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?fi?afal?5lir? 1S25. J. L. MIMS,_Editor. Published every Wednesday in The Advertiser Building at SI.50 per year in advance. Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C. No communications will be pub lished unless accompanied by the writer's name. Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Res olutions and Political Notices pub lished at advertising rates. Wednesday, July 24. If all of the 'cans on the premises have been filled, buy some more. The Huns thought they could fight until they met the valiant "Yanks." It's not any longer No Man's Land. It belongs to the French and Ameri cans. General Foch is all right but bear in mind he has good material at his command. It's a mighty good time to prepare for winter by purchasing at least a part of next winter's fuel supply. Blame it on nobody but yourself if you have lost your vote by failing to register. It has been demonstrated tnis year beyond peradventure that Edge field county can grow wheat. Don't you hope that Mrs. Kaiser is such a woman as Mrs. Jiggs, the one who is kept busy "bringing up father." Hurrah for our brave boys in France! They have a good cause and a heritage worth fighting for and they are making good. Poor old Hindenburg! A beneficent Providence removed him" from the scenes of the conflict before the hu miliation of defeat came. Wonder if the Crown Prince has explained to the Kaiser's satisfaction how it was that the tide of battle along the Marne went against him? It must be mighty humiliating to the Germans to have to record some entries on the "loss" side of their "loss and gain" account jn the war ledger. The erstwhile German fighters are proving to be good runners. In a re cent official report an American com mander stated that the "Germans ran like h-." We'll wager a goodly sum that the "Beast of Berlin" swore and tore his hair when his army was driven back and back again Friday by the French and American armies. The Denver father and mother who have all of their eight sons in the mil itary service-five in France and three in training camps-deserve a cross of honor of colossal propor ' tions. And they tell us that soon the old town will have an up-town telegraph office. Hasten the coming of the Post line or some other line. Edgefield needs better telegraph accommoda tions or* facilities. With defeat staring them in the face, the Germans seem to have more heart. They actually gave Lieut. Roosevelt a military burial. We did not expect this of a people who shot Miss Cavell in cold blood. The retreat along the twenty-mile front is the bitterest pill the- Kaiser has had to swallow during the past two years. This, however, was only the first of the course of treatment that the Allies will administer. With a meatless pantry in the house, eggs are very palatable, even if there is no "r" in the present month. Some connoisseur has erro neously declared that eggs, like oys ters, are only good in the months that carry an "r." Director General McAdoo may just ly complain of the size and number of trunks a drummer carries but there is now no just complaint against a summer girl's baggage. In stead of needing a Saratoga trunk, she can transport a month's supply in an ordinary suitcase. Her summer garments are few and feathery. Give Men in Ranks Credit. Gen. Foch is of course entitle< a large measure of credit for the lied victory, but it is after all men behind the guns who are d( the work. Had they failed, the v iaid plans of the commanding gei al would have failed. In speaking honors and successes of war, we ways like to see the humble pri\ receive his share of credit. The i along the battle-front, more than men of high rank in the rear, I the heat and burden of the day. T more than any other set of men, exposed to dangers and hards! that try men's souls. Let's "rendel Caesar the things that are Caesar Give the men in the ranks whal due them. Ignore Americans. With ugliness and contempt t is characteristic, the Germans r sistently ignore the American troc Whenever a victory is won in wh the Americans and French had eq part, in the official news given i from Berlin the Germans never m tion the Americans. All along tl have deceived the German popul; by minimizing and ridiculing the fii ing qualities of the Americans a now to have them disillusioned at critical a period would have trenn dous weight in breaking the spirit the German army. In other wor this is merely a continuance of a p icy adopted many months ago. T German press, especially in southe Germany, is clamoring for the fai concerning the "American menac< Rush the Ship Building. On with the ship building! Let o efforts be unconfined. When the w is over they will be needed to trar port our manufactured produc abroad. Just as a merchant does n wish to depend upon a competitoi delivery wagon to have his mercha dise delivered, so should a nation n be dependent upon a competing n tion for the merchant ships. Ame] ca can not maintain commercial s premacy without being entirely ind pendent of other nations. Lei tue lean upon us rather than -have 1 lean upon them. Besides, all of tl other nations will be as "broke sticks" after the war. Let the merchant snip building cc tinue without let or hindrance. W will need them all and then som more. True-Blue Confederate Veterans. You find no taint of the "slacker on the garments of Confederate vel erans. They are as ready and willin to fight the .Huns today as the were the "Blue Coats" in tho sixties They an; also loyal to the core. On of the b:*ave men of the sixties, mei who never can be shown the full hon or that is due