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Establish 1B35. /. L. M/MS,.-..Ediror Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year ic advance. " Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's came. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. Wednesday, September 26 A Pierce-Arrow car makes Cupid's darts more effective. Eat your hams every-day and save the bacon for company. A wagon load of cotton will 'most buy a wagon load of Fords. Nobody can blame a true-blue college boy for refusing to study German. Let us hope that 1917 taxes will not keep pace with other advancing prices, expenses, et cetera. Even if cotton is bringing aeroplane prices, all-cotton farming will never Jead to independence. Did you believe you would ever see the day when sugar-cured hams would sell for less than dry salt sides? The government is doing its utmost to make camp life safe, morally, for the young men of the country. Sweet potato crop largest in history, says a headline. Next in order will be a report on the 'possum crop. In the second Liberty Loan, certifi cates as low as $5 will be issued, which will give the newspaper man a chance. Apart from affording some sort of mental gymnastics, the study of the present geography of Europe is of but little value. Let us give thanks daily that there is onlv one Watson, one LaFollette and one Blease to sow seeds of discord and disloyalty to the government. As some of the football stars are now enlisted under the Stars and Stripes, there will be less interest in this rough and-tumble sport this season than usual. _ According to Madame Rumor, there will be more than a score ol applicants for the Edgefield postoffice. A life time job at a good salary is worth working for. Peace terms "Made in Germany*' should be viewed with the gravest suspicion. Times without number those in authority in Germany have proven themselves unreliable and untruthful. A private at Camp Hancock was handed a commission Monday as first lieutenant. There is always promotion awaiting the fellow who makes good. But promotion must always be merited Lefore it is received. Colonel Roosevelt hit the nail square ly on the head when he said in a speech in Kansas City Monday: "If we take heed of any peace utterances Germany prepares we will show that we are not prepared yet to go out into the world without a guardian." Mr. Henry Ford's generosity is said to be equal to his genius, having con tributed a half million dollars to the Red Cress the other day. Now if he wants to make an immeasurably larger contribution to the country's economic and financial welfare, let him close his automobile factories until after the war. After seeing the impending fate of the Kaiser, the impeachmant of Gov ernor Ferguson of Texas and the is suing of a warrant for Senator La Follette, one is constrained to believe that occupying a niche "far f/om the madding crowd's ignoble strife" is preferable to the maelstrom of politice. Better Than Material Prosperity. Material prosperity is allright, but better than bursting barns is the over flowing condition of the schools and colleges of the State. The making of high-minded, right-thinking, God-fear ing men and women means mere to the welfare of society and the future great ness of South Carolina than the nuk ing of money. Seek first to give your children trained intellects and culti vate i hearts and if they are made of the right fibre they will amass reason able wealth. Without these two essen tial qualifications, trained intellect and cultured heart, whatever of this world's goods you leave them may prove to be a curse rather than a blessing. Let us rejoice, then, more over the evidences that the fathers and mothers of South Carolina are ambitious along right lines for their children than over the flood-tide of prosperity that is en veloping our State. That there is something better than wealth, hun dreds and thousands of South Carolina parents have discerned. Inspire Your Children. The season for the opening of school is here, and the session which lies be fore us, from the standpoint of real profit to the children, rests largely, more largely, with parents than with teachers, lt is an erroneous idea for a parent to say, "Well, I pay the teacher to teach my children. I haven't time to bother with their studies. " The parents have their duties and the teachers theirs. Both entirely differ ent, yet equally as essential, and if j properly co-ordinated, or adjusted one to the other, the child will be encour aged and inspired from day-to-day, looking upon school work as a pleasure j rather than a drudgery. Parents should not only be loyal themselves to the teacher but should impress upon their children to be loyal and impress them that the teacher is their friend and not an avowed enemy. When a cordial, kindly relationship ex ists between pupil and teacher, instead | of daily friction and unpleasantness, the child not only makes greater prog ress in class-room work but learns to love the school and its atmosphere. The existence of this mental attitude makes it possible for the teacher to in spire a child and arouse latent forces which will raise that child above the plane of "dumb driven cattle." It is more important that children be in spired with a desire to learn than it is that facts and figures from text-books be crammed into their brain cells. This intellectual awakening during the period of grammar school work determines the character of work that will be done in the high school and sub sequently in the college course. Many parents who are financially able to give their children a collegiate education deplore the fact, when the children attain the college age, that they will not avail themselves of the opportunity. It is now too late to inspire them with a desire for intellectual culture. The time to do this is when a boy is in knee-pants, at which age he either j forms a taste or distaste for books. Probably your boy is now facing the two ways that lie out before him. One leads to college and higher education and the other to stopping school, en tering a premature business or do nothing career. Which road would you have your boy travel? His fate or for tune rests largely with father and mother. Encourage, inspire him before it is too late. This the teacher can not do alone. The Fifth Avenue Bank, New York, has adopted tho following business rules for its employees: 1. You must not drink any in toxicants with meals in public res taurants. 