Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t?dgcffcl? ?irctf?stt lEs?oblisItr? 1S35. /. L.MIMS_.Editor Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the posLoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be published unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks. Obituaries, Resolu tions and Political Notices published at advertising rates. The shorter the coal supply the longer the price. Will you not join us in a hearty wish for the "good old summer time"? Are you practicing patriotism in the home by serving a Hooverized menu? Only 15 days loft in which to procure your 1918 auto number without pen alty. Better speed up and get it at once. "Raw sugar coming to the United States," says a headline. Well, we'll take ours raw rather than have none at all. Show your patriotism by taking less castor oil. The government needs cas tor oil to lubricate its aeroplanes. Owing to the suffering it has en tailed, the weather man should have tagged the weather of the past month, . *'A1 ade in Germany." Yes, the "war papers" are about all in and henceforth the board will have to bear the burden alone. The lawyers have done their part and have performed it well. As high as it may seem, the cost of living here is not as great as in some other places. Eggs are selling for 90 cents the dozen inJNew York and rab bits bring ?2.12 in London. One paper refers to President Wil son as "the world's greatest ruler." If our estimate of the^President is cor rect, he would prefer not to be called a "ruler." In some parts of the country mora tory legislation is suggested. We do not need it in the South. Every man can either pay or make satisfactory arrangements about his indebtedness. Such legislation would only indulge a non-paying class. _ The South has the advantage in that peace rumors cause a decline in corn and wheat and an advance in the cot ton market. Fortunate, indeed, will be the man who has a goodly supply of raw cotton on hand when the dove of p;ace emerges from the smoke of battle. _ Children Should Attend School. Statistics published by the State Superintendent of Education show that since the war began theje has ! been a decrease in school attendance in j South Carolina. This should not be ' the case. While the war may, to a | limited extent at least, impair our ma- j terial wealth or resources as a nation, ' it should not affect or impair the quali ty of our citizenship. The need for elucated men and women after the war will be greater and more imperative than in the past. There will be new | and more perplexing problems to solve, | and every father and mother should be ambitious for their children, desiring for them P ' .ge part in the solution of these ' .ew problems. Up to this time there is no good reason in this State tor a decrease in s:hool attendance. Our people are more prosperous than they have^been in many decades, and with prosperity abounding on every hand boys and girls who have attained the school age should be in school every day of the week and every week of the school term. If sacrifices must be made to meet some temporary exigency, let us not sacrifice our children, but rather let the sacrifice be along some other line. Remember that a day or week lost from school can never be regained. Let the boys and girls be kept in school. More Foodstuffs Needed. The high price of cotton may, to the unthinking man, prove to be axlulusion and a snare. Because a farmer is now receiving more than double the usual price of cotton, he should not be mis led into believing that this increase is all profit. Everything that goes into the production of cotton, labor, fertil izers, seed and agricultural implements, have all greatly increased in price, making the actual net profit to the man who buys all of these things prac tically no more than under the old price for the staple. Let no one be misled into the belief that he can grow all cotton to the neg lect of food crops, buying these as needed. Such a mistake wilf lead to disaster and financial ruin. The sup ply of foodstuffs, owing to the increas ed demand from abroad, will probably grow less and less until the end of the war, the price advancing higher and higher all the while. Therefore, we trust that no Edgefield county farmer will, in planning for the year's opera tions, reduce the crops that feed man and beast. We shall need all we can grow and more, especially since the grain crop has been very seriously injured. Let's increase rather than decrease the average of food crops. Death of Mr. Stephen D. Miller. On Tuesday night, January 8, at eleven o'clock, Stephen D. Miller died at the home of his sister, Mrs. E. E. Adams. Mr. Miller had been an invalid for more than two years, and since March 1916 had been making his home with his only sister, Mrs. E. E. Adams, and his niece, Mrs. J. L. Mims. Since