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I 3Tor women must wear BO men mus? ,earn ! i _ j After tuuburn, Chen comes the sport j of peeling oCf. But If we destroy all our cats who will destroy the ratsT The easiest way to quit ealing meat ! la to order a ham sandwich, i_ Raising the price of collars seems to I have raised a good deal of choler. I Every man thinks he can paint as [well as a painter, and every girl can. Nobody's, pinning medals on the man 'who predicted a si'mmerless summer. The great n?ed of the world of the present is just a little Deuce and quiet. One of the dear delights of vacation ls the realization that there's no place like home. The high cost of dyestuffs should not affect a little thing like fashionable bathing suits. "What is an education?" asks a con tributor.' To know the answer would be an education. Time's mutations are seeing to it that Africa shall eventually belong to everybody except the natives. Emperor Francis Joseph at eighty six is thriving as well on war as if he had been brought up on buttermilk. The notion that love ls blind may have originated with the youngster whose girl married tito other fellow. -? There are some signs that Europe would like a chance to trade its hero Ism Cor plain, self-governing citizen ship. One of the sorrows of summer ls that the casual observer cannot tell the homegrown from the imported sun burn. An Interesting article on the causes of divorce strangely omits any refer ence to ministers and Justices of the peace. Under the new regulations some British multimillionaires make almost enough Income annually to pay the tax on lt. Wireless music has been provided for passengers on an ocean liner. One advantage of this scheme ls that there is nobody to tip. An eastern report says that a church proposes to cut ?ovgR the Lord's pray er. Nothing seems to be sacred to the efficiency experts. What has become of the old-fash T?neU man who, every four years, used to be Introduced to the audience as the next president? If baldness is hereditary,/as that woman investigator declares in the J?urnal.of Heredity, whenl did it be gin? Was Adara bald? Every now and then the Emperor Francis Josef is reported to be seri ously ill, but it doesn't seem to have much effect on his health. The man who works and earns a million dollars will be a blamed sight longer at it than the fool who In herits it a h .i starts to blow. A dramatic critic sneaks of a vaude ville performer having a "convulsion on one ear." The average vaudeville | patron never tires of acrobatic novel- j ties. Swatting the flies by means of the vacuum cleaner appears to be very efficient a,nd it has an added recom mendation in saving the self-respect of the flies. Eclipses of the moon are all right in their way, but what the world wants in the* face of recent tempera tures is some way of keeping the sun .under cover. At least the ship captain who re ported that an Island in the Gulf of Mexico had been broken into 12 parts und moved out of its former position, didn't blame lt on the sharks. The United States government Is .trying to prevent hay fever. But as ?lung as the northern summer resorts offer the usual inducements it Is doubt ful that the effort will be successful. It ls pretty hard to tell sometimes whether some of the highly paid men strike because they want more money or because they just want a little time 'Ju which to spend what they already ?have. Europe ls said to have lost 25,000,000 'of Its inhabitants during the plagues .of the fourteenth century, so that the twentieth century still has a little dis tance to go before breaking a grue some record. In the sweat of their faces men must eat bread, but the Sons of Rest find lt no trouble to get up a perspiration at this time of the year when they must walk at least three squares to reach po?b free lunch. The meanest and most spiteful man has been discovered in a Pennsylvania town. He smashed his wife's brand new' tombstone because she left all her savings, made by washing, to bur lt Instead of leaving them to him. Why Hot give yonr boy and girl an opportunity to male their home study easy and effective? G i Ve them the same chances to win pro motion and success as the lad having the advantage of jp5s5?-* WEBSTER'S i NEW INTERNATIONAL I Dictionary in his home. This new | 1 creation answers with final author- ? I ity all kinds of puzzling questions | I in history, geography, Diography, ? spelling, pronunciation, sports, arts, i and sciences. 1 400,000 Vocabulary Terms. 2700 Pages. I Over 6000 Illustrations. Colored Pistes. 5 Th? only dlotioauy with tae Divided Fog?. 1 The type matter is equivalent to that or a 15-volurue encyclopedia. ? More Scholarly. Accurate. Convenient, _ i and Authoritative than anyotheVEn?