Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Qi??zf?tl? ^?vtt?ha .SsiaMishr?? 1035. /. L. MUVIS,.Editor Published ovorv Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year lb advance. Entered as second class matter at be postoff?ce at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published tsaiess accompanied by the writer's anne. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries. Resolu tes and Political Notices published at aJmrttetng rates. Wednesday, Mar. 7 Experts say the Elbertas are yet safe. The only syrup a young farmer ought tb have to buy is "Soothing Syrup." The point ha3 almost been reached when to be pro-German is to be anti American. When the weather man sends us cold snaps now without warning he is strik ing below the belt.; Considering the prevailing price of fuel, "coal mine" is almost synony mous with "gold mine." Unless handled with care by baggage masters, some of those home-ward bound inaugural suit cases will spring a leak. "Ill blows the wind that profits no body." Wonder who profitted by the chilling blast of Monday? For the woman who wears a large finger-watch, will it not be literally true that "time hangs heavy on her hands?" President Wilson again swears that he will support the Constitution. But how can he support it, unless congress supports him? There I is no car shortage in the3e parts, if one is to judge by the way in which license numbers are climbing in the clerk's office. If China breaks with Germany near ly 500 millions more will be against the Kaiser, but in this instance numbers do not count much. The English army is steadily gaining ground in northern France, and our prediction is that before many months pass the slogan of the Allies will be "On to Berlin." In uniting with a handful of Repub licans to handicap the Democratic ad ministration, Vardaman of Mississippi has proven a traitor to his country, the South in particular. We wondered for a time why so many people rushed pell-mell to the inauguration. But after reading that 500 brass bands were to be in the pa rade we no longer wondered. It appears that Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office twice, Sunday and Monday. So far as the Adverti ser is concerned, it would trust a man like President Wilsou without an oath. The wrist-watch has been relegated to the rear and the finger-watch is the latest thing. Hereafter women will be pointing their fingers more than ever in order to display their cute little . time-piece. After the 26th of April The Adverti -ser vwill open a Hospital Column, giv ing}each week the names of those who call on the judge of probate for ?"physic," instead of their family physician. After April 1 all postmasters for first, seeond and third class offices will be selected by competitive examina nation, the applicant making the high . est average being appointed by the president .An effective way of putting to route tthose mild mannered militants who persist in blocking the entrance to the White House grounds would be to turn loose a few dozen mice round about them. Then you would see a real woman's movement. Wonder how man congressman from the distant West, anticipating an extra session, will remain in Washing ton and then charge the government with mileage to the extent of three or four thousand miles? This is one of the rake-offs commonly known aa per quisites. Women seem to determined to keep pace with the men. Such a large num ber of women war workers smoke in England that railroads have decided to provide ladies' smoking compartments. But, frankly and seriously, hasn't a woman as much right to smoke as a man? Former Insurance Status Restored. No trouble about getting insurance now. Sixty-three out of the seventy eight companies that summarily with drew from the State a year ago are again doing business at their old stand in South Carolina. The experience of the past twelve months, though working | a hardship in some instance, will doubt less be helpful to both the insuring public and the companies. On the one hand, the people realize fully how ut terly indispensable insurance companies, veritable Gibraltar insurance compa nies, are, and, on the other hand, these foreign companies are made to realize that drastic legislation can and will be passed, if they do not "toe the mark." In connection with the return of this strong array of companies to South Carolina, The Advertiser would urge upon all local agents the importance of not over-insuring property. One ground, in fact, the leading ground, upon which the companies forced, we use the word "forced" thoughtfully, the repeal of unfavorable legislation in South Carolina, was the record of heavy losses in this State. They at tributed much of this he^vy loss to the over-insuring by local agents. Carelessly or thoughtlessly over insur ing property, thus encouraging the burning by unscrupulous owner, works a hardship on two classes of I people. First, the companies have their | fire losses largely increased and, sec ond, the honest property owner, who would rather have his property burn | without insurance than to over-insure and then apply the match, suffers, for it is inevitable that he must pay a higher rate. In other words, if compa nies had no losses of this class in South Carolina, they could probably reduce their rates. A local agent is not bound or requir ed to write on a given piece of property whatever amount is requested by the owner, and