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SOLDIERS' LETTERS. (Continued from page Two) in not having a protracted meeting at the Grove church this year. I was so sorry to hear that you had to go to the hospital and hope you are well by row. T guess Charley Bailey and Press ley Doolittle are on the way over here now. I received a letter from Sister yesterday. She said that Lonnie Brewer had to go to Camp Jackson. I will write every chance I get and you must write every few days be cause I like to hear from home. I get all of your letters that you send me. I don't have time to write much. . You say that Bud Willis and his brother had to go to camp. I guess Tee Bailey joined the navy. I was so glad to hear that Grandpapa is get ting on so well and that he is up home staying with you. Tell him "Howdy" for me and give him my love. Re member me to all the people around home and say that I would write to them but it impossible for me ! to do so. Mother, I am so glad that Uncle Charlie Adams has gotten well and says he is going to help pick my cot ton. If you all had picked out two j bales of cotton when you wrote me I the letter, you must have picked out about five bales by now. I think that I is good, too, picking 700 pounds off; of that new ground the first going I over, I guess you all are pulling and hauling in the corn now. Are you getting plenty of milk and butter now? It will soon be time to kill hogs and then you all won't need so much milk and butter. I guess you all have four nice hogs to kill this fall as we always do. Well, Mother, you say you are go ing up to Sister's and stay a while. I I certainly hope you will get off and guess you will go before you.all kill, hogs. i The day is right pretty. It rained all of yesterday and last night. I don't suppose it rained any over there. I soe that they are having to register over there from 18 to 45. I guess Bruce Timmerman will be in it. I will be glad when we all can get back home ?ind be together with our people. I will close for this time. With many good wishes and lots of love to you all. Your loving son, Pvt. John E. Agner. Mack danton Writes to His Aunt, Mrs. L. J. McClen don. > . Tuesday P. M. October 15 1918. My Dear Aunt Sunie: I will take the greatest of pleasure >n answering your most kind and ap- ! preciated letter which I received some time ago. I was so glad to hear from you. I am well and enjoying life fine. I truly hope that when these few lines reach you they will find you in the best of health and feeling fine. "Believe me" I am certainly get ting lots of experience in this war. ! I guess you read all about our break ing the Hindenburg line the 29th of . September and taking so many pris oners. I am certainly fighting "them Germans," and I hope I will be home Soon. j Aunt Sunie I am sending you a coupon so you cen send me a little box of candy for Xmas. Answer soon. Your loving and devoted nephew, Mack danton. Henry Harris Writes From Bat tle Front to His Mother. October 4, 1918. Dear Mother and Father: I will write you all a few lines to let you hear from me. This leaves me feeling fine and well. I hope you all are also well. I guess you think I do not want to write but I haven't had time. I have been up at the front lines so we didn't have any time as you can imagine. I got your letter a few days before I went to the front lines and was glad, as always, to hear from you. I haven't time to write any more right now so will close for this time. Good-bye to you all. Your son, Henry Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Griffis Re ceive Letter From Their Brother. Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y. Dearest Chai lie and Leila: Your letter received yesterday and was so glad to hear from you all. Trust this will find you well. I am all O. K. Wish I could have come home be fore I left, but was transferred to 123 Base Hospital to take gas train ing. We took a test before we left Charlotte, so we would know what it was. It smells like mustard. That is the dangerous kind. It will not hurt you if you keep the mask on, but if you let it get off it will kill you. The other kind is not dangerous. It just burns your eyes like onion juice. We reached here about one o'clock last night. We had a fine time. The Red Cross ladies were certainly good to us. They met us in Philadelphia. They gave us crackers, apples, and coffee. We crossed under the Brook lyn bridge at night so couldn't tell much about it. Have seen a big sight since I left home. I saw my first air plane this morning. They remind me pf a crane flying. There's "some" people in New York and lots of soldiers. Well, I guess we will leave here for France Wednesday. We have re ceived our overcoats but haven't got our O. D. suits yet. I sent my razor strap and blanket home. I lost my pillow when I went to the hospital. Well, if nothing happens to me I will be home when the war is over so don't you all worry about