- ? Uah Dictionary. REGULAR 1 AND . I INDIA- 1 PAPER s EDITIONS. I WRITE fop 1 specimen pages, - illustrations, etc. = FREE, a set of Pocket. f Maps if you same this a paper. G. & G. MERRIAM CO, I SPRINGFIELD, MASS. f iiiiniiiiiiatituuuutuiiiiiuumniiiiiiMiiiuiiuiiiiiiuiii Bank of Parksvilie Established 1908 Capital $18,000.00 Resources $47,370.00 Pays Five Per' Cent. 91 i n ? Certificates of Deposits We have all the resources of this big country behind us to lend yon money to the extent of your needs. We are Conservative We are Safe should be "nipped in the I biid", fer if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consumption, pneu monia, and other fatal dis eases, can be traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a cold, protect yourself by thoroughly cleansing your system with a few doses of TSIEBFOBO'S the old reliable, vegetable} liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Raglar.d, O' Madison Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thed ford's Black-Draught for stomach troubles, indiges tion and colds, and find Uto be the very best medicine 1 ever used. It makes an old man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. E-67 A hacking cough weakens the whole system.drains yourenergy and gets worse if neglected; your throat is raw, your chest aches and you feel sore all over. Relieve that cold at once with Dr. King's New Discovery. The soothing pine bal sam heals the irritated membranes, and the antiseptic and laxative qualities kill the germs and break up your cold. Don't let a cold lin ger. Get Dr. King's New Discov ery to-day at your Druggist, 50. 1 WANTED.-Five hundred bun dles of fodder. Apply at The Ad vertiser office. ?Sm WANTED-Highest cash price | paid for scrap iron, including plow points, plow steels, wagon and bug gy tires, stoves, mowers and old farra machinery cut te- pteees, brass- j es and auto tires. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S.. C. Capital and Surplus Profit.-,.$120,000.00 Total Assets Over- - - - - - - - $400,000.00 .?_ STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY Does a General Banking Business. Offers its Services to. You as a Safe Guardian and Depository for^Your Money. Invest in One of Oar Certificates of Deposits Bearing Interest. It is a better investment for you than a mortgage of real estate. You do not have to consult an attorney about titles. It does not shrink in value like lands and houses. You do not have to insure against fire. Finally you do not have to employ an attorney to foreclose to get your money. You can get your interest and principal the day it falls due. . ' . ... . * Safety is the First Consideration in Placing Your Earnings. California . Fruit. Store & GEO. COCLIN & BROS. Proprietors ft, Fruit From Every Clime Fre.sh Vegetables Importers of the World's Best Goods Cigars . Cigarettes . Tobacco . Etc. We Solicit the Patronage of Our Edgefield Friends Corner Jackson and Ellis Sts. STEWART & KERNAGHAN Coo?rl?ht 1909. bj C. E. Zimmerman Co-No. 4* [ f|F all the unhappy homes; ^ not 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. Mim8, 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. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Seeds Corner Cumming and Fenwick Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks August a, Ga. 0 YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED g See our representative, C. E. May. * Licensed agent f or regular li censed companies by the State of South Carolina can insure country homes, barns, etc., coun try1 churches and schools, well rated country merchants, cotton on farms, gin-houses, seed. : Write me before the fire. E. J. NORRIS OUR Edgefield Friends Invited We are showing the largest and best selected stock of Clothing, Hats and Gents' Furnishings that we have ever brought to Augusta, and invite our Edge field friends to come in and inspect it when in the city. We also have , an Up-to-Date Ladies' .Department on our second floor and in vite the Edgefield ladies to make our store their shopping headquarters. Come in to see us, when in the City J Willie Levy Company t I Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON, lt acts on the Liver, Drives ont Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds np the Whole System. SO cents. O?.KING'S NEWEHSCOVER1? Will Surely Sioo That Couch. Teachers' Notice. The white teachers of Edgefield county are requested to meet in the court house Saturday, Dec. 9, to organize our Teachers* Association, and arrange for a good meeting in january. All teachers are urged to come. T. J. LY???, Pres. W. W. Fuller. C. 'S. E. 1 I LARGE I I Stock at Reasonable Prices jj % We desire to inform our Edgefield friends that our g I buyers went into the Northern and Eastern markets | I early, and we secured many lines at the old prices. We g g are showing the largest line of Clothing for men and g g boys that we have ever shown.* We also have a big S g stock of staple dry goods that we .ought early. Come g g in to see us and let us show you that we can save you g I money. Every department is chock full of the new g est and best of everything. 5 We extend a cordial invitation to the ladies to come in to see our 5 Millinery and Ready-to-Wear Department. We have all of the latest g shapes and trimmings, and our milliners can make just the hat you want g if we haven't it in stock. We are showing the largest assortment of '6 tailor-made suits for women that has ever been shown in Augusta. All g the new fabrics in the popular colors. All going at very reasonable ? prices. Do not fail to come in to see us at the same old stand, where 6 many Edgefield people have been trading for years. 1 I a Augusta Bee Hive 916-918 Broad Street ABE COHEN, Proprietor Garrett & Calhoun COTTON FACTORS . 15 8th Street Augusta Georgia Established Over a Quarter Century Davison & Fargo Cotton' Commission Merchants Augusta, Ga. Correspondence Invited! Liberal Advances on Cotton Shipments