Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 01, 1918, Page FOUR, Image 2
With tKe Colen
(Left) "Brothers In Arms"-an enlisl
rendered by the Army Y. M. C. A. seer?
a Red Triangle hut in France. (Lower
Bhell fire.
"The leadership of a Y. M. C. A. hut I '
In France has bigger possibilities of 1
national service than most of the bank,
and college presidencies and big city
pulpits in America." 5
It was with the abofe cabled state- .
ment that E. C. Carter, director of the t.
overseas work of tho American Y. M. 1
C. A. in France, emphasized the seri- ]
ousness of his appeal for mon sent out I
from Paris headquarters. "With all wei-j j
faro, entertainment and physical work
and the conducting of the post ex
change stores among our soldiers in :
France. England and Italy in charge (
of tho American Y. M. C. A. at Gen- I
eral Pershing's request and the French. 5
Italian and Portuguese governments J
appealing for trained American Y. M. ,
C. A. workers to perform a similar i
service for their soldiers, it is obvious. '
that an enormous number of Rod Tri- ,
angle men aro needed "Over There*' T
-3,000 new renru.ts within the next (
ninety days, or more Y. M. C. A. sec- ?*
r?tarie3 than have been sent across 1
during the previous twelve months. '
"It is imperative that wo meet our .
obligations to thp American and Al- j,
lied armies," continued Director Car-li
ter in his recent cablegram relayed j i
to Southeastern War Work council ?
headquarters of the Young Men's
Christian Association at Atlanta. Ga. j
. "There are ninety-six important posts ,
hore without sufficient workers. For- f
ty-seven of them are near the front i
and th'r'y-eight positions are under i
shell-fire." <
Pratt Offers $100.000.00 I j
Herbert Pratt, vice president of the!
Standard Oi! Company, now in Franco
as an American Y. M. C. A. worker, {
recently cabled to New York City na- *
tional headquarters urging that hun- }
dreds of men bo sent at once. f
"Carter and staff are doing remark- r
ably fine work," read Mr. Pratt's ca- t
blegram, "but often are too tired ho- x
cause of lack of assistants." Mr. T
Pratt has offered a personal eift of .
$100,000.00 to defray tho expense of }
sending more secretaries overseas. ^
To fi. 1 this crying need, special ef- t
forts aro being made by the National
War Work- Council at home to enlist *
secretaries for service under tho Rod '
Triangle "Over There." Every sec- (
tion of tho country has been especial
ly organized within the past few we?ks ,
for ?'ifs purpose. Governor Whitman
of New York, Governor Rye of Ten
nessee. Harry Lauder and Gipsy
Smith, famous British evangelist, are
typical of ?ho type of men heading tho
campaign committees and speaking at
mass meetings to enlist Army and
Navy Y. M. C. A. secretaries.
500 Men Southeast's Quota
Within the next ninety days, from
the seven states of the Southeastern
Department-Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina. Florida, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and Tennessee-approximate- "
ly 500 secretaries must be recruited; '
300 for service overseas and 200 addi- *
tional to fill up the gaps in the Army
and Navy Y. M. C. A. forces in the i
cantonments and training camps in f
the southeast. Br. W. W. Alexander, |
director of tho Southeastern Depart- I
ment, war personnel board, is in
charge of tho campaign in this section (
with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. Re- '
emiting committees have been ap- !
pointed in every state.
One of tho reasons why it is so dif- J
Heult to obtain ratm who are satisfac
tory for service abroad is described
hy A. G. Knebel, executive secretary"
for the War Personnel Board of the '
National War Work Council, in a re
cent interview. 1
"Nothing Tame About 'Y' Work."
"Thousands of applicants rejected
include many who picked out the Y.
M. C. A. as a nice soft branch of war
service. The !??*.u--<.nd.? accepted are
those who are willing to face h?.rd- '
ship and danger -often under a rain
cf shra tv. . nd machine gun fire.
1
THE Y.M.C.A.
IO VOLUNTEER
HELP WIN WAR
ted man's conception of the set-rice
-tary. (Upper righi), Camouflaging
right), Army "Y" dugout under
There is nothing tame about th? Red
Triangle work in this world conflict
t is no task for a man faint hearted
>r of low physical vitality."
