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Office No. 61. Residence, No. 17. Wednesday, Feb. 21 LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Big shipment of new spring goods just received at Smith-Marsh Co. Mrs. E. C. Brown of Greenville, is here visiting her mother, Mrs. Ida F. Sheppard. Dr. B. F. Jones will leave to-day for St. Louis and Chicago on a bus iness trip of importance. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Jones left Tuesday for White Sulphur Springs, Fla., to spend several weeks. The grand jurors for 1917 and the petit jurors for the first week of March court are published in this issue. Front seats will be among the first taken at the Methodist church to-morrow evening. Better go ear ly if you want a seat. The friends of Miss Kellah Fair are delighted that she has returned from a visit to her brother, Mr. Warren Fair, in Beech Island. Mr. Upshaw will speak at the college auditorium Friday morning during the chapel exercises before the Willard meeting at Mrs. Till man's. Mrs. Fannie Kinard will leave in a few days to spend* a week in At lanta. Miss Jennie Pattison will have charge of the telephone ex change while she is away. Mrs. A. E. Padgett will leave tomorrow to ipend several weeks in Marietta and Greenville with her daughters, Mrs. Norwood Cleve land and Miss Gladys Padgett. It afforded us genuine pleasure to grasp the hands of Mr. John D. Eidsou of Johnson and Mr. L. V. Claxton of the Long Branch section while in Edgefield yesterday.,There are not two better citizens in South Carolina than these two gentlemen. While 6ome other Edgefield peo ple are regaling themselves in the snnshine of Florida, Mr. George W. Adams prefers to spend a while in mountain breezes of North Caroli na, having left Monday for Win ston-Salem. But "there's a rea son." Mrs. Marion J. Childress who came down from Greer Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Hettis S. Jones will return to-morrow, being accompanied by her second little son, Benjamin. Luther will remain here with his uncle, Dr. B. F. Jones, to attend school. . Superintendent T. J. Lyon is al ways alert and active, never losing .an opportunity to break the monot ony of routine work by some spe cial exercises that will be of value to the children. Washington's ; birthday will be celebrated in an I appropriate manner by the school i children to-morrow morning. Mrs. B. R. Tillman is expected in j Columbia today to be the guest for , several days of Mrs. Hughes and ] Hiss Addit Hughes whom her dau- ] ghter, Mrs. Henry Hughes, is also | visiting. Mrs. Tillman will pay a short visit to her home in Trenton before returning to the national cap- , itol.-The State. Padgett-Atkinson. j Married by Rev. P. B. Lanham, Saturday afternoon at four o'clock, at the home of Mr. J. O. ' .kinson, ?. the groom's father, Miss Abxl Pad- 1 gett and Mr, John J. Atkinson, c The bride was originally from Ridge ] Spring, but has been serving as ? trained nurse at the hospital in Au- < gusta for several years. The groom is an exemplary young farmer of < the Republican community. The < Advertiser extends congratulations. ; Southern's Special Train. Attention is directed to the ad vertisement of the Southern Rail road's inauguration special train to Washington, D. C. Do you ex pect to attend the inauguration of President Wilson on March 4? The fare from Edgefield will be only $17.40 for the round trip by the Southern. Such a low fare will enable one to take a splendid trip at a very small cost. Those who have never visited Washington should seize this splendid opportu nity to visit the nation's capitol, one of the most beautiful and most in-! teresting cities in the world. Big assortment of children'sdrese ea from 25c up, just received at Smith-Marsh Co. Mr. Upshaw to Address the W. C. T. U. On Fridey morning at 10 o'clock there will be a Frances Willaid meeting of the W. CT. U. at the home of Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman at which Mr. Upshaw will make a talk on the life and character of Frances Willard. A collection will be tak en for the Willard Memorial Fund. Mrs. J. R. Tompkins will sing and Miss Hortensia Woodson will give a reading entitled, "Frances Willard." All ladies are invited. Entertained Sunshine Club. Wednesday afternoon Miss Ruth Timmerman was hostess to the Sun shine club, the chief form of diver sion forvthe afternoon being bridge. Four tables were arranged, several being present besides the members of the club. The top score was made by Mrs. John Rainsford who was presented with two gold bat pins by the hostess. At the close of the game of cards, refreshments were daintily served. Tho next meeting of the club will be held at the home of Miss Marjorie Tomp kins. Entertained Card Club. Yesterday afternoon Miss Mae Tompkins was hostess to the Sun shine Club, the young ladies' card club. All of the members were present and the occasion was one of the most pleasant held since the or ganization