Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 07, 1918, Page THREE, Image 3
j GETS HER WISHES
By ELLA R. PEARCE.
All ihe preparations were complete?
if or Anna's wedding; and Anna herself
giving a lingering, wistful glance a
the outspread bridal finery in her pr?t
tty room, turned to her mother with ?
sigh of relief.
"Everything ready and ahead o:
time. Aren't we wonderful, Mumsie?'
Then, suddenly (lucking her head ii
a. comically childish way, she slipper,
to the elder woman's side and wount
loving anus about ber.
"So soon, dearest-so soon !" sh(
murmured, with a catch in her youuj
voice.
Mrs. Leeds gently stroked the shin
lug head on her shoulder.
"Everything has gone splendidly
Anna." The mother spoke witli prac
tical crispness. She would not let hei
own voice quaver. "And I suppose m j
little girl is very happy now."
Anna lifted her head and her eyes
were twinkling.
"Not absolutely happy, Mumsie."
She tapped off her words on upheld
fingers. "One, two, three-three things
more I need to make me absolutely
happy."
"Why, Anna!" Mrs. Leeds looked
anxious. "I can't imagine what you
have in mind. What more could you
wish for?" .
"There are three things," repeated
Anna. "Firstly, I wish Van Tredwell
would fall in love with somebody else."
"What's the second wish, Anna?"
"I wish Lois Mather was coming to
my wedding."
"Lois Mather?" Mrs. Leeds looked
puzzled. "Why, I haven't heard you
speak of her lately."
"But I've thought a lot," said Anna
quickly.
"So you want Van Tredwell to for
get you. and Lois Mather to forgive."
"And come to my wedding." inter
rupted Anna lightly. "But of course
she won't. And there's my third wish.
What do you suppose it is?"
Mrs. Leeds shook her head.
"Wel4. I wish that someone will give
me a spinet desk for a wedding pres
ent."
Then Mrs. Leeds laughed mirthfully.
"Anna ! Anna ! you are such a child."
She sat long after her mother had
gone downstairs and thought over their
late conversation.
Anna was deeply In love with the
man she was to marry. But she could
not help remembering Van Tredwell's
boyish attentions; his bashful gallan
tries; his bitter disappointment at the
end.
Thpn the boarding school friendship
with Lois Mather. How delightful and
satisfying that had been while it last
ed. No girl since that time had. ever
been the understanding friend, the en
tertaining companion Lois Mather had
been.
Mrs. Leeds brought a letter to Anna's
room Tn the sunset hour.
"A big box has come. Something
crated," she informed her daughter.
"Shall I have Josh open it for you?"
"Yes. And I'll be right down."
Anna was opening her letter with a
queer expression on her face. It was
from Lois Mather.
"I've heard of your coming marriage
and the news set nie thinking of old
times. Anna, dear." the letter ran.
"And it seemed to me you would like
to know of my now happiness, too. I
never had a friend like you. Anna."
Anna winked back a ready tear.
"He's a man from your own town
one of your neighbors. Isn't it strange?
But the moment Van Tredwell and I
met it was a case of love at sieht.
You know how those things happen
sometimes. It was Van who told me
of your engagement. Van can't get
away just now, but I want to come to
your wedding, Anna, if you'd like me
to." .
"Oh!" cried Anna dazed by the sud
den surprise of the news. Van Tred
well and Lois Mather! Met-engag
ed-Lois coining to ber wedding! She
turned to the letter again.
"The present is Van's, but the Idea
ls mine." were the next words she read.
"Men never know what to buy for
weddings. But I remember how fond
you were of old-fashioned things
and-"
"Mother," called Anna excitedly over
the railing. "Is that big box open yet?
Is it from Van? Don't tell me-I know
what it is before T see it."
She hurried down the stairs, talking
breathlessly. "Mother, the strangest
thing has happened. Van's in love with
the nicest girl ever. Lois Mather's
coming to my wedding. And-she told
.Van to send that-she always thought
Of the right thing."
"Yes. There's your spinet desk,"
nodded Mrs. Leeds.
For a moment Anna gazed at the
much desired new gift. Then, with
Van Tredwell's card in one hand and
Lois Mather's letter in the other, her
head dropped to her mother's shoul
der and happy tears flowed. "Just to
prove how happy I am," murmured
Anna.
