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/. L. MI MS_.Editor Published every Wednesday in. The Advertiser Building at $1.50 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 aame. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Wednesday, Mav 16 How large a block of the liberty loan will you take? King George of England will proba bly lose his crown along with Kaiser William. The shortage of wheat has made strawberry shortcake shorter than usual. _ Russia to build 60 new railways, says a headline. We would rather hear of their building a stable government. As their Macedonian cry, the French are urging Americans to send them l'Men and munitions; gold and guns." Unless the weather man gives us more seasonable weather, he should be sent to the front with the first detach ment. Notwithstanding the fact that Green ville claims to be a healthy city, the judge of probate issued 23 "quart" permits up to noon on Monday. This thing they call 'leparate peace" is no peace at all. There can come no real lasting peace to the world until autocracy is supplanted by democracy. The concussion of the big guns that are being fired along the battle line of northern France causes windows to rattle 60 miles away. Those are some guns. The Baptist divine who stated from his pulpit in New York Sunday that "Mr. Roosevelt is the greatest man on American soil to-day" went justa lit tle too far. The News and Courier put Greenville on the map by its very excellent write up of the Mountain City in the 48 page supplement of Tuesday. It has leaked out in Washington that the War Department is preparing for a three-years war. By the expiration of that time there will but little left of Germany. Considering the high price of sugar, Mother Nature can help out the food situation wonderfully by supplying us with blackberries just a little sweeter .than usual. ?Jf the two great national parties can lay aside their political differences and unite in the defense of our common country, 3urely local parties or factions in the States should do likewise. On account of the shortage of soap in Paris the men have decided to let their beard grow instead of shaving. Then, the women, in turn, should let up on paint and powder, so as to con serve the supply of these necessities. 'The fact thaf. the Russian alphabet contains; 35 letters, probably accounts for some of the illiteracy that is a mill-stone around that country's neck. More of us would have less "book learnin" if we had to master 35 letters instead of 26. The presenting of a miniature replica in gold of the Statue of Liberty to Gen. Joffre by the city of New York was a very graceful act, especially when it is recalled that the original Statue was presented to the United States by France. Evangelist Billy Sunday has under taken a man's job: that of reforming New York. In his sermon Sunday night the evangelist said: "The church man who rents his propertv for booze selling or who stands for it in any other way is so low down he'd have to take an airship to fly up to hell." If the officials all down the line are as dilatory in organizing and equipping an army as congress is in passing the ?.rmy bill and setting the machinery in operation, Christmas will come before any fighting under Old Glory will be done. America has money, men and muni tions but we seem to lack leaders who can do things. Practically unlimited means for prosecuting a vigorous war are available in every form but organi zation is necessary to get actual re sults. Food Crops Can Yet Be Planted. It appeared for a time that tha food preparedness campaign was launched too late to bring practical results. But this systematic agitation has been on for more than a month and it is yet time to plant almost a dozen food crops in this section. The season is well ad vanced but Deas, potatoes, peanuts, corn, beans and other crops can yet be planted with entirely satisfactory re sults. If cotton fails to come up to a good stand, plow it up and plant addi tional food crops. You will profit by the change. As proof that the people of the West themselves believe food-stuffs will be higher we point to a town in Kansas, one of the leading wheat growing States in the country. During the past month the merchants of Farlington, Kansas, sold $12,000 worth of wheat products, while the normal sales amount to only about $2,000 per month. This enormous increase indicates that the consumers expect higher prices and are anticipating their wants by filling their pantries now. Parcel Post a Blessing. The statement was given out a few days ago to the effect that only two of the eight large express companies are making money. Some of them are actually operating at a loss. Not many years ago these large corporations were very arrogant and arbitrary in their dealings with the public, charging enormous rates and making tremend ous dividends for their stockholders. Finally, the people arose in their might and, through their representatives in . congress, threw off the galling yoke of the express companies by establishing the parcel post system, which proved popular from the outset. The govern ment transports merchandise through the mails at a much cheaper rate than the express companies charged. The stockholders of these large cor porations have nobody to blame for their misfortune except themselves. JThey brought about their own dofWifall through their exorbitant rates and ar bitrary dealings with the public. But little sympathy will be extended them, even if they do operate at a loss. No Favoritism in Registration. Washington, May 10.