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.Why Breweries and Saloons in j the United States Should Be Closed During the World War. The use of alcoholic drinks is one .f the greatest forces today, working for the demoralization of mankind. It destroys home life; corrupts society, and weakens our race mentally, phy sically and morally. Strong men are changed by its effects into nervous wrecks, their brains poisoned and fill ed with fantastic delusions and stupid theories- Countless crimes have been committed by people under the influ ence of liquor. We put to death last year a great number of inebriates. They were dealt with, of course, not because they were drunkards, but because they had committed capital crimes; yet it is certain that with most of them the cause was due to King Alcohol. If alcohol weakens the strength of the people and lowers their morals, it will be the main factor in the wrecking of our country. The power and sovereignty of America is up held and maintained by the individ ual purity of her citizens. This is the essence of democracy. We are not worthy to enjoy its privileges unless we be in deed and in truth real dem ocrats, willing to sacrifice these base appetites, that our land may be made safe for democracy by national tem perance. Our men, side by side with the sol diers of France and England are fighting for the freedom of the world against the military domination of Germany. They must win! And the sooner it is won the better. Every one must do his share in the accom plishment of this great task. The responsibility rests as heavy upon us at home as upon the soldier at the front. We must work and endure hardships like true soldiers of dem ocracy, putting to profitable use ev erything available, and abolishing the useless waste of saloons and brewer ies. Every gallon of liquor that is made and sold to our men just plac es victory that much further off. It is true that food will help win the war, and that food conservation is necessary; but all this will be for naught if we allow our people to make intoxicants out of the precious grain and cereals which the soldiers need at the front. "A pound of wheat will do as much to win the war as a pound of explosive;" but a gallon of liquor will do more towards losing: war than five pounds cf explosive _.-o-.j ou tuiiy aeveioped in that nation and their large con sumption of alcoholic liquors. * The notion is more than a mere fancy. A writer has recently stated that "the brains of the so-called mid dle class German is normally so be fogged with beer that his mental pro cesses are sluggish and difficult." Can the finer class escape coarsening un der constant alcoholic influence? That is the influence that has hard ened and brutalized the brains that have conceived and the lesser brains that have executed the horrors of the Hun in this war. King Alcohol has many things to answer for. In order to eondemn him it is necessary that he be given the responsibility of the great con flict, but for many of its horrors he must be held responsible. I dare say that the absence of drink in Germa ny and in the other nations would have gone far toward humanizing the war. 1 Russia, however, saw the demoral izing effects of liquor and adopted prohibition when she started in this war. Russia's leaders knew that the efficiency of her soldiers would be decreased unless this step was taken. Can America's people not see this? Do they not realize that unless dras tic measures are adopted her men also will become degenerates? If whiskey is injurious to individ uals, it is likewise injurious to a na tion. When an athlete is training his muscles and developing his body, all stimulants and harmful habits of all kinds must be stopped. He is then pre paring himself for the supreme test, when a weak muscle or an unneces sary pound of flesh will count against him. The titanic struggle which our country is now in, will have to be won by the superior strength of our men. They must be kept in fighting trim. And if the people here persist in running saloons and breweries, our men will be kept in anything but fighting trim. Millions of dollars are thrown away every year upon beer and vari ous drinks. It is a gross wrong, and wanton extravagance at any time. Now at the critical moment of our nation's history, when our govern ment is crying out for money to run the war, it is extremely unpatriotic for our people to squander that which they should lend to the gov ernment. The greater evil of drinking whis key is brought on by first drinking beer. After becoming a victim of the beer saloons, a craving for a strong er drink takes its hold on the poor wretch until finally he is a typical drunkard, going on the downward path to ruin and an early grave. But the real evil of alcohol is not that it kills its victims, but that they drag down others with them. If its effects could be confined to its vic ? tims it would rid the world of useless people and the race would be im proved. But this it does not do, and it is therefore a menace to all. Many of the people who are not advocates of temperance say that if breweries and saloons are closed "it will be an abridgment upon the lib erties that we enjoy." Evidently this class of people has forgotten that these liberties are maintained by the strength of our people ; that we could not enjoy this blessed freedom long unless Germany is conquered Are they not willing to sacrifice some thing to bring this about as soon as possible? We forget that everything in this discussion is duty and sacrifice-for the sake of our country-that we should be ready to give up our rights when the well-being of mankind as a whole is concerned. The man who insists that his personal liberty gives him the right to drink liquor and sup port saloons, is asking thousands of people to suffer and sacrifice more because the saloon is licensed, than he would suffer if it were closed. The Noblest Revenge. By Dr. Frank Crane. The don'test of all don'ts is: Don't get even. The greatest of all time-wasting is time wasted on revenge. It is not only a waste of time, but also of gray matter, nerve force, vi tality, soul juice and life reserves. The desire for retaliation is the most dangerous lust that enslaves human beings. When you want to hurt him who has hurt you, you want something that irritates you while you want it, disappoints you when you get it, and makes you feel mean when it's all ?OVer. "-"..? .v..