Dealers In Skirts.
President Neilson of Smith college,
whose humor is much enjoyed by the
young women of that institution, has
recently told of an amusiug experience
which he had when returning home
from a speech-making trip. While in
?ne observation car he and a "drum
mer" were trying to pass away the
time with a chat. Just as the train
was nearing the president's station
the "drummer," in a final burst of con
fidence, sa'.d, "My line's skirts; what's
yours'.'"' As he picked up his luggape
and hurried out. Doctor Neilson called
back: "So's mine."
Spain has a way nf conducting ita
revolutions on the soft pedal.
There are times when rod tape be
comes a barbed wire entanglement.
That chilly feeling about the kai
ser's feet is due to the American draft.
Tho U-boat is notable not for its
victories, but for thc enemies it has
made.
'Tis always well to remember that
the Lord won't provide a hoe or pull
weeds.
Shameful, as well as glorious, pages
in Russian history are being written
these days.
The war gardeners will do well not
to forget the eyes of the bug are on
the potato.
It is a pity that the flat feet and
the cold ones are not on the same
young mau.
Men's styles are to have a military
swagger. But why not get into a real
soldier suit?
It does look as if son could always
find his hat-as many places as he has
for keeping it.
The potash discoveries in the United
States are just an eyelash behind the
cures for cancer.
Breathes there a man with soul so
dead, who In times like this hath ever
said, "rm neutral."
It is reported that the Gormans are
feeding prisoners sawdust bread, which
probably Is their idea of good board.
Pa can't see whore there is any work
about tending to the baby. He likes to
play with the little laughing scamp.
The U-boat ls not getting so many
ships as it did but Is sinking many
more than tho rest of us care to lose.
Busy little bees improving each
shining hour make no hit with people
who work all the time, rain or shine.
Xever before this year has the
world been able to soe anything pretty
in overalls, but now there are many of
her.
Another disappointment in a boy's
life is when it turns out that the mad
dog in the neighborhood isn't really
mad.
The Japanese are said to be after
our peanut industry. They are at
f?;??5t welcome to our peanut politi
cians.
Usually, the man who speeds his au
tomobile the fastest lia's nowhere to
go to and nothing to do when he gets
there.
Tho time we went to a summer re
sort we didn't have as good a time as
the people in the pictures seem to be
having.
A survey of tho battlefields loads to
the saddening conclusion that Europe
is rapidly being spoiled as a golf
course, i
When a man eats the first potato ont
of his home-grown garden ho proudly
feels that at last he has begun to win
the war.
Any soldier who in civil lifo bas
worn a silk hat should be able to wear
the steel helmet without special dis
comfort.
Mount Kt na agnin bus boen In erup
tion. But what is a mere volcano in
these days of much more pernicious
activity?
Tho Italian engineer who has invent
ed an unsinkable ship has hit on noth
ing new-the designer of the Titanic
built one.
Another of those sensational state
ments that has fallen flat is the mar
ket announcement that prunes will not
be cheaper.
It is not altogether equitable that the
allen may live and prosper in this
country without obligation to contrib
ute to its defense.
There are some men In this country
who need to be informed that they
are expected to uphold the govern
ment, not hold it up.
Among the little Irritations In the
lifo of a newspaper Include that of
payinc "postage due" on an anony
mous communication.
With a minimum price of ?2 a bush
el for wheat It looks as If the farmers
would be ahlc to maintain their regu
lar batteries of flivvers.
Side pockets in a woman's bathing
suit may be fashionable, but they
would be a nuisance ll" the lovely
wearer ever tried to swim.
Our troops are practicing grenade
throwing in France, and with their
baseball experience should make some
new records In the troncho*.
Wife loves to hear of some man who
has to got np and cook Iiis own break
fast. She wants to toll it tn somebody
who ought to bo thankful, etc.
What amazes good Americans is that
there should be, some healthy young
mon with no heavy responsibilities at
homo who wish to avoid going to war.
TROUBLE IM MAKING BUTTER
Churning ls Sometimes Prolonged for
Several Hours Without Ob
taining Product.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Tho farm buttermaker sometimes
fails to obtain butter after churning
the usual length of time; in fact, the
churning is sometimes prolonged for
several hours without obtaining but
ter. The causes of tho difficulty, to
gether with the remedies, are as fol
lows :
1. Churning temperature too low. It
may be necessary, under exceptional
conditions, to raise it to between 65
and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Cream too tliin or too rich. It
should contain about 30 per cent but
terfat.