them, remarked to th' writer a few days ago: "If I wen a young man and had no responsibil ities to keep me from volunteering I would join the army to fight th< Germans even if I knew I would bi killed. I have but one life and wha would that be worth to me if I wen unwilling to fight for my country.' That is the spirit which everyone should manifest in this crisis. It ii a privilege to be able to fight fm one's country. Plant Late Potatoes Largely. Letters from growers in the North and West say that there will be not much more than one-fourth the av erage area planted there in potatoes. In fact, they, say that is just about the area planted. The great crop last year and the low prices this spring have had the usual effect and have discouraged the potato growers. The result will be an unusually small crop in the fall and a big ad vance in potato prices. Then in the spring of 1919 the market will be clear for the early crop from the South. Hence there should be a heavy planting of late' potatoes in the South. But to make a full crop, do not wait till it is too late for it to mature well. Some think August is early enough, and perhaps it is in the lower South, but over the larger part of the South the middle of July is the best time to plant late potatoes. The best seed are the potatoes of last fall that have been kept in cold stor age. Plant these of the early varieties, Cobbler, Bliss or Early Rose. These will make good potatoes for winter and the best of seed potatoes for spring planting. Supply your home market and do not depend on the high-priced potatoes from the North next winter. If you want to grow a second crop from seed of the early crop, take per fectly matured potatoes and cut them in halves. Spread out on the ground and cover with pine straw kept rath er moist. Then have the ground ready and plant them as they show signs of sprouting. Plant in deep furrows and cover lightly, and later work the earth to them till level and cultivate level to retain moisture. Spray with Bordeaux mixture to prevent the late blight and rot.-Progressive Farmer. I Colored Increment: Early Thursday morning 79 patri otic colored men left Edgefield with faces turned toward Camp Jackson. With but few exceptions a happier lot of colored folk have never been seen. Grady Daniel, one of the num ber, was selected . as leader of the squad, he reporting to the officer, Lieut. Birdsong, who was sent from camp to accompany thc men to Co lumbia. The leader of the squad re sided in the extreme southern part of the county near the Aiken line. The men assembled at the court house Wednesday afternoon at six o'clock in response to a call of the board. Brief appropriate; addresses were delivered by Mr. S. McG. Sim kins and Col. P. B. Mayson. All of the men who desired to return to nearby homes for the night were permitted to do so, as there is not a public lodg ing house in Edgefield for colored people, and those whose homes were too far to return for the night were very cordially received into the homes of the colored people of Edgefield. The men who composed the incre ment were as follows: Joe Ed Anderson Geo. Adams Solomon Atkins Eddie Anderson William Anderson Frank Brunson Clarence Brown Grady Byrd James Brown Jno. Henry Butler Avery Blocker Julius Buckston George Bussey Jqseph Butler Bennie Coats Walter Campbell Tommie Coleman Jno. Henry Clay Daniel Collier Ike Chamberlain Joe Dobey Steve Dugar William Dansley Josie Doggett Grady Daniel Jim Dobbs George Dozier Seymore Davis Robert Grimes Zack Glover Arthur P. Gordon John Hacker Plummer Holmes Alvin Harris Hal Hampton George Hamilton Isaac Holmes Daniel Hodges Frank Johnson Taylor Jackson George Lee ? ' John Lucky Henry Mealing . > Mays?n Miller Evans Mathis William Morse Robt. Martin Ernest McKie Daudie McManus Clark Nabred ' Alonzo Nichols Nelson Nicholson Ernest Nick Alfred Oliphant George Ouzts Hughes Ouzts Isaiah Philpot Wallace Price ? " Johnnie Cain Rearden Johnnie Ryans Ossie Rearden Milledge Roper Sylvester Ramsey Will Ryans Hudie Ross Henry Ryans Armsteif Ryan Walter Richard Willie Smith James Sullivan Joseph Simkins Isaiah Sullivan Jesse Thomas Robt. Williams Robt. Williams William Watson Mathis Williams Robt. Watson John Williams Robt. Willis. All War Skies Are Brighter The sky above every field of battle above every inch of the long line on which the allies are fighting the bat tle of human Mberty, is growing brighter every hour. Over Russia even, the darkest quar ter of the heavens, the night is begin ning to clear and streaks of dawn are appearing. The forces of right and the friends of the real people of the land are getting closer together, are forming into groups here and there, to join with the armies of Czecho slovaks and Cossacks and Siberians within the old imperial boundaries, and with the soldiers that the Allies are sending to fight with them in the Arctic regions, and with those they may yet send-must surely send-^-to fight with and for them in the Far East. The Greek-Albanian line, the south eastern or Balkan front, is again as suming tremendous interest and im portance. Several recent victories by Greeks and the Franco-Italian armies MID We are putting j are mentioned he due to the fact th and the constant these reductions, to look them over j $1.00 Silk Foula A few small siz< price. A' small lot of fi up to $2.00 a yard Three odd lot oj $2.00, $3.00. See our 10-cenfr extra good bargai again. ; Be on the look ( p?ars next Monda for you therein. Cultivate the ha you will cultivate THE ? The store the latter aided by British and Italian warships in the "Adriatic, have ad vanced the line sharply and