of the club several months ago. The decorations con sisted of a profusion of red carna tions. The highest score was made by Miss Marjorie Tompkins who was presented with the first prize, a deck of cards. At the close of the game, the hostess daintily served a salad course with hot coffee and whipped cream. Now In New York. Mr. W. H. Turner, a very wor thy young son of the late owner and manager of The Corner Store, who is now altogether in charge of this popular store, left for New York Saturday to purchase a spring stock of merchandise. He will vis it all of the leading jobbers and manufacturers in the great metropo lis and bring the cream of the spring offerings back to Edgefield. He will be assisted by Miss Kate Sam uel who is also in New York on her annual spring trip. She will study the spring millinery styles in order to supply the Edgefield ladies with the latest in headwear. In a short time all of the spring purchases will be displayed in The Corner Store. Miss Virginia Addison Entertain ed Her Card Club. Miss Virginia Addison entertain ed her card club Thursday after noon very beautifully. The parlor and dining room were made attrac tive by a profusion of Valentine decorations, crimson hearts beiug used for score cards. Besides the members of the club. Miss Addison had as her guests, Mrs. A. E. Pad gett, Misses Marjorie Tompkins, Ruth Timmerman, Mae Tompkins and Pearl Padgett. Mrs. Herbert Smith won the prize, two beautiiul hand embroidered handkerchiefs. At the conclusion of the spirited [rame of bridge, the hostess invited aer iruests into the dining room, ?.?ere seated about the massive ma hogany table, they partook of a hot uncheon, with hot coffee and whip Jed cream. Just received a big assortment of lair bow ribbons in all of the new ?st shades at Smith-Marsh Co. Resolutions on Death of Mr. W. H. Turner. Whereas, God in his infinite wis iom has taken from us our brother, W. H. Turner, and we, Woodmen )f the WTorld, Charter Oak Camp, 5io. 105 Ediiefield, S. C., desire to jive expression of our appreciation )f his worth and merit, Resolved-That in the death of jar much' beloved brother, this Or ler has lost one of its most active and honored members, whose heart was full of love and charity for his fellow man, the County and State a public spirited and useful citizen, and his church a working and God" fearing member. That we mingle our tears with those who knew and loved him best, his lonely widow and children, and pray that they may look rorward with imperisha ble hope to a reunion in a realm where sorrows or death shall never enter. E. J. Norris, W. A. Byrd, S. McG. Simkins. Committee. We handle the celebrated Mad ame Grace corsets, front and back lace at Smith-Marsh Co. FOR SALE.-My house and lot, cheap for immediate sale. O. P. Bright. Tribute to Miss Cottie Young blood Read Before Mis sionary Society. A ?hadow of deep sorrow has been cast over tbe Woman's Mis sion Study by the death of one of its members, Miss Cottie Young blood, who entered into rest Janu ary, 13 1917, at the ace of 71 years. In girlhood she gave her heart to God, and lived a consistent, Chris tian life until the time of her death. She was faithful to her church and to her Master, and as teacher in the Sunday School during the greater part of her useful career she left an imperishable monument in her in fluence on the hearts of her pupils. While she is dead, she yet lives in the lives of those who caught from her teaching that inspiration for higher and nobler things which it was her gift to impart to those with whom she came in contact. Her words will be perpetuated in those who come after her and her labor is not in vain in the Lord. Her heart's desire was to save the young people whom she under stood and for whom she had the deepest sympathy. She believed in the possibilities of youth, and earn estly desired for her girls and boys the best gifts. Throwing around them the mantle of charity, she probed into their natures and found the good which she nursed and warmed with her love iuto the light of growth and fruition. She prayed for their faults and praised their virtues. In many an unwakened soul, she aroused a consciousness of latent powers and created lofty ambition. Possessing a rare intellect, she had many gifts, but in one, she excelled, the gift of love. ' "Now abideth faith, hope, love; but the greatest of these is love." She found her greatest comfort in prayer. She prayed without ceas ing. Always of frail body, she was often kept at home on account of sickness, especially in herold age. She said, "although I am laid on the shelf and can render no oth er service, I can pray continually for those engaged in active work in the Master's vineyard." "More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of." We miss our. beloved friend, and mourn for her, but we rejoice when we think of her as crowned among those, who, having turnea many to righteousness, shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars, forever and ever. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, that we strive to have that love that filled her soul, that prayerful spirit that was hers and faithfulness that persevered to the end. That we extend to her family our sympathy, sharing with them their sorrow in their great loss. That these resolutions be record ed in our minutes and that a copy be sent to the bereaved family. Mamie N. Tillman. A Yorkshire farmer was asked to the funeral of a neighbor's third wife, and as he had attended the funerals of the two others, his own wife was rather surprised when he declined. Ile gave his reason with some hesitation: "Well, thee sees, lass, it makes a chap feel a bit awkard like to be allus accepting other folks' civilities, when he never has nowt o' t' sooart of his own to ax 'in back to." New York World. We are showing a handsome line of new shirt waist, and middy blous es in the latest styles. Smitth-Marsh Co. St tSubscribe Now To South Carolina's ^? Greatest Newspaper The Colombia Records BargainPeriod Rates Now in Effect Daily&Sunday $4.00 12 Months Daily Only - $3.00 12 Months Save $2.00 by Send ing in Your Sub scription Now You should keep In constant touch with all the Important news events of tho world. The nation, the State and your com munity. To do thie you should subscribe today for TheColumbiaRecord $**Thls offer only lasts a short time. Send this ad with remit? tance. dS? Parksville on Prohibition. Mr. Editor: Please allow me a small space in your columns this week. We arp nearly all frozen up over here, I mean those not in love. We have an cid widower here who seems to have the love fever, that he says seems to keep him warm. Then.we have a young man here that is look ing after the cattle tick and dipping cattle. He seems to have a bad case of love fever.- He says that he hardly needs a coat. He seems to be thinking of the lumber buti n?es and the dentistry, but it is about all the rest of us can do to keep from freezing. Now, Mr. Editor, I thought about four years ago our State voted for State-wide prohibition. This, I think was done in Septemb2r. The next January following, our legis lature met, and instead of {living us what we voted for, and asked for, gave us the gallon-a-month law, the most disgraceful law that was ever placed on the Statute books. Just flooded the country with whiskey. A man can go to McCormick and or der a gallon, then to Plum Branch, then Parksville, then to Modoc all in one day. In this way he gets four gallons a month. There has been more whiskey handled and drank in and around Parksville in the last twelve months than there was in the whole of Gov. Blease' term of office. Look any way you may in Parksville and you will see some one or two negroes with gal lon packages under their arm. Now, Mr. Editor, the drinking and traffic in whiskey in the State is the most villainous. It is worse than war or pestilence. It is the crime of crimes. It is the parent of crimes and the mother of sins. It is the appalling source of midery, poverty and sorrow. It causes three fourths of the crime, and of course is the cause of three-fourths of the taxes to support that crime. To license such an incarnate fiend of Hell is the dirtiest, most low down, damnable business on top of the old earth. The whiskey traffic fills the jails r.i.d penitentiaries, the poor houses 'vid insane asylums. Who has 10 pay the bills? The landlord W o doesn't get his rent, because th ; money goes for whiskey, the butcher and the grocer and the charitable persons who take on the children ot drunkards, and the tax '">ayer who supports the insane asy lum, and other institutions that the whiskey business fills with wrecks of humanity. Do away with the accursed busi ness and you will not have to put up to support them. Who gets the money? The whiskey sellers, and the brewers and distillers, while the whiskey fills the land with misery, poverty, wretchedness, disease and damnation. You say, "People will drink it anyway." Not by my vote. "They will murder their wives anyway." Not by my vote. You are tho sov ereign people. What will you do about it? Let me assemble before your minds the bodies of the drunken dead, who crawls away into the jaws We are n< the farmers formulas anc The roads our people \ haul their li us. Royster'i Georgia Ch rial, Cotto Soda, Top I See Mr. The Edi Ec of death, into the mouth of Hell. Then let me call out of the valley of the shadow of drink, their wid owhood and wifehood and child hood, and let their tears rain down upon their purple faces. Do yon think that would stop the curse of the liquor traffic? No, no, in these days when the question of whiskey, or no whiskey, is raised, ia almost every community we hear a good deal about personal liberty. These are fine, large, mouth-fill ing words, and they certainly do sound first rate, but when you get right down and analyze them, in the light of good old horse sense, they mean about this: Personal liberty is the