October last he bad been ill for most of the time, and gradually grew worse in spite of all aid of physicians or nursing. Mr. Miller was born in Marion, S. C., in 1854, and was the son of Charles Wiles Miller, Esq., and Elizabeth Haynesworth. He was a great nephew and namesake of Governor Stephen D. Miller of South Carolina. In 188? Mr. Miller was married to Miss Emma Woodville of Sweet Springs, West Virginia, and most of their married life was 6pent in that vicinity. For about six years Mr. and Mrs. Miller made their home in Moultrie, (4a., Mrs. Miller having died there about four years ago. Mr. Miller was a member of the Moultrie Baptist church, and was a devoted and generous Baptist and a Christian gentleman of the highest type. He was a beloved member of the household of Mr. and Mrs, J. L. Mims for the two years previous to his death. Mrs. Adams was his nearest rela tive, and Mrs. A. A. Woodson and Mrs. J. L. Minis of Edgefield, Mrs. William Blanton and Mrs. C. W. Isom of Moultrie, Ga., are his nieces, Messrs. Gordon ami Hayns worth Heddick of Cairo and Thom asville, Ga., and Messrs. Edward and Herbert Haynsworth of Sumter, his nephews. The funeral took place at the home, and was conducted by Dr. E. P. Jones. His remains lie in the Edgefield cemetery. PROOF FROM AIKEN. Aiken Citizens Speak Out Publicly. In Aiken we find that people are praising Doan's Kidney Pills as highly as here in Edgefield. Being so near by, the statement of an Aiken resident is of particular in terest. Edgefield people will do well to profit by the expe rience of Brimson, of Brimson & Gilliam, furniture dealers, 143^ Park Ave. He says: "I had pains in my back which annoyed me a great deal. Mornings I was Bore and stiff. The kidney secretions unnatural, too. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me." Price GUc.at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that cured Mr. Brimson, Foster-Mil burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Our stock of furniture, Bed Room Suits, Beds, Wardrobes, Mattresses and Springs of all kinds is com plete. Also a full stock of Chairs, Rugs, Art Squares, Clocks, Kitchen Cabinets, etc. We are in a position to make prices reasonable. B. B. Jones. In New Jersey one morning Per kins looked over his fence and said to bis neighbor: "What are you burying in that hole?" "Pm just replanting some of my seeds, that's all," was the response. '"Seeds!" exclaimed Perkins an grily. 'It looks more like one of my hens." "That's all rijiht," came from the man on the other side of the fence. "The seeds arc inside."-Ex. Let us sell your real estate for what it is worth. DAVIS REALTY CO., Edgefield, S. C. SUPERVISOR'S REPORT. For Quarter Beginning October 1, and Ending December 31, 1917. J O Herrin J N Griftis M A Watson Edgefield Curonicle J T M cMan us J L M i ms Daitch Bros Jas T Miras A R Nicholson E M Crouch J B Holmes W W Wise R M Johnson W B (Jogburn J R Scurry G S Coleman Edgefield Auto Co E W Samuel J D Kidson Co T E Byrd Si ewart & Kernaghan B E Nicholson J H Reel J R Timmerman J W Hudson J G Tompkin? Md Tompkins Garage A Gilchrist W E Turner E M Timmerman N L Branson J C Allen J F Pardue W W Fuller YV T Kinnaird F C Watson D D Brunson M W Clark JDO G Edwards B F Jones J W DeLaughter E F A Wicters D D Brunson I Muka8hy W R owearingen Satcher & Nixon L C Parker Co W RS wear in gen W F Holsen Reynolds & Padgett Smith Marsh Co R W Glover O A Kinnaird Board public work? Edgefield Mer Co J T Grifts R D Sei gier Jackson & Co W G Corley LT May R N Broadwater .) F Lamb Bob Prince Francis Prince II S Anderson ? T Broadwater M A Walker Keid Hardware Co Lewis Co var J R Scurry J O Herin J N G ri Iris VV W Fuller W. T Kinnaird Israel Mukashy B E Nicholson Hallaham ct Costello Dorn & Miras M ll Deal Jas T Minis Treas M W Holson H L Bryan Co M A Taylor J H Bauknight James Brown T E Byrd Thc Victor Oil Co Satcher & Nixon Edgefield Chronicle Happ Bios Edgefield Auto Co Baxley & Wales Walker Evans Cogswell Daitch Bros Rice O'conner Shoe Co Stewart & Kernaghan J A Mularky Co A R Nicholson M D J Willie Levy Co Lewis Blountjr VV B Cogburn J R Timmerman II S Anderson C T Broadwater MA Walker Smith Marsh Co Lewis Covar Francis Prince R N Broadwater E W Samuel L T May W H Pardue George Young W R Swearingen D D Brunson W R Swearingen R J Moultree Boara public works Good roads machinery Co M A Watson W W Adams Co J M Mays W V/ Rhoden W R Hoyt Reid Hardware Co Edgefield Mer Co Saldier & N 1X0U y Standard Oil Co T W Cosey J N Gnffid J O Ilerin J R Scurry Daituh Bros Francis Prince Lewis Covar 45 00 H S Anderson 100 00 M A Walker 50 00 N L Ransom 40 00 C T Broadwater 40 00 ?nrroagh Adding Mer Co 171 50 R N Broadwater 2 06 Edirefield Chronicle 16 50 M A Watson 16 66 M D s nd H L Smith 112 80 Edgefield Auto Co 6 18 Salcher ct Nixon 381 32 R N Broadwater 111 96 Board public