me. I am going to try to live right and serve my Lord the best I konw how. Will write you again when I can. Don't let little Calvin forget me. Tell ?him Uncle Fuller wants to see him 'mighty bad. I am as ever, Your brother, Fuller. Mr. Lagrone Writes His Moth j er From France Dear Mama: I received your nice letter and was certainly glad to hear from home. This leaves me well. How are John nie and Sue? I just want to see that kid and when I get home I will bring it a French souvenir. Tell her to write and tell me what she has named it. Florence said she had a letter from "Sis" but did not say how she was getting on. I guess she's fine. Tell her when you write to look for a souvenir from France. I am going to send one to you and her. I will close, hoping to hear soon. Your loving son. Swygert LaGrone. Once Again, Hold on to Cotton. We hope no cotton on our subscrip tion list misled the review of the cotton situation as given in last week's Progressive Farmer. If a man read that article, it should not be nec essary to urge him to hold cotton hold eyen if he must borrow money to pay debts now maturing. Nor should it be necessary to again urge him to make himself a missionary in the cotton-holding movement. Your ignorant neighbor, even if he is mere ly some backward Negro tenant, who can't read and write, if he accepts the sacrifice-prices now offered for cotton, helps break the market as truly as if you had sold in his stead. We must spread the truth as to cot ton conditions and encourage all clas ses to join together in a holding move ment, the goo/1 results of which will benefit all classes. The meeting in Atlanta this week should start a g?n ?ral holding movement from Virgin ia to Texas. * Two or three facts, in particular, need to be constantly emphasized. 1. Our people seem to have been .generally misled as to the figure at which cotton prices would have been fixed, if price-fixing had been carried out. The fact, that some Ohio Con gressman introduced a bill naming a 20-cent price has nc significance whatever. There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, and if 1 of the 435 had even suggested a 5-cent price for cotton, it would have meant nothing. One of the best lawyers we know says any man has a constitutional right to make a fool of himself. But we have it, "pretty straight from headquarters," in com mon parlance, that if cotton prices had been fixed last month, that price would most probably have been 35 cents. 2. The second fact we wish to point out is that the "Autumnal Dip" 'or "fall drop" in cotton price is one of ' the recognized features of every mar jketing season. About this time ox year a groat quantity of "distress cotton" is forced on a market which has already absorbed bales enough to satisfy tho immediate needs of the mills. Then it is, as a friend remark ed last week, that "trying to force big quantities of unneeded cotton on the market is like trying to feed more corn to a foundered horse." Another important fact is that un til the size of a crop is definitely and finally known and the crop actually ginned, the tendency of all buyers and speculators is to "play safe" by assuming that the crop may be a lit tle larger than government reports indicate, and shade prices enough to offset any possible increase in the final figures. 4. The nation-wide influenza epi demic by closing down some mills and reducing the output of all or nearly all, has also weakened thc de mand for cotton right at this time. Our advice to all farmers therefore is to sit steady in the boat, borrowing money if-need be, and hold for higher prices. We may be mistaken but the factors just mentioned - together with the ever-brightening pro vect for peace-convince us that the chan ces of profit amply justify our advice. If anybody, tenant or landlord, is obliged to have money and cannot borrow on his collin, or othrwise, he ought to see if he cannot sell to some farmer or other neighbor who will hold the bale uut of the regular chan nels of trade until prices become nor mal. We do not believe in any farmer speculating in futures at any time. That is mere gambling. But it is just as legitimate for anybody to buy real cotton when he believes it is going up as to buy land when he thinks it is going up. More so in fact ; because an advance on land values helps only the owner, while the man who takes a ?bale of cotton off a demoralized mar ket helps others as well as himself. Once again, hold on to cotton. Let's not turn over to buyers and manu facturers the millions and millions of clear profit we need to get and keep for the cotton growers and their j families.-Progressive Farmer. Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will! be open for the purpose of receiving ! taxes from the 15th day of October, j 1918, to the 15th day of March, 1919. j All taxes shall be due and payable j between the 15th day of October, ; 1918, and December 31st, 1918. That when taxes charged shall not, be paid by December 31st, 1918, the | County Auditor shall proceed to add j a penalty of one per cent, fOT Janu ary, and if taxes are not paid on or i before February 1st, 1919, the Coun- ! ty Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent additional,"] from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid j taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. | The tax levies for the year 1918 ! are as follows: Mills Por Statepurposes SV* j For Ordinary County 7 | For Constitutional School Tax 3 For Antioch 4 , For Bacon School District 7% For Blocker 2 For Blocker-Limestone 4 1 For Colliers 4 . For Flat Rock 4 ' For Oak Grove 3 For Red Hill 4? For Edgefield 8 For Elmwood No: 8 2 For Elmwood No" 9 2 For Elmwood No. 30 2 For Elmwood L. C. 3 For Hibler 3 For Johnston ll i For Meriwether (Gregg) 2 For Moss - 3 j For Ropers 2 For Shaw 4 For Sweetwater '.4 Talbert 2 For Trenton 8 % For Wards . 2 For Blocker R. R. (portion) 15 For Elmwood R. R. (portion) ' 15 j For Johnston R. R. 3 For Pickens R. R. 3 For Wise R. R. 1% For Corporation ll All the male citizens between the | ages of 21 years and 60 years, except j those exempt by law, are liable to a p?ll tax of One Dollar each. A capi tation tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citizens between the ages of 18 and . 55 years must pay $2.00 commuta-1 tion tax. No communtation is includ- ; ed in the property tax. So ask for road tax receipt when you desire to pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. A FINE FARM FOR SALE-A 309 Acrej well improved, farm near i Trenton, on the Augusta Road. Wei) watered, well improved, partly wired. Splendid dwelling, barns, etc. Fine crops of cotton, corn, wheat, oats this year. Let me drive you over the very best farm available. Hurry! E. J. NORRIS, Real Estate and ? Edgefield, S. C. flow To Give Quinine To Children. FH??Rir.?NE . ?'.*:??trade-mark m me piven to an improved Quinn,c. lt is n Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. ':iidren take it and never knew it is Quinine, .v'.so especially adapted to adults who cannot ..ine ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor ause nervousness norrincinc in the head. Try .t the next time you need Quinine for any pur? jose. Ask for 2-otwce original p^ckaee. The tame FKSR1I INK is blown in ho .- 2S ?enta. SPORTING GOODS -; The season is now upon us when sporting goods ap-1 peal to our people. At this time of the year, after the I harvest is practically over, men who are sportively in-1 dined give some time to recreation, and very properly so. We want them to know that we can supply every wish. If we haven't got what you want we will get it on short notice. In guns we have a large assortment of Parker lw-16 and 20 gauge, L. C. Smith and Ithica guns. Come iii tb see them. We also have a large stock of Legging, Hunting Coats and Gun Cases. We have a complete stock of Bicycles, Bicycle Tires, Automobile Tires and Tubes, Hand Horns E Iand Electric Horns, Weed chains and Ked-O-Skid chains. I Make your wishes known to us. We can supply them I with dependable goods at reasonable prices. Stewart & Kernaghan The State of South Carolina. County of Edgefield By W. T. Kinnaird, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. WHEREAS, Mrs. L. J. Crim, of said County and State,( made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Admin istration of the Estate of and effects of W. H. Crim, late of above County and State, deceased. THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said W. H. Crim, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Edgefield South Carolina, in my office, on Nov ember 18th (1918) next after pub lication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 2nd day of November. Anno Domini, 1918. W. T. Kinnaird, (L. S.) Probate Judge Edgefield 6o. Published on the 6th and 13th day of November, 1918 ia the Edgefield Advertiser. The Best riot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches tht blood, builds up the whole system aud will won derfully strengthen and fortify you to withstand the deoressins effect of the hot summer. 50c For Sale. Twelve Buff Orpington Hens, $1.50 a piece. W. E. STOKES. FOR SALE.-Two first-class mules 8 and 9 years old, weight 900 to 1,000 pounds. Good work animals. Apply to G. D. Mims or Zeb Clem ent. Clarks Hill, S. C. FOR SALE-One sound mule. Ap ply to D. R. Day, Trenton, S. G. 10-2S-4t pd the Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does* not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look foe the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c Fertilizers for Grain Farmers can practically double their yield of grain by a liberal application of the right kind of fertilizers. We are now prepared to fill orders for all kinds of fertilizers. Let us know your wrnts and we can supply them. Haul your fertilizers while the roads are good. W W. Adams & Company