decisive ly in the west, and the progress of the Allies is beginning, as we suggest ed it would, to menace the entire Bul garian and Teutonic forces. The En tente armies are taking ground rapid ly in Albania, and now have a united front of 200 miles from the Adriatic to the Aegean. This front may well become the one from which the death blow to Austria is delivered. On the Western front the French have made notable gains, breaking down the German defenses and pierc ing their lines for a distance of more than a mile and capturing a good many prisoners. The positions won are of great value in the present and' approaching operations. And while the Hun's line is being broken and battered at various points demonstrating its vulnerability, Amer ican troops are thronging the trench es, joining their Allies for the great drive from our side of the war fron tier. There may be, almost certainly will be, one more drive by the Huns, but we need not fear it, and it will be the signal for our own final prep arations for the last counterblast of the War.-The State. RYRNES DEFENDS HIS RECORD WELL. In South Carolina Congressional Campaign Address Declares He Has Supported Every Administrative Measure And Crowd Accepts lt. Special to the Chronicle: Baldock, S. C., Joly 19.-The Congressional campaign in the Sec: ond District opened here Thursday with all four candidates for con gress present. The occasion was the annual Baldock picnic, and it was attended by several thousand people from all over the district. A brass band was on hand and the yoting people enjoyed dancing until late in the day. The speakers were introduced by Col. R. M. Mixson, of Barnwell, who made fe ringing patriotic ad dress, prefacing the introduction of the congressional aspirants. Congressman James F. Byrnes is UMMER on sale this week a ?re below. That w at room has to be rr change of styles, a and it will be to y during these times rds going at 75 cen? ^ wash skirts going ne Flouncing going I. f Oxfords and Pump 3 window. Here yo ns at prices that ye )ut for our 5-cents y. Values of surpr: .bit of reading our a< the habit of being t ORNER J that always says, TJ being opposed-for re-election by T. (G. Croft, of Aiken; Gr. Li Toole, of 1 Aiken, and'K. G. Evans, of Edge field. Messrs. Croft and Evans spoke first, followed by Mr. Byrnes, Mr. Toole sneaking last. Mr. Croft devoted practically all his speech to a criticism of Mr. Byrnes' record, as did also Mr. Toole. Mr. Evans, confined his talk to a patriotic dis-' cussion of the war, which he char acterized as being the only issue be fore the people at this time. The crowd was decidedly with Mr. Byrnes-"Jimmie"-as he is fondly known throughout the dis trict. The Congressman answered the criticism of his opponents in a very convincing manner. It was evidently satisfving to the crowd as he was uprously applauded. The other candidates rnceived modest recognition in the way of applause of their various patriotic utter ances. Answering the charge that he had opposed the selective service measure, Mr. Byrnes denied that he had ever opposed any administra tive measure, and explained that the measure he had opposed was one that provided a draft age from 1G to 25, with exemptions only for industrial reasons. The measure was so imperfect in its provisions that after being thrashed out in committee it died a natural deatli and was never presented to the House for a vote. Inasmuch as this is the principal charge against Byrnes' record, it -rather threw a bomsbeli into the camp of his oppo nents. Mr. Byrnes asserted that there had been 134 war measures intro duced in the House and he had vote i for every one of them, and he defied his opponents to show by the record that he did not. He further asserted that he enjoyed the full confidence of the President, and 'of the entire administration, and was frequently called into con ference'by the President on im pending 'matters.-Augusta Chroni cle.-Adv. Whenever You Need a G?nerai Tonic i Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON, lt acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. SALE ' few articles that e are closing out, lade for fall goods, re the reason for our advantage to? of high prices. :s a yards.. ; now at one-half at 79 cents, worth >s going at $1.00, a will find several >u will hardly see window that ap ise will be in store dvertisements and hrifty. STORE hank You THINKS TANLAC IS "GRANDEST REMEDY?' "IN A WEEK TANLAC HAD ME FEELING LIKE NEW WOMAN"-HIGHLY PRIZES IT. OOI?T.D KEEP Orr OF Bun WHEN -SHH STARTED TAKING MASTER MEDICINE. "Tanlac gave me back my strength and made me feel fine in every way. I think it is the greatest medicine in the world, and I can heartily recommend it to anyone who suf fered from the complaints I had," v/as the emphatic statement given by Mrs. Lizzie Bryson, of Piedmont, S. C., io endorsement of Tanlac on May '.Uh. "When I began taking Tanlac I was so weak and broken down I could hardly keep out of bed. I had no appetite. I could not sleep well and I was uervous to kill. "The Tanbie gave me back my health and strength, though. I soon had a fine appetite. My nerves became strong and steady and I feel line iq every way. Ina ?eek the Tanlac had me feeling like a new woman. It was two months ago that I stomped taking Tanlac." Edgefield, Penn & Holstein. Cold Springs, 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 & Son. Plum Branch, R. F. D. No. 2, E. P. Winn & Bro. Trenton, G. W. Wise. ro Drive out Malaria 1 And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it ?9 Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Von builds UD the system. 50 cents