works 2 15 Dorn cfc Miras 10 25 T E Byrd 10 40 W W Fuller 78 18 J R Tim merman 44 91 D H Williams 5 00 W G Corley 12 50 H C Porter 10 75 J C Allen 54 00 The Waddell Ma'fg Co 15 00 Elam Frescote 15 00 Sam Young 15 00 J W Hudson 102 14 Walker Evans Cogswell Co 217 34 R L Bryant Co 3 00 E W Samuel 17 60 W H Turner 10 45 F C Watson 6 70 B E Sawyer 4 86 Frontis cfc Brimson MD 5 00 Armour cfc Co 31 00 .E F A Weaters 300 97 [W R Swearingen 133 30 " " 26 85 D D Brunaon 60 00 J T Mims 44 91 Jury tickets 267 95 witness 580 95 A R Nicholson 16 00 H II Sanders ' 6 35 B E Nicholson 1 20 PC Stevens 2 75 Edgefield Mer Co 63 53 J L Mims 37 75 M W Holson 16 55 R N Broadwater ll 54 Standard Oil Co 174 18 H W Smith 7 50 W B Cogburn 84 50 Total 84,186.85 R. N. BROADWATER, Supervisor. M. A. WATSON, Clerk. Wells Fargo Yet Passes Tip Along. "GET TAN LAC," "A FRIEND TOLD ME," SAYS PALMER TOOK GOOD ADVICE. "AM NOW A DIFFERENT MAN," HE DECLARES. "NOW RIO OK MY TR?CELES." For 28 years, more than a quarter of a century, F. E. Palmer, of No. 7, Elizabeth St., Birifhampton, N. Y., has been a valued employee of thc Wells Fargo Express Company, and a man with a record like that has of course, proved his ability and integrity beyond question. This is the sort of man whose endorsement is worth a great deal and it is a matter of pride that men of this calibre endorse Tani ac. "I feel just like a good friend felt for me-I want to help the other fellow who may be suffering." Mr. Pal nier said and that is the spirit which moves men and wo men. They want others to share their good fortune. "For thc last six years I have felt myself slipping from the path of health," he continued. "Indiges tion and catarrh had attacked me. .My appetite became poor my food did not taste right and I would suf fer after eating. I grew nervous and was getting run down. 1 did not feel well and would get up feel ing achy and dull. I knew it would not do for me to keep on that way "Get Tanlac," a friend told rae, and I took his tip. Now I ana a different man. I don't have to light oil" worries and little ills. I am en tirely ill ol my troubles. I don't feel any more indigestion and my catarrh has disappeared. I can eat anything without fear of it hurting me. My sleep could not bo better. Tanlac has done the work for me and I give ray statement now to others. Get on the Tanlac Special and start for Wellville, I tell them." For themselves the well known men and women who endorse Tan lac would not talk, but the bond of sympathy between such people is strong. Once relieved themselves, they want ethers to know of this new reconstructive, system purifier md stomach tonic which, [iccause of its r e c o r cl, is -ailed the Master Mcdiciue. Edgefield, Penn cfc Holstein. Cold Springs, II. Ernest Quarlcs. Edgefield, R. F. D. No. 2, J. H. Reel. Johnston, Johnston Drug Com ?anv. Modoc, G. C. McDaniel. Parksvilie, Robertson ct Com pany. Plum Branch, J. W. Bracknell fc Son. Plum Branch, R. F. D. No. 2, S. P. Winn cfc Bro. Trenton, G. W, Wise. | ! F. E. GIBSON, President! LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas. The Best Time to Build is Now Free booklets on Silos, Barns, Implement Houses, Residences, etc., with suggestions of great value. Also "Ve Planary" service through the Lumber Exchange of Augusta. Ask for further information if interested. The service is with out cost. Woodard Lumber Co.. 'Phone - - 158 AUGUSTA - - - - GEORGIA Quaiit y-MOTTO-Service m A Cordial Invitation We invite our Edgefield friends, la dies and gentlemen to make our store their headquarters, their stopping place, when in Augusta, We are showing the largest stock of men's wear that we have ever pur chased. It will be a pleasure to show you. Our ladies' ready-to-wear department is on our second floor. The J. Willie Levy Co., AUGUSTA, GA. Chevrolet Cars We desire to notify the people that we are agents for the celebrated Chev rolets Automobiles. If you want a car [et us show you. We are also selling second-hand Fords. E. P. WINN & BROTHERS PLUM BRANCH, S. C. MCCORMICK AXD EDGEFIELD COUNTIES. Large Stock of Jewelry to Select From We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store when in Augusta. We have the largest stock ot DIAMONDS WATCH KS CLOCKS JEWELRY . CUT CLASS AND SILVERWARE of all kinds that we have ever shown. It will he a pleasure to show you through our stock. Every department is constantly re plenished with the newest designs. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has every improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. Work ready for delivery in a short time. A. J. Renkl 980 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. RUSSELL & ALLEN Incorporated COTTON FACTORS 857, 859 and 861 Reynolds Street AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Correspondence invited and consignments solicited.