2. You must not enter any sa loon. 3. You must not enter any pool room, 4. You must not enter any buck et shoo. 5. You must not enter any gamb ling houses. G. You must not visit any race track. 7. You must not sp?cul?t S. You must not atte pri ze fights. 9. You must not have vicious companions. Causes, Death Do you know why you have sick headache, diabetes, neuralgia, rheu matism and liver or kidney troubles? It's because you are being poisoned by products of your own body. Your organs of elimination are not work ing properly. Waste material that .should be thrown out is being retained to poison and intoxicate your system. That could not happen if the bowels were kept open with Granger Liver Regulator. This splendid preparation is purely vegetable and non-alcoholic. Demand Granger Liver Regulator at your drug store-25c a box-and take no other. .There is nothing "just as good," LECTRIC BE?OUS^S0* BITTERS AND' KIDNEYS Happiest Man In Columbia, He Says HEALTIT RESTORED BY VITON. . AFTER ALL OTHER MEDICINES FAILED-FEELS YOUNG AGAIN. I "I am the happiest man in Colum bia today and I want to teil the public it's all because of what this Vitona has done for me," said John Wesley Gay. Mr. Gay lives at 1229 Laurel Street, and is a well known coach carpenter for the Southern Railwav. "I have never spent money to better advantage in my life than when I bought Vitona," he contin ued, "for it overcame troubles that had beep pulling rae down for the past three or four years. I had se rious kidney trouble which brought on rheumatism and I bad an awful time of it. My stomach was also in bad condition. I had no appe tite, was nervous and couldn't sleep well. I had pains in my side, shoul ders and neck, and my condition became so bad it was all I could do to stay on my job. I tried all kinds of medicines and was under treat ment of doctors, but nothing seem ed to reach my case and I kept getting worse. "I heard about Vitona and deci ded to try it, but I had very little faith in it doing me any good. I be gan to feel au improvement before half the bottle was finished and I now feel like a diffeient man. The rheumatism has disappeared, the pains have left my sides and neck and I feel like I did when .a young man. My stomach is in good con dition and my kidneys no longer bother me. I'm not nervous like I was, my sleep is sound and restful and my appetite is good. Vitona is the finest thing of its kind I've ever seen and I am more than de lighted with the results. I think everybody suffering with kidney trouble and rheumatism should know this wonderful remedy." Vitona is sold in Edgefield by Penn & Holstein and in Trenton by G. W. Wise. Tanlac's Success Due to Beal Merit. HOT AIR WILL PUT A BAL LOON UP BUT WON'T KEEP IT THERE-IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. BUT SUCCESS IS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THERE IS A DOLLAB-FOR DOLLAR VALUE BEHIND THE ARTICLE ADVER TISED. This is an age of advertising, and everyone is familliar with the pop ular saying, 'Mt pays to advertise." Advertising is a business force. So potent is the charm cast by its spell it has been known to perform marvelous feats and to accomplish phenomenal results. It cannot be truly said, however, that everyone who advertises succeeds, for unless full value underlays the article ad vertised, the advertising would ul timately fall of its own weight. In this connection we must not forget the words of the immortal Lincoln, who said: "You can fool some of the people all the time: you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time." So if there is not behind every advertisement a dollars and cents value to the arti cle advertised, no amount of adver tising will stimulate the sale on such an article beyond a certain point. This applies to every line of business, and the modern busi ness man or finn can only succeed through honest advertising and fair dealing. Hot air will put up a balloon but it won't keep it there. So when the manufacturers of Tanlac placed it on the market something over 2 years ago, they did SJ with the firm conviction that they were of fering to the people the best and purest product of its kind on the American market to-day. They did not hesitate, therefore, to expend vast sums for advertising, because they knew- that the more the people heard about Tanlac the more they would buy it. The success the preparation achieved waa immedi ate, and people everywhere were quick to recognize its g e n u i n e merit. Tanlac has never been advertised as a cure-all" or that it would per form unheard-of wonders. The ad vertising has been clean, straight forward and constructive. Actual facts and figures have been stated and stated in a businesslike way in a manner that has commanded con fidence in the conservative claims set forth. Underlying these claims there has been real value, not from a dollars and cents point alone, bat j from health as well. And that's FALL Millinery Now Ready Our Millinery stock is now complete. We are showing the latest styles, de signs, trimmings, etc. The latest crea tions are yet arriving daily by express. Miss Pearl Eley, an experienced and skilled milliner, who was with us for the spring season, is again with us, and will take pleasure in showing