man, who, if he has the incli nation and the price, can stand up to a jug or a bottle, and fill his hide so full of red liquor that he is trans formed for the time, into an irres ponsible dangerous, evil smelling brute. But personal liberty is not for the patient, long-suffering wife, who has to endure with that forti tude, she may, his blows and curses. Nor is it for his children, who, if they escape the insane rage, are yet robbed of every known joy and privilege of childhood, and too of* ten prow up neglected, uncared for and vicious. Personal liberty is not for the so ber, industrious citizen, who from proceeds of honest and orderly liv ing, has to pay, willingly or not, the tax bills whiohvpile up as the direct result of drunkenness, the records of which are in every police court and poor house in the land. I tell you men, the American home is the dearest heritage of the people. Whatever takes away the comforts of the home, whatever de grades the man or woman, whatever invades the sanctity of the home, is the deadliest foe to the home, to church, to state, to school. If all the combined forces of Hell should assemble in conclave, and with them all the men on earth that hate God, purity and virtue, if all these scum of the earth could min gle with the denizens of Hell to try to think of the deadliest institution to home, church and state, I tell you, sir, this combined hellish intel ligence could not conceive of, or bring forth an institution thatcou'd touch the hera of the garment of the whiskey traffic in South Carolina at this time, to damn the home and manhood and womanhood of this, our own beloved State. And yet, some of you keep on voting for the devilish thing to stay, and so on ^ith its deadly worl^pf havoc and ruin. It is the whiskey traffic that cocks the righting man's pistol, that puts the rope into the hands of the mob. It is the anarchist of the world, and its dirty, red flag is dyed with the blood of women and children, it sent the bullet through the body of Lincoln. It nerved the arm of the assassin, who struck down Garfield and McKinley. Yes, it is a mur derer. Every plot that was ever hatched against our Hag, and every anarch ist plot against the government and law, was born and bred, and crawl ed out pf the whiskey traffic. The curse of God is on it. It is m ready to deliver to our cus? generally, Fertilizers of the t 1 manufacturers. are now comparatively good, a viii take advantage of these cc )17 supply of high-grade fertiliz 3 Goods, Armour's Goods, Sw lemical Works' Goods, F?rtil n Seed Meal, Hulls, Blood, Dressers. R. C. Padgett for price and ifield Meres Igefield, South Carolir on the down grade. It is headed for Hell, and by the grace of God, I ara going to give it a push with a whoop. How many will help me by your vote to do this? You men, now have a chance to show your manhood. Then in the name of ycur pure manhood, your wife, and the pure innocent children that climb your knee and put their arms around your neck, and in the name af all that is good and noble, fight the curse. Whiskey Lick. Parksville, S. C. Petit Jurors First Week March Court. T J Willi8,Collier. E M Bunch, Meriwether. L C Warren, Pickens. W D Dorn, Edgefield. J K Allen, Elmwood. M A Crouch, Johnston. L R Brunson, Sr., Moss, E B Williams, Sr., Blocker. W B Maffett, Johnston. P B Pay, Jr., Trenton. J N Lott, Johnston. W H Clark, Johnston. S A Bartley, Moss. W A Strom, Edgefield. W LTimmerraan, Ropers. J C Lewis, Johnston. RH Nicholson, Moss. W L Clarie, Johnston, Joe Clark, Ward. H A Smith, Edgefield. T W Timraerman, Elmwood. R T Hill, Pickens. E J Parkman, Elmwood. J T Rhoden, Ward. G C Holmes " W O Whatley, Collier. J H Bledsoe, Elmwood. J T Barnes, Pickens. C W Odom, Elmwood. S A Holstoo, Pickens. P H Prescott, Collier. J W Satcher, Johnston. M B Yonce, Ward. J R Cartledge, Moss. C A Nicholson, Elmwood. J H Bouknight, Pickens. After the Dav's Work Is Done. If it be true as Carlyle said, "All that a sohool can do for us is to teach us to read;" then fortunate are those who have been taught. Truly those who have formed a habit for reading while young have access to the best, the purest and most eloquent thoughts. There need be nothing hidden from the reader of today. He is in touch with information and may be come more efficient at his task; he may banish the gloomy moments by getting in touch with the cheer ful and the hopeful. He may live in the past and the future as well as the present. How important it is for parents to arrange for and take part in the reading hour at home. By doing this, they are giving their children a chance for an education that pov erty and misfortune cannot pre vent. The importance of reading was expressed by Fenelon who said: "If the crowns of all the kings were laid down at my feet in exchange for my love for reading I would spurn them all."-Farm and Ranch. zers! tomers, and ?est brands, nd we hope mditions to ers sold by ift's Goods izer Mate Nitrate of terms intile Co. ia