companies should 'cancel the commission of an agent who ha bitually over-insures property. Fur thermore, public sentiment should openly condemn such flagrantly dishon est practices among property owners. The man who will burn his own prop erty for gain is a bad citizen and would ] not hesitate to apply a match to his neighbor's home, if a sufficient sum were slipped into his pocket and he could perpetrate the dastardly deed under cover of darkness. Let the citizenship of Edgefield coan- j ty rise up and co-operate with the in surance agents, putting an end to such destruction of property in this county, if it ever existed at all. Florida. When I decided to go to Florida Borne weeks ago, I naturally recalled a trip I took there nearly forty years ago in company with a party of friends from Edgefield and Au gusta, Ga. Chiefly the party I fell in with, as most congenial, were Mrs. John Hollingsworth, Mrs. Fannie Penn Brunson, Miss Emma Bettis, Mr. John Bettis and Mr. Alvin Hart. I do not think I ever en joyed a more companionable party than the brilliant and good humored set of Southern ladies and gentle men. M?68 Emma Bettis was then in the full flower of her beauty and fascinating charm of manner. She had at that time unnumbered suit lors, who vied with each other to 'win the hand of this queen of the Pine House. She was naturally just retiring enough, coupled with a peculiar dignity in her manner, to make her visits in pubiio a delight ful rarity. Beautiful in face and form, and she possessed a strong character and firm personality. At her beautiful Southern home, "The Pine House," ehe was a most charming and hospitable hostess, and each of these ladies represented that perfect type of a noble South ern lady of the now old school. Then I had a hard time to decide which of the two married ladies was more entertaining. When was with Mrs. Hollingsworth, with her brilliant wit and pleasing con versational powers, I was delighted; then Mrs. Brunson,. with that dash ing charm of manner, brimming over with kindness of heart and agreeble disposition, made one feel so much at ease and in a joy ful frame of mind at all times. j a John Bettis, poor fellow,, did not I r enjoy the trip much, as he unfortu nately could not leave his business behind him. All these good people are now dead, except your humble writer. When I think that after tbat trip, Miss Emma Bettis married to the lamented Joe Bouknight, and has reared a most creditable family "I feel like one who treads- alone,. Some banquet hall deserted, Whose lights fled out, whose garlands shed, And all but he departed.'" It was after midnight, on a very cold Friday night, with the ther mometer down toward zero, when my daughter Ruth and myself went into an all-steel Pullman sleeper at Columbia, and were soon indulging in that broken sleep that one catches amid the bumps and bounces of the IJ Florida Special-a sleep that I en joy after I have managed to pull off, in a sitting or doubled ap position, iou.? of my clothes and pack arour in al! aorta of hooks and nets. M Pullman was a true friend of sle< and comfort. There were some re alar state rooms on this train, b they were taken by Northern tra elers. The next morning we awol down in Florida, so I never kne when we passed through Savanna We noticed some ice along, ai when we reached Jacksonville, Sf urday, we found it still cold. O hotel had all water works out commission from frozen, burstii pipes. Jacksonville is a beautiful cit lying on the St. John's river, and thriving and growing very fas Here we went out to the alligat and ostrich farms. I never saw so many alligators all my life. Some very large. O Ocklawaha, weighing as much 1400 pounds, and is over 800 yea of ago; several from 600 years 100, and schools of little baby al gators It was rather a cold da most of the alligators lyu under the water, as tney go und water to keep warm, and when tl keeper would haul out one and pt him out of the water, he would sno and show anger, just as a boy hat to crawl out of a warm bed on cold morning. These alligators looked sleep and were in a rather dormant cone1 tion, and will snap a man's leg < arm off, and sometimes his head, he is not careful. They say allig tors have less brain to their si: than any animal living. A grow alligator has about as much brai on each side of his head as could I put in an English walnut shell, an yet they can be taught to do son strange stunts-such as climbing u a long, rough plain and then slidin down into the water. But an all gator in winter is a very lazy, ina tive being. And while they live t a good old age, it is a very stupu sleepy sort of half-dead existenc I imagine the ostrich is a very ii teresting fowl-a native of Afric and Arabia. Is the largest of a birds, being four feet high from tb ground to the top of the back, an seven, eight, and even ten, feet t the top of its head when standin erect. Its thighs and sides of th body are naked, and the wings to short for flying. The plumage i elegant, and much used by ladies fo ?riramiog hats and furs. The spee of this bird exceeds that of the fleet est horse. They have clear, brigh eyes, and a rather long bill am a long neck, which is as pliable a a rubber hose, and it has a funn; way of twisting its neck all round or back over its body, or down be tween its legs, or any other way i feels inclined, so as to look in an; direction. They have at Jackson ville a large collection