Lyon made a short talk in the Chapel Monday morning, on how we should respect and treat our flag. He said it was cuftomary to raise the flag at sunrise and low er it at sunset, while the Star Span gled Banner was sung. As we are not present at those hours, this cer emony will have to be dispensed with. However, there are numer ous other ways in which our love for the flag can be exhibited. A very spirited game of basket ball was played between the Edge field high school and graded school Saturday morning. The score was 16 to 15 in favor of the high school. Some of the girls are developing in to real star players, and here's hop ing they will do good work Friday in the game between Edgefield and Johnston. PINE-TAR RELIEVES A COLD. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey con tains all the soothing elements of the pine forest. It heals the irrita ted membrane, and by its antisep tic properties loosens the phlegm, you breathe easier, and what prom ised to be a severe cold has been broken Uy. For that stuffed-np feeling, tight chest or sore throat take a dose of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey and prevent a wearing, hacking: cough dragging through the winter. At your Druggist, .25c. 3 Union Meeting at Bold Springs. The union meeting of the Edge field Association will convene with Bold Springs Baptist church on Saturday before the 5th Sunday in October. The opening devotional exercises will be conducted by the Moderator. Theme for discussion on Satur day: The practicability and impor tance of co-operation of our Baptist churches in pastorates and having resident pastors. The messengers from all churches in the union are expected to participate in the dis cussion, with a view to practical results. On Sunday, the Missionary ser mon will be preached by Rev. E. Pendleton Jones, D. D , of Edgj field, or by Rev. W. R. Smith, al ternate, of Troy. A collection will be taken for State Missions. Topic for Sunday afternoon: Tho Budget Plan of Church Finances. The plan will be explained and dis cussed, and an opportunity will be given for questions of a practical nature. For the church, by C. G. Wells, Pastor. With Victory Near he Almost Give up Life. Columbian Now Has Wife to Thank For Urging Him on -Won After 30 Years. MORAL IN THIS STORY PER HAPS APPLIES TO MANY OTHERS-TELLS OF LONG STRUGGLE. There is a moral in this. It has to deal with a person who came very near giving up too soon. And the story is told by his wife-a sto ry that perhaps is true with iegard to many others. Mrs. Mary Gordon, of V50 Seventh St., Olympia, a suburb of Colum bia, says Tanlac made a well man of her husband, though he had -suf fered more than 50 years with a severe form of stomach trouble be fore he began taking it. And the moral in this is: "Don't give up," for she says her husband almost lost heart when the first bottle of Tanlac failed to give him the re lief he expected, and it was only because of his wife's urging that he continued to take Tanlac until she says he was a well man when the fourth bottle was taken. T-* Mrs. Gordon's statement in in dorsement of Tanlac following: "My husband suffered from ca tarrh of the stomach almost all his life-for more than 30 years-and he "'-ad it very badly. He got in such bad shape that almost every thing he ate hurt him and nothing seemed to nourish him. He would have sick spells and could not work, and his troubles caused him to lose a lot of time from his work. "Ho was in bad shape and could not go anywhere hardly, and he had lost a lot of weight. It was almost impossible for him to sleep well at night, and sleeplessness troubled him a lot. Finally he decided to take Tau lac, for he had read a lot about it and knew several people who had endorsed it. "He said Tanlac cured him of that stomach trouble. He sleeps well now, and he is in fine shape in every way. The last Tanlac he took was taken two or three months ago, and he never has any trouble with his stomach now and he can eat auything he wants and it never hurts him. He says he feels better OUR FALL -OF MEN'S A ND E Is an assortment complete oring, exquisitely tailored tion to every detail that n refined elegance. And 3 than the ordinary kind SCHLOSS Bl Fine Suits and Overcoa Boys' Norfolk Suits, ) the kind that wear ) And don't forget: V Knox Hats, Edwin Clap] Shoes, Manhattan and Ec Gloves and N?taseme t?o; Swan-Edwar Outfitting Headquarte Augusta, E?gefu The annual count people from all par week, and we exter and the people gen? their stopping plac pleased to see you, ing your stay in Ed that you may have of them. We will ? all lines next week We would like tc we have here for tl preciative, but we 1 worthy of greatest Sweaters f Men and Boy? Ladies' Goa Separate Skii Blankets, 1 Cotton and V Underwear tie tots. Mukash Next Doi now than he has in years. 'We spent a lot of moi.ey for] professional treatment of bis troubles, but it seemed that the] medicines he was given did not suit his case. But he sure was won derfully helped by Tanlac, and be told me the other day that he want ed to give a testimonial. We can not say too much for Tanlac. "He took four bottles uf Tanlac. The first bottle did not help him and he did not want to get any more, but I persuaded him to get the second and it helped him a right smart bit. And the next too bottles broke up his troubles and he is in fine shape now. I sure can recom mend Tanlac, because Tanlac did more for my husband than all the other medicine he ever took and made atwell man of him, even though he had suffered with this stomach trouble more than 30 years." Penn & Holstein, Edgefield; Johnston Drug Co., Johnston; J. W. Bracknell & Son, Plum Branch; R. P. Winn & Bro., Plum Braanch, E. F. D. 6; G. W. Wi8e, Trenton; Robertson & Co., Parksville. SHOWING ?OYS' WEAR in rich material and col with painstaking atten takes for perfect fit and ret they cost no more MOTHERS' ts - $12.50 to $35.00 - - $ 5.00 to $12.50 Ve're Headquarters for 3 and Howard & Foster lipse Shirts, Mark Cross jiery. ds Company rs for Men and Boys Georgia Bid County Fair ;y fair will bring many hundreds of ts of the county to Edgefield next id a hearty invitation to our friends orally to come in and make our store te when in Edgefield. We shall be and will do all we can toward mak Igefield pleasant. Leave any articles at our store and we will take care also sell you the best merchandise in at very reasonable prices. > mention a thousand things which ie inspection of the critical and ap nention only a few which we think attention. or Ladies and Children, s. t Suits, Shirt Waists and .ts. Ul Wool and All Cloth, Tool Mixed Blankets, for Dad, Mother and Lit y Bargain House or to Dunovant & Company Winter Is Upon Us The weather which makes us lay aside summer wear and don winter apparel has come and we are prepared to help you solve the winter cloth ing problem. Our stock is large and varied, of fering the best possible advantage to fall shop pers. Come In To See Us when in Augusta, and let us show you through our new store and every department of our large stock. We Are Outfitters for Men and Boys, and can not be excelled in the South, AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA. New Line Sterling Silver -and Cut Glass We have just received our Fall and Holiday line of Silver and Cut Glass, which embraces all the newest things in this line to be had in New York. We invite your inspection. Our prices as usual are right. - Penn & Holstein.