~r:-^.~!<: - << ??? - You can't get through this life without meeting people who injure you. rP}-] p [.?> Ol"? 4-"U ? -.. ..m JW13UU you until your mind is sour as buttermilk, your sleep ruined, and your hours of lei sure turned from content to wTetch edness. Forget it! I It makes not so much matter wheth 'er or not you forgive an offense; the only satisfying thing is to forget it. Go on! There's too much to do to stop and fight bees. Life's too short to pau perize it by hate. Let it pas ! Go on! The question is: What do you need? You need peace of mind, poise and contentment; and to keep think ing about him is to upset yourself. When a man wrongs us let us sim ply drop him. He's out of our life. Good-bye! There are plenty of others As far as we are concerned, he is an undesirable citizen, and that's all there is to it. Next. Why redress injuries? They always redress themselves automatically bet ter than we can redress them. We don't realize the self-acting automatic equalizing efficiency of the spiritual world. It's more actual than any mechanical dev'ce. When a man does dirt, he gets dirt by and by. Let him alone. Why bother? Into what horrors of suffering has the desire for revenge plunged the world! Look at hideous Europe now; the mountains of mangled bodies piled on the altars of revenge! When Jesus said that about turn ing the other cheek he was not talk ing impossible idealism, but plain sense. The people who spiritually arrive are the forgetters. Here is a sentence you may paint on your walls where you can see it by day, on your ceiling where you can gaze on it when you wake up at night, on your mind where all your thoughts can read it as they pass by and on your heart where every emo tion can be shaped by it: An injury can only grieve us when remembered. The noblest revenge therefore, is to forget. The canning season is on. We have a large stock of packers 2 and 3 pound cans. Let us supply your needs. Trenton Fertilizer Co., Hardware Dept. Increasing Trench Miseries. By Dr. J. H. Kellogg. Half the newspapers of the coun try and thousands of deluded moth ers have joined hands in helping the American tobacco trust to conduct an enormous sampling campaign, and to fairly smother the American army with tobacco smoke. The prepared copy which docile newspapers are publishing offers the most silly reasons for sending the soldiers cigarettes. "Soothe the poor suffering soldiers in the trenches" is the pathetic wail of the tobacco trust one of the most useless and destruct ive of business organizations, rivaled only by the whisky ring." Try to imagine the board of direc tors of the tobacco trust sitting around in their smoke filled office puffing cigarettes and wiping their weeping eyes with tobacco leaves be cause of their sympathy for the poor American soldiers suffering in the trenches. This hypocritical blubbering is worse than "tommy rot,"* whatever that may be. The air of the trenches arid- dug outs is bad enough without being con taminated with tobacco smoke, or any other smoke,-there's none worse than tobacco smoke. Do they need "soothing?" Many a baby has been soothed,into its long sleep by Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy rup. It's a fine "soother," and the cig arette is another. Tobacco is a narcotic. The soldier needs the stimulus of good food and of fresh air and warmth and the full possession of all his faculties, and the command of his maximum effi ciency. He doesn't need "soothing." The soldier's training has for its purpose to prepare him for a supreme effort in behalf of his country. It is to make him ready to exert at any moment all his carefully cultured strength and skill to meet the assault of the enemy. To "soothe" the soldier is to unfit him for his task, to undo the work accomplished by his long and ardu ous training. "But the surgeon administers soothers to mitigate the sufferings of his patient," said a college profes sor, "why not have the same consid eration for the soldier?" That's true, professor we give anaesthetics to our patients but not to the surgeon! The soldier is the wiT-**"* Suppose a soldier in the trenches happens to get out of cigarettes just before an assault by the enemy. He is already half defeated by his after smoking misery. If we make cigarette fiends out of all of our soldiers the situation may become such that just before an attack the commanding officer will have to issue an order for all hands to smoke up so as to get steady nerves to shoot straight. The cigarette does the soldier no good. It does him harm. It does not lessen his miseries, it adds to them. The smoker is miserable all the time unless he smokes. The non smoker is not bothered with cigars, he knows nothing of cigarette miser ies, he has better mind, better resist ance to disease^ a stronger heart, sharper eyesight, steadier nerves, a surer aim and is able to endure the hardships of the trench without the aid of "soothers" which impair every ability which the good soldier needs to make him a valuable defender of his cause. -Good Health Magazine. Notice of Election. State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. Wheras a petition has been filed, and all legal requirements met, it is hereby ordered that the regularly ap pointed Board of Trustees of Moss School District No. 22, do hold an election at W. T. Reel's store Satur day, July 20, 1918, for the purpose of voting upon the question of levy ing and collecting an additional spe cial tax of one (1) mill on the dol lar of all taxable property within said district, proceeds of such addi tional levy to be used for school pur poses in Moss District No. 22. Those favoring such additional levy shall cast a ballot with the word "Yes" written or printed thereon, and those opposing such additional levy shall cast a ballot with the word "No" written or printed thereon. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock A. M., and close at 4 o'clock P. M., and in all respects comply with sec tion of Code of Laws governing Gen eral Elections. W. W. Fuller, E. H. Folk, G. F. Long, Co. Board of Educcation. Notice Of Opening Books Of Enrollment For Voters In The Democratic Primary Election, etc., etc. Notice is hereby given that the following committees for enrollment have been appointed to enroll the voters of. Edgefield County in the Democratic Primary for the year 1918, and said books of enrollment will be opened at the places designa ted for each club Tuesday, June 4th, 1918. Bacon.-W. H. Smith, Secretary; G. M. Smith and B. B. Bouknight at Bouknight's Store. Cleveland-C. C. Jones, Secretary; J. W Quarks and T. Wallace Quarles at Quarles' Store. Colliers,-Dr. J. N. Crafton, Sec retary; D. T. Mathis and E. B. Math is at Mathis' Store. Edgefield Democratic Club No. 1 L. W. Cheatham, Secretary; A. E. Padgett and N. M. Jones, at Jones and Son's Store. Edgefield Democratic Club No.2 J. W. Kemp, Secretary; T. A. High tower and T. J. Paul at the Edge field Mercantile Company. West Johnston.-W. M. Sawyer, Secret?-y; E. H. Smith and John Wright, at Lott-Walker Company's ' Store. East Johnston.-A. M. Clark, Sec retary; W. S. Mobley and S. G. Mob ley, Jr. at J. C. Lewis' Store. Long Branch.-E. L. Scott, Sec.; Luther Yonce and L. C. Clark, at Lewis Clark's Store. Meriwether.- J. A. Thurmond, Sec. J. T. Reece and J. 0. Scott, at J. A. Thurmond's Store. . Meeting Street.-J. K. Allen, Sec.; J. R. Blocker and J. H. Cogburn at J. H. Cogburn's Store. Moss.-jjP. W. Cheatham, Sec. ; T. A. Williams and W. A. Reel, at! Reel's Store. Pleasant Lane.-J. T. McDowell, Sec.; S. T. Williams and F. L. Tim merman, at F. L. Timmerman's Store Red Hill.-H. E. Quarles.CSec. ; 0. 0. Timmerman and R. M. Johnson at H. E. Quarles' Store. Ropers.-F. F. Rainsford, Sec.; B. T. Lanham and J. D. Boswell, at Rop er's Store. Shaw.-W. W. Wise, Sec.; I. A. Webb and A. J. Day, at A. J. Day's Store. Talbert.-J. D. Tww o. ,..^u orv the Unite ? otates and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the State two years and in the County six months prior to the succeeding general election and in the club district 60 days prior to the first primary "ollowing his offer to enroll; PROVIDED, that pub lic school teachers and ministers of the gospel in charge of regular organized church shall be exempl from the pro visions of this section as to residence, or otherwise qualified. Under the rules a new enrollment is required. B. E. NICHOLSON, County Chairman. May 27, 1918. Notice of Final Discharge. TO All WHOM THESE PRESENTS M? CONCERN: Whereas, A. S. Tompkins, Sr., has made application unto this Court for Final Discharge as Guardian in re the Estate and Person of A. S. Tomp kins, Jr., a Minor, on' this the 15 day of June 1918. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or parties interested, to show cause before me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 22 day of July 1918 at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of discharge should not be granted. W. T. Kinnaird, J. P. C., E. C., S. C. June 15th 1918. Notice of Final Discharge. TO ALL WHOM THESE PRES ENTS MAY CONCERN: Whereas, Mrs. Lena Jackson has made application unto this court for Final Discharge as Administrator in re the Estate of L. E. Jackson de ceased, on this the 12 day of June, 1918. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite any and all kindred, creditors, or. parties interested, to show cause before me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 15 day of July 1918 at 13 o'clock A. M., why said order of Discharge should not be granted. W. S. Kinnaird, J. P. C., E. C., S. C. 12th June, 1918. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is betterthan ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor rinjrinn in head. Remember the lull name and look for the sienature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. Tires Thal Stand Up The- average car is called upon this year to do more work and harder work than ever before. . ? Loads are bigger. Trips more frequent. More constant service is demanded. Time must be saved. t?* Now if ever, the car owner must select tire equipment wisely to get the greatest use of his car. ? United States Tires are built up to the job. They have reserve strength and endurance. They have the stuff and workmanship in 1 them to stand up long after they have paid J for themselves in faithful service. t?f\ t-' -' Whether your car is heavy or light, passen- " ger car or truck, there is a type of United =1 States Tire scientifically made to fit your needs, -to give you greater freedom from tire delays, -to give extreme mileage at m?nimum cost. lit the United States Sales and Service You will find sound advice and assistance. It is there for your euee. .Royal Cord' "Nobby* 'Chain* 'U?CO* 'Pim?a'