Not every secretary who goes over
?eas is sent to the front line trenches
-but he may be. Tho Army and
s'avy Y. M. C. A. follows the flag and
he lighting men of the Allies every
where but over the top. The man
\ho goes up to the trenches pitches
i teni, erects a sheet iron hut or finds
i deserted building, cellar or dugout
n which to becrin work.
Will Beat His Sons to France.
Most admirable are the ambitions
)f many fathers of soldiers and sailors
0 enlist for Red Triangle service, and
hus, perhaps, meet their sons in
7rance or on the high seas. The Per
sonnel Board has the record of a man
vho recently sailed for Prance, who
las one son an officer and another an
enlisted man. He is very proud of the
act that he will be "Over There" be
ere his sons.
Recruits for American Army and
S'avy Y. M. C. A. service overseas
ieed be "only ordinary men and good
"hristians," as described by Dr. Alex
mder of the Southeastern Department
Personnel committee. Men of almost
my profession or vocation are accept
ive, but they must bo over the draft
3gc-thirty-one years-or have boen
e.ieo:<"l as physically unfit because Of
1 noticeable defect, such as a deform
ty, loss of eye or limb, which at a
glance will classify the secretary.
Absolute loyalty to the govem
nent and sympathy with the cause of
he Allies in our fight to tho end for
i world safe for democracy, must in
;pire the Red Triangle worker. A
nan whose father or mother was born
n any of the countries with which we
ire now at war cannot serve overseas.
^ secretary cannot he accompanied by
lis wife, no moro than can an officer.
Recognized by Military.
Wearing the regulation United
States army or navy uniform distin
guished by the Red Triangle insignia
>n the left coat sleeve overseas, but
>n this side uniformed in olive green
%f a cul not u dike the British uniform,
ho Y. M. C. A. secreiary has boen
ocognized as a part of the military and
iava.1 establishment vitally necessary
o the winninc of tho war. An Amer?
can officer recently home from the
'renell front said: "Three forces will
vin this war on land, the army,
he Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A."
For full information, write to your
itate Ptocruiting Secretary, care Armv
ind Navy Y. M. C. A. Recruiting Head
luarters, located as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA. CHARLOTTE.
SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLES
TON.
GEORGIA. ATLANTA.
TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE.
ALA BA MA, B1R MI NT, HA M.
FLORIDA, JACKSONVILLE.
MISSISSIPPI, JACKSON.
"Clean Up" Week For Red
Triangle Collections In May
Atlanta, Ca.. April. - "Clean Up"
reek has been designated from May
1st to Sth. This does not mean the
furbishing up of municipalities or the
late set for burning rubbish in back
.ards. It is the date set by the second
If. M. C. A. war work campaign fund
organization in the Southeastern roili
ary department for boosting collec
tons on the last campaign.
In a report by R. H. King, directo?
)f finance in tho Southeast, issued on
\pril 15th, it was shown that 73 per
?ent of tho collections had boon made.
It is hia aim to make that percentage
:limb to 85 per cent by the end of
'Clean Up" week and local committees
will act. accordingly.
Two states have already exceeded
fhe 86 per cent mark; Mississippi and
florida. Georgia conies next with 71t?
per cent, the others aro as follows;
Alabama, 70; South Carolina, 65;
NTorth Carolina, 68: Tennessee, 60.
"Tho mobilization of dollars in di
rect gifts to be applied to national de
fense is a short cut method of winning
the war," said A. H. Whitford, na
tiena! financial campaign director,
when told of the "C?eari Up" week plan
of pushing collection.- of subscriptions.
AN EVEN SCORE
By CHARLES H. BRENNAN.
"He's the best irmu in the dis
trict," voted half of the people of Ac
ton, referring to Gregory Rhodes.
"He is a man thoroughly unjust and
unscrupulous," echoed John Tbroop,
in his mind, for, though poor, und
troubled, and wronged, he never ut
tered a word aloud against any fellow
being.
Tlu-oop had reason to distrust, de
spise and tl isl ike Gregory Rhodes. The
latter had got him iu his clutches
through a lenin of a few hundred dol
lars. Once a victim was in the net
of tba old usurer, he was lost. The
original debt had piled up until
Tbroop, according to his det>poiJer and
tho documents ho hud boon foolish
enough to sign, brought him to a stage
wheru the farm lay uixier a heavy
debt. It was over his manifold
troubles that Throop wan reflecting
mournfully when a brisk step sounded
on tit? gravel waft, surd a yonug mao
of about twenty strode np to Tbroop,
seated on the house steps. The visi
tor lind tho air of a sturdy Westerner,
a bronzed face and a fearless, aggres
sive m ?inner. 4
"Don't know me?" he questioned.
