Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 14, 1917, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Wednesday, Mar. 14
Armed merchant vessels are [onl;
half-grown dogs-of-war.
To ^President Wdson's planning
to defend our common country every
loyal American says "arm-men."
According to the Newberry Observer,
the ideaHbanker is the man who now
has two banks of sweet potatoes.
Let us not forget that the Wilson
administration is characterized by
high principles as well as high prices.
Let the first seed bed prepared this
year be a fepd bed. Food stuffs for
man and beast were never higher or
scarcer._
If "wild oats" could be marketed at
the prevailing price of cereals, some
young men could easily become mil
lionaires.
Tell your friends about the second
annual Chautauqua that will be held in
Edgefield April 4-5-6. Three days and
nights of entertainment and edification.
One learns from the testimony ad
duced in court this week that it is also
true of mosquitoes that "the female
of the species is more deadly than the
male."
Edgefield's rod and reel men have
been unusually quiet up to this timp.
Not a fish story of notable dimensions
has been passed around in some time.
General Carranza has at last reached
the coveted goal, the presidency of
Mexico. But no sane person on this
side of the Rio Grande envies him this
honor._
It's a mighty good time to begin
planning a spring cleaning. Edgefield
should have another clean-up day. But
the ladies of the Civic League will
look after that.
The collecting of 50,000 tin cans in
Orangeburg is prima facie evidence,
as the lawyers say, that the grocers
have been doing a satisfactory busi
ness. Better be 50,000 empty cans
than 50,000 empty bottles.
The twelve recalcitrant senators are
getting their deserts. Senator Varda
man has been hanged in effigy at his
home and Senator Stone has had a
mighty rocky road for the past fort
night.
The millinery bill used to be the
heaviest drain on the purse at this sea
son, but now it's the covering for the
other extremity, the shoe bill, that
pinches most. They actually tell us
that women's dress shoes will soon sell
for $35 the pair.
Harry Thaw has been adjudged ?in
sane by the courts of Philadelphia and
'will be transferred at once to the
Pennsylvania asylum. The wonder is
that those Philadelphia lawyers allowed
a final decidion in the case of a man
with S80,000a year income to be reach
ed without keeping it in court |a de
cade or more.'
Not satisfied with depopulating Bel
gium, either by sword or starvation,
Germany is now deforesting this unfor
tunate little country. The trees and
other growth are being removed, pro
vince by province, and shipped into
Germany. These brutal captors are
even putting Sherman to shame.
The differences between the railroads
and their employees are yet unsettled.
A committee representing the B. of L.
E., B. of L. F., O. R. C., B. of R. t.
has ordered a general strike to become
effective next Saturday unless their
Remands are granted. It is hoped that
some adjustment of differences will be
made before that time.
Congressmen should welcome the
n :w rule of the post office department
which alter April 1 places all postmas
ters on the civil service list. While it
takes from them thc selection of per
sons for these positions, thereby rivet
ing the friendship and political support
of one individual, yet at the same time
offense is given to a dozen or more ap
plicants who wanted the job. In the
majority of cases the preponderance,
politically speaking, is against the con-1
gressman. I
European Widows and Orphans.
One of the most deplorable features
of the terrible tragedy that is being
enacted in Europe is the millions of
widows and orphans that are left in the
wake of battle. Figures given out
from Washington a few days ago place
the casualty list of the European war
at 10,000,000. It is hardly possible to
conceive of such wholesale destruction
of life. It would be impossible to
make anything like a correct estimate
of the material loss that the nations at
war have sustained. But the ma
teria! loss is the least of the many
drains upon the resources cf these bat
tle-scarred ; countries. Far greater
than property loss is the extermina
tion of the millions of the flower of
their manhood. The death of the
heads of the families means that homes
are practically broken up. Widows
and orphans numbered by the millions
become charges of society and the
nation. These innocent individuals
who had no part in precipitating the
deadly struggle are among the greatest
sufferers. There are more bleeding
hearts in Europe than those pierced by
lead and steel. In addition Ito the
want and poverty heaped upon these
individuals, causing suffering, the
bread winner has been taken. Chil
dren almost without number who have
a right to a "fair show" and a "square
deal" in life have been wofully handi
capped by having their father taken.
Heart-broken widows must henceforth
play the dual role of mother and fath
er. This phase of the war alone, the
suffering of the widows and orphans,
though viewed at a distance of thou
sands of miles, almost brings tears to
the most callous individual. May this,
the present resort to arms, be the last
*war that shall stain the pages of his
tory!
Executive Secretary of Red Cross
Seal commission to visit
Edgefield.
Arrangements are bein? perfect
ed by the ladies of the Civic Lea
gup for the visit to our community
of Miss Elizabeth Sumner, Execu
tive Secretary of the Red Cross
Seal Commission of South Carolina.