Printing Butter.
3. Cream too sweet. If ripened to a
moderate acidity it* will churu more
easily.
4. Churn too full. In order to ob
tain the maximum concussion the
churn should not be more than one
third full.
5. Ropy fermentation of the cream
prevents concussion. This may be
prevented by sterilizing all the uten
sils and producing the milk and cream
under the most sanitary conditions. If
additional measures are needed, the
pasteurization of the cream, with sub
sequent protection from contamination,
and ripening it with a good starter
will be effective.
G. Individuality of the cow. The
only remedy is to obtain cream from
a cow recently frosh, or cream that
is known to churn easily, and before
ripening mix it with the cream that is
difficult to churn.
7. The cow being far advanced In
the period of lactation. The effects
may be at least partially overcome by
adding, before ripening, some cream
from a cow that is not far advanced
in the period of lactation.
8. Feeds that produce hard fat. Such
feeds are cottonseed meal and timo
thy hay. Linseed meal, gluten feed,
and succulent feeds, such as silage
and roots tend to overcome the con
dition.
DISEASES OF DAIRY CATTLE
Production of Milk Can Be Materially
Increased by Preventing Many
Disorders.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.).
In an effort to maintain or increase
our live stock supplies, the reduction
of the toll taktfn by disease should not
be overlooked. There are a large num
ber of diseases which are very com
mon and which seriously affect the
dairy industry. Among these are con
tagious abortion, tuberculosis, infec
tious garget, cowpox, cattle-tick fever,
etc., which in the past have greatly
reduced the milk production of our
herds.
Tradition has it that in remedying
these conditions the value of prevent
ing and combating disease is in the
ratio of 16 to 1; In other words, "an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure." As matter of fact this es
timate is too low; probably 1G0 to 1
would be much nearew the truth. In
spite of ibis fact, however, preventive
measures are not so well known or So
effective that disease can always be
prevented.
In dealing with contagious diseases
the basic principle of prevention is to
keep carriers of infection away from
the herd. Next in imrortanee is main
taining the surroundings in a sanitary
condition. Following this, the animal's
natural resistance to disease should be
increased by natural and occasionally
by artificial means. Ordinarily, dis
ease stales about the country only in
the bodies of diseased animals or at-.
tached to some intermediate object.
CANDIDATES' COLUMN.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I hereby announce that I am a can
didate for the House of Representa
tives from Edgefield county and
pledge myself to abide the result of
the Democratic primary election.
S. T. WILLIAMS.
We respectfully announce J. L.
Mims as a candidate for the House
of Representatives, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Demo
cratic- party and pledge him to sup
port the nominees of same.
CITIZENS.
To the citizens of Edgefield Coun
ty, having served as one of your
members of the House of Represen
tatives for the past four years, I re
alize that my experience better
equips me for more efficient service
so I respectfully announce that I
am a candidate for re-election and
pledge myself to abide the reuslt of
the Democratic primary.
J. L. Walker.
FOR JUDGE OF PROBXTE.
I respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for re-election to the
office of probate Judge of Edgefield
county. and pledge myself to abide
the result of the primary election.
W. T. Kinnaird.
FOR AUDITOR.
I respectfully announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the office
of auditor of Edgefield county and
pledge myself to abide the result of
the primary election.
J. R. TIMMERMAN.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
I respectfully announce that I am a
candidate for the office of County
Treasurer of Edgefield county, and
pledge myself to abide the result of
the Democratic primary.
JOE LAKE PRINCE.
I hereby announce that lam a candi
date for re-election to the office of
treasurer of Edgefield county, pledging
myself to abide the result of the Dem
ocratic primary.
JAMES T. MIMS.
FOR CORONER.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the of
fice of coroner of Edgefield county,
and pledge myself to abide the re
sult of the Democratic primary elec
tion.
T. E. Byrd.
For Magistrate.
I respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for the office of magis
trate pf., the 7th magisterial district
of Edgefield county, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Demo
cratic party.
J. E. BRYAN.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the of
fice of magistrate of the 6th district
of Edgefield county and pledge my
self to abide the result" of the Dem
ocratic primary.