'Tm no stranger. Look twice." .
"It can't be-surely not-Mort Al
len !"
"You've hit it," nodded the visitor.
"I'm on my way back to the miues
aud took a sort of longing to see an
old boss. Tell, you. Mr. Throop, I've
had a hard, rough life, and you were
the only man I ever mixed with Who
didn't take advantage of me. In the
old days, I mean, for I'm now in a
district where draw first and lynch
law tactics rule the roost.
Throop recalled the friendless Jad to
whom he hud given a home for two
years. Mort hud been a troublesome,
mischievous Ind, but Throop hud been
kind and patient with him. Then
Gregory Rhodes lind dazzled Mort, and
in his sneaking, underhanded way had
prevailed on hun to leave his em
ployer ?nd com? to work for Mm.
"Is that old skeesicks living yet?'
propounded Mort, referring to Rhodes.
"Say. I've often wondered how I ever
Stood his lying and abuse! Ile man
aged to beat me out of two months'
wages, he half starved me, he came
near to making me a thief. I bolted
finally, glad to get away from a life
thut was. worse than slavery."
Casually chatting over old times led
to Throop informing Mort of the con
dition of lils affairs, of how hard he
was trying to realize on his desperate
equity. Twice he had nearly secured
a purchaser, but Rhodes had conspired
to defeut tho sale.
"If I could get a couple of thousand
dollars out of the wreck," ^said
Throop, "1 could go to my married
daughter. She hus invited me to pass
my declining days with her, but I
don't want to go empty-handed."
"Why !" almost shouted Mort. "You
have allowed that scoundrel Rhodes
to swindle you out of your eyes! Ho's
done eunugh ro deserve the peniten
tiary! Why don't you luw him?"
"I haven't the money to do tliat."
"Wish I liad." said Mort. 'Td stake
you to my last dollar. I may be able
to. soon. I've been east with a satchel
ol' nuggets and ore samples, and I
have interested a capitalist, who ls
coming out to ray mine next mouth.
I say-I've an idea. I will work up a
wild Western game on Rhodes. Don't
mention a word of my being here.
Don't recognize me if you happen
across me. Don't notice auy strange
things you may see me do. Just sit
tight and take the money that Rhodes
may offer you. I don't think that old
robber will recognize me as his for
mer working slave."
Mort Allen proceeded to the next
village and took up quarters ut its
hotel. The following evening he vis
ited the Throop farm und proceeded
to plant here and there about it ?he
contents of his satchel, nuggets and
ore samples. The next day he man
aged to get acquainted with the
Rhodes man of all. work. He hinted
at a chance for this dupe to make a
lot of money and bound him to se
crecy. He was to give him twenty-five
dollars for helping him "to find gold"
on the Throop farm.
"It's there," he whispered mysteri
ously to the creditor victim. "We'll
get lanterns and go over it at night."
That was done, and the eyes of the
hired mun bulged out as glittering bits
of the pure metal and ore were
brought to light. Mort paid him a
certain sum for each particle he
found, talked big of the value of his
marvelous "find," and wondering what
the owner of the lund would sell this
bonanzu farm for.
What happened was Just what Mort
bad planned. The hired man told his
employer and intimated that the miner
was wild to raise the iuouey to pur
chase the farm, no matter what the
cost.
It was pay-up day for all his schem
ing, that upon which Gregory Rhodes
placed three thousand dollars in the
hands of Throop for his equity in the
farm. It was a dolorons one for the
mercenary schemer; that upon which
"the gold crop" gave out.
But by that time John Throop had
left Acton for his new home; and Mort
Allen had drifted back to Lucky Gulch.
The latter never allowed his con
science to trouble him about the trans
action. In the rough community
where he lived the "salting" of a
mine 1* pay oil a score of outright
cheating w:is quite a deed of merit
and justice!
To the Farmers
of Edge field
County
We are Jobson System dealers
for iliis county, and as such are ac
tively engaged in bringing the com
mon scse methods ol' easier and
more profitable farming to every
nook and corner of our section.