It is earnestly hoped that a large
audience will greet Miss Sumner in
the Opera House on the evening of
March the 26th, at 7:30 o'clock for
the purpose of hearing her splendid
anti-tuberculosis message. Let us
one and all trv to arouse greater in
terest in the great health movement
being carried on all over our country:
the eradication of this dread disease
which means self-protection and
self-preservation of our citizens.
Besides Miss sumner's message
which will be illustrated by one
hundred chai ts, pictures and post
ers, the ladies are arranging a
program of local speakers on the
Tuberculosis situation in South
Carolina and in our own community,
Only one State in our wbole country
is behind South Carolina in anti
tuberculosis measures, and that
State is Florida. Tbis fact alone
impresses the great need of educa
tion on the subject in our State.
This exhibit will be entirely free to
all. Let everyone collectivly and
individually co-operate with these
ladies in making Miss Sumner's
visit lo us one of lasting benefit,
not only in joining the great nation
wide and state-wide movement for
better help, but as the que&tson ap
plies to our own community. A
committee from the League has been
appointed to see Mr. Lyon and re
quest that the teachers and pupils
attend id grades and that the pupils
bring with them their pencils and
note books. By taking notes of
this message the facts will be im
pressed upon the minds of the fu
ture men and women of our town.
During her stay in Edgefield Miss
Sumner will be entertaiued in the
home of Mrs. B. N. Nicholson, vice
president of the Civic League; at
4 o'clock in the afternoon of March
the 26, at the gracious home of
Mrs. M. A. Taylor. Miss Sumner
will talk to the ladies of the town.
This meeting is not confined to the
members of the League, but all of
the ladies of the town are cordially
invited.
Arrangements will be made dur
ing the next week for Miss Sumner
to show her exhibit to the colored
population of the town. This
meeting will be held at Macedonia,
March, 27, at 4 o'clock. It is
amona this race, especially, that the
tuberculosis is making great ravages
and it is hoped that a large number
of the colored portion of our popu
lation will seize thi3 opportunity
for educational improvement.,
Mrs. Lovick Mime,
Pres., Edgefield Civic League.
Strong Line of Insurance Com
panies.
I take this means to announce
that I again have the agency for
the London, Liverpool and Globe
F\rc insurance company and will
l>e glad to receive a share of your
lire insurance patronage. This very
-trong company is well known in
Edgefield county.
J. T. Mims.
Nursing a Carbuncle. Looking
For Uncle Ben's Shoes.
Editor The Advertiser:
I am going to give you a scatter
ing letter to-day, i f I can keep my
wits together. I have been nurs
ing a carbuncle on the back of my
neck for weeks, and that is some
thing else. Did you ever nurse
one on your neck? If not. I hope
you never will. This thing has
kept me doubled up like a grub
worm in his winter bed for a while.
It takes a lot of grit and grace, to
be real patient with one. I had
rather nurse a red-headed, cross
eyed baby any time.
This has been the hardest winter
that I have known in many years.
I have never known as many deaths
from pneumonia. But now the
soiith wind blows softly, the buds
are beginning to burst fourth into
flowers, the blue-birds are building
their nests, and the little wren her
house, and the southern mockingbird
pipes its sweet notes from the
grape-vine. I know by that spring
is near. Mr. Editor, did you ever
stop and listen to the mocking
bird? and for the time being forget
everything else but yourself and
the bird? It is the most wonderful
singer in the south, and lives only in
"Dixie." They can't live in a cold
climate. It not only sings through
the day, but at night when the
moon unveils her face, and the
stars from their silver sockets throw
their soft mellow light upon the
earth, this same sweet songster will
continue to send out to the air and
the clouds his music while all na
ture is silent and still, and his notes
so faithfully translate and portray
by day and by night the mysteries
of human sentiment-its joys, its
hopes, its bright aspirations, its sor
rows and its miseries, in tuneful
melody. Let us save this sweet
singer from distinction; once gone
he is gone forever, "Oh listen to
the mocking bird."
I am amused and provoked as
well, at the fellows looking through
the fence crack and over the
palings, and around the corners for
Senator Tillman's shoes; they want
them bad, but I want him to keep
them on and see that they are well
laced up, or they will get them yet.
I have said, and now say, 1 had
rather have him for my Senator,
sitting on his front steps athis home
at Trenton than one of those fellows
that are so anxious for his shoes to
be sitting in the Senate Chamber at
the Capitol. I want the old Ro
man to stay where he is, until the
Master calls him from labor to re
freshment, then give his son Henry
his shoes. So Mote It Be.
Well we are about to be m a
dance with death it seems. We
have borne everything for peace.
But our long suffering has availed
nothing with Germany's outrages,
she has been blotting our ruin
through Mexico and Japan; we have
done everything to escape war. It
is now time to do something to es
cape disaster and disgrace. It is
time to do something for honor.
We canuot surrender our birth
right of liberty for a mess of pot
tage. In the language of Patrick
Henry, I for ono live or die sink or
swim, will defend the American
flag, and to help uphold the honor
and dignity of this great country of
ours; and to stand by the Presi
dent, the greatest man that America
has, And when the Governor makes
a call for help, I will answer
"Ready."