A. GILCHRIST.
I respectfully announce that I am
I a candidate for the office of magis
trate of the first magisterial district
of Edgefield county and pledge my
self to abide the result of the Dem
ocratic Primary election.
N. L. Brunson.
I respectfully announce that I am
a candidate for the office of magis
trate of the second magisterial dis
trict of Edgefield county and pledge
myself to abide the result of the
Democratic primary election.
Wallace W. Wise.
For Congress.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for election to congress from the
Second Congressional District, pledg
ing to abide by the rules of the
Democratic Party, and to support
the nominees thereof.
T. G. CROFT.
I hereby announce that I am a can
didate for congress from the Second
Congressional District and pledge my
self to abide the result of the Demo
cratic primary.
N. G. EVANS.
I am a candidate for Congress
from the Second Congressional Dis
trict, composing the counties of Sa
luda, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell,
Bamberg, Hampton, Jasper and Beau
fort, subject to the present and fu
ture rules and laws of the Democrat
ic party. Platform-One Hundred
per cent American.
G. L. TOOLE, Aiken, S. C
I hereby announce my candidacy
for re-election tb Congress, pledging
myself to abide the rules and regu
lations of the Democratic tfarty, and
to support the nominees thereof
JAMES F. BYRNES.
now To Give Quinine To Children.
PBBRILTNB is the trade-mark nnme {riven to nn
improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
Jake ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
ft the next time you need Quinine for any pur
oose. Ask for 2-ounce original ppekape. Tho
?am; FK2RILINE is blown in bottle. 35 ^eut*
WHERE TO GO THIS SUMMER
The "Land of the Sky" is
Delightful at All Seasons
The vast platea", with a minimum altitude of
2.000 feet above the sea level, amid a setting of
beautiful mountains and giant peaks. Summer in
this region is one of constant enjoyment and health
ful diversion.
LIVE OUTDOORS ES
Camp in Mount Michell Forest Reserve
or Pisgah Forest Reserve
GOLF TENNIS MOTORING
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING HORSE-BACK RIDING
CANOEING FISHING HUNTING
NUMEROUS FAMOUS RESORTS
EXCELLENT HOTELS
CHARMING SOCIAL LIFE
SUMMER CAMPS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
MANY NOTED RESORTS IN
NORTH CAROLINA
KENTUCKY
INDIANA
TENNESSEE
GEORGIA
VIRGINIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORIDA
ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI and
LOUISIANA
SEASHORE RESORTS
CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
OCEAN VIEW, VA.
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA.
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
ISLE OF PALMS, S. C.
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S. C.
TYBEE, GA.
ST. SIMON'S ISLAND, GA.
ATLANTIC BEACH, FLA.
Reached by Convenient Service of
Southern Railway System
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES
IV.'-'
F. E. GIBSON, Presidenta
LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas.
The Best Time to
g Build is Now
Free booklets on Silos, Barns, *
Implement Houses, Residences,
etc., with suggestions of great
value.
Also "Ye Planary" service
through the Lumber Exchange
of Augusta.
Ask for further information it
interested. The service Js with
out cost.
Woodard Lumber Co.
Thone - - 158
AUGUSTA - - - - GEORGIA
I
Quaiity
M0TT0
Service
Buy War Saving
Stamps until
you can't see.
Then see me.
Geo. F. Minis,
Optometrist.
Edgefield,S.C.
Now is the time to protect your
crop from hail. I can place you in
a good company. I can also pro
tect your home with tornado insur
ance. E. J. Norris.
?vVhenever You Need a General Tonic
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. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
ELECTRIC
The Best Tonic,
Mild - Laxative
Family Medicine.
HARRIS'
PRESSING CLUB
I take thisTmeans of letting the
people know that I have re-opened
my pressing club, and will appre
ciate their patronage. I am better
prepared than ever to clean and
press all kinds of garments, both
for ladies and gentlemen. All work
guaranteed. Let me know when
you have work and I will send for
it and make pron.pt delivery.
Wallace Harris
Sheppard Building
Down Stairs
A. H. Corley,
Surgeon Dentist
Appointments at Trenton
On Wednesdays.
DR J.S. BYRD,
Dental Surgeon
OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE
Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3