These methods and the remarka
ble Jobson plow have received the
endorsement of creat Agricultur
ists, State otheiils and practical
farmers all over the country, and
these benefits are being extended to
all parts of the country at a rate
that certainly proves its merit and
genuine, practical advantage. No
farmer can afford to overlook the
opportunity of a thorough investi
gation of this system before going
further with his spring work.
The Jobson plow has no equal in
preparing the land (late or early,
wet or dry) before planting, and it
is also ol' extraordinary value in
working crops and in getting ready
for second crops. In laut, it is
something the /armer needs every
month in the year. A little investi
gation demonstrates this beyond
doubt.
Call on us for literal uro and full
particulars. We're here to serve
vou. Jobson plows now in stock.
W. L. Dunovant, Edge?eld; V. E.
Edwaids & Bro., Johnston; Tren
ton Fertilizer Co., Trenton.
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Siioeache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Cardai,
Says This Tesas Lady.
Gonzales, Tex.- Mrs. Minnie Phil
pot, of this place, writes: "Five years
ago I was taken with a rain In my
left side. It was right under my
left rib. It would commence with an
aching and extend up Into my left
shoulder and on down Into my back.
Ey that time the pain would be BO
Gcvcre I would have to take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
.. .1 suffered this way fer three j'ears,
and got to be a mere skeleton and waa
so weak I could hardly stand alone.
Was not. able to go anywhere and had
to let my house work go... I suffered
awful with a pain in my back and I
had the headache ail the time. I just
was unable to do a thing. My life
was a misery, my stomach got In an
awful condition, caused from taking
so much medicino. I suffered so much
pain. I had just about given up all
hopes of our getting anything to help
mc.
One day a Birthday Almanac was
thrown in my yard. After reading
its testimonials I decided to try Car
dtti, and am so thankful that I did,
for I began to improve when on the
sacond bottle...I am now a well
woman and feeling fine and the cure
bas been permanent for it has been
two years since my awful bad health.
I will always praise and recommend
Cardui." Try Cardui today. E 78
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Supplies and Repairs, Porta
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AUGUSTA, GA.
A. H. Corley,
Surgeon Dentist
Appointments at Trenton
On Wednesdays.
We pay the highest cash prices
for guano, cottou seed meal and
oat sacks. See me at Ruhenstein's
store at Ed?etield, or L. Weiner's
store at Johnston.
L. WEINER.
LOST-A broach containing 23
pearls, with 2 or 3 of them lost out.
Broach loot in town of Edgeficld.
Reward will be paid to finder.
Leave broach at Advertiser ollice.
4-i0-3t Mrs. R. E. Cheathaui.
Stewart & Thompson strain of
Barred Rocks-good layers and
brooders. Fifteen eggs for il.50,
cash with order.
Mrs. P. N Lott,
Johnston, S. C.
We beg to announce that we are
now ready to deliver fertilizers for
this season, having secured a liberal
supply which we have on hand in
our warehouses ready for delivery.
Haul vonr fertilizers now while vou
can get your supply. J>o not wait until
there is congestion of freights, when yea
cannot get goods shipped.
Armour. Swifts and Eoyster our spe
cialty. Mixed goods with potash, mixed
goods without potash. 16 per cent, acid;
2(i per cent, acid, cotton seed meal.
The Edgefield Mercantile Co.
F. E. GIBSON, President!
LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas
?5pr> ?tiri Trcm "S
The Best Time io
Build is Now
Free booklets on Silos, Barns,
Implement Houses, Residences,
etc., with suggestions of great
value.
Also "Ye Planary" service
through ihe Lumber Exchange
of Augusta.
Ask for further information if
interested. The service is with
out cost.
Woodard Lumber Co.
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IK STRIKE ST R
IN THE BAN
EVERY WEEK
Coorrieht 1909. bi C. K. Ziw?crmaD C0.--N0. 51
THERE is no doubt about
money in the bank, it is
sure and positive. Maybe slow, but there
is the satisfaction that it is sure. Posi
tive in every way, both that it will grow,
and that it is safe.
BANK OF EDGEFIELD
OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard. President; B. E.' Nicholson, vice-President
S. J. Minis, Cashier: J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier.
DIRECTORS: J-. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E
Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Minis. J. H. Allen