you everything in our millinery depart ment. The ladies are cordially invited to visit us. R?BENSTEIN just where Tanlac has scored. And that's why it is here to stay. Tanlac, the Master Medicine, is sold bv Edgefield, Penn & Holstein. Cold Sorings, H Ernest Quarles. Edgefield, R F D No 2, J. H. Reel. Johnston, Johnston Drug Com pany. Modoc, G C McDaniel. Parksville, Robertson & Com pany. Plum Branch, J W Bracknell cfc Son. Plum Branch, R F D No 2, E P Winn cfc Bro. Trenton. G \V Wise. The Thornwell Orphanage. The Thornwell Orphanage loca ted at Clinton, S, C., is the name of the Home for Orphans under the care of the Presbyterian churches in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It has thirty-five teacher? and matrons for its twenty-four de partments and cottage homes, in which are sheltered above three hundred orphans. The Home re ceives children from any part of the Union, and from any denomination. During July and August eighty two applications were received, of whom only nineteen could be ac cepted. Above two hundred are on the waiting list. These are all sup ported by the generosity of the Pres byterian public. We hope the friends of the school will do as all the other Orphan Homes are expect ing, observe Orphan Work Day on the 13th of October. The observ ance consists in sending your day's wages for that day to the Institu tion you favor. The Thornwell Home has filled up every vacancy, notwithstanding the War and high prices ana will shortly erect anoth* er cottage. The pupils of the Home have the best of schooling and manual training and are very care fully taught. None but orphans are received. Contributions should be sent to Rev. J. B. Branch Clin ton, S. C. The life of the Institu tion has been forty-two years in which time more than a thousand boys and girls have been made into useful and educated citizens. WANTED: White man to work on farm, married man preferred. Write care of P. 0. Box 17-1, Edge field, S. C. We have been, fortunately able to secure another K?t of desirable Coats for School, College Girls and Teachers. Call around and see before \ou buy. I Mukashy's Bargain House. FOR SALE:-Farra of 133 acres situated between Johnston and Edge field; two tenant houses, two wells and two springs, two pastures, S5 acres in cultivation. In sight of school house. Within four miles of Edgefield. Terms easy. Applv to Mrs. E. P. Arthur, Johnston, S. C. We have just received a beautiful line of Ladies' Dressy Frocks of Satin and Georgette in combination with smartly braided colors and Belts, constructing colors are Navy, Black, Copenhagen, Gray, Brown and Green. I Mukashy's Bargain House. FOR SALE:-A farm of 425 acres within one mile of Ropers; fine for stock farm. For terms and further information apply to H. H. Hill, Edgefield, S. C. 9-26-2t. I Victrol SIS! VlC?Oi l\?COFilS Thc great convenience offered by our system of easy payments-payments so small that you will never miss them-is becoming more and more appreciated. But thc question of terms is .tot the only reason for your purchasing a Victrola here. The one big reason is-Service. Herc you have all styles of the Victrola. Here you secure the opportunity for a fair and careful compari son. Here we have specially trained Victrola sales people whose courteous intelligent treatment makes the qucsUon of purchasing a Victrola a most pleasur able one. Here you have comfortable soundproof booths which enable; you to choose your Victrola and records without annoyance. Victrola Outfit IV-$17.25 Ontfit includes $15 Victrola of beautifully polished quartered oak and 6 ??lections on 3 double-faced $75 Victor Record? (or ff O 25 down Kfll? a your choice to ?ame value) ??*. ind "" week Victrola Outfit VI-$2&50 Cominis of the golden oak $25 Victrola (which plays ail records os well as larger instruments) and $3.50 clor Records 50 down gQ your selection week Please consider that the patron of this store buys severa! kinds of merchandise and ls therefore re tardad as several customers instead of one. That means our terms and our treatment must and will prove to you upon investigation, "that is does make a difference where you buy your Victrola and Victor Records." Victrola Outfit VIII-S45 Consists of the $40 golden oak Victrola, with hinged supporting lid anti double spring motor. Records to the value of $5 may bo C'A down Cl a selected from our big stock vT and "PA week Victrola Outfit IX-$S5 Consists of the popular $50 Victrola and $5 io records, your selrction. Victrola may bc bad in mahogany or golden, fumed or weathered oak. CC down CC a and $3 monti Victrola Outfit X $80 This outfit consists of the popular $75 Cabinet Victrola ana twelve selections on six double-faced Victor Records (or your own choice to same value) from the big Victor Catalog, Instrument may be | had io mahogany, English brown, or golden, fumed'or weathered oak. Ba? all the exclusive Victrola features. A most wonderful value. $5 tdT$5 month Victrola Outfit XI-$105 Consists of the $100 Victrola-the most popular instrument in [the entire industry, and your choice of $5 in Victor Records. May be had ia CK down CK a mahogany or all oak fin Y*? and '"mouth ishc?; also spseial finishes Victrola Outfit XI V- $157.50 Includes the 1918 Model of the $150 Victrola and 14 wonderful ?elections on 8 Victor Records (or your choice to wu value). ?mtrament may be had in mahogany or oak ; also special fin ish?S. Coulaim 13 Victor albums for 130 records. $7.s? iff $7.50^ IMPORTANT NOTICE. ~ a mme tho ontfit you want yon can choose an other plan! Simply send us money order or check for the first down payment and we will promptly and gladly deliver the entire outfit-Victrola and Records-to your borne at once. I GENTLEMEN: You may send me your Victrola Outfit for down payment. I agree to pay balance rate oL your customary contract to that effect lr Name --J -per Address.