I am like the old dutch woman
was when the cows broke in and de
stroyed her cabbage-patch. She used
some S. S. words, and her husband
said "oh. Dolly it's ugly to talk that
way," vat you say? hush John, I'm
mad now.
J. Russell Wright.
Seneca, S C.
BE RID OF THAT ACHE.
If you are sufferer with lame back,
backache, dizziness, nervousness and
kidney disorders, why don't you
try the remedy that your own
neighbors recommend?
Mrs. M. W. Padgett, Cedar Row,
Edgefield, says: "I had torturing
pains in my back and general weak
ness came over me, causing me to
feel depressed and tired during the
day. At night, I couldn't get
much sleep, owing to kidney trou
ble. Doan's Kidney Pills brought
me quick and prompt relief."
(Statement given April 12, 1911.)
After a lapse of over three years,
Mrs. Padgett said: "Whenever I
have backache or any other signs of
weak kidneys, Doan's Kidney Pills
never fail to relieve me."
Price 5c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
thal Mrs. Padgett twice publicly
recommended. Foster-Miltarn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
Large assortment of Ladies' Wash
Skirls .ind Waists just received.
Rubenstein's Department Store.
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emil
We invite the ladies to come to our
Annual Spring Millinery Opening on
I . :
Friday and Saturday
March 16 and 17
Our expert milliner, Miss Pearl Eley,
will give you a cordial greeting and
take pleasure in showing you the
latest millinery creations.
; We are showing the largest assort
ment of stylish millinery that we have
ever bought. >
RUBENSTEIN
Cannot Give Praise
Too Freely, She Says
MRS. KELLER DECLARES SHE
FEELS BETTER THAN IN
TFARS-G AINE D TWEN
TY POUNDS.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF SUFFERING
GREENVILLE WOMAN SAYS TAN
LAC SOON BANISHED
TROUBLES.
"I improved in every way right
from the start after I began taking
Tanlac, and I gained in weight from
one hundred and seventeen pounds
to one hundred thirty-seven pounds
-a gain of twenty pounds-and I
[soon was in such good health, so
far as my stomach was concerned,
that I could eat and enjoy anything
T wanted and digest it properly, too,
even if I had suffered about eight
years with stomach trouble."
The remarkable result given Mrs.
Annie Keller, of 115 Murphy, St.,
Greenville, by Tanlac were describ
ed in her highly interesting state
ment, of which the above papa
graph is a part, continuing Mrs.
Keller said:
I suffered from indigestion and
stomach trouble particularly, which
I had had for maybe six or eight
years, anyway; it was a long time
and I failed to find any medicine
that would break up the trouble. I
suffered a great deal with pains in
my stomach and chest after meals
and also a burning sensation, and
gas on my stomach also troubled
me a lot.
"I had headaches so badly that
I could hardly endure them at times
and my nerves were on edge. My
appetite had left me and I did not
eat enough hardly to keep one alive,,
and I had to be very careful with
what I ate. Then I began taking
Tanlac, because I had heard so
much about the good it was doing
others in Greenville. The Tanlac
made me better almost from the
start and I improved rapidly in every
way. I gained from 117 to 157
pounds-a gain of twenty pounds
and the Tanlac gave me a grand
appetite and I soon was eating every
thing I wanted. The headaches
were broken up and my nerves
strengthened.
"My strength was increased and I
soon was feeling tine and like a dif
ferent person. Tanlao is a good
medicine-the best I ever took-and
I cannot praise it too much or en
dorse it too strongly for troubles
like I had. I first took Tanlac
about a year ago, taking about two
bottles. I shall always take Tanlac
when-I have troubles that Tanlac is
good for.
"I am always glad to praise Tan
lac, too, for it is the grandest medi
cine I ever took, and I feel stronger
and in better health than I have been
in years, and I am a number of
pounds heavier in weight. It is far
and way the best medicine I ever
.took for my troubles."
Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is
sold by
1917 SPR
With our early pur
stant arrival of new
prepared to take ca
our various departr
White an
Wash
will please j^ou ir
M1LL11
This department is
charge of Miss Marie C(
will take pleasure in sh
department. This de]
receiving the new thing?
Make our store yow
town. Respec
Edgefield, Penn & Holstein.
Cold Springs, H Ernest Quarles.
Edgefield,R F D No 2, J. H.
Reel.
Johnston, Johnston Drag Com
pany.
Modoc, G C McDaniel.
Parksville, Robertson & Com
pany.
Plum Branch, J W Bracknell &
Son.
Plum Branch, R F D No 2, E P
Winn & Bro.
Trenton. G W Wise.
FOR SALE: Cedar posts 6 1-2
feet in length, delivered at Edge
field for 15 cents each. Milton
Parker, Jr.
3-14-lt.
JNG 1917
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goods, we are well
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nents. Our line of
d Colored
Goods
i price and style.
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owing you through her
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