of thes< birds out on the farm, and they an trained to be hitched up to a ligh cart, and are driven around th< track by a negro man. It is rathei curious to see them hitch them up, The man catches the ostrich by hit neck and gets him near the buggy, and before he can put the harness on him he has to put his head in a bag so he cau't see-as the ostrich feels no danger when he oan see none. As soon as the bag is put over his head, he submits to let them put on the harness and lead aim between the shafts, and attach aim to the buggy. Then the bag is taken off his bead, and he trots ilong the track as gently as a well trained horse. The negro man also -ides him around the track. The :>] o mage of the male is much >righter and mo.e beautiful than the female. The ostrioh egg is about eight nches in diameter. The female sits m it by day and the male by night, ts the ostrich mates off same as >artrid?38, each bird having only ?ne wife. These birds live to be iver a hundred years of age when >roperly treated, and are very re aunerative and profitable, a? they ,re not as hard to train as an alliga or, and au allegator is fit for notti ng useful when trained. The South-side Park is a very gay nd attractive place with a natato ium, where everybody learns to wim. Then the dancing hall and he excursions up the St. John's iver, whose waters are as black as ak from vegetable dyes, for along ts banks aro fringed with tropical rees and vines. Jacksonville is abbreviated in aany places by being called Jax, nd does a large business in fruits nd vegetables and naval stores, as ?ell as a present one of the few last ingering points for selling and hipping whiskey. The new gov rnor, Catts, says he will soon break his up, and it looks as thongh Un ie Sam will if the governor does lot, as the prohibitionist have ram n the ran, and old booze has the .lues, as was said of Othello. The whiskey dealer's occupation will oon be gone. Civilization is like a uggernant, it will run over and rush anything that gets in its way. A. S. T. Edgefield, S. C. Se1 The winter of S everybody must \ I foot. We desire CH S large purchases i S the matter of pri cheaper than we trial will prove v to II C fiX? sty for sno Our spring shi are showing new department, just g Come in I pretty sprinj Mukas! Nexi BAD COLDS FROM SUDDEN CHANGES ? Spring bringslall kinds of weath er and with it come colds and the revival of winter coughs and hoarse ness. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey will head of a new cold or stop the old one, the soothing balsams re lieve the sore throat and heal the irritated tissues. Get a bottle to day and start treatment at once. At your druggist, 25o. Formula on the bottle. 1 Notice to Teachers. The State Teachers' Association meets in Columbia March 15-16-17, 1917. We are anxious for Edge field county to be well represented, and trustees are authorized to grant holiday Thursday and Friday. The program for the meeting ia good, and teachers will find it profitable to attend. W. W. FULLER, County Supt. Education. 1917 SPE By placing ou two ways: Firs mendous rise in our orders filled ] anything they w We have just i ebrated Crossett better on the ma We can show 3 the popular leati Come in. It ^ DC are Blooming and re Singing 1916-17 is practically behind us and b| soon don spring clothing from head to p i to notify our friends that we made || early and are on the ground floor in m ces. We can sell you many goods jgj can buy them today at wholesale. A fhat we say is true. fe have made improvements in our store in order lake room for Our Large Spring Shoe Stock ome in and see how nicely we are $d. We are showing the most beautiful les in Walk-Over Shoes Ladies and Men that we have ever wn. The same styles are on display at large city shoe stores. pments are arriving every day. We silks and fabrics in our dress goods what you want for early wear. and see of the bright and ? goods. hy Bargain House ? t Door to Dun?v?nt & Co. FOR SALE-My house and lot, cheap for immediate sale. 0. P. Bright. FOR MALE: Fifty bushels of bright "Iron" peas at $2.25 per bushel. 100 bushels of Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed at $1.00. Peas a?d cotton seed f. o. b. Trenton, E. L. Ryan, Trenton, S. C. 3-7-2t-pd. Wanted to buy one milch cow guaranteed to give not less than two gallons a day. I have 100 bushels of Iron and Speckle peas to sell at $2.50 per bushel. Fresh home ground meal to sell. $1.85 per bushel. WRIGHT HOLSTON. 3-7-lt. SALESMEN WANTED-to sol icit orders for lubricating oils, greas es and paints. Salary or Commis sion; Address Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio. FOR SALE: Cheap for cash, two mules and a horse. L. T. May. 2-28-2t. Estate Notice. All persons who are indebted tc the estate of the late Mrs. Hettie S. Jones are hereby requested to make payment to the undersigned at once. And all persons who have claims against the estate of the said Mrs. Jones are hereby requested to present the same for payment to the undersigned at once. THE BANK OF EDGEFIELD, 2-28-4L Executor. ING OXFORDS i?lZ r orders early we have profited in it, we bought before the late tre leather; and, second, we have had promptly. Our friends can now get ant in stylish spring footwear. received large shipments of the eel and Selz-Schwab Oxfords. Nothing rket for the money. rou all of the stylish lasts in all of ters. . rill be a pleasure to show you. )RN & MIMS