-To dis pose of any fear that county and city registration boards will exer cise favoritism in enrolling soldiers under the selective draft act, Pro vost Marshal General Crowder is sued a statement tonight declaring such tactics to be virtually im possible because of the explicit terms in which the act is drawn. Me warned registration officials that favoritism easily could be detected and would be punished with heavy penalties. , 'Every precaution," said the statement, "will be taken to make it certain that the registration will be conducted with exact justice." "The law is specific and allows no latitude to the boards, either in the matter of registration or in the later matter of exemption from service. In fact, the law is self executing. Every man within the age limits fixed by the selective service act must register and the penalty of the law for evasion of registration will fall not only on the man who fails to appear but on any member of a registration board who may be shown to be in col lusion with the person who attempts to escape his duty. "Further than this, the registra tion boards will never act as ex emption boards except in certain specific cases, such as where a vouner man who has registered shall claim to be employed in a federal, State or local office and thereby does come within the exemption clause of the statute. In cases like this the facts must be entered officially and attested. "So far as the other reasons for exemptions under the law are con cerned, exemptions for men engaged in pursuits in which their work is more valuable at home than in the service, the authority will lie with a board of higher jurisdiction. "The law provides the penalty of imprisonment with no alternative of a tine for any official or any regist ered man who shall make a false lvturn or connive at such a practice. The safeguards against favoritism and evasion are ample." Twelve Training Camps in Southeaastern Department. Twelve divisional training camps will be established in the South eastern Department in the immediate future, according to an announce ment made yesterday at the depart ment headquarters in the People's Building. The War Department has authorized these camps, and ordered that sites be obtained and work be started as soon ab practic able. Available locations for auch camps have been surveyed and con sidered, already, in many portions of the territory embraced by the department. Especially is this true in the States along the Atlantic coast, where sites have been visited by army officials in the last few months. It is believed that definite an nouncement ot the places chosen for these concentration centers will be made public in a few days. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the department, who will arrive in Charleston today, will give this matter early attention. No information was given out at headquarters as to the locations which have been inspected by the department. However it is general ly known that army officers visited Charleston a few months ago and made a tour of the surrounding territory, seeking suitable sites for an army camp. The Southeastern Department will have twice as many training camps as any other department, the other departments having been alot ted from one to six This is be cause ot the large area embraced under the Southeastern Depart ment's jurisdiction. Approximately 360,000 men will be in the twelve camps, in this de partment, as there will be a full division of about 30,000 men at each of the centers. | Six full divisions of National Guardsmen from Northern States will ba mobilized in camps in this department for training. There will be separate camps for National Guardsmen and the men who are raised under the selective draft plan. At each of the camps there will be a remount station, where ap proximately 8,000 horses and mules will be kept on band for use in the service. The troops gathered in these camps for training will not be hous ed in tents, but more substantial shelter will be constructed. It is estimated that the pay roll of a division, which in this instance will be the pay roll of each camp will amount to $500,000 a month; 8180,000 will be expended by each for food, and forage will cost an other ?25,000 a month. For a division a tract of from 700 to 1,000 acres of reasonably level land will be required. Comprising a division, there are troops of all arras, a division being an array, complete in itself. The usual composition of a division is three brigades of infantry, a brig ade of artillery, a regiment of cal vary, and auxiliary troops, consist ing ol' the sigual corps section and hospital service. According to Major C. ?. Hol bourne, chief of staff on General Wood's staff, it will probably be Ithree months before the twelve camps are ready for the receipt of troops. As soon as suitable sites have been selected the work of'flt ting up the camps will be started, and ii appears that these camps will be in readiness for use when the first batch of 500,000 drafted men is called to the colors.-News and Courier. Ten Million Subject to Selective Washington, May 12.-Ten mil lion men in the United States will be subject to the selective conscript ion on July 1, within the ages agreed upon in the conference re port on the war ai my bill, Director Rogers, of the Census Bureau, an nounced today. This number of men between the ages of 21 and 30 inclusive, represents very nearly 10 per cent of the total estimated popu lation of between 103,000,000 and 104,000,000 on July 1, 1917. Of these conscription eligibles the bureau estimates Alabama will have 209,000.900; Arkansas 156,000.600; Florida 95,000.300; Georgia 255, 000.400; Kentucky 202,000.200; Louisiana 171,000; Maryland 121, 000.500; Mississippi 175,000.100; North Carolina 194,000.400; South Carolina 137,000.100; Tennesse 195, 000.080; Texas 420,000.200; Vir ginia 186,000.400. 10,000 #ood cotton seed meal, corn and oat bags. Will not buy but thirty days. Hurry them alono;. Draft. J. G. ALFORD, At Addison Mills. Death of Mrs. Walter L. Hoiston. About nightfall Sunday the death angel entered the home of Mr. Wal ter L. Holoion and bore ?way to the spirit land chu sou| of his beloved wife, who has been an invalid for many years. During the past two years Mrs. Hoiston wan confined to her bed, being a constant sufferer. However, through all of her afflic tion she evidenced a beautiful spirit of submission to His will. During her long illness Mrs. Hoi ston received the most devoted at tention of loved ones. Her neigh bors and friends were also very thoughtful of her, never losing an opportunity to pay some little atten tion that would alleviate her suffer ing and break the monotony of an invalid's life. Before her marriage she was Miss Nettie Mathis, and was reared in the Red Hill section. The funeral was held in Red Hill church Monday afternoon hy Dr. E. Pen dleton Jones, her pastor, and the in terment took place in the family square of the cemetery. The large number who attended the funeral from the Red Hill community was unmistakable evidence of how gen uinely she was beloved by the friends of childhood and young wo manhood. She and Mr. Hoiston came to Edgefield about ten years ago to make their home permanently, and since coming among us have en deared themselves to a large num ber of friends. The very numerous floral tributes from Edgefield friends and neighbors attested the very warm esteem and sympathy of their Edgefield friends. Mrs. Hoiston was a member of the First Baptist church, having united with this church soon after coming to Edge field to reside. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Misses Marie and Mattie Sue Hoiston, and two sons, Johnnie and Odell Hoiston. Card of Thanks. 4 I ara profoundly grateful to my friends and neighbors for their thoughtful kindness to us during the illness and death of my wife. I shall never forget the many kind acts of my friends and hope some day to repay them. Appreciation Of Two Sisters Quickly Won. SAYS BOTH ARE THANKFUL FOR THEIR GOOD FOR TUNE - MOTHER BROUGHT NEWS. GREENVILLE WOMAN GIVES HER VIEWS ON ONE PREPAREDNESS QUESTION. "I had indigestion so badly that often I would begin to hurt after I had eaten only a few bites and at times the pains would be so se vere they would almost draw me double, but I have not been troubled with indigestion since I took Tan lac," declared Mrs. C. W. Quinn, of 44 Ninth St., Sampson, Green ville, in a statement she gave March 21st. 'I certainly did suffer with indigestion, though, and my sister, who lives near Carapobello, had this trouble far worse than I did, and she finally got so she could not eat anything at all and she had lost flesh until she was almost skin and bones. Really, her condition be came awful. She looked like a skeleton, and complained of suffer ing terribly all the time.4' Inever have seen anyone who looked as badly as she did and yet be out of bed. "Tanlao had done my sister so I much good I decided to take it, arid it proved a fine medicine for me in every wav. I have not been troubled with indigestion since I took Tanlac. "My mother visited me and told me how Tanlac had helped ray sis ter and also my sister wrote me. My sister said no medicine could be better than Tanlac for indigestion. She did not give any details, but she wrote a lot telling how fine sho found Tanlac to be. My moth er said Tanlac just made a new wo man of my sister. 'T am glad to praise Tanlac, for it did so much for us, and I think a bottle of Tanlac should be kept on hand for any emergency." Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold by Edgefield, Penn & Holstein. Cold Springs, H Ernest Qnarles. Edgefield, R F D No 2, J. H. Reel. Johnston, Johnston Drug Com pany. Modoc, G C McDaniel. Park8ville, Robertson & Com pany. Plum Branch, J W Bracknell & Son. Plum Branch, R F D No 2, E P Winn & Bro. Trenton. G W Wise. | ima ? HIGH SCHOOL ?Hag IB, Concert Polka. Grace Tompkins Gladys Reverie. Felicia Mims Gavotte. Gertrude Thurmond Elizabe Playing Tag Hazelle Dorn G Soirees de Vienne. Eileen H Spring Flowers. . . . , . Bessie Dunovant Mary Nil Rustlings of Spring . . . . Lucille Free From Care. Eloise Hart E Witches Dance. Genevieve Carmen Overture. Lucille Reel Err Caliph of Bagdad Overture . Genevieve Norris Honor Roll of Rehoboth School. FOR MARCH. First grade: Floyd Coleman, Robert Winn. Advanced first grade. Gertrude Culbreath, Annie Rey nolds. Second grade: Lewis Coleman, Marion Winn. Third grade: Mary Winn, Wil liam Winn. Fourth grade: Edward Gilchrist, Ellen Culbreath, Florence Culbreath Sixth grade: Strom Culbreath, Boat Strom. Eighth grade: Kathleen Gilchrist. FOR APRIL. First grade: Floyd Coleman, Otis Winu, Robert Winn, John Moultrie. Advanced first grade. Gertrude Culbreath. Second grade: Lewis Coleman, Marion Winn. Third grade: Mary Winn. Fourth grade: Ellen Cuibreath, Florence Culbreath. Sixth grade: Boat Strom. Eighth grade: Kathleen Gilchrist. The medal for the highest aver age was won by Kathleen Gilchrist. Ellen Culbreath and Florence Culbreath made the next highest average. The medal for the best conduct was won by Mary Winn. Ellon Culbreath aud William Winn tied on second place. Each getting only 4 demerits for the year. The medal fot the best attend ance was won by Boat Strom. Lewis Coleman came next. Neither missed a day during the year, but Lewis was tardy 3 few mornings. Remington Piano, for which some di ingly l< w figure of only $270.01) per i can otfjr you this low club price. Th ly reduced price. TEE mimi This illustration shows style 18. 1 ed at iliK same price. The pianos ai oak. All Remington Pianos are mai mond. Ind., in the largest and mo world. The pre-eminent quality in 1 which is rich, smoothe, full, pure an elastic, responds easily to every shad Join this Remington Piano Club hundred are sold. I may not be a' such an attractive price later. If 3*1 old instrument, we will take it off making a liberal allowance on thc pr Jiemingtou. Installment terms can if desired. For full particulars, writ fOHN A. HOLLA "THE GB2??W?8D Pi?BO ? ??respet?, Re?cronac: Tho l?r.rilt ci Greenwood, thc tvuod Couuly. ?m?? AUDITORIUM lair .... A. W. Lansing Lyon Lydia Brimson .\ P. Behr Isabelle Byrd .E. Holst ?th Lott Helen Nicholson 'J. Margstein . . . Liszt eneva Quarles arling .Behr cholson Elizabeth Rives Reei lizabeth Rives : Norris imie Broadwater ? . . ? . Eileen Harling . . Sinding . A. Sartorio E. MacDowell . . . Bizet . Boieldien A MERCILESS JUDGE. One Who Shows No Favor. A merciless judge is Father Time. Before him the weak and the want ing go to the wall. Only the truth can stand. For years the follow ing statement from au Edgetield resident has withstood this sternest of all tests. Mrs. K. L. Lowe, Cedar Row, Edgefield, says: "My back had both ered me for months and I became weak and all run down. From other symptoms, I knew that my kidneys were at' fault. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me quick and positive relief. (Statement given April 12, 1911.) No Trouble Since. More than three years later, Mrs. Lowe said: "I have had no occasion to use Doan's Kidney Pills ior some years, as they cured me of all symptoms of kidney dis* ease.1' Price 50c. at all dealers- Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-^ get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Lowe had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N, Y. FOE SALE Best cow feed on the mark et for the price. Ask for "Buco Meal" and "Buckeye'' Cotton Seed Hulls. . .J. G. ALFORD, At Addison Mills. ror Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, C ROVE'S TASTELESS chill TOXIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic ind ii,rc Appetizer. FT admits and chili) "o. 50-? The Remington is probably the moss popular pi ano ia America, al though it has not been thoroughly introduced ia South Carolina. These pinnn3 are used in more than 40? univers i ties, colleges and schools and over 150,000 homes in the Unitsd States. Ky C&b Plan lu order to get the Remington Pi ano well introduc ed ia South Caro lina, I will sell to 100 customers the salers get $-100.00, at the aston ish nstrument. Until 100 are sold, I ey will go rapidly at this extreme 'OR PIANOS 'here are three other styles offer e finished ia either mahogany or ie by the Starr piano Co., Rieh st complete piano plant in the ill Star-made pianos is the tone, d brilliant. The touch is light and e of emotion of the performer. before one ble to oiler DU have an your banda ice of a New be secured Si